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Sunday, 25 March 2018

Final Freebie Celebrate You Card

That's right, Sale-A-Bration officially ends on March 31, so there are just days left to earn some great free products that coordinate with items from the Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalgue (those are still available until the end of May).

Without a doubt my most-used Sale-A-Bration item has been the Celebrate You die set. It comes with three versatile word dies--Celebrate, Amazing, and You--in three fantastic fonts, allowing you to mix and match to your hearts content! Mostly I have been using the "celebrate" die, so this week I wanted to show you something "amazing," pun intended ;).

Yes, I know, another rainbow card! I can't stop myself! Perhaps I'm dreaming of some spring rain
and sun after a gloomy white winter?

I started with a Thick Whisper White card base and added an embossed mat using the newly released Basket Weave Dynamic folder. This was just released as a Sale-A-Bration freebie in February, and will be carrying on in the new annual catalogue as well. The Dynamic embossing folders are quite thick compared to regular embossing folders, and leave a very deep impression. I gently spritzed my white cardstock with plain water before running it through my Big Shot, so that the paper really took the impression cleanly, and to reduce the risk of tearing.

I cut a stitched circle out of watercolour paper and coloured my rainbow with an aqua painter and a bunch of bright ink colours (Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay, and Sweet Sugarplum), allowing the colours to blend organically where they met. This is such a fun way to play with colour!

Once my rainbow was dry I spritzed the entire circle with water droplets (I find the farther I am from the surface, the finer the mist that hits the paper), and used a paper towel to quickly absorb the water, removing a bit of the colour and giving the piece that rain splattered look.

I cut my sentiment, "amazing", from more thick whisper white cardstock, just to give it more strength since I knew it was going to be wider than my circle base. I adhered it to the circle using my fine tip glue pen, which was a pain-free way to glue something so intricate. Love it!

I mounted the circle to the front of my card with a couple of dimensionals, because I can't make a card with them. :)

This card came together so quickly and easily I just had to make another! This one uses some retired Stampin' Up! products (the Heart thinlits, "Joy" die, and the embossing folder), but once it popped into my head I had to get it out!

I added a little bit of white shading around the edge of my heart with Whisper White craft die and a sponge dauber, just to soften the edges.

Don't miss out on your last chance to get your hands on these amazing Sale-A-Bration items before they are gone forever! Also, the 2016-2018 In Colours (Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach and Sweet Sugarplum) are set to retire on May 31. The retiring colours and their coordinating products SELL OUT FAST! So don't delay! (Flirty Flamingo is one of my personal faves)

I'm looking forward to a few big events over the next couple of weeks--Easter this weekend, and OnStage next weekend (that's where I get a sneak peek at the new annual catalogue coming out in June!!).

What are you looking forward to this week?

Have a good one,
Barb

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Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

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Celebrate You Thinlit Dies

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Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

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Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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Aqua Painters

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Stampin' Spritzer

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Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

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Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

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Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

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Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

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Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

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Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad

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2016-2018 In Color Classic Stampin' Pads

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Hearts Collection Framelits Die

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Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies

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Falling Petals Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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Fine-Tip Glue Pen

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Stampin' Dimensionals

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Monday, 12 March 2018

Free Celebrate You Die Card

One thing that we can all count on: at some point, you'll need a birthday card. The card I crafted this week is super simple, perfect for a guy or a gal, young or old, and uses a free die and a free stamp set! Can't get much better than that, can you? :)

Aren't those balloons fun?! They are from the Party Panda stamp set. I stamped just the balloon image multiple times in Memento black ink, coloured with my Stampin' Blend markers, and then fussy cut around them. I applied them to a Whisper White inner panel with dimensionals, so they look like they are going to float right off the card! I also used dimensionals to attach that panel to my Thick Whisper White card base, because a girl can never use enough dimension!

Here's a closer look at my colouring. I circled the Colour Lifter slightly off-centre of each balloon to mimic a light reflection---so cool!

Did you spot my oops? I forgot my rainbow order! How sad :( A rainbow just isn't a rainbow unless it is in order. Back to kindergarten I go! Hopefully I will have distracted from my error with that beautiful, glitter "celebrate." It's cut from Glimmer Paper with the "Celebrate You" die set I got for free through Sale-A-Bration. I can't even tell you how often I have used it!

I added a small Basic Black banner with a white-embossed sentiment, and anchored it with a small star from the Bright Enamel Shapes pack.

A final look at all that dimension:

I once again left the inside of my card blank, so that it can be customized for any celebration down the road.

Please visit my store if you would like to purchase any of the items I used today (just click on the shopping cart icon on the right).

I'd love to hear your comments below!

Have a great week,
Barb

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Sunday, 4 February 2018

Retirement Card & Big News

Happy Sunday Everyone, another week--and another month--has come and gone. I have been working on LOTS of projects using my new products from the Occasions catalogue. And I have other big news....stay tuned to the end of today's post to find out. ;)

Salebration is almost half over but don't worry, there is still lots of time earn FREE items. :) My card this week features the Celebrate You thinlit dies, which I earned for FREE restocking my cardstock supply. What a deal! Click here to find out more: Free Saleabration Items Here

My husband's co-worker, Wally, retired last week, and since they have worked together for 20+ years we wanted to send him off to his next adventure with a fond farewell. I was tasked with creating a card for the group to sign with their well wishes.

Wally is a Labatt's Blue drinker, so I had a great excuse to purchase the new Bubble Over Bundle from Stampin' Up!. This set is so versatile, and while I have used it for beer bottles this time it could just as easily be used to create soda pop, cider, coolers or lemonade bottles. The bar is the limit!

I made my card extra-large so there would be lots of room for everyone to sign their name and leave a little note of good wishes. This was easily accomplished by folding in a half a full sheet of 8.5" x 11" thick Whisper White cardstock. It also allowed me to fit 10 bottles of "beer" on the front to kick off the celebration!

As I mentioned, Wally's beer of choice is Labatt's Blue, so I used their label as inspiration for my colour choices. My bottles are cut out of Soft Suede cardstock with the coordinating die and I sponged Soft Suede ink on the edges to give the illusion of 3D. The labels are also cut with a coordinating die from Pacific Point cardstock.

Do you recognize my maple leaf? It comes from the Wickedly Sweet Paper Pumpkin stamp set. Paper Pumpkin is so cool--you get everything you need to make an awesome project, and you are left with a stamp set you can use again in the future. The gift that keeps on giving! And it gets even better during saleabration, because if you purchase a pre-paid subscription it counts towards getting you FREE products.

For my background I used some of the Bubbles and Fizz DSP which was mounted onto Silver Foil paper, then onto Bermuda Bay, and then onto Real Red. I adhered some of the beer bottles directly onto the DSP, but I popped a few up with dimensionals as well.

Using those FREE Celebrate You thinlits, I cut "celebrate" from Silver Glimmer Paper and Basic Black cardstock, offsetting my black just a wee bit to form a small shadow. This was mounted onto a vellum banner, with a small Whisper White banner behind to hide the adhesive.

I kept the inside very simple so as not to take away any writing space. Another beer bottle glued on top of a sponged Pacific Point oval, a quick sentiment, and complete!

It's hard to see in my photo but I used the Teeny Tiny Wishes set to add "Happy Retirement" under the "May your days bubble over with happiness" sentiment from the Bubble Over stamp set. And I used a little trick to change "day" to "days"....I stamped the sentiment first, cleaned the stamp, and then inked only the 's' from "happiness" and added to "day."

And now for the big news! I finally figured out how to make a Facebook Business Page! I spent a great deal of time this weekend working on it, so if you haven't seen it yet, please do pop by and let me know what you think. Just click here to get you there fast! All feedback will be taken as constructive criticism. :)

What would be your favourite drink to make with these awesome stamps and dies? I'm going to try a raspberry vodka cooler next!

Barb

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