Take Heart, my friends!

Hi friends!

Welcome to the Product Spotlight blog hop for this week. This week, we're featuring bundled products that are carrying over. You may have come from Amanda's blog - and if not, make sure you follow the blog hop until you get there. :)

The good news? Almost every.single.thing on this card will still be available next month. (everything except the designer series paper).

The bad news?

That cute stamp-set-and-framelit-bundle is retiring, and so is the 10% discount that applies when you purchase it before the end of May! But wait! There's more good news! If you purchase the Sunshine Sayings & Sunshine Wishes bundle before the end of May, you can still get the discount. yay!

More good news. Even the Pop of Pink designer series paper is available now! And it's on sale!! You can head over to my store and use host code AAF43JR4 to qualify for my May mystery host party! 

Here's a complete list of the products I used today - you can also click on any of the images to head to my store. Don't forget to place your order for retiring products before the end of May so that you can still get those items you love :)

Thanks for stopping by today! Now, go see Robbie at her blog. And we love to read your comments, so drop a note to let us know you were here!



 Happy Stamping!

Jenilee

Product Spotlight Blog Hop: Glam it up with Glimmer Paper!

Welcome, Product Spotlight Blog Hoppers! You may have come from Darla's blog - click the links at the end of the posts to hit each blog on the hop to see projects made with the new (Feb. 21) Sale-a-Bration products!

Hello, my name is Jenilee, and I love glitter.

And sparkle. And shine. And you get the idea.

So how excited was I when Stampin' Up! announced that one of their Sale-a-Bration "late to the party" additions would be a GLIMMER PAPER PACK?

Very. (would be an understatement).

I wanted to show you all a card that is quick and easy. Because I made this when I was packing to go to San Diego, and I needed to go to bed. And I made it in 5 minutes. Which is pretty much a record time for me.

This paper just makes it so easy!! Grab your favorite punch, punch one of each, wham-bam-thank-you-maam your card is done.

You seriously need to get your hands on some of this stuff. Put in a $60 order and you can get some for FREE! Only a few days left; Sale-a-Bration ends when March does and then this lovely glimmer paper pack is gone for good.

ETA: I wrote this post before leaving on our trip. Sadly, it sold out super quickly. Stampin' Up! Just announced yesterday that they've added some new items from the occasions and annual catalogs that can be redeemed as free items - - and one of them is the Tasty Treats Specialty Designer Series Paper.  That would by far be my first and favorite choice!!

Now, go check out Amanda's blog and see what lovely project she has to share with us!!

Thanks for stopping by, and please leave a comment to tell me what YOUR favorite FREE Sale-a-Bration product has been this year!!

Jenilee

Like what you see? Click on any of the images below to go shopping in my online store!

Product Spotlight Blog Hop: Hooray for new Sale-a-Bration picks!

Hello everyone! This may be your first stop on the blog hop, or you may have come from Robbie's blog. Make sure you stop at all the blogs on the hop to see the awesome projects created for you today!

Sale-a-Bration is my favorite time of year - hello free stuff! And I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the three new products that they added on Feb. 21. These are still available until the end of March and are FREE when you spend $60 in Canada. I think I'm the only Canadian blogger on the hop - so if you're in Canada, you can click on the links below of any of the product images to visit my shop and place an order.

This card uses the baby wipe technique to get the multicolored image. Simply take a baby wipe and use the Classic Ink Refills to create a custom ink pad! I started in the middle with So Saffron and added Peekaboo Peach, Calypso Coral, and Watermelon Wonder on one side and Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, and Island Indigo on the other. Then, just use it like you would any other ink pad!

Thanks for visiting my blog today! I love to see your comments, so please leave one below to let me know you were here!

Now, go see my good friend Amanda at her blog.

Happy Stamping!

Jenilee

Here's what I used today!

Oh, Veruca!

Welcome to the Thursday Product Spotlight Blog Hop! You may have come from Amanda's blog - I'm the token Canadian in the hop and I'm happy to have you here!

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was one of my all-time favorite books when I was growing up. I loved to read just about anything by Roald Dahl. My oldest, James, is almost 9 and he loves the books too. He's read most of them 4 or 5 times. Not even kidding. I think the kid likes reading even more than me, which is saying something.

Anyway, back to Willy Wonka.

Someone just had to make a golden egg with this set. It was practically begging for it.

In a world of blah, it's pretty amazing when you find those friends that are "good eggs." I've been pretty blessed in the last couple of years to have a handful of women that are gold through & through. I think one of them is going to get this card... just a thanks-for-being-there card. Because I don't think we do enough of that - recognize that it's enough to just be there and love one another. I sincerely hope all of you have at least a couple of friends that would deserve this card!!

Want to make it at home? Here's what I used. If you're in Canada and in need of a demonstrator, I'd love to help you! You can also click on any of the images to go to my online store.

Weeeellll, I am off to bed. I've had a couple of busy evenings of classes and tomorrow it's time to pack the trailer, and we'll be off to Cali for a couple of weeks. Thank you for stopping by, and go visit Robbie's blog next!

Jenilee

Thursday Product Spotlight Blog Hop: Hey, Chick!

Hello blog hoppers!

You may have come from Amanda's blog, or maybe you're from instagam (I'm artisansanonymous) or facebook (my page is Stampin' Up! with Jenilee Pauls).

This stamp set is hands-down one of the most popular Sale-a-Bration sets this year!! It's awesome because you can get it for free. This is actually a super simple card - I just took a Very Vanilla card base and stamped a bunch of eggs randomly on it, and then used the So Saffron and Peekaboo Peach marker to add accents. I borrowed the little face stamp from the Nailed It stamp set to add a cute little face onto an egg on a scrap piece of Vanilla, and then fussycut him out. Notice that circular Stitched Shape framelit there?! I love those so stinkin' much. They just make every layer look perfect and finished. I love them. Layer it on a scallop circle from the Layering Circles set and ta-da! Lovely layers. That banner of designer paper is from the Cupcakes & Carousels Designer Paper Stack which is totally my favorite right now. My April club projects are designed around that paper stack and color scheme and I will be SO EXCITED to show them to you! After club happens. I like it to be a (mostly) surprise. :)

Here's everything I used on this card (and yes, I know, a little bit of a mishmash but some of those things are absolute must-haves!!):

For instance, buy those In Color Stampin' Write markers and the Stitched Shapes framelits, and that's over $60 so you could get the Hey Chick stamp set for FREE!

Thanks for stopping by today! Now go see Robbie & her project!

Jenilee

Product Spotlight Blog Hop Day!

Hey there!

I'm pleased to be a part of the Product Spotlight Blog Hop again this week! You may have just come from Joni's blog. Welcome here! We are featuring the Carried Away Designer Series Paper from the Sale-a-bration catalog - so fun! I just love the colors and have had soooo much fun designing with both this paper and the Lift Me Up stamp set and Up & Away framelits that coordinate with it.

I love how coordinating stamp sets and framelits make it just so fast and easy to create a cute card! And the fact that the designer paper coordinates with both of them makes me happy. And the fact that you can get it for free when you purchase the stamp set and framelits should make YOU happy! I can ship anywhere in Canada. Order from my online store & I'll send you a special handmade card to say thank you!

Thanks for stopping by! Now go check out the next stop on the hop - Robbie's blog!

Jenilee

Want to recreate my card? This is what I used today:

Product Spotlight Blog Hop

Hey friends!
It's time for another Product Spotlight Blog Hop. This week, we're featuring the Balloon Adventures stamp set and Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits dies. You may be coming here from Helen's blog. Welcome!

I just love how those balloons are the perfect size to coordinate with our Balloon Bouquet Punch.
Isn't it great when lots of products coordinate together?! I combined two product suites to make this card - a stamp set and die set from the Party Animal suite with the paper and colors from the Cupcakes & Carousels suite. So fun to mix & match! See below the products I used for this card - a click on any of the images will take you to my store where you can purchase them.

Now, go check out Joni's blog! Thanks for stopping by!

Jenilee

Product Spotlight Blog Hop: Balloon Adventures!!

Hi friends!

This week, I'm participating in the Product Spotlight Blog Hop with a few of my friends from down South in the USA. They asked me to play and I said yes because, hello?! I love to stamp. So you may have come from my friend Helen's blog. If not, go back and check out what she made. So cute!!

So this month we're featuring the Balloon Adventures Stamp set and coordinating Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits Dies (found on p. 5 of the Occasions mini catalog - don't have one? email me your address and I'll send you one!). I wanted to play with the Party Animal Designer Series Paper so I tossed that in the mix too. So I took a sheet of cardstock, and, rather than making the inside of the card pop out like the die's designed to do, I made it into a card front. Now, you can take some of those dies and cut out some balloon layers but I decided to go easy-peasy on this baby and stamp them instead. The stamps are photopolymer, so they're see-through and easy to place. I love our photopolymer stamps! They're not at all squooshy like acrylic ones. They're the nicest clear stamps I've ever used. And no, I'm not just saying that because I sell them. ha! Curious what I used to make this card? Check out the list below! And clicking on any of those images will take you to my store where you can buy them and have them delivered to your very own doorstep!

SO. Here's your Sale-a-Bration bundle for the day (remember - these are Canadian prices! Here it's spend $60, get a free Sale-a-bration item!):
144708    $68.25    Balloon Adventures Bundle (stamp set and framelits)
143833    FREE     Gold and White Striped Card Tin (to keep all your birthday cards organized!)

Thanks for stopping by! Now go check out Amanda's blog!

Jenilee

Product Spotlight Blog Hop: Cheerful Tags Framelits, Take 2!

Hey everyone! You're probably wondering where I've been for the last week! I know, I know, it's been Christmas and we've all been busy :) I also have my two sisters staying with me this week - and I love it. I've been spending some extra awesome quality time with my kids while they're home, too. So once they're back in school and my company has gone home, you'll see me on here a little more again. First things first!

If you've come to visit from Amanda's blog, welcome! I'm glad to have you here on the Product Spotlight Blog Hop! If you don't know what that is, click on the link at the end of this post to visit the next blog in the hop, and visit all of them! These ladies are a few of the awesome friends I've made around the continent through Stampin' Up! - and they are all talented and creative. You'll enjoy their blogs for sure.

Well, back to today! I am going to a New Year's Party this weekend and I thought I should whip up a hostess gift for my lovely friend! I made this in less than ten minutes.

I love these framelits - they make it super easy to dress up a bottle or bag. That filigree background is cut out of gold glimmer paper and really sparkles!! And those bags - you can get them here too. They're big enough to fit a wine bottle or a substantial amount of Chicago mix popcorn. If enough of it makes it from bag to bag to fill it. In this house.... chances are slim. ;)

Here's what I used to make this project:

Also - don't forget about the amazing deals this week - the Year-End Closeout sale is still going on until Jan. 3rd and there are still awesome deals to be had! This is also your last chance to get your hands on product from the Holiday Catalog. Once it's sold out, it's gone forever!

Thanks for stopping by - from here you're headed to Joni's blog. Enjoy, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

Jenilee

Product Spotlight Blog Hop: Cheerful Tags!

Hey guys! Welcome here if you're coming from Amanda Frankel's blog, Our Crafty Playdate. I have this awesome group of stamper friends in the US and Canada, and we are doing this blog hop on Thursdays! It's going to be so fun. We're choosing a product each week to focus on and we're each using those products to make our projects. This week we're using the Cheerful Tags framelits.

Without further ado, here is my project for this week!

You may recognize that box! It's the box that my monthly Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin comes in - I just turned it inside out so that's it's all krafty and gorgeous and ready to decorate. THEN it's perfect for holding a gift! So I added some designer paper from the Presents & Pinecones series, some ribbon, and the tag that's made using the Cheerful Tags and matching Here's to Cheer stamp set (HINT: when you buy both together, you get 10% off!). I also added a couple of stars using the Medium Star punch and the Confetti Stars Border Punch. For some added texture, I embossed the tag with the Lucky Stars embossing folder.

Here's some fancy links for the products I used to make this:

AND if you're looking for a last-minute Christmas gift that you don't necessarily have to wrap and place under the tree, consider a Paper Pumpkin subscription! They're super fun to get at your door each month and it's something that you can usually do in about a half hour - with a stamp set that you can use again and again! I'll be opening mine tomorrow night, 8 pm PST, on my facebook live page here. Come and join the party!

Now, go check out Joni's blog!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week and a very merry Christmas!

Jenilee

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