Farewell To Some Sale-A-Bration Items

Most of you are probably aware of the Stampin' Up!® annual promotion which always takes place in the New Year. It's the reason I joined up as a hobby demonstrator nearly 5 years ago. (My anniversary is February 28th) and every year I've loved the SALE-A-Bration collection, and usually hang onto the stamp sets. They often have great sentiments and images, and because they are only on offer with a qualifying purchase (for less than 3 months too) they are a little bit different.

Two stamp sets, and one Designer Series Paper are leaving the collection early - Monday 15th January will be the last day to add them onto your qualifying order. $90 if you want one, $180 for two or $270 for all three!

It's hard to pick a favourite out of the three. I've enjoyed using The Sky Is The Limit a lot. I used it for my January class and loved the way each of the ladies put their own spin onto my sample. They're a clever lot, those girls!





It's a great masculine stamp set and it fits in rather nicely with Traveler and Going Global stamp sets, so I will hang onto it. I made another pair of cards this week so you could see the DSP, which comes in six shades, 2 12" x 12" double-sided sheets per pack.




Now these neutrals don't really do the paper justice, but I'm sure when you see the pink, which is Melon Mambo one side and Blushing Bride the other you'll be more impressed.
Quite a contrast, isn't it? This is the other retiring stamp set, Hello.


As well as the word 'hello' in a large clear script, there are 4 sub-titles: Little Sunshine, Birthday Girl, Birthday Boy and My Friend.
For the Melon Mambo version, I've used only stamps from Hello. The little party hat is also part of it, along with a smiley face and a sun. They're designed to fit on the 'e' or the 'o'. The Blushing Bride card has some flowers from A Whole Lot Of Lovely, which was out because I was making a card to send off to a team mate who is unwell.

I couldn't resist putting a card together for a Birthday Boy as well, using Boys Will Be Boys for the Lego and Balloon Builder for a balloon, but of course there are so many balloon stamp sets around at the moment, it could come from anywhere. If you have boys under 10 in your life, Boys Will Be Boys is a 'go to' stamp set too. The different coloured Lego were water-coloured using ink and an aquapainter, easy enough, and the background lego were just stamped out in matching ink.

The inside of this card was a bit of fun too! This time the lego were stamped in 4 different colours, there is some brightly coloured washi tape at the bottom and two sentiments from Party With Cake.
You can see the little smiley face here too, but I haven't yet used the sun or Little Sunshine. I bet they'll fit into the Sunburst Sayings range rather nicely though. So which of these SAB items do you NEED in your stash?



Want to Join?


Another thing I'd like to remind you of. During SALE-A-Bration is a great time to join Stampin' Up!® especially if your wish list is a long one. The joining special is "pay $169, but order $295 retail of Stampin' Up!® products". There's no shipping to pay on that order, and you have until end of June to make your $440  quarterly minimum. Not sure what I'm talking about? Email me with a question, or a phone number and suitable time for me to call you and maybe you'll join the Stampin' Up!® family too.


It's totally okay to join for the discount, maybe you'll take your hobby further but Stampin' Up!® (nor me) will ever pressure you to do that. One of the unexpected bonuses for me has been the fun friendships and support I've received from other demonstrators. Oh, I'll just share the card I've posted to my team mate too. Its so pretty in shades of Smokey Slate and soft, subtle pastels.

I am an Australian demonstrator, living on the outskirts of Melbourne. My team, the South'n Stampers, is small and friendly. We try to meet up every couple of months to stamp together, sometimes a bit hard with work commitments and family, and I hold a class once a month. Email me at rpalmieri5@bigpond.com if you need to know more. If you have a long list from the Occasions Catalogue and Annual Catalogue ready to go now, you might want to click on the link to read terms and conditions.

Cheers, Rachel

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The Sky Is The Limit SAB CTC#62

This week at CASE-ing The Catty we are sharing our favourite SALE-A-Bration pick, whether it be a stamp set, one of the papers or even Project Life - they're all available for you to pick when you make an order of $90. If you happen to be mad for everything in the Occasions catalogue, you can pick an item for every $90 you order ($180 = 2 items, $270 = 3 items, $360 = 4 etc). If you get as high as that, maybe you should have a chat to me about joining up as a demonstrator, Stampin' Up!® welcomes and supports all types of demonstrators from the hobby demo buying crafting supplies at a discount, through to those making it a full time business. During SALE-A-Bration you choose $295. of any products from the Annual Catalogue and/or the Occasions Catalogue and pay only $169. Of course, you can purchase your supplies through my online shop, or by contacting me, you just need to have a delivery address in Australia.

I chose the Sky Is The Limit stamp set to share this week, because I love the bi-plane image and the samples in the SALE-A-Bration magazine. It fits very nicely with the antique images from Traveler stamp set in the Annual catalogue, but it is only on offer for a limited time. As long as stock lasts or February 15th, whichever comes sooner. This is a simply sweet card, a little stamping, a little punching/die cutting (of clouds) and a little fussy cutting (plane). There is a vellum propellor on the front of the plane, just like the sample in the catalogue!

Catalogue Sample

When I was checking out my box of new supplies, I noticed some of the lovely designs on Shine On Specialty Designer Series Paper, (page 31 of the Occasions Catalogue). This one has these lovely shiny silver clouds printed onto a heavier Kraft card. They inspired me to create this 'up in the clouds' card with recessed stamping. The bi-plane was stamped in Basic Grey for a softer look and the stamped clouds inside the circle have been stamped with white Craft Ink before Wink Of Stella was applied, giving a delicious sheen to the clouds.

The reverse of the clouds is Kraft and Bermuda Bay stripes, so while the card was out, I cut another strip and quickly made another masculine-type card. 'Congratulations' is another of the sentiments included with The Sky Is The Limit, that font suits all cards - for male or female birthdays, wedding, graduation etc.

I'm loving this stamp set, such cute, fun images. What is your must-have SALE-A-Bration stamp set?

If you can't wait to get some of these goodies in your hands, and you'd like me to be your demonstrator, you can shop in my online store here. Australian buyers only. My phone number if you have any questions is 0417 500 681. If your order is less than $250, it would be great if you used the Hostess code 4G296SCD when you checkout.

The email address if you're in Australia and wanting catalogues sent is rpalmieri5@bigpond.com

 Do continue around the blog hop to see more SALE-A-Bration favourites. You can go back to check out the main CASE-ing The Catty Blog where all participants are listed or continue to the next team member, Monique Fielder. Her cute project uses the Sky Is The Limit too.

                     

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Happy New Year! First Classes For 2016

Happy New Year to all!!! We enjoyed the company of two sons, one D-I-L, and the youngest grandson for dinner on New Years Eve, but Oliver needed to go home to bed quite early. My husband and I enjoyed a quiet evening, and went to bed once the neighbourhood quietened down at 1 a.m.

 Today I've spent a lot of time in my craft room getting class samples made. It's very exciting with the Occasions catalogue being available for you to order from on January 5th, and SALE-A-Bration starts at the same time.

As a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator, I get to order from the new catalogues a month earlier - and that's why you're no doubt seeing lots of gorgeous new stamps, dies and papers on Pinterest at the moment. Perhaps you've been wondering what is involved in being a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator. I'm looking for new team members, so if you live in Australia, I'd love the opportunity to add you to my team, South'n Stampers. I'm happy to fill you in, if you let me know you're interested, there will be contact details at the end of the post.

On to class details now. My usual monthly class is the third Friday of the month, so 15th January. It will be possible to run a daytime class at 1pm - 3.30pm and an evening one at 7pm-9.30pm but I need to know who's coming so that I cut the correct amount of supplies. (Let me know by the 12th please).
I know that some of my regulars are unable to attend, so if you've been thinking about classes for a while, January might be as good a time as any to begin.


You will make three cards, two of them this month involve a fun technique, and one is a simple one-layer card. I will guide you through the steps if you need help, and you are free to choose whether you will make cards for men or women or a mix. These are all birthday cards. You will see my sample of a masculine and a feminine card for each, and you can copy them exactly or make changes to the design using the products I provide. The cost of the class is $20 and you do not need to bring anything.

If you don't already have a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator, I'd be happy to supply a copy of the Stampin' Up!® Occasions and SALE-A-Brations catalogues, if you send me your name and mailing address. Australian customers only thank you.
You can email me at rpalmieri5@bigpond.com  with class, catalogue, joining team in the subject line, depending on your interest.

Cheers, Rachel