Good Saturday! What is your day like where you live? Here in New Jersey it is rainy and about 71 degrees. A day for staying inside! Wednesday I had a card class using the super fun Sophisticated Sled bundle. I love this card and this bundle…

I used several different products to make this card, but let’s begin with the card base – Shaded Spruce 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2, then trim off on the long side 2 3/4. This panel becomes the background for the sled. :O) Next
I cut pieces of Sentimental Christmas DSP and adhered them to the card base: 4 x 2 1/2 (cut 2, one for card front top and one for inside); 4 x 2 3/4 (this is my stripe panel). And since there is some overlap here, I added a strip of Shaded Spruce 1/2 x 4.

I stamped the inside top panel in Shaded Spruce ink with a stamp from Sophisticated Sled stamp set. Back to the card front… with the DSP
adhered, I added the 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 panel removed from the card base by centering it and added adhesive just to the top portion. Now the super fun part – the sled.

• From Silver Foil Sheet (2 x 4) die cut the sled rungs and skate bottoms
• From Basic White (2 x 2 3/4) die cut the skate shoes and laces
• From Country Woods DSP (2 x 3 & note the direction of the grain) die cut the sled.
• From Full of Life DSP die cut the green leaf spray. There are two layered together here, offset, so the variegation of the DSP shows.

Putting it all together…

• Adhere the wood-grain Country Woods sled top to the silver sled rungs. NOTE: the sled top has tiny holes on each side – line those up with the silver cross bars. There are two parts to the sled top die cut, the second does not show as it is under the green spray, but that portion used to ‘guide’ the sled if someone was riding it. (Remember those days?) Adhere this piece in place at a silver cross bar.
• Glue the two leaf sprays together in the center only, then add to the sled ‘cross bar’ in center only.
• Skates shoes … there is a tiny slit to insert the laces, adhere those in place; add silver ‘skate’ to shoe bottom. Add left skate shoe to sled with dimesnionals, then right skate shoe with dimensionals on bottom of skate
• Add sled to Shaded Spruce panel with dimensionals
• Add Add Cherry Cobbler Adhesive-Backed Berries to green spray
• Add White Loose Snowflakes as shown with dots of liquid glue. This is a bit fiddly but worth the effect/ look!

Now turn the card over to the back… to a Basic White 4 x 5 1/4 panel, add 3 die cut snowflakes using the Frozen Edges Dies. I die cut these from scraps of the Sentimental Christmas DSP. I added Adhesive-Backed Snowflakes on each of these – in gold, copper and white, adhered the panel in place and the card was complete!

For the envelope… I cut a panel of Sentimental Christmas DSP 2 1/4 x 6 and adhered it to the flap & trimmed to fit. On the front I stamped the sentiment from Sophisticated Sled in Shaded Spruce ink. I stamped the bottom two times, then the final stamp on the side.

Love, love, love this card! Maybe because it brings back such fond memories of snow & sledding the hills of a golf course back home – really good memories.

LOTS GOING ON IN THE STAMPIN’ UP! WORLD – give me a few minutes to share the excitement…

Upcoming Kits Collection Sale

Exciting news! We’re having a huge sale on our Kits Collection beginning October 1! All kits will be available at a discounted price. Save up to 30% off on all your favorite kits October 1–31! Our kits come with everything you need to create a unique paper craft. We have crafting options for card kits, treat packaging, home decor, and so much more! 

Santa Claus is comin’ to town a bit early this year—and he’s brought a holiday Paper Pumpkin sale! Starting September 11, 2024, at 12:01 a.m. (MT) until October 10, 2024, at 11:50 p.m. (MT), anyone who signs up for our monthly Paper Pumpkin subscription as a new subscriber will receive 40% off their first kit. That’s right, 40% OFF!

Where This Discount Is Applied
This discount will be applied to one kit in the first kit shipment of the Paper Pumpkin subscription, which means new subscribers will get 40% off the October Nests of Christmas Paper Pumpkin Kit. After that, each month’s kit will return to the regular price of $25.00.

Qualifying for This Discount
This offer is only for new month-to-month subscribers and is not valid on purchased or redeemed prepaid subscriptions.

Now that you’ve read through all the details, it’s time to head to paperpumpkin.com to subscribe and use code HOLIDAY40 to get 40% off

We’ve added new items to the Clearance Rack in our online store. Reach out to your customers so they can shop and save up to 60% off select products. 

As we evaluated inventory levels from our 2024 Sale-A-Bration offering, we decided to provide you and your customers with a second chance to add different products to your craft supplies.

These items are only available while supplies last, so act quickly to spread the word! Visit the CLEARANCE RACK  store to start shopping.

Upcoming Starter Kit Special!

Exciting news! From October 1–31, anyone who signs up to be a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator will get $125 USD | $165 CAD $155 USD | $206 CAD worth of products in their Starter Kit for just $99 USD | $135 CAD! This offering also includes FREE business supplies and FREE shipping. Click on the Starter Kit Special image to join with me!

I appreciate your business and welcome any questions regarding sales or creating or joining my team. Make sure when shopping with me, that you see my name at the top as your demonstrator. That way I can send you a Stampin’ Up! giftie and you can earn rewards – with a $50 order or more. You also receive the monthly tutorial for that particular month – September is Autumn Expressions.

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