Sale-A-Bration 2025 is here!!!

If you like free products then Sale-A-Bration is a great time as we all like free products and this promotion runs from 7 January to 28 February 2025.

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There are 3 different ways you can earn free products - SHOP, HOST or JOIN:

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If you have a big wish list, now is the perfect time to get those items as you will earn 1 FREE Sale-a-bration item for every $100 you order, so the more you spend the more you will get free!  There are 14 products to choose from - 6 stamp sets, 3 paper packs, an embossing folder, ribbon, sequins, a kit and a Bundle.

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Note: Two of these times are Level 2 products which require a higher value spend of $200 to earn them - the Heart Shaped Bundle and Corner in Bloom stamp set.

HOST

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You can choose $235 worth of products (of your choice) for only $169 PLUS you will get to choose one of the two FREE bonus options shown on page 16 of the brochure - either an Exclusive stamp set and 2 packs on markets ($162 value) or your choice of an additional $51 in FREE products to add to your Starter Kit with no further obligations AND shipping is free too!

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CC #135 Anything Goes with Option Birthday

Hello and welcome.

I am sharing with you my card I created for our new challenge at Creatalicious.

Theme: Anything goes with Optional Birthday

Sponsor: Sasayaki Glitter

I have used the sponsors image called Birthday Cat and coloured the image in with Copic markers.

I have used a sheet of DSP from the SU Picture Perfect Party 6" x 6" paper pack which created a fun background for the image.

Here is my card:  

The layout of my card was inspired by the current sketch at Stamps and Fun = Creativity.

Here is the sketch:

The sentiment has been stamped in SU Basic Black and is from the SAB Party Pandas stamp collection.

The fun bright Birthday scene is kept alive using the SU cardstock Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst, Whisper White and Basic Black.

I added some shapes to the Lemon Lime Twist cardstock using the co-ordinating ink pad Lemon Lime Twist and the image is also from the SAB Party Pandas stamp set.

Here is a close up of the image: 

Isn't this a cute image.

The copic markers used are:

C00, 0, 1, 2,3, 4

V0000, 20, 22, 25

G000, 40, 43

R30, 21, 22

I would like to enter this card

Stamps and Fun = Creativity Challenge - Sketch 319

A Snowflakes Promise Challenge - #49 Anything Goes

Creates and Makes Monthly Challenge - #19 Anything Goes

Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge - #136 Anything Goes with optional Birthday

Colour Crazy Challenge - #10 Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - #207 Let's Celebrate

Crafting with an Attitude Monthly Challenge - #37 Anything Goes

Always Happy Birthday Monthly Challenge - Anything Birthday

Cards Galore Monthly Challenge - Anything Goes and DT Call

PDE Linky Party Challenge - #11 Anything Goes

Have a super day.

Flowers

Hello and Happy Mother’s Day to every Mum!

 

We have celebrated Mother’s Day with a lovely breakfast together and then we went and seen the lovely Cinderella movie, which was a lovely way to spend the afternoon.

 

I am wanting to share with you our fabulous new challenge at Come and Get It for this week.

 

Our challenge theme is “Flowers” and we have some fabulous sponsors too.  I have used an image from one our Sponsors Sami Stamps.

 

This beautiful image is called Wild Flower Beauty and I have created this card for my Mum for Mother’s Day.

 

There are flowers everywher - on the paper, on the side and in hair of this lovely image.

 

The colours were inspired by the paper and I have chosen to do an Easel Card and added a section on the back of the front part of the card to leave a message for Mum.

 

The papers used were from Prima Marketing #843380 Alla-Prima Collection “Ferrulle” & Bo Bunny Love Letters Airmail #13501490.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 

The lace and flowers are from my stash and I have also used some pearls in the hair and on the card base.

 

The sentiment reads “You’re Simply Wonderful” from SAB SU Set Simply Wonderful and was stamped in Crumb Cake on Whisper White cardstock.

 

The Dies used were from the SU Ovals Collection, Marianne Design Large Petral Oval and the Spellbinders Beaded Ovals Set.

 

Here is a closer look at the image:

 

 

The Copic Colours used were:

 

Skin: E0000, 00, 21,11, R21

Hair: E37, 35, 33, 30

Flowers: BG0000, 000, 10, 11, 13, 15

 

 

 

I would like to add this card to the following challenges:

 

A Gem of a Challenge - #114 More than One Fold

Allsorts Challenge - #310 Die Cuts (more than 2)

Di’s Digi Design Challenge – Loads of Flowers

Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge - #79 Anything Goes with Flowers

Brown Sugar Challenge - #145 Layers

Creative Fingers Challenge - #79 Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - #138 Lots of Flowers

Scrap & Craft Inspiration Challenge - #8 Lace and Pearls

Inky Impressions Challenge - #208 Embellishments

Creative Card Crew Challenge - #86 Fancy Folds

 

 

We hope you join us this week as we would love to see how “Flowers” have inspired you for this challenge.

Meg

Crafty Creations Holiday Challenge

Two weeks have gone by and we now a have new challenge for you over at Crafty Creations.

 

We have a Holiday Theme challenge for the next two weeks and our sponsor is Stitchy Bear, so we would love you to join us.

 

I have used one of the sponsors images called Silk on Glass and created a fresh Spring card using some papers from the Sweet Sorbet SAB papers.

 

The layout of my card was inspired by the current Mojo Monday Sketch #337, although I have adapted it a bit but the idea is still there.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

The flowers have been coloured in using my Copics – BG 0000, 10,11,15 for the flowers and G21 & 40 for the leaves.

 

Here is the sketch:

 

 

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Mojo Monday Challenge - #337 Sketch

City Crafter Challenge - #203 Spring in the Garden

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge - #187 Tic Tac Toe (Paper Piecing, Digi Image, Flowers)

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge - #215 Use Green

Crazy Challenge - #167 Flower Frenzy

Catered Crop Challenge – Spring Fever

One Stitch at a Time Challenge – Use a Digi

The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge - #65 Autumn or Spring

 

 

I hope you week is going well, it is all downhill now towards the weekend – yah!

 

All the best  Meg

The Luck of the Irish

Yep we are in the St Patrick’s day mood at Come and Get It, so may the luck of the Irish be with you when you join us this week to be in the draw to win some Bugaboo images.

 

I have used the Bugaboo Image call St Patrick’s Leprechaun, he is very cute. The layout of my card has been inspired by the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches and they have a twist use 3 B’s on your project.

 

I have used a couple more than 3 – bow, black, brad, bling, buckle and brown.

 

I have coloured the image in using my copic markers and the have used a couple of different greens like the retired Certainly Celery Ribbon and the Gumball Green Ink for the sentiment.

 

The paper is from the Sweet Sorbet DSP which is available as part of Sale-a-Bration and this paper mainly features the soft green colour of Pistachio Pudding.

 

I have also paper pieced the clovers the little leprechaun is lying on and used the same sheet of paper from the Sweet Sorbet pack.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 

The copic markers I have used are:

 

Skin – E0000, 000, 00, E21, R20

Jacket/Hat – G00, 21, 24, 28, 40

Pants, Buckle & Shoes – E0000, E30, 33, 34, 42

 

 

Here is the sketch:

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches – Sketch 240, Twist 3 B’s

Catch The Bug Challenge – Bingo (Leprechaun/Use Green/Ribbon)

Brown Sugar Challenge - #85 Paper Piecing

Stamping with Dragon Challenge – Let’s Go Green

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - #80 Use Ribbon

Inky Impressions Challenge - #150 Go Green

Crafty Sentiments Challenge – Lots of Green

Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge - #94 Shades of Green

Sweet Stamps Challenge - #160 Lucky

 

 

All the best for the week ahead and thank you for visiting.

 

Meg

Keep It Simple

Do you like CAS cards or maybe they are a challenge for you and you want to give them a try?  Well either way you will want to join us this week at Crafty Creations as our theme for the next two weeks is:

 

Keep It Simple

 

and if you join us you could be in the running to win a prize!  Click here to check out the challenge.

 

I love the CAS sketches that Clean and Simple provide and I have used them many times before and again today to create my card.

 

I saw the sketch but was not sure what stamp set(s) I would use.  I recently placed an order from the current Seasonal Catalogue and also got some freebies because of Sale-a-Bration and my order arrived in time to create my card for this challenge.

 

I have used the sentiment from the Perfect Pennants stamp set from the Seasonal Catalogue.  The banners have been stamped using the Banner Blast set and punched our using the Banner punch which both part of Sale-a-Bration.

 

The little hearts have been punched out using the Owl Builder punch and I have used the colours, Perfect Plum, Strawberry Slush and Coastal Cabana.  The base card is Crumb Cake and the main layer is Very Vanilla.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

Quick and simple, plus I just love the colours together!  A card perfect for Valentines but very non-traditional colours.

 

Here is the sketch:

 

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Clean and Simple Challenge - #280 Sketch

Stampin Celebration Inspirational Challenge - #75 Photo Inspiration

Card Mania Challenge - #40 Love is All Around

Sentimental Sunday Challenge - #194 Pack a Punch

The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge - #63 Love

Just for Fun Challenge – Love is in the Air

A Gem of A Challenge - #113 Spots and Stripes

Creative Corner Challenge – From the Heart

Stamping with Dragon Challenge – Love

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this little post and that you are having a fabulous week.

 

See you next time.

 

Meg

It’s all about the Girls

 

Hi everyone, I hope that you are well and thank you for stopping to say ‘hi’.

 

We have a warm weekend here is Sydney but I love my weekend time.  I have caught up with some people I used to work with and just spent Saturday talking and laughing.

 

Sunday is time with my daughter and just getting ready for the week to come.

 

I love weekend’s like this – so I hope that yours wonderful too!

 

I also wanted to share with you my card for the new challenge at Come and Get It for this week.  Our theme for the the challenge is:

 

Make It Girly

 

We would love everyone to share the ‘girly’ project with us and be in the running to win some wonderful prizes.  We have two sponsors for this challenge, Lacy Sunshine and Limited Run.

 

I have used a Limited Run image called Molly.  To me this image yells ‘teenager’ but I loved it when I saw it.

 

The layout for my card has been inspired by the current sketch at Sketch n Stash.

 

The beautiful paper I have used is one of the items you can earn free with Sale-a-bration and I love the colours.  The paper is called Sweet Sorbet and I have used Crisp Cantaloupe card stock which compliments the paper.

 

I decided to create a square card today as I wanted to showed off the image and the sketch a little more.

 

The image is die cut with the SU Ovals Collection and the flowers/bling are from my stash.  I have also added some embossing using the retired SU Lacy Brocade embossing folder.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 

 

At the moment I have only a few copic markers but the more I use them the more I want – like most crafty things  :)

 

So from my stash I have used the the following markers to colour the image:

 

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11

Cheeks & Lips: R21

Eyes: B02

Hair: E000, E30, E33, E42

Jacket: BG0000, BG10, BG11

Shirt & Bow: Y0000, Y21, Y23

Shorts: B93, B95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am very happy with my card and I just love the all the soft colours.

 

Here is the sketch:

 

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Sketch and Stash Challenge - #132 Sketch

Desert Island Monthly Challenge - #71 Third Birthday (ribbon, sparkle, embossing, 3 papers)

Feeling Crafty Monthly Challenge – Dies and/or Punches

Delightful Sketches Challenge – Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey Challenge – Emboss That

Sassy Studio Design Challenge - #215 Stop and Smell Flowers

Addicted to Stamps Challenge - #81 Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter Challenge - #144 Use at Least 3 Papers

Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge - #89 Anything Goes

 

 

Well that is it for me today, enjoy the rest of your weekend.

 

Meg

Some Valentine inspiration…

I am sure that you can relate to losing track of time when you start browsing the internet. I know that I do.

 

Time goes so fast when you find a site that you like then click on another link on that site and so on and so on.

 

During my recent surfing I found some challenges I wanted to try from:

 

Pretty In Pink - http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/

Mojo Monday - http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/

The Pink Elephant - http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/

Simon Says - http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

 

The challenges for each site were:

 

Charismacardz Challenge # 3 is Pretty in Pink, to create something in Pink, yep think that is possible.

 

Mojo Monday is  sketch challenge…. love these sketches they always give you a challenge.

 

is a Photo Inspiration….

 

I show this photo and found some more pink and flowers and thought Valentine.  I missed adding this to The Pink Elephant Challenge list, to me the photos show a lot of love and warmth.

 

and Simon Says Challenge  is Anything Goes!  So my card fits this challenge as well this week.

 

I have used the I {Hearts} Hearts Stamp Set for my Valentines Day card with Real Red, Pretty in Pink and Very Vanilla cardstock.

 

The Real Red marker has been used to get the darker shading on the larger hearts.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Marry Me, I {Hearts} Hearts

Card: Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Very Vanilla
Ink: Real Red, Pretty in Pink

Accessories:  1-3/8” (3.5 cm) Square Punch, Real Red Marker, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

The quote is from the Marry Me stamp set in the Summer Mini and reads

 

….. Love is, above all, the gift of oneself. – Jean Anouilh…..

 

If you liked the retired stamp set For the Bride, you will like the Marry Me stamp set, especially if you need to create some wedding invitations or a wedding cards.  You could use this set in so many ways.

 

Well I am off to prepare things for tomorrow as my little girl is going back to school.

 

Thanks for stopping by and having a peek, keep well until next time….. Meg

 

 

 

 

 

Hello Happy Birthday

Hi everyone, I am back again with a card I created for yes – you guessed it a challenge ! :)

 

This card has been created with inspiration from the ColorLab Color Challenge # 32 and the sketch layout from Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch Challenge # 194. 

 

I have placed the colour challenge and sketch below and do not forget to visit these sites for some great challenges and/or inspirations!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have used Blushing Bride for the base of my card and the Rich Razzleberry card stock has been embossed with the Big Shot – Square Lattice Embossing Folder.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Hello Again, Punch Bunch

Card: Blushing Bride, Rich Razzleberry, So Saffron, Whisper White
Ink: Blushing Bride, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories:  3/8” (1 cm) Rich Razzleberry Taffeta Ribbon, 5/8” (1.6 cm) Whisper White Satin Ribbon, 1-3/8” (3.5 cm) Square Extra-Large Punch, 1-1/4” (3.2 cm) Square Large Punch, Scallop Square Extra-Large Punch, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

I used the lovely little set called Hello Again and the Sale-A-Bration Punch Bunch set (love this set!).

 

I am really happy with this card, once I worked out the amount of each colour the card was created in no time.

 

If you are inspired – give it a go too!

 

Please visit again soon!  Meg x

Sale-A-Bration 2011

Want a free stamp set ?  Sale-A-Bration is the time to get one.

 

From 25 January until 31 March 2011, you can receive free products by:

 

Spending $100 and you earn one free Sale-A-Bration set of your choice

 

or

 

by Hosting a workshop of at least $600, and you will earn one free Sale-A-Bration set in addition to the generous hostess benefits

 

or

 

by joining Stampin’ Up! during Sale-A-Bration and choose a free stamp set** from the Idea Book & Catalogue (valued up to $79.95).

 

** excluding hostess sets

 

You can view the catalogue online by clicking the picture image or if you would like a hard copy, email me and I will post you one.

 

 

Any questions let me know otherwise take advantage of this great offer and place an order today!

 

Meg x