Sale A Bration Just Got Better

Yes that's right! - it's time to add more products to the Stampin' Up! Sale A Bration free offerings.

Starting March 3 you can receive more free products with qualifying orders.

There are some beautiful new papers and stamp sets.

Sale A Bration is the perfect time to HOST A WORKSHOP. 
With a $90 order you can get these stunning 30 x 30 cm papers FREE.

 And this versatile stamp set that makes great male cards

... also with a $180 order you can receive this comprehensive stamp set that is perfect for colouring and adaptable to many different occasions. 

and 

there is never a better time to JOIN STAMPIN' UP! with extra free product in addition to your chosen Starter Kit.

A quick reminder that these free products and the additional Join Stampin' Up! benefits are only available until March 31. If you are thinking about joining for the fabulous product discount or you'd love to start a home based business, don't leave it until the last minute as supplies of the FREE products are "while stocks last".
It's a great time to make the decision! 

Until Next Time,
Happy Stamping

Scrap Page Technique - Embossed Vellum

I've been enjoying a bit of scrapping lately and decided to use the technique of dry embossing on vellum as the basis for the April Scrap Classes. 

As usual, I designed a Layout for the month that is intended to give the class attendees a guide for their projects. It must have been a fairly universal layout this month because I was amazed to see how many of the girls kept to it. (this is not always the case in my classes!)

I found an old photo of my family from summer in 1984 -85 and decided to scrap that as it included the pinks and greens that I wanted to use for this project.

We were just getting ready to go to live in the USA for 12 months while my husband did a post doc at Colorado University, Boulder Campus. What a lovely year that was - so much adventure and such a wonderful experience for the girls.  So,  here is my page... hope you like it.

I've used lots of Stampin' Up!® products  including:

12 x 12 inch Pretty In Pink Card Stock

12 x 12 Whisper White Card Textured Stock

Paper Daisies

Antique Brads

Big Shot & Simple Letters Alphabet Dies

Bigz Die - Beautiful Butterflies

Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Elegant Lines 

3.2 cm Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Old Olive

Designer Series Paper 

Vellum Card

Notice the pink patterned strip along the base? that is the left over bit from cutting out a Fancy Favour Box template with the Big Shot. It makes a great detail for pages with a nice fancy side to it. 

I've used lots of different patterns - stripes. dots, swirls and circles.

I love how the vellum card takes on a deeper white for the embossed patterns. Some embossing folders work better than others, but this Elegant Lines folder is terrific for this technique. Hope you like the page and please feel free to follow the scrap map if you wish. If you do, leave a comment and link to your blog post as I would love to see your results.

Until next ime

Stay Crafty