Woot woot! It's Free Shipping time and a card share!

Yup!  You heard me right!  Starting on Sat, April 6 at 12:00 AM Mountain Time (MT), Stampin'Up! is offering free standard shipping on any order of any amount (for residents in the US)!  How cool is that!  So, if you've been saving up on an order, or have had your eye out on a cute stamp set, die cut or any of the super cute products in the catalogs, then now's the time to splurge and go for it since shipping is FREE!  This promotion lasts til 11:50 PM MT on Monday, April 8, so I'd definitely encourage you all to take advantage while you can!  You can shop anytime this weekend at my online store here.

Sorry for my long silence on the blog, dear friends.  I know it's been almost a month since I've posted.  All is going well so far in my neck of the woods, just busy as always with the day job and my little family :)  

I've been prepping some pics for a blog post for a couple of weeks now, but had not gotten around to it, so I suppose now is as good a time as any, right?  As you all know, I've been really into the dress form framelits, so I have yet another one to share.  This is a card I made for my Mom's birthday in March.  I had fun modifying the dresses and making my own outfit {hee!}.  

I made the cardi out of the short-sleeved dress and just cut the skirt off, then cut the blouse piece in half and added the pearl "buttons."  I love the dahlia flower in Primrose Petal that I had to incorporate it as an embellie for the card.  I also fell in love with the butterfly print paper from the Patio Party DSP.  Such a cute fluttery dress, no?  Here's the full picture below.  I even made a little balloon, too!  I cut a very narrow piece of DSP scrap using Stampin'Up!'s awesome new paper cutter and then I curled it using the paper snips.  Fun fun!

Hope you like it!  Here's some product info for you - enjoy!

Dress Up Framelits Dies 130101 Price: $24.95 Easily cut stamped dress images from the All Dressed Up Stamp Set. Largest design: 1-1/2" x 4-1/4". 3 dies. Cuts a single sheet of paper using your Big Shot, Standard Cutting Pads, and Multipurpose Platform. Designed by Karen Burniston

Patio Party Designer Series Paper 126916 Price: $10.95 12 sheets: 2 ea. of 6 double-sided designs. 12" x 12". Acid- and lignin- free. Coordinates with the Patio Party suite. Baja Breeze, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White.

In Color Dahlias 127556 Price: $7.95 Bright little wonders! Detailed petals add touches of dimension and texture. Adhere with Mini Glue Dots. 20 flowers: 4 ea. in five 2012–2014 In Colors; 3/8". Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit.

Basic Pearls Jewel Accents 119247 Price: $4.95 Jewels are just as magical in papercrafting as in fashion. Add a pearl here, a rhinestone there, and your projects take a subtle step up. With our pearl basic jewels, it’s easy to add a touch of class to your projects in an instant. • Small, self-adhesive pearls • 150 pearls per package; 50 each of 3 sizes (2 mm, 3 mm, and 5 mm) • Each package also includes three 2-5/8" strips of connected pearls perfect for borders

Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies 127003 Price: $24.95 See what you're cutting with Framelits dies. Use with the Big Shot, Standard Cutting Pads, and the Multipurpose Platform. Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies are designed to cut images from World Treasures Stamp Set and Layered Labels Stamp Set. 4 dies (largest: 4-7/8" x 2-3/4"). Cuts a single sheet of paper.