Thank You So Much

Happy Monday everyone!

I had a wonderful time at our Vancouver Island Stampin' Up meeting in Naniamo on Saturday. We had great discussions, a wonderful pot luck lunch on beautiful china, a great card swap, and some fun make and takes!

One of the things that we do at these meetings is bring a blank Thank You card and envelope for the organization that runs the hall we use for these meetings. Today I'm sharing with you the card that I made. I was very much in the mood for soft gray (Smoky Sate) and soft yellow (So Saffron).

I didn't use Whisper White for this card, but opted for Naturals White as I thought the flecks in the cardstock would go well with the stars I used from the Perpetual Calendar Stamp Set to create the diagonal background and the border around the edge of the tag. I added the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer punched stars and the Itty Bitty Accents Epoxy Stickers.

Next, you can see the layering of the card.

Hope you enjoy this card. Over the next week (or longer) I will post the card that I made for the swap, the cards I received in the swap, and the make and takes made at the meeting. So, there will be a lot of fun checking out all the projects created by other people other than myself.

To see what I all used in the making of this card check below.

Happy Stamping!

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March 2015 Paper Pumpkin Reveal

View the March 2015 Paper Pumpkin kit and see the fun you can have! 

You get everything you need in your kit, including dimensionals, except for scissors, stamp blocks, and adhesive!

GET YOUR MONTHLY ARTISTIC FIX!  Order a 3 month pre-paid subscription to Paper Pumpkin kits and save $6.  PLUS you'll qualify for a FREE Sale-A-Bration gift! Offer ends March 31.

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The 3 month subscription should read $68.85. When you place the order the correct amount is applied.

Victoria customers, if you are interested in starting a Paper Pumpkin club, let me know. We can all get together, visit and work on our kits! (sabradcreations@gmail.com)

More New Sale-a-bration Items!

This is my seond post for today. If you are looking for the Weekly Deals, it's the previous posting.

Stampin' Up has made a new announcement!

Since Blendabilities are no longer available as a Sale-A-Bration redemption item, we anticipate that the demand on other Sale-A-Bration items will be higher than forecasted. For that reason, all Sale-A-Bration items (with the exception of stamps) will be available "while supplies last." To help alleviate any inconvenience this may cause, we've made more items available to redeem for free during these last few weeks of Sale-A-Bration.

These additional items are great to get for free with every $60 you spend! More items to cross off of your wish list.

So you can see the items on the flyer more clearly you can check them out here.

Happy Creating!

New Weekly Deals

It's all about texture this week! Embossing folders with great patterns, and one of them even has a stamp set that can be used with it in the Weekly Deals! There's some great colours of ribbon too!

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At 25% off you can cross off a few more items from your wish list! Have fun shopping and creating!

New Humorous Stamp Set - "Just Kidding"

Every month Stampin' Up releases a new Stamp Set that is available for 6 months. This month we have a humorous stamp set called "Just Kidding" (140667 - $19.95)

Just think of all the fun cards you could make with this set to get a little chuckle from them.

And here are other new arrivals to remind yourself about.

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I still need to get the "Lovely Amazing You" set.

Have fun shopping, and happy stamping!

Sad News From Stampin' Up

Due to circumstances beyond the control of Stampin’ Up!, the quality control issues could not be resolved with the manufacturer of our Blendabilities.

 
Therefore, the difficult decision has been made by Stampin' Up to stop offering this product. A very, very sad day indeed – I sure loved them!

We still have the Stampin' Up Writer Markers and other ways of colouring with the beautiful Stampin' Up inks!

You can buy the entire set in a marvelous carry box, ...

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...or, you can buy them in smaller sets (no carry box though).

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Happy Stamping!

25% Off At Weekly Deals!

Some lovely goodies for 25% off! I know some of you really like the "All Abloom" DSP Stack and it's on sale this week!

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Love the "Wildflower" stamp set and coordinating embossing folder! Stamp and then line up in the folder and emboss! Great idea!

Only 21 days left of Sale-a-bration! So take advantage of the weekly deals, a couple of other favorites and get your free Sale-a-bration items for every $60 you spend. Don't forget the new additions to Sale-a-bration!

Happy stamping everyone!

"So You" Mini Album Kit - Class 3 For April 11th

CLASS CANCELLED

For those of you that missed the last two posts, on Saturday, April 11th, I will have three classes! Two of these classes will be using some fun project kits from Stampin' Up, and the other will be a card class.

This is the schedule for that day.

Class 1 - Perpetual Birthday Calendar Project Kit - 9:30 am to 12 noon - $55.00 (this includes the kit and the stamps set with no shipping and taxes for you when you take the class!)
Class 2 - Cards - 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm - $25.00 (no shipping and no taxes for you on your package of pearls when you take the class!)
Class 3 - So You (mini album) Project Kit - 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm - $55.00 (this includes the kit, White Stazon Pad & Refill, Stazon Cleaner, & a long strip of Mini Glue Dots. Stamp sets are extra, or bring your own. Should you wish to order the stamp sets and have them for class, let me know and I will include them in the class order with free shipping and no taxes! See below.)

Today I'm showing you the project that we will make for the 3rd class of the day; the "So You" Project Kit (mini album)! 

Included in the Stampin' Up "So You" kit -

 There is a stamp set that goes with this kit, but I used what I already have. The stamp set on the left, "Perpetual Birthday Calendar" stamp set, worked very well with this kit, as did the Project life "Remember This" stamp set on the right.

Her is my cover design. You can, of course, make it your own creative design.

In this class we will learn how to use the White Stazon ink and stamp on clear sheets creating our own photo covers! I still can't create videos, so instead of photographing every single page, I grouped them together.

I still have empty pocket pages and other kit elements left over that I didn't use and can use for other projects.

I stamped the spine, and will probably add more stamping on the inside covers too. 

Included in your class kit -

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I will also provide you with  long strip of mini glue dots, and 10 journaling grid cards!

This is what you will need to bring to class.

• scissors
• 4 x 4, or smaller, photos (must have photos to make the kit elements work)
• double sides adhesive tape
• clean rag/cloth (you may want more than one)
• photo/paper trimmer
• paper piercer
• your own stamps for stamping borders - images or text
• stamp blocks
• optional - colour ink pads of your choice
• splat mat (silicon non stick mat)
• ink blending tool with new/clean foam pads

Recommended stamp sets for this project if you wish to order these to have for class. If you let me know you want to order any of these, let me know and we can arrange for payment so that I can include them in the class order. (or bring your own stamps) 

The first three stamp sets below are what I used on this project. 

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But there is a "So You" stamp set that was made for this project kit.

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I had so much fun making this mini album! It went together so quickly because there is so much included in the kit right there for you! I look forward to this class with you.

4 Cards - Class 2 - April 11th

CLASS CANCELLED

For those of you that missed yesterday's post, on Saturday, April 11th, I will have three classes! Two of these classes will be using some fun project kits from Stampin' Up, and the other will be a card class.

This is the schedule for that day.

Class 1 - Perpetual Birthday Calendar Project Kit - 9:30 am to 12 noon - $55.00 (this includes the kit and the stamps set with no shipping and taxes for you when you take the class!)
Class 2 - Cards - 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm - $25.00 (no shipping and taxes for you on your package of pearls when you take the class!)
Class 3 - So You (mini album) Project Kit - 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Today I'm showing you the cards that we will make for the 2nd class of the day, the Card Class!

We will be using a lot of pearls for these cards, so everyone will receive an entire package of pearls for class! You'll still have a lot left for more projects at home.

Card 1 - You Brighten My Day

Card 2 - I'm Here For You

Card 3 - Tall Birthday

Card 4 - Mother's Day (or other)

This is what you will need to bring to class.

• paper trimmer
• scissors
• dimensionals (foam pop ups)
• splat mat (silicon/nonstick mat, or paper will be provided)
• paper piercer
• 3/4" circle punch
• double sided adhesive tape

There will be 11 kits for class participants only. Should there be left over kits, those attending the class get first pick at purchasing the extras.


I used three different stamp sets to make these cards.



Thank you for stopping by to have a look at my 4 Cards Class cards! Looking forward to having fun with you there! 

Stop by tomorrow to see what the 3rd class will be! If you want to see yesterday's class posting, click here.

Perpetual Calendar - Class 1 - April 11

CLASS CANCELLED

On Saturday, April 11th, I will have three classes! Two of these classes will be using some fun project kits from Stampin' Up, and the other will be a card class.

This is the schedule for that day.

Class 1 - Perpetual Birthday Calendar Project Kit - 9:30 am to 12 noon - $55.00 (this includes the kit and the stamps set with no shipping and taxes for you when you take the class!)
Class 2 - Cards - 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Class 3 - So You (mini album) Project Kit - 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Today, I will be showing you the Perpetual Calendar Project Kit as I made it. All Kits come with instructions, but you can always use everything in the kit the way you want to! This kit even comes with a storage box or a gift box!

This is the image from the Stampin' Up Occasions Catalogue that shows you everything you get in the kit!

Alphabet stickers (you'll have a ton left over for other projects), coloured Sequins, Sequin twine, glitter, glitter banner punch outs, a variety of punch out shapes (love the feathers), 4 sheets of little heart and star stickers, Ribbon, Baker's Twine, a Gold Clip, distress sponge, the clip board and the box with a label!

Here are what mine look like.

You can see that I also used my "Decorative Label" punch for three of my months.

The next photo shows you March on the clipboard, in it's entirety.

 And a closer view...

 I used the little stickers to mark the days of Family Birthdays.

I had such a blast stamping away and creating my month headers for this calendar, and know that you will too. I love the stamp set, because you can use them for any number of projects which include card making and scrapbooking! It's a very versatile stamp set!

This is what is included in the price of the class.

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I will provide the Inks and Glue Dots, but you will need to bring the following:

• scissors
• double sided adhesive or glue
• a splat mat (non-stick mat) to work on (I will have computer paper if need be)
• Stamp Cleaner 

Thank you for stopping by to have a look at my Perpetual Birthday Calendar Project! Looking forward to having fun with you at this class!

I will be posting the other two classes over the next 2 days! So stop by to check them out too.