One thing I’m often asked for by my customers is the wonderful Stampin’ Up! markers in single colours rather than in packs of 12.  Now, from the 10th to the 30th of November is your chance to purchase these markers individually for only $4.95.  I’m truly amazed at the price because I remember about 5 years ago I used to purchase markers for stamping for at least $2 more than that.

But wait!  There’s more!  Being Stampin’ Up!’s 20th Anniversary, there’s a double promotion this month.  Rub-ons are 20% off with purchases of $20+.

Anyway, I needed to make a card today for one of my daughter’s friends who is moving overseas for a while, so I challenged myself to make a card using my Stampin’ Markers and Rub-ons but no ink.  Here’s my card:

The big white flower is a rub-on from the ‘Perfect Day’ rub-ons and check it out! it fits perfectly into the Scallop Punch.  Want to talk about coordinating???  That black circle in the middle of the flower is the 1 1/4″ circle punch and it fits exactly over the white centre of the flower.  More coordinating?  The little heart in the middle has been stamped using the Passion Pink marker which is the same colour as the cardstock, but the part that really impressed me is that the heart in the circle it only part of a stamp (hence me using a marker instead of an inkpad), yet it still fits perfectly into the 1/2″ circle punch!  The greeting “bloom where you’re planted” is also a rub-on and the black strip down the bottom that looks like printed ribbon is actually just cardstock with a rub-on border.  Finally… the little dots in the white scallops on the right are done with the fine point of the Passion Pink marker.  So there you go – coordination overload using cardstock, punches, a marker and rub-ons. LOL.

Hope you enjoy and if you’re feeling tempted, email me and I can fix you up with your own markers and rub-ons today.