Sale-A-Bration Product of the Week: Perfect Pairings

This stamp set is more than meets the eye—it’s nine pieces, but you can mix and match the greetings for endless possibilities!

Here’s what one of Stampin' Up!'s concept artists said about it:

“This is the perfect set for a beginning stamper because it has a variety of greetings all in one. The greetings can stand alone or be combined in countless ways. Yes, this is a greeting set but the fonts are bold enough to stand alone so you don't necessarily need an image set to go with it.”

So start playing and see how many greetings you and your customers can come up with!

There only 14 days left to earn FREE Sale-A-Bration goodies! Get your free products with each qualifying order!

Learn More About Sale-A-Bration

 
I appreciate you stopping by!
Beth

Speckled Egg Easter Card

When I saw Stampin' Up!'s Artisan Design Team's Cindy Schuster's Speckled Egg Easter Card on the Stampin' Up! Blog I had to repost it here! Isn't this card darling?!?!

It's beautiful, clean, simple, and also has that WOW! factor! Cindy cleverly uses the Balloon Celebration stamp set and Balloon Bouquet Punch to create the egg shape. Just snip off the end of the balloon and viola you have an egg! Brilliant!

This card uses two techniques - stamping off and ink splattering. Stamping off will take some of the ink off of the stamp. Ink your stamp as you would normally. Then stamp it onto Grid Paper or other scratch paper. Then stamp on your project. The resulting image will not be as dark as if you stamped the image with full ink strength. Stamping off can tone down an ink color or be used to create depth. For this card, stamping off is used to create a more pastel palette.

Ink splattering creates droplets of color to add interest and texture to your project. The can be done with a variety of tools, including markers, paint brushes, tooth brushes, stamps, and Wink of Stella Glitter Brushes.

To create the card base, cut a 11" x 4-1/4" piece of Crumb Cake cardstock. Fold it in half and crease with a bone folder.  Cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Kraft Corrugated cardstock. Wrap gold baker's twine around the top of the corrugated cardstock and tie a bow. Adhere the corrugated cardstock to the Crumb Cake base. Set aside.

Stamp the larger balloon image from the Balloon Celebration stamp set in Pool Party and So Saffron onto Very Vanilla cardstock. Stamp the larger balloon image in Crumb Cake and stamp off onto your Grid Paper before stamping onto the cardstock. Stamp the larger balloon image in Perfect Plum and stamp off onto your Grid Paper before stamping onto the cardstock.

To add the first layer or speckle, stamp each balloon with the splatter dots stamp image from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set with Early Espresso ink.

Use a gold Wink of Stella Glitter Brush to add the second layer of speckle. First squeeze the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush to bring some of the ink to the brush tip. Then, holding the brush on its side, firmly tap to release the glitter paint onto each balloon. Squeeze the brush as needed to bring more paint to the tip.

Punch each balloon using the Balloon Bouquet Punch. Even though Wink of Stella is quick drying, make sure your balloons are completely dry before punching, especially if you are like me and love to add a LOT of sparkle.

Snip off the end piece of the balloon.

Adhere the eggs to your card base. Stamp the Easter greeting from Easter Lamb onto a 1" x 3.5" strip of Very Vanilla cardstock, punch both ends with the Triple Banner Punch, and adhere it to your card base. Your card is complete!

 I hope you enjoy this Easter card as much as I do!

I appreciate you stopping by!
Beth

Speckled Easter Egg Card Project Supply List
Stamps	Balloon Celebration Gorgeous Grunge Easter Lamb
Paper	Crumb Cake Cardstock Kraft Corrugated Cardstock Very Vanilla Cardstock
Ink	Pool Party Ink Pad So Saffron Ink Pad Perfect Plum Ink Pad Crumb Cake Ink Pad Early Espresso Ink Pad
Embellishments	Gold Baker's Twine Gold Wink of Stella Glitter Brush
Tools	Stampin’ Trimmer Triple Banner Punch Balloon Bouquet Punch Pierce Mat Clear Acrylic Blocks B, D, H Grid Paper Stampin’ Mist Cleaner Stampin’ Scrub
Click here to start shopping!

Weekly Deals: 03/15/16 - 03/21/16

Check out this week's deals! The Cherry on Top Cotton Paper Assortment is perfect for making flowers with the Flower Frenzy Bigz Die! The Fringe Scissors make excellent grass embellishments for all of your Easter and Springtime projects!

I appreciate you stopping by!
Beth

Easter Lamb Card

This little cutey went straight to the top of my wishlist as soon as I saw him in the 2016 Occasions catalog!

Besides Easter projects, Easter Lamb would be terrific for baby cards or banners, gift packaging, or even a tag with washing instructions for hand knitted gifts. You could color in some of his fleece with markers, add Wink of Stella, or even pearls to make him even cuter!

The DSP is from Birthday Bouquet - also in the 2016 Occasions catalog. This is my favorite DSP from the Occasions catalog. I used one pack and then ordered two more!

The layout is a slightly modified (measurement-wise) version of yesterday's post. This layout is a keeper! Thanks Patsy!

The measurements for this card are:
Card Base (Blushing Bride): 4.25" x 11"
1st Mat (Mint Macaron): 3.75" x 5"
2nd Mat (Birthday Bouquet DSP): 3.5" x 4.75"
3rd Mat (Mossy Meadow): 2.75" x 3"
Lamb Rectangle (Whisper White): 2" x 3.5"
DSP Strip (Birthday Bouqet): 2" x 3.5"
Banner (Blushing Bride): scrap

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

Easter Lamb Card Project Supply List
Stamps	Easter Lamb Suite Sayings
Paper	Whisper White Cardstock Mossy Meadow Cardstock Mint Macaron Cardstock Blushing Bride Cardstock Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper Stack
Ink	Stayz On Black Ink Pad Blushing Bride Ink Pad Blushing Bride Stampin’ Write Marker Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Write Marker
Embellishments	Basic Pearls
Tools	Stampin’ Trimmer Paper Snips Bone Folder Clear Acrylic Block D Grid Paper Stampin’ Mist Cleaner Stampin’ Scrub SNAIL Adhesive Banner Punch Pencil Eraser
Click here to start shopping!

 

Wildflower Fields Birthday

I absolutely loved Patsy Waggoner's Party with Cake card on Tuesday. I loved the layout, the color scheme, and the stamp set.  Unfortunately, I do not have that stamp set or the Cherry on Top DSP yet. Ironically, my Stampin' Up! box arrived later that afternoon!

I CASED the layout instead. I wanted to showcase the Wildflower Fields DSP from the 2016 Sale-A-Bration catalog. It's bright, floral, and cheery. I'm ready to usher in the Spring weather!

I was not completely satisfied with the first attempts at the center stamp and sentiment. It is really darling, but it looked too busy with the DSP. I turned it into a 3" x 3" card instead.

I ultimately used the Balloon Celebration stamp set and the Grateful Bunch stamp set with the Wildflower Fields DSP instead. This is what I came up with.

The color scheme for this card was Old Olive, Hello Honey, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, and Basic Black. This card is sure to bring some birthday delight!

I appreciate you stopping by!
Beth

Wild Flower Fields Card Project Supply List
Stamps	Balloon Celebration Grateful Bunch
Paper	Whisper White Cardstock Old Olive Cardstock Hello Honey Cardstock Calypso Coral Cardstock Wild Flower Fields Designer Series Paper Stack
Ink	Stayz On Black Ink Pad Calypso Coral Stampin’ Write Marker Hello Honey Stampin’ Write Marker
Embellishments	Basic Rhinestones
Tools	Stampin’ Trimmer Bone Folder Clear Acrylic Block D Grid Paper Stampin’ Mist Cleaner Stampin’ Scrub SNAIL Adhesive Banner Punch
Click here to start shopping!