2015 Sale-A-Bration – Page 3

January 10, 2015January 5, 2016

Happy Bermuda Hardwood Hello

Hello peeps! I hope that you all had a nice Friday! I got to do my monthly errand of delivering the posters to our other locations at work yesterday! Always a good day for me! After work I headed over to Scrap-A-Latte and met up with Andrew. He spent the day inputting names and email addresses into a spreadsheet and Constant Contact so that’s all done! I tinkered around with the monitor for the computer and got it to work as a touch screen, like it’s supposed to be! When I got home I went into the Stampin’ Galley and got lost in watercoloring. Realized that it was 12:00 and thought, hmm… I’d better get to bed! It’s nice to get so involved in something that you loose track of time every once in a while, wouldn’t you agree?!

One of the things that I watercolored last night even made it to a card! It’s the funky little bird! For the base of today’s card I used a piece of Whisper White Card Stock. A piece of Very Vanilla is stamped with the Hardwood Background Stamp in Crumb Cake and covers the entire card front. The funky little bird is from the A Happy Thing Stamp Set and is heat embossed in Black Stampin’ Emboss Powder on Watercolor Paper. I used Elegant Eggplant and Bermuda Bay for the main colors, the branch is Soft Suede and his beak is Crushed Curry. I mixed in a little water with the colors from my squished Ink Pad lids and just filled him in. I decided that the background looked a little dull against all of his boldness so I used some Soft Sky to fill it in. He is mounted to a piece of Basic Black and adhered to the card with SNAIL. My greeting is actually three pieces of Basic Black that are cut out with the Hello You Thinlits and glued together with Multi-Purpose Glue. I really do love that funky little bird and he looks nice and spring like in his bold colors! The stacked greeting is also neat, I love the dimension that it has! I hope that you enjoyed my simple watercolor card for today! Thanks for checking in with me! I wish you all a super Saturday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Sets: A Happy Thing and Hardwood Background Clear Mount

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Elegant Eggplant, Soft Sky, Soft Suede and Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Ink

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: Black

Card Stock: Whisper White, Very Vanilla and Basic Black

Specialty Paper: Watercolor

Thinlits: Hello You

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool, Multi-Purpose Glue and SNAIL

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January 8, 2015January 5, 2016

Freshly Made Sketches 168

To describe the temperature here as cold would be an understatement! It is downright FREEZING! I guess if it wasn’t so windy it wouldn’t be that bad, but it’s pretty darn cold, like minus 10 cold! I was also quite tired yesterday. I made it through the day at work and got a lot done. I stopped by Scrap-A-Latte after work to meet up with Andrew so we could go over any last minute things with Renee and get keys. When I got home and went to my parents little Daniel was there and I chased him around for a bit. Then I came home and took a nice two hour nap! I did feel a lot better after that and was able to sit down and make my card for today.

After a little holiday break the ladies over at Freshly Made Sketches are back with a new sketch…

Very nice and simple! To start off my card I used a base of Daffodil Delight Card Stock and covered the front with a piece of the Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum with some very strategically placed Multi-Purpose Glue to hold it in place. The image is from the Sale-A-Bration A Happy Thing Stamp Set and is heat embossed in Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I used Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers to color it in. My greeting is from another Sale-A-Bration set, You Brighten My Day, also heat embossed in Gold on Vellum Card Stock and punched out with the Banner Punch. I cut out a piece of Wild Wasabi and Gold Glimmer Paper to put behind it and adhered it to the base with SNAIL. I needed a nice bright happy card on such a chilly day and I think this one fits the bill! I hope that you like my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge using some of the new sets from Sale-A-Bration. Thanks very much for taking some time out of your day to check in with me! Here’s to a good Thursday, we all know what tomorrow is!! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Sets: A Happy Thing and You Brighten My Day Clear Mount

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: Gold

Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers: Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi

Card Stock: Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzaz and Whisper White

Specialty Paper: Gold Glimmer, Gold Fancy Foil Vellum and Vellum Card Stock

Punch: Banner

Tools: Heat Tool, Multi-Purpose Glue, Glue Dots, 2-Way Glue and SNAIL

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December 31, 2014January 5, 2016

Paper Craft Crew 125

Well guess what?! I didn’t move again yesterday! LOL! I’m really not shocked but I’m the only one left in the old space out of my department. They say possibly tomorrow, if not then next Monday because I’ll be off on Friday!! Oh well! What can ya do?! Andrew came up to the office for the meeting and is going to help me with the design of the web site and print materials that go along with it. That will be fun! Oh, and he was officially added to the committee! He he! I did end up going back to IKEA last night to get my wall unit and Heather came with me. She needed to go and get something to wear tonight so we went to H&M. I found a pair of jeans and a pair of corduroys so I was quite happy about that! Oh and a cool pair of Union Jack socks! LOL! We went to IKEA after that, it’s connected to the mall, and I got my wall unit and the accessories that I wanted to go with it. We stopped by As-Is and Heather found a nice chair for $100 so since we had my dad’s truck so she got it. We stopped by and unloaded my stuff first and then I carried the chair into Heather’s and she put it where she wanted it and loves it. I’ll put my wall unit together on Thursday morning. Still not sure what I’m doing tonight, what are your plans for ringing in the new year?!

Wednesday and you know what that means, I’m over on the Paper Craft Crew for this week’s sketch challenge…

I stayed really true to the sketch this week! For my card base I used a piece of Whisper White Card Stock and the “Vintage” Color Spritzer Tool with my Tangelo Twist and Hello Honey Stampin’ Write Markers to create my spattered background. A piece of the new Chalkboard Paper* and the new Yellow Citrus ColorBox Chalk Ink Pad* along with the new Big Day Stamp Set** are used to stamp the cake. The slide frame is a piece of Tangelo Twist that I cut out with the On Film Framelits and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The Starburst Sayings Stamp Set and the Starburst Framelits with Crushed Curry Stampin’ Emboss Powder and Hello Honey are used for my “embellishment”. My greeting on the arrow is from the And Many More Stamp Set and is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black. I used the On Film Framelits to cut it out too and then before I popped it out of the Framelit I used a Liquid Stylus Fine Point Marker to create the outline. More Stampin’ Dimensionals adhered those to the card and complete it nicely! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge. Show some love by heading over to the blog to see what the other designers have done with the sketch and enter your creation in the gallery! Thank you all for your visits and comments this past year! I can’t wait to see what 2015 brings! Here’s to a fantastic year for all of us!! Have a great new year’s eve and stay safe!! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Sets: Big Day**, And Many More and Starburst Sayings Clear Mount

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Yellow Citrus ColorBox Chalk Ink*

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: Crushed Curry

Stampin’ Write Markers: Tangelo Twist and Hello Honey

Card Stock: Whisper White, Tangelo Twist and Hello Honey

Specialty Paper: Chalkboard*

Framelits: On Film and Starburst

Tools: Big Shot, Color Spritzer Tool (Vintage), Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2015 Occasions Catalog **2015 Sale-A-Bration Catalog (January 6, 2015)

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December 26, 2014January 5, 2016

Pals Paper Arts 233

Apparent;ly I decided to sleep in really late today! I had a nice Christmas yesterday and hope that you all of you did too. Thank you for all of your Christmas wishes and kindness, who could ask for a better Christmas gift?! Daniel got a little Fisher Price music set that came with a drum, maracas, tamborine and flute. He played with it for a while but my brother really liked it! LOL! He played with it a lot much to dismay of everyone else especially Erika! Andrew stopped by later in the day and we just sat a talked for a while. After, Taylor came over and we watched Divergent again. Love that movie! This morning I have a bunch of Thank you cards to make and other projects to work on. I think I will escape the house for a bit too, it’s a nice day outside, not too cold so I can’t stay in all day. I took a really nice picture of the sky last night, a nice sky to complete a nice day!

I did make a card last night and it’s for this week’s Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge…

I used some new goodies from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog and that cool bird stamp! The base of the card is Whisper White Card Stock and the background is a piece of paper from the Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper Pack*. I stamped the greeting from the A Happy Thing Stamp Set* in Soft Suede on the background and adhered it to the card with SNAIL. A strip of Coastal Cabana and Calypso Coral go down the left side and some Soft Suede across the bottom. The triangles are also Coastal Cabana and Calypso Coral and are punched out with the Triangle Punch and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The bird is also from the A Happy Thing Stamp Set* and is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored in with my Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana and Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers. I put a little dot of Crystal Effects on his eye and adhered him to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I love the colors together and that DSP has some really great patterns in it. I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge. Thank you very much for taking the time to come by and comment, I always look forward to reading them and writing back! Have a great Friday everyone! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Stamp Set: A Happy Thing Clear Mount*

Ink: Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Ink and Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers: Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake and Daffodil Delight

Card Stock: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral and Soft Suede

Designer Series Paper: Best Year Ever*

Punch: Triangle

Tools: Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2015 Sale-A-Bration Catalog (January 6, 2015)

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Current Promotions:

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Need some cards quicky? Stampin’ Up! has a brand new kit that allows you to create 20 cards, all you need is some adhesive and you’re all set. Click here for the Everyday Occasion Card Kit!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! The newest set is You’re Wonderful. It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!