I wanted to share a couple cards made using the Sky's the Limit stamp set, that is STILL available, while supplies last. This is a Sale-a-Bration stamp set that is FREE right now, if you want this stamp...don't delay!! This stamp set is one of the Sale-A-bration stamp sets that was only available till Feb 16, or until supplies run out!!

Here are a couple cards made using the Sky's the Limit :



Do you love the trail of hearts....how sweet is that?? This was a card I got from my friend Marsha.




I really like how this turned out! This could be used for a birthday, or just thinking of you!! My oldest son is in the Navy in flight training, this is a perfect card for him!!

Here is what the entire stamp set looks like:







Get your Sky's the Limit stamp set, before it's too late!! (I don't want you to have gray skies.... ha-ha!!) This is FREE with any order totaling $50. That can be from the clearance rack, or in combination with a bundle that is already 15% off or from the weekly deals.  Click here to place your order.

Have a great night!

Can you say WAHOO!! Today is the day that the Sale-A-Bration catalog and the new Occasions catalog goes live!!! It's a happy day!!



Click here to view the Occasions catalog!







Click here to view the Sale-A-Bration catalog!! What is  so exciting about the Sale-A-Bration catalog you ask??

Lately I have been playing with the Tag Topper Punches, they are sooo cool. I really love a tool that makes my life easier! So I wanted to show you this card  that I made using the Angled Tag Topper and the Petal Parade stamp set, that you can still get for FREE until the end of this month (with a $50 order!!). I saw a card similiar to this on Pinterest. 

One of my favorite stamp sets in Sale-A-Bration this year is the See Ya Later stamp set!! It is just so versatile and cute...what else is there??  :) On this card I wanted to play on the sentiment "You make me Happy when skies are gray", so that's how I choose the base color of gray. Yellow is a color that conveys happiness and energy. Together yellow and gray are considered Dynamic Duo's, so it seemed like a great combo for this card! Do you remember singing this song when you were a kid? I do, and then singing it to my boys!! You can hardly sing that song without getting a little happier!

See Ya Later Clear-Mount Stamp Set	133536
Price: $0.00
Get this exclusive product FREE with a qualifying purchase! Whether you want to say happy birthday, thinking of you, or <sniff!> so long, the See Ya Later Set has the right sentiment. Includes 4 stamps. Available in both wood- and clear-mount. Also available in Spanish and French (clear-mount only). Items used: Stamps: Flower Shop, See Ya Later (Sale-A-Bration), Music Notes Wheel Paper: Basic Gray cardstock, Smoky Slate cardstock, Whisper White cardstock, Daffodil Delight cardstock, Brights Designer Series Paper Accessories: Pansy Punch, Decorative Punch, Envelope Liner, Daffodil 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon Rhinestones, Smoky Slate Ink, Black Staz On Ink Have a great day!! Janet Holmes

I am so happy to be a part of SUDSOL's Blog Tour, this is my first blog hop!!  I have been a part of SUDSOL for about 1 year and a half. It"s great group that keeps me up to date on the latest information, specials. It's a community that shares and supports each other, as a Stampin' Up demonstrator you can join for 2 weeks free. My projects for the blog hop use Sale-A-Bration products. The first project, is a cute Valentine treat holder. I just LOVE the See Ya Later stamp set, it just makes me happy!! This would be a great treat to make for all those lil' Valentines in your life. I have 3 creations to share with you during the blog hop, a Valentine Treat, a card and a Scrapbook page.....hope you enjoy!! Remember during Sale-A-Bration for every $50 you spend you can earn a FREE Sale-A-Bration item!!

Valentine Treat


Is that cute? I really like using the new Star burst Framelit with the lil' alligator!! 

This Valentine treat is a quick and simple Valentine treat.  The Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper, this year's Sale-A-Bration paper is one of my favorite Sale-A-Bration paper series, really cute paper!!This particular piece of paper just goes so well with the See Ya Later Alligator stamp set. I also embossed only the top of the treat, kinda picks up on the whole alligator theme.  
Items used:  
Stamps: See Ya Later (Sale-A-Bration)
Paper: Gumball Green is 3" x 9", scored at 4" and 8", Sweet Sorbet DSP  (Sale-A-Bration) is 2 1/2" x 3 1/2", Summer Starfruit, Red Glimmer Paper, Whisper White  
Accessories: Heart Framelits, Star burst Framelit, Rhinestone, Banner Punch (Sale-A-Bration)

You Make Me Happy Card
This is a card I made using the Ombre Technique. It's a technique that uses colors in progressive hues of color. Yellow is a color that evokes happy feelings so I decided to emphasis this!!

The color in this card definitely evokes happy..happy... happy!!

Since the colors on the card are bright, I decided to keep the flower a little more subtle not to compete with the vibrance of the card. What do you think??

Items used:
Stamps: Happy Watercolor
Paper: (in order on card front)  So Saffron Cardstock (1 1/2" x 3 3/4") ,Summer Starfruit Cardstock ( 1" x 3 3/4") Pumpkin Pie Cardstock (1 1/2" x 3 3/4"), Tangerine Tango Cardstock  (3/4" x 3 3/4") Whisper White Cardstock
Accessories: Decorative Dots Embossing Folder (Sale-A-Bration), Summer Starfruit twine (Sale-A-Bration), Apothecary Accents Framelits, Rhinestones

Me and You Scrapbook Page
When I started designing this scrapbook page, I knew I wanted to focus on the color purple. So I went to the Color Coach to come up with a combination of colors that would work for this page. The Color Coach is an excellent tool by the way, it really is a tool you will use over and over. So the color combination here is Perfect Plum, Early Espresso and Whisper White. I also used Silver as a fun accent color. This is me and my honey, so here is what I came up with:

This is such a cute page is real life! :) I used the banners and touches of silver to reflect fun and glitz!!

Is that little banner sweet or what??

The  Silver Embossed vellum and the Gorgeous Grunge add different type of textures and interest.

I really like, ok LOVE the way this page turned out!! First purple is my favorite color and I am with my favorite guy, so what's not to love !!  :))
Items used:  
Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Perfect Pennants, Banner Blast (Sale-A-Bration)
Paper:  Perfect Plum Cardstock, Early Expresso Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Fancy Foil Designer Vellum, Silver Foil Sheet
Accessories: Silver Metallic Encore Pad,  Banner Punch (Sale-A-Bration),  Silver Baker's Twine, Early Espresso Ink, Perfect Plum Ink

CONTINUE on the Blog Tour
Linda Willimer	SUDSOL

I am so excited to show you this card today!! The You're Lovely stamp set is one of the stamp sets you can get for FREE during Sale-A-Bration which starts tomorrow!!! You know when a card comes together and maybe it wasn't what you originally planned, well that's what happened here!!






Yeah Sale-A-Bration starts tomorrow!! So lets look at today's card:





I REALLY like how this turned out! To me it was a WOW card!! The colors are so elegant together, yet calming. What do you think?






So there are 2 products here from Sale-A-Bration. The flower printed paper and the 'I think you're Lovely'. What do you think of the bow? I LOVE it with the brad!!

Be sure to check back tomorrow as I will have several different Sale-A-Bration cards and treats to show you. Remember for every $50 in product you get to pick a Sale-A-Bration item for FREE!! If you don't have a catalog or a Sale-A-Bration catalog, email me I would be happy to send you one!!



Items used:
Stamps: You're Lovely (Sale-A-Bration)
Paper: Bermuda Bay cardstock, Whisper White cardstock, Neutrals Designer Series Paper, Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper (Sale-A-Bration)
Accessories: Antique Brads, Bermuda Bay Ribbon, Deco Labels, Tea Lace Paper Doilies

Have a great day!!

Janet Holmes

I just love the See Ya  Later stamp set!!! It has so many possibilities! I wanted to show you this cute Valentine little treat bag. Remember tomorrow is the LAST day to order the limited edition Valentine bags, and little monsters and the 2 stamp sets in the Whole lot of Love collection!!





Only 3 days left till Sale-A-bration!!!

So here's my little bag.....



Is that sweet? I put the new Silver clothespin on top. Super cute and fast, a great treat for a classroom or sunday school.


The lil' alligator is so cute for girls or boys! On this bag I actually used 2 tags together because I needed it to be a little longer. I hope you like today's Sale-A-Bration peak!!

Have a great day!

Janet Holmes

When the Sale-A-Bration catalog came out, I was so excited about the See Ya Later Stamp set, I could hardly stand myself!!The little alligator is such a little cutie! I have to warn you, you may be seeing alot of him!! ha-ha!! The See Ya Later stamp is full of  a variety of really cute sayings!!



Are you having fun with the countdown??  There's been a couple of you who have contacted me and said how fun it was!!  :))

So onto todays' card:

Good Morning!!  I have been having fun getting ready for Sale-A-Bration. This is a card that uses several images from the Petal Parade stamp set. I really like the combination of flowers and designs in this Sale-A-Bration stamp set. It really allows you to mix and match the stamps to create many different combinations, has a retro geometric feel to me.




Is this countdown getting you all excited too??? Now on to the card!! Boy I sure am  :))

For today's project I combined January's Paper Pumpkin and a stamp set from Sale-A-Bration  called You're Lovely. I think these two combined so nicely. The You're Lovely set is one of the stamp sets you can earn for FREE during Sale-A-Bration, with a $50 order. This is such a versatile little set.  Are you enjoying the countdown? I think it's kinda fun!!!





So my  January Paper Pumpkin arrived and wow!! I really like this month. When I was at leadership in Houston, they had a Paper Pumpkin booth and we were able to see the upcoming months. And I will be honest, they look great! The last couple months have really been better! They made an announcement that the upcoming kits would have more embellishments, more ribbon and from the sneak peak I got at Leadership, ya the upcoming months are impressive!!


So here's my kit all spread out. The buttons we're a FREE item for the month!! These are the In-Color Boutique Details, what an awesome surprise!! So here's what I came up with.



The stamp " Live Happy' is from the You're Lovely Sale-A-Bration stamp set!! Is that cute or what?? This months Paper Pumpkin was full of all these chipboard embellishments, you could mix and match. that's how I put the arrow together on the label. The cards were striped on one side and kinda a soft suede color on the other side, so you could easily use either side.



On this one, I used the stamps that came in the Paper Pumpkin kit. (the LOVE and the arrows on the right upper side)


On this card I chose not to stamp anything!! I used the chipboard embellishments that came in the kit and just had fun!!
To check out Paper Pumpkin click here to view info. Be SURE to select me JANET HOLMES, BURLESON TX as your demonstrator.

If you have any questions, please email me.
Have a great day!!

Janet Holmes

I am so excited to share this little project with you. It's a sneak peak at a couple of Sale-A-bration items and a sweet little Valentine Album. I have really fallen in love with the  Whole Lot of Love collection, but I guess you have figured that out (ha-ha) if you have been following my blog!!  :) I used the Sweetheart Treat bags to make this little  Valentine album, for my day 7 of the Sale-A-Bration countdown!!!  





So here is the front of the little album:


Is that cute or what? The little bird stamp is from the Love you More Stamp set. The album is made from of the Sweetheart Treat bags. The big heart is out of the Red Glimmer paper, and the binder is Real Red Cardstock with Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper.




This is the 1st page. The arrow is from the Love you More stamp set. The banner's on the right are from a Sale-A-bration stamp set and also the banner punch is a Sale-A-Bration  item!! (remember these can be FREE with a $50 order during Sale-A-bration, which starts in 7 days!!)




This is the 2nd page, and maybe my favorite page!! I just love the world stamp set!! The heart in the middle of the world is the  little heart from the owl punch, cut out of  Red Glimmer paper. The funky paper on the right is from the Fresh Prints Designer Series Stack (by FAR that is my FAVORITE paper!!)



This is the 3rd page, the sentiment is from the  Follow my Heart Stamp set. I just think that is the sweetest little saying....... it would make anyone's day!!! again more of the Fresh Prints paper on the right side.

What do you think so far??




This is the 4th page. The banners on both sides are Sale-A-bration stamps and the punch is too!! Banner's are so in right now!! This is definitely a keeper set!!




This is the 5th page. The Banner's to the left are from  the Follow my Heart Stamp set, and punched out with the Sale-A-bration Banner punch!!! That's one thing I love is how the punches and stamps all coordinate!! Sure makes life easier! The stamp on the bottom right is also from Follow my heart.





This is the back of the album.....made with love....of course it was!!! This stamp is also from the Love you more stamp set.

Is that cute or what??  I really had fun making this sweet little album!!  I am having a class on Saturday and we will be making this, if you live in the DFW area and would like to come, please email me.  Or if you place a $10 order on my online site by Valentines Day I will email you this album tutorial.


There is only a few days left to order the Sweetheart Treat bags, the Love You More stamp, and the
Follow my heart as they are apart of the Whole Lot of Love  collection. You can order these through Jan 27th.

Click here for my online site.

Have a great day!!!

Janet Holmes