Counting Down to Sale-a-Bration!!!

Happy New Year!!!  I can't believe it's already halfway through January!  We were away for a family vacation at the beginning of the year, and it feels like it's taken me a while to get back into my routine!  Getting settled in now and have lots to share!

For starters, Sale-a-Bration is almost here . . . it starts next Tuesday, Jan. 22nd!!!  Can you tell I'm excited?!  Demonstrators were able to receive Sale-a-Bration items with our orders this past month, and I'm loving everything!   So many amazing stamp sets, papers, digital discs, and more to choose!

This year marks Stampin' Up!'s 25th Anniversary, so in addition to the free gifts you can choose for each $50 you spend (before tax and shipping), hostesses get special bonuses -- a free pack of silver glimmer paper in addition to the $25 hostess dollars for a $150 workshop.  And, there are even more bonuses for a $400 workshop!!!  If you'd like to know more, please leave a comment or click the button in the sidebar to send me an email.

You might notice that I have a new blog header (and a new coordinating header for my Facebook business page, too).  Well, it is a sneak peek, created with the Lemonade Stand Digital Disc, which is one of the free products you could choose during Sale-a-Bration!  Here are the banners I created for Facebook:

(There are a couple of items on these banners from the One Big Sale-a-Bration 2013 Digital Disc as well.  Specifically, the button with white Baker's Twine bow and the pleated Island Indigo ribbon to the left of the flower.)

I'm planning to make some cute little thank you cards with this design, too.  The Lemonade Stand Digital Disc comes with a 65-piece stamp brush set, 7 Designer Series Papers, 14 embellishments, 12 greeting card templates, and 12 one-page templates.  So, this disc comes with lots of options for digital creativity!!!  You'll want to be sure to add it to your collection!

There's lots more exciting Stampin' Up! news this month -- watch for more information on that here soon!  And, I still have a few Christmas projects to show you that are too good not to share . . . as well as some projects using new products from the Spring Catalog and Sale-a-Bration!  Stay tuned!!!

- Michelle