Wishing you all the best for 2023 – let’s Celebrate You this year!
Happy New Year! I hope that it brings good things for all of us. I also hope that you had time to enjoy the holiday season! I was fortunate enough to have some time off from my “other” job after Christmas so I was able to relax a bit, and also was able to see extended family – some of whom I hadn’t seen in person for a few years!!!
As I write this though, I’m trying to gear myself up to get going again – but it’s hard since every day has felt like a Sunday for the past week!! It’s not a bad thing, but it’s definitely disorienting, and I have trouble knowing the day/date on a regular basis anyway…
I had the luxury of time to be able to do things like…clean up my office (long overdue, and how many pens do I actually have??!!!) though it’s already starting to get a little messy again. I did also do a bit of craft room clean up, but honestly, it’s a bit overwhelming sometimes so I do a bit, and then make some cards and make a mess again….LOL. However I did get some things done there – like these “Celebrate You” Cards!
These are some cards that I bulk produced over the break – for members of my Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator group known as the “Eh” Team! I did a bit of “catch up” over my break and sent out my “Eh” Team Rewards inside these cards. (If you want to find out more about joining my group of demonstrators, you can check out the information at yamstamps.com/join or message me). I definitely wanted to send a “celebrate you” message to them at the start of the year!
Celebrate You!
This celebrate you sentiment is great – and it’s made by combining partial sentiments in the stamp set Sentimental Park that’s in the January-April Mini Catalogue. I used Coastal Cabana and Fresh Freesia ink (pulled from the Designer Series Paper colours). This card’s colour scheme just makes me happy – I’m a blues/greens kind of girl, so this is my colour palette! The patterned paper is the Dandy Designs Designer Series Paper that is available as a Sale-a-Bration freebie – you can select it for free with a $120 CAD product order. Both the Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-Bration are in effect as of THURSDAY, 5 JANUARY 2023. I put it in caps because I want to highlight that it’s not yet available. Just a few more days! (I’ll come back and update this post with links once the catalogues are live).
I love clean and simple designs, and this is definitely in that category, but I think because of the busy paper and details on the stamped sentiment, it distracts you from the fact that the design is quite straightforward. Not that there’s anything wrong with straightforward designs! They are my go-to! I like having a pattern that I know works, and then I can just change it up with whatever I have on hand for whatever occasion! I like my crafting to be easy and effective.
Something’s Coming…
If having a blueprint for your crafting is something that sounds helpful for you, you’ll want to check back on Wednesday – or better yet, be on my mailing list, because I’ll be sharing details for a new program I’m offering – designed to make your crafting easier and more fun. No More Crafting Brain Strain!!
In the meantime, I’m off to see if I can find a clear tabletop area in my craft room to come up with a few more cards that I will need in the next little while…
Check out this fun fold card tutorial video – easy and impressive – great for Hanukkah or any special occasion!
If you are on my mailing list – first of all, THANK YOU, and second of all, you may remember that you get access to a free exclusive tutorial when you signed up. Every once in a while I change out the freebie, so I figured I could share previous tutorials with everyone. I love this particular project, and a friend recently pointed out that it could be a Hanukkah card! So it seemed appropriate to make a previous project public and share this fun fold card tutorial video at this time of year.
Hope you enjoy it! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. If you’d like to check out the latest new subscriber tutorial,sign up for my emails! You can use the box at the top of the YamStamps site, or click here. (If you’re already a subscriber – thanks and watch for the link to the current project in an upcoming email). If you’re interested in other fun fold card tutorial videos, you may want to consider grabbing one of my Online Classes – there’s a few fancy/fun fold card classes – you can see the list at YamStampsMore.com.
I know this is a busy time of year, so thank you for stopping by my corner of the cyberworld. I hope that you are able to spend some time with family and friends, and have a few days to catch your breath before we head into 2023!!
There are some items that will “carry over” – some items will be available to order until the beginning of May, but won’t appear in any catalogue. There are some items that will return in a future publication.
You can grab retired product at a discount – including some of those limited time coordinating dies like the Birthday Piggies! Check out the Clearance items here. Again, these items are available while supplies last.
As always, if you would like assistance placing your order or want to pay by etransfer, you can contact me with your list! If you are local to Burlington ON and have a smaller order, you can also take advantage of any group orders I have going in – I’ll add your order to ones I have from other people. It saves you a bit on the shipping costs, but you do run the risk of items selling out before we hit the threshold for the 11% shipping rate, so depends on how much of a gambler you are! If you have any questions, just let me know.
In the meantime, happy December! Stay warm! I’m off to a few Santa Claus parades this weekend, so you know I’ll be bundling up and looking for my hot chocolate afterwards!
Save up to 20% on select Stampin’ Up! Canada Annual Catalogue Products!
Stampin’ Up! Canada is having a Seasonal Sale running Tuesday, 15 November until Friday, 18 November, while supplies last. Select Annual Catalogue product is on sale for up to 20% off! Time to shop and save!
Click on the image to go to the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store – you’ll be able to access the sales items on the specials page once it’s live on Tuesday. In the meantime, you can download the pdf flyer here that lists all the items that will be on sale.
A few things worth noting – you can select sales product for your demonstrator starter kit items and get even more bang for your buck! The Demonstrator Starter Kit contains basic business supplies (catalogues, order forms), plus $165 worth of catalogue product of your choice for $135. From Tuesday to Friday, if you select any items that are part of the Seasonal Sale, it will be valued at the sales price = an even better start for your business!! You can find out more about becoming part of my group of demonstrators, known as the “Eh” Team here, and of course, you can always message me with any questions you might have.
Get your shopping list ready, and happy sales shopping on Tuesday! As always, you can email me if you’d like to pay for your order by etransfer or would like assistance placing an order.
Happening right now – you can grab previous Paper Pumpkin Kits at a discount if you’re a subscriber!
Paper Pumpkin is Stampin’ Up!’s monthly subscription crafting kit. Each month that you’re an active subscriber, you’ll receive a box in the mail complete with supplies needed to make that month’s projects. The first month you subscribe, you’ll also receive a clear block that will be the right size for all future kit stamp sets! It’s a great way to get an all in one kit – good for gifting and good for crafting on the go! Each kit usually has a stamp set, ink cube and all the consumables needed (precut cardstock, printed die cuts, envelopes), and there’s usually a sheet of glue dots and dimensionals as well. There’s a flash sale on Past Paper Pumpkin kits right now! Runs 9-10 November 2022.
I chose the piece that has a Blushing Bride tone to it (though it doesn’t look so Blushing Bride-ish in the photo…LOL). The DSP is 12″ x 12″, so I cut it down for the cardfront. The pattern on this particular piece is a border – on opposite sides, so the middle section is not printed. When it was cut down, then, I was able to use the scrap pieces to die cut a few leafy shapes from the Forever Flourishing Dies to add to the long label from the Labels Aglow DIes. The sentiment is from the True Beauty stamp set. I really just mixed and matched the products I had in my craft room to suit the design I wanted for this clean and simple shiny card!
Just a reminder that the July-December Mini Catalogue products are available until the end of the sales period (4 January 2023) OR while supplies last – whichever comes first. We don’t yet know what will be retired/carried over, but I will definitely share that information once we get it. That being said, if there’s something in this mini catalogue that you have your eye on, you may want to purchase it sooner rather than later to avoid any disappointment. For example, the cute Witch Hat Builder Punch is already on the “No Longer Available” List. You can shop online 24/7 in Canada at the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store – shortcut is https://yamstamps.com/shop You can message me with your order if you’d rather pay by etransfer, or if you’d like assistance placing your order.
