Sale-a-bration

A Happy Thing

1 Comment / January 26, 2015 / Sale-a-bration, Technostamper Challenge

Happy Monday! Mondays are just the BEST because it is time for another Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge. Mary Jo has another FABULOUS sketch for us and I had so much fun making this card. I finally broke down and got “A Happy Thing” Sale-a-bration stamp set. Not real sure about the bird but I do LOVE the lemon! I …

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Week 1 Blog Hop

4 Comments / January 24, 2015 / Create with Connie and Mary, Sale-a-bration

Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Spring Collection 2015 Week 1 Blog Hop! Sunday through Friday our fabulous design team shares amazing designs with our subscribers but on Saturday we make a project to share with everyone on our design team hop! We each use the set that we used for our project that week. If you are …

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Best. Day. Ever.

5 Comments / January 22, 2015 / Create with Connie and Mary, Sale-a-bration

Well it’s Week 1 for Create with Connie and Mary Spring Collections 2015 and this week it’s all about Sale-a-bration! We are off to a great start with FABULOUS ideas for using all the cool SAB stuff. What an excellent collection for this year! The Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge is a fun sketch challenge. I decided to …

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Lotus Blossom

3 Comments / January 19, 2015 / Sale-a-bration, Technostamper Challenge

Oh my word…I seriously am IN LOVE with this SAB stamp set! Two step stamping is wonderful but three step??? FABULOUS!!! It’s Monday so time for another Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch challenge. When I saw the sketch this week I just knew the Lotus Blossoms would look SOOOOO perfect on it…especially teamed up with the Best Day Ever dsp. Here’s …

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Preview Week Day 1

4 Comments / January 11, 2015 / Clean and Simple (CAS), Create with Connie and Mary, Sale-a-bration, Spring Mini

Preview Week has BEGUN for Create with Connie and Mary Spring Collection 2015 and we are soooo excited! Our Spring Collections start SUNDAY (January 18th) and we have great projects in store for our subscribers! The other cool thing about Preview Week? You can subscribe for only $24.95…$5 off the regular subscription price of $29.95! So don’t delay…head over to …

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Petal Parade

1 Comment / March 22, 2014 / Clean and Simple (CAS), Create with Connie and Mary, Sale-a-bration

Can you believe it…Sale-a-bration is almost OVER!!! WOW…that is so hard to believe! I thought today I’d share a card we did as a make and take this past week. There is a little story to this card. I decided I wanted to use this set so I picked these colors, and sat down to design the card. Finished it…HATED …

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Simple Stems

1 Comment / March 17, 2014 / Sale-a-bration, Spring Mini, Technostamper Challenge

It’s Monday again and time for another Teachnostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch challenge. I told you that I was going to do something a little different for the next several Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenges and that was to the Simple Stems set from the Occasions Mini, along with the Sweet Sorbet (SAB) dsp paper for the sketches. Well believe it …

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Simple Stems

5 Comments / March 10, 2014 / Sale-a-bration, Spring Mini, Technostamper Challenge

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Simple Stems

1 Comment / March 3, 2014 / Sale-a-bration, Spring Mini, Technostamper Challenge

It’s Monday again and time for another Teachnostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch challenge. Last week I told you that I was going to do something a little different for the next several Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenges and that was to the Simple Stems set from the Occasions Mini, along with the Sweet Sorbet (SAB) dsp paper for the sketches. Well …

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Four You

1 Comment / February 25, 2014 / Sale-a-bration, SUO Challenge

Welcome to another SUO challenge! The theme this time is Banner Fun and I decided to have some FUN with my Banner Framelits and the Sweet Sorbet (SAB) dsp. What a great combo and the most difficult part of it was deciding this this was going to be a birthday card or a congratulations card. I guess you can tell …

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Simple Stems

2 Comments / February 24, 2014 / Sale-a-bration, Spring Mini, Technostamper Challenge

It’s another Monday and another FUN Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge. I thought I would do something different for the next several Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenges. You see sometimes, when I have a chance I like to work on several at a time and I actually had time to do that recently. So I decided that for this one …

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See Ya Later

1 Comment / February 17, 2014 / Sale-a-bration, Technostamper Challenge

OH my…I am so sorry! I see that somehow the POST didn’t get in here with this. My mind has just been everywhere but here. All I can say is it’s been a really bad 30 days! Anyway…this is for the Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge. As usual, I did my own little twist to the sketch. I just love …

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Petal Parade

5 Comments / February 6, 2014 / Create with Connie and Mary, Sale-a-bration, Spring Mini

Hello everyone and welcome to another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge and this week we have a GREAT sketch for you! We have having a quite a ‘winter’ here and I WANT IT TO BE OVER!!!! So…so help it along some…I decided flowers were in order! I absolutely LOVE the Sweet Sorbet SAB dsp…it is just so PRETTY!!! …

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Petal Parade

3 Comments / February 1, 2014 / Clean and Simple (CAS), Create with Connie and Mary, Sale-a-bration

It’s time to Sale-a-brate! This past week on Create with Connie and Mary Spring Collection 2014 the fabulous Design Team has been using the SAB products for their projects. Oh…the inspiring ideas! (DANG and now I have to buy more stuff so I can make them all!) But only our subscribers can see these fun projects…it’s not too late! On …

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Starburst Sayings

1 Comment / January 20, 2014 / Sale-a-bration, Spring Mini, Technostamper Challenge

Happy Monday everyone! Today is a day off (although when you teach online there really isn’t a day off!) and there is a GREAT sketch over on Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge. So, if you have some extra time on your hands come join the fun! So…I started out with an idea to EXACTLY follow the sketch this week. Hmmm…I …

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Tour de Freaks January

6 Comments / January 19, 2014 / Sale-a-bration, Tour de Freaks

Welcome everyone to the January Tour de Freaks! This month some with be showing off Valentines Day projects while other Freaks will be doing ‘stuff’ with the new Sale-a-bration items! If you are going forward through the hop you have arrived here from Robin Spinner’s blog – About a Girl. Weren’t they fun projects? For my projects I decided to …

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Sweet Sayings

2 Comments / December 27, 2013 / Create with Connie and Mary, Sale-a-bration

Since today is the second day of the Create with Connie and Mary Valentine Special Collection I thought I have another share something using one of the products from the Whole Lot of Love promotion (just like we are using products from this for our Valentine Special Collection). I bought these notecards when I bought my stuff for my Create …

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Sweet Sayings

6 Comments / December 26, 2013 / Create with Connie and Mary, Sale-a-bration, Spring Mini

Happy day after Christmas! Did you all have a nice day? We did…quiet…but nice! I like quiet! But the holiday is over and time to move on. TODAY is not ONLY the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge BUT also the start of the Create with Connie and Mary Valentine Special Collection where we are featuring products from the …

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Create some winter magic with Stampin' Up!'s MAGICAL MEADOW BUNDLE! The delicate sprigs, berries and foliage combined with fine-line greetings promote winter's subtle beauty. Add a birthday, anniversary or get well greeting instead for an extra special message to warm up the cold weather months. Our MAGICAL MEADOW CARD COLLECTION features the MAGICAL MEADOW BUNDLE with the WINTER MEADOW DESIGNER PAPER. There are step-by-step tutorial instructions for SIX cards in this Collection! See more details HERE!

Celebrating a holly, jolly Christmas or any festive occasion is SO easy using Stampin' Up!'s MERRY & BRIGHT STAMP SET & DIES! Mix and match the word block greetings and use the two different types of lights for bright and colorful fun and instant cheer on your paper projects. Our MERRY & BRIGHT COLLECTION features the MERRY & BRIGHT BUNDLE with the MERRY BOLD & BRIGHT DESIGNER PAPER to make quick cards or decorations for any type of party. There are step-by-step tutorial instructions for SIX projects...four card designs AND two gift card holder ideas! See more details HERE!

Winter trees to Christmas scenes, our MERRIEST TREES COLLECTION has you covered! With multiple sizes of trees, presents, ornaments and stars that double as snowflakes, you won't run out of creative options using this set! We featured the MERRIEST TREES STAMP SET AND DIES with the A WALK IN THE FOREST DESIGNER PAPER to share the love of Christmas and the entire winter season. There are step-by-step instructions for four projects...three card designs (one a fun fold) and a special project to use yourself, sell at craft fairs, or give away as a gift during the holidays! See more details HERE!

Step up your holiday projects with Stampin' Up!'s elegant JOY OF NOEL STAMP AND DIES BUNDLE! Easily create layers and arrangements with the traditional holly, berry and greenery designs, block NOEL, and coordinating script greetings. We featured the JOY OF NOEL BUNDLE with the JOY OF CHRISTMAS DESIGNER PAPER AND JOYFUL SPECIALTY PAPER to share the colors and magic of the Christmas season. There are step-by-step instructions for SIX projects...FOUR card designs and TWO small gift favors, perfect for craft fair projects or to give friends and neighbors during the season! See more details HERE!

We are "buzzin" with the news that Demonstrators who have signed up for Stampin' Up!'s OnStage in November can elect to pre-order the upcoming BEE MY VALENTINE SUITE from the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog! We couldn't wait to create with this darling new BEE MY VALENTINE STAMP SET filled with a buzzing bee, honeycomb, sweet as honey greetings, plus the coordinating BEE BUILDER PUNCH to make cutting the bees SO easy! The bright and cheerful BEE MINE DESIGNER PAPER and Hearts & Flowers Embellishments add to the whimsy! Our BEE MY VALENTINE BONUS COLLECTION has step-by-step instructions for SIX projects...FOUR card designs and TWO favor designs...using the suite SQUARE PILLOW BOXES to fill with treats or a small gift! See more details HERE!

Fill your Christmas holidays with our BEARY CUTE STAMP AND PUNCH BUNDLE! Punch out the coordinating stamped images, or images from the fun designer paper! Dress up the bears with scarves and hats, add a festive tree or presents to your designs! We featured the BEARY CUTE BUNDLE with the BEARY CHRISTMAS DESIGNER PAPER for a winter wonderland look. There are step-by-step instructions for THREE card designs (one a special fun fold) and a small gift or craft fair project! See more details here!

Deck the Halls with the beautiful greenery images, tags and labels using the CHRISTMAS CLASSICS STAMPS AND DIES! Add the fun Christmas song greetings with their stylish fonts on your unique paper crafting projects. We featured the CHRISTMAS LABELS BUNDLE with the JOYFUL SPECIALTY PAPER for some sparkle and shine, plus the JOY OF CHRISTMAS DESIGNER PAPER for a traditional holiday look! There are step-by-step instructions for EIGHT card designs...we know you'll love at least one of these designs (or all of them!) for your Christmas cards this year. See more details here!

Build your own pumpkin patch with these fun images in the PICK OF THE PATCH BUNDLE! Mix and match the different sized pumpkins, sentiments, leaves and branches, including a little face for jack-o-lanterns and a friendly crow! The unique PICK OF THE PATCH BUILDER PUNCH helps you quickly punch these images from cardstock or designer paper. We featured the PICK OF THE PATCH BUNDLE with the unexpected O HOLY NIGHT DESIGNER PAPER for some awesome night skies and jewel-tone effects! There are step-by-step instructions for THREE card designs (one a special fold) and a fall decor project! See more details here!

Check out these "jazzy" skeletons in the new BAG OF BONES BUNDLE! So many pieces to mix and max for personalized figures and scenes! Build a spooky scene with tombstones, bats, stars, and even a rickety picket fence using the BAG OF BONES DIES. This bundle is bone-a-fide fun with even a not-so-furry friend or two. Your Halloween crafts are sure to be eerie-sistible! We featured the BAG OF BONES BUNDLE with the THEM BONES DESIGNER PAPER for a spook-tacular collection! There are step-by-step instructions for TWO card designs and TWO treat holder projects! See more details HERE!

The single and multi-leaf images in the AUTUMN LEAVES BUNDLE give you a lot of different looks for your card making, scrapbooking, gift packaging or elegant tags! Use the stamp images alone or combine with the detailed leaf veins, awesome shaped labels, and stand-alone leaf dies! Celebrate the fall season by sharing your creations using the thankful greetings to express joy and gratitude. We featured the AUTUMN LEAVES BUNDLE with the ALL ABOUT AUTUMN DESIGNER PAPER for a colorful outdoorsy look! There are step-by-step instructions for SIX projects...four card designs and two sweet favor projects! See more details HERE!

The JUST MY TYPE STAMP SET images have a vintage look of time gone by! The hand-drawn typewriter reminds "some" of us of a less technology-driven time! And the classic typewriter font used on the greetings, plus some fun desk accessories, help create charming cards and projects for a book lover or writer! We featured the JUST MY TYPE STAMP SET with the GORGEOUS GINGHAM DESIGNER PAPER for a bright and cheerful look! There are step-by-step instructions for three card designs (one a fun fold!) and a fun display project! See more details here!

The PAPER FLORIST DIES make it easy to be a florist...a paper florist, that is! Run some cardstock or designer paper thru the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine with these pretty petals and leaves dies, fluff them up, and create show stopping flowers! The PAPER FLORIST DIES are perfectly sized for cards, scrapbook pages, gift bags or boxes! We featured the PAPER FLORIST DIES with the black & white designs in the ZOO CREW DESIGNER PAPER as a perfect back drop for your floral masterpieces. There are step-by-step instructions for SIX card designs! See more details here!

The HEY CHUCK BUNDLE is something to crow about! It has everything you need to do some quirky crafting! The stamps are filled with sassy chickens and fun sentiments. The HEY CHUCK DIES help you create farmyard scenes for your down-to-earth projects. Mix and match the images and dies for endless sunrise to sunset possibilities! We featured the HEY CHUCK BUNDLE with the REGALS 6x6 DESIGNER PAPER to help you rule the roost in your designs. There are step-by-step instructions for FOUR projects...three cards (one a fun fold) and a fun gift package design you will love to give away! See more details here!

Using Stampin' Up!'s EARTHEN TEXTURES BUNDLE is the perfect way to add a chic and sophisticated look to all of your card making projects! The grassy floral images can be layered different ways, and easily coordinate with other stamp images. The EARTHEN TEXTURES DIES have a variety of earthy pottery pieces and the fan palm and leaves give you lots of texture and depth on your creations. We featured the EARTHEN TEXTURES BUNDLE with the EARTHEN ELEGANCE DESIGNER PAPER for a natural one-of-a-kind look. There are step-by-step instructions for FOUR projects...three cards (one a fun fold) and an office accessory you are sure to use! See more details HERE!

Stampin' Up!'s GORGEOUSLY MADE BUNDLE has some fun graphic design images to use for texture to go along with fresh greenery and simple greetings. They are also perfect fill-ins for cards, tags, scrapbook pages and gift packaging! The GORGEOUSLY MADE DIES let you add unique borders, edges, labels and more to your crafts. We featured the GORGEOUSLY MADE BUNDLE with the MASTERFULLY MADE DESIGNER PAPER for some hand-made and hand-torn design looks! There are step-by-step instructions for SIX projects...FOUR cards and TWO desk accessories you'll find very useful! See more details HERE!

Nothing says sweet summertime like an ice-cold pitcher of lemonade or iced tea! Stampin’ Up!’s SO REFRESHING BUNDLE lets you customize your favorite summer beverage with all the fun detailed stamp images and dies! Mix and match the two-step stamping images with soft or bold colors and heartfelt sentiments for a personalized greeting or gift! We featured the SO REFRESHING BUNDLE with the GLORIOUS GINGHAM 6×6 DESIGNER PAPER for show stopping designs! There are step-by-step instructions for THREE cards (one a fun fold!) and a fun GIFT project! See more details HERE!

Calling all demos! Stampin' Up!'s Creativity Now Crafting Event is occurring on Saturday, June 24th! If you purchased this TRANSLUCENT FLORALS BUNDLE in order to participate, we have a Connie & Mary Creations SPECIAL COLLECTION just for you! We EXPANDED the use of your Translucent Florals Bundle by designing a Collection of SIX card tutorials using this bundle! Add to your "watch party", get your samples done EARLY for upcoming classes, or just enjoy a different look for this bundle than the Stampin' Up! offering! (Don't worry...if you didn't purchase this bundle now, it will be available for EVERYONE to purchase from the upcoming Holiday Mini Catalog!) We featured the TRANSLUCENT FLORALS BUNDLE with the BRIGHT & BEAUTIFUL 6x6 DESIGNER PAPER for some bright, cheerful designs! There are step-by-step instructions for SIX card projects. See more details HERE!

We love Stampin' Up!'s new INKED & TILED STAMP SET AND PUNCH PACK BUNDLE! The stamp images have a botanical print appearance of pressed leaves and flowers! The INKED & TILED PUNCHES can be used with the all-occasion greetings, to punch out the coordinating DSP or for cool tiled backgrounds! You can go soft and neutral or bold and bright as you wish! We featured this INKED & TILED BUNDLE with the new coordinating INKED BOTANICALS 6x6 DESIGNER PAPER for a classically timeless design! There are step-by-step instructions for EIGHT card projects. See more details HERE!

We went bananas over Stampin' Up!'s new LITTLE MONKEY STAMP SET AND PUNCH and we know you will, too!! The LITTLE MONKEY BUNDLE has tropical elements to create a fun jungle scene! Mix and match the monkeys, punched pieces and cute greetings for adorable cards and projects. Have them hanging from trees or vines while snacking on their favorite bananas! We featured this LITTLE MONKEY BUNDLE with the new REGALS 6x6 DESIGNER PAPER for some whimsical fun! There are step-by-step instructions for FOUR projects...three card ideas (one a fun fold) and gift idea that is more fun than a barrel of monkeys! See more details HERE!

Calling all crafters! Stampin' Up! just introduced a new stamp bundle called CRAFTING WITH YOU that includes something for papercrafters, knitter/crocheters, sewists, painters, needleworkers... whichever hobby you enjoy! It also includes some inspiring greetings! The CRAFTING WITH YOU DIES have some bonus images (including a TRIMMER and SCISSORS! Oh my!), along with dies to cut out the fun stamped images. We featured this CRAFTING WITH YOU BUNDLE with the new BRIGHTS 6x6 DESIGNER PAPER for some colorful fun! There are step-by-step instructions for FOUR projects...three card ideas (one a fun fold) and fun desk accessory for you and your customers to enjoy and display! More details here!

Let's celebrate with the FUN new Bright & Beautiful Suite of products that demos could preorder this month, including the BEAUTIFUL BALLOONS BUNDLE! This celebratory BEAUTIFUL BALLOONS STAMP SET has a variety of sized balloons, festoons and greetings for many different occasions! The BEAUTIFUL BALLOONS DIES cut out stamped balloon shapes, plus a confetti tag, a couple of star shapes and a fun fringe! We featured this BEAUTIFUL BALLOONS BUNDLE with an array of new CORE COLORS just added to the Stampin' Up! Color Collections lineup! There are step-by-step instructions for SIX projects...FOUR card ideas and TWO fun gift favor projects we know you'll enjoy making! See more details HERE!

One of the preorder sets that demos could order this month is this fabulous CHEERFUL DAISIES BUNDLE! This delightful CHEERFUL DAISIES STAMP SET has three different sizes of daisy flowers, with greetings, greenery and leaves to coordinate. The CHEERFUL DAISIES DIES cut out stamped shapes, plus a large flower cluster and a fun tag shape that we know you will love! And we decided to feature this CHEERFUL DAISIES BUNDLE with the NEWEST In Colors...a fabulous set of rich, deep colors that go together SO well...and the FRESH AS A DAISY DESIGNER PAPER. There are step-by-step instructions for SIX projects...FOUR card ideas and TWO wonderful projects suitable for workshops, open house or catalog launches that introduce both the new In Colors AND the new Core Colors! See more details HERE!