I love the Lighter Than Air suite.  The colors in the Designer Series Paper are so fun and cheerful. 

I wanted to create a new class featuring the suite and I am offering it FREE with any $40 purchase (before tax/sh) using Host Code E9QJTY76 by the end of the day Monday, January 29th.  If your purchase is over $50 you would get to choose a Sale a Bration item AND I'll send you the coordinating embellishments as well.  

I hope to mail packets 2/2. You would need the bundle to complete the projects exactly like mine or you can substitute other products.  Your packet will include all paper, ribbon and envelopes but no stamped images or die cuts from the bundle. You will receive an email after the packets mail that will include PDFs of each project. You can create the projects whenever you want! 

Don't want to place an order and get it for free?  You can purchase the packet and PDFs for $25 by emailing me. 

Check out the video I created showcasing two of the cards.  Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel as well. 
I hope to do more videos.  Hope you enjoy!

I love getting my Paper Pumpkin kit each month. Even as a demonstrator with a room full of materials and stamps I love getting a surprise in the mail and knowing that I'll be able to quickly create cards with brand new product.  You can easily create the kit each month as intended and have a stack of beautiful cards.  Or,I like to cut down the bases when they are printed and see how many different cards I can get from one kit.   This month was 22! 

I'm sharing some of those with you today. Here is a shot of the stack of cards I created.  I focused on Valentines, thank you (for my customers) and birthday because I knew I needed those this month. 

Save those scraps!  When I cut down the card fronts I save the pieces and then adhere to a scrap card stock base. I did add a few scraps of solid card stock and shimmer paper.  I love these cards! 

I do love the new Perennial Postage dies. They are an easy way to add a little something to a card with little effort. 

​My style leans towards clean and simple and this card shows that. 

The piece in the middle of the card was intended to be a tag or bookmark but it made a beautiful centerpiece for my card. 

Want to get your own Paper Pumpkin kit?  Click here to subscribe.  You can pause or cancel anytime. 

Now is also a great time to consider a Pre Paid Paper Pumpkin subscription because you can earn FREE Sale a Bration items! You can do 1, 3, 6 or 12 months. Order here or message me with questions. 

There are so many benefits to joining Stampin’ Up! and I would love to have you on my team.  It’s truly the best value since you choose $125 worth of product for only $99 and get free shipping.  Plus a past Paper Pumpkin kit, plus catalogs, plus business supplies (you can pass on to me or another team member if you don’t need them!) You get the picture!

​And now through the end of February you also get to choose either an incredible glass mat studio or an additional $30 in free product of your choice.  You can go here​ to sign up or learn more. 

Here are some of the other top reasons I encourage you to join:

1. You can receive/earn a 20%-25% discount on all your orders/income on sales (this includes your own Paper Pumpkin subscription). 
2. You do not have to sell anything.  MANY demonstrators join simple for the discount and this is absolutely fine.  You can purchase for yourself only.  These demonstrators are often referred to as “hobby demonstrators”.  In fact, nearly all my current team members are hobby demonstrators.
3. To stay active you must have $300 in sales every quarter. If you do not meet this, you have one month to make it up or you are dropped.  There are NO penalties to dropping.  You also have extra time when you first join.  You have the current quarter as well as the next full quarter for your first $300.
4. You get access to the catalogs early including options to order product early! A copy of each catalog is mailed to you at no cost.
5. As a team perk I offer a discount on my catalog product shares.
6. Access to a private Facebook group for my team—I keep you up to date on what is going on and we meet (on Zoom) each month for a fun crafting time. These are always completely optional but a lot of fun!
7. Stampin’ Up! events and trainings.  These include both regional one or two day events as well as a larger multi day convention. Our next one is in March in Houston. 
8. Me! I am always here if you have questions or if you want to build a business. I am happy to offer encouragement and goal setting as well as share class ideas.  I will never pressure you to sell or to participate in any team activities.  That is all up to you!
9. If you want to build a business there are many opportunities to earn more income and free product as well. 

Ask me questions or go here to learn more and sign up.  I've love to have you join me. ​

It is so cold here I don't want to do anything but stay in and craft! It's a good excuse right?? 

For this week's Monday Montage I created some cards with the Sweet Thoughts Memories & More cards.  I am in love with these preprinted cards.  If you aren't familiar with our Memories and More line they are intended to be used in pocket scrapbooking but they offer so many card making possibilities too! 

I wanted to try creating some cards of my own as well.  For this first one I added some pattern to my Petal Pink card stock base using the Foursquare masks with Petal Pink ink and a blending brush. The Flirty Flamingo twine coordinates nicely with the card. 

The bold butterfly on this card is one of the included stickers in the card pack. It stands out so nicely on the black postage stamp die. This card comes together so quickly! 

These cards have coordinating card bases and envelopes you can purchase as well.  They make it super fast and easy to create cards. In fact, I've designed a whole 20 card class around them. Here are a few of my designs. 

Have you created cards with Memories and More cards before?  Now's a great time to try! Remember that Sale a Bration is going on so you can choose a FREE item with every $50. 

Be sure to hop on through to see everyone's projects this week.  Click next to see what Julie has to share this week!

Last weekend was my Open House for the new Stampin' Up! Mini Catalog and Sale a Bration.  I love kicking off a new catalog with a chance to show off product and samples with my customers and team members. 

I try to pick a theme for my refreshments and take home gift.  This time I went with the bee theme focusing on the Bee Mine suite.  Everyone who came got a cut bee pen and a honey stick.  
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Attending my Open Houses is always free but a few years ago I added a Swag Bag option.  Each time it's a bag full of new product that the guests can take home and use to create fun projects.  The new Gold Foiled Flowers cards are so gorgeous.  Each person got two of them in their bag along with some of the Most Adored paper to use with them. 

Each person also got a few sheets of the Lighter Than Air paper, two sheets coordinating card stock and a sheet of the paper butterflies.  These cards were to show examples of how they could use those supplies to create easy cards. 

The Square Pillow Boxes are super easy to put together and look so cute! The Sale a Bration Pool Party ribbon is a perfect touch. 

These were just some of my favorite things that I was excited to share with my customers.  What are your new favorites?  Shop now with January Host Code ​HD3T66XW. 

How is it already time for our first Monday Montage Blog Hop of 2024? 

I hope everyone had a great holiday season. We are putting away our tree today which is always sad for me. I love having it up and being able to enjoy the lights in the evenings. 

Now that it is January we have a new Mini Catalog and it's Sale a Bration time! One of my favorite suites in the new mini catalog is the Bee Mine suite. I love the fun, bright and cheery colors in the papers and the fun sentiments in the stamp set.  Plus, I'm a sucker for a good pun. 

For the first two cards I was using up scraps of DSP that were sitting on my desk! I love when I can put them to good use and get them out of the ever growing pile that I always seem to have. 

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I shared the measurements for this card on my Facebook page. 

Did you notice the great set of postage shaped dies in the mini? They are great for creating layering pieces. 

This card is one that was part of the to go Bee Mine class I offered free with an order this past week.  I'll be offering more of these classes going forward! 

One trick I learned with the bee stamps is that I found it easier to stamp the black stripes first and then stamp the solid body color. Once I started stamping in that order I had better luck lining them up. This is a pretty simple layout but I wanted a card that did not use the DSP in the suite to show another look for the stamps. 

This was another card for my to go class and one that I did that did not require any stamping! 

Have you gotten the Bee Mine suite yet?  It was top of my list! 

Be sure to click next to check out Julie's project. Don't miss out on any of the great projects shared by the group. 

The Enduring Beauty "mix and mask" bundle is  one of my new favorite products in the mini catalog. I had so much fun playing with them and creating these fun cards. There are so many ways to use the products. 

This first one I created using the stamp, masks and blending brushes with Bubble Bath, Flirty Flamingo and Berry Burst, Old Olive and Mossy Meadow. Be sure to check out the Everyday Details Dies as well.  The shapes are fun and versatile.  I love the bigger dot cutouts! 

I stuck with a yellow theme on this one. It turned out so bright and cheerful. The photos really don't do justice to how pretty the coloring turns out when using the blending brushes and masks.  I did add some gold ribbon to make it shine!

On this card I went with a monochromatic blue. I enjoyed mixing the the new Enduring Beauty stamp set with the Countryside Inn paper. A simple card layout that still stands out!

Pink, gold and black is such a winning combination! You can earn the Most Adorned Designer Series Paper for free during January and February with any $50 purchase. 

Which card is your favorite?  Be sure to shop during Sale a Bration in January and February to earn items for free. Current host code is HD3T66XW. You'll always get a hand made thank you card from me!