Sale-a-bration starts today!!!!
If you are local please join me for the Sale-a-bration Kick-Off Party Open House from 10am to 7:30pm come and go. there will be entries for prize drawings, food and make-n-takes! Lots of samples and new catalogs in case you did not get one in the mail. If you are not local you can still get in on the action by placing an order (which gets you 2 ticket entries to the prize drawings) and if you have been considering joining my team – for the discount or the business opportunity! (sale-a-bration is a great time! and you get 3 extra tickets for the prize drawings!)

Below are some of the samples I made for the Sale-a-bration Party today from the New Horizons Suite (#157782) (the Suite includes everything on the page – stamp set, coordinating dies, New accessories called Pebbles Enamel Shapes, and this fabulous 6 x 6 DSP called New Horizons)
The paper itself is enough decor for a card it is stunning. Add a sentiment like the FREE one you can earn with the purchase of this Suite plus a a few packs of paper and you are at the $100 subtotal for an order which qualifies for the Special Moments Sale-a-bration set used in many of these samples (this is a fantastic sentiments set for FREE during Sale-a-bration!

Here are just some of the designs in this stunning Designer Series Paper collection. 48 sheets – 4 each of 12 designs. New Horizons 6 X 6 DSP (#157768) coordinates with Polished Pink, Old Olive, Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent, Misty Moonlight and Blackberry Bliss inks and cardstock!

This card uses a slightly different layout which I LOVE to use. Take a quarter sheet of colored cardstock 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ – this will be your base. Adhere a 8″ x 5 1/4″ scored at 4″ and adhered to the base piece. I cut a 1″ piece off the front of the Pear Pizzazz cardstock and adhered a 1″ x 5 1/4″ Basic white piece to the inside edge of the Pear Pizzazz Cardstock. I used a 3″ x3″ piece of DSP and mounted it onto a 3 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ piece of Evening evergreen cardstock and adhered the left side to the cardfront as shown. I stamped the sentiment from the Create with Friends stamp set added some new Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels (#158130) for a beautiful sparkly shine!

Another 3″ x 3″ DSP Section makes a simple card mounting the square onto Evening Evergreen Card stock and added the Iridescent Rhinestones on a Cinnamon Cider base with coordinating Evening Evergreen Open Weave ribbon to finish the card off!

The last card from this section of DSP is a 3″ x 6″ DSP cut to 3″ x 5 1/2″ adhered to the center of an Evening Evergreen Cardstock base and stamped in Tuxedo Black ink the sentiment from the new Sale-a-bration Sentiment stamp set Special Moments! This is as simple as it gets SIP – Stamps, Ink and Paper! Let this gorgeous DSP do all the heavy lifting!!

This DSP I cut the same as the last 2 3″ x 3″ pieces and one 3″ x 6″ cut down to 3″ x5 1/2″. The scene is already partially “watercolored” onto the paper. We are just finishing the scenes with sentiments and a few embellishments and stamps!

On Pear Pizzazz Cardstock base I used the 3″ x 5 1/2″ piece stamped with the tree and bird stamps from the On the Horizons stamp set. (#157779). I stamped the Relax sentiment from that stamp set and die cut with the Stitched So Sweetly dies (#151690) and Matte Black Dots!

On a Soft Sea Foam base I added a 2″ x 5 1/2″ piece of Evening Evergreen embossed with the Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder and mounted the DSP 3″ x 3″ piece onto a 3 1/4″ square piece of Calypso Coral CS and added it to the cardfront with some Green Holiday rhinestomes and some died Petal Pink ribbon.

Using the stamps from the After the Storm set I added the rays in Calypso Coral ink on the same color cardstock for a tone-on-tone effect. I stamped the small circle stamp from the Watercolor Shapes to make a sun first stamped in Crushed Curry and then rimmed in Calypso Coral and stamped directly onto the DSP then double mounted the DSP onto Crushed Curry and Basic White CS. I adhered the DSP directly to the Crushed Curry CS piece and then popped up that double layer onto the layer of Basic white and added it to the cardfront. I stamped the sentiment on the card front bottom and added a few Rhinestones.

The next 6″ x 6″ piece of DSP reminded me of a galaxy so I pulled out the To the Moonstamp set and stamped the next three cards with this stamp set!

Polished Pink base cut 4 1/4″ x 11″ and scored at 5 1/2″. Stamped directly onto the DSP with the stars and sentiment in Blackberry Bliss and adhered to the center of the card front. Add some Rhinestones and Black Glittered Organdy ribbon and this easy card stuns with a quick and easy finish!

These two cards use the other 3″ x 3″ sections of the DSP and combine for three easy and pretty cards iwth Blackberry Bliss coordinating Cardstock.

At first glance this paper looks dark and moody but it makes four totally diverse cards out of one sheet of 6″ x 6″ DSP! The top half of the paper the sky is light and bright and makes two pretty cards for Birthday and thinking of you occasions.

The other two cards use the bottom half of the sheet of DSP that is darker and moodier in style and color – so these two cards were made into a Sympathy and a “hang in there” card! All beautiful and totally different!

This DSP is a best buy for this new catalog – it is one of those products that makes card making a breeze!

If you are interested in placing an order – use the current hostess code X2MZBXQS – if you spend $50 in subtotal do not forget to pick a Sale-a-bration level one! If you spend $100 subtotal then you can pick 2 level One offerings or one level Two! and text or email me so I can add your name to the prixe drawing for today’s party! If your total is over $150 you qualify for hostess benefits so do not use the hostess code but place a separate order for all the extra benefits or better yet purchase the Demonstrator Kit and get $125 worth of product of your choice for just $99!! and during Sale-a-bration you will get any two extra stamp sets for FREE (Host stamp sets and Sale-a-bration sets are excluded from the Join Kit!

Hopefully all of these samples inspired that creative bone in your body and you go and create some art of your own – One stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’

Natalie