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TODAY ONLY! Stampin’ Up! Stamp Sale!

24 Hour Stamp Sale 2022 Banner

Today is the day!

For 24 hours ONLY you can purchase any of the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog stamp sets (except Host Reward stamp sets) for 15% off!

This sale does NOT include the Holiday Mini stamp sets.

Stamp sets available WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!

ALSO!!….

Don’t forget about the September Weekly Deals!

New ones posted today!

2022-09 Weekly Specials 15 - 21A

SHOP TWO SALES IN ONE! AND DON’T FORGET THE CLEARANCE RACK! (Just a few things!)

HAPPY SHOPPING!

Favorite Stamp Sets and Cards

Stamp Sets and Cards on Sale

Stampin’ Up! Stamp Sale TOMORROW, September 15!

One Day Only!

Yesterday we got word to make out our lists to get ready for the 24-Hour Stamp Sale at Stampin’ Up! tomorrow, Thursday, September 15, 2022! What do stampers love more than a sale on any of the products we use?! Each stamp set is 15% off.

I was under the impression this very long list of stamps was a “select” collection of sets on sale, but as I went through my catalog last night I realized that it was EVERY stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog except for the Host stamp sets in the back of the catalog. Maybe there is some other exception, but this is what I understand now.

The Holiday Mini Catalog is NOT included in the sale.

SEE THE LIST OF STAMP SETS ON SALE HERE!

In the photo above are some cards I made with current stamp sets that I still had in my stash. Some of these may be your favorites too or ones that you just haven’t purchased yet! Tomorrow is the time!

Here are the stamp sets I used on the cards above, starting at the top, in case you want to know:

Cup of Tea, Amazing Silhouettes, Celebrate Sunflowers, Sending Smiles, (maybe this one is retired), Color & Contour, True Beauty, Art Gallery, Jar of Flowers, Forever Fern, Beauty of Friendship, Hello Ladybug, Blessings of Home, Biggest Wish.

Hope I got those all right except for one! So many more to choose from, too!

Enjoy the day browsing through the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog and make a list for tomorrow! Don’t forget you can stack other bargains with the Stamp Sale, like the Perfect Partners Dies, the Weekly Deals, any Bundles you may want for World Card Making Day plus the FREE pearls (add to your order and they should come up free), the Clearance Rack, the new Gifting Christmas Kit Collection, and whatever else you want!

Happy Shopping!

Stamp Sale on Thursday!

24 Hour Stamp Sale 2022
Click to see the List!

Find yourself staring at multiple stamp sets and can’t decide which one to get? On Thursday, September 15, 2022, you can get those sets you’ve wanted at a 15% discount. This is a deal you do not want to miss out on! The 24-Hour Stamp Sale will only last for one day, so make sure you are ready to shop ‘til you drop! It’s time to expand your collection! 

For 24 hours on September 15th almost all the stamp sets from the 2022–2023 Annual Catalog will be available for purchase at a 15% discount!

Holiday Catalog stamp sets NOT included!

SEE THE STAMP SALE LIST HERE!

On Thursday, you can look on the Online Store in the Stamp Sale category to find all the sets on sale!

Sales Period: 15 September 2022 12:00am to 11:59 p.m. (MT)

DETAILS:
This stamp sale only happens once a year!
The sale will run for 24 hours.
The 15% discount will apply to select stamps from the 2022–2023 Annual Catalog.
Check out the list of stamps included in the sale and be ready to act quickly!
Stamp sets are available while supplies last!

SHOP HERE ON THURSDAY!

Don’t forget the September Weekly Deals! There will be new ones by Thursday! Get a double sale!

Two New Stampin’ Up! September Deals!

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Images © Stampin’ Up! 2022

“Some things are great on their own but become epic when they are paired with something else: cereal and milk, toast and butter, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. We may be biased, but our favorite combo is our stamp sets and dies—and that’s what the Perfect Partners promotion is all about!” says Stampin’ Up!

“We created six new dies that coordinate with stamp sets in the 2022–2023 Annual Catalog and the July–December 2022 Mini Catalog. These coordinating dies will only be available during this promotion and will not be offered in any catalog.” 

These stamp sets and dies are available separately or as a bundle. By buying the bundle, you will save 10% off the retail price. 

Put these wonderful stamp sets and dies together for more papercrafting fun! Order now!

Offer good September 1-30, 2022.

https://youtu.be/P2eyeyKoCNs

Check out all the sets and Bundles on this flyer below!

Perfect Partners Flyer
Perfect Partners Flyer pt2

Click on the photos above of the Stampin’ Up! flyer or click the link below.

Click HERE to view and print the Perfect Partners Flyer PDF.

AND

Every week in the month of September Stampin’ Up! is offering a selection of discounted products. Discounts and product selection will vary from week to week.

  • New products added each week on 1, 8, 15, and 22 September.
  • Promotion ends 28 September.
  • Product options and discounts vary based on inventory availability.
  • All order types qualify for this promotion (customer, demonstrator, workshop, and online).
  • Discounted items can be added to a Starter Kit.
  • Get the most up-to-date product information on the online store beginning 1 September.

Let’s see what the Weekly Deals are TODAY, Sept. 1st!

Last Day of Sale-A-Bration 2022!

Sale-A-Bration Cover July-Dec 2022

Today is the LAST DAY of Sale-A-Bration 2022!

This is your last chance to earn a free product with a $50 purchase! No limit!

With each $50 purchase, you can choose from these products to earn FREE!

Sale-A-Bration $50 Level Products

With a $100 Purchase, choose two $50 Level products or one of these $100 Level products!

Sale-A-Bration $100 Level Products

If you want to watch some videos to help you decide on your choice(s), click HERE to go to my blog post!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! ONLINE HERE!

Stylish Sketches Duck Card

Stylish Sketches Duck Card

I’m not sure if these are ducks or geese on this Stylish Sketches Duck Card so you can think of them as whatever you like! I thought they were geese, then I saw several stampers calling them ducks! Whatever they are, you can get this Stylish Sketches stamp set FREE during Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration! With every $50 purchase of Stampin’ Up! products, you can choose a free Sale-A-Bration product. Not only do we have some remaining ones in the Sale-A-Bration brochure, but now we have some extra annual catalog products we can choose from!

This card is made with a card base of Soft Suede cardstock and is layered with another Sale-A-Bration free product with a $50 purchase. It’s the Silver & Gold 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. There are 24 sheets, 12 each of 2 designs. Half have silver foil in stripes or polka dots and the other half have gold. My paper is the gold stripe but I added some Stampin’ Blends stripes! I used Pool Party, Granny Apple Green, and Soft Suede. I drew them in just very casually and not carefully! Stampin’ Up! had a video showing ways to add more to this paper.

The ducks/geese were stamped in Memento Black on Basic White and colored in with Stampin’ Blends. Then it was die cut with one of the circles in the Stylish Shapes Dies. I also cut out a Soft Suede circle to be a layer underneath. This piece is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is stamped in Soft Suede ink from the Lovely You Stamp Set. This is layered on the smallest scalloped rectangle die from the Scalloped Contours Dies. This would make a good masculine birthday card or Father’s Day.

Here are the extra current Sale-A-Bration Choices, while supplies last!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SALE-A-BRATION CHOICES IN THE ONLINE STORE!

Back-To-School Tax Holiday Info for Certain States This Weekend!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! HERE!

Stylish Sketches Fox Card

Stylish Sketches Fox Card

Happy August! August means one more month of Sale-A-Bration at Stampin’ Up! so I thought I would post this Stylish Sketches Fox Card made with a FREE Sale-A-Bration stamp set. There are a few things sold out in Sale-A-Bration choices but I expect to hear something about that today or tomorrow so stay tuned.

I wasn’t quite sure what to do with this fox, but I know my son likes foxes so I’m sure I can send this card to him! I initially thought there isn’t much to this Stylish Sketches Stamp Set, so maybe I should make the stamped area a little smaller. This stamp set has “sketches” of the fox, two geese, leaves, and if you happen to notice, some tiny dots that are good for texture for the ground, perhaps.

The card base is Cajun Craze and after working on the card for a while, and noticing those tiny dots, I decided to stamp those around the border on the card base. The front of the card is stamped on Basic White and layered on Granny Apple Green cardstock.

The Basic White piece is 4 1/4″ x 3″. The Granny Apple Green layer is 4 1/2″ x 3 1/4″. That makes for a smaller stamped area for the fox and a wider border on the card base. The fox is stamped in Memento ink and colored in with Light and Dark Cajun Craze Stampin’ Blends. The grass on the stamp plus the area underneath is all colored with Light and Dark Granny Apple Green Blends, plus stamped with those little dots in green also. I colored around the fox with Light Pool Party Blend marker to resemble the sky. There is nothing artistic about it, I just scribbled back and forth! It matches the “sketchiness” of the way the fox was drawn! I felt it still needed something, so I stamped the bundle of leaves in Granny Apple Green ink and colored it very lightly with ink and a Blender pen. I wanted the leaves up there in the corner to add a little something to the picture but be very subtle.

For a greeting, I decided to tie around a piece of Linen Thread underneath the fox, two times around the Basic White piece, and tied on a greeting. Obviously, I needed a small greeting and I found one in the Cup of Tea Stamp Set. I stamped the little tag shape and the greeting, then just cut around the tag rather than diecut it. I put a Stampin’ Dimensional underneath it to hold it in place and face up.

Sale-A-Bration runs through the end of August! With every $50 purchase, you can choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration item and with a $100 purchase, you can choose two $50 level items or one $100 level item. With a $150 order, you can choose Stampin’ Rewards of 10% PLUS Sale-A-Bration items!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! ONLINE HERE!

Watch the Sale-A-Bration Videos!

Sale-A-Bration Cover July-Dec 2022

We are already three weeks into Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration 2022, the second one of the year! Sale-A-Bration is probably the oldest promotion Stampin’ Up! has, continually improving since the beginning when there were less choices than we have now! Sale-A-Bration is an opportunity to earn FREE products in the Sale-A-Bration brochure with every $50 purchase (before shipping and tax). No limits! With every increment of $50 on your order, you can choose a free product. You can choose a few special ones with a $100 order instead of two $50 level ones. With a $150 order, you also earn Stampin’ Rewards starting at 10% PLUS Sale-A-Bration products! With a $300 order, you receive the Perfect Pomegranate Stamp Set FREE.

Here are some videos you may watch to learn more about the Sale-A-Bration options!

ENJOY!

Hippest Hippos Ballerina Card

Hippest Hippos Ballerina Card

The Hippest Hippos Stamp Set in the Sale-A-Bration brochure is one of the fun stamp sets available! If you are looking for something cute and whimsical, animals usually fill the bill. I picked this hippo with her tutu to be my first card using this set, the Hippest Hippos Ballerina Card. You can use one hippo at a time or all three of them at once.

This card has Pool Party for a card base and a layer of Basic White underneath the designer paper just to help set it off. The designer paper is in the Design a Daydream 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. You can find this paper at the very tip top of page 179 in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog as a Host Reward you can choose with a $150 or more order. There was one like it in last year’s Annual Catalog…a giant package of designer paper, 48 sheets, 4 each of 12 designs! The catalog says 12 sheets but that is incorrect, you do get 48 sheets of 12″ x 12″ paper!! Just think of the projects you can make! I liked this dotted circle design in the package, but it was difficult to choose!

The ballet hippo is stamped in Memento ink on Basic White cardstock and colored in with Stampin’ Blends. Then I diecut the hippo with one of the circles in the Stylish Shapes Dies and cut the next largest circle out of Petal Pink. If you layer any of these circles on top of each other the margin is a little big so I decided to just offset the Hippo circle to the side. After adhering the Basic White layer and the designer paper to the card base, I popped up the hippo focal point with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For the greeting I used one in the Hippest Hippos Stamp Set to go with the ballerina! It is stamped on Basic White with Memento ink and the die cut with one of the small Stylish Shapes Dies circles. I put Dimensionals on the back of it but off to the lower right side since it would overlap the larger circles with the hippo. To make it stand out a little bit without a layer, I just used the brush tip of my Light Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Marker to make a colored edge around it very lightly and carefully.

To finish the card, I had to give the ballerina a little rhinestone necklace and a few rhinestones scattered on the card. On the inside, I added a layer of Basic White on which to stamp or write a message. I had just a very narrow scrap of designer paper so I adhered that to the left side of the white insert. Even just that little bit of paper added something!

Remember, Sale-A-Bration runs through the end of August. With every order of $50 or more in merchandise, you get to choose a free product in the Sale-A-Bration brochure! No limits! Check out the Sale-A-Bration brochure HERE.

There are lots of good choices during Sale-A-Bration! Maybe you will choose the Hippest Hippo Stamp Set. There are also Hippo Dies available if you can get both the stamp set and dies with your order amount.

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! DURING SALE-A-BRATION! GET FREE STUFF!

Splendid Thoughts Sale-A-Bration Card and Envelope

Splendid Thoughts Sale-A-Bration Card and Envelope

Just as I had made this card using the Sale-A-Bration Pool Party & Soft Sea Foam Cards & Envelopes I saw that Stampin’ Up! had an update that this product was SOLD OUT! Ugh!! It was a great product to have a package of card bases and decorated envelopes ready to go….for FREE! However, we can still make something similar on our own with designer paper, half a sheet of cardstock, and an envelope!

Although I used one of those card bases, you can simply use a very light designer paper background or stamp your own background on Soft Sea Foam cardstock.

I used the Splendid Thoughts Bundle in the Holiday Mini Catalog to decorate this card. The die-cut flower pot is the Texture Chic Specialty Designer Series Paper. I thought it looked fancy with the gold foil design on it plus has a little distressed look to it like a flower pot might have. The rest of the plants are all die cut with the Splendid Stems Dies. There are more dies for stems and leaves than there are stamps in the Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set so you get a lot extra with the dies! In fact, if you needed to save money, you could just purchase the dies to make the stems and leaves and cut out cardstock or do your own coloring. Be aware that the stamps that you would think would color the leaves and flowers(?) of the other stem do not line up with the outline and that’s how they are supposed to be! Maybe a more modern look? It’s fine, but just know that your stamp is not defective or that you’re not crazy!

I popped up the pot on Stampin’ Dimensionals just at the bottom so I could stick in the plants wherever I wanted from the top. I had two that I stamped and overstamped with the “coloring in” stamp and the others were simply diecut from cardstock. I cut quite a few extras so I could play and arrange them in different ways. With this set, as long as you are diecutting some of the plants, do extras and keep them on hand! Some of the stems I cut shorter to fit properly.

I already had the second half-circle die cut in my cardstock in Soft Sea Foam cardstock so I copied a sample in the catalog and stamped a greeting on it. There are very nice sentiments in this Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set. Then I used Stampin’ Dimensionals on the right side of the piece so it could overlap the flower pot and be even. I also added some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels for a little bling!

If you wanted to decorate the inside of the envelope, just stick a piece of designer paper inside and then you’ll have to trim by hand the top portion to follow the line of the envelope flap but below the glue portion….or cover the flap entirely and add your own glue to mail the envelope. Or easier, adhere the designer paper to the outside of the flap and then trim around the flap to cut off the excess designer paper. A friend I sent a card to the other day noticed and asked about the flap of the envelope I had decorated in that way!

These card bases and envelopes may not still be available during Sale-A-Bration, but you can still make cards in Soft Sea Foam and Pool Party for sure! Remember to shop in increments of $50 if you can during Sale-A-Bration so you can earn the products you want in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure! If you have a large enough order, you may be able to choose $100 level products or mix in some $50 level and a $100 level! Nice choices!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! TODAY!

Holiday Catalog 2022 and Sale-A-Bration Are Here Today!

July-December 2022 Mini Catalog

Today is the day we have been waiting for! Well, second most exciting day after the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog went live in May! Yes, the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog (known as the Holiday Catalog) is ready for shopping!! If you don’t have your own copy, now you can finally see the full catalog online! PLUS, it is also the second Sale-A-Bration of the year so you can earn a free product with every $50 purchase of current Stampin’ Up! merchandise!

Holiday Catalog PDF to View Catalog

SHOP THE HOLIDAY CATALOG HERE!

Sale-A-Bration Cover July-Dec 2022

Sale-A-Bration Brochure PDF

Sale-A-Bration first began years ago with Stampin’ Up! and used to only be once a year, starting in January. Now there are more choices in products and held twice a year! For every $50 you spend on Stampin’ Up! products you get to choose one Sale-A-Bration item FREE! There are a couple of select items that you can choose with a $100 purchase….or get two $50 items! Check out the Brochure for a free HOST product you can earn with a large order (or party) and also a free bonus product for joining Stampin’ Up! as a Demonstrator.

Watch these short product videos to get to know the new mini catalog!

Enjoy your new shopping day!! If you have any questions just email me at Karen@Karenstamps.com. The website may be quite busy today so be patient and try again a few minutes or so later if you have a problem. Hopefully, all will go smoothly!

HAPPY HOLIDAY MINI and SALE-A-BRATION DAY!

Last Chance For the Last Chance List!

Last Chance Banner 2022 Jan-June Spring Mini Info

TODAY, JUNE 30th is the LAST DAY for the

LAST CHANCE retiring products list before they all retire!

Tomorrow they will be gone!

Here are some of the projects I made with some of the remaining products that are retiring today.

Friends of the Forest Stamp Set

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Friends of the Forest Bunnies Hello Card

Nuts & Bolts Stamp Set

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Nuts & Bolts Heart Robot Valentine

Abstract Beauty Ephemera Card

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Abstract Beauty Ephemera Card

Flowing Flowers Trio Birthday Card

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Flowing Flowers Trio Birthday Card

Sweet Talk Little Envelope Valentine Card

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Sweet Talk Little Envelope Valentine Card

Rainbow of Happiness Card

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Rainbow of Happiness Card

Decorated Sweet Little Box

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Decorated Sweet Little Box

These are just a few examples of the fun cards and projects you can create with some of the products that are retiring TODAY from the Spring Mini or January-June 2022 Mini Catalog.

SHOP THE LAST CHANCE SALE FOR THE LAST DAY TODAY!

Last Days For Last Chance Products

Time is getting short now for the Last Chance Products from the January-June 2022 Mini Catalog. When a new catalog comes out, it seems like we will have those products available forever, but then time flies and it’s soon time for retirement! AND we are always ready for NEW products!! These Last Chance products are ones that are retiring from the Spring Mini and are not carried over into the new Annual Catalog. Some of these products are discounted at up to 50% off! The last day for the Last Chance products is next Thursday, June 30th. Check the Online Store for the availability of any product, which can change at any moment!

Keep in mind that some Bundles, such as the Hello Ladybug Bundle, are retiring, but the Bundle products are available separately in the Annual Catalog. You just won’t get the 10% off Bundle price after June 30th. In some cases the individual product(s) in a Bundle is discounted so during the sale, it is better to buy the products separately rather than in the Bundle. Do the math and see.

You might check out especially the designer papers that are discounted and some embellishments especially if you like to “hoard” paper! Stampin’ Up! always has such pretty papers and even if something is rather “seasonal” it usually has a more generic pattern on the other side of the sheet that you can use any time!

In the next few days, sooner rather than later, check through the products listed in the Online Store, not the printed list, to see what is actually still available in the moment.

And then…..the new July-December 2022 Mini Catalog (Holiday Mini) AND Sale-A-Bration begin on Friday, July 1t, a week from today!

Have fun shopping at Stampin’ Up! Online HERE!

Flowering Fields Tulip Thinking of You Card

Flowering-Fields-Tulips-Thinking-of-You-Card

Sad to say, this Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper is retiring soon! Get some, at a discount, so you can make easy but pretty cards like this Flowering Fields Tulip Thinking of You Card. There are so many coordinating colors with this paper so you have a lot of variety!

I actually put an extra layer on this card, under the designer paper, just because there are so many colors to use. The card base is Mango Melody with a layer of Calypso Coral. Then I used two patterns from the Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper. The bottom pattern is cut at 2″ wide so that the top piece can overlap by 1/2″ before adhering to the card. I also added a narrow strip of another pattern of dark green to cover that seam. Then I decided to tie some Linen Thread around twice and tied a separate bow and added that! Then I was able to glue the whole Flowering Fields DSP to the card front!

The greeting is stamped in Mango Melody Ink on Basic White from the Flowering Tulips Stamp Set. It is very closely diecut with one of the Stylish Shapes Dies stitched circle and then layered on the next larger Mango Melody die.

On the inside, I added a Basic White layer but added a strip of designer paper to the bottom edge of the white cardstock. That carries the design to the inside plus the Basic White layer provides a place to stamp a greeting or write a personal note. You could do the same just on the Mango Melody card base but it’s a little bright!

Although the Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper is retiring on June 30th, the Flowering Tulips Stamp Set and Tulips Dies have carried over into the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. However, if you want the stamp set and dies, I suggest you order the Flowering Tulips Bundle before the end of June. You will save 10% off the total price if you order the Bundle now because in the Annual Catalog the stamp set and dies are sold separately and you will pay full price for both. Note that some other products that are in Bundles that are discounted on the Last Chance Sale will be cheaper to buy separately than in the Bundle!

While you are shopping the Last Chance Products be sure to also check the Clearance Rack for bargains as long as you are ordering!

One more reminder, is that the BOGO sale on the Kits Collection ends June 30. These kits are really cute. You can buy two different kits for yourself or go in with a friend, or buy two of the same kits so you can make them with a family member or friend. Some of the kits are Card Kits and some are slightly different than cards, more like crafts. Hence, the name Crafting Kits! What a fun summer activity that would be to do with a child or someone special during summer vacation! If a Kit is not shown, it is no longer available so there will be no backorders. What you see is what you will get!

There is only a week left of the month of June, believe it or not, so keep checking the Last Chance Products from the January-June 2022 Mini Catalog (Spring Mini) and the BOGO Kits Collection Sale!

Happy Shopping!