Update on Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Products

Stampin’ Up! has informed us of the current status of several products in the Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalogs so I wanted to share this with you if you have been thinking about placing an order.

The Butterfly Duet Punch (#148523) and the Cake Builder Punch (#148525) are not orderable at this time. New shipments of these two punches are not expected until sometime in mid-March or early April. Because of this, the Butterfly Gala Bundle (#150599) and the Piece of Cake Bundle (#150579) are also not orderable at this time, however, it does not affect availability of the Butterfly Gala and Piece of Cake stamp sets, which you can still order. The good news is that both of these punches will be available in the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog!

Butterfly Gala Punch

Cake Builder Punch

Several items in the Sale-A-Bration catalog are going like hotcakes! The redemption of the Organdy Ribbon Combo Pack (149623) way exceeded inventory projections and is not orderable at this time. Inventory coming into the warehouse will be used to fill back orders. Another shipment is expected in March and will be orderable again at that time, while supplies last.

Organdy Ribbon Combo Pack

Redemption of the Foil Sheets and Precious Parcel Card Kit Sale-A-Bration items is going very strong and while inventory is not yet depleted, they might not be available through the end of the SAB promotion period. I just finished putting together the pretty cards from the Precious Parcel kit and they were quick and easy to put together – and no stamping!

Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets #(149712)
Precious Parcel Card Kit (#149750)

If you have questions about any of these items please don’t hesitate to contact me. Thanks!

Hello Cupcake

Hello! Today I have a Valentine’s Day card for you that features Hello Cupcake, one of this year’s Sale-A-Bration items. I also used products from the All My Love suite. I used one of my favorite “go-to” layouts because it is great for featuring our beautiful Designer Series Papers as well as showcasing stamped images. This was such a fun card to put together!

Here is how I made the card.

  • Cut a piece of Lovely Lipstick cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″ and fold in half. Cut a piece of the heart paper from the All My Love Designer Series Paper at 4″ x 5 1/2″ and adhere to the card base.
  • Cut a piece of Lovely Lipstick cardstock at 3 1/2″ x 3 5/8″ and a piece of pink paper from the All My Love Designer Series Paper at 3 1/4″ x 3 1/2″. Adhere together.
  • Cut a piece of Lovely Lipstick from the All My Love Ribbon Combo Pack and tie a bow around the piece of pink paper. Adhere to card base.
  • Cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock at 2 3/8″ x 3″. Stamp cupcake with Flirty Flamingo and Gorgeous Grape inks. Stamp heart with Lovely Lipstick ink. Randomly stamp sprinkles around cupcake with Lovely Lipstick ink. Cut a piece of Lovely Lipstick cardstock at 2 5/8″ x 3 1/2″ and adhere to cupcake image.
  • Stamp Happy Valentine’s Day greeting from the Forever Lovely stamp set in Lovely Lipstick ink on a piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock. Cut out image with the Classic Label punch and adhere to cupcake with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. Adhere to the pink paper piece.
  • For the inside of the card cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Stamp the Sprinkled With Love greeting from the Hello Cupcake stamp set. Cut a strip of the heart pattern paper from the Designer Series Paper at 1/2″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere to bottom of the white cardstock.


Stampin’ Up!’s annual Sale-A-Bration is going strong and this year’s products are amazing! For every $50 or $100 you spend on products in the Occasions and Annual catalogs you can select one free Sale-A-Bration item. There are two items in this year’s catalog at the $100 purchase level: Lasting Lilly, pictured on pages 18-19 and Tea Time Framelits Dies pictured on page 17. These dies coordinate with the Tea Together stamp set pictured on page 49 in the Occasions catalog. Stampin’ Up! has informed us that these dies will be carrying over into the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog so you can take advantage of this offer and start creating beautiful cards with this set now rather than having to wait until the new catalog is released in June. To view the Sale-A-Bration catalog click on the cover image on the right side of the home page.

You can purchase any of the products used to make this card in my online store. Click here to shop. If you would like copies of the Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalogs please contact me at info@shortandsweetstamping.com. Thanks for stopping by today!

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It’s Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Time!

The sales period for the Occasions catalog has begun and runs through June 3, 2019.  It is also Sale-A-Bration time!  From now until March 31, 2019 you can earn free limited-time only products for every $50 or $100 you spend.  To view the catalogs and download PDFs, click on the images that are pictured on the right side of the home page.  I know you are going to love all the new products!  There are some amazing product suites and bundles and if you love flowers and butterflies as much as I do you won’t be disappointed.  I think that this Sale-A-Bration catalog is the best one ever in the 11 years I’ve been a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator.  A few products in the SAB catalog have been specially designed to coordinate with products in the Occasions catalog: Butterfly Elements, Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper and Tea Time Framelits Dies.  I have lots of products that I pre-ordered last month but due to a crazy schedule I had in the last six weeks of 2019 they sat untouched.  Now that I’m all caught up I’m beginning to work on samples so starting this week I will finally be able to post new projects – yay!

To whet your appetite, here are a few Stampin’ Up! video tutorials featuring products from the Occasions and SAB catalogs – enjoy!

All My Love Suite – Includes Forever Lovely and Meant to Be Bundles – Pages 4-6

Incredible Like You Project Kit – Page 21

Tea Time Framelits Dies – Sale-A-Bration Page 17

Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper & Butterfly Elements-
Sale-A-Bration Pages 8-9

Thanks for stopping by today!