Occasions Mini and Sale-A-Bration

How could I almost forget about the release of the Occasions Mini Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration?

The Occasions Mini means all-new, exclusive products for spring.
Available January 5 through April 30, 2010.

Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!'s biggest event of the year, means fresh ideas and free products! And with three ways to earn exclusive Sale-A-Bration products, there's something for everyone.
•Spend: Buy $65 worth of Stampin' Up! products and get a FREE Sale-A-Bration reward!
•Host: Host a $395 workshop, and get a FREE Sale-A-Bration reward!
•Join: Become a demonstrator, and get a FREE stamp set (up to a $56.95 value)!

This promotion ends March 31. Click here to see the Sale-A-Bration brochure.

I hope you are as excited as I am with the new product offerings. I am really happy with the clear stamps I ordered. I will probably continue to order clear rather than wood mounted as more become available. The clear stamps have really cool storage; they take up way less space than the wood mounted sets do!

Happy Stamping!

Gigi

Occasions Mini and SAB Event

Come one, come all to the Occasions Mini and SAB FREE event!

Each class is exactly the same – we are offering 2 dates to provide you with more options for your busy schedules! Details as follows:

CLASS #1

• Date: Friday, January 22nd
• Time: 7:00pm
• Location: TBA

CLASS #2

• Date: Saturday, January 23rd
• Time: 1:30pm
• Location: TBA

We will be making 1 free card, which is shown here. There will also be 2 bonus projects that you can make if you choose (the bonus projects are $2.50 each). I’ll show you those in the coming days so you can decide whether or not you want to bring $5 with you.

There will also be door prizes, special deals, and samples. Sign up today! Either email me or add a comment to this post. Thanks - hope to see you there!

Happy Stamping!

Gigi

Happy 2010!

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and I wish you a safe, healthy and happy 2010.

It was my baby's 8th birthday the week before Christmas. She is so funny and cheerful. She really, really enjoyed her birthday this year - for some reason it "was the best birthday I've ever had!".

Her card. Very simple. I usually try to take more time with projects for the kids, but I just wasn't as organized this year.

This is a 5-1/4"x5-1/4" square Rose Red base with a layer of Pink Pirouette. A piece of the new Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper (Occasions Mini catalogue, January 5th - April 30, 2010) is layered on two pieces of Chocolate Chip that have been punched using the new Sale-A-Bration Scallop Trim Border. The sentiment is Well Scripted and that cute embellishment is Sweet Pea Stitched Felt (also both from the Occasions Mini). The little chocolate colored pearls are just something I had around. I finished it off with some faux stitching using my white gel pen.

Here she is on her birthday.

Happy Stamping!

Gigi

Pink Cupcakes

Love this stamp set (Crazy For Cupcakes). I tend to use these colors (Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette and Sweet Always DSP - this was my LAST scrap of Sweet Always, loved that paper!) alot with this stamp and you've seen this combo before. This time I did that sort of new and trendy thing with the ribbon and added some doodling and a button with some bling to the image panel.

Happy Stamping!

Gigi

Happy Holidays

Well I have to say that I am so happy these aren't real snowmen! Its the end of November and we've had barely a skiff of know. I am so thankful for this glorious weather!

This card is totally CASED from a card I did about 5 years ago in Karrie's marker club. I switched out Flaky Friends and used the snowmen from the Level 3 set The More the Merrier. I made the card a 4-1/4" square layering Brocade Blue and Basic Black. Once again used a Texturz plate (SU Backgrounds 1). Sentiment is from Four The Holidays.

Love these little guys - they are so cute!

Happy Stamping!

Gigi

Peace on Earth CASE

Totally cased this card from someone someplace in the cyber world. Sorry I don't remember who or where, but suffice it to say, that I totally copied this one.

A Rich Razzleberry 6x3 base with a layer of Old Olive. The snowflake is from Patterned Pines (Level 1 Hostess in the mini) and is stamped in Bermuda Bay, Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry. The sentiment (Four The Holidays) is stamped with Bermuda Bay. The ribbon is retired Old Olive twill. I added tiny rhinestones to the centre of each flake with Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive.

I really like these colors together - not sure if I would've thought to put them together on my own!

Happy Stamping!

Gigi

Club Project

This little project is one my club girls will be doing this week. I am loving this little wall hanging. If you are a demo you may recognize it from our October SS.

I cut the bases out of On Board Book Basics chipboard with the Bigz Clear Scallop Square Die. I then used the same die to do the Chocolate Chip. Then added a layer of Old Olive that had been run throught my BigShot with a Texturz plate. The letters (Serif Essentials Alpha) were also done with On Board chipboard along with Real Red cardstock.

I added the snowflake and the holly (stamped on a scrap of Whisper White and cut out, stamp is from Christmas Classics) and a few tiny rhinestones for a hit of bling!

I used Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive to stick the whole thing together.

Happy Stamping!

Gigi