Lots more to Sale A Brate... & Perfect Partners...

Ooh... just released... some more products you can earn and choose for free during the Sale A Bration promotion in August... 

You know the one... free products for £45+ orders (or £90+ for the dies)

I am now spoilt for choice... as I really like every one of these items! Click HERE if you want to remind yourself of the other offerings... 

But I would like to draw your attention to the wonderful dies that are available for free with a £90+ order... particularly three of them! Either as... I love them... or as some of you have the stamp set but not the dies!

Aspen Tree dies... RRP £34... I really love those silver birch trees in the oval aperture die cut... so I am pretty sure that this one is going to fall into my cart!!

Can't you just imagine all those wonderful backgrounds and scenes we can make with this die cut in the foreground... 

Co-ordinating Perched in A Tree stamps great too!

Flowers of Home dies RRP£30 ...

Not sure I can resist the beautiful Blessings of Home flowers and sentiments any more... not when there are the free dies up for grabs!

And last but not least... 

Daffodil dies RRP £36... for use on their own and/or with the co-ordinating Daffodil Daydream stamps...

As I know a few of you already have just the co-ordinating Daffodil Daydream stamps...

And talking of dies... some more news hot off the press!

There are some new and exclusive promotional co-ordinating sets coming out for  orders in September* only... Perfect Partners... highlights for you below... but more details of these on another day...  as this post is long enough... 

* Can't wait till September?? Join our Stampin' Up! family now... and pop one any of these Perfect Partner bundles or dies on your Demonstrator Starter order during August... 

And oh! The Sale A Bration planner & stationery will be yours for free too... Click HERE for more details...

They're Live... Mini Seasonal Catalogue and second Sale A Bration of the year...

Time for the new mini seasonal catalogue... aka July to December Catalogue... aka Autumn & Winter Catalogue... 

Click on the image below to download your own copy... or HERE for the products in the Online Shop

And also... the summer Sale A Bration promotion... applies 1 July to 31st August 2022... 

Click on the image below to download your own copy...  or HERE for the products in the Online Shop... 

Sale A Bration... You know the one... a freebie for every £45+ ordered (or £90+ for a few "bigger items") 

And an extra Host's freebie, the Perfect Pomegranate stamp set, for orders over £275+...

 

Or a gorgeous bundle including a beautiful 18 month planner, notebooks and stamp set if you join our Stampin' Up! family of independent demonstrators... 

And very excited about this planner... as the monthly page starts on a Monday!!!! The first thing I check for when purchasing planners!!

But an apology to my regular ordering ladies.... who automatically get the catalogues from me in the post... a very long story... but I have only just received them so they will be with you sometime very soon... 

And still taking about offers… please don’t hesitate to click here and contact me if you would like any Co-ordinating Paper & Card Kits. I am always happy to order and split a Paper Pack and add some co-ordinating card and ribbons (and embellishments where applicable). 

Prices usually work out about £5.50 for Half Paper Pack (+£2 for speciality ie £7.50) plus £7.50 for a co-ordinating A4 Card & Ribbon pack (eg 12 sheets A4 at £4 plus 5yds ribbon at £3.50)… plus embellishments at cost … plus postage at £4.50 (less £1 P&P if 6x6 papers or if you prefer 6x12 sheets). I will be ordering next on 10th July if this is of interest…

And finally … please add the Stampin' Rewards host code 4ZEN6PQE  ... to your online order before 9th July for the free July gift from me. Unless your order is over £150 - in which case you should claim your own free Stampin Rewards and not enter this code - and you will still get that extra free gift in the post from me…

Fun Fold Friday - Easy Step Card Tutorial

Back with the tutorial as promised... for both the Easy (aka Simple) Centre Step Card AND Side Step Card... as the only difference is where you stick your front up & over panel... be it centred (as on the Tutorial sample)... or offset to one side (as on most of the others)...

Recipe
Main Card 14.8 x 20cm
Up & Over Panel 7.4 x 21cm *
Paper 14.3 x 7cm ; 14.3 x 2cm
Thin White Card - Inside: 14.3 x 7cm Front: 6.9 x 10cm
Plus white scraps for stamping the flowers and leaves

OR click here for the tutorial for Julie's original (US A2/inches) version that inspired my creations... Though I used a longer Up & Over panel* as I thought it slightly easier to score in half and assemble this way...
* This panel would be 3" x 8 1/2" scored LANDSCAPE at 4 1/4" to go with with Julies version...

1.     Score Main Card panel LANDSCAPE at 7.5, 15 & 17.5cm

2.     Bone fold mountain, valley & mountain

3.     Score Up & Over panel LANDSCAPE at 10.5cm

4.     Mountain bone fold

5.     Adhere papers to front faces of main card 

6.     Adhere white card panel to inside face

7.     Put glue on front base section where required (ie centre or offset) 
TIP - using grid paper useful for lining/eyeing things up for next steps...

8.     Adhere Up & Over panel to front/base section... ensuring things all lined up on front and back sections...

9.     Put glue on back of main card panel where required

10. Adhere Up & Over panel to back of main card panel

11. Ink up, stamp , colour and hand cut 2 flower duos, 1 leaf spray and 6 leaves as required.

TIP - I simply flicked Stampin Blends out from the centre of the flowers for a subtle colour effect...

12. Glue 2 leaves together to form 3pairs

13. Place card onto envelope… TIP - very important! It saves sticking flowers where they won't fit in the envelope!!!

14. Adhere white card panel to Up & Over section

15. Adhere top left leaves… (Note- leaves are stuck flat)

16. Adhere flowers (Note- flowers are 3D foamed) 

17. Ink up & stamp greeting 

18. Adhere rest of flowers and leaves 
TIP - you could ink up and stamp the leaf spray direct onto the white panel to avoid fussy cutting if preferred!

And voila...

 

And here's a group shot for you... with all the Friendly Hello versions I made.. 

Note that the even simpler aka Easiest versions in the central slots above (and previously shared here)  just have Whisper White Main Card and Up & Over panels (so no extra thin white panels needed)... and the Granny Apple Green version does not have the 14.3 x 2cm piece of paper... 

Last day of Sale A Bration promotion... and More on Monday...

So these are the Easiest (or Simplest) Side Step Cards in my Friendly Hello series... as with even more steps omitted... they are even simpler to make... and cleaner & simpler in style too... Some extra hints at the end of this post...

So these showcase three more of the patterns of gorgeous Friendly Hello papers... and co-ordinating stamps... which can be earnt for free during the Sale-a-bration promotion with a £90 order... 

But you will need to be quick as the promotion ends on 10.30pm UK time TODAY, Monday, 28 February... 

Click here for all the details on the Sale-a-bration  promotion... including how to get 2 free stamp sets... and/or click here for the Sale A Bration leaflet... which shows you all the extra free goodies you can get for each nd every order for £45 product...

Oh... and just click here if you have your £130 list (PLUS those 2 free stamp sets) ready and wish to join my Team... 

But back to todays' cards... with some quick notes on simplicity... 

Both are set on white cardstock... for the main card element and the pop up section... so no need for the 2 white panels on coloured card sections as with the previous cards... simples!

And the paper panel is omitted from the following Granny Apple Green version... making it a really super simple stunner IMHO... and a very quick to make fun fold card too!

Back with the Tutorial soon... 

Sunday Friendly Hello Simple Centre Step Card

Back again with another Friendly Hello Simple (aka Easy) Step card... 

But set as a Simple Centre Step Card this time... aka Easy Centre Step Card...

And I will be back with a Tutorial for you soon... but I wanted to quickly post more cards using this beautiful Sale A Bration promotion bundle of Friendly Hello stamps and papers - as there are only 2 more days left that you can obtain/earn these for free... and I think they are definitely worth it...! 

In the meantime... scroll back to this post for more details... 

Saturday Simple Side Step Card featuring Friendly Hello...

Quickly back with another Friendly Hello Simple (aka Easy) Side Step card... 

And I will be back with a Tutorial for you in a few days time... but I wanted to quickly post more cards using this beautiful Sale A Bration promotion Friendly Hello bundle of stamps and papers - as there are only a very few days left that you can earn these for free...

Scroll back to yesterday's post for more details... 

Friday Fun Fold - Friendly Hello Easy Side Step Card

Where has this Card Fold been all my life!!? I bring you the Easy Side Step Card aka Simple Side Step Card... 

But before I start...  This card also showcases the really beautiful Friendly Hello papers and stamp set which can be earnt for free during the Sale-a-bration promotion with a £90 order... 

But you will need to be quick as the promotion ends on 10.30pm UK time next Monday, 28 February... 

Click here for all the details on the Sale-a-bration  promotion... including how to get 2 free stamp sets... and/or click here for the Sale A Bration leaflet... which shows you all the extra free goodies you can get for each nd every order for £45 product...

But back to today's card... 

I always love a simpler version of a previous favourite but more complicated to create card fold... and this lays perfectly in that category... 

First inspired by this card made by the incredibly talented Julie Davison at Julie's Stampin Spot... though I did convert to metric and make a slight change... but more on that another day... 

And a few more to share over the next few days... as once I started... I couldn't stop... So if anyone fancies a nice 6 card Class in the Post??? There's one all ready to go...