On Sunday my up line, Lisa hosted a shoebox swap at her house. Each person brought a card for everyone to make. It was a lot of fun! If you want to join us it is the BEST time of year to join my team! Join during Sale-A-Bration to get your starter kit at $135 CAD, along with the choice of TWO additional stamp sets for their kit - any stamp set, any price. (Excludes bundles and Sale-A-Bration sets.) Plus, the kit ships for free! Sign up here.


This is the card I prepped for us to make. I don't use the Wood Textures designer series paper often enough! You could easily change the look of this card just by using a different piece from that pack.

You can earn the Lots of Lavender stamp set for free until March 31, 2018 by placing a $60 order. Place your order online or contact me!
Supplies
Stamps: Lots of Lavender, Special Celebrations
Colours: Fresh Fig, Sahara Sand, Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White
Accessories: Wood textures Designer Series Paper, Lots of Labels framelits, Petal Pair Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Stampin' Dimensionals

~ Amanda

Tomorrow (Jan 10th) is the last day to sign up for January's Paper Pumpkin. But before you do I wanted to share some details with you! First up is a peak at the Inspiration board for January shared by Paper Pumpkin on Facebook earlier today:
Paper Pumpkin is a fully designed project kit that arrives at your door each month with stamps, ink, and paper—everything cut and ready to go, so you can skip to the fun. We’ll surprise you with fun projects like cards, gift packaging, home décor, and more for just $26.95 CAD a month (shipping included).

Welcome to another wonderful Global Stamping Friends blog hop! Enjoy today's hop and everyone's fabulous projects.

It's one of my favourite times of the year! New products to play with and earn Sale-A-Bration rewards! For every $60 you spend you will receive a free Sale-A-Bration product! To download a PDF of the Sale-A-Bration catalogue click here. My project today uses the new Petal Passion Memories & More card pack and the Petals & More Thinlits dies.


The frame on the journal box was highlighted using Smokey Slate ink and an Aquapainter. Also used an Aquapainter and ink on the flowers to highlight then a bit. A piece of Always Artichoke cut out with the leaf bunch was added to the 4x6 card to create some dimension.

Here are some close up pics of the extras I added:


Supplies
Stamps: Petal Palette (words only)
Colours: Always Artichoke, Smokey Slate, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Petal Passion Memories & More card pack, Petals & More Thinlits dies, Pearls

~ Amanda

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Today is the day for new products and free items! The Occasions and Sale-A-Bration brochure are live. If you would like a copy and live in Canada please contact me to request a brochure.



For every $60 you spend you will receive a free Sale-A-Bration product! New this year there are 2 levels of product you can earn. In the Sale-A-Bration catalogue it will let you know whether the item is redeemable with a $60 or $120 order.

~ Amanda

Day 4 is missing a photo. I had sent pictures quickly off to Costco and hoped I had gotten the right ones. But it meant that I missed sending a few.

Mostly I tale horizontal pictures with my phone but this month I'm trying to take more portrait ones so that I can include all 4 different pocket page designs. Saying that, the picture at the gas station was taken horizontally. I made sure to crop it on my phone so that if would work with the other portrait photos I took that day.

Supplies
Stamps: none
Colours: Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories: Merry Little Christmas Memories and More card pack, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper.

~ Amanda

Even though Christmas is not too far away, I'm already looking forward to the new year and new catalogues!! Today I'm sharing some projects that I've designed for my application for display stamper for OnStage in April using products from the upcoming 2018 Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalogues.
My first card uses the Petal Palette stamp set, Petals & More Thinlits and the Petal Passion Designer Series Paper. Colours: Fresh Fig, Early Espresso, Whisper White

My first 3D item features the Lots of Lavender Sale-A-Bration stamp set and Special Celebrations stamp set from the Annual Catalogue. I spritzed the white pizza box with Crumb Cake ink and alcohol. It's finished off with a piece of Wood Textures Designer Series Paper and a piece of Silver Sequin Trim. Colours: Always Artichoke, Wisteria Wonder, Crumb Cake, Whisper White.

My second 3D item is a decorated acetate box featuring my favourite new stamp set: Magical Day! The adorable knight was coloured in with water colour pencils and an aquapainter. The bricks were coloured in with Stampin' Write markers. Colours: Bermuda Bay, Smokey Slate, Basic Gray, Silver, Whisper White.

This card uses a piece of the new Sale-A-Bration Bubbles & Fizz Designer Series paper. The yellow design look just like honeycomb! A little bee from the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits completes it! Colours: Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Basic Black.

This card uses Petal Palette Memories & More card pack (with its fabulous stickers!). The smile is a cut-out that comes with the card pack that I sponged with Calypso Coral ink. I also sponged the little heart sticker. Colours: Calypso Coral, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette.

My scrapbook page is my last project and it uses the Petal Passion suite. These pictures are from my parent's 25th Anniversary in 2005. The flowers and leaves were coloured in using Watercolor Pencils and a blender pen. The lovely word is a cut-out embellishment included in the Petal Passion Memories & More card pack. Colours: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Silver, Basic Black, Old Olive, Smokey Slate, Vellum.


~ Amanda