Welcome to the Pals’ Blog Hop! We’re so glad you’re here because it’s “Time to Sale-A-Brate!” We’re showcasing our favorite new products from 2020 Sale-A-Bration brochure. You may be starting the hop here or coming from a previous Pal’s blog. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll find the full line-up below to help you move, or “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

Because I haven’t yet received a stamp set from the gorgeous Sale-A-Bration brochure, today I am featuring my favorite products from the Spring Mini Catalog instead — the Painted Poppies Bundle.  For my card, I wanted to recreate a field of poppies against a background of green, kind of like this painting I found:

Needless to say, here’s my project:

I started with a basic Whisper White Thick card base folded to 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″, a panel of Old Olive at 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″, and a panel of Shimmery White cardstock measured at 5 1/4 x 4″.

On the Shimmery White panel, I created a color-washed background using my Aqua Painter and some Old Olive ink.  To do this, I wet the paper with the aqua painter, and liberally spread ink back and forth until I achieved a wash of green. I let this dry for awhile.

I then stamped a number of leaves onto the background of washed color in Old Olive. Next I stamped a variety of poppies on some Whisper White scraps, using Petal Pink, Poppy Parade (love that color!) and Grapefruit Grove.  The two-step stamps make beautiful poppies, and don’t worry about lining up the stamps directly over each other — they’re not perfectly aligned.  Experiment with ‘stamping off’ sometimes, to create varied flower hues. I stamped some leaves in Old Olive ink on Whisper White as well.

Here’s the beautiful stamp set and dies from the new Spring Occasions Catalog:

I then did some die cutting.  I cut out all the poppies, both styles, the leaves, and also a decorative border from the dies in Old Olive cardstock.  To put it all together, I simply built a bouquet on top of the washed background, popping some poppies up using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

To make the sentiment, I stamped one of the lovely sayings from the Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set in Old Olive ink. I used the Timeless Label Punch to punch out the sentiment, trimming the top and bottom edges slightly, and then using Dimensionals to adhere to the card.  I love every one of the sentiments in this set!

To add the finishing touches, I used some Baker’s Twine and (retired) Old Olive ribbon tied together in a bow.  (I do have new ribbon on my wish list!)  I added some pretty sequins, and done!  The list of all the wonderful products I used for this project are found at the bottom of this post.

More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, February 12th, for our Art From The Heart blog hop when our Design Team showcase projects made from the heart for any occasion. Don’t miss the fun!

Pals Blog Hop Line-Up

1. 1. 1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty!
      2. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
      3. Jen Roque at Stamp Camp with Jen
      4. Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
      5. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
      6. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
      7. Linda Suarez at Lucky Dog Stamper
      8. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’——YOU ARE HERE!
      9. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
      10. Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
      11. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
      12. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
      13. Debra Simonis at Deb’s Stampin’ Grounds
      14. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
      15. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
      16. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
      17. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
      18. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
      19. Leah O’Brien at Ink, Paper, Stamps, Oh My!
      20. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
      21. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
      22. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose

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Have you received your New Spring Occasions Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration brochure yet?  If you haven’t, send me a quick email and I’ll get it out to you right away!   I am so excited about these new resources.  They’re both FILLED with beautiful new products from Stampin’ Up!

Today I’m featuring a card I made from some of those wonderful new products: the From My Heart Suite. I Love Valentine’s Day, and this new suite absolutely fills my heart with joy!  Here is the card I created:

• SHOP—For every $50 or $100 in purchases, you can select a FREE item from the Sale-a-Bration Flyer!
• HOST—Have a $300 workshop or individual order and you’ll earn a FREE Little Ladybug stamp set!
• JOIN—Purchase a $99 Starter Kit, select $125 worth of products, get FREE Shipping, plus receive a FREE Mini Paper Cutter, FREE 6×6″ Paper Sampler and FREE your choice of ANY stamp set from the catalogs!

Remember Sale-A-Bration is a great time because you earn FREE products for every $50 you order, so don’t miss out on the fun!  Let me know if you need help with your online order.  I will be happy to make sure you’re getting all the freebies you deserve!

Not only that, BUT there’s only TWO days left before this special starts!  Buy the Stampin’ Up! Starter kit and get an exclusive mini trimmer, 6 x 6″ sampler of our new papers, AND any stamp set of your choice!  That’s on top of the already great deal the Starter Kit is!

What is the Starter Kit?  You pick anything you want totaling $125, and spend only $99 plus tax, no shipping.  Get the exclusive mini trimmer, the paper sampler, AND an additional stamp set of your choice in addition.  Oh, and FREE SHIPPING on the whole thing!

This is truly one of the best Starter Kit deals I’ve seen!  Here’s more:

**Enjoy a continual discount of 20% (net) off your purchases
**You can increase that to 25%
**Join the Up North Stampin’  family! (in person gatherings, incentives, training, FUN, swaps, a NATIONAL Facebook group, and more!)  I’d love for you to join my team…and no worries, you don’t have to sell a thing — you can be a hobby demonstrator, in it for the fun and savings!

Click HERE to join on the 3rd January!

I’ll be back on the 3rd with the new catalog, Sale-a-Bration promotion details and more!

Happy New Year!  I hope 2020 is your best year yet!

Mary

Happy New Year, Friends!

January 2020 SNEAK PEEK VIDEO: Paper Pumpkin’s first kit of 2020 is all about L-O-V-E. Whether you want handmade favors for Valentine’s Day, a bridal shower, or a remarkably romantic wedding, this month’s kit has everything you need to help you celebrate your favorite friendships and love stories. So make it a “LOVE”-ly year with Paper Pumpkin!

Sign-up to subscribe to January’s I’ll Be Yours Paper Pumpkin by January 10.  

Paper Pumpkin’s first kit of 2020 is all about L-O-V-E. Whether you need favors for Valentine’s Day, a bridal shower, or a remarkably romantic wedding, this kit will help you celebrate your favorite friendships and love stories in style. So make it a “LOVE”-ly year with Paper Pumpkin.

Our research tells us that Paper Pumpkin subscribers love cards. And while January’s kit is project-based (with 20 treat bags), it also includes 10 mini cards.   It’s a Win-Win!

Not familiar with Paper Pumpkins?  They’re fabulous kits that come to you in the mail once a month, around the 18th-20th.  Although we do not know the exact contents of the kit, we always a few hints throughout the month.  January’s kit contains everything you need to make the month’s projects — in this case, 20 treat bags and 10 mini cards.  You get the ink, stamp set, papers, embellishments, envelopes, adhesives….EVERYTHING!  AND new subscribers receive an acrylic stampin’ block with which to use your stamps.  There are two ways to buy:

Give it a try!  With the monthly subscription, there’s no risk to you!  You control your account, and can skip, suspend, or cancel anytime!  (Not that you’ll want to, with each month’s kit better than the last!)

P.S.  If you buy the Heart Punch Pack from the new 2020 January–June Mini Catalog,  the January kit will help them get more from their punch purchase!  I’m having one sent to all my customers from this last year. Let me know if you need a catalog!  I’ll get one in the mail to you right away!

WHO  LOVES FREE SHIPPING?!?

We ALL love FREE SHIPPING!  And Stampin’ Up!’s ONE DAY ONLY Free Shipping Sale is UNDERWAY!

Here are the details!

• Sales Period:  December 11
• All order types qualify for this promotion.
• Free shipping applies after the $50 qualifying amount has been met.
• The minimum qualifying amount to receive free shipping is $50 or more (before tax). Note: If you’re using a coupon code, please remember that the order amount must still meet the qualifying threshold to be eligible for free shipping.
• With the exception of month-to-month Paper Pumpkin subscriptions, all Stampin’ Up! products qualify for the promotion, including year-end closeout items.
• Free shipping only applies during the 24-hour period the promotion is live; this means that the order must be opened and closed on December 11, 2019.
• Prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions are eligible for FREE shipping under the same rules as all other Stampin’ Up! items during the promotion.
• Month-to-month Paper Pumpkin subscriptions are NOT eligible for free shipping. Subscriptions billed and shipped for December will be charged for the normal amount ($22.00).  Important note: December Paper Pumpkin billing and shipment will be delayed until December 16 due to increased workload in the distribution center.

Pull out those Wish Lists and check them twice becayse FREE SHIPPING is oh so NICE!!

Here’s a link right to my Online Store so you can get busy!

Happy Shopping and Saving!!

Welcome to the Pals’ Blog Hop! We’re so glad you’re here because we made some great projects for our Retirement Fun Fold Party  – showcasing our favorite products from the Holiday Catalog that will be leaving us forever. You may be starting the hop here or coming from a previous Pal’s blog. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll find the full line-up below to help you move, or “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

Today, I chose to feature the holiday bundle  “Cup of Christmas” with a fun fold called the Shadow Box card.  Since it is retiring, I wanted to show the versatility of this bundle; this card shows how the bundle can be used for a ‘get-well’ card or ‘thinking of you’ card as well as for the holidays.

I actually got the video pattern for this fun fold from Marsha Denning.  Her video tutorial can be found HERE.  Thank you, Marsha!

According to her directions, I took two panels of cardstock and cut them at 6 1/4″ by 5 1/2. I then scored on the 6 1/2″ side at 1/2″ and 1″ on both ends.  I folded the scores in and out like an accordion.  I then took the top panel of cardstock and used the Rectangle Stitched Dies to make a rectangle cut in the middle of the panel to create my shadowbox.  This was the framelit I used:

When put together, these two panels make an ‘accordian-style’ shadowbox frame that becomes your card.  Before putting the two halves together, I put a panel of Perennial Essence and adhered it to the bottom panel.  I then adhered the two halves of the card together.  The video makes it much easier to understand, believe me!  Here’s what it looks like from the bottom.

Time for some die cutting! I cut out two cups from the Cup of Christmas bundle, one in Whisper White and one in Petal Pink, and added some fun diagonal pattern with the diagonal die from the same color.  You can put your cups together in any combination you’d like!  I also cut out the leaf die in Garden Green from the Christmas Layers Dies.

Then I did some stamping!  On the white cup, I stamped a sentiment from the Cup of Christmas stamp set in Rich Razzleberry, and then added some fun small sequins.  This stamp set has many fabulous sentiments, depending upon your occasion, don’t you agree?

I also stamped some flowers from the First Frost stamp set in Petal Pink and Rich Razzleberry and then cut them out with my die cutter.

To put it all together, I adhered the leaf die to one side of the frame.  Next I adhered the two cups at their ends, and then attached them to the outside frame of the card over the leaf die.  I added the die cut flowers. A bow with some baker’s twine, and I was done! Remember, when folded flat, this card fits an A2 envelope, so it’s a piece of cake to send in the mail!

I hope you enjoyed seeing a softer, more feminine version of a project made with the fabulous (and RETIRING!) Cup of Christmas Bundle.  Get yours NOW!!  The products I used to make this card can be found at the end of this post.

More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, January 8th, for our Time to Sale-A-Brate blog hop when our Design Team showcase projects using brand new products from the new mini catalog and Sale-A-Bration brochure. Don’t miss the fun!

Pals Blog Hop Line-Up

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
3. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
4. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
5. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
6. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
7. Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin’
8. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
9. Debra Simonis at Deb’s Stampin’ Grounds
10. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
11. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
12. Jen Roque at Stamp Camp with Jen
13. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
14. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
15. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
16. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’

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Don’t forget the Flash Sale tomorrow — FREE SHIPPING, ONE DAY ONLY!!!  Throw some cutting plates in your shopping cart!!