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Sale-A-Bration and the Ombre Stamping Technique

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With the start of the new year comes… you guessed it… Sale-A-Bration!!  Starting TODAY you’ll be able to shop online from the NEW Occasions Catalog, plus earn a free Sale-A-Bration stamp set of your choice from the Sale-A-Bration Mini Catalog for every $50 you order. This is my FAVORITE time of the Stampin’ Up! year!! Ready for a project
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Hooray for the Retro Gift Card Box – Featuring Broadway Bound

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Gift cards are ALWAYS in season - whether it's Christmas or pretty much any of the other 364 days of the year. This Retro Gift Card Box is a perfect way to dress up a gift - the Broadway Birthday box is just as much fun as the card that you put inside! When I created this box for Stamps in the Mail Club this month, this birthday box was
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Shaker Card Tutorial: Wishing for Broadway Birthday

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Hard to think of something happier than a Shaker Card when it comes to birthdays. And if your birthday boy or girl (of any age) happens to love glimmer and glitz, then the Broadway Birthday bundle with the stamps and dies is a terrific choice for your card-making project! Shaker Cards are actually one of my favorites - and I have a
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Hooray for Spectrum Pads – Stamping Rainbows of Joy

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Who doesn't love a rainbow? This fun birthday card features the Spectrum Pad from the Stampin' Up! Catalog. I've inked the pad in colors to match the Broadway Bound Product Suite - which I'm featuring with four Stamps in the Mail Club projects in December. The fun style of the marquis and stamps in Broadway Birthday are a great match for
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Spectrum Pads: Broadway Birthday Gate Fold Card

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When I'm looking for inspiration on what to stamp, one of my favorite places to turn is my past blog posts - the projects that I loved enough to share with you all, now updated with a new twist. This card is a Gate Fold Card - similar to one I shared this past summer with the Varied Vases stamp set. This time though, I've turned the
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Quick Cards for Christmas: Santa’s Workshop Memories & More Card Pack

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Hi Stampers! Since the Memories & More Card Packs for Santa's Workshop are sold out, I didn't want to get stampers all excited about them, only to say, "so sorry, they're not available!", so I was only going to share this post with my Stamps in the Mail Club subscribers for this month. But I know that many of you were quick and DID
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Santa’s Secret Notebook: He’s Making a List and Checking it Twice!

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Tough Holiday Question #219: What to get or craft for that hard-to-shop-for person on your list. Turns out that it's not so hard to answer. Just make a customized notebook! Everyone loves cute stationery (okay, except for people who prefer elegant stationery) and the Santa's Workshop product suite gives you so many mix-and-match
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Explosion Box Cards Made Simple: Signs of Santa Christmas Card Tutorial

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The cutest Christmas stamp set in the world PLUS the sweetest pop-up card layout ever? Yes, please! I totally adore these little elves and the Signs of Santa stamps that go with them. Pair them with the bright Stampin' Blends color intensity in Poppy Parade and Call Me Clover, and you've got a perfect holiday card treat. Plus the Pop-Up
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Stamping Made Simple: Explosion Box Candle Cards for Christmas

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Is it a card? Is it a gift? Is it a candle? Survey says: all of the above! The Explosion Box Candle Card is a sweet way to share your love of crafting with someone special. And with Dashing Deer, this project is perfect for holiday greetings. Plus with Stamps in the Mail Club, it all arrives at your doorstep, ready to stamp! I recently
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Fancy Folds Made Simple: Double Z Fold Card Tutorial with Dashing Deer

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That's it - that's the whole tutorial.  Ha! Okay, just kidding. The best part of this Dashing Deer card tutorial for the Double Z fold is the video.  The Double Z Fold Card (some call it a zig zag card) is that it's actually really simple to create. Hardly any extra scoring (unlike my Stair Step card earlier this week), and so many ways
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Crafting Hacks: Silhouette Cards with Dashing Deer

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Got extra Stampin Dimensionals laying around? Then this is the project for you! Of course I'm joking - everyone has extra Stampin Dimensionals around...except that one day back in August when I ran out. Wow. Day for the history books, right? If you missed my panic that day, be sure you've liked my LovenStamps page on Facebook so you'll
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