Outlined Occasions Thanks

Sale-A-Bration ends in just 7 short days! So be sure to take advantage of it! For every $50 you spend (excluding shipping and tax), you get one free product out of the Sale-A-Bration brochure.
Here's a card today featuring one of the awesome stamp sets available in the brochure.

Stamps: Outlined Occasions (Sale-A-Bration)

Ink: Island Indigo Stamp Pad

Paper: Island Indigo card stock, Pool Party card stock, Whisper White card stock

Other: Pool Party Baker's Twine

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you take advantage of Sale-A-Bration while it lasts!

A Word for You anniversary card

I love the Twitterpated Designer Series Paper pack and the pleated Satin Ribbon in the new Occasions Mini!
Here's a a card featuring both!!

Stamps: A Word For You (wood mount and clear mount)

Ink: Island Indigo Stamp Pad

Paper: Island Indigo card stock, Whisper White card stock, Twitterpated Designer Series Paper

Other: Pear Pizzazz 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping today and I look forward to reading any questions or comments!

Outlined Occasions

The fabulous Stampin' Up! event, Sale-A-Bration starts tomorrow, January 24th, and runs through March 31st.
As I have told you in previous posts, for every $50 you spend (not including shipping or taxes), you get one free product from the Sale-A-Bration brochure. Most of the items in the brochure are only available during Sale-A-Bration, but there are a few that are freebies from the Ideas Book and Catalog.

Another great thing about Sale-A-Bration is that if you are a Hostess during Sale-A-Bration and have a $150 workshop/party, you get a free tote along with the Hostess benefits! If you have a $400 workshop/party, you get a free hostess bundle of 3 products on pages 6 and 7 of the Sale-A-Bration brochure.

So here is another card done using a Sale-A-Bration stamp set, Outlined Occasions...

Stamps: Outlined Occasions (Sale-A-Bration 2012)

Paper: Whisper White cardstock, Wisteria Wonder cardstock, Elegant Eggplant cardstock, Lucky Limeade Patterned Designer Series Paper

Ink: Wisteria Wonder Stamp Pad, Lucky Limeade Stampin' Write marker

Other: Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Everyday Enchantment Ribbon and Brad Pack (Lucky Limeade 1/8" Organdy Ribbon), Snail adhesive

Curly Cute Happy Birthday

Happy Friday Everyone!!
It is day 5 of my birthday week. Tomorrow is the last day and I know what you're thinking...well that only means 6 days and 6 cards. But I have two for you tomorrow since I didn't start on Sunday because I was on my way back from Fargo and the Miranda Lambert/Chris Young/Jerrod Niemann concert!

So here is today's card.

This card features my all time favorite punch! The Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch! It is so cool, it is 3 punches in one. The big flower without petals (the Wisteria Wonder layer of the lower right flower), the small flower without petals and an edge piece (the Island Indigo layer of the top left flower), and the small flower with petals and an edge piece (the Pool Party layer of the bottom left flower).

There's so much you can do with this punch...I know I'll be featuring it in different ways in future posts.

Here's what you need for this card:

Stamps: Curly Cute (clear mount and wood mount)

Paper: Whisper White cardstock, and all of the 2011-2013 In Colors (Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, and Wisteria Wonder

Ink: Lucky Limeade Stamp Pad

Other: Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder, 1/16" hole punch, Printed 2011-2013 In Color Designer Brads, Scallop Trim Border Punch

I hope you like today's card. If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you. Please post them!

Elementary Elegance and Everyday Enchantment Happy Birthday Card

It's Thursday and that means day 4 of my birthday week!!
Here's today's card...

Stamps: Elementary Elegance (available during Sale-A-Bration starting January 24th through March 31st)

Paper: Whisper White cardstock, Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper (Sale-A-Bration product)

Ink: Lucky Limeade Stamp Pad and Pool Party Stamp Pad (2011-2013 In Colors)

Other: Curly Label Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Paper Snips, Stampin' Dimensionals, Snail adhesive, Everyday Enchantment Ribbon and Brad Pack (Sale-A-Bration product), craft knife, 1/16" hole punch.

Here is a close up of the sentiment...

If you are new to Stampin' Up! then you are probably wondering what Sale-A-Bration is.

Sale-A-Bration is an amazing little sale that goes on from January 24th to March 31st. It even has it's own brochure! For every $50 you spend (not including shipping or taxes), you get one free product from the Sale-A-Bration brochure. Most of the items in the brochure are only available during Sale-A-Bration, but there are a few that are freebies from the Ideas Book and Catalog.

Another great thing about Sale-A-Bration is that if you are a Hostess during Sale-A-Bration and have a $150 workshop/party, you get a free tote along with the Hostess benefits! If you have a $400 workshop/party, you get a free hostess bundle of 3 products on pages 6 and 7 of the Sale-A-Bration brochure. I have featured two of these items in this blog post... The Everyday Enchantment DSP and the Everyday Enchantment Ribbon and Brad Pack. It's a good time to host a workshop/party! If you're interested, give me a shout!

Thanks for stopping by and if you have any questions or comments, feel free to post them!

Day 3 of my birthday week!

Day 3! Wednesday!
Here's today's card.

Stamps: Happiest Birthday Wishes - Hostess set (clear mount and wood mount)

Paper: Whisper White cardstock, Pool Party cardstock, So Saffron cardstock, Island Indigo cardstock

Ink: Pool Party Stampin' Write marker, Island Indigo Stampin' Write marker Hint: Color directly on the stamp. If it starts to dry before you get done, just blow hot air (like you're yawning, but exhale instead of inhale) onto the stamp. Be sure to hold the stamp down longer when you do it this way.

Other: Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Snail adhesive

I'd love to hear any feedback and happy to answer any questions that you may have! Thanks for stopping by!

Mixed Bunch butterfly

The new 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog was released on Wednesday, January 4th and like every mini catalog that comes out from Stampin' Up! it is FULL of awesome products!
I made a card with one of my favorite stamp sets from the book, Mixed Bunch, which is found on page 17. It is available in both clear mount and wood mount style. If you are new to stamping with clear mount stamps and are interested, you will need clear mount blocks to use the stamps.

All of the colors I used for this card are 2011-2013 In Colors.

Here's what you need to do to make this card:
The card base is a piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 8.5" x 5.5" scored and folded in half to make it a 4.25" x 5.5" card. Hint: Scoring cardstock makes folding it easier and crisper. Use the Simply Scored score tool and a bone folder.
Set the card base aside.
Grab a piece of Pool Party cardstock and cut it to 4" x 5.25". Grab a piece of Lucky Limeade striped designer series paper and cut it to 2" x 4". Using Snail adhesive, glue the Lucky Limeade paper to the bottom of the Pool Party cardstock.
Then cut a 15" piece of Whisper White 5/8" Satin Ribbon. Lay it under the Pool Party cardstock and tie a knot in the front so it lays over the edge of the Lucky Limeade paper. Glue the Pool Party cardstock to the front of your card base.
Set the card base aside again.
On a piece of Whisper White cardstock, stamp the ornate flower from the Mixed Bunch stamp set using Island Indigo. Using the Blossom Punch available in the Occasions Mini, punch out the flower. Then use a scissors and cut off two side by side petals by cutting between the petals to the center of the flower to make a butterfly.
Now use the Blossom Punch to punch out a flower from Island Indigo cardstock. Stack the butterfly on top of the Island Indigo flower, lining it up with the petals, and cut the flower the same way you did the butterfly. Use some Snail adhesive to glue the two butterflies together slightly offset so the Island Indigo shows on the bottom of the butterfly. Using Basic Pearls Jewels Accents, and form a body and head of the butterfly using smaller pearls for the body and a bigger pearl for the head. Use Stampin' Dimensionals so adhere the butterfly to the card.

On a piece of Wisteria Wonder cardstock, use the Happy Birthday stamp from the Create A Cupcake stamp set (which is available in both clear mount and wood mount) to stamp the sentiment in Wisteria Wonder. Punch the sentiment out with the Modern Label Punch. Use Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere it to the card.

For the sentiment on the inside of the card, use an inside sentiment of your choice from the Create A Cupcake stamp set and stamp it in Wisteria Wonder.

Tada!! A beautiful card using a new stamp set from the 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog and the 2011-2013 In Colors.

Thanks for stopping by and if you have any questions or comments, please post them!!