One of the most popular Sale-A-Bration products for 2017 is the Hey, Chick stamp set. I think it's the cute-ness factor of those adorable chickens that makes this stamp set so appealing. They're also really fabulous images for water colouring. Here's one of those chickens adorning the front of a gift box created using the Baker's Box Thinlits...

Stamps: SAB Hey, Chick (wood: 143328, clear: 143331). Ink: Jet Black StazOn (101406). Card/Paper: Peekaboo Peach (141422), Bermuda Bay (131286), Shimmery White (121717), Cupcakes & Carousels Designer Series Paper Stack (142744). Accessories: Watercolor Pencils (141709), Whisper White Baker's Twine (124262), Mini Paper Clips Combo Pack (142766). Tools: Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (143263), Magnetic Platform (130658), Baker's Box Thinlits Dies (138279), Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies (145372), Aqua Painter (103954), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

Baker's Box Thinlits Dies (138279) - $67.00

As demonstrators, we're fortunate to receive weekly email updates from Stampin' Up! with inspirational project ideas and inside information about products. One of these emails highlighted the Hey, Chick stamp set and it shared the background story from the illustrator...

When I was a child growing up in Canada, I remember some family friends who had little chickens that I thought were so cute. A couple of summers ago here in Utah, I stopped at a friend’s ranch and saw all their cute animals including their chickens. They had typical chickens but also another kind called Polish Frizzle Bantam White Chickens. I think they are so funny with all those feathers flopping around on the top of their heads and how they like to stare straight at you and cock their heads. So when I was assigned to create the Hey, Chick Stamp Set, I was so excited. I wanted to exaggerate the rounder chickens and really make them round, and I also really wanted to draw one of those funny chickens I saw at my friend’s ranch. It was a really fun set to create.

What a great story!

My favourite from this set is the Polish Frizzle Bantam. I think it's the perky look and floppy feathers that does it. She's also really fun to colour in non-traditional-chicken-colours using the Watercolor Pencils and Aqua Painters...

Watercolor Pencils (141709) - $33.50

Hey, Chick Wood-Mount Stamp Set (143328) - FREE^#
Hey, Chick Clear-Mount Stamp Set (143331) - FREE^#

^# The Hey, Chick stamp set is one of the products you can choose for FREE during Sale-A-Bration when you place a qualifying order of $110 or more. Sale-A-Bration finishes at the end of March and you don't want to miss out - hurry, that's only one week away!

In these final days of Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up! have added eight new products you can choose for FREE for every $110 you spend (excluding shipping). But only until 31 March!

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