Paper Party

For the month of May, Stampin' Up! is having a Paper Party. All you need to do is buy three packs of Designer Series Paper** and you get one for free.

New demonstrators who join Stampin' Up! in May will also get a Free pack of Designer Series Paper every month from June through to december 2012.

Find a Designer Series Paper for every crafting occasion, project and mood in the 2011-2012 Idea Book and Catalogue and 2012 Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue.

**Excludes Specialty Designer Series Paper.

The Open Sea

I don't make male cards that often, but here's one I made recently for my Uncle who turned 77 years old.

Materials Used:

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso
Inkpads: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist
Baker's Twine: Cherry Cobbler/White
DSP: Nautical Expedition
Stamp Set: The Open Sea

Oriental Birthday Card

My friend and fellow demonstrator recently celebrated her 40th birthday with a surprise Oriental Birthday party sprung on her by her loving husband, family and lots of friends.  I had such a mental block trying to come up with an appropriate birthday card.  I knew I wanted to make a tri-fold card and it had to be special. Night after night I would sit at my craft table staring at the card and lots of designer paper...what to do??? The night before the party, I came up with the card, which I finished off on the day of the party.  Nothing like leaving it till the last minute. Hope you like it.

The base card was Real Red Stampin' Up! cardstock
I used some red packets which I had on hand and these formed my patterned paper.
To make the card special, I cut out the diamond around the chinese character and attached it to the card with bakers twine so that it could spin. On one side I had the chinese character and on the other I stamped images from the Happy Birthday Wishes hostess set and the Whimsical Words set.
I used the cupcake stamp from the So Cute stamp set to adorn the smaller panels.
The letters and numbers were cut out using a Cricut. and to finish it off a bow was tied using red taffeta ribbon.

Sale-A-Bration

It's Sale-A-Bration time again and there are so many goodies.

Dates: 25 January - 31 March 2011

This year besides having four great Sale-A-Bration sets to choose from, there is also Designer Series Paper and a ribbon and brad pack:

• Fresh Vintage Stamp Set
• Sprinkled Expressions Stamp Set
• Outlined Occasions Stamp Set
• Elementary Elegance Stamp Set (pictured)

There are three ways you can earn free stamp sets:

View the Brochure

• Spend. For every $100 a customer spends (net sales before tax and shipping), they can choose one Sale-A-Bration set.
• Host. For every $600 in workshop sales (product sales before tax and shipping), a hostess can choose an exclusive Sale-A-Bration set. This is in addition to the already fabulous hostess rewards!
• Join. New recruits can join for just $249 (starter kit) and get a free stamp set of their choice.