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

Strawberry Easter Basket--No Fooling!

This cute basket is made with the Stampin Up Berry Basket Die. It goes together VERY quickly--always a nice quality--and makes a great Easter basket, gift basket, or storage container.

At Stamp Club in March, we made cardstock strawberries to fill our baskets, because they're so cute! I looked on Pinterest for the strawberry template and used this one. I printed it on white cardstock, then traced it onto Real Red for the strawberries. It's a very simple shape to cut. Don't let it scare you off! Then emboss with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, score, and adhere together. The template provides a "leaf," but I cut them out with one of the Flower Fair Framelits instead. Thread Pistachio Pudding baker's twine through the top of the strawberry "petals," then through the "leaf," and pull tight. Tie in a bow. You could put something small inside the strawberry if you wanted to, but we didn't.

Here's another view of the basket:

I'll be featuring more Berry Baskets in the next several days so you can be as excited about this die as I am! Happy Spring!

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Stamps: Crazy About You, One Tag Fits All, Pictogram Punches       
Paper: Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Kraft Gift Wrap (Clearance Rack), Real Red, Wild Wasabi   
Ink: Real Red, Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Sky   
Accessories: Berry Basket Bigz Die, Note Tag Punch, Flower Fair Framelits (leaf), Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack (flower), Baker’s Twine in Baked Brown Sugar and Pistachio Pudding, Soft Sky Seam Binding

Weekly Deals for March 31

Today is the last day you can earn Sale-a-bration benefits 

on your order of $50 or more!

Weekly Deals are here, and there are some GREAT bargains for your Big Shot! If you don't have a Magnetic Platform for your thin dies, you don't want to miss this deal! And the Word Bubble Framelits are some of my very most used! There's one that makes a perfect cloud, and they're all great for adding a sentiment to a card or project.

Sale-a-bration coming to an end March 31

Sale-a-bration is nearly over, and I still have lots of cards I need to share! Don't miss your chance to get the fun Sale-a-bration products FREE with your $50 purchase. Check out this post for all the SAB options. 

 

This one features the amazing Irresistibly Yours Designer Series Paper and the set Big Day. We sponged on colors in a rainbow style and colored the "birthday" with markers.

Use the Sheer Perfection Vellum to make a Mini Treat Bag!

More Project Life--choose the This Day Project Life pack and make easy, colorful cards OR scrapbook the fast way!

Chalkboard Birthday Tag

We made this card at Club last month, and it was so fun! The Chalkboard Paper is yummy to work with, especially with the Chalk Inks. Time is running out to get your Sale-a-bration sets! Tuesday, March 31 is the last day you can place an order and qualify for a free Sale-a-bration item with your $50 order.

The stamp set (Big Day) and the Designer Series Paper (Best Year Ever) on this card are both available only as Sale-a-bration items.

Here's a close-up shot of the chalkboard tag: 

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Stamps: Big Day (SAB)  
Paper: Crushed Curry, Pool Party, Best Year Ever DSP (SAB), Chalkboard Paper      
Ink: Yellow Citrus Chalk Ink  
Accessories: Banner Framelits, Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim, Gold 1/8” Ribbon, Calypso Coral Pompom Trim, Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine, dimensionals