Sweet! A Candy Cane Season Card & Announcing a Sweet Sale

I have two biggies for you today! Not only am I sharing a super-sweet Christmas card (it’s so sweet it will make your teeth hurt), but I’m also giving you a heads-up about a big sale that’s coming up this week.

24-Hour Flash Sale – Tuesday, October 23

How about we start with the upcoming sale. Stampin’ Up! is hosting a big 24-Hour Flash Sale on Tuesday, October 22. That’s about all we know right now. In summary:

• There’s going to be a Stampin’ Up! 24-hour sale on Tuesday, October 23.
• It’s going to be awesome.
• It’s going to last for 24-hours.
• Stampin’ Up! will give demonstrators more information on Monday, October 22. I will let you know all about it as soon as I have the information.
• You will want to mark your calendars and then pop over here on Tuesday – I don’t want you to miss anything.

It’s possible that the Flash Sale is one of the following (although it’s not limited to this list):

• Free Shipping Promotion
• Discounts on a Variety of Great Products
• Awesome New Products on a Very Limited Time

The options are endless. You’ll have to come back here on Monday to learn more about it when I find out. <3

Today’s Card with Candy Cane Season

To celebrate the super-sweet, upcoming promotion, I made a card that features sweet candy canes and an adorable gingerbread man. Lots of sweet packed into this simple card. Here’s my card:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Candy Cane Season. Even though Candy Cane Season Feature a variety of large candy canes and a bow that coordinate with the Candy Cane Builder Punch, I opted to feature the heart-shaped pair of candy canes (which I stamped over and over in the background of this card) and the adorable sentiment. There are so many hidden elements in this stamp set – the more I use it, the more I find great ways to showcase it. You’ll definitely be seeing for of Candy Cane Season from me. Here’s a look at the fun bundle:
• What a Sweet Guy! I adorned the 1-3/4″ band of Real Red cardstock with a Crumb Cake cookie stamped with the Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set and cropped with the Cookie Builder Punch. I also added a sweet bow tie to my cookie man – stamped and cropped with the same stamp set and punch.The cookie man needed something jazzy to hold in his hand. I stamped the small candy cane (the one I used in background) and cropped out one of the candy canes. Doesn’t he look dapper?!
• Color Balance. There are only four colors on this card – Real Red, Crumb Cake, Basic Black and Whisper White. It was tricky to balance these colors on the card, but I’m happy with how it all worked out. I mounted my panels on a Crumb Cake base to pull the light brown from the cookie. A third touch of Crumb Cake was added around the banner, giving me three pops of Crumb Cake. In a see of red and white, those touches of tan are beautifully balancing.

Bundles: Candy Cane Season  Stamp Sets: Candy Cane Season, Cookie Cutter Christmas  Papers: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Whisper White, Thick Whisper White  Inks: Real Read, Crumb Cake, Basic Black  Accessories: Cookie Cutter Builder Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Candy Cane Season Photopolymer Bundle – 149927

Price: $31.50

Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set – 142043

Price: $21.00

Cookie Cutter Builder Punch – 140396

Price: $18.00

Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 102482

Price: $8.50

Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 120953

Price: $8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 100730

Price: $9.75

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock – 140272

Price: $7.75

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.00

Supply List

Want more inspiration for this fun Candy Cane Season stamp set? Here’s a card I made for a recent Global Design Project challenge (you can click on the picture below to read the original post for this card):

I hope you’ll pop over to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

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