Birthday Basics Pop-Up Presents Card

Yesterday I shared my birthday frame with you and today I have a super fun matching card to share with you!  This card was inspired by fellow demonstrators Lisa Young and Rose Coleman!

The card itself it pretty simple and straight forward.  A little embossing, some simple stamping and a touch of DSP (the Birthday Basics DSP!).  The magic happens on the inside of this card!  Have a look!

Isn't it fantastic!  The stack of presents pops up and is a super fun surprise for the recipient of the card!

I just love it!  And, the pop-up part could really be anything...a birthday cake or wedding cake, a sand castle...the possibilities are endless!

It looks like it would be complicated, but it's actually really easy.  Here are some measurements and then there's a video for you to see how it comes together.  Remember that the solid lines indicate cutting lines and the dotted ones indicate scoring lines.  The measurements are for the pop-up insert for the card and it's made to fit on a standard quarter-fold card base (4 1/4 x 5 1/2).

And, now, the video!

Remember, until the end of the month DSP is buy 3 get one FREE!  You can find all the details on this special in my online store.  But, before you head to my online store, grab the shopping list so you can order everything you need to create this card at home!

Shopping List

Cardstock-Bermuda Bay, Very Vanilla, In Color (2013-2015)

DSP-Birthday Basics

Ink-Bermuda Bay

Stamps-Sketched Birthday

Big Shot-Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Chalk Talk Framelits

Ribbon-Bermuda Bay Taffeta

Stampin' Trimmer (and scoring blade)

Adhesive-SNAIL, Tombow, Stampin' Dimensionals and Glue Dots

Have an inspired day!

Ribbon Shares

There's so much new ribbon in the catalogue that I know you're going to want it all!  But, where to start?  Well, why not join some of my ribbon shares?  It's a great way to get ribbon in lots of colors without having to buy all of it right away.  Then you can see what colors you use most and start by buying spools of those!

This year it will be a little different.  You will only get 1 yard of each color of ribbon (if you want more than 1 yard, you can buy double...or triple!).  Each color will be wrapped on the coordinating color cardstock as shown in the picture.

Prices are as follows (shipping & tax will be applied to these prices):

3/8" Ruffled:  $6.75

1/2" Stitched-Poly:  $4.08

3/8" Taffeta:  $9.50

1/2" Scallop Dots:  $10.95

Crochet Trim:  $3.80

1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain:  $14.85

3/8" Denim:  $1.90

1/8" Taffeta:  $8.25

5/8" Satin:  $8.17

1/4" Grosgrain:  $7.65

Seam Binding:  $6.65

Remember, you will receive 1 yard of each of the colors in the style(s) of ribbon that you choose.  If you would like more than one yard of the ribbons, please feel free to order a quantity of 2 or 3 in the style(s) you want.  If you choose to order more than one yard of any particular ribbon, you will have that many yards of ribbon on each of your spools (eg. if you order 2  1/4" Grosgrain, you will have 2 yards on your spools).

The ribbon shares will be offered until the end of August and anyone in Canada can order them.  Please contact me if you're interested!

Have an inspired day!

The Most Wonderful Time of Year

It's the most wonderful time of the year!  It's time to start counting down to the new catalogue, and we're going to start off with a little contest! 

Guess the Cover Color Contest

If you can guess the main cover color of the new catalogue you will win BIG!!!  The winner gets...

FREE Catalogue Club Membership for 2011-2012

Receive your catalogue early (June 25!)

A Sampler Pack of the 5 new In Colors (2 quarter sheets of each of the new colors)

If you choose the main accent color, you will win...

A Sampler Pack of the 5 new In Colors (2 quarter sheets of each of the new colors)

Here's the fine print!

• I will take up to 3 names for each color, first come first served.
• Your guess MUST be a Stampin'  Up! color
• Contest closes at midnight on May 31.
• Winners will be announced once I know the colors of the cover.
• One guess per person
• Because of the prize being given away, the contest will only be open to Canadians.

Please either comment here or contact me with your guess.  When you send your guess, please send me your top three guesses and I will put you in the first one that isn't already taken.  Also, please be sure to give me both your first and last names.  You can choose from any of the 40 Core Colors and the 5 current In Colors.

Good luck and happy guessing!

Do we have a winner?

Do we have some Bingo winners out there?  Lemme hear you shout BINGO!!!

Alright ladies, if you won a prize on your bingo card, please clearly indicate your name, contact info and prize choice on the back of your card.  You can see the prize choices on the SAB Bingo page.  Once you've done that, please put your card, or cards, in my mailbox. 

ALL cards MUST be received by April 15 to claim your prize and MUST have your name and contact info on it.  If you don't indicate a prize choice, I will choose for you.  I will do my best to get your prizes to you by the end of April.

Congratulations to all my winners!

Fast & Textured

I'm loving the new In Colors!  Here's one of the cards I've been working on for my downline Stamp-A-Rama.

Isn't it fabulous!  I used 3 of the new In Colors, Pear Pizzaz, Concord Crush and Blushng Bride, for the background.  The texture was done with my Big Shot and the new Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder.  This embossing folder creates such a deep impression.

Around the middle of the card is a piece of the 1/8" Taffeta in Early Espresso.  The main stamped image is from the new Level Two hostess set, Fast & Fabulous which is a great two-step floral set.  I love it!  I stamped the pink first with Blushing Bride, followed by the outline in Early Espresso.  It was nice, but was lacking something, so I did a little coloring with my Pear Pizzaz marker to fill in the leaves and stem.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes (a MUST HAVE for anybody's stamp collection!) and was stamped with Early Espresso on Crumb Cake.  I punched it out with the Word Window Punch and mounted it on a punched Modern Label punched piece.

We have 5 new In Colors to play with...Pear Pizzaz, Blushing Bride, Concord Crush, Poppy Parade & Peach Parfait.  You can purchase Classic Ink, cardstock, markers and ribbon in these colors.  This morning I mentioned an In Color special.  Well, here it is!

For the month of July, when you purchase the new In Color Kit (120952), I will throw in 1 yard of each of the In Color 1/2"  Poly-Stitched Ribbons absolutely FREE!  The In Color Kit inlcudes 20 sheets of smooth cardstock (4 of each of the 5 colors) and an ink pad in each of the In Colors and is $36.95.

Contact me today to place your order so you can start playing with these fabulous new In Colors!

Happy Stampin' and have an inspired day!

It's Here!

The much anticipated arrival of the new catalogue has happened!  I'm so excited for this catalogue...it's FULL of fantastic new stamps, color and accessories to play with!  There's a couple items that are not available yet...

Watercolor Crayons

Stampin' Pastels

Rub Ons

Punch Caddies

All of these items will be available soon, but in the mean time there's 224 pages of STUFF for you to drool over and order to play with!

With the Color Renovation and such a HUGE change in the colors this year, Stampin' Up! is offering kits for you.  Check out the button on the right side...click on it and you will get all the details.  You can place your orders for these kits through me or my website.  If you choose to order through my website, please remember to select me as your demonstrator to receive preferred pricing.

If you have not yet received your catalogue contact me and I can get one to you!  If you would like to join my Catalogue Club (more info on the Specials Page) please let me know and I can get you a beautiful coil-bound catalogue with some great coupons to use throughout the year.

I've been busy stampin' up a storm getting ready for my Stamp-A-Rama with my downline tomorrow, so I will start sharing those projects tomorrow with you.  And, I will be back later today with a fabulous, limited time In Color Special.

Rubber hugs,

In Like a Lamb

Mmmmmm, the smell of spring is in the air!  It was so gorgeous today that I had a couple windows open and I swear it smelled like spring.  The sun was shining, the neighbourhood kids were out playing in the street and it was just a great day!  Hopefully we won't see anymore winter...but I did see in the long range forecast that it's supposed to get ugly again next week.  Cross your fingers that the forecast will change! 

It is said that March comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion or vice versa.  Well, I think it definitely came in like a lamb, so in honour of this, I have a lamb card to share with you today.

And, since March is my Birthday Bonanza month, I decided to make my lamb card a birthday card.  I used the Pun Fun and A Little Birthday Cheer (which you can earn FREE with Sale-A-Bration) stamp sets for this card.  I chose some springy colors...Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink and Soft Suede.

I also used the SU Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder on the Bashful Blue piece.  I love SU Embossing Folders.  They create such a deep and crisp impression in the cardstock.  Here's a closer look at the dimension.

And, here's a closer look at the little lamb, which is attached to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.  To color her, I just scribbled on her with my White Gel Pen.  The heart is the smallest heart from the Heart to Heart punch.  I punched it out of Pretty in Pink cardstock and sponged around the edges with Rose Red.  I carefully cut around the lamb's arm to tuck the heart in behind it.

So cute!  Remember that during the Birthday Bonanza, shipping & GST is on me!

That's all for today!  Have an inspired day!

Wii are inspired!

My inspiration for today's simple card came from our Wii Fit!  I've been using it more the last little while trying to get in shape.  I pulled my card colors right from the Wii Fit.

I chose Whisper White, Basic Gray and Green Galore...very Wii!!!  I chose to do a "cool" birthday card (according to my boys!) and it seriously took me about 10 minutes.  The stamped images are the Extreme Skateboard and Teeny Tiny Wishes for the greeting.  I punched the greeting with the Word Window and mounted it on a piece of Green Galore punched with the Modern Label punch.  The greeting is put on the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I did a couple little things to add visual interest...

I did some paper piercing around the top corner of the image piece and added faux Green Galore brads to each corner of the card.  I used the Ticket Corner Punch and my Crop-A-Dile to make the faux brads.

Here's a look at the dimension.

Tomorrow will be the first day of my Birthday Bonanza month!  During the month of March, I will be featuring birthday themed projects and because my birthday is in March, I've decided that for the entire month shipping and GST is on me!  To take advantage of this special you must be Canadian and you have to contact me to place your order.  Remember, this special is only for the month of March!

That's all for today!  Have an inspired day!

Countdown...

I want to invite you to join me for a countdown to Valentine's Day beginning Sunday, January 31!  I will have Valentine's projects posted everyday for the 2 weeks leading up to Valentine's Day to inspire you and celebrate love!

Tomorrow I will still post the regular Scrapbook Saturday project, but watch for some exciting changes and projects to begin on Sunday!

See you tomorrow!

Earn some LA Stamper Bucks

How would you like to earn some LA Stamper Bucks?

Here's the deal, everyone who places an order, comes to a club, class or event during the month of December has the opportunity to earn Stampin' Bucks to use for Occasions Mini Catalogue purchases beginning in January. All you have to do to earn the Stampin' Bucks is bring a non-perishable food item to your class, club or event. For each non-perishable food item you bring, you will earn one LA Stamper Buck. There's no limit...if you bring 5 items you get 5 LA Stamper Bucks. Your LA Stamper Bucks can be redeemed just like money on Occasions Mini Catalogue merchandise in January when the mini comes out...and trust me, your wish list will be HUGE!!!!

At the end of December, all the food items will be donated to the Interfaith Food Bank here in Lethbridge.

So what do you say? Are you in? Let's fill up a HUGE basket that I will have a hard time carrying into the Food Bank at the end of the month!

Until next time my friends!