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Michelle Last

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Sale-a-bration, Tuesdays Tip and some Inspiration too……

January 22, 2013 By Michelle Last

The wait is over….


SAB

Click the link below to go to the Sale-a-bration leaflet (scroll down as there is a front and back, this document can be enlarged for easier viewing).


Download SAB 13

Sale-a-bration has begun and everyone can benefit –

Shop

For every £45 you spend, you can choose a free item from the 17 items on offer in the sale-a-bration leaflet. Give me a call and I can have the goods shipped direct to your home/work!

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Hold a Stampin' Party for you and your friends and as well as earning hostess benefits you can earn extra freebies too!  If the sales are £150+ you will receive a FREE pack of Silver Glimmer Paper and if the sales reach £300+ you will receive a FREE product bundle which includes the Madison Avenue Stamp Set, Sycamore Street Patterned paper pack and Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack.  And you can also earn all these benefits by placing your own order for £150+ or why not gather an order together with your friends and share the postage costs and the benefits?  I have limited dates left in my diary so don't delay, get in touch today to book your party!

Join

And of course if you become a demo during sale-a-bration, Stampin' Up! reward you too by giving you and extra 25% of free products in your starter kit absolutely FREE!  Purchase the kit for £99 and choose £162.50 worth of products (of your choice) as well as receiving the business supplies kit to get you started! More information can be found in the tab above or contact me to see if joining is the right choice for you.

We only have till 22nd March to make the most of these wonderful offers so please get in touch asap so I can help you with anything you need.

I made a card using 5 of the FREE items from sale-a-bration to show you what they look and stamp like in 'real life', hope you like it!

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I made it as my swap for my quarterly training event which was postponed till this Sunday (so this is a little sneak peek Pinkies!)

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This is a close up of the card I made with the embossed background.  It reminds me of a warm cable knit jumper and is reminiscent of the Orla Kiely designs.

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And on this version I thought I would experiment to see if I could stamp the leaf background.  It took some time and a stamp-a-majig but I did it!  But on comparing the two I preferred the embossed one, thankfully, as I had 30 to make!!

Supplies
Cardstock – Early Espresso, Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla & Old Olive

Patterned Paper – Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper (FREE during SAB)

Stamp sets – Madison Avenue & Pretty Petites (both FREE during SAB)

Ink – Early Espresso & Versamark

Tools & Accessories – Vine Street Embossing Folder, Petite Curly Label Punch (both FREE during SAB), Little leaves and floral fusion sizzlits. Summer Starfruit stitched ribbon, gold embossing powder and Brights Glimmer Brads

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Tuesdays Tip is a regular feature that I plan to share on my blog to give you a little tip to help you get the most from your Stampin' Up! products.

The first tip I wanted to share with you is how to get your Stampin' Up! clear mount stamps to stick to the clear blocks.  A fundamental basic when stamping and I have such an easy solution…..

 

It is just 2 1/2 minutes long and I really hope you find it useful…..

So have a great day, my newsletter will be winging its way to my subscribers shortly and I would love to help you with anything you need so please don't hesitate to get in touch.

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Comments

  1. Julia says

    January 22, 2013 at 10:32 am

    You didn’t do the special noise! Corrr! Great video though!xxx

  2. Diane says

    January 22, 2013 at 1:18 pm

    Very POSH blog !! Sweet card Michelle !! Hope to see you tomorrow night !!
    hugs Diane xx

  3. Carmen says

    January 22, 2013 at 3:48 pm

    Nice cards Michelle!

  4. Erna Logtenberg says

    January 22, 2013 at 7:12 pm

    Great card en great video! Thanks for your tip, I was using your tip already and it works very well! Xx

  5. Eveline van Heijst says

    January 22, 2013 at 7:58 pm

    I like the embossed card better. I love the color combination too.
    Eveline.

  6. Donna Zammit says

    January 22, 2013 at 9:36 pm

    Beautiful card Michelle! Thanks for the tip in your video…I leave off the picture on the back of the stamp and I find that annoying, now I won’t have to do that, as you so kindly explained. Cheers Donna 🙂

  7. Traci Davis says

    January 23, 2013 at 4:33 am

    Great video and an awesome tip for adhering stamps to the blocks. I’ll definitely give this a try. Your card is lovely, thanks for sharing. Happy Stampin’!

  8. Debie says

    January 23, 2013 at 5:56 am

    Michelle
    Thank you ever so much for this wonderful tutorial to keep cling stamps put. I have struggled with this since they first came out. I was just about to give up on them. Thanks again Debie

  9. Jane Orson says

    January 23, 2013 at 11:56 am

    Brillian tip, Michelle, it’s so frustrating when they don’t stick. Can you please tell us what you cleaned and dried your stamp on in the video?

  10. Sophie Murray says

    January 23, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    Thank you for the clear stamp tips. I thought it was me being incompetent, and I’ve even been tempted to stick to wood blocks. Another simple GOOF is I stored my ink blocks lable up. The new super moist pads, leaked everywhere. So I hope no one else has tried this. Thank you Michelle, I liked the card, very Orla Keily. Bang on trend. Sophie

  11. Barbara Thomassen says

    January 23, 2013 at 8:35 pm

    Wonderful tip. Thanks so much from Colorado Springs, Colorado where it is so very dry.

  12. Helen says

    January 25, 2013 at 9:03 am

    Love the new Tuesday’s Tip feature! And LOVE the leg tip! The only thing I would do differently is put the stamp face down on the work surface and press the block to it, which gives you more pressure and you can see the air coming out at the same time. Great first video – my only disappointment was your slippers. Why don’t they have SU flowers on the front?

  13. Patsy says

    March 12, 2013 at 5:22 pm

    Thank you SO much! Most of my clearmount stamps stick well, but the long one from “Lovely As a Tree” just would NOT stick. Now, using your method, it’s stuck firmly. No more messed-up cards caused by the stamp falling off. I’m ecstatic!

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