Misson Monday -3

This week's challenge to come up with a Valentine's card w/o using pinks or reds... Fun!!

I think I'll use this one for Kevin! :)

This is the Sale-A-Bration set Polka Dot Punches... and the sentiment is from the All Holidays set.

Enjoy!!

**Remember, send me your creations and I'll enter you in a drawing for FREE goodies from me! **

Happy Easter...

Just wanted to leave you with a picture of the Easter card I made for Kevin's Aunt Peg, who hosted Eatser this year. Only Easter one I made (because I don't have many Easter stamps)... I used the balloon stamp from Birthday Whimsy to make this card by cutting off the "tie" part of the balloon.

I love it!! :) Enjoy... hope you all had a great Easter and here's to another Manic Monday! *sigh*

And the winners are....

Since I only had THREE comments, everyone won!!

Sorry I couldn't post earlier, we've been having problems with our internet. I will extend it, and have you get back to me by 9pm (EST) on Tuesday night to redeem your prizes!!

The three winners said the following:

Phyllis: "I like the Sassy Suzie on page 20, because the sayings are so fitting for us old ladies!"

Laura: "I really like the Just Celebrate Set on page 8 and the Full of Life Set on page 22 because you can get several uses out of them!"

ghazel: "My favorite stamp sets from Occasions Mini Catalog are Live Your Dream, Time for You and Essence of Love. I also love the new Rub-ons."

ghazel - Please e-mail me (stampinfanatic@hotmail.com) with your mailing address and info on where to send the stamp set.

** If you have a preference of which set you receieve, let me know! I will do it on a first come, first serve basis. **


If sets are NOT redeemed by Tuesday, March 25th @ 9pm (EST) thne I will offer some more blog candy in the next two weeks- so watch for it!!

So you want a FREE stamp set?!

I'm glad you decided to stop by!! Hang on for some awesome BLOG CANDY!!

Just because Sale-A-Bration has ended (well, technically it ends tomorrow) doesn't mean you still can't get some FREE stamps!!

I'm offering THREE brand NEW and UN-MOUNTED Sale-A-Bration sets. The sets are Birthday Whimsy (shown in the card on the left, part of the Splitcoast Challenge- Ways to Use It: Patterned Paper), Lots of Thoughts, and So Many Scallops.

In order to be entered to win one of the FREE sets you must leave me a comment telling me what things you LOVE from the new Occasions Mini Collection. There is a link to the catalog on the left hand side of this page under the "Links I Visit" headline. Enjoy the catalog... there really are SO many great things to love!

Look back to past posts to see some of the great buys I've already made! Including the Tart & Tangy Set (& the Lots of Thoughts set!) that I used to make THIS card:

I will end the contest on Friday, March 21st at 9pm (EST time). I will choose the 3 winners by using Random.org. I will then post here to let the winners know they are the choosen ones!! I will give the winners until Monday, March 24th at 9pm (EST time) to claim their prize. You may either leave me another comment here or e-mail me... stampinfanatic@hotmail.com.

Best of luck to you all... I absolutely LOVE these sets and hope they will inspire some of you!

-Kristin :)

Merci!

I made this card for a challenge over on Splitcoast Stampers. It was a color challenge to use the three main colors- Purely Pomegranate, Basic Black & Basic Gray.

I couldn't wait to try it out... I always love the color challenges because they get me to think outside the box.

I came up with this card- using the Merci set from Sale-A-Bration.

I used a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of cardstock for main card. I stamped the flower from the set all over using the VersaMark pad. It highlights the color of the cardstock that you use it on. It great for leaving a watermark and works good for backgrounds where you don't want something that really stands out. I then used a piece of whisper white cardstock to stamp my main image. I once again used the VersaMark pad and then covered my image in black embossing powder and used my heat gun to set the image. It's a VERY good idea to get the embossing buddy if you choose to do a lot of embossing. It's get rubbed over your cardstock so that the embossing powder ONLY sticks to your stamped image. Love it!

I then took my image, used the ticket corner punch on it and backgrounded it with a piece of purely pomegranate carstock. I place that layer on top of a basic black layer. I left the black layer a bit longer, and used a piece of satin purely pomegrante ribbon tied in front.

Then, I cut a layer of Holiday Harmony cardstock (which is retired)and laid that horizontally across the card. I attached the main image to the card and then got out the Crystal Effects(I used the CE on the birthday card below to create "icing")and placed it inside the heart on the main image. I added some dazzling diamonds glitter to the CE and let it dry. In the mean time I stamped the Merci sentiment in black on a piece of purely pomegrante and then cut it out with the 1 1/4" circle punch. I then cut a circle from the 1 3/8" punch in basic gray and then stamped the mini heart image in versamark on that piece and attched them. I took a stampin dimensional (which raises the cardstock) and attched the sentiment circle with that. I topped it all off by adding two black eyelets to the bottom corners of the Holiday Harmony paper.

& a cherry on top!!

Well... I'm sure this card has arrived by now! As soon as I saw the new Summer Picnic paper from the Occasions Mini, I KNEW I'd have to buy it- if only to make ONE card for my VERY best friend, it was worth it!!

I hope she loves it as much as I do... The cased the original card from Splitcoast, and made some minor changes. I altered the size and the layout of the main card.

I used my Perfect Day rub-ons, also from the mini. I stamped the cherry from Tart&Tangy using blenders pens on ink pads then to the stamp. I scalloped punched and paper pierced a piece of real red cardstock for the bottom, attached a great scallop punch in real red behind the cherry & then added a 5/8" piece of real red grosgrain ribbon. I used some bashful blue textured paper for the base.

Hope you enjoyed my "Friendship" card... tomorrow I will be catching up on several challenges from Splitcoast, and I will post pics of cards as well as the recipes then!

Here's one more for the road- I used the Birthday Whimsy set from SAB for this one. I have a FREE SAB set for the next person to book a party with me- it doesn't even have to be hosted in March!! Let me know if you'd like it!! ;)



I made this for my girlfriend, Sarah because my calendar said that March 9th was her birthday. Turns out it's not 'til November 15th!! What?! I didn't know until AFTER I sent it, but I love it none the less!!

I used whisper white cardstock, bali breeze designer paper, apricot appeal designer paper I got with hostess benefits, I stamped the cake in Tempting Turquoise and used my scallop punch and Tempting Turquiose pierced paper to background the sentiment. I colored in the cake's candles and I stamped a second cake in chocolate chip and cut out the top layer to create "frosting"... then I covered that piece in crystal effects to give it a yummy look! I tope it all off with some layering, dimensionals, ribbon, a rhinestone brad from the ice collection, and some silver eyelets.

More new cards...

Just wanted to show off some more NEW cards... The second card is with paper and accessories from the Occasions Mini Catalog which premiers March 1st. LOTS of new & fun items for spring & summer!! I have some more sets and I'll make some more cards this week to give you some more sneak peeks at the new catalog!

The great thing about the Occasions Mini is that it premiers with enough time for you to still get some SAB sets if you order $50 or more!!

I'm still offering $20 FREE merchandise to anyone who hosts a workshop through March 17th.

Card with Berry Bliss Designer Paper and Sale-A-Bration Rub-Ons

Card made with NEW die cut blooms and Occasions Mini Catalog Rub-Ons (A Perfect Day)
Another Baby Onesie card for a friends' little girl due a week from tomorrow.
Kraft Cardstock and Sale-A-Bration set Merci!

LoOk @ tHiS!!

Need an adorable BABY card for someone you know?! I know quite a few people having a baby, and I think this is just delicious!

How fricken cute is that?!

I got the inspiration and instructions for this card from here:

http://laurenm.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/02/05/create-your-own-onesie-card-tutorial-and-important-note-please-read/

Feel free to try it out for yourself... it really is fairly easy to do! I improvised a little here and there and I still think it looks pretty cute. Next time I'll make a mark for the eyelets so I line them up and center them and I may do some in white for a different look.

Enjoy!

Do you love this card?!

You can earn your own FREE set of Lots of Thoughts stamps now through March 17th with Sale-A-Bration!!

Contact me, or read the posts below, to find out how!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend. I had only ONE card submission so far this week for the challenge. New challenges will be posted every Monday evening. Remember that participating gets you in the running to earn FREE products!! :)

Sale-A-Bration Incentive...

If you host a workshop from now through March 17th you will receive a $20 gift certificate from me!!

Remember that SAB is a GREAT time to host a workshop with so much extra FREE stuff!!

The first 2 people to book will also receive a stack of SAB set cards from me!! :)

Sale-A-Bration is coming!

I'm busy getting ready for our BIGGEST promotion of the year... So what does this mean for you?

What is Sale-A-Bration, you may ask?
It's our annual promo which gets you FREE exclusive merchandise from Stampin' Up! There are lots of way to qualify, but don't miss this! It only happens once a year and the FREE Sale-A-Bration products won't ever be able to purchase again!

Sale-A-Bration runs from February 1-March 17, 2008.

Our Sale-A-Bration promotion gives everyone a reason to celebrate!

Promotion Details:
Customers: For every $50 purchase they make, customers will receive a free Sale-A-Bration product.

Hostesses: In addition to our regular hostess benefits, hostesses will receive a free Sale-A-Bration stamp set for workshops that reach $300 or more.

Recruits: Anyone who joins as a demonstrator during Sale-A-Bration can choose any stamp set--a value of up to $47.95--from the current catalog.

If you've ever (or never!) considered hosting a workshop, now is the time to do it!! Contact me today so we can set up a day and time that works best for you. Please remember that Stampin' Up! offers a variety of scrapbooking products as well.

Here are some samples of the Sale-A-Bration sets I've made...




NEW: Rub-Ons!!


Enjoy! And I look forward to hearing from you all about Sale-A-Bration!!