Get free Stampin’ Up! Goodies with Sale-A-Bration

Get free Stampin’ Up! Goodies with Sale-A-Bration

Get free Stampin’ Up! Goodies with Sale-A-Bration

The Sale-a-bration promotion from Stampin’ Up! is back! It’s their best promotion in my opinion because you can earn exclusive products for free. This year we are getting spoiled again because it will be offered twice. This is the first Sale-A-Bration in 2022 and it runs from January 4 to February 28, 2022. 

Let me explain how Sale-A-Bration works and we’ll take a look at the free products being offered during the promotion.

How Sale-A-Bration works

For every $60 and $120 you spend on ANY Stampin’ Up! product, you’ll earn an exclusive Sale-A-Bration item for free! Depending on the amount you spend, you’ll be able to mix ‘n’ match the Sale-A-Bration items you earn.

Free with $120 purchase

When you spend $120 or more, you can select one of these items for free:

Sale-A-Bration HOST stamp set

Host a creative party during Sale-A-Bration and both you and your guests can earn free Sale-A-Bration products PLUS, if you place any party or personal order of $375 or more, you’ll  receive the exclusive Calming Camellia stamp set for free.

Coordinating Sale-a-Bration products

While you’re browsing, be sure to look at the coordinating products from the January-June 2022 Mini Catalogue you can pair with your fabulous Sale-A-Bration finds! For example, the Daffodil Afternoon Designer Series Paper on page 4 of the Sale-a-bration catalogue coordinates with the Daffodil Daydream Bundle (157795) on page  37 from the January-June 2022 Mini Catalogue.

Another really great coordinating product is the Sunshine & Rainbows Designer Series Paper on page 8 that coordinates with Rainbow of Happiness Bundle on page 18 of the January-June 2022 Mini Catalogue. The Rainbow of Happiness Bundle is $60.25, so you would get the Sunshine and Rainbows DSP for free with the purchase of the bundle because the paper is part of the “free with $60 purchase” category.

Shopping during Sale-A-Bration

Through my online store, the Sale-A-Bration shopping experience is really easy. When you reach a qualifying purchase amount required to earn a free Sale-A-Bration item, the shop will let you know by highlighting the “rewards” icon which looks like a gift box in the upper right-hand corner. This will allow you to choose from multiple reward options depending on the total amount of your shopping cart. Before checking out, you can easily select which products you want.

If you would rather contact me to make an order, please feel free to do that as well. I’d be happy to help.

Inspiration for Sale-A-Bration

I can’t wait to create with my new products and share them with you here on my website, through my newsletter, on Pinterest, Instagram and on my Facebook page. Be sure to follow me on your favourite social media channel and sign up for my newsletter to get inspiration right in your inbox.

Perks to joining Stampin’ Up! during Sale-A-Bration

When you become an independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, you join a supportive community of others who share your passion for creativity. Join now and select $165 of products for only $135.

During Sale-A-Bration, you’ll also get your choice of any two stamp sets for FREE! Only host stamp sets and Sale-A-Bration stamp sets are excluded from this offer.

Let me know if you would like to join our creative community or simply sign up through my Stampin’ Up! Join webpage. We engage during virtual monthly meetings and take part in creative and business challenges to keep our creative juices flowing.

Get a Stampin’ Up catalogue and start crafting

I hope you are just excited as I am to play with some new Stampin’ Up! goodies from the Sale-A-Bration release. 

If you would like a paper catalogue mailed to you, contact me through my website or connect with me on social media. If you would like to browse a digital catalogue, go to my Catalogues webpage to see current catalogues. If you would like to shop the catalogue, go to my shop on the Stampin’ Up! Canada website.

Let me know if you have any questions about Stampin’ Up! Products, if you are interested in a card class or if you want to host your own crafting get-together where you can earn free product.

Stay tuned crafters, Dawn

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3 ways to use the free Textures & Frames Sale-A-Bration stamp set

3 ways to use the free Textures & Frames Sale-A-Bration stamp set

3 ways to use the free Textures & Frames Sale-A-Bration stamp set

Today is the last day to earn a free exclusive Sale-A-Bration item. If you are on the fence about which free item to choose, I may help you decide on the Textures & Frames stamp set with three cards I have to show you. 

For my first card design, I thought that the Textures & Frames stamp set paired well with the Penguin Playmates Sale-A-Bration DSP. They both have a playful feel to them. I had already snipped out some of the penguins from one of the sheets of Penguin Playmates DSP but had some Polar Bear parts that I wanted to use up. 

For this particular Polar Bear, I cut out the top and bottom from different parts of the paper where the image was cut off and so I just hid the separation behind the Happy Birthday banner. 

I was patting myself on the back after figuring out that one. Then it doesn’t hurt so much when I use all the potential cut-out parts from the 12” x 12” sheet of paper instead of writing it off as waste.

I thought I would use my favourite blues to coordinate with the Polar Bear’s scarf. They were Misty Moonlight, Balmy Blue and the recently retired Seaside Spray In-Color ink. If you don’t have Seaside Spray, Pool Party could be an alternative colour.

I adhered down the Polar Bear with Stampin’ Dimensionals to the stamped circle panel and tucked the Happy Birthday banner behind it. I glued down the stamped panel to a piece of Misty Moonlight card stock to give it a frame and then glued that to a card base.

Fox, penguin & snowman peekaboo card

I wanted to try multi-generation stamping with the different stamp designs in the Textures & Frames set. I chose colours based on another sheet of paper in the Penguin Playmates DSP that had the fox, snowman and a penguin that could also be cut out.

Multi-generation stamping is when you stamp an ink colour either direct to paper (most common) or stamp-off once to a scrap paper and use the ink left on the stamp. If you use a darker ink colour, you can get a third-generation stamped image. 

I used first and second-generation stamping with the ink colours Fresh Freesia, Soft Sea Foam and Balmy Blue. I used a circle die to cut out the center of each area of colour and tucked in the characters to make it look like they were popping out to say, “Happy Birthday!”

The Happy Birthday sentiment came from the Artistically Inked stamp set.  I used Calypso Coral ink for the sentiment to match the fox and pull that colour in elsewhere on the card.

Layering textures for a masculine birthday card 

I was very happy with the combination of blue colours from the first card and wanted to try layering the thick and thin brush strokes stamps. 

The Stamparatus came in handy for this one. I lined up the stamp in the swinging panel, and after stamping, I would take it off and move it up one or two spots and stamp again. I tried different variations of stamps and colours on a few sheets of paper. Some I stamped right off the top and bottom of the card panel and on some I stayed within the frame.

For this card, I went off the top and bottom so I decided to cut two thin strips of Misty Moonlight cardstock and glued them to the left and right edges to enhance the vertical feel.

I stamped the largest birthday greeting from the Happiest of Birthdays stamp set with Versamark on Misty Moonlight card stock. I covered the Versamark with white embossing powder and melted it with my heat tool. I didn’t want to cover up too much of the stamping so I cut around the sentiment instead of trimming it to a rectangle. I popped the sentiment up with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was complete. 

If you are interested, the Textures & Frames stamp set is currently free with a $60 order from my online store until midnight tonight. To learn more about the Sale-A-Bration items or how this promotion works, visit my What is Sale-A-Bration and how do I get free items post.

If you have any questions regarding the supplies or measurements, be sure to leave a comment below or contact me and I will gladly help you out! 

Remember to tag me (@creativeblendwithdawn) on social media if you make any of these card designs. I would love to see them.

Until the next one, Dawn

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6 card ideas using the free Delicate Dahlias Sale-A-Bration stamp set

6 card ideas using the free Delicate Dahlias Sale-A-Bration stamp set

6 card ideas using the free Delicate Dahlias Sale-A-Bration stamp set

Hello, let me introduce you to the beautiful Delicate Dahlia stamp set I got free from the Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration promotion. This stamp set is my favourite from the offering of 11 free exclusive items.

This stamp set is versatile. You get a large line art Dahlia flower with another medium-sized flower, a leaf cluster, and a teeny tiny leaf stamp. Then you get all those stamps again but in a Distinktive* style stamp for a total of 12 stamps in the set. You can fill in the line art stamp with the Distinktive stamp (which is then called Two-Step Stampin’) or use them on their own. That’s three different looks with this set. The fonts used in the sentiments are really nice too. They are easy to read and not too thin in the stroke weight that you can heat emboss them. To me, that’s what makes a great stamp set – great images, nice fonts, and options with the Two-Step Stampin’ feature. 

If you are new to Stampin’ Up! And all this lingo has you saying, “What in the heck is she saying!” then you are going to appreciate all the cards I made using this new-to-you lingo. I’ll explain everything smile

Another thing to note before I dive into card ideas is that most Stampin’ Up! stamp sets that have sentiments are available in French.

*Stampin’ Up!’s patent-pending Distinktive stamps start with a photograph. Then it is turned into a photo-realistic red rubber or photopolymer stamp. This innovative stamp style allows you to create images with depth and detail by simply inking and stamping once.

Delicate Dahlias Thank You Kindly card using In-Colors

I’m going to start with the card I like the most. I used only two ink colours which were the new In-Colors called Pale Papaya and Soft Succulent. This card is light, bright, and easy on the eyes. 

I started by drawing a horizontal pencil line through the center of a 5-¼” wide by 4” high piece of basic white cardstock. This will be the card panel that I build on. Using the line art leaf cluster stamp and Soft Succulent ink, I stamped the leaves, turned the stamp, and stamped again until I finished the row. I added a few of the teeny tiny leaves and I love how it gives everything some movement. To fill in the leaves with a colour I lightly touched my Water Painter into some ink and quickly coloured in the leaves. I wanted the colour to be subtle, so a quick brush of the ink is all that was needed. To give the card panel that textured look, I embossed it with the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. 

The large line art Dahlia flower was stamped with Pale Papaya on basic white cardstock and this time I softly dabbed my Blender Pen into some ink and flicked lines of colour from the center out. This doesn’t take very long and that little bit of colour adds so much more depth to the petals and helps the flower stand out. I “fussy cut” or aka “detail cut” the flower out.

Before adhering the flower to the card, I wrapped some Pale Papaya ½” woven ribbon around the card panel and stamped the Thank you so kindly sentiment in Soft Succulent and die cut out the two tags with the Tailor Made Tag Dies. I added a couple of dimensionals to pop up the flower and give some room to tuck the layered tags underneath. I used multipurpose glue for that so that I have a few seconds to place it how I like before it dries. I added a few Pale Papaya Genial Gems and glued it to a card base.

Delicate Dahlias Sending Heartfelt Sympathy card featuring Night of Navy

The inspiration for this card and the next card came from Lisa Freemen’s Pinterest Board. She designed a Delicate Dahlia card using Night of Navy and Sahara Sand inks. I really like how the Night of Navy stood out but I choose to use Gray Granite for my contrasting colour instead of Sahara Sand.

Just like the Thank You Kindly card using In-Colors, I embossed a 4” wide by 5-¼” tall card panel with the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. The strip of Night of Navy cardstock is 1.5” wide and 5-¼” tall. I stamped on the panel with the large Distinktive style Dahlia stamp and Night of Navy ink. I wrapped some Night of Navy twine around the strip for some interest and texture.

I stamped the large line art Dahlia on Night of Navy cardstock and used the Blender Pen and flicking motion to colour the petals a bit and to give the flower some depth. I did the same thing with the large leaf cluster but used Evening Evergreen (also a new In-Color) ink and fussy cut them out. 

I stamped the Sending Heartfelt Sympathy sentiment with Night of Navy on Gray Granite cardstock and die cut it out with one of the Tasteful Labels dies.

I glued everything down flat but used dimensionals on the sentiment label and Dahlia flower cut out.

Two-Step Stampin’ with Delicate Dahlias

I really worked that Distinktive Dahlia stamp on this card! With Gray Granite ink I randomly stamped the large Distinktive style Dahlia all over a 4” wide by 5-¼” tall card panel. On Gray Granite cardstock I stamped the large line art Dahlia in Night of Navy and then stamped the large Distinktive Dahlia stamp on top of it in Night of Navy ink. The stamps lined up beautifully! 

I used the Distinktive leaf cluster stamp to stamp Evening Evergreen ink on Evening Evergreen cardstock. After fussy cutting the Dahlia and two leaf clusters, I stamped the sentiment on Gray Granite cardstock and die cut it out with one of the Tasteful Labels dies. 

A blue strip of paper (that was leftover from the card before) was used to ground the elements. I also decided to wrap some ¼” Gray Granite shimmer ribbon around it before adhering it down. 

I used dimensionals to stick down the sentiment label and cut out the Dahlia flower followed by glueing the entire panel down to a Gray Granite cardstock base.

Distinktive Delicate Dahlias with Soft Succulent

This card came together pretty quickly. Nothing fancy going on here, just a few layers of cardstock to frame elements.

For this card panel, I started with a 4” wide by 5-¼” tall piece of Basic Black cardstock. I cut a 3-¾” wide by 5” tall piece of Beautifully Penned Designer Series Paper (DSP), which is another free Sale-A-Bration item, and glued them together. I wrapped and tied a bow with the Soft Succulent ⅜” Open Weave Ribbon and made sure the bow was off to the left side enough that it wouldn’t block the front panel. At this point, I glued down the finished panel to a Soft Succulent card base.

For the front panel, I cut a piece of Basic Black cardstock to 2-¾” wide by 3-¼” tall. Using the Distinktive Dahlia stamp in Soft Succulent ink, I stamped off the top left corner of a 2-½” wide x 3” tall piece of basic white cardstock. 

After adding dimensionals behind the top panel, I stuck it down and added a few Genial Gems embellishments in the Soft Succulent colour. You can’t see it in the pictures but the Genial Gems have bits of gold in them that give off some sparkle when tilted.

Delicate Dahlias Thank You Kindly emboss and shimmer cards

Now for the happy shimmery cards! These cards happened because I had just finished making my Case the Catty card when trying to get the creative juices flowing. The back panel design is essentially the same as the Case the Catty card but I stamped over the entire piece of cardstock. I also just got these two “new to me” ink colours – Highland Heather and Balmy Blue and I wanted to play with them. 

I heat embossed with white embossing powder after I stamped all the line art stamps in the set with Versamark. After I add the white embossing powder I heat it with a heat gun and it melts on the card giving the lines a glossy finish and raised texture. Because the white is glossy, the ink will no longer stick to it. This is where I used a sponge dauber and dabbed it lightly into my juicy new ink pads and swirled it around in the center of the Dahlias. The ink blends into the cardstock underneath giving dimension to the images.

I also recently acquired the Frost White shimmer paint/ink. I added a few drops of it to a Mini Mister and sprayed the panel. It dries pretty quickly and becomes the perfect pearlesque shimmer. From there I wrapped some white twine around the panel three times and taped it down on the backside. 

The Thank You Kindly sentiment was stamped in each card’s respective colour and die cut with, yet again… another Tasteful Labels die. I used dimensions on the sentiment label so it sat flush with the twine, adhered the completed panel to a Basic White card base and the cards were complete!

Simply use gold and Delicate Dahlias line art stamp

I just had to try gold embossing powder on Rich Razzleberry cardstock. This is a super simple card to make. This time my panel was gold cardstock cut at 4-⅛” wide by 5-⅜” tall. The Rich Razzleberry piece that is heat embossed with gold embossing powder, measures at 3-⅞” wide x 5-⅛” tall.

I also heat embossed with gold embossing powder the Sending Heartfelt Sympathy sentiment and used the same Tasteful Labels die that I used on the Two-Step Stampin’ Night of Navy card. After wrapping the awesome Simply Elegant Gold Trim around the panel three times and tying a bow, I glued everything down onto a Rich Razzelberry card base. For dark card bases like this card, remember to add a piece of white or light cardstock inside for the sender to write on.

Case the Catty bonus card!

I started this entire Delightful Dahlia crafting session with this card. It’s found in the Sale-A-Bration catalogue on pages 14 and 15. I figured the background paper was from the In Good Taste DSP pack, so I went with that and stamped all the line art stamps from the Delicate Dahlias set with Versamark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

The sentiment was stamped in the new In-Color Polished Pink and punched out from a circle punch. I had small samples of the new In-Color Vellum from a virtual crafty retreat I attended in the Spring. Again, the Simply Elegant Gold Trim was the perfect little extra something to add to the card.

Casing the Catty is a great way to get warmed up and start the creative process, especially if you are experiencing Creative Block and not sure what to do or how to get started. There is even a dedicated hashtag #casethecatty that is used on Instagram. CASE is an acronym for Copy And Share Everything or just Copy And Share. If you copy the card exactly and participate in the Share part, always give the original artist credit. It’s always nice to tag the artist too if you were inspired by something they did. It’s something that this community of crafters does that makes me enjoy it so much.

I’ll have some more projects to share with you next week. I haven’t made up my mind about which Sale-A-Bration item I want to feature next. If you are interested in getting your hands on the Delicate Dahlias stamp set, you can get it free with a $120 order from my online store or by contacting me. If you want to learn more about the Sale-A-Bration items or how this promotion works, visit my What is Sale-A-Bration and how do I get free items post.

Until the next one, Dawn

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What is Sale-A-Bration and how to get free items

What is Sale-A-Bration and how to get free items

Sale-A-Bration promotional banner image

What is Sale-A-Bration and how to get free items

Sale-a-bration is my favourite Stampin’ Up! promotion simply because you can earn exclusive products for free! This year we are getting spoiled. In past years, the Sale-A-Bration promotion only occurred once a year. This year it’s been offered twice with the current promotion being the second in 2021. This promotional period began August 3 and ends September 30, 2021. Let me explain how Sale-A-Bration works and we’ll take a look at the free products being offered during the promotion.

How Sale-A-Bration works

For every $60 and $120 you spend on ANY Stampin’ Up! product, you’ll earn an exclusive Sale-A-Bration item for free! Depending on the amount you spend, you’ll be able to mix ‘n’ match the Sale-A-Bration items you earn.

FREE WITH $60-PURCHASE

When you spend $60 or more, you can select one of these items for free:

FREE WITH $120-PURCHASE

When you spend $120 or more, you can select one of these items for free:

Sale-A-Bration HOST

When you spend $375 or more, you can earn the host stamp set for free:

During this round of Sale-A-Bration, some products will only be available while supplies last. This means that once they’re gone, they’re gone for good! The Sale-A-Bration products with limited supply include:

  • Be Dazzling 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Specialty Paper
  • Sheep Dies
  • Summer Shadows Dies

All other Sale-A-Bration products will be available throughout the promotion. High demand can send these products into backorder and delay shipping, but the supply will not run out. All orders placed will be honoured.

Coordinating Sale-A-Bration products

While you’re browsing, be sure to look at the coordinating products from the July–December 2021 Mini Catalog you can pair with your fabulous Sale-A-Bration finds! For example, the Penguin Playmates paper on page 4 of the Sale-a-bration catalogue coordinates with the Penguin Place Bundle (156789) on page  33 from the July–December 2021 Mini Catalog.

My favourite coordinating product is the Beautifully Penned paper that coordinates with Hand-Penned Petals bundle on page 105 of the Annual Catalogue. The Hand-Penned Bundle is $63.75, so you would get the Beautifully Penned paper for free with the purchase of the bundle because the paper is part of the free with $60 purchase category.

Shopping during Sale-A-Bration

Through my online store, the Sale-A-Bration shopping experience is really easy. When you reach a qualifying purchase amount required to earn a free Sale-A-Bration item, the shop will let you know by highlighting the “rewards” icon which looks like a gift box in the upper right-hand corner. This will allow you to choose from multiple reward options depending on the total amount of your shopping cart. Before checking out, you can easily select which products you want.

If you would rather contact me to make an order, please feel free to do that as well. I’d be happy to help.

Do you need a catalogue? If you would like a paper copy of any of the current Stampin’ Up! Catalogues, again, please feel free to contact me and I’ll get you one.

Inspiration for Sale-A-Bration

I received my free products and the first thing I had to play with was the Delicate Dahlia stamp set. I love the versatility of this set. I can stamp the Dahlia as line art, stamp the other Distinktive Dahlia stamp on its own or combine them because it is also a Two-Step Stampin’ set. 

The other Sale-A-Bration items I got were:

  • Be Dazzling specialty paper
  • Penguin Playmates paper
  • Beautifully Penned paper
  • Peaceful Prints paper
  • Texture & Frames stamp set

I haven’t had an opportunity to play with them all just yet but I’ve been jotting down notes of all the ideas I have for each item.

I did spend quite a bit of time making cards with the Delicate Dahlias stamp set. I have a few designs to share with you and I even “Cased the Catty” for one of them to get my creativity going. If you are not sure what that means, it’s when you copy one of the cards from the catalogue. I talked about making cards from the catalogue in my previous post, How to find card making ideas and inspiration. I find the catalogues a great way to get crafting. 

I’ll be sharing my Delicate Dahlias cards soon and I’ll have other cards and projects from the Sale-a-bration free items to share as well during the entire promotion.

Come back to see what I create, or you can subscribe to my email newsletter and have the inspiration delivered to your inbox.

Until then, Dawn

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