Good As Gold Card Kit {Sale-a-Bration}

Oops...I'm a little late getting Wednesday's post up!  It's just been one of those insanely busy weeks.  Actually, the entire month of March seems to be that way.  I've gone on five different field trips with my kids this month, four of which happened in a seven day period!

Sale-a-Bration is quickly coming to an end, so if you have your eye on any of the great FREE products, be sure to place an order soon!  The Good As Gold Card Kit is one of the free SAB selections, and I was pleasantly surprised at how cute it is.  Everything you need is included, except for adhesive.  It even comes with cute Sahara Sand envelopes and gold envelope liners.  It matches the gold dots on the front of the card.

While the kit is adorable just as it is, I had to try to change it up a bit.  It comes with eight lengths of baker's twine, which is intended to be tied around the top of the card.  I decided to turn one of those pieces of twine into a little pom-pom.  How cute is that?!? 

Tips & Tricks

• To make the pom-pom, I just folded the twine in half as many times as I could, then took a little piece of white twine and tied it in the middle.  Then I just snipped all the loops.

• The little gold banner actually has a star cut-out on it.  I just covered up the star shaped hole with the pom-pom.  I definitely recommend using our Tombo multi-purpose glue to adhere it.  

Want to get this kit for free?  Just email or call me to place an order of at least $50 and get this or any other SAB choices for free!

Stampin' Up! Designer Washi Tape Card

If you visit my blog regularly, it's probably obvious that I love Stampin' Up!'s Designer Washi Tape.  I first bought it on a whim, and wasn't really sure what to do with it.  But I've fallen in love with how easy it is to use, and how quickly I can pull together a card when I'm in a hurry.

Tips & Tricks

• The cork flowers in the Sale-a-Bration Sweet Sorbet Accessories Pack are a fun new element.  They are self-adhesive, which makes them even better!  Since two of mine are hanging off the edge of the tag, some of the sticky back was still exposed.  I covered up those sections with scrap card stock and trimmed around the edge.  This way nothing will get stuck to the sticky backs.

• I'm sure there are several ways to go about matting the tags made with the new Tag Topper Punches, but I just trim my card stock to be a bit smaller on the sides, punch it, and then just trim the top with my trimmer and angled sides with my paper snips.  The angled sides are small enough that it's not difficult to just eyeball it.

Supplies

Stamps:  Gorgeous Grunge, Yippee-Skippee
Ink:  Crumb Cake ink pad, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, and Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write markers
Paper:  Naturals White and Daffodil Delight card stock
Accessories:  Angled Tag Topper Punch, Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon, Sweet Sorbet Accessories Pack, Season of Style Designer Washi Tape, Gingham Garden Designer Washi Tape, and Retro Fresh Designer Washi Tape

Sweet Sorbet Angled Tag Card

Happy Monday!  After being sick (again) all last week, I'm starting this week with some optimism.  Although it's a jam-packed week, so by Friday I may not be feeling quite so optimistic!

This is a bright fun card that makes me think of spring, which hopefully, is right around the corner.  This winter has been great, with more snow than I've ever seen since I've lived in Pennsylvania.  But it's time for spring, and hopefully the forecast is right and we'll have a few days of spring-like weather this week!

Tips & Tricks

• I love texture on a card.  To me, this is the best and easiest way to add interest to a card.  Not only do I have several layers here, but each one has a different texture, which I achieved by scoring, embossing, and stamping.  The little pearls in the middle of each punched out flower also add texture and depth.

• To add some texture to the piece of Pool Party card stock, I used my Simply Scored scoring tool and scored at every groove.  It sort of reminded me of the dry embossing I used to do before the Big Shot came along!  

Supplies

Stamps:  Just Sayin' 
Ink:  Basic Black
Paper:  Summer Starfruit, Pool Party, Sahara Sand, and Calypso Coral card stock, Sweet Sorbet DSP
Accessories:  Big Shot, Scallops Embossing Folder, Angled Tag Topper Punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Pearls Basic Jewels, Summer Starfruit Stitched Satin Ribbon

Sweet Sorbet Card in a Box {Sale-a-Bration}

As you can see, I've been busy making another card in a box.  These are such fun cards to make, and truly are a gift to the recipient.  I think that all my good friends will be getting similar cards this year!  This one is for my sister-in-law, and I really, really hope she likes it.  One of the things that makes this type of card so much fun is that you can just go crazy loading it up with all kinds of images and elements.  There is a LOT going on here, but it just makes it more fun! 

Tips & Tricks

• On the first card in a box I made, I used strips of card stock to mount the various images.  On this one, I used strips of a window sheet, and I like it much, much better.  It puts the focus on the images, as they are just kind of floating when the card is opened.

• While I love to use Stampin' Up!'s watercolor paper for watercoloring, the color wasn't quite right for this card.  Did you know that you can still watercolor on Whisper White?  That's exactly what I used here.  Just be sure to stamp the image with StazOn ink before getting out your Aquapainters!

Supplies

Stamps:  Sketched Birthday
Ink:  Calypso Coral, Pool Part, Summer Starfruit, Pistachio Pudding, Sahara Sand
Paper:  Sweet Sorbet DSP, Whisper White, Sahara Sand, and Calypso Coral card stock
Accessories:  Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Big Shot, Bitty Banners Framelits, Scallop Circle Punch, Paper Snips, Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack, Window Sheets

Sale-a-Bration Starts TODAY!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!  No, silly, not Christmas...it's Sale-a-Bration time!  For every $50 you spend on fabulous Stampin' Up! products, you can choose one FREE item from the Sale-a-Bration brochure!  Who doesn't love free?  To make this even better, the selections this year are fantastic!  And there is no limit to the number of free items you can earn!  To check them out, click on the picture to the right.

Want even more freebies?  Host a party (either in your home or online) that totals $300, and you'll get an extra $30 in hostess dollars to spend on anything in either the Annual or Occasions Catalog!

To schedule a party or just place an order, email or give me a call today!

Happy Sale-a-Bration Day!

It's here!  Sale-a-Bration starts TODAY!!!!  In the Stampin' Up! world, this is the happiest time of the year, because who doesn't love FREE stuff?!?!  For every $50 you spend from the Stampin' Up! catalogs, you can choose one item from the SAB brochure! 

And what better card to show today than one that uses some free SAB stamps? This one features the Madison Avenue stamp set.  This is a great set, as it lends a fun look to a card and the simple images make it easy to whip up a cute card quickly.  Some white embossing on Tangerine Tango card stock helps to make the flower pop. 

If you'd like to get this stamp set for FREE, call or email me to place an order.  Or, as always, you can order straight from my online store.

Stamps:  Madison Avenue, Itty Bitty Banners

Ink:  Whisper White Craft Ink, Lucky Limeade Classic Ink

Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, and Whisper White card stock, Summer Smooches DSP

Accessories:  Fancy Fan embossing folder, Lucky Limeade 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon, White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Brights Designer Buttons, White Baker's Twine, Bitty Banners Framelits, Big Shot, 1 1/4" Scallop Circle Punch

Madison Avenue

Don't you just love Sale-a-bration time?  I DO!!!!  And it starts tomorrow!  I have an order just waiting for tomorrow. :)  But I was able to pre-order some of the sets, and decided on the Madison Avenue stamp set.  I thought it went well with the Alhambra jumbo wheel from the 2012-2013 Catalog, and I've been wanting to use that on a card, so this was the perfect excuse.  Not that I need an excuse, right?  I also really like the color combination of Island Indigo, Pool Party, and Calypso Coral in the International Bazaar Designer Series Paper.  I don't think that I would have chosen these colors on my own, but that's one of the things I love about Stampin' Up!...they've done the thinking for me. :)   But my favorite part of this card is the sponging around the edge of the top piece of Island Indigo.  It just makes that layer pop, and I love it.

Stamps:  Madison Avenue, Alhambra jumbo wheel

Ink:  Island Indigo Classic Ink Pad

Paper:  Island Indigo, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, and Whisper White card stock, and International Bazaar DSP

Accessories:  Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Big Shot, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" Circle punches, pearls, sponge