Sale-a-bration!

I am reposting this post from Inking Idaho....great idea!

It starts today! Stampin' Up!'s biggest promotion of the year!! Sale-a-bration is our yearly customer and hostess appreciation celebration.

With every $50 they spend in catalog merchandise, you get a FREE Sale-a-bration product from the Sale-a-bration catalog. Who doesn't ♥ FREE stuff??

We all use adhesive to assemble our cards and scrapbooks, right?
How would you like to get SNAIL refills for $1.80 each?
Here is how this works...
You order 34 SNAIL adhesive refills (order number 104331 $4.50 each) totalling $153.00.

That qualifies you for a Catalog Party making you eligible for Hostess Benefits. You'll earn $15 in Hostess Dollars to spend on anything in the Stampin' Up! catalog; so you choose 3 more SNAIL adhesives FREE! With a $153 party you also get a FREE 1st level exclusive Hostess Only stamp set from page 10 or 11 of the big catalog or page 6 of the Occasions Mini catalog.

Now, during Sale-A-Bration, a $153 party earns you 3 FREE Sale-a-bration stamp sets or products from the Sale-a-bration flyer!

You average the retail value of all the free merchandise you recieve (the Hostess Dollars, FREE Hostess set and the 3 FREE Sale-a-bration sets) and you are paying about $1.80 each for your SNAIL adhesives.

Valentines Day

Today I was at JoAnn's and they had these larger sized mailboxes (this was 4.99)..you can get the smaller ones at Target, in the dollar spot. So for Valentines Day, I decorated it..all ready to go to fill with some goodies!

Valentines Day

If you have ever "elfed" or "booed" your neighbors than how about getting them with the "love bug" for Valentine's Day? I printed up these tags and then decorated some paint cans that I bought at Home Depot. I then filled them with some candy and placed them on the front door--sort of like Ding Dong Ditch..You could also do it at the workplace or surprise a teacher.

Christmas characters: top note die

I bought a kit last year from a SU! demo to make these cute little gift boxes...I am so glad I had these on hand this week. I forgot some important people in my children's lives who I want to get a little gift to for Christmas. Phew..these were all ready to go! This was a first for me! I just have to purchase a gift card and maybe a little candy and and the gift is good to go! I do have the directions to these..so in the next year, if you are interested in making these for Christmas 2011, let me know..I can make up a kit for you....

CD tin alter

I bought a few of these tins on SU! clearance rack and altered to make Thanksgiving gifts to thanks those special people in my kids' lives like piano teachers, school teachers, Sunday School teachers, etc. I think they were only $1.99
All I did was layer some paper, ribbon and embellish with a few stamps.....

Inside are the goodies..peppermint patties all decorated (but not by me...a customer's son. His name is Drew and he has his own busines..doesn't he do a super job!?) I apologize this photo would NOT flip. Anyway..I thought this would be a simple way to say thank to someone this season!

Cards using Rub Ons

Today I attempted to make the project by LeAnn Greff came up with using the Holly Jolly rub ons and designer paper...LOVE IT! It was so easy and the cards turned out really cute. I made an accordian file a couple of weeks ago using the same paper, so I think I make more of them and stuff them with these cards--great Christmas gifts! This morning I made 10 cards, but the pack of rub on could easily make 20 or more cards. Great value!

Candle Alter

If you were wondering how the candle in the Holiday Mini was altered I have the answer! It is very simple. All you need is the two sided tacky tape and glass glitter! First, you wrap your candle in the two sided tape to the desired height. Unwrap the second side and roll the candle in the glass glitter. That is it! You then can embellish your candle however you like. Makes a beautiful gift for Thanksgiving or Christmas! The candle you see above is one I am working on for Thanksgiving. Literally took me less than 10 minutes. Now I just have to figure out what stamp I want to use to embellish it. I am going make these for some Christmas gifts!