It's that time again......time for a Sale-A-Bration!

Sale-A-Bration (SAB) is well underway!  Check out the SAB and 2016 Occasion Catalogs in the sidebar to see the great new products Stampin'Up! has designed for this promotion!  For every $50 (before tax and shipping) you spend, you get to choose 1 FREE item from the SAB catalog.  The video below spotlights one of the products in the SAB catalog.

The next video spotlights the Bloomin' Heart Thinlits Dies in the Occasions Catalog.  Buy it bundled with the coordinating stamp set and save 15%!

Three of the SAB items are labeled, "Limited Time!".  Those items are only available for a couple more weeks and then new products will take their place for the remainder of the promotion!  Sale-A-Bration only lasts thru March 31st so don't delay!

Happy Stamping!

Out with the Old......

It's that time of year again when Stampin'Up! retires some of our old favorite stamps and accessories to make room for new wonderful products to dazzle us.  Check out the list of products via the link in the sideboard....available until June 2nd while supplies last and discounted up to 50%!  In addition, this year SU will be discontinuing it's My Digital Studio program and downloads!  These products will also be available until June 2nd.  All digital downloads will be available until the end at a 30% discount!

Last days of Sale-a-Bration!

Today and tomorrow are your last chance to take adavantage of the great freebies available with this year's Stampin'Up! Sale-a-Bration!  You can place an order in my online store, or email me so I can place the order for you.  For every $50 in product you order, you get to choose 1 Sale-a-Bration item. If you are a fan of My Paper Pumpkin, you can take advantage of the 3 month special (only $54.85)...save money and get a FREE SAB item at the same time!

The card below was made using some of my favorite SAB freebies.....Irresistibly Yours specialty DSP (each sheet has a beautiful embossed design, which make it perfect for resist techniques), and the Lotus Blossom stamp set.  This is a 3-step flower, and so easy to line up since the stamps are clear!

The Irresistibly Yours DSP is on the lower half of the card.  I stamped the lotus blossoms and stems around the piece, sponged a tiny bit of old olive in between to provide a slight contrast for the resist, then I used a tissue to wipe the ink off the leaf pattern.  (Thanks to Patty Bennett for passing along this idea--www.pattystamps.com).

The flowers were stamped using Blackberry Bliss, Rich Razzleberry, and Wisteria Wonder, with Old Olive for the stems.  The greetings are stamped in Mossy Meadow.  The card stock is whisper white, wisteria wonder, and pear pizzazz.

The ribbon is our white organza ribbon.  I used a sponge dauber to color the satin running through the center with Wisteria Wonder classic ink.

Happy Stamping!
Marge

November Paper Pumpkin Kit!

This month's Paper Pumpkin kit is called Simply Snowflake, and boy is it fun.  From the adorable die cut snowflake cards and tags to the cool stamp set, Lost Lagoon ink spot, die cut snowflakes, rhinestones, silver bakers twine and even washi tape!!.....what a great value!!!


The kit makes 8 cards with envelopes and 12 tags, but you get more than enough supplies.

Order your pre-paid subscription in my online store then redeem it through the link in the sidebar by December 10th so you don't miss out on another great kit!

Beyond Paper Pumpkin

Order and redeem your prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscription for the November kit during the month of October to get a gift from me.  Then bring your kit to my house on November 21st, where we will assemble them together, and make an additional project not included in the kit.  To purchase your prepaid subscription, click on the "Prepaid Subscriptions" link in the sidebar to get the product code.  Then click on the "Shop Now" button to place your order.  Stampin'Up! will send you an email with a code to redeem your subscription.  Go to www.mypaperpumpkin.com to redeem your subscription and enter your information.   Or email me at www.stampinwithmarge@hotmail.com and I can place the order for you and walk you through the redemption process.

I used the stamps from the September Paper Pumpkin kit ("BOO!", the bats and the tree tops in the lower left corner) in this cute Halloween card. The background was made with the splatter stamp from "Gorgeous Grunge," stamping it over and over and rotating it as you stamp until you get the look you're going for.  The bottom of the background is sponged (inspired by SU Demo, Jan Tink).  The Bat body is the owl builder punch and his wings are the large oval punch with 1/3 punched off by the 1 1/4" circle punch (from Pinterest entry by the fabulous Diana Gibbs).

Happy Stamping!
Marge

Paper Pumpkin...a magical paper escape every month....it's creativity in a box!

I'm Paper Pumpkin . . .

I come to your door each month (a fully decked-out creativity carriage). I'll help you to escape your life with some paper fun.

I come in a sweet box, but you'll really love what you find on the inside:

All the stamps, ink, paper, and accessories to create fun projects. Create stuff like cards, journals, décor, and more!

Paper Pumpkin by Stampin' Up! is a new monthly kit program that anyone (even you) can enjoy!

I recently took the plunge and subscribed to My Paper Pumpkin.  Everything you need comes in this cute orange box all wrapped in blue tissue paper like it's from Tiffany!  And each month is a fun surprise!  September's kit contained all the supplies to make these cute burlap treat bags and the tags on the other bags as well (I added the cello bags and ribbon...and the treats).  

The kits even contain exclusive photopolymer stamps created for Paper Pumpkin and any ink spots you may need.  (Your very first kit always comes with an acrylic block to mount your stamps.)  This kit also included orange sequin garland, black floss, mini clothespins, and stickers that match the skull, bat, tree and crow stamps.  All the tags were die cut, so you only had to punch them out.  Easy to follow instructions with color photographs of the completed project are also included.  The whole thing is designed to be completed in about a half hour.

Of course, you don't have to create the projects as designed...run with your own creativity.  Or search Paper Pumpkin in Pinterest to see what others have created with their kits.

If you'd like to give it a try, click on the link provided to order your prepaid subscription in my online store.  You'll then receive an email telling you how to redeem your subscription.  It's so flexible.  Even with a prepaid subscription, you can pause your subscription, then start it up again.  It can all be easily managed through the My Paper Pumpkin website.  Sign up by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit, or pause or cancel by the 10th of the month.  If changes are made after the 10th, they will be affective for the next month.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I have!

Happy Stamping!
Marge

New Thinlits Dies

If you love making interactive cards, you'll LOVE these brand new Thinlits Card Dies from Stampin'Up!  They're so new they're not in any catalog yet!  Watch this video to see how quickly these thinlits can help you make a swing card.  Each set (Circle or Label) also comes with additional thinlit shapes for embellishing your card.

Stampin'Up! has also included a new die set in their Holiday Catalog called Thinlits Expressions.  It consists of three cursive words (Thankful, Love and Merry--featured on the cards below).  Tip--include a piece of waxed paper between your card stock and the thinlit to make it easier to remove.  All the thinlits (and framelits) work so well with the new Magetic Platform for the Big Shot.  The Magnetic Platform has been so popular that Stampin'Up! is not currently taking any more orders for this until they catch up with production.  It should be available for order again sometime in September.  I'll post an announcement here when they are available again.  (Purchase a new set of cutting plates for maximum performance, as it works better with a flat plate.)  I love mine!

The following cards feature the Thinlits Expressions Die (Merry).  In both examples "Merry" was cut using Whisper White card stock, embossed (1st example w/ Pewter ep; 2nd example w/ Gold ep), then attached using Tombow liquid glue (the pointy end makes it easy to apply).

In both cards Dasher (retired) was embossed with a combo of Early Espresso ep and Pewter or gold to match "Merry."









Happy Stamping!
Marge