Sale-a-bration Fun

I had 6 lovely ladies at my place yesterday, making cards and this is one of the cards that we made. It uses the very versatile SAB set, Punch Bunch which goes really well with 5 of Stampin' Up!'s punches. That cute little cup cake is from the Itty Bitty Bits set (from the current mini). The wheeled image at the bottom of the card is Music Notes.

I've used my favourite colour, Cherry Cobbler here. It goes really well with so many colours and is such a beautiful red.



I was going to give the card to my brother as it is his birthday today, but I thought the flowers make the card look a little too feminine, so I swapped the floral image for the Happy Birthday image in Punch Bunch and the little cupcake for a little star (also from Itty Bitty Bits).


The design of this card was CASEd from one of Marelle's which also uses the SAB set Punch Bunch, only her card has the image of the owl. This design works really well, regardless of the image used and I'm sure other sets would work just as nicely as well.

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Stamp-a-stack card

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This is one of the cards that we will be making at my next Stamp-a-Stack on Saturday. I've used a couple of sets that I've had for a while, but haven't really used much of - Happiness Shared and Elements of Style. The colours are straight out of the Colour Coach - Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze and So Saffron. I used the blender pen to highlight parts of the flower after stamping. Then I added some Pearl Jewels and sprayed with Frost White Shimmer Paint mixed with some rubbing alcohol.

Bliss

I had a stamp-a-stack class yesterday where 5 of my friends joined me to make 8 cards. This was one of the designs. It's very similar to the card shown in the Sale-a-bration catalogue, but I've simplified it for the class. It uses two of the stamp sets in Sale-a-bration. I'm loving all the sets this year.


To add something special to the card, I've added pearl jewels to the three flowers on the Whisper White cardstock.

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Ingredients:

Cardstock: Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Whisper White

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Night of Navy

Stamps: Bliss, So Happy For You

Punches: Eyelet Border Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

Other: Basic Pearl Jewels

2.02 MACH

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1990-2011 Stampin' Up!®

The title refers to the average speed of the Concorde at Filton when it was still in use. I went to see it in 2008 with my husband and brother in law. I didn't think I'd enjoy looking at a plane as much as I did that day. Well worth a look if you're ever in that part of the world.

Ingredients

Cardstock: Whisper White, Real Red

Patterned Paper: Elegant Soiree; Newsprint

Marker: Soft Suede

Other: Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon; Circle Fire Rhinestone Brad

Punch: Scallop Edge

Bristol

I've just completed another double layout. I always have a great sense of achievement when I complete a double because I tend to get through more photos this way.

This double layout is of Bristol when Ben and I visited family in 2008.

I've kept a lot of white space because it tends to keep the look cleaner. I've used a lot of stamping, but kept the embellishments to a minimum.

These little Designer Brads add interest.

Ingredients

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Marina Mist

Designer Series Paper: Elegant Soiree, Newsprint

Ink: Real Red, Marina Mist

Stamp Sets: Bliss (Sale-a-Bration set), Lovely Letters, Elements of Style

Other: Flower Designer Brads, Marina Mist Satin Ribbon, Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon

Sweet Treat Cup

I'll be using the Sweet Treat cups in my next Stamp-a-Stack class. These will hold just about anything, from punched images...

to lollies, jewellery, even water.

Ingredients

Cardstock: Tangerine Tango, Garden Green, Bashful Blue

Ink: Garden Green

Stamps: A Little Treat

Punches: Fancy Flower, 1-3/4" Circle, Punch Pack (mini Catalogue)

Scrapbook double layout

I love putting together double layouts for my scrapbook. Not only is it a great way of scrapbooking multiple photos, but the two pages look great when they are placed side by side. I decided to focus this layout on Ben and the photos of when we were in London in 2008.

Page 1:
Page 2:

Combined:

I've used the Sweetheart set again along with a great hostess set, Punch Potpourri. It's a set that is designed around four different co-ordinating punches, but the images have different patterns on them. It really is a beautiful set. Other sets I used include Vintage Vogue and Printed Petals.

My jewels have been put to use again. This time, I used the pearl jewels for the bird's eye and on all of the butterflies' bodies.

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Ingredients:

Cardstock: So Saffron, Whisper White, Garden Green

Patterned Paper: Elegant Soiree

Stamp Sets: Vintage Vogue, Printed Petals, Sweetheart, Punch Potpourri

Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Tangerine Tango, Rose Red, Soft Suede, Garden Green

Marker: Garden Green

Punches: Two-step Bird, Butterfly

Big Shot Dies: Timeless Type Junior Alphabet

Ribbon: Certainly Celery 1/8" Taffeta, Whisper White 1/8" Taffeta

Accessories: Pewter Jumbo Eyelets, Metallic Brads, Basic Pearl Jewels

Valentine Card

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At my stamp-a-stack yesterday, my friends had the choice of making this card which would be appropriate for St Valentine's day. I used the Sweetheart set (see here for the current promotion) which is great for just this purpose! I'm also loving the jewels that Stampin' Up! has in their catalogue. They are self adhesive and brighten up a card instantly. In this card, I used two of the Basic Rhinestone jewels in the heart and one for the bird's eye.

Ingredients

Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White

Stamp Sets: Sweetheart, Three Little Words

Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Pear Pizzazz, Pacific Point

Punches: 1-3/8" x 5/8" Oval, 1-3/4" x 7/8" Oval

Other: Basic Rhinestone Jewels

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!!!

I thought I'd start the year with a card that would be equally appropriate for a male or female.... the colour scheme and the cute image would be loved by all.

Ingredients

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Watercolour paper
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Chocolate Chip
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Baroque Motifs, The Nicest Things
Punches: 1-3/4" x 7/8" Oval, Pinking Hearts Border, 1-3/8" Circle, 1-1/4" Circle
Other: Stampin' Pastels, Blender Pens