Spring/Summer catalogue launch and all the Sale-a-Bration 2019 news!

Hello and welcome to the first day of the new Spring/Summer catalogue and of course the Sale-a-Bration news! Please do stick with it as all the SaB news is below the catalogue links ;-)
Jam packed with exciting new products this catalogue is a gem and you can have your first look HERE. Alternatively head over to my shop www.cardsandacuppa.stampinup.net 

If you don't already have a demo and would like a hard copy of this catalogue to peruse at your leisure then drop me a message and I'll pop one in the post to you asap :-)
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Of course the beginning of January also heralds the start of Sale-a-Bration!
If you have been following me on here for a while you probably know all about SaB but just in case you're new to it then let me share the low down with you now :-)
Sale-a-Bration is a three month long event by SU! and you can earn free products with purchases, by joining SU! and for hosting a workshop.
SHOP
Spend £45 or £90 from any current catalogue or the Clearance Rack to earn Level one (£45) or Level 2 (£90) products, you can choose from this PDF
There is no limit to what you can earn as you shop and you can mix and match to get the FREE products you see. For example if you spend £135 then you could choose either three x Level 1 items or one x Level 1 and one x Level 2 item.  

 HOST
Earn extra rewards for hosting a workshop or even when spending all on your own *wink*

JOIN
And finally earn extra products when you join SU! as demonstrator. But this year there is also a bonus offer!!
Option #1 - Join and choose £170 worth of products for just £99! That's £40 worth of products more than usual!
Option #2 - Join and choose £170 worth of products for just £125! That's £40 more products than usual PLUS receive the fan-flipping-tastic Craft and Carry Tote too!

Here's the tote! All the *heart eyes*

So, I know there's a lot to read today and if you've made it to the end of this post then I congratulate you!
If you have any questions or queries then feel free to drop me a message :-)
One final thing before you go, just so you know I have also started to update my class dates and info so head over HERE if you are interested coming to one (or all) of my classes.
Thanks for looking today!
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Host code for January spends over £25 and under £150 is UFQDSB72

Stampin' Hugs,

Magical Day Mermaid on a Narrow Notecard

Happy Sunday!
I hope this post finds you well? Last week was super crafty for me but I have hardly managed to get in my craft room this week, which has been tough after thinking I was not very busy this week! My days seem to have been pretty full of jobs *-*
So, today we are finishing off the tiling in the kitchen but I wanted to hop on here and share a card with you first :-) This is another class card and it's a super cute Narrow Notecard. I love the size of these little notecards, they make such cute cards for sending sweet little messages...

 I used the mermaid for this one atop another of those tags from the Sweet Cake framelits which, incidentally, are now offered as a choice for Sale-a-Bration if you spend £90* :-D
*NOTE: Please ensure you use the correct code for the new SaB product choices from the regular catalogues. Feel free to message me of you have any questions :-)

 I added the sweet seahorse as a subtle pattern down one side and also some of the pink tinsel ribbon to the tag for that essential sparkle!

and here's those extra SaB choices for you again...

SaB Original Brochure

Second Brochure

Well, that's all from me today, I hope you enjoyed this new narrow notecard. Have you got any of them yet? I'd love to see your makes with them (or any SU! product) over on my Facebook group I created especially for sharing your creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you get a chance to be crafty today!
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Stampin' Hugs,

Products Used to create this project:

Whisper White A4 Cardstock	Magical Day Clear-Mount Bundle	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Stampin' Blends Markers Collection	Sweet Cake Framelits Dies	Love Mini Tinsel Trim Combo Pack	Smoky Slate A4 Cardstock
Whisper White Narrow Note Cards & Envelopes	Sweet Cake Framelits Dies

Party Pandas for Stampin' Blends Class

Hi there!
Today I have another card we made at my first Stampin' Blends class this week. I used the Party Pandas and they are really quick and easy to colour and so just perfect for practicing with the blends....

 As you probably know Party Pandas are a Sale-a-Bration freebie and I have teamed them here with some of the Tutti Frutti cards, which are also a SaB product.
I cut them down and used them as a backing layer, a great way to make these free notecards go even further ;-)

 I heat embossed the sentiment with white embssing powder and coloured this one with the dark Pool Party Blends pen, but this technique works well with any of the blends.

 I wanted to keep this card quite flat for easy posting so I also ran my blend pen around the edge of the white layer to make it pop without adding another layer.

And that's all from me for today. I do hope you have enjoyed this card?
Thanks for looking today :-)
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Products Used to create this project:

Whisper White A4 Cardstock

Stampin' Blends Markers Collection

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Party Pandas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Tutti-Frutti Cards & Envelopes

Pool Party A4 Cardstock

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

A Trio of Party Pandas. A Sale-a-Bration Stamp Set by Stampin' Up!

Hello there,
Today I have a card you may have seen a sneak peek of, either on Instagram or Facebook before I made it into a card? If you like social media you can follow me on a few platforms (more links at the end of the post) for lots of sneak peeks and to see what I'm doing most days :-)
So, I was having a play with the Party Pandas when I realised they would make a great party together by masking three (or try even more) of these little guys together...

I started by stamping the centre panda (on this card) first before stamping him again on a post-it-note. Then I trimmed him out and laid the post-it- note image over the first image before stamping again, either side.
After you remove the post-it-note you could add it to one of the side pandas to make the conga line longer or pop it in the stamp case for when you want to do this again ;-)

TIP 1: Remember when masking to stamp the image you want at the front of your scene and work backwards.
TIP 2: If any of the areas don't stamp perfectly (as I've found often happens when masking) then just colour in the missing areas using a blender pen, dipped in the ink pad you used to stamp.
TIP 3: I like to leave the tiny white line between the pandas as they are all the same colour (see arms and legs) to show the distinction between the separate pandas. Although that's not actually how they would look IRL, I think it works well for these same colour images.

I coloured these pandas very simply with my blends before layering over small silver sequin trim on some Picture Perfect DSP.

I do hope you have enjoyed today's card? I have another busy day ahead with both house stuff and crafty stuff too :-) I hope you enjoy your Wednesday!
Thanks so much for looking today, I'll be back soon with more.
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Stampin' Hugs,

Products Used to create this project:

Party Pandas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Stampin' Blends Markers Collection

Picture Perfect Party 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Silver Mini Sequin Trim

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Epic Celebration Headphones

Hello there,
I have another Epic Celebration card today, this time using the super cool headphones that are in the set! I stamped the headphones using Memento ink onto Thick White Card and watercoloured them using my aqua-painter and smoky slate ink pad....

This 'Awesome' sentiment is also included in the set..

I added some Glitter and Clear Epoxy Shapes to add a little something extra, apologies as they are quite hard to see in a photograph.

I stayed with a simple layout, leaving just a 2.5mm border either side of the main panel, on a navy card base.

Well, that's today's card for you, do you love this set as much as I do yet? Let me know in the comments!
Right, I have to finish setting up my new printer :-/ Fun. Not. Lol!
Have a crafty day :-)
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Stampin' Hugs,

Products Used to create this project:

Epic Celebrations Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

Night Of Navy A4 Cardstock

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

Aqua Painters

Glitter & Clear Epoxy Shapes