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Wine Tag To Celebrate the New Year 2022

If you are going to a party or just celebrating at home, you might have fun making something like this Wine Tag To Celebrate the New Year 2022. It is so easy to make and if you are taking a gift of a bottle of bubbly, really any time, to take to a host, you can decorate it with a tag like this one. It is as easy as can be!

For this one, the base is Basic Black, cut at 9″ x 3″. The gold striped paper is one of the patterns in the Expressions In Ink Specialty Designer Series Paper in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. I cut the designer paper at 8 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ to fit on the Basic Black. After adhering the designer paper, score the top at 2 1/2″. Then punch or die cut a hole in the top to go over the bottle. I used a Layering Circles Die that was about 1 3/8″ wide. In THIS POST where I made a Thanksgiving bottle tag, I pulled out my retired 1 3/8″ Circle Punch.

To decorate the front, I die cut a piece of Basic Black with one of the Tasteful Labels Dies. I cut out letters and numbers from Gold Foil with the Playful Alphabet Dies. I admit I didn’t get the letters and numbers placed very well on the die cut piece! But I balanced it out a little bit by putting some gems on the “empty” side! I should have looked for my glasses before glueing!

The die cut piece is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®. I adhered a piece of Gold 3/8″ Shimmer Ribbon because you can’t have too much gold or shimmer for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day!

That’s it! These tags that hang on bottles (could be water bottles, too!) are so easy to make, you have to try one! It’s a quick little project unless you make a super fancy decoration on the front of the tag! Since people often take a bottle of wine (or something!) as a host gift to a party or dinner, this is a fun way to put your own personal touch on the gift!

Have a Safe, Healthy, and Happy New Year!!

Using the Stamparatus at Christmas

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If you don’t own a Stamparatus yet, you need one! When you are making a lot of Christmas cards, you definitely need a Stamparatus! I keep mine handy and use it often but using it at Christmas is really the big time!

I like to make many different card designs and make several cards of that design, maybe five, maybe 10, whatever I feel like at the time. When you are stamping the same greeting over and over again for the inside of the card, if you spend a moment getting it straight and centered or however you want it on the inside of the card, then the stamp stays in the same place and you get perfect stamping every time.

As you can see in the photo, up above the Stamparatus, you can see I stamped at least six inside card layers. Next, I worked on stamping on die cuts I had made for the front of the card. Instead of hoping I stamped the greeting on the die cut centered and straight, I used the Stamparatus PLUS the negative of the die cut. I placed the negative in the corner of the Stamparatus and then made sure the stamp was in the right place to stamp right in the center of that die cut. Then leaving the negative in place, I could place a new die cut into that negative and then stamp. That made it quicker and easier to stamp the die cuts rather than stamping all over the cardstock and trying to line up the die to fit the stamped greeting properly. It worked great!

In my messy, real-life stamping photo above, you can see the used Grid Paper inside the open Stamparatus and the messy stamped large Grid Paper on my kitchen table. You can see the Merry Christmas stamp stuck on the plastic plate of the Stamparatus, ready to be inked up on the right.

Usually, when I am trying to make sure I have the stamp lined up exactly where I want it, I place a window sheet over the card stock and stamp on that first to make sure the words are straight and everything is centered. That way I can alter the stamp position and just wipe off the window sheet until I have it just right and THEN I’m ready to stamp right on the cardstock.

The Stampin’ Up! Stamparatus has a lot of features that I don’t think others on the market have. If you mess up and your image doesn’t stamp as well as you want, just reink and stamp again because the paper hasn’t moved. Use one of the magnets to hold your paper in place. Just be careful not to get those two magnets anywhere near each other!! I found that out the first time I used my Stamparatus!

It might be a good gift to ask Santa for this year to use next year! But if you want it right away, use the Expedited 2-day shipping for an extra $20 and hopefully, that will do it!

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Seasonal Sale Coming Tuesday! Stock Up!

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This is your chance to take inventory of your basic stamping supplies…cardstock, ink pads, and dies! If you need something, you can get it on sale for three days only this week!! These are select products in the Annual Stampin’ Up! Catalog. Holiday Mini Catalog products are not included.

10% off Cardstock

15% off Ink Pads

20% off Dies

Click HERE to see the entire flyer! Scroll down to see the pages listing the exact products on sale!

Here is the fine print:

PROMOTION PERIOD: 16–18 NOVEMBER 2021

The sale will run for three days only.
The discount includes 10% off cardstock, 15% off ink pads (excluding ink pad bundles and third-party pads), and 20% off dies.
The discount applies to products featured in the 2021–2022 Annual Catalog only. Products from the July–December 2021 Mini Catalog are not included.

Get Ready to Shop on Tuesday, November 16, 2021!

It’s Sale-A-Bration (Again!) at Stampin’ Up!

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In case you are new to Stampin’ Up!, you might not know what Sale-A-Bration is! Sale-A-Bration has been around since the beginning or near the beginning of Stampin’ Up, except back then it was called “Sell-A-Bration”. I believe I heard it was an idea to save the company back in the beginning when things got rough, as they often do in many companies, especially small ones. It really took off and has been an annual promotion ever since, one that everyone loves! Except for THIS year, we are having TWO Sale-A-Brations!! We only had it starting in January before, but right now we are having the second one in 2021! And at a perfect time when we are purchasing new products anyway in the Holiday Catalog!

The concept of Sale-A-Bration is that when you spend $50 or more, you get to choose a FREE product in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure! And we all love FREE stamping supplies! If you spend $100 or more, you have a choice of one $100 Level product in the brochure or two $50 Level products. You will see those designations in the brochure. No limits to what you can spend and get for FREE!

TAKE A LOOK AT THE SALE-A-BRATION BROCHURE HERE!

Watch this video to learn about the Sale-A-Bration products!

If you have a large order yourself or go in together with friends, you can choose a FREE Host stamp set, In Your Words, with a $300 order! It’s on page 17 in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.

Sale-A-Bration is a fun time at Stampin’ Up! This year, it is double the fun of having a second Sale-A-Bration going on now! But it won’t last forever! Sale-A-Bration ends on September 30 and you know how time flies! Get what you want before things sell out! Enjoy the Sale-A-Bration video!

Last Two Days! Last Chance For Spring Mini!

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The January-June 2021 Mini Catalog is coming to an end! I like to call it the Spring Mini Catalog! It’s always a joy to start ordering from the spring catalog right after the holidays to see and use fresh new products to start the new year! But as all good things must come to an end, this catalog’s last day will be tomorrow, Wednesday, June 30. It’s the last day to order from the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog!! Some of the products carried over to the new Annual Catalog and some products are already sold out. If a product doesn’t come up in the Online Store, then it probably is sold out. If you search for a product and it doesn’t come up, put the item number in the search box, just in case the search terms aren’t working, or use the drop-down list on the left of the store website under Shop Products.

Today, June 14th, Last Day For Extra $25 Rewards!

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Today, Monday, June 14th, is the LAST DAY to take advantage of an additional $25 in Stampin’ Rewards with a $250 order! You may place your individual order if you want to go in with friends, you can do that.

With the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog out, if you haven’t ordered yet, you just might be able to hit that total! And if you do, you not only earn the usual Stampin’ Rewards of 10% at $250, but you receive an additional $25. That’s free merchandise!

If you are a little bit short, maybe a friend would like to select some ribbon or notecards or some other products to add in. Or think ahead to some gifts you may be needing and see if there is some gift packaging you’d like to pick up or a kit with which to make a group of cards to give someone or our wonderful Paper Snips scissors! Look through the catalog and you will find things you can use as gifts to others! Add a few months of a prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscription for you or someone else! This is when those Prepaid subscriptions come in handy, even if you are already subscribed month to month. You can still purchase a Prepaid subscription and enter the code in your account and use that up before reverting back automatically to your regular monthly subscription.

This special offer ends Monday, June 14th! Start shopping!

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Using the Stamparatus With Many Messages

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If you always want more greetings and sentiments for your cards and projects, you should consider the Many Messages Bundle which is going away when the January-June Mini Catalog ends on June 30. The stamp set and dies aren’t really going away, though. You will find them in the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog on page 42, but they are being sold separately rather than in the Bundle since most Bundles “retire” with a new catalog. If you want to save 10% with both the Many Messages Stamp Set and the Messages Dies, then buy the Bundle now before the Spring Mini Catalog retires.

Also, there is a new stamp set on the order of Many Messages called Many Happenings in the Annual Catalog on the same page 42. If you want to be awash in greetings, get this stamp set, too, along with the Many Messages Bundle before it retires and you will have a complete set with the die and two stamp sets of sentiments!

The main idea is that you stamp all these greetings at one time and then die cut them all at one time. Then you can save the greetings in a little bag or box and you can just choose one when you make a card! If you have the Stamparatus, this is a great time to use it with this large stamp. Make sure your ink pad is pretty juicy with ink, ink up your stamp, then use the Stamparatus to stamp your cardstock. You could make quite a collection by stamping these greetings in different colors or on different colors of cardstock and have a ton of greetings ready to go! The beauty of the Stamparatus is that if part of the stamp doesn’t stamp well, you can reink, even just that area, and stamp again with the Stamparatus since the cardstock has remained in the same place. Give a good push each time evenly over the surface to get the best results.

In the photo above, you can see the large stamp with all the greetings, the paper in the Stamparatus that has been stamped, and on the right, the one large Messages Die that will cut out all the greetings at one time with the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.

On the photo above, you can see how the greetings have been die-cut in different shapes, some with stitching around the edge and some plain. The tiny little stars and hearts on the stamp are to help line up the die on the stamped paper. I found that my very well-used cutting plates that are slightly warped made it difficult to keep the die lined up perfectly, but I keep some rolls of old washi tape by my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine to tape down a die if need be. (You might want to get some of the washi tape stickiness off by sticking it on and off your clothing a couple of times and being careful where you place it so it doesn’t tear the paper if it is too sticky.) But it was pretty easy to line everything up with the stamped words.

Now I am finally ready to have these greetings on hand to make it quicker and easier to use on cards and other projects! I also stamped the Many Happenings set so I have lots to choose from!

Remember, if you buy the Many Messages Bundle now before it retires, you will save 10% and then you can also order the Many Happenings Stamp to use with the Messages Die in the Bundle. If you own the Stamparatus, all the better, and if not, just add one to your order as well!

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Prized Peony Poppin’ Pastels Friend Card

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This Prized Peony Poppin Pastels Friend Card came from another opportunity of playing with the new Soft Pastels in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. I remembered an old technique that was quite popular around the time I joined Stampin’ Up! called Poppin’ Pastels! You can do a lot of different things with chalk pastels and this is just one technique.

To do the Poppin’ Pastels technique, you need Versamark Ink (the clear, watermark ink) and chalks plus a Sponge Dauber or cotton ball. You will find these new Soft Pastels Assortment in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog on page 126 at the bottom of the page. We have had chalk pastels before but in little squares, in a metal tin in all the Stampin’ Up! colors so these “sticks” are a little different. They are almost like crayons. So while you can “color” with the chalk piece, you can also scrape some chalk off the side of the stick or scribble on a scrap piece of paper to get chalk dust that you can pick up to use. You can use Paper Snips that are open, just scraping the blade of the scissors along the side of the chalk onto a piece of paper or an acrylic block or whatever you have.

I stamped the Prized Peony Stamp with Versamark Ink on Basic White Cardstock. Give the ink a few minutes to dry, otherwise, you may smear the ink a bit. See the photo below on the left side of the flower!

Pick up some of the chalk dust with the Sponge Dauber or a cotton ball and dab on the stamped image. I think it is better to dab it on rather than rub it on. Maybe that’s why my flower above got a little smeared because I was rubbing on the chalk. The fun thing about Poppin’ Pastels is that the stamped image is invisible, but as soon as you start dabbing on the chalk, it magically appears! It is really fun! You can’t be exact in your coloring with the Sponge Daubers but that’s what makes it interesting and gives a soft “halo” around the edge of the image. Sometimes colors overlap a bit which makes it colorful and interesting as well.

The chalk in the assortment that I used is Poppy Parade, so I stamped the greeting with Poppy Parade Ink. You can see the ink is a little darker than the pastels. The greeting is also in the Prized Peony Stamp Set. Before adhering the layers together, I adhered some of the Whisper White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon and tied a bow. The card base is Poppy Parade and the layer is Granny Apple Green to match the leaves.

Easy card to make and fun to do the Poppin’ Pastels Technique! You can use less chalk for a lighter look or more for a darker color. Just experiment and see what you come up with using the new Soft Pastels Assortment! On this card, I “colored in” the stamped image a little more precisely, so you can see the difference.

While you are looking for the Soft Pastels Assortment, also check out the Last Chance products from the January-June Mini Catalog that are retiring. Some have significant discounts, some less but discounted a little bit! Before you buy a Bundle, check if the individual products are on sale, which might make the price together less than the Bundle, ie. the Kangaroo & Company Bundle is $36.75, but if you buy the stamp set and the half-price dies, your cost would be only $28.50! What a deal for such a cute set, if you don’t already own it!

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Be Up-To-Date on Stampin’ Up! News!

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Join Our Stamping With Karen Mailing List

It’s time to be a part of the Stamping With Karen Mailing List because new things are always coming up! Not only do we have a new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog out since May 4th, but next week the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog (Spring Mini, I call it) will be retiring. That means there will be a Last-Chance List for the Mini Catalog products with some discounted that you might want to get. And the early bird gets the worm! Keep up with all of it by being on my Stamping With Karen Mailing List!

Also, keep up with news about the new Paper Pumpkin Kit every month and any new updates with Stampin’ Up! each week!

If you are on my blog, you will see a red sign-up box in the top right corner where you can simply put your name (or first name) and best email. If you are on your phone, you probably need to scroll way down to get to the sidebar things. OR you can go to my sign up page HERE.

You will receive an email with a link to your free gift from me, as a thank you for signing up with me!

I send out a weekly email every Tuesday afternoon with the latest Stampin’ Up! news and offers plus stamping ideas with a supply list and directions. Even if you never make the project, maybe just seeing ideas will do your crafty heart good! I know it does mine! I’m all about the ideas!!

In the fall, as a thank you to my mailing list subscribers, I always send out a special email called “The 12 Weeks of Christmas” with an exclusive holiday idea for each week leading up to Christmas. You can only get these ideas if you are on my mailing list. I value my subscribers and have fun sending out these holiday ideas.

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When Does the New Stampin’ Up! Catalog Begin? Today!!

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When Does the New Stampin’ Up! Catalog Begin?

TODAY! May 4th!!

It may be Star Wars Day (May the 4th Be With You!), but I doubt many of us care about that when we have a new Stampin’ Up! Catalog to look at and order from! You can order right now in the Online Store or contact me if you would prefer me to put in your order for you. Ask if you have any questions! Hopefully the website will run smoothly but when more and more people get on, there may be glitches but just keep trying because maybe in a few seconds you will get through.

VIEW THE CATALOG ONLINE!

Be sure to check the specials below, too!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! ONLINE HERE!

If you are putting in a large order yourself, remember at $150 you get to choose 10% of your total in Stampin’ Rewards, so $15 in any other merchandise you want to choose for free!

During “Connect, Craft & Collect $25”, May 4 – June 14, if you have an order of $250 or more, you can choose an ADDITIONAL $25 in free merchandise plus the Stampin’ Rewards you are already entitled to! What a deal!! Especially with a new catalog when we want so many things!

JOIN STAMPIN’ UP! AND JOIN THE FUN!

If you would like to have your own stamping business, this is a great time to join Stampin’ Up! as a Demonstrator! All you have to do is purchase the Starter Kit. Choose the products you want in your kit plus Stampin’ Up! will add business supplies, catalogs, and a Paper Pumpkin Kit. Normally you choose $125 in products and pay only $99, but during this special during May, you get to choose $155 ($30 more!) in products for only $99!

Click the link above and read about joining Stampin’ Up! and look over the form to join, but if you have any questions just ask! I’m happy to help! If you want a Demonstrator local to you, then check the Demonstrator Locator to find someone or call Stampin’ Up! and ask them to refer you to someone. Lots of us, though, have team members around the country, not just local, and we can still help you.

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I hope you love this new catalog! Believe it or not, years ago when I joined Stampin’ Up! the first time anyone saw the new catalog was at the Stampin’ Up! Convention in the summer! As soon as we checked in and got our bag of stuff, we would sit down and look through the catalog! Everyone else had to wait to hear from those Demos and wait for their catalog to be mailed later. I think we have a better system now, but whatever the system or situation, a new Stampin’ Up! catalog of any kind is always so fun and exciting! Enjoy the day!

Hydrangea Hill Butterflies

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Make some pretty butterflies using pretty designer paper and a punch, like these Hydrangea Hill Butterflies on this card. It’s springtime so it’s time for butterflies and Stampin’ Up! has an assortment of butterflies to choose from. Some are retiring soon and some are new. But paper and a punch help you make a pretty simple, elegant card.

The card base is Highland Heather Cardstock. I started off planning to make a white on white card, but I changed my mind! It’s allowed! The top layer has wider margins than normal. Instead of cutting the layer 5 1/4″ x 4″, I cut it at 5″ x 3 3/4″. I ran the Basic White paper through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine embossing it with the Subtles Embossing Folder. This folder is difficult to see in a photo but it just puts a “subtle” pattern of lines on the paper so you have some texture but just barely. It’s perfect for when you want something but not a lot. This embossing folder is retiring soon so check it out if you are interested!

I added a narrow strip of Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper along the side of the Basic White embossed layer. I used the Butterfly Duet Punch to punch out several butterflies out of another pattern of the same paper. I chose a pattern that had the little floral pattern all over the paper so it would definitely show up inside the punch. Otherwise, you might have to be careful to get a colorful enough pattern inside the punch area. This punch punches out a small and large butterfly so it is very handy. But it is retiring by May 3, so if you don’t have it yet, you might want to see if you need it in your stash! I just drew on the little antennae on each butterfly with a fine tip black marker.

The greeting is from another retiring item, the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set. All the “Itty Bitty” stamp sets are retiring which really makes me sad. I have used all of them a lot. On some cards, you don’t necessarily want the greeting to be the focal point or there just isn’t enough room for larger greetings, so the Itty Bitty series always came in handy! These Itty Bitty Sets are all retiring – Itty Bitty Greetings. Itty Bitty Christmas, and Itty Bitty Birthdays. Check them out. I used the Lovely You Punch for both the Highland Heather layer and the greeting.

The two large butterflies are popped up with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals and the wings are folded up a little bit to add some dimension. For a little bling, I added some Artistry Blooms Adhesive-Backed Sequins scattered around and on the greeting. These are Coastal Cabana in color but go fine with the blues in the designer paper.

This is an easy card to make and easy to change up according to what supplies and punches you have. You could also punch out flowers and make the card in the same design. Try making a card with what you have today similar to this Hydrangea Hill Butterflies card and see what you come up with!

Stampin’ Up! Catalog Retiring List Is HERE!

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The Stampin’ Up! Last-Chance Products are in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store now! Look carefully at the pink note below the products to see if it is on sale or retiring soon.

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! Last-Chance Sale ONLINE HERE!

Have fun!!

Join the Stamping With Karen Mailing List Today!

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It’s time to be a part of the Stamping With Karen Mailing List since we have the new January-June 2021 Mini Catalog (I call it the Spring Mini!) plus it is Sale-A-Bration, the big Stampin’ Up! promotion during which you can earn free products with every $50 or $100 purchase! These catalogs, along with the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog, give you lots of products you will be excited about, want to learn about, and want to see all the ideas for cards and projects possible!

Keep up with news about the new Paper Pumpkin Kit every month and subscribe if you want to join in the fun of having a project already planned and prepped for you in the cute Paper Pumpkin box! Always sign up or skip a month if you want by the 10th of any month.

You will receive an email with a link to your free gift from me.

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First Day of Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration and Spring Catalog!

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Today is maybe a bigger day for stampers than New Year’s Day because Stampin’ Up!’s biggest promotion of the year begins, Sale-A-Bration 2021, as well as the release of the new January-June 2021 Mini Catalog with great new products in it!

When you purchase any of these new products (or Annual Catalog products!) and your order totals $50 or more (before shipping and tax) you earn a FREE product in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure! For every $50 you spend, you earn a free Sale-A-Bration product. If you spend $100, you may choose one of the select higher-level products.

You can mix and match your free products, too. If you spend $100, you can choose two $50 level products OR you can choose one $100 level product. If you spend $150 (you get Stampin’ Rewards of 10% already!), you can choose three $50 level products OR one $100 level product and one $50 product. You get the idea! No limit! Just ask me if you have questions!

Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Available Today!

Finally, this little cutie, the Mini Cut & Emboss Machine is available beginning today!! This cute machine has a compact footprint for easy storage and travel. The 3-1/2″ platform works with many of Stampin’ Up!’s smaller dies and smaller embossing folders. Dies and embossing folders that are compatible with the Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine are indicated in the product description in our catalogs and online store. Includes 1 Mini Base Plate (Plate 1), 2 Mini Cutting Plates (Plate 2), 1 Mini Embossing Plate (Plate 3), and 1 Mini 3D Embossing Plate (Plate 4).

If you want to JOIN STAMPIN’ UP! as a Demonstrator, in your Starter Kit you will also receive a free stack of our Regals, Subtles, Neutrals, Brights, and 2020—2022 In Color Designer Series Paper. There couldn’t be a better time to join the Stampin’ Up! family. Think about it and let me know if you have questions! You’re always invited to be a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator!

If you have a large order yourself or go in together with friends, at a $300 order you will receive an exclusive Punch Party Stamp Set for FREE!

New Mini Catalog Live Today!

The January-June 2021 Mini Catalog is ready for ordering today! You will find fresh, new products for spring. If you have not received your catalog yet from me if you are a regular customer of mine, I still hope it will come soon now that the holidays are over…but remember, you can view it online as well as just viewing the products in the Online Store.

If you are new and interested in purchasing Stampin’ Up! products, I would be happy to be your Demonstrator and send you the catalogs if you would like. Just email me at Karen@Karenstamps.com and send me your contact information.

And one more thing…..new Basic White Cardstock and other products available today! Remember, our Whisper White line was no longer being produced so Stampin’ Up! found an acceptable substitute called Basic White. Just search in the Online Store for Basic White to see all the products!

And remember, for every $50 you spend with Stampin’ Up!, you will earn a FREE Sale-A-Bration product! So when you put those two things together, what can be a better way to start off a New Year!!

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Don’t Forget! Giant Closeout & Clearance!

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As we are busy getting ready for Christmas this week, take a moment to breathe and relax by looking online at the Stampin’ Up! Giant Year-End Closeout! Remember, the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog (Holiday Catalog) is retiring January 4th. Some products will carry over to future catalogs, but a lot is leaving.

I hate to see the end of the Holiday Catalog, yet by the time the holidays are over, I am ready for the fresh, new things in the next catalog! The January -June 2021 Mini Catalog (Spring Mini) will go live January 5th as well as Sale-A-Bration! If you are a regular customer of mine, you probably have received (or will receive soon) both the Spring Mini Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration Brochure. Be sure to watch your holiday mail! I know some customers have received theirs but with the mail so unpredictable these days, yours may still be on its way! (Or the mail person is enjoying reading it before giving it to you!!)

Also, the Clearance Rack was “refreshed” not long ago but there are only a few products left! Be sure to check it out. You might find a bargain or two that you “need”!

I hope you are closer to “done” with your Christmas preparations than I am! I’m still doing my cards, believe it or not. It’s my favorite thing to do but it always get saved until last and then it’s a rush. Sending my Christmas cards always reminds me of my mother. She always had her Christmas card register booklet with everyone’s addresses and would write notes inside in her pretty handwriting and address all the envelopes. We had typewriters and return address labels (I think) but no computers to write a Christmas letter. I remember when the mailman would make two trips in a day to deliver Christmas cards! Now that was the “good old days!”

Don’t miss out on the bargains that are available now. Maybe you need a Christmas present for yourself (although you know it won’t arrive until after Christmas!). I’m probably going to pick up something I want this afternoon just because! Take care of yourself, too!

Happy Holidays!