Wow, life has been zipping by, my last post was nearly 2 years ago!  I'm still a Stampin' Up Demonstrator and I still scrapbook and make cards.  I guess now that I am self-quarantining maybe I'll have time to blog some and get back in the habit.

We have just a bit over a week left for Sale-A-Bration this year.  You probably need free stamps, paper, embellishments or a cute punch.  I know I needed them!

One of my favorite Sale-A-Bration sets is called Little Ladybug.  I've always loved ladybugs and the ones in this set are so cute I loved them too.  And the big flower speaks to me as well so that makes the set even better. 

Here are some of my Little Ladybug cards.  The first card I embossed the different ladybugs with silver embossing powder and colored one of the bugs and a flower to pop on top with a simple (but sweet) sentiment. 

These are cards I used for a swap at a Stampin' Sisters Spring Retreat.  I couldn't decide which color combination to use so I did both!  Bermuda Bay for the blue and Granny Apple Green for the green one.  I colored the ladybug wings and the flowers with the wonderful Stampin' Up Blends, our alcohol markers that are so easy and fun to use.  I used a card I found on Pinterest by Carole Parsons for my inspiration.

And the last card is one of the cards we made at the retreat.  2 friends and I put the retreat together and came up with all of the projects, most were CASE'd from online.  This one was borrowed from a demonstrator in Sydney Australia named Libby Dyson.  The card gave us a chance to show the ladies how to mask to stamp all those flowers and how to add a little water-coloring with the water pen for the background.

I'll try to post  more cards with some of the free sets real soon.  Until then, if you want to check out the catalogs you can see them on my Stampin' Up website here:
www.elainestamps.stampinup.net

The Little Ladybug is a hostess set so you would have to hurry to get a few orders together to earn it.  But there is over a week so email, text, call, use the best way to get in contact with your friends who may be getting tired of being home with so much time on their hands. They will want to find something to do with that time so they might want to try some of our kits that have almost everything they need to get started or they may already craft and need more paper and - what I am running low on - adhesive to keep crafting through the next few weeks!