Welcome to my Stampin' Up! Blog! My name is Bruno Bertucci and I'm married to Kylie.

Welcome to the Crazy Crafters January Blog Hop, I can't believe that Connie Stewart is our special guest this month! That's right, this month Connie Stewart is joining us! I made contact with Connie about 9 mths ago after seeing one of her 2.0 Flash Cards tutorials, and the rest is history - I am now part of Crazy Crafters and feeling very honoured that Connie has joined us for our January blog Hop. To celebrate this, I have decided to show case the Sale-A-Bration stamp set "What I Love", as it is very similar to the stamp set that started me on my Stampin Up! journey. I just adore both the 3 step flowers and the sentiments in this set! I have also stamped the inside of the card I have also made a 2nd project so show that you can also create your own DSP using this lovely set, this time a special "thank you" box It is specially designed to fit 12 tea lights I hope you have found inspiration from my project. I would love to update you when I create a post! If you would like to receive an email from me when I do, you can subscribe for my updates here. Be sure to hop all the way around our International Hop as there are some amazing projects at are are sure to inspire and help you build your wish list for the 2016 Occasions Catalogue launch in Australia on January 5th. You may just be starting the blog hop here at my blog - Sue Vine or may have come from the person previous to me in the list. I hope you have inspired you with my Birthday Themed project today; I would love to update you when I create a post! If you would like to receive an email from me when I do Click Here. You can also subscribe for my newsletter for Stampin' Up news, updates and Sales. Thanks for visiting, Click here to learn more about the fabulous benefits of the Sale- A- Bration event, and here to see the exclusive freebie products on offer for a limited time. I'm looking for crafty individuals to join my team and also be part of The Crazy Crafters! Turn something you love into so much more .... Pay $169 and get $295 of product! Thats $126 of FREE product - Click Here Use the current Hostess code displayed at the top of my blog at the check out and you will be eligible for a Thank You gift for for shopping with me - Learn more here - be sure to click YES that you allow me as your demonstrator to contact you in your account settings otherwise I won't be able to forward your Thank You gift.

Today I wanted to play with this fun bike image from the "Pedal Pusher" set that my friend Katie gave me!! Such a fun set! I love this ...

The Botanicals For You has been a popular choice among the Free Sale-a-bration gift options this year. Learn More . You can get this stamp s...

YES, you read that correctly! Today I am so excited to announce SALE-A-BRATION - Stampin' Up!s biggest promotion of the year! Promotion Dates: January 5 - March 31, 2016 SHOP: For every $50 you spend (before shipping and tax) you...

Sale a Bration is in full swing - Stampin' UP!'s biggest promotion of the year! Select 1 Sale a Bration product FREE with each $50 you spend in my online store - through March 31, 2016! One of the free items you can select with your $50 purchase during Sale a Bration, is the Botanicals for You stamp set, featuring this big, bold JUST FOR YOU greeting below! Did you check out that GORGEOUS new Watermelon Wonder ribbon!!?? WOWZA! it's on pg 31 in the 2016 Occasions catalog. I made this card when stamping with my friend Cindee one

Set back for the next eight days and enjoy Sneak Peaks out of Stampin' Up!'s New Spring Occasions Catalog. If you are on my mailing list your catalogs should of already arrived. If they have not please let me know...

Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by my blog today, for a challenge from Addicted to CAS - CAKE! If you read my previous post featuring a card I made for Mojo Monday, you'll know that I love this stamp set and DSP! Here I have also used something I hadn't used for a long time from my stash - the Circle Card Thinlits. I've included two photos today - one showing the front of the card unopened, and then one that shows the other side of the circle on the inside. Here is a link to their blog. Make sure you check them out! Click on the image below. The supplies I've used today are below: Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog Thanks again for joining me! Til next time, Nicole x

Last week I used the lovely Flowering Fields from Sale-A-Bration, and instantly fell in love with this set. I find colouring with Aqua Painters quite therapeutic. Today I have combined it with stamps and thinlets from a Number of Years I gained inspiration from the 3 challenges below! Here is a close up of the water colouring, I love how you can add depth of colour by layer more ink as you go, can you see the subtle contrast in Blushing Bride on the main flower? I used a masking technique so that I didn't over stamp on the flowers, by using the Stamp-a-ma-jig I was able to work out the layout for the design. The sentiment is from Cottage Greetings. I hope you have enjoyed viewing my card today; the Flowering Fields stamp set is available for a limited time, so don't miss out; below are the products used: Use the current Hostess code displayed at the top of my blog at the check out and you will be eligible for a Thank You gift for for shopping with me - Learn more here - be sure to click YES that you allow me as your demonstrator to contact you in your account settings otherwise I won't be able to forward your Thank You gift. I would love to update you when I create a post! If you would like to receive an email from me when I do Click Here. You can also subscribe for my newsletter for Stampin' Up news, updates and Sales. Thanks for visiting today, Remember items on pages 16 -19 of the Sale-A-Bration catalogue are only available through to February 15th - Don't miss out! Click here to learn more about the fabulous benefits of the Sale- A- Bration event, and here to see the exclusive freebie products on offer for a limited time. Turn something you love into so much more .... Pay $169 and get $295 of product! That's $126 of FREE product Click Here to join and take advantage of the extra product bonus during Sale-A-Bration

Welcome to my Stampin' Up! Blog! My name is Bruno Bertucci and I'm married to Kylie.

I used the Stampin’ Up! Honeycomb Happiness stamp set from the upcoming 2016 Sale-a-bration Brochure to create my card to share today.

Have you earned your free Sale-a-Bration sets yet? I love the simplicity and boldness of the Botanicals for You set. It works great as a single layer or embellished and layered for a fun card. I pa

Are you ready to Sale-a-brate!? I'm so excited to participate in this month's Control Freaks Blog tour because we are showcasing projects featuring the awesome 2016 Sale-a-bration products. Whether yo

The moment I saw this weeks CAS(E) the Sketch! challenge I knew the stamp set I would use. I have taken the sketch quite literally, but I just couldn't help using the lovely Flowering Fields Sale-A-Bration stamp set I stamped in Basic Black then used Aqua Painters to colour.I added a touch of Wink of Stella on the adorable little butterfly and some of the flowers - it's really difficult to get a good photo, it looks stunning in the flesh! I hope you have enjoyed viewing my project today; below are the base products I used in my design: Use the current Hostess code displayed at the top of my blog at the check out and you will be eligible for a Thank You gift for for shopping with me - Learn more here - be sure to click YES that you allow me as your demonstrator to contact you in your account settings otherwise I won't be able to forward your Thank You gift. I would love to update you when I create a post! If you would like to receive an email from me when I do Click Here. You can also subscribe for my newsletter for Stampin' Up news, updates and Sales. Thanks for visiting today, Remember items on pages 16 -19 of the Sale-A-Bration catalogue are only available through to February 15th - Don't miss out! Click here to learn more about the fabulous benefits of the Sale- A- Bration event, and here to see the exclusive freebie products on offer for a limited time. Turn something you love into so much more .... Pay $169 and get $295 of product! That's $126 of FREE product Click Here to join and take advantage of the extra product bonus during Sale-A-Bration

Hello is another Sale-a-Bration product that is only available until, Monday. February 15th? I have to admit, at first glance this set didn't make it on my favorites list for Sale-a-Bration choices. But after seeing all these fabulous swaps cards, I quickly changed my mind. And now it's one of my must-have sets. The sentiments compliment each other very nicely, making it a great set for birthdays, friend and more! Take a look at these fabulous Hello swap cards! I'm gonna pick a couple of favorites today (though it was hard to choose!). I'm choosing two and they couldn't be...

Welcome to my Stampin' Up! Blog! My name is Bruno Bertucci and I'm married to Kylie.

Today I’m sharing a sneak peek at an upcoming stamp set from the 2016 Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-bration brochure. I used the Flowering Fields stamp set to create my card for the Sunday Stamp…

Have you had a chance to play with any of the new products in the 2016 Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalogue yet? This ESAD blog hop will ...

Welcome to our Sale-a-Bration International Blog Hop! We are hoping all around different parts of the world today and highlighting the gorgeous Sale-a-Bration Products that won't be around much longer. Have you collected everything that you possibly can? If not it is time to go shopping! You may have just arrived directly here and be starting the blog hop - or you may have come from the super talented Anja Luft's blog before me. Either way you can use the list at the bottom of this post to hop around to each talented stampers blog. We are sure you are going to be inspired. Currently you are hopping in Australia! So if you live here and want to know more about these products or looking for someone to join with - I can help you. For my project I decided to use the Sale-a-Bration Stamp set - Flowering Fields. Here is my Project - I used the Flowering Fields stamp set that you can see here below - I adore Mint Macaron and Tip Top Taupe, and together - well that is just the perfect match! I really hope that we see these colours return in a colour renovation! If not I will have to cry at the end of the year. Boo hoooooo. Now can you work out where the sentiment is from? It is the Botanicals for you Sale-a-Bration Stamp set! But I washi taped the .....Because part and there you have it - a fantastic sentiment that you can use for lots of occasions. Here is the Botanicals for you Set here that you can receive for free here in Australia for every $90 you spend. The sentiment I have named a hanging sentiment - because I raised the layer and yet still extended the cardstock to go off the edge. It lines up with the card backing - but you can see what I mean here - I love my Stampin' Up!® Daubers and I have used a very simple technique of embossing the Flowering Fields stamps, then sponging them with the Mint Macaron ink to make the POP off the card. It is a fun technique that is very easy to do. I have found that it works best with lighter colours so that you can see the ink so you subtle colours would be great for this. I might have to try it out on blushing bride next..... mmmmm ideas are flowing!!! Watch this space! Thank you so much for joining my today don't forget you have LOTS MORE incredible talent to have a look at - make your way around the whole hop and if you get a chance please pin or comment that would be awesome as we LOVE hearing from our readers. Up next is the super dooper talented (and absolutely gorgeous person) Allison Okamitsu who is part of the prestigious Stampin' Up!® Artisan Design team. That means, this girl has SERIOUS talent get ready to have you mind BLOWN! Have fun and hope to see you here on my blog again soon. Jennifer Pauli Dena Plummer Rekow Anja Luft Kylie Bertucci Allison Okamitsu Monica Gale Amy Koenders Bruno Bertucci Julie Davison Krista Driessen Martha Inchley Sharlene Meyer

Thursday is the last day of Sale-a-bration! Make sure to send me your orders right away via email or order online by 11:55 pm MT tonight...

I just adore this Sale-A-Bration stamp set, it reminds me a lot of the retired Stippled Blossoms set I am using the sketch from this weeks Global Design Challenge for the lay out theme for my card, be sure to pop over to have a look at the amazing creations from the design team and fellow crafters. I stamped my first layer in Calypso Coral and Watermelon Wonder on Very Vanilla, then on separate card used Calypso Coral (stamped off once on scrap) & Blushing Bride for the "watercolour image" and Watermelon Wonder for the detail. The leaves are Mint Macaron, with a little hand water colouring with Aqua Painters for some added depth - love the finished colour combo! Then I have fussy cut and layered the flowers and leaves, added clear Wink of Stella for some shimmer, then some lovely Mint Macaron lace ribbon, stamped the sentiment (also from the set), popped up the layer with Dimensionals and I was done. Below are the products used: Remember if you use the current Hostess code displayed at the top of my blog at the check out and you will be eligible for a Thank You gift for for shopping with me - Learn more here - be sure to click YES that you allow me as your demonstrator to contact you in your account settings otherwise I won't be able to forward your Thank You gift. I would love to update you when I create a post! If you would like to receive an email from me when I do Click Here. You can also subscribe for my newsletter for Stampin' Up news, updates and Sales. Thanks for visiting today, Click here to learn more about the fabulous benefits of the Sale- A- Bration event, and here to see the exclusive freebie products on offer for a limited time. Turn something you love into so much more .... Pay $169 and get $295 of product! That's $126 of FREE product Click Here to join and take advantage of the extra product bonus during Sale-A-Bration

Welcome to the Crazy Crafters Blog Hop for Febraury 2016, we have the great pleasure to have Patty Bennett as special guest. This month our theme is "Inspired by Patty", our task - to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) one of Patty's projects. I absolutely adore the Flowering Fields stamp set, so the project below was my call to CASE: I love how Patty has combined stamping and Designer Series paper, separating the elements with the ribbon or washi tape. Here is my Patty inspired project: My project features 2 of the amazing Sale-a-Bration products, Flowering Fields Stamp set and Wildflower Fields Designer Series Paper. I used Basic Black Archival to stamp the images and Aqua Painters to colour - I had a burst of inspiration and created a 2nd card! Can you see the Wink of Stella on the water colouring? It has an amazing shimmer in real life, but is a tad difficult to photograph! The sentiments are from the One Big Meaning set available in the Annual Catalogue. I would love it if you could pin my cards! Thank you so much to Patty Bennett for your time and inspiration. So make sure you hop all the way around our Crazy Crafters hop and see all the incredible ideas, and if you have a chance please leave a comment, we love receiving comments. You are currently on my blog - Sue Vine, check who is below me and that is where to head to next! Thanks for hopping with us. I would love to update you when I create a post! If you would like to receive an email from me when I do Click Here. You can also subscribe for my newsletter for Stampin' Up news, updates and Sales. Thanks for visiting today, If you use the current Hostess code displayed at the top of my blog at the check out and you will be eligible for a Thank You gift for for shopping with me - Learn more here - be sure to click YES that you allow me as your demonstrator to contact you in your account settings otherwise I won't be able to forward your Thank You gift. Remember Sale-a-Bration is THE MOST exciting time in the Stampin' Up!® Calendar as it means FREE products. EVERY $90AUD you spend you get a free exclusive Sale-a-Bration product! There is no limit to the amount you can earn either. Click here to learn more about the fabulous benefits of the Sale- A- Bration event, and here to see the exclusive freebie products on offer for a limited time. Turn something you love into so much more .... Pay $169 and get $295 of product! That's $126 of FREE product Click Here to join and take advantage of the extra product bonus during Sale-A-Bration

Our January Stamping to Share Swap was to select a Sale-a-bration set and make something with it. Half of us selected the Lotus Blossom to showcase so I decided to group all of the Lotus Blossom sets together in one post. I'll follow up with another post tomorrow that will showcase other Sale-a-bration options. How does Sale-a-bration work? All you have to do is place a Stampin' Up! order with your demonstrator that equals at least $50 before shipping/handling and tax. You get one Sale-a-bration item for each $50 product increment on your order. Our first card is by Sue

Hey, Hey!!! Happy Friday!!! Ok, downside to having beautiful weather in February? Early allergy season! UGH - it's brought quite a bit of sicky, yuckiness around here. I've been up to my eyeballs in Kleenex, coughs and icky eyes. I...

As you will all know by now, my favourite stamp set from those available free with Sale-a-bration is the Avant Garden stamp set. I've had such fun creating some really beautiful cards with this set and today's card is another example. This is so easy to make with very few products - have a look at this tutorial I've made: The sizes of the card stock needed are as follows: Coloured card base: 21cm x 15cm, scored on the long side at 10.5cm (8.25 ins x 5.75ins scored on the long side at 4.125 ins) Whisper white panel: 9.7 cm x 14.3 cm (3.75 ins x 5.5 ins) If you would like to get the Avant Garden stamp set for yourself, you will need to be quick. Just place an order of £45 for anything from the Annual or the Spring/Summer catalogues and you can choose this stamp set as your free item. Just get in touch if you'd like more details or just click here HERE to read all about it (scroll to the bottom of the post). Don't forget to use my March shopping code too! Have a nice day :) Jill xx Product List Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398] £6.00 Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180] £6.00 Peekaboo Peach A4 Cardstock [141422] £7.25 Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £8.25 Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975] £6.00 Avant Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set [143272] £0.00 Endless Birthday Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set [140273] £14.00 Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] £3.75 Simply Scored [122334] £27.00 Clear Block Bundle [118491] £65.25

Hello, and welcome to another episode of "Things I Can't Live Without from Sale-A-Bration" also known as the Tour de Freaks blog hop! And, in case you haven't figured it out already, the theme this month is Sale-A-Bration. We are focusing on the wonderful FREE items you can get (with qualifying purchase) and Stampin' Up! has completely outdone themselves with this year's offerings! If you started the tour at the beginning, you just landed here from Wendy's blog, Wickedly Wonderful Creations, where I'm sure she dazzled you! I am stop number two (of sixteen) this month. Just click the links at the bottom of each blog to travel on to the next one and eventually you'll come full-circle. There were three new items added this week to kick off the second half of SAB and I'm showing two of them, along with some other SAB items. So, without further ado, let me introduce the Party Pants stamp set and the AWESOME Metallics Glitter Tape! The tape is available in gold, silver, and WHITE....which can be colored any color you want with ink and sponge daubers! And that's what I did to make the blue banners on the card below. The background paper is from the Wildflower Fields DSP pack, also a Sale-A-Bration item. Up next is the adorable chick from Honeycomb Happiness, with the greeting from Party Pants. In fact, all the cards today used greetings from that set! This one just cracks me up for some reason, like the bird is saying, "Put your party pants on, and let's GO!" The dotty background is from Wildflower Fields again, and the silver is the Metallics Glitter Tape. (That stuff is sooo easy to use!) It's so hard for me to choose a favorite stamp set from SAB, but if I had to pick just one, I'd say it would probably be the very versatile Flowering Fields. You can create so many different looks with it! The background on this card was created with marker scribbles on a clear block, which was lightly misted and then stamped on watercolor paper. Lastly, is a CAS card using the What I Love set. It's a three-step photopolymer stamp set, and makes the lovliest flowers with depth and dimension! And, of course, I couldn't resist the glitter tape. Can't help it; I'm part Magpie! That's all for me this month. I hope you saw something that made one of these SAB rewards a "must have" item on your list! Now hop on over to Barb Mullikin's blog, Barb Stamps, and see what goodies she's cooked up for you!

MAKE A CARD ~ SEND A CARD The Approaching Perfection stamp set is FREE with a qualifying order – but only until February 28th! Here are some cute cards I ... Read More about Approaching Perfection Sale-A-bration Birthday Cards

Good morning! I hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend! Ours was great, though not near long enough, as usual! I will be busy getting ready for Thanksgiving this week, we are hosting it at our …

I think this might be my favorite card I've made in a LONG time! Super tickled at how this one turned out. And it was pretty easy, too! Here's how I did it, plus a fun variation you'll enjoy making as well. It's not as hard as you'd think! You can use any floral stamps and any large word stamp for this card. I used the Sale-A-Bration 2016 stamp set, Botanicals for You. First, lay a Framelit or stencil down and trace your desired shape VERY lightly with a pencil. Then, stamp your largest flower in your boldest color, randomly...

Oooooh, this is one of the wonderful new FREE Sale-A-Bration stamp sets available as your reward for every $90 you spend!! Isn't it wonderful? Check out some more of these gorgeous products HERE!

This is one of the best times of year for a paper crafter. Stampin Up’s annual Sale-a-Bration (SAB) from now to March 31. For every order of $50 or more, you select a free item from the SAB brochure, and let me tell you, there are some adorable ones this… Continue reading

We all love this time of the year at Stampin' Up! as it's Sale-A-Bration time! Today at CASE-ing the Catty I am featuring the Botanical for You stamp set #CTC64. You may have come from Elizabeth Gross or you might be starting here, but don't forget to hop all around as the Crew have made some wonderful cards this week. My first card is a stepped up version of the one that is featured on the left, with the second one having stars instead of the flowers and leaves which would be great for teenage boys. Stamp Set: Botanical for You, Perpetual Birthday Calendar Cardstock: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White Ink: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Lost Lagoon, Garden Green, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Tuxedo Black Memento Accessories: Rhinestone Basic Jewel In my first card I used Chocolate Chip for the "just for you" as sometimes I find black to be very harsh to blend in with other colours. This is a clear and simple card with only one layer . It's now time to hop over to Rebecca Scurr and look what she has created. If you have any problems hopping around, please check out the crew's creations at CASE-ing the Catalogue. We have started a monthly challenge, so if you have been inspired by the catalogues or our projects, please share your creation with the linky tool at CTC. A winner will be chosen in the next few days and announced on next Sunday.

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One of the many benefits of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator is having several opportunities to swap with fellow demonstrators. I participated in 3 swaps right around the first of the year and

Each Monday, I like to feature different Stampin' Up project ideas that have inspired me and I know they'll inspire you too! This week we've got some great samples of hand made cards using the Avant Garden stamp set! Each project was created by different & amazingly talented stampers- make sure you check out their blogs for more details and to check out their other amazing projects!! (**Note...don't worry- I've contacted each of these stampers and allowed them to decline if they choose.) This week's featured stamp set is the Avant Garden stamp set, from the Sale-A-Bration brochure (143272 photopolymer). This stamp set is one of the FREE items you can get during Sale-A-Bration with every $60 you spend before taxes and shipping in my store! This stamp set can be used in SO many different ways as you will see from this week's finds. Check them out... Quick and Easy Cards Marisa Alvarez: her blog Love the cluster of stamping and embellishments on this card and the color combo of Peekaboo Peach, Calypso Coral and Pear Pizzazz is lovely! Peggy Noe: her blog Love the positioning of the flowers on this one and the addition of the border from the Tin of Cards stamp set is a perfect way to bring the whole card together! Kate Morgan: her blog So pretty in pink using Blushing Bride cardstock, Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper and Mint Macaron. Step it up a notch for hand made cards that Wow! Libby Fens: her blog Love this color combo of Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party and Peek-a-Boo Peach and the little dots on the colored stripes are also from the Avant Garden stamp set! Satomi Wellard: her blog The ghosting technique used on this card really stands out on the cardstock and the addition of the Hello You Thinlit and Thoughtfull Banners Birthday banner is a gorgeous addition. Fran Sabad: her blog Love the way the background was given a watercolor effect and then the greeting from So Very Much (another Sale-A-Bration free item!) was added in Black ink- it really pops! Love these ideas? You can purchase this stamp set through my ONLINE STORE! I hope you've enjoyed this week's "My Crafty Friends Monday" Make sure you visit the talented artist's featured on this post! Thanks for stopping by today! Were you featured here? Here's a badge you can add to your blog! QUICK LINKS: 2017 OCCASIONS CATALOGUE- NEW Spring Catty!! Check it out! Available January 4th to May 31st SALE-A-BRATION- Choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration product with every $60 you spend before taxes and shipping! January 4th to March 31st! CLEARANCE RACK– Save up to 60% JO JO POINTS– Earn free stamps with my Jo Jo Points Program

How can I express in the written word how excited I am by this stamp set and the project I have designed with it. And it really is not too complicated, just a bit of heat embossing and some stamping. This project does use quite a few products, but it does mean that if you ... Read More about Happy Wishes FREE Stamp Set during Sale-a-Bration

I am attending Stampin' Up!'s Onstage Local in Sydney in April and I am accepting the invitation to apply for Stampin' Up!'s search for attendees to create some cards and projects as an Event Display Stamper. I have had a busy week so I have selected three cards, a Project Life page and a couple of 3d projects. I am not expecting to be chosen as there are so many fantastic demonstrators who will be attending but like the saying goes you have to be in it to win it! Birthday Blooms Card Delicate Ornament Christmas Card Star Framelits Shaker Card Project Life Scrapbook Page Flowering Fields Card Box made with the envelope punch board and matching cards Watercolor Wings Gift Case using the Standard Stamp Cases. The gift case holds 6 cards and matching envelopes