Mar 13, 2018 | Announcements, Sale-A-Bration, specials, Stampin' Up!
Surprise! Stampin’ Up! Is giving you a few more options to Sale-a-Brate while you can! These are catalogue items with special item numbers so that you can get them for free with a $60 or $120 product order. Check out the image below or click here to download this flyer.
There are some GREAT options here so contact me to grab some freebies while you can – or shop online 24/7 in Canada in the YamStamps Stampin’ Up! Canada Online Store – residents of Quebec, please contact me directly to place an order. Happy last few weeks of Sale-a-Bration!
Feb 21, 2018 | cards, Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!
I love the new Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper! This rainbow striped card was created using one of the sheets included in this Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration freebie. I shared a card the other day using one of the other patterns with a rose gold floral pattern. This sheet has silver stripes. I coloured the negative spaces between the metallic stripes with Stampin’ Write markers, in ROYGBV rainbow order. (Chanting to myself each time I switched colours to make sure I didn’t mess up haha!). I also tried using Stampin’ Blends, but found I got better results with the water based Stampin’ Write markers – in part because I could remove any excess from the silver stripes more easily with a kleenex.
The card also showcases the new Scattered Sequins Dynamic Embossing Folder on the Pacific Point background cardstock, and a few Tutti-Frutti Adhesive Backed Sequins. The sentiment and image are from the Tabs for Everything stamp set, punched out with the coordinating Circle Tab Punch. These are available individually, or together in a discounted bundle. Create your own rainbow striped card with these colours:
I shared this photo earlier on the YamStamps Instagram feed (plus a video to show off the metallic stripes!). I used Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Garden Green, Pacific Point and Elegant Eggplant to colour my rainbow stripes. There’s a few options to get this combination of colours – you could purchase the Brights and Regals Stampin’ Write markers, or you could go all in and get the Many Marvelous Markers set. I coloured one or two stripes at a time, then ran a kleenex along the stripes (carefully, not to spread the colour!) to remove excess ink. It was a calming thing to do, and easy to multitask – so I watched some Olympic coverage while I did this. There are four sheets in each package, so I have more colouring I could do while watching the games so I could make a bunch more rainbow striped cards….well, depending on what sport is being shown. If it’s hockey, I wouldn’t dare try to multitask! (too busy yelling at the TV screen haha).
I created a number of cards with this technique – you can get 18 cards out of one sheet of cardstock (each strip is 4″ x 2″), so I’ll be mailing them out shortly! In the meantime, I’m off to watch the Women’s Hockey Gold Medal Game – or at least try to watch it….if I can stay awake! Go Canada Go!
Feb 17, 2018 | cards, Sale-A-Bration, specials, Stampin' Up!
Happy Saturday! Around here we are also enjoying a three day Family Day weekend…unless you are a student in this area, then you had a FOUR day weekend….(super envious). Plus Springtime Foils – gives us more to Sale-a-Brate! These are new Stampin’ Up! freebies to keep us happy. Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper features 12 sheets (3 each of 4 different single sided designs) of metallic images, and you can select it as your free choice with each $60 product purchase until the end of March. Stampin’ Up! has introduced new items for the last half of Sale-a-Bration.
For this elegant Springtime Foils sale-a-brate card, I used strips of Copper Foil sheet along the edge of the strip of Designer Series Paper, and then added some Gold Faceted gems on either side. When making a clean and simple card, I love putting the main image strip on an angle for extra drama and interest. The sentiment is from the Floral Phrases stamp set (available in wood mount or clear mount), stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in gold.
I will be sharing the instruction sheet for this card in the new YamStamps Facebook Group. I still have the YamStamps Facebook page, but with changes in Facebook, it seems like the page posts may not always get shown to you – even if you’ve liked and followed the page – so I’m starting up a group as well. It will have similar but different stuff….LOL. Anyway click here to join the group! We are just getting started up and established.
Springtime Foils is not the only new way to Sale-a-Brate! In the meantime – see the new items here by downloading the Second Release Sale-a-Bration brochure. You can shop online 24/7 in Canada here. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or need assistance placing your order. Please note that if you live in Quebec, you will need to email me in order to place an order online (it will still be delivered to your door though!)
Jan 14, 2018 | cards, Occasions, Sale-A-Bration, Seasonal Catalogue, Stampin' Up!
OK here’s a crafty share first of all – apologies for the lack of activity! So – sharing a thank you card using new product from the Occasions Catalogue to help with my apology?! This card features the Petal Palette stamp set (available in wood mount or clear mount), the Petal Pair Embossing Folders, the Layering Ovals Framelits and Gold 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon. I used Stampin’ Blends to colour in the floral images.
So with the lead up to the holidays plus my trip away, my pre-planning did not always go according to…well….plan. I also seem to forget how much time zone changes throw me. While I am able to be up at the “usual” time (or close to it), many of my waking hours seem to be in a zombie-like state (or more so than usual LOL) on my return to my “home zone”. However, that being said, I would not trade my recent time away for anything!
If you live in Burlington ON, or somewhere close by, you probably have heard of the Burlington Teen Tour Band. I was actually a member when I was a teenager, so it’s a joy for me that my son is currently a member of the same organization. After a detailed selection process, they were invited to the Rose Parade in Pasadena California, for January 1, 2018 (the band’s FIFTH time to this historic event!). I was fortunate enough to attend as one of the band photographers and as a chaperone. So from December 26th to January 5th, I got to hang out with some of my favourite teens and adults! This was a busy trip, but it was great to be in the sunshine….we missed the record cold temps of Burlington during our absence (sorry not sorry), and there were some definite once in a lifetime kind of experiences happening.
The band getting ready to perform at Pasadena Bandfest.
The band at the parade. (thanks Andrea, fellow photographer for this capture).
The band performing at Disneyland – last performance of the tour (what a way to finish!)
Sidenote – the band has red jackets that members and chaperones usually have to wear when out and about. Georgia was one of the teams in the Rose Bowl game – and their greeting to fellow Georgia Bulldogs fans is apparently to bark at them….which kind of threw a number of us when this happened while we were touring around California – until we figured out why strangers would bark at us (and until they figured out we were NOT from Georgia! LOL).
Now that we’re home again, the laundry is done and the bags are almost all put away (I’m a little slow on that one…), the house will be ready for Stampers Club tomorrow and it’s back to the regular grind. Well, technicially it was back to the grind last week, but it was definitely a dazed stumble-through week for me. Let’s hope this week gets a bit better.
I’ve sent out a number of Occasions and Sale-a-Bration catalogues to people, but if you still need one, let me know. I am in the midst of following up with those on my mailing list, to be sure that they actuallyarrived…. You can see the online versions here, but there’s nothing like having a hard copy in hand, I know. Until the end of March, select free merchandise with each $60 product purchase, get extra product for hosting a party with qualified sales, and get 2 free additional stamp sets if you purchase the Demonstrator starter kit! Contact me for more details or to book a date!
Jan 3, 2018 | birthday, cards, Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!
Happy Sale-a-Bration! Happy New Year! Nothing like beginning the new year with new products. Stampin’ Up! Canada’s Occasions and Sale-a-Bration cataloogues are now in effect! The sample above uses the NEW Sale-a-Bration Level 2 set, Happy Wishes, which is available in either clear mount or wood mount.
That’s right, new this year – level 2 Sale-a-Bration items! As in previous years, for each $60 in product order (in a single order), you can earn a free Sale-a-Bration itme. This year, though, if you order $120 in product in a single order, there’s two exclusive Level 2 rewards you can select! One is the set above, the other is a set of thinlits called Celebrate You.
The other ways to be rewarded during Sale-a-Bration – you can either host a cardmaking party, or purchase the Demonstrator Starter kit! Hosts with qualifying total party sales will be eligible for extra Stampin’ Rewards, and new demonstrators will receive TWO additional stamp sets of their choice from either the Annual or Occasions catalogues! Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or want to book a date to either chat about the starter kit or to host your own cardmaking party – or both!
Other items on this Z-fold card – the Petal Pair Embossing Folders, and some Pearl Basic Jewels that I coloured with the Pink Pirouette Dark Stampin’ Blends marker.
As always – you can shop online 24/7 in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store, or please feel free to contact me if you need assistance placing your order or have any questions! Happy Sale-a-Bration!
Mar 31, 2017 | Announcements, Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!
Alas! It is the last day of Sale-a-Bration 2017! There are only a few more hours to take advantage of the all the freebies! Have you grabbed your free Sale-a-Bration product with each $60 in merchandise ordered? Or the two extra free stamp sets of any value in the already great deal of the Starter Kit? You have until 1150pm Mountain Time tonight. Be warned – the system is going to be VERY busy today, and especially tonight, so you’ll want to grab your starter kit or place your order as soon as possible.
The Paper Pumpkin 3 month subscription special also ends tonight. You can get three months of craft kits, including April’s kit, designed by the CEO of Stampin’ Up! plus a FREE gift, for just $74 (save $5) plus a free Sale-a-Bration item if you purchase TODAY. You have until April 10th to subscribe to get the April kit, but the discount on 3 months and the Sale-a-Bration free item will disappear tonight.
Do NOT worry though – April is not going to be dreary! I will be announcing a promotion from ME for the month of April – to celebrate my 15 years with Stampin’ Up! and my much longer time on the planet. Plus I will start taking names for the mail out of the new annual Stampin’ Up! Catalogue – so there’s no need to despair – April will still be AWESOME. Be sure to be on my mailing list (click the link or use the box at the top right of the page) so that you don’t miss out on any of the upcoming events and announcements!
TONIGHT – I will be part of the Ladies’ Quarter Auction being held at Providence Christian Academy in Waterdown. Look for my table – I’ll have some retired (but still wonderful) Stampin’ Up! product for sale, a make and take, and a free draw, in addition to the FOUR packages I’ll have up for auction!
