Cards

This is our last Sale-a-bration celebration!  The final Sale-a-bration item is the Dandy Designs Designer Series Paper.   This designer paper is fun!  You get 48 sheets of paper.  4 each of 12 double-sided designs!  That’s a lot of paper!  The fun colors included in this pack of paper are Balmy Blue, Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana, Fresh Freesia, Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody and Petal Pink!

Check out all of the fun designs! These patterns and colors are perfect for Spring or any time!

Here you can see how well the patterns coordinate together. These cards were made by a fellow demonstrator and also showcase yesterday’s Sale-a-bration item, Beautifully Happy.

You’ll enjoy working with this package of paper and think of all the projects you can make with it! Have a great day. Take care and Happy Stamping!

Let’s celebrate Stampin’ Up!’s Beautifully Happy Sale-a-bration stamp set.  This stamp set is two-step stamping which means there is one stamp for the outlined image and another stamp (or more) to fill in the image.  I had no problem lining up the solid images within the outline.  So easy to work with!  The hardest part of working with this stamp set was figuring out what colors to use. Ha! This stamp set also has 6 sentiments in a lovely font.

In this card that I made you can see how well the solid stamps lined up in the outline. Another thing I like about this stamp set is that the there are sentiments for both the inside and the outside of the card that go together.

You’ll definitely want to put this stamp set on your Sale-a-bration wish list. Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

The Sale-a-bration stamp set In The Country is a lovely line art/sketched stamp set.  There are two lovely images in the stamp set. They can be stamped and left as is or they can be colored…a little or a lot. The choice is yours.

Check out the first card here.  This stamped image was water colored in detail.  Gorgeous!  I don’t quite have the patience (or talent) for this type of coloring. 

The second card I’m sharing with you is more my speed.  The image is stamped and not colored at all.  The designer paper background makes the image pop.

Whether you decide to color the images or not, the In The Country stamp set is a good Sale-a-bration choice.

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Today’s Sale-a-bration celebration is about Stampin’ Up!’s Sending Support stamp set.  This stamp set has 11 different sentiments about encouragement and support.  It may not be a stamp set that you use often but it’s one you will want in your craft room for those cards that need a sentiment that’s just right.

Pair these sentiments with a lovely floral or subdued designer paper for a simple card.  Here is a simple card that I made.  A bit of designer paper on the inside as well as the outside can really tie things together.

Be sure to put this stamp set on your Sale-a-bration wish list. It has sentiments that you don’t usually find in other stamp sets.

Have a great day. Take care and Happy Stamping!

Stampin’ Up!’s Dainty Flowers designer paper is definitely worth celebrating!  This designer paper is beautiful!  It was the first Sale-a-bration item I chose.  The flowers are on these papers are gorgeous!

The first card shown here is a card I made using the sheet of paper that has six of the floral wreaths on it as well as two floral vine images.  The images look like they were watercolored.  So pretty!

I punched the edges of the desginer paper with the Very Best Trio Punch which is an item carried over from the previous mini catalog. A tip to remember when using this punch is that you need to turn your paper over when punching the next corner. For the first corner you punch (upper left) put the paper in the punch with the floral wreath facing up. When you move the paper to punch the upper right corner, you need to turn the paper over with the floral wreath facing down to get the fancy corner design to look the same. For the lower right corner have the wreath facing up and for the lower left corner have the wreath facing down.

As you can see on this second card, the designer paper is so beautiful you can make it the focal point of your card!

Did you know that this designer paper coordinates perfectly with the Dainty Delight Bundle (stamp set & dies) that you can find on page 55 of the new January – April Mini Catalog?  I LOVE coordination!  😊

As I mentioned before, I love the watercolor look of these papers. I think you will too!

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

The next product on our Celebrate Sale-a-bration 2023 tour is the Thanks A Bunch stamp set.  Ok, if you’re like me when I first saw this stamp set you said “why do I need a stamp set about carrots?”.  Carrots.  Really? 

Well….let me tell you….this stamp set is stinkin’ cute!  The more I played around with it, the more it grew on me.  Simple and fun!  Add the sentiments “thanks a bunch” to the three carrots and you’ve got an adorable thank you card!  

To make my bunch of carrots I first stamped the middle carrot.  I then made a mask by stamping a carrot on a sticky note and cutting it out.  I masked my stamped carrot and then stamped the other two carrots.  As you can see on the card it looks like the two outside carrots are behind the center one.

If you’re still thinking that you can stamp only so many carrot cards, check out this 3D project made by fellow demonstrator Barbara Ruby. So clever!  Turn the carrots upside down and stamp them with a green ink to make a tree! 

See, this stamp set is versatile!  You may want to add it to your Sale-a-bration wish list!  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

There is so much to celebrate during 2023’s Sale-a-bration and it starts with the Adorable Owls stamp set.  So fun!  So cute!  This stamp set includes three cute owls and three sentiments.  I’ve had a lot of fun playing with it.  The images are easy to color with Stampin’ Blend markers.  I’ve used both the Crumb Cake Blends and the Smoky Slate blends to color my owls.

I love this birthday card with the owl peeking out of the tree.  It was fun to make.  I did have to fussy-cut the owl but it was worth it for the finished look.  A quick tip I have for you on this card is that you should die cut the circle before running the Crumb Cake cardstock through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with the Timber 3D Embossing Folder. 

If you look at the images in the stamp set, you will see that the “Hoot! Hoot!” that I used on my card is actually part of a longer phrase.  I masked the other portion of the sentiment with a sticky note while I inked the stamp and then removed the sticky note before stamping the “Hoot! Hoot!” on the Bermuda Bay cardstock.

This is a fun and easy birthday card made with the Adorable Owls stamp set.  The designer paper I used on the card is from the Dandy Designs Designer Series Paper which is also a Sale-a-bration item.  The owl and sentiment are die cut with one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies and the Coastal Cabana layer is die cut with one of the Deckled Rectangle Dies.

The Adorable Owls stamp set can be your Sale-a-bration choice with a $50 order.  Get working on that wish list and order.  Sale-a-bration only runs through February 28^th!  Have a great day.  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Stampin’ Up!’s Deckled Rectangled Dies are featured here for Day 29 of 30 Days of the New Catalog. This set of dies can be found on page 170 of the annual catalog.

This is a beautiful card made with the Bottled Happiness stamp set. Check out the layers though. This is where you can see the Deckled Rectangle Dies. There 8 dies in the set. Two sets of layering dies. One set is long and thinner rectangles and the other set contains the ones shown on this card that are designed for a card front.

Thank you Allison Davini for sharing this lovely card.

Once again I have an addition for my wish list. Do you? Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!