Feature Friday

TGIF!!! This has been a LONG week! Hopefully all my computer issues are behind me too. 

So what's Feature Friday? Each Friday I Feature my Product of the Month. I show samples of cards, 3D, and other items using the Product for that month. I think eventually I may just do this for once a week and change this, just so I can showcase more product, but for now, this is all I can handle. 

For March, I'm featuring the Cake Soiree Bundle and Suite. When first looking at this entire suite, it looks very feminine. Rest assured I will come up with something on the masculine side using this suite. Since we used this suite at our Spring Fling event, I already have many samples, but I'll work on some more, just for you! I did plan this, since I anticipated I would be swamped after our event and I also have to renovate an apartment, which won't give me as much time to create as I'd like to.

This first card was actually one of the last cards we came up with for our event. We basically looked to see what we hadn't used yet and used along with some other things. The Designer Series Paper that's apart of this suite is a specialty paper. First off, it's heavier then regular patterned paper and one side of each sheet has silver foil.  This paper is really stunning. All the solid flowers were stamped then die cut. Another great thing about the coordinating dies is that there are 4 leaves, 2 of the smaller flowers and 2 of the buttercup looking flowers. The other vine looking greenery is one die with the 3 that you see. So everything except the detailed flower could cut everything in one pass! All things to think about when planning make and takes for a large group!

Another great thing about this stamp set is there are many main images. In some sets it's usually one or two but this set, I feel has several. So for this next card, we used the present image, which has the flowers as part of the gift. This was fussy cut, but the bow and other greenery were die cuts. Also the Fresh Fig piece was embossed with the Petal Palette embossing folder. This folder is part of another suite, but doesn't it work great with this card? Just another great feature with Stampin' Up! everything coordinates! The flowers were colored in with our new Blends, which btw some are backordered!

This last project for today is the acetate box that carried over from the Holiday Mini. We used the other embossing folder from the Petal Palette and embossed the box then colored it in with the Blends. The only thing on this project that's part of the Cake Soiree Suite is the Berry Bliss Metallic Edge Ribbon. Won't these cards look beautiful in this box?

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a great weekend. If you don't have a demonstrator, I'd love to be yours, or if you'd like to order any of the product to make these items, you can find them in my STORE. If you'd like to see a list of all the items used, scroll down. Make sure you use this month's new VIP Host Code T4ED7Z7F. I'd love to hear your comments and please contact me with any questions.

Product List

Cake Soirée Wood-Mount Bundle

[145816]

$72.00

Cake Soiree Clear-Mount Bundle

[147627]

$61.00

Cake Soirée Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[145521]

$47.00

Cake Soirée Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145745]

$35.00

Sweet Cake Framelits Dies

[145617]

$33.00

Powder Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144244]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[131201]

$8.00

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100702]

$8.00

Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[115316]

$8.00

Dapper Denim 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141414]

$8.00

Sweet Soirée Specialty Designer Series Paper

[145564]

$13.00

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[141397]

$6.50

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

[126950]

$6.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144040]

$9.00

Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144045]

$9.00

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144597]

$9.00

Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144602]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$9.00

Glitter & Clear Epoxy Shapes

[145632]

$7.00

Delicate White Doilies

[141701]

$3.00

Berry Burst 3/8" (1 Cm) Metallic-Edge Ribbon

[145489]

$7.00

Acetate Card Boxes

[144628]

$6.50

Petal Pair Textured Impressions Embossing Folders

[145656]

$9.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Big Shot Magnetic Platform

[130658]

$40.00

Stampin' Trimmer

[126889]

$30.00

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

$10.00

Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

March Host Code

The Tides of March are here! I thought I was going to have to change what I wanted to make as my FREE Gift this month. After checking the Stampin' Up! site, this ribbon is no longer on back order or un-orderable. Providing everything stays this way, you'll be able to get a spool of this ribbon for FREE! I really love this ribbon. Very similar to the organza ribbon we used to have in the annual catalog but this isn't as wide. It's a more delicate kind of embellishment. Guess that's what everyone else thought!

If you're new to this, I offer a FREE gift to my customers each month. The item changes each month, as do the amount you need to spend, so make sure you always check the  VIP Host Code tab to get the code to earn your FREE gift! Since it's Sale-a-Bration, you'll earn even more!

Wacky Wednesday

Hump day! Boy has it been tough getting back into the swing of things! I finally updated my computer's operating system and took a LOT longer then I expected. Pretty much all day and into the evening! So that really put me behind again! At least I got some stamping done. I have my Perennial Birthday card class tomorrow and wanted to make some cards using the stamp set that coordinates with the kit. I also worked on getting all the swaps photographed and most of the samples I made for Spring Fling. It was a busy day, but just doesn't feel like I got much accomplished.

So here it is Wednesday afternoon and my computer has been SOOOO SLOW! Our internet has been really dragging on top of everything else. I'll be better by next week, I hope!

Today I'll start sharing my swaps from Spring Fling. This first set of swaps are Sale-a-Bration sets. If you don't know what Sale-a-Bration is, it's just the BEST time of the year! Yes, better then Christmas! This year Stampin' Up! has two levels of FREE items! Usually it's for every $50 you spend you get a FREE Sale-a-Bration item, but this year there's also items if you spend $100 some others items to choose from! Plus on February 16 Stampin' Up! added 4 new items! Ok, let's get onto all the samples.

 This first card was made by Annette and she used Amazing You. This stamp set also coordinates with a FREE die! This die is a Level 2. It was so good to see her, I haven't seen her in a long time! Anyway, the background looks like patterned paper, but she just stamped the main flower image all around the edges and then heat embossed it with white embossing powder. It just looks beautiful! Plus she added those hard to get (at the moment) Epoxy Shapes from the Occasions Catalog.

This next card was done by Lisa. I love how she used several of the images from the Epic Celebrations set. She used the blends to color in the images, which also coordinates with the striped paper behind the images. That paper is also a FREE Sale-a-Bration item! It's called Bubbles & Fizz and also coordinates with Bubbles Over Bundle in the Occasions Catalog.

 Irene made this next card. She used Happy Wishes, which is a $100 level Sale-a-Bration item. I would call this a word set. There's the "Happy" and there's also "Best" with the flowers and then there are 14 other words/phrases that go with the Happy & Best. Irene used the Happy as the focal point and stamped birthday in the bottom right hand corner.

 Here Dale used Heartfelt Blooms. The Happy Birthday is from another set and not sure which she used because it's not listed. The sentiment is gold heat embossed. I've seen so many samples using this set. Most stamp the image multiple times or do a bunch of fussy cutting. When you have to make so many, you try and stay away from doing all that! 

Last but not least is our Party Panda! Unfortunately they didn't put their name on it, so unless I go back and find the list, I don't know who to give credit to this one. So sad because she did a great job! Along with the Party Panda, she also used the Dynamic Scattered Sequins Embossing Folder. It's called Dynamic because it's one of those thick folders and you only use one acrylic plate when using the Big Shot. Another fun embellishment in the Occasions is the self-adhesive sequins! You don't get as many but they already have the adhesive on them and so much easier to use on a project!

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Monday Madness!!!

Morning! At least it is while I'm writing this! Our annual Spring Fling event was Saturday and went great! Everyone had a wonderful time and the projects were all done in the time we had allotted! That's always a good thing! I spent yesterday and still today recovering from the event. I always have a great time but so exhausted after these events, I just need some down time. I didn't get a chance last week to get this week's post together so here I am doing them now.

I have some pictures to share today and so the post isn't too long, I'll post just a few. I took pictures of everyone's displays but mine! What was I thinking! Since I haven't unpacked yet, I'll take pictures of my displays and post them another day.

One of the projects we were worried about the most, went off fine. I only know of one person making a wrong cut, so I'd call that success! That's 1 out of 40 pretty good. I was busy leading everyone making the box so I wasn't taking any pictures while they were making them but did get a couple pictures once they were done.

 This is the box everyone made. I found this from The Paper Pixie and she called it the Impossible Gift Box. Not to intimidate anyone we called it the Surprise Box. You can go on You Tube and find her video on how to make this. It's a fun box!

 These next two pictures are how the box looks when you open it.

As you can see the top is attached or should I say part of the entire box. When you pull the top up, it creates a whole and that's how you can put your treats or gift inside.

Here's a picture of the entire group with their boxes complete! 

This is a picture of the boxes from the table I was a helper at. We used the DSP from the Sweet Soiree Suite. Say that three times fast!

 Here are a couple more pictures of my group working on their make n' takes during the day.

We had tables of 10, so one group of 5 worked on one project, while the other group worked on another project then they switched.

Thanks for stopping by. I'll start to have pictures of my swaps from Spring Fling on Wednesday. I should have recovered by then! If you'd like to get any of the Sweet Soiree Suite or any other products from any of the Stampin' Up! catalogs, you can find them on my STORE. When checking out, make sure you use this month's VIP Host Code F7H7Z6ZZ.
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