New Weekly Deals April 14

It's spring in your Weekly Deals for April 14-20! Check out all the flowers and pretties! 

From the Herd

I loved this stamp when I first saw it, and I finally started making cards with it this month! With 7 children, we often feel quite like a "herd," so this is a perfect greeting from our family. I stamped the image on watercolor paper in Staz On Black, then colored with inks and the Aquapainter. To use your inks this way, smoosh (that's the technical term) the lid while the case is closed. When you open it, there's a little puddle/smear of ink for you to dip your Aquapainter in!

There are clouds and sky at the top of the image, but they're hard to see in the photo. The other thing that's hard to see is how I accented the eyes of all the animals:

I used Crystal Effects on all the eyes to bring a little freaky shine to them. {smile}

There are some great sentiments in this set, and I'll be sharing more samples of them soon! The set is available in photopolymer (my preference), clear mount, and wood mount.

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Last Day for Free Shipping and a Butterfly Thinlits Update!

Today is the last day! 

Get your order in while Free Shipping 

is still available!

Butterfly Thinlits Update: 

The Butterfly Thinlits are still on the ship on the West Coast. The container has not yet been unloaded. They are expected to arrive in the warehouse sometime next week. Because of this delay, Stampin Up is offering a special "make-it-up-to-you" deal! 

Beginning the day Butterflies Thinlits are again available through April 30, 

there will be two special offers:

    Get the Butterflies Thinlits at a 15 percent discount--just $21.20!

    Buy any of the Butterflies Thinlits Bundles at the already-discounted price 

    and choose one of three FREE Sale-A-Bration items (only available while supplies last)!

       Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper (item 138633)
        Best Year Ever Accessory Pack (item 138634)
        Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper (item 138635)

(The Butterfly Basics Stamp set is currently available for order. I suggest the Photopolymer version for ease of placement and price savings. 137154 Price: $23.95)

Mini cards and a Berry Basket

More 3x3 cards from my Berry Basket mini cards project. Yes, they use the now-retired Best Year Ever DSP, but there are lots of beautiful papers still available!

My challenge to you today is to make some 3x3 cards--use what you already have and show me (here or on my Facebook page) what you made.

Lots of occasions coming up: weddings, birthdays, Mother's Day, Memorial Day--and we can always use a few love notes to drop in unexpected places or thank yous for someone who made a difference. Let's stamp!

I'm All Abloom with Thanks

The Hello You Thinlits are available again, and getting them with free shipping makes it that much better!

This simple card uses 2 different patterns from the All Abloom Designer Series Paper (DSP) stack. It's a great choice for spring, and the color combinations are fun! Inspired by the DSP, I combined Mossy Meadow (a 2014-16 In Color) with Pistachio Pudding (a 2013-2015 In Color).

NOW is the time to order any ink refills, cardstock, or accessories to go with your Pistachio Pudding (and Baked Brown Sugar, Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, and Coastal Cabana!) 

before they sell out! The retiring list will be out April 21, 

and the 2013-15 In Colors will sell out within hours. Don't wait! 

I decided to show you my first version of this card, which I made at the end of a long stamping session, when I was tired. {smile} It was super simple but fine for my purpose, which was to show the Hello You Thinlits. Unfortunately, when I was cleaning some extra glue from behind the "thanks," I smudged the "so much." Sigh. So I decided to use Strawberry Slush (picked up from the strip of All Abloom) to re-stamp the sentiment and add it over top. Here's the original:

I like the second version (at the top of this post) SO MUCH better! (See what I did there?) That little pop of color really brightened up the card and made it more fun.

Get your Hello You Thinlits and the coordinating set, Crazy About You, either separately or in a bundle at a 15% discount. It's available in Wood, Clear, and Photopolymer.

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Stamps: Crazy about You
Paper: Mossy Meadow, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush, All Abloom DSP Stack
Ink: Mossy Meadow
Accessories: Hello You Thinlits, Bitty Banners Framelits

Weekly Deals April 7

Amazing Weekly Deals! Some great deals on thinlits and framelits for your die cutting collection!

Remember that all orders this week (April 6-10) get FREE SHIPPING!

The 2013-2015 In Colors (Baked Brown Sugar, Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, and Pistachio Pudding) will all retire soon! They always sell out within hours of the release of the retiring list (April 21), so order them this week! Ink refills, cardstock, baker's twine, DSP stack--get them before they're gone.

Free Shipping and the Berry Basket

Stampin Up is offering a great promotion--Free Shipping on any purchase today (April 6) through Friday (April 10)! Get your order in and save BIG! 

Another Berry Basket--this one full of 3x3 cards and envelopes. I lined the basket with Designer Series Paper (DSP) by cutting 2 extra basket pieces from the (now retired) Sale-a-bration Best Year Ever DSP.

3x3 cards are really fun to make. Here are two from this set. I'll show the others in the next few days. 

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Stamps: Big Day (Retired SAB), Sew You (March Paper Pumpkin)
Paper: Whisper White, Best Year Ever DSP (Retired SAB), Crushed Curry
Ink: Soft Suede, Coastal Cabana
Accessories: Itty Bitty Accents Punches, Word Bubble Framelits, Hello You Thinlits, Berry Basket Die

Spring Berry Baskets!

Gift baskets for friends. I love this Berry Basket!

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Stamps: Crazy about You, One Tag Fits All, Pictogram Punches
Paper: Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Whisper White
Ink: Crumb Cake, Strawberry Slush
Accessories: Berry Basket Die, Note Tag Punch, Baker's Twine, Rhinestones