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Monochromatic Lovely Lipstick Birthday Card

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Monochromatic Lovely Lipstick Birthday Card

When you want to make a pretty card in a very short time, try monochromatic like this Monochromatic Lovely Lipstick Birthday Card. I thought this stamp set might be a perfect one for a monochromatic card and I think I was right! Talk about quick and easy cardmaking!

I used the Happy Birthday To You Stamp Set, only available FREE during Sale-A-Bration with a $50 purchase. And even more exciting, coming in February, you will be able to purchase a set of dies for this stamp set as an extra! There will be several new coordinating items for you.

The card base is Whisper White and the layer is Lovely Lipstick. I realized I have barely used these In Colors and thought I would give Lovely Lipstick a whirl. Then I stamped the fancy cake with Lovely Lipstick on another layer of Whisper White and the greeting at the bottom. I mean, you can’t make a card any faster than this one!

Monochromatic Lovely Lipstick Birthday Card With Bling

But if you did want to make a quick and easy monochromatic birthday card and you wanted a little bling on it, you could make this card! I had some very narrow Lovely Lipstick 1/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon so I made a very small bow to go on the cake stand. Next, I colored three small rhinestones with the Lovely Lipstick Dark Stampin’ Blend marker and placed them on the card. A monochromatic card with a little extra bling!

Whatever you want to order, be sure to try and do it in $50 increments so you can take advantage of Sale-A-Bration 2020 and earn some free product(s). After you have entered your order, it will prompt you to choose your Sale-A-Bration items.

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From My Heart Valentine With Paper Strips

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From My Heart Valentine With Paper Strips

Doesn’t making valentines like this From My Heart Valentine With Paper Strips just take you back to your childhood?! Maybe it’s the doily because who of us did not use that white paste and doilies to make our valentines in elementary school?

I love this new From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper in the new Occasions Mini Catalog on page 9. Some of the papers have foil accents which makes them especially pretty! You can’t really tell from my photo above, but the second and fourth strips on my card have the foil accents. As usual, it’s so pretty you hate to cut into the paper, but cut you must in order to make these pretty cards and projects!

This is how this valentine came about! I got out the paper, saw a rectangle scrap in the package and it popped into my head to use several paper strips for the background of the valentine. Often cardmaking ideas just pop into your head or come about after working on your idea and then changing it when something else sparks your creativity.

The card base is Real Red. Real Red has probably always been my favorite Stampin’ Up! color because they have captured such a perfect red. With the switching around of the colors in the Color Families, it seemed like I wasn’t using it as much and that was sad! With Valentine’s Day approaching, how can you not be using Real Red again?

Now I should have gotten out my calculator or pencil and paper and did the math to figure out what size the strips should be and the size paper they are mounted on. But I didn’t! I just made the card, trimmed things down once or twice and when I still had a bigger margin at the bottom of the Whisper White, I simply trimmed that off. The card looks fine to me. If it is not mathematically perfect on the strips and margins, it’s just a valentine….it doesn’t have to be perfect.

If you want some measurements, the Whisper White layer on which I adhered the paper strips is 3 3/4″ wide and 4 7/8″ long. The designer paper strips are each 1 1/8″ wide and 3 5/8″ long with about a 1/16″ space in between the layers. And there is about the same 1/16″ margin around the edge, but you could also not have any margins and totally cover the Whisper White piece. Please don’t go crazy trying to make everything exact and fit perfectly. Just get it as balanced as you can and it will be fine.

The greeting is stamped in Flirty Flamingo Ink with a heart in the Heartfelt Stamp Set in the Suite. Then that stamped heart and the Real Red heart on which it is layered were punched out with the two punches in the Heart Punch Pack. You can purchase the stamp set and punches together in the Heartfelt Bundle and save 10%. These two hearts are then adhered to the Flirty Flamingo doily in the Heart Doilies Package. This large heart is then popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

If you want EVERYTHING in this From My Heart Suite (as I did, because who wouldn’t?!), just put the number #153931 on your order and you will get the coordinating selection of products on pages 8-10 without having to put in all the individual numbers. This won’t all only be good for Valentine’s Day, you will be able to use hearts on lots of occasions, the punches, the stamp set, etc.

Overall, this From My Heart Valentine With Paper Strips is fairly easy to make so give it a try with the beautiful From My Heart DSP and the Heart Punch Pack!

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Join Paper Pumpkin & Get Your Papercrafting Kit!

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Paper Pumpkin Banner Feb 2020

February’s Paper Pumpkin kit is coming, and love is in the air! The Lovely Day kit is versatile, elegant, and the perfect way to help you celebrate birthdays and other grand occasions.

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Here are the details about the kit:

  • Makes nine cards and envelopes.
  • Card size: 4-1/4” x 5-1/2”
  • Envelope size: 4-1/2” x 5-3/4”
  • Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Petal Pink, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock, Rich Razzleberry, Rococo Rose, and Old Olive

Paper Pumpkin is the papercrafting kit from Stampin’ Up! that comes to you in the mail each month. I think it is the treat we all need to give ourselves – the fun of receiving the kit in our mailbox plus the easy opportunity to take the time for some creativity and crafting! Just sit down with your Paper Pumpkin Kit and find a nicely designed project plus all the supplies you need.

Paper Pumpkin is for new crafters, non-crafters, experienced crafters, part-time crafters – anyone! The beauty of Paper Pumpkin is that you don’t need supplies to make the kit! Everything is in the box! So if you don’t want to go down the road of purchasing all kinds of rubber stamping supplies like a lot of us do, you don’t have to! Everything you need is in the kit!

And if you DO like to add on to your kit, this Lovely Day Paper Pumpkin Kit coordinates with the Happy Birthday to You Stamp Set in the Sale-A-Bration brochure! You can get this stamp set FREE with a $50 purchase from Stampin’ Up! during Sale-A-Bration!

If you prefer cards over other projects, the upcoming January Paper Pumpkin Kit being shipped now is some kit of treat project so if you passed on that kit, you can jump back in for February to get the card kit! Let me know if you need help reactivating your subscription. You can join Stampin’ Up! and skip months now and then if you don’t care for the kit or don’t have time that month.

You have two options to join!

  • Monthly subscription HERE
  • Prepaid subscription HERE! Just add on to your Stampin’ Up! order. With a 3-month prepaid subscription, earn one FREE Sale-A-Bration product. Earn even more with a 6-month or 12-month subscription. Maybe earn Hostess Rewards by adding a prepaid subscription to your order!

Join the gang of Paper Pumpkin subscribers and look forward to a new papercrafting project every month!

Easy Best Dressed Square Celebrate Card

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Easy Best Dressed Square Celebrate Card

Here’s just an Easy Best Dressed Square Celebrate Card that was fun to make and I think will be fun to receive. Sometimes it is fun to make a different shape card and this 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ square card is easy enough to make. Just cut across a regular sheet of cardstock at 4 1/4″. Then score that 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of cardstock in half at 4 1/4″. Perfect square card for you!

For the card base, I chose Melon Mambo, even though that’s not one of the coordinating colors. But I liked it! Then a piece of the Best Dressed 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper was layered on top. The greeting is from the Sale-A-Bration Set, Happy Birthday To You, that you can earn FREE from Stampin’ Up! with a $50 purchase!

I think the Best Dressed DSP is so cute!! Not only do the papers have images of purses, perfume bottles, lipstick, and shoes but also gorgeous floral images plus some other generic designs like stripes or dots. You can use this paper to make very feminine cards and projects or use the other papers for many other things.

The greeting, I knew, couldn’t be too big because it’s a small card and because I didn’t want to cover up too much of the designer paper. Finally I settled on an oval die cut layered on a Stitched Shapes Die.

For a little extra embellishment, I adhered a piece of the Silver 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon around the designer paper before adhering to the card base. Then I just tied on a smaller piece of the ribbon in a knot. The greeting is adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals® and has a few Rhinestone Jewels for some bling. This is a fun card!

Check out the Best Dressed Designer Series Paper in the new Occasions Mini Catalog. With an order of $50 or more, you get to choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration product! What a fun time in the Stampin’ Up! year!

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Peaceful Poppies Thinking of You Card

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Peaceful Poppies Thinking of You Card

Wouldn’t someone you know just love to receive this Peaceful Poppies Thinking of You Card? I think these two patterns of paper in the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper really make for a springy, happy card! The bright, colorful flowers and the light polka dot tulle ribbon just really catch my eye!

The card base is Poppy Parade, which is one of the many coordinating colors for the Peaceful Poppies DSP. I cut the two pieces of DSP to fit how I wanted them, overlapping about half an inch. Just to cover up the seam, I added a half-inch piece of Old Olive Cardstock across the card.

Before you adhere this designer paper piece to the card base, be sure to wrap the ribbon around the Old Olive strip first! I just love this Whisper White 5/8″ Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon in the Annual Catalog! Just wrap it around and then make a separate bow. Adhere the bow with a couple of Mini Glue Dots. The greeting is stamped from Magnolia Blooms. I really liked the font and thought it would go with the flowers. I punched it out first with the 1 1/2″ Circle Punch, not yet knowing exactly what I would layer it on, but opted to go with the scalloped circle in Layering Circles Dies. Since I stamped the greeting in Poppy Parade Ink I layered it on a piece of Poppy Parade Cardstock. Then it is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals over the ribbon.

The Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper has handpainted blooms and watercolor washes. Each paper is beautiful and I think you’ll want to have that package in your collection!

Remember that today is the LAST DAY to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin to get the January kit! Read all about it on my post HERE.

Paper Pumpkin Banner Jan 2020

Buy Peaceful Poppies Designer Paper HERE!

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Paper Pumpkin Banner Jan 2020

It’s time to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin in order to start the New Year off right and receive the January 2020 Kit in the mail very soon!

Paper Pumpkin’s first kit of 2020 is all about L-O-V-E. Whether you want handmade favors for Valentine’s Day, a bridal shower, or a remarkably romantic wedding, this month’s kit has everything you need to help you celebrate your favorite friendships and love stories. So make it a “LOVE”-ly year with Paper Pumpkin!

About the January Kit

  • Makes 20 treat bags + 10 mini cards and envelopes
  • Card size: 3″ x 3″ (7.5 x 7.5 cm)
  • Envelope size: 3-1/8″ x 3-1/8″ (7.8 x 7.8 cm)
  • Bag size: 3-1/4″ x 4″ (8.2 x 10 cm)
  • Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Crushed Curry, Highland Heather, Mint Macaron, and Rococo Rose

You can subscribe to Paper Pumpkin on a monthly basis by clicking the link right below. You can always skip a month or cancel any time.

Click Here to Join Paper Pumpkin Now!

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Add a Prepaid subscription to your Stampin’ Up! order, perhaps getting Sale-A-Bration benefits or even Host Rewards! Choose the 3 months and get one SAB item FREE (although you will pay shipping on it, if by itself) or 6 months for two SAB items (or one $100 choice).

Shop HERE for a Prepaid Subscription to add to your regular order!

You can get more from the I’ll Bee Yours kit when you buy the Heart Punch Pack (item 151292) from the 2020 January–June Occasions Mini Catalog. Both punches coordinate with the heart stamp in the kit so you can craft for love-filled occasions now . . . and later!

From My Heart Valentine’s Day Card

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From My Heart Valentine's Day Card

You “might” be able to tell on this From My Heart Valentine’s Day Card that the designer paper has a few pink foil accents. Can you see the shine on the little pink hearts in this photo? There was something about this particular design in the package that really caught my eye!

The card base is Real Red with a layer from the From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper. Next, all you have to do is make the heart focal point!

The doily comes in the package of Heart Doilies. The doilies are Real Red and Flirty Flamingo, but if you flip them over to the back, they are white, which you can also use! So you really get three colors of doilies.

I flipped my doily over to the white side and added the “Happy Valentine’s Day” greeting. That is a stamp in the Heartfelt Stamp Set. It is punched out with one of the heart punches in the Heart Punch Pack. You can buy both the Heart Punch Pack and the Heartfelt Stamp Set in the Heartfelt Bundle and save 10%! The punched heart doesn’t really fit inside the Heart Doily but it looks okay I think.

For an added embellishment, I took a piece of Whisper White 5/8″ Flax Ribbon and just adhered it underneath the doily with a little twist at the top and the tails hanging below the doily. Then I popped up the whole thing with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I needed a layer inside the card since the Real Red is rather dark. I stamped a greeting from the same stamp set on a piece of Whisper White and added a heart in the bottom corner. Somewhere along the line, I got a tiny ink smudge on the other side of the card, so I stamped another little heart over it to cover the smudge. But to balance that out, I had to stamp a few more little hearts so you can see the hearts are maybe a bit overdone!

From My Heart Valentine's Day Card Inside

This was really an easy valentine card to make! It’s going to be fun to play with all the hearts and other products in the Suite to make all kinds of valentines! Of course, hearts aren’t just for valentines, so you can use the hearts for other occasions throughout the year!

From My Heart Valentine's Day Card Closeup

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All About the Peaceful Poppies Suite

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I think this Peaceful Poppies Suite is one of the most beautiful and has so much creative possibility! While I don’t have the whole suite yet, I have one Bundle and can tell you there are lots of ways to use just that bundle to make wonderful cards and things.

Watch this Stampin’ Up! video and you’ll find out all kinds of things about the Suite, like how they named everything! I watched it twice because there was so much information in it!

You’ll find out how the beautiful Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper was designed and that will make you want it even more. Although I have a sample, I can’t wait to get the whole package.

Check out this quick video as they show each paper in the collection:

Check out this post and this post about two cards I have put on my blog if you would like to see a couple of easy cards to make with these poppies!

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Peaceful Poppies Happiness Card

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Peaceful Poppies Happiness Card

This Peaceful Poppies Happiness Card is another fairly simple card to make! This card opens at the top instead of the side just for something different. It uses a strip of the beautiful Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper. Just wait until you get your hands on this beautiful designer paper!

To make this card, the card base is 11 1/2″ x 4 1/2″, folded in half with the fold at the top. I chose Real Red Cardstockalthough I don’t think that’s actually a coordinating color with the designer paper, but I think it looks fine together.

For a little extra interest, I stamped a poppy and stem from the Painted Poppies Stamp Set on the Real Red cardstock that isn’t covered by the designer paper. I inked it up and stamped off before stamping on the card. I could also have used Versamark Ink for that watermark look. If you had ribbon, you could wrap some ribbon around the designer paper before adhering it to the front of the card.

The greeting is from the Sending You Thoughts Stamp Set, one you can get FREE during Sale-A-Bration with a $50 purchase. I stamped it on Whisper White with Real Red ink and then die cut it with a label die in the Painted Labels Dies. Then I used Flirty Flamingo Cardstock and die cut another label in the same set, cut it in half and used it under the top and bottom of the greeting. It just adds a little something although just the greeting die cut with that label die with a little embossed border around the edge was just fine by itself.

You will probably want to get the Painted Poppies Stamp Set and the Painted Labels Dies together in the Painted Poppies Bundle and save 10%!

Check out the whole Peaceful Poppies Suite and see what you’ve GOT to put on your next Stampin’ Up! order! Remember about Sale-A-Bration and getting a free SAB item with every $50 you spend!

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Get a Free Sale-A-Bration Product With a $50 Purchase!

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Occasions & SAB Catalogs 2020

Today is the day we’ve been waiting for! Sale-A-Bration begins and with every $50 Stampin’ Up! purchase, you can choose a Sale-A-Bration product in the brochure! And to help you, the Occasions Mini Catalog is LIVE today with all new spring and summer products!

One of the products that I think will be the most popular is the Painted Poppies Stamp Set. I made this easy card with just some basic stamping and coloring by stamping the group of poppies twice and then quickly coloring in the flowers and grass with the Stampin’ Blends markers. I didn’t color “carefully”, I just dabbed some Light Poppy Parade marker on all the flowers and then went back and dabbed on a little bit of Dark Poppy Parade. I used Granny Apple Green Blends on the stems and drew in some grass.

Easy Painted Poppies Birthday Card

The greeting on this card is from the Sending Thoughts Stamp Set, FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration! You will find it under the Sale-A-Bration category in the Online Store and in the SAB brochure. I simply stamped it in Memento Black Ink right on the card front to keep things simple! Sometimes we forget “simple”! The card base is Poppy Parade with a bit of Granny Apple Green Cardstock showing under the stamped image.

Occasions Mini Catalog (Jan. – June 2020) PDF

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Sale-A-Bration Brochure 2020 PDF

See the Sale-A-Bration product choices in the Online Store!

Say Goodbye to the Holiday Catalog!

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Holiday Catalog 2019 Cover

Today, January 2, 2020, is the LAST DAY for the HOLIDAY CATALOG! Where did the time go?! It seems like such a short time ago that we were SO excited to have the Holiday Catalog coming out! All the excitement of the holidays and the creative thrill of all the many holiday cards and projects we would be making were ahead of us. And now it’s all over except for the clean-up! (At least at my house!)

Today is the last day to order anything from the Holiday Catalog, what is still available anyway! Many products were so popular that Stampin’ Up! couldn’t get more in stock in time to be used for the holidays. We have to keep that lesson in mind with every catalog – anything you really love and want, be sure to order it as soon as you can to perhaps save you from a backorder situation.

Stampin’ Up! is doing a different Holiday Catalog Carryover process this year!

Some products will carry over to the next Annual Catalog in June.

Some products will carry over from this Holiday Catalog to the NEXT Holiday Catalog but will not be available in the meantime. If you want any of these now, be sure to order them today! Here is the list:

Holiday-to-Holiday Catalog Carryover Products

  • Most Wonderful Time Product Medley (item 150705)
  • Christmas Countdown Project Kit (item 150703)
    • Please note: The coordinating Christmas Countdown Stamp Set (item 151833) will not carry over.
  • Jingle Bells Embellishments (item 149598)
  • Snowflake Sequins Embellishments (item 150443)
  • Feels Like Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper (item 150444)
  • Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper (item 150432)
  • Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper (item 150429)
  • Christmas Gleaming Stamp Set (item 150464)
  • Gleaming Ornament Punch Pack (item 150647)
  • Merry Moose Stamp Set (item 150494)
  • Moose Punch (item 150652)
  • Gather Together Stamp Set (item 150589)
  • Gathered Leaves Dies (item 150662)

Here is the full Carryover List although it includes the products available above (you will see an asterisk on the chart) that won’t be available until the next Holiday Catalog. Anything without an asterisk will be available after today even though it’s not shown in the catalog.

Check this link in the Online Store of Retiring Favorites.

Check this link in the Online Store for the Carryover List.

Whenever you are interested in a product and aren’t sure about it, just type in the item number and if you can order it at that moment, it will come up!

And beginning tomorrow, Friday, January 3, 2020, you can begin ordering from the Occasions Mini Catalog (but it’s not very “mini”) and enjoy the benefits of Sale-A-Bration! The catalog PDF’s will be online tomorrow if you don’t have a hard copy of the catalog and of course, you can see the products in the Online Store.

ORDERING DOWNTIME: Ordering will be unavailable from midnight to 3:00 am (MT) while we transition our systems to the new catalog and brochure. Ordering will be restored no later than 3:00 am (MT).

Occasions & SAB Catalogs 2020

But TODAY…..the HOLIDAY CATALOG! Get what you want!

Also, LAST DAY for the YEAR-END CLOSEOUT!

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Pressed Petals Journal For the New Year 2020

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Pressed Petals Journal For the New Year 2020

I made this Pressed Petals Journal for a gift for someone, but haven’t mailed it yet! However, it made me think, with the 2020 New Year approaching, if you were looking for just a little journal to begin the New Year, this could be perfect for you!

The Pressed Petals Journal is pretty nice just the way it comes from Stampin’ Up!. The cover is already embossed (or “debossed”) with kind of a floral design and comes spiral bound. The pages inside have some designs already printed and prompts (just several used over and over again). But then you can decorate it however you like! I tried to leave at least some of the cover showing a bit since I like that design.

I changed my mind a few times but ultimately settled on just using the Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper because it would match the inside of the journal. I just chose one of the printed panels in the paper selection that would be small, especially after I cut it down close to the flowers. I layered it on the coordinating color of Rococo Rose Cardstock. I thought it needed a little brightening up so I added a layer of Whisper White.

The greeting is from the wonderful stamp set Beautiful You. I have always loved this saying and thought it would be a good thought to go on a journal for 2020! It is stamped in Rococo Rose Ink and die cut with a die from the Ornate Frames Dies, then layered the greeting on the frilly Ornate Frame die in Rococo Rose Cardstock. (I told you those dies weren’t just for Halloween!) And I also added a couple of little pearls that may be retired. Inside I even added a few embellishments, like a punched daisy, sequins, and other Flower Faceted Gems.

You’ll find this Pressed Petals Journal in the Memories & More section of the catalog or Online Store. One special thing about the pages in the journal is that they can be torn out and used on card fronts or memory-keeping pages, whatever you like!

Here’s another journal that I decorated last fall.

At the beginning of each new year, we often feel we want to start something new or resolve to have better habits of all kinds. If you feel like to want to do some journaling in the new year, get this Pressed Petals Journal because it’s not intimidating with expectations at all. It’s small, so you barely have to write anything at all, but if you jot down some memories or thoughts, you might be very happy you did in future years to look back on!

Have a Safe & Happy New Year’s Eve!

Sign Up For the January Paper Pumpkin About LOVE!

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Paper Pumpkin Banner Jan 2020

Paper Pumpkin’s first kit of 2020 is all about L-O-V-E. Whether you want handmade favors for Valentine’s Day, a bridal shower, or a remarkably romantic wedding, this month’s kit has everything you need to help you celebrate your favorite friendships and love stories. So make it a “LOVE”-ly year with Paper Pumpkin!

Kit details: 

  • Makes 20 treat bags + 10 mini cards and envelopes
  • Card size: 3″ x 3″ (7.5 x 7.5 cm)
  • Envelope size: 3-1/8″ x 3-1/8″ (7.8 x 7.8 cm)
  • Bag size: 3-1/4″ x 4″ (8.2 x 10 cm)
  • Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Crushed Curry, Highland Heather, Mint Macaron, and Rococo Rose

Get more from the I’ll Bee Yours Kit when you buy the Heart Punch Pack (item 151292) from the 2020 January–June Mini Catalog. Both punches coordinate with the heart stamp in the kit so you can craft for love-filled occasions now . . . and later! Think: weddings, showers, birthdays, and more! Check out the flyer advertising this super-versatile punch pack in your January kit!

Heart Punch Pack (item 151292), $34.00 USD

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Check Your Mail For These New Stampin’ Up! Catalogs!

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2020 Occasions Catalog

Check your mail for these new Stampin’ Up! mini catalogs, for the spring Occasions Catalog and the new Sale-A-Bration Brochure! I hope you got lots of Christmas cards and sales brochures for bargains, but don’t miss these two new catalogs from Stampin’ Up!

There is something different about the Occasions Catalog, which might even cause you to not notice it is Stampin’ Up! Did you catch it? It is “landscape” position so the pages open from the side longways! It might take some getting used to but it allowed Stampin’ Up! to present the products better in the catalog. So we will try it and see how everyone likes it (or not!).

2020 Sale-A-Bration Catalog

Sale-A-Bration and the Occasions Catalog both begin on Friday, January 3rd so circle that date on your calendar! It’s a big one for us stampers! If you are new to Stampin’ Up!, Sale-A-Bration is the time period during which for every $50 you spend on Stampin’ Up! products, you get to choose one free product from the Sale-A-Bration brochure! There are some special offerings for $100 purchases, too.

Note that the Holiday Catalog ends on Thursday, January 2nd so get whatever you want from that. Remember, the Year-End Close-out ends on December 31….a few discounted items. And the Clearance Rack had items added to it before Christmas and you might have been too busy to check it out, but there are still a lot of choices left, so check that out as well!

I ordered both catalogs for my regular customers, as I always do. They will arrive separately, perhaps at way different times! My Sale-A-Bration came way after my Occasions Catalog. Give it a little more time and keep checking your mail and catalogs and holiday junk mail you have gotten and see if you received them. If they never come, I’ll have Stampin’ Up! send out another one.

If you are new and interested in Stampin’ Up! products and would like me to be your Demonstrator to help you with any orders, just send me a note with your contact information so I can send you the catalogs. They WILL be available online on January 3rd if you just prefer seeing them online. Also, let me know if you want/need the annual Stampin’ Up! catalog as well.

Ask your mailman/maillady if they are reading your Stampin’ Up! catalogs at the post office and if so, to please deliver them to you promptly! It’s always a good feeling to change over to some brand new products after all the holiday projects (as much as we loved the Holiday Catalog!).