Stampin! with Jaydee

Hi Everyone.  Happy Tuesday night and welcome to Jaydee's SU stampin space - where Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration has officially begun!  I do have a card for you tonight - using a sketch challenge from JUSTUSGIRLS, using the SU On Your Birthday stamp set, using the Live, Laugh & Love sentiment, and the Flower Daisies #2 Bigz Die but I want to provide you with some background on Sale-A-Bration for this year before we get to the card.  I also have some updates on the new products available - the Simply Adorned line.

Sale-A-Bration 2010

Well... my order is in.... I was a little later than expected placing my order - but a big shout out to Beverly, who beat me to it this morning!  Beverly is a fellow crafter and all round great lady :-)

For those of you who are not so aware of SAB - let me provide you with some details:

Every year Stampin' Up! gives customers, hostesses, and new demonstrators the opportunity to earn fantastic, FREE, limited-edition products they'll enjoy for years to come.  This year, though, Stampin' Up! has changed things up a little bit on the items you can earn.  Really exciting! :-)

Here's how Sale-A-Bration works:

Spend
When you spend $50 on Stampin' Up! merchandise, you'll receive a free Sale-A-Bration reward. There's no limit--for every $50 you spend, you can select another FREE Sale-A-Bration reward!  ($50 before shipping and taxes.)

Host
When you host a workshop of at least $300 (before tax and shipping), you'll receive a free Sale-A-Bration reward in addition to all of the regular hostess benefits!  Check with your demonstrator about how this works, or send me an email.

Join
During Sale-A-Bration, anyone who joins as a demonstrator can choose any stamp set--a value of up to $47.95--from our current Idea Book and Catalog or Occasions Mini Catalog. Plus, for a limited time, get 15% off the price of the standard Starter Kit or Digital+ Starter Kit!  This is such a great deal and don't forget that you get the demo discounts all year round after you have joined!

Plus, this year's Sale-A-Bration event gives you more free products than ever before! Choose from our exciting selection of exclusive Sale-A-Bration products, or choose a $15.95 set from the Idea Book & Catalog--you've got over 80 choices!  This is so exciting.  I ordered several sets from the catalog that I had on my list for this year... and I got them all free... and you all know I love FREE!

The Sale-A-Bration promotion starts on today and runs through March 31, so don't miss your chance to earn free products!  So, talk to your demo today, or if you do not have a demo and would like more information, just send me an email.  I'd love to hear from you.

Simply Adorned

Simply Adorned line of charms and chains is now available!   I know many of you will be excited about this new addition to the crafting line.  Here's the link to the Simply Adorned information on SU.  Being able to insert your own customized art work into the lockets is truly a great way to personalize your gift and show off your artistic talents.  So, check out the link for more information.

Now, on to tonight's card.  I found a new challenge site.... a part of my New Year's resolutions.... do different things!  Justusgirls have a challenge blogspot and I made two cards using their layout #14 this week.  I decided that I really don't feature the fabulous designer series paper's enough - so tonight I chose to do that.  I also decided it was about time I took out one of my dies - Flower Daisies # 2.  I love it, but realized I honestly haven't done enough with it.  I love the Cottage Wall DSP and, continuing with my resolutions...... out of the box it came!   I thought the colors of Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence and Old Olive were the perfect antidote to all the Christmas colors you have seen on my blog so often over the last few months :-)

Note to you all...... I got new blades for my cutter today... yay!  no more furry edges... however, it was too late for this card!  Also, My lights haven't arrived yet, so I'm still taking pics on my desk....  Consequently, the colors don't look as rich as you know they are in real life.

• Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant and Whisper White card stock.  You can easily change out the Eggplant for Razzleberry!
• Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry markers which I used to ink up the central sentiment...... just for you, Kelli!
• Flower Daisies # 2 die - I ran the die through my big shot with 3 pieces of paper for the bigger daisy layer and 1 for the small (inner daisy).  One shot through my Big Shot cut all the shapes for me in one go.  Got to love that!
• Button from the Playground set - which I adhered with two glue dots.
• Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper
• On Your Birthday stamp set

This was such an easy card to make - very little stamping and straight edge cutting.  For the sketch.... all I did was flip it to have the embellishment on the left instead of on the right! Jaydee tip:  to give added dimensionality to the daisy, I actually lifted one of the layers using dimensionals.  I glued the first two flower layers, then cut up a dimensional and laid it on top of the two flowers I had glued - then added my next two layers - the last of the big daisy and the small daisy.  I also lifted the flower edges just a little with my fingers.

It's a card that looks really great in hand, and has lots of texture to play with.

I got the chance to play with some new techniques today..... part of my resolutions... now, if only my resolutions on eating better were coming along quite so well!

So, what did I play around with today?  Aperture cards and pop-up cards and a mixture of both!  I also did some 3D projects using the Big Shot dies and some etching cream, which I will share with you probably next week.  I was determined the enjoy my last day of vacation before starting work tomorrow, except for one little thing!!!!  I have a temp crown which split over the weekend and I am due to have the tooth under the crown removed next week.  Needless to say, the tooth and the split crown have caused me to have a headache for the last two days.  My dentist put a new temp on this afternoon... but the headache remains..... going to the dentist, as great as she is, isn't exactly high on my list of things I want to do!!!

As always, a great big thank you for spending time in my little area of the stamping blogosphere.  Your visits are always very much appreciated.  I hope you have a fabulous Wednesday - and I hope it's warmer where you are than where I am!  I hope you get to spend time doing the things you love, with those you love the most... and if you have to spend time with those you don't like too much, I hope you have patience...and the time goes by quickly for you :-)

Peace

Jaydee

Don't forget - any questions??? just send me an email :-)