MY PAPER PUMPKIN - CREATIVITY IN A BOX - ON SALE WITH FREE SALEABRATION ITEMS

I'm so excited.  I have been loving the latest MY PAPER PUMPKIN Kits.  Here's the card I made with the most recent kit I received in January.

I just saw that SU! has a special for those who want to try it out.  3 Month Subscriptions that are prepaid save $5 and to top that off, you will earn a FREE SALEABRATION item with every 3 month prepaid subscription.  I've been doing the monthly subscription, but saving a few bucks is a great deal.  You can purchase as many of the 3 month deals that you want and just use them whenever or give them as gifts.  The latest one with the shaker cards was so totally awesome. One of the cards I made is shown above.  So super cool!  And what's great is that each month there is something totally different to make.

Here's the lowdown on the sale that is going on during SU! SALEABRATION.

Paper Pumpkin Prepaid Subscriptions

For the first time ever, SU! is lowering the price of the 3 month prepaid subscription. During Sale-A-Bration (January 6-March 31) you can save money and instantly qualify for a FREE product!
Click on the Saleabration flyer at the left or HERE to see what you can earn for FREE.
Why did SU! choose to discount the 3 month subscription?

Because all good things come in threes! Here are three things we know you'll love.

1. Save $5.00 on your subscription.
2. The price point instantly qualifies for a FREE Sale-A-Bration product.
3. Skip to the fun for three months with all the stamps, ink, and paper ready to go for amazing papercrafting projects.

If you love My Paper Pumpkin like I do, you may want an even better deal which is the 12 month prepaid subscription.  But there are several options and you can always go month to month.

Item	Paper Pumpkin Prepaid Subscription	Price (Shipping Included)
137858	1 month	$19.95
137859	3 months	$59.85 $54.85
137860	6 months	$113.70 -- save $1 per month
137861	12 months	$215.40 -- save $2 per month BEST DEAL

NEW BUTTERFLY AND MORE FROM SU! OCCASIONS CATALOG

 Occasions Catalog

Make something for someone special! The new occasions catalog  is full of products worthy of becoming your new favorites. From stamps to paper, from ribbons to buttons, there’s a lot to see. Check out the catalog now (US/CAN) and discover the creative possibilities waiting for you!

 

Three Fantastic Ways to Get FREE! Products During Sale-A-Bration

Our biggest sales event of the year isn’t just about sales—it’s about rewards, too! Earn free products when you shop, join as a demonstrator, or host a Stampin’ Up! party!

• Shop (US/CA)
  • It’s simple—one free product for every $50 you spend (before tax and shipping). Get those products you’ve been wanting, and earn more for free at the same time!
• Join (US/CA)
  
  • It’s a great time to join Stampin’ Up! as a new demonstrator! Choose one of the following limited-time Sale-A-Bration offers when you join between January 6 and March 31, 2015:
    • Option #1: Receive a FREE Simply Created Project Kit from the occasions catalog with your Starter Kit
    • Option #2: Receive 2 FREE Sale-A-Bration items of your choice with your Starter Kit
• Host (US/CA)
  
  • Earn $25 more to spend on any Stampin’ Up! products with a qualifying party!
    
    

NEW SPECIALTY PAPER FROM SU! EARN FOR FREE!

This NEW Specialty paper from SU! is totally FREE with any $50 US purchase of SU! products. The paper is gorgeous.  You have to see it up close and personal.  It comes plain white and it's embossed. You can use it as is or you can brayer it as I did here in this card I made at my upline Janet Wakeland's home at our Holiday Party. We got to play with all of the NEW PRODUCT early since we are SU! demo's.  Do you want to earn FREE product, just make a purchase or join SU! today!

This card was made with the NEW stamp set SO YOU (see below) and the NEW stamp set PETAL POTPOURRI which also has a coordinating punch that you can save 15% off if you purchase as a bundle (see below).

This paper is FREE with $50 US purchase.  Get yours today!

Petal Potpourri Clear Bundle	138877
Price: $31.25
Bundle and save 15% with the Petal Potpourri Stamp Set and Flower Medallion Punch.

So You Photopolymer Stamp Set	137165
Price: $24.95
So many images, so many ideas! Document the happy times or make a card to share the love. These Two-Step stamps give you so many creative options--combine individual stamps to build the final image you want in the colors you want. Set quantity: 23.

LOVE IS IN THE AIR - REMARKABLE STAMPERS BLOG TOUR AND OUR NEW YEAR'S PHOTO IN MDS

It's a New Year and the REMARKABLES are BACK!  Every 2nd Thursday of the month at 8 pm eastern, we will have a blog tour and this month the theme is readying us for not only Valentine's Day, but all the upcoming Weddings and Anniversaries. The theme this month is LOVE IS IN THE AIR.

At my work place, there are 11 or more people or their immediate family members having weddings this year.  I've already been invited to one of them in September which is going to be at the beach, woo hoo!  Love me a beach wedding.  Love me any wedding.  Here is what I have to offer this month and when you are done looking here, follow through with the rest of the REMARKABLES for awesome ideas and SPREAD THE LOVE by "pinning" anything you like by hovering over the photo until you see the "P" for pin it or go to the end of this post and there's a link to pin.

The front of this card is somewhat cased from Rochele Blok.  I thank her for the inpsiration.  The hearts are from the SWEETHEART Punch by SU!

Next up on the tour is Andi Potler.  

For a full line up of the tour, see the bottom of my post.

Also, I wanted to share more LOVE IS IN THE AIR with our Traditional New Year's Photo which I changed over to sepia color and placed in this SU! MDS premade digital page that I added a few New Year's embellishments to.

We have a tradition in our family that we take a photo after the ball drops in Times Square.  We even get Luigi in the photo.  I love this particular photo because Luigi is a natural. Instead of looking at the camera, he's looking at my son.  We decided to go with this photo instead of trying to take 20 photos to get the one perfect one where Luigi and all of us would be looking into the camera.  This photo shoot maybe had 5 or 6 photos at the most and for the most part, everyone was relieved that we didn't spend a long time re-shooting pictures.

MDS  Supply List
 Background
     Designer Series Paper\First Edition - designer series paper\First Edition - 5

Embellishments
    _Designer Kits/2012 Holiday Hostess/Eventful Year - pennant banner-01
    _Designer Kits/2012 Holiday Hostess/Eventful Year - lace heart
    Staple & Stitching/Very Vanilla - Stitching Straight
    Staple & Stitching/Very Vanilla - Stitching Straight

Stamps
    _Designer Kits/2012 Holiday Hostess/Eventful Year - left bracket, Color = SOFT SUEDE 124,103,74
    _Designer Kits/2012 Holiday Hostess/Eventful Year - right bracket, Color = SOFT SUEDE 124,103,74
    _Designer Kits/2012 Holiday Hostess/Eventful Year - you, Color = SOFT SUEDE 124,103,74
    _Designer Kits/2012 Holiday Hostess/Eventful Year - I, Color = SOFT SUEDE 124,103,74
    _Designer Kits\Annual Report\Annual Report - happiest new year, Color = SOFT SUEDE 124,103,74
    _Designer Kits\Midnight Cheer\Midnight Cheer - 2015, Color = SOFT SUEDE 124,103,74

Punches
    1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = 255,250,226
    1.25 Square Punch

Full Line up of the tour is here

Nancy Amato - http://stampinallnight.blogspot.com/2015/01/remarkable-stampers-blog-tour-love-is.html

Melissa Bolinger - http://creativeblessingsbymissy.blogspot.com/2015/01/remarkable-blog-tour-love-is-in-air.html

Tamra Davis - http://www.theCardLadies.com/remarkable-blog-tour-love-is-in-the-air/

Connie Diebler - http://www.conniestamps.com/2015/01/love-is-in-the-air.html

Becky Jensen - http://www.stampthat.com/blog/love-is-in-the-air-blog-tour/

Anne Matasci - http://wp.me/pCcBw-1Mk

Audra Monk - http://thecraftyyogi.blogspot.com/2015/01/love-is-in-air-remarkables-blog-hop.html

Maria Pane - http://stampinandscrappinwithriri.blogspot.com/2015/01/love-is-in-air-remarkable-stampers-blog.html YOU ARE HERE

Andi Potler - http://www.absolutekreations.com/2015/01/08/remarkable-stampers-blog-tour-love-is-in-the-air

Michele Reynolds - http://inspirationink.typepad.com/inspiration-ink/2015/01/love-is-in-the-air-blog-tour.html

Pam Staples - http://wp.me/p3p2VA-PO
 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RITA G - NEW SU!

I created this card for my friend Rita, whose birthday is on Friday.  I used the NEW SU! OCCASIONS and SALEABRATION stamps and NEW BLENDABILITIES (yes!!!we have NEW colors added, woo hoo!)  I'm so excited about the NEW catalogs and earning items for FREE.  I have links in the post below this one on my blog (if you are reading this in your email you need to see the actual blog or go to the sidebars to see the NEW catalogs.  They are AMAZING!!!!)  


The stamp sets I used are BIG DAY and SIMPLY WONDERFUL which I earned for FREE for SALEABRATION and BUTTERFLY BASICS with the coordinating BUTTERFLY DIES from the NEW OCCASIONS catalog.  This Butterfly set is da bomb!  I absolutely love this set.

Happy Birthday Rita!

Butterfly Basics Clear Bundle	139323
Price: $51.75
Bundle and save 15% with the Butterfly Basics Stamp Set and Butterflies Thinlits Dies. These can also be ordered individually. And remember, for every $50 US, you will earn a SALEABRATION PRODUCT FREE! Butterflies Thinlits Dies 137360 Price: $24.95 Help your creativity take flight with Butterflies Thinlits Dies. Use with Big Shot and Standard Cutting Pads. 3 dies: largest image 4-3/8" x 3-1/2" (11.1 x 8.9 cm). Butterfly Basics Photopolymer Stamp Set 137154 Price: $23.95 What can you do with this mix of organic images, backgrounds, and sentiments? Anything you want--let your creativity run free. Set quantity: 11.

LINKS FOR THESU! OCCASIONS AND SALEABRATION CATALOGS

Today is the day you can order from the SU! NEW OCCASIONS CATALOG and for every $50 US you spend pretax and shipping, you will earn one FREE SALEABRATION item. This go round you can earn BLENDABILITIES MARKERS for FREE.  How cool is that.  Today peruse the catalog - or drool over it - as in my case!  And select away.   You can order from me at www.stampinup.com and choose me Maria Pane #54046 as your demo.
Lots of great things ahead for the Most Wonderful Season of the Year - SALEABRATION!

click on photo links to view PDF of the catalogs

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BROTHER JOE

Hope you have a great birthday JOE!

HOLIDAY TREATS

I just wanted to share some holiday treats I forgot to share before Christmas.  While these were for the holidays, just a few of the little things that I put in the mailbox or left at a friends or with a hostess, you could do something similar for any occasion.  I love wrapping in clear SU! cello bags or with saran wrap or cellophane with ribbons and bows and homemade handcrafted or hand stamped tags.  These are the things that turn the ordinary into more extraordinary.

I may have shown the wine bottle with tag before, my memory is a bit lacking this am and I'm not on my regular computer to check my past blogposts, but adding someone's initial to a gift is really a fun way to give something.

 

I have a lot of upcoming birthdays, so for my free hobby and craft time,  I'm going to make some gift tags for birthdays and also some get well tags and wrappings, because I can always use those.  And of course, there's nothing like trying to get a jump on next year's Christmas!

SU! SALEABRATION COMING SOON - BIG DAY STAMP SET EARN FOR FREE - AND SU! WEEKLY DEALS

SU! SALEABRATION is the most wonderful time of the SU! NEW YEAR!  We start in just a few days - Tuesday 1/6 - to be exact!  It's also the start of the NEW SU! OCCASIONS catalog and I'll have links for you right here!  Be sure to check these out and know you will earn great SU! Merchandise for your purchases.  As a demonstrator I earned the BIG DAY stamp set and created this card for a coworker.

Note that I colored the images in with the SU! Blendabilities and you now have the opportunity to earn those FREE during saleabration!  

WEEKLY DEALS FROM SU! and CLEARANCE ITEMS available until 1/5 so check those out and order at www.stampinup.com  choose Maria Pane #54046 as your demonstrator.

Weekly Deals

We hope you enjoy this week's Weekly Deals!

	Fun Flower Punch Item # 133785 Regular Price: $16.95 US/$22.95 CAN Discounted Price: $12.71 US/$17.21 CAN
	Amazing Birthday Wood-Mount Stamp Set Item # 134225 Regular Price: $28.95 US/$35.95 CAN Discounted Price: $21.71 US/$26.96 CAN
	Finishing Touches Edgelits Die Item # 127010 Regular Price: $9.95 US/$11.95 CAN Discounted Price: $7.46 US/$8.96 CAN
	Clips Essentials Hardware Item # 129964 Regular Price: $5.95 US/$7.95 CAN Discounted Price: $4.46 US/$5.96 CAN
	Hearts A Flutter Framelits Die Item # 130159 Regular Price: $24.95 US/$30.95 CAN Discounted Price: $18.71 US/$23.21 CAN
	Marina Mist 3/4" Chevron Ribbon Item # 130016 Regular Price: $8.95 US/$12.50 CAN Discounted Price: $6.71 US/$9.38 CAN
	Party Pennants Bigz L Die Item # 133732 Regular Price: $32.95 US/$40.95 CAN Discounted Price: $24.71 US/$30.71 CAN
	Top 10 Photobook Template - Digital Download Item # 125161 Regular Price: $14.95 US/$16.50 CAN Discounted Price: $8.97 US/$9.90 CAN

CHEERS - HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015

May your New Year of 2015 be a 

Healthy, Happy, and Blessed Year!

MDS Supply List

Background
     Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Snow Festival - designer series paper\Snow Festival - 10

Embellishments
    _Designer Kits\Let It Snow - embellishments\Let It Snow - happy new year

Stamps
    _Designer Kits\Midnight Cheer\Midnight Cheer - 2015 round, Color = 98,76,113
    _Designer Kits\Midnight Cheer\Midnight Cheer - magical midnight, Color = 98,76,113
    _Designer Kits\Midnight Cheer\Midnight Cheer - vertical stars, Color = BASHFUL BLUE 177,217,242
    _Designer Kits\Midnight Cheer\Midnight Cheer - celebrate, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255