Gretchen Barron: It's Sale-a-Bration Time!

Hello and welcome to Sale-a-Bration, Stampin' Up's! annual blow-out sale!

During Sale-a-Bration, you receive a Free Stamp Set or product bundle from the Sale-a-Bration brochure, for every $50 that you spend. Spend $50, get one FREE item. Spend $100, get two FREE items. Spend $150, get three FREE items plus a Level One Hostess set plus $15 FREE hostess credits. You get the point ... and it only gets better from there!

Again this year, Stampin' Up! has included stamp sets from the Idea Book & Catalog, valued at $14.95 or less, as options for your FREE SAB sets. You can view a printable reference sheet with all of these options by clicking HERE.

If you don't already a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, I will be glad to assist you in placing an order so that you can have some FREE Sale-a-Bration goodies to play with soon. Visit my online Stampin' Up! Store to shop 24-7 (click on the mouse with his shopping cart in the right side-bar) or e-mail me with your order and I'll assist you! In either case, wonderful and FREE Stampin' Up! goodies will be coming your way soon!

Speaking of Stampin' Up! Goodies, look what I created with the Sale-a-Bration Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper & Quick Accents Pack. In this Sale-a-Bration bundle you get 9 12x12" sheets of Designer Series Paper (3 each of 3 double-sided designs) and 2 12x12" sheets of Self-Adhesive Die Cuts Sheets, making these adorable cards quick and easy. The Self-Adhesive trims and accents make quick work for you!

For each of the cards, I used cardstock cut at 7 x 8.5" and then scored and folded in half to form a LONG card that will fit in a standard business size envelope. This first one uses Peach Parfait cardstock as a base. I added the Melon Mambo print DSP, cut at 3.25 x 8.25 and use my Scallop Border Punch to punch the edge. The scallop border printed on the paper perfectly matches up with the Scallop Border Punch -- how COOL is that! I added one of the Quick Accent trims in Old Olive (it's not ribbon, it's a self-adhesive Die cut) and the Scallop Circle Daffodil Delight Quick Accent. I stamped the floral image from the Punch Bunch SAB stamp set in Melon Mambo, punched it out with a 1 1/4" Circle Punch and added another punchie using the 1 3/8" Circle Punch in Old Olive. And that's it ... instant card!

Starting with the same size card base, again in Peach Parfait, this Happy Birthday card was just as quick and easy. This one shows off both sides of one of the DSP patterns as well as another stamp from the Punch Bunch Stamp set. Stamp the image in Pacific Point Ink on Whisper White cardstock and punch out with the Scallop Square Punch. Attach to two layers of cardstock in Daffodil Delight and Peach Parfait and voila ... another quick and easy card!

I wanted you to see all of the fabulous DSP patterns in the FREE Sale-a-Bration bundle so I created this final card using the Punch Bunch Stamp Set, the So Happy For You Stamp set and the Cheep Talk Stamp Set (pg. 120 in the IDB&C -- sorry, this one's not from Sale-a-Bration but the branch works perfectly with the owls from the Punch Bunch set). The owls are punched out quickly and easily with the Extra Large 2-step Owl Punch and I used the Eyelet Border Punch on the bottom.

There you go -- THREE quick and simple and fabulous cards created with the FREE Ice Cream Parlor DSP & Quick Accents Pack. I'll be featuring more Sale-a-Bration projects in the days and weeks to come so don't forget to check back in and see more inspiration for using your new SAB sets and products! Thanks for stopping by and taking a look today!