Paper Crafting Blog Hop – More Sale-A-Bration!

February 19, 2025February 19, 20252 Comments

So happy you are hopping through our February Paper Crafting Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world featuring projects using Sale-A-Bration exclusive products! Here is a sneak peek of my card. Below my full card is a list of links to all of the participating bloggers.

My card features the Pick a Season (#164969) and Toadstool Gardens DSP (#164942), each free with a $60 purchase!

My card base is Daffodil Delight, with a layer of Toadstool Gardens DSP (#164942) and then a layer of Highland Heather cardstock. The top layer of Basic White has the tree stamped with Pecan Pie, Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, and Daffodil Delight. A Brushed Brass Butterfly (#158136) completed my card.

Thanks for hopping with us this month. Next go to –> Julia’s blog to see what she has created.

All bloggers in this month’s hop:

1. Annette McMillan- Australia
2.Terri Stewart – USA
3. Sue Boerner – USA
4. Julia Quinn Australia
5. Maureen Rauchfuss – USA
6. Tracy Held – Australia

I hope you found some inspiration for your next paper crafting project using Sale-A-Bration products. Enjoy hopping through the blogs, looking at all of our projects! Please leave comments to let us know you stopped by!

My Events calendar has been updated with my online Mystery Stamping and in-person Stamping Buffets. Mystery Stamping is on Monday twice a month. All supplies used to make my card above can be ordered through my online store. Please use the host code found on the right-hand side of my blog when ordering, if your order is under $150. If it is over $150, don’t use the code so you can redeem all the host rewards.

If you do not already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I would be happy to be yours. Ready to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Click the Contact Me button above.

Next to Last Host Code

February 11, 2025February 11, 2025Leave a comment

In mid-April, the Host Rewards program is changing and each stamper/scrapbooker will earn their own rewards. More details will be shared as we get closer to that date.

For now, S4UNSBBP is the Host Code from now through mid-March. Please use this code when ordering if your order is under $150. This is how I collect small orders.

Stamping Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle-Sketch!

February 10, 2025February 10, 2025Leave a comment

Welcome to our February Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hop!! We are featuring ways to use a card sketch with January-April Mini-Catalog, Sale-A-Bration, Online Exclusive, and Annual Catalog products!

Here is the Sketch we are using from page 12 of the January-April Mini-Catalog:

When I start to make a card from a sketch, I look through my stamps, dies, and DSP to see what jumps out at me. The Terrific Toadstools Bundle (#164790) in the January-April Mini-Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration brochure was the set for this card. I added a layer of Toadstool Gardens DSP (#164942 – free with a $60 purchase) to my Granny Apple Green card base and then focused on the oval shape. I don’t have an oval in any current product, so I used a circle from Spotlight on Nature Dies ($163580). I love layered DSP, so I choose a second Toadstool Gardens DSP (#164942) pattern. I picked more cardstock based on the colors in my DSP. The pointed rectangle is from Sentimental Park Dies (#160566). Here’s a first look at the pieces.

The proportions aren’t quite right, so I cut a 1/4″ from each side of the rectangle and an 1/8″ off the Melon Mambo strip.

To replicate the oval shape a little, I cut the circle apart and left a gap between the edges, covering the separation with the strip.

Here is a sneak peek of my finished card.

I stamped the toadstool in Gray Granite and Pumpkin Pie, popping the top up on a dimensional. The 2″ leftover strip of DSP I added to the envelope flap.

All participants in this month’s waddle:

1. Sue Boerner
2. Kim Baker
3. Lori Helvick

Please join us on the 10th of March for another great Stamping Stray Ducklings’ Blog Waddle!

I hope you found some inspiration for your next Stampin’ Up! card from a sketch! All the supplies used on this card can be ordered through my online store. Please use the Host Code found to the right of this post when ordering from me, if your order is under $150. If it is over $150, don’t use the code so you can redeem all the host rewards.

You are always welcome to join me on 2 Monday nights a month at 7:30 p.m. Central Time for Mystery Stamping! Let me know you are interested and I will send the Clues and Zoom invite to you!

If you do not already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I would love to be yours and help you to unleash your creativity. Please join me in person for Stampin Buffets, filled with seasonal cards from the Annual and Mini catalogs! I have room for 4 people!

Ready to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Click the Contact Me button above.

More items added for Sale-A-Bration!

February 5, 2025Leave a comment

Stampin’ Up! has added a stamp set dies, punches, ribbon and embellishments to the free list of items you can earn with a qualifying purchase!!

Check them out here!

Monday Mystery Stamping – 1/27/25

January 27, 2025February 24, 2025Leave a comment

Vertical/Portrait card:
Clue #1… gather your supplies, All measurements in inches.

Cardstock Base A:1 @ 5-1/2 x 4-1/4
Cardstock B: (this can be foil or anything else to back the white square and compliment the DSP)
1 @ 2-7/8 x 2-7/8DSP: Double-sided DSP is a must for this card.
1 @ 12 wide x 5-1/4 tall
Basic White or Very Vanilla:
1 @ 5 x 3-3/4
1 @ 2-3/4 x 2-3/4
Focal point: Die cut(s) and sentiment for the front of the card. The focal piece is the 2-3/4 square turned on a point.I hope you like this fun-fold card!

Please join us if you like to make a card without knowing what it is until you are done!!

Friday Funny

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Paper Crafting Blog Hop – Sale-A-Bration!

January 15, 2025January 15, 20254 Comments

So happy you are hopping through our January Paper Crafting Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world featuring projects using Sale-A-Bration exclusive products! Here is a sneak peek of my card. Below my full card is a list of links to all of the participating bloggers.

My card features the Bloom Impressions 12″ x 12″ DSP (#164944), free with a $60 purchase, and Heart Shaped Bundle (#164953) free with a $120 purchase. Both grabbed me as soon as I saw them!

My card base is Melon Mambo, with a layer of Bloom Impressions 12″ x 12″ DSP (#164944) and then a 3-3/4″ square of Basic White. On the square, I stamped the wreath from the Heart Shaped Bundle (#164953) in Melon Mambo and then 3 times in Flirty Flamingo. Another 1″ x 4″ strip of DSP was added to the left of the score line and a bow of white Baker’s Twine (#155475) tied over it. I used the die to cut the shape for the sentiment and finished the card with 3 Adhesive-Backed Pearl Trio (#163319).

I also stamped 2 corners on the inside panel.

Thanks for hopping with us this month. Next go to –> Julia’s blog to see what she has created.

All bloggers in this month’s hop:

1. Annette McMillan – Australia
2. Sue Boerner – USA
3. Julia Quinn – Australia
4. Tracy Held – Australia
5. Maureen Rauchfuss – USA
6. Terri Stuart – USA

If you do not already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I would be happy to be yours. Ready to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Click the Contact Me button above.

Monday Mystery Stamping – 1/13/25

January 13, 2025February 24, 2025Leave a comment

Vertical/Portrait card:
Clue #1… gather your supplies, All measurements in inches.

Cardstock Base A:
1 @ 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 2-1/8 and 4-1/4

DSP: Scenic or 3 small patterns
1 @ 6 WIDE x 5-3/8 TALL, cut into 3 2″ pieces

Basic White:
1 @ 2 x 5-3/8

Focal point: Die cut(s) and sentiment for the front of the card

I hope you like this fun-fold card! Please join us if you like to make a card without knowing what it is until you are done!!

Stamping Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle – New Products!

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025Leave a comment

Welcome to our January Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hop!! We are featuring products from the just released Sale-A-Bration brochure, January-April Mini-Catalog, Online Exclusives, January 2025 Scrapbooking brochure, and Kits!

Here is a sneak peek of my card.

I was going to focus on a Sale-A-Bration item, but when I woke up to snow this morning, I wanted a small sign of Spring!! So I grabbed the Delightful Wishes Bundle (#164710) found in the new Mini-Catalog! I started with a Pool Party card base 4-1/2″ x 8-1/2″.

Next is a 4″ x 5-1/4″ layer of Pool Party, embossed with the Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder (#163414). The branch was die cut in Pecan Pie. I stamped the flowers in Lemon Lolly and Daffodil Delight and the leaves in Old Olive, then die cut them. Wishing was die cut in Daffodil Delight for the background and Basic White for the word. The sentiment was stamped in Daffodil Delight, die cut, and adhered with small strips of Mini-Stampin Dimensionals (#144108). Thank goodness for Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755) to adhere everything else on this card!! I added a bow of Daffodil Delight 1/8″ Satin Ribbon (#164715) to complete my card.

All participants in this month’s waddle:

1. Sheryl Diemer
2. Lori Helvick
3. Sue Boerner

Please join us on the 10th of February for another great Stamping Stray Ducklings’ Blog Waddle!

I hope you found some inspiration for your next Stampin’ Up! gift card holder! All the supplies used on this card can be ordered through my online store. Please use the Host Code found to the right of this post when ordering from me, if your order is under $150. If it is over $150, don’t use the code so you can redeem all the host rewards.

You are always welcome to join me on 2 Monday nights a month at 7:30 p.m. Central Time for Mystery Stamping! Let me know you are interested and I will send the Clues and Zoom invite to you!