Time flies when you’re having fun earning FREE Stampin’ Up! products during Sale-A-Bration, right?!! How did these two months – August & September – go by so fast?

In case you are brand new or just coming across my page here, Sale-A-Bration is Stampin’ Up!’s biggest promotion….and this year we had TWO of them! Historical! During Sale-A-Bration, for every $50 you spend (no limits!) you qualify for a FREE product in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure! If you spend $100, there are a couple of special $100 level products to choose from (the Delicate Dahlias Stamp Set and the Summer Shadows Dies). (The Summer Shadows Dies coordinate with the Shaded Summer Stamp Set in the Annual Catalog!) OR you can just choose two $50 Level products. If your order reaches $150, you also earn Stampin’ Rewards of 10%!

You’ve probably seen this video already, but please watch if you would like a “review” of Sale-A-Bration! The sparkly Be Dazzling 6″ x 6″ Paper is sold out, unfortunately, and other products’ status could change over these last couple of days.

I hope you have enjoyed these past two months “Sale-A-Brating” with Stampin’ Up! It’s a promotion that goes WAY back to the early days of Stampin’ Up! And I remember when Sale-A-Bration choices back in my early days of stamping were just a few stamp sets! It has certainly evolved into being even more fun with more choices!

If you don’t “need” anything right now, you can always stock up on basics like adhesives, Basic White Cardstock, Envelopes, ink refills, embellishments, one of the kits in the Kit Collection, or even a Prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscription. Order a 3-month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscription at $63.00 or a larger one to earn FREE Sale-A-Bration product. You can purchase a Prepaid subscription even if you have a month-to-month subscription. Just follow the instructions Stampin’ Up! will send you in an email to add a code to your account and the prepaid subscription will be used first and then revert back to your regular subscription. I just did that last night myself! Make that purchase and get that code entered by Oct. 10th and you’ll be getting the beautiful October holiday Paper Pumpkin Kit!

Maybe you’ve been thinking about becoming a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator! This is a good time to join and choose a FREE Bundle to go with your Starter Kit! Check out the information HERE. I’m happy to answer any of your questions!

Enjoy your last days of Sale-A-Bration 2021! Thursday will be the last day to order and qualify for Sale-A-Bration rewards. I suggest not waiting until the very last minute, if possible. Sometimes there is a glitch or problem and maybe no opportunity to fix it. Have fun shopping!

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It’s that time of year again when some states have Sales Tax Holidays on school supplies in time for Back to School! Once your kids are grown and out of school, you won’t know when school starts or ends or what is happening! And certainly this past year, I didn’t know if kids here in Houston were IN school or doing virtual school or half and half or what was going on. But at least we can ALL benefit a little bit, even with our stamping supplies, if they are listed on the chart above because they really can be classified as school supplies! And you know that is true if your kids have come to you with a school project and asked if they could use your markers or glue or something else!

Eleven states will be offering a sales tax holiday for school supplies during the months of July or August. Products that are eligible according to the statute include “items normally used by students in a standard classroom for educational purposes.” To see the names of participating states, products exempted from tax, and sales tax holiday dates, click here.

Please note that you must place your order with Stampin’ Up! during the tax holiday period in order to receive these items tax-free (which is midnight on the first day to midnight on the last day of the tax holiday). Also, keep in mind that this is a state sales tax holiday; the state statute may not apply to county, city, and special jurisdiction taxes.

Note: Georgia, Louisiana, and Wisconsin have suspended the sales tax holiday for this year.

Look over the list of products that qualify and if you were going to order anyway, this will save you a few pennies, depending on your sales tax rate! Remember, the July-December 2021 Mini Catalog (Holiday Mini) and Sale-A-Bration both begin August 3, if that helps your planning!

Be sure to read at the top of the chart about the exemptions and details for your state and what the dates are.

For the clearest copy, click here: Sale Tax Holiday PDF

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The other day Sara Douglass, CEO of Stampin’ Up!, did a Facebook Live video as a part of Jamie Albanese’s Heart of Stampin’ Up! Award Project along with Stacy DeWitt, Executive Director of the James Storehouse organization. Jamie is a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator who said she was a foster child herself so she understands this situation. The James Storehouse organization is located in the Los Angeles, CA area (the area with the most foster children) and provides resources to children in foster care and those aging-out of foster care. 

Stampin’ Up! will donate backpacks and school supplies and we invite demonstrators and customers to join the fun! There are two ways to support Jamie’s project for James Storehouse. First, you can check out the Amazon Wishlists to donate backpacks or school supplies for foster children of all ages. The backpack wishlist can be found here and the wishlist for school supplies can be found here. Or second, you can send cards to add inside the filled backpacks. Please include a short, encouraging note and sign with your first name only. Send finished cards to: 

JAMES STOREHOUSE
3543 Old Conejo Road #105
Newbury Park, CA 91320
USA

The deadline for donation purchases and cards is 30 July 2021. 

I encourage you to watch the Facebook Live video Sara did, whether or not you want to make a donation. It will warm your heart that there are people out there trying to help these children, young and older, even into college age. The basic message is these foster children sometimes leave their home or school with only the clothes on their back, sometimes are moved around a lot, and all they want is to know that something belongs to them, hence the backpack. The organization will fill each backpack with school supplies, surprisingly the same items for all ages because that is what they have found kids of all ages need to do school projects. That was amazing to me.

If you want to do a little something, just mail a card you have made. Just write a brief, uplifting, encouraging, happy message. They said don’t mention their circumstances or anything like that. If you watch the video, they give some examples. Just sign your first name. No envelope, please, because obviously, they will go through the cards to make sure they are appropriate before putting them in the backpacks. I think they would rather have someone send just a single card or a few cards, not a whole box full of cards like some of us might have stored away. They aren’t equipped to handle quantities like that.

We all know the joy even we feel when we get a card in the mail or we have heard how much it means to others to receive a card we send. Imagine children in very difficult circumstances find a card or two in their new backpack wishing them well! Watch the video to understand what Stampin’ Up! is helping with and to bring joy to your heart!