Happy Hearts in the All My Love Suite

Hello and welcome to my blog today!  The first time that I flipped through the  Spring Summer catalogue I was delighted to see the All My Love suite.  I absolutely love hearts...any time of the year!  When I look round my house there is plenty of evidence that this is the case.  There are an abundance of hearts: pegs holding up menu plans, wall hangings and ornaments.  There are quite a few cat ornaments too!

It was a dead cert that I'd purchase some of the items in the suite.  There are two stamp/die bundles, papers, cardstock, a ribbon pack and some heart epoxy droplets.  Confession - I think I have actually purchased the whole suite, although I haven't used any of the Designer Series Paper yet!

In the main, I have concentrated on the Forever Lovely bundle for the cards I have created today.  Purchasing the bundle saves 10% on the individual prices of the stamps and dies.  As we are now in Sale-A-Bration (SAB), purchasing the bundle would qualify you to select one FREE item from the SAB brochure.

Forever Lovely bundle: 150580

The first card I made was specifically a Valentine's card (it is never to early to share the love!) and I also used one of the dies from the Meant to Be bundle.  It's the pretty swirl cut out in Crumb Cake underneath the sentiment.

I love how the heart banner through the middle of the card turned out, so I set to and made a few more cards incorporating the banner, and some of the same elements.  The cards all have the ribbon tag on the left hand side, which is simply a small piece of ribbon folded and sandwiched between the card base and the top layer.  Each card also has at least one of the heart epoxy droplet embellishments.

The banner of hearts is easy to create by simply stamping the flourish of hearts repeatedly across the card in an upward, diagonal direction.

Stamp the first image slightly off the card towards the bottom on the left hand side.  Stamp again, slightly further up and slightly overlapping the previous image.  Continue to stamp until the diagonal banner is finished.  I have used either Lovely Lipstick or Flirty Flamingo ink for the banners.  My Lovely Lipstick ink was particularly juicy so I stamped two backgrounds simultaneously: one darker, more saturated image for the card below and without reinking the stamp I made a second, lighter one that formed the background for the Valentine's card.

So, what else did I come up with?  How lovely are these words?  Perfect for telling someone you are happy to be friends.  The sentiment would be perfect as part of a scrapbook layout too.

The sentiments come from one of the SAB stamp sets called Part of My Story (FREE with purchases of £45 (before shipping and handling)).  I think that they combine brilliantly with the hearts.

A different sentiment for another variation.  I think that this one is my favourite!

I hope that I have shown you that the hearts are not just for Valentine's Day.  Equally suitable for weddings and anniversaries as well as for those "just because" cards that are just as wonderful to send as receive.  Here is collection of cards altogether.  Go on make someone's day.  Make a card, send a card.

I always appreciate orders through my online shop, so if you need any supplies please take a look in my Stampin' Up! shop.  You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.  Don't forget about the Sale-A-Bration offers.

As always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator.  Use the hostess code XADHBUEU to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month).  If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become a hostess and get rewards.  To place an order, please visit my online shop: HERE

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

Alternatively, you can click on one of the images below showing the supplies used:

View the Spring/Summer catalogue HERE.

Sale-A-Bration is a wonderful time in the Stampin’ Up! calendar and the fun continues until 31^st March 2019.  There are opportunities to earn FREE products – and who doesn’t like free products!

From 3^rd January through to 31^st March Sale-A-Bration rewards can be earned by shopping, hosting or joining.  You can view the brochure HERE and the details of the offers are summarised below:

SHOP

You can earn a FREE product every time you reach a threshold.  Spend £45 (before shipping and handling) and choose a FREE product from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.  There isn’t a limit – for every £45 you spend, you choose another FREE product, there are lots to choose from.  Level 2 rewards can be selected when you spend £90 – look for the reward icons in the brochure.

For example, for a £90 spend you could choose two level 1 rewards OR one level 2 reward.

HOST

From 3 January, hosts with qualifying orders can receive an additional £20 in Stampin’ Rewards.  See the table below showing the qualifying amounts and additional Stampin’ Rewards that can be received.  Hosting does not necessarily mean holding a party.  A £150 order starts to receive Stampin' Rewards, and an order of £200 earns £20 more in Stampin'Rewards.  Win win!

Shopping from the new catalogue, the annual catalogue or the clearance rack will all count towards the Sale-A-Bration rewards. 

JOIN

If you join as a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator during Sale-A-Bration there are two starter kits to choose from that are hard to resist!  The kits are the best bundles of Stampin’ Up! products that you can buy and during Sale-A-Bration the bundles have £40 more free products than usual.

1.      Get £170 worth of Stampin’ Up! Products for just £99

2.     Get £170 worth of Stampin’ Up! Products AND the exclusive Craft & Carry Tote (valued at £47) for just £125.  The tote is fabulous!

Just wow!  An amazing catalogue filled with new products and the superb Sale-A-Bration promotion happening at the same time!  What are you waiting for?

To SHOP click HERE!

To JOIN click HERE!