CELEBRATE WORLD CARD MAKING DAY!

Guess what? Saturday October 7, 2017 is World Card Making Day! So thrilled that this is a thing! Aren't you?  Any day that I have an excuse to craft, a thing that I totally love, is a good day.  In the age of technology where not much seems personal anymore, I am making a vow to be more committed to giving handmade cards to my loved ones and friends. I have a friend who sends
out handmade Christmas Cards and each year that she remembers me, I smile when I open my mailbox and am so thankful that she remembered me. That kind of happy mail rarely happens anymore.

This limited time offer from Stampin' Up is going to help me start my new year off in that direction. (Actually, I'm starting with Christmas.)  What a great time for you also to make your own cards to send to your family and friends!

The world celebrates the day on October 7, but Stampin' Up! felt that one day wasn’t enough.  Wooo Hooo!  Therefore, for the next ten days (October 1–10), you can get 15% off Notecards & Envelopes and select stamp sets. Also, when you buy Fast Fuse Adhesive, you’ll get two refills for FREE! These are some serious deals to help celebrate World Card Making Day !

Be sure to visit my online store to check out all of the savings! Don't delay; I wouldn't want you to miss out on these deals.

Also...

  During the month of October, get Designer Series Paper on sale.  From October 1-31, select  DSP
paper is buy 3, get 1 free!  More deals to help you get your crafty on in the coming months.



Finally -

Hostesses can earn an exclusive stamp set during the month of October - Merry Patterns Stamp Set.
In order to qualify, the event merchandise must reach a minimum of $300 usd before shipping/handling.  This is in addition to the Stampin' Rewards!


Visit my ONLINE STORE to check out all of the cool things going on




 

Paper Pumpkin Promotion

Looking for just the right amount of crafty to fit into your busy schedule? Get your 1st month of Paper Pumpkin for 50% off until Sept 10.  
 


Hop over to my online shop @ http://crafdeegirl.stampinup.net. Click on the shop tab, then products, then scroll to the bottom and click on Paper Pumpkin!

Stampin' Up Retiring Products

April 10 - May 31, 2017 or until supplies last!

Stampin' Up is retiring stamps and accessories from the Annual and Occasions Catalogs to make room for new supplies in the upcoming annual catalog.  Not all of the retiring products have been discounted but you can save up to 50% on some products!

You can find a PDF version of the retiring products here:

PDF LIST 

• Keep in mind that these products are only available while supplies last.
• I will update this list periodically, as inevitably items will sell out. 
• The demand for retiring products tends to be high.  Because of this, Stampin' Up will continue to produce some retiring products until May 22, 2017.

 RETIRING STAMPS

 RETIRING ACCESSORIES

 EVERYTHING ELSE

Wanna get started shopping?  Visit my online store here:  Shop with Dara

Do you have $99 worth of retiring products on your shopping list?  If so, you can get $25 of FREE product and FREE shipping on your starter kit if you sign up to join Stampin' Up as a new demonstrator.  Plus...you get future discounts on product!  You also get to pre-order from the new annual catalog as a demonstrator (which will be available to the public after June 1, 2017)! CLICK HERE to take the plunge, or to find out a little bit more!

IMPORTANT DATES

• April 10 - Retirement List published
• May 2 - May 31 - Demonstrators can pre-order products from new annual catalog.  New recruits can get pre-order products as a part of their demo kit and will receive a case of catalogs with their kits.
• May 31:  LAST DAY to order from the old 2016-2017 Annual Catalog and Occasions Catalog.
• June 1 - Begin ordering from new 2017-2018 Annual Catalog.

If you are placing an order with me online during the month of April, please use the following code when ordering:  

Happy Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday Wishes



My new favorite stamp set is from the Stampin' Up! 2017 Sale-a-Bration brochure - Avant Garden. I love it and I love flowers so this for me was an easy sell.  I also love that this stamp set is not too "busy". It's easy and elegant. I kept the design of this card simple - as these days I adore simple and clean designs.  I used the Crumb Cake ink on Whisper White cardstock and the "dots" from Avant Garden. I stamped off once to get a lighter color. I stamped the flowers with Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo. Finally, I used Pear Pizzazz for the stems/leaves and Chocolate Chip for the stamen. The card base is Whisper White and the stamped portion of the card is mounted on Pumpkin Pie cardstock. Sweet and Simple, right?!?

I chose the greeting from the Avant Garden Stamp Set as well and used Chocolate Chip ink  to stamp the greeting. My upline in Stampin' Up has started a new Birthday Card campaign with the intention of sending birthday cards to all of the demonstrators beneath her.  After I pondered it, I deemed it relatively brilliant. No matter what other occasions occur, birthdays are an occasion that mostly everyone celebrates so you can't go wrong there. I have decided that I am going to include more birthday card designs for my classes in 2017.

I hope you find this simple card inspirational. The Avant Garden stamp set can be found in the 2017 Sale-a-Bration brochure (view brochure here) and is available for FREE with required minimum purchase (shop here) through March 31, 2017.

Sale-a-bration 2016!

It's that time again and I am so excited.  If you haven't heard of Sale-a-Bration before (or even if you have) here's the deal: For every $50 you spend (before tax and shipping), you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration product. That means it's the perfect time to purchase those products you've had your eye on while earning more products for free.  Check it out here:  www.crafdeegirl.stampinup.net

Note: Pages 4-15 of the Sale-A-Bration brochure show products available throughout the entire Sale-A-Bration sales period (January 5-March 31 2016); Pages 16-19 show limited-time products available only until February 15.* Watch for another batch of limited-time products coming February 16!
*Based on inventory, availability may be temporarily extended.

Host a party!
Need another excuse to get together with friends? Just host a qualifying party with at least $250 in sales during Sale-A-Bration and you'll earn $25 more Stampin' Rewards! You can even apply your Stampin' Rewards toward a Starter Kit and become a demonstrator yourself!

Join!
It's the best time of year to join Stampin' Up! During Sale-A-Bration, you can become a demonstrator for just $99 and choose $30 more of FREE products for your Starter Kit. Plus, the kit ships for free!

WHAT'S YOUR STYLE? MY JUNKIE JOURNEY!

Soooo...What exactly is your Scrapbook style?  Do you tend to stick to any particular style?  Do you find that you tend to stick to a certain type of page layout or embellishment?  Like chipboard?  Stamps?  Stickers?  Are you a digital scrapbooker or a traditional scrapbooker?  What size books do you tend to use?

As for me and my style, I love chunky and lots of stuff.  I embellish the hell out of everything!  Overstated, large and grandeur is me all of the way; which means that I also love bling!  Stickles, rhinestones, doesn't matter...I just am a sucker for shiny things!  

A huge section of my stash looks just like this organized in a rainbow fashion (ROYGBIV)

 

As for my layouts, I am a traditional scrapbooker.  I am very tactile and I need to have something physical to touch.  I like dimension and texture.  I am intrigued with some of the digital things that can be done (like adding text to photos), but I have to have be able to touch the paper.

I am also a 12 x 12 layout scrapbooker. The main reason for the 12x12 is that I need the larger space to have room for my photos AND embellies.  I use full and pocket style/Project Life page protectors.  I discovered Project Life about 2 years ago but just very recently started actually doing it though I have been using pocket page protectors and cards over the past couple of years.  Because of Project Life, I have discovered that I am finding that pops of color (for me) speak more loudly than lots of stuff.  (Oh dear, I am the queen of stuff and have LOTS of it to use in the next 50 years.) 

 Honey, this ain't even the half of it!

Though I am a Stampin' Up demonstrator and use lots of Stampin' Up products, I use lots of different supplies and I have lot of different brands in my stash.  Just like many others probably do, I tend to purchase whatever taps into my OOOOHHHHHH factor (or when I get sucked in, whatever the hottest new trend has been); so I have literally spent YEARS collecting (and hoarding, I'm afraid) scrapbook supplies.  

Once again, this is just a little bit of it.

Anyhoo, my ownership of the over abundance of endless supplies is (in part) the catalyst for my eclectic use of scrapbook supplies on my pages.  I like what I like and I don't want to be locked into a box with any one particular supplier/vendor/style, so the things that you will see here are an eclectic collection of things that I have purchased and are in my stash.  I am finding that a part of my niche is scrapbooking my stash because like I said, I have A L-O-T  O-F  S-T-A-S-H!  Therefore some things, (okay, a lot of things) you see on my blog may not be listed in regards to the supplies that I use, but whenever it is possible/feasible,  I will certainly share.  So, follow me on the trail of my junkie journey!  Here are a couple of pocket pages from last falls trip to the pumpkin patch.

I love the WRMK "Albums Made Easy" cards and used the ones from the "Tangerine" collection.

There are some Project Life cards here, though not sure which kit.

The flourish is from K&Co.

 

Again, several cards from the We R Memory Keepers - Albums Made Easy "Tangerine" kit.  The punched shapes & stamp are from Stampin' Up - (the word "fun").

Here are some close ups of the details on some of the cards.  I like using Stampin' Up punches because they are perfect for little pops of color (the circles and squares).

Thanks for looking!

Dee-va-licious Crafy Kisses!

Deedee

NEW WEEKLY DEALS from Stampin' UP!

It's been a little bit of a slow week for me (online) this week, which usually means that I am busy behind the scenes.  However, there is always a bit of good news somewhere, right?  My good news is:

 

SHOP FOR WEEKLY DEALS

Yep!  New weekly deals!  Weekly deals are revealed on Tuesdays and are highlighted Stampin' Up! products discounted for one week.  Below are this weeks deals.

Happy Patterns Decorative Masks     $6.00  $4.50

 

 Eclectic paper piercing pack    $8.00  $6.00

  

 Flower Medallion Punch   $18.00  $13.50

 

                                

Old Olive Bakers Twine    $3.00   $2.25

 

Don't forget to visit the Clearance Rack!  Always good deals there!  Click here:    

Clearance Rack

DEEva*licious Crafty Kisses from Dee!