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With 10 days until the end of Sale-a-bration, now more than ever, you want to get the stamp sets and other items that are available only during Sale-a-bration.  Some of you have seen these cards in recent stamp classes, while for others, it may be your first view. I have to say, I LOVE this stamp set called Lovely Lavender.  This particular card is filled with lots of glitter and shine!!  It doesn't show in the photo, but I gold-embossed the image and then stamped over with...

I was so excited to see the new Springtime Foils specialty designer paper option with the 2nd go-around of Sale-a-bration!  What lovely paper!!  It features 4 different patterns of foils/metallics, my favorite being this floral pattern embossed with copper.  I know what you may be thinking -- I don't remember seeing this colored paper in the flyer ... and where did that ribbon come from??!!  Well ... so glad you mentioned that!!!I love our new blends markers -- they're...

This is the 3rd card in my "Womanly" Birthday card class.  LOVE it!!  (I was inspired by a VERY similar card shared by Allison Davini in a demonstrator FB page -- I changed the base of the card to match my colored flowers and I added a knot to my ribbon.)The flower DSP on the left is from the Playful Palette DSP.  What?!  You don't see that color in the package?!  Oh, that's right!  I COLORED the paper!  I used my Stampin' Blends to color the floral DSP :...

I just love this new Happy Wishes stamp set that's available during Sale-a-bration only.  And now it's confession time ... it's the first time I've used it!!  I stamped the "Happy" image in the center of the Lots of Labels largest framelit with Archival Black ink.  Then, with my stamp-a-ma-jig, I stamped the "wishing you a ..." and the "birthday" sentiments. Coloring in the flowers was fun and easy -- I used a few of the Stampin' Markers: I believe I...

I prepared my cards for tomorrow night -- so excited about this Lots of Lavender set! I've stamped the flowers in many colors, but the yellow ink is new!  Isn't it so cheery?!The base of the card is Night of Navy, with a Whisper White mat.  I know that daisies and maybe delphinium don't match, but flowers love flowers!  I stamped the flowers in Black Archival ink on the largest Stitched Oval framelit, then layered it on a Night of Navy scalloped oval.  The flowers were...