See Ya Later SAB

 Well today is the last day of another successful Stampin Up Sale-a-bration.  You have until midnight Mountain Time to place an order to receive the free SAB items.  I thought I would say goodbye to SAB with today’s card featuring mostly SAB items.  For the swampy effect, I used the Gorgeous Grunge #130517 to stamp the background of this card using monochromatic color-pool party ink on pool party cardstock.  I added a strip of sweet sorbet DSP #133521  (free SAB item) to create a “lily pad”  I then created the alligator using the Petite Pennants Builder #122362 punch for the head, the teeth were cut using the Tasteful Trim Bigz XL die #120893 and the eyelids were punched using the Owl Builder #118074 punch.  For the body I used the Chalk Talk #129983 and stamped the See Ya Later #133533 (Free SAB Item) and then textured the head and body with the Decorative Dots #133520 (Free SAB item) to give it the alligator feel.  I got really creative by wrapping the DSP around the back of the card and added his tail punched from  Petite Pennants Builder punch. I think this made for a cute surprise and a fond farewell for the  Stampin Up Sale-a-Bration.  See ya later!

Say good by to One Big Sale a Bration 2014

Since tomorrow is the last day of the Stampin Up Sale-a-Bration I wanted to say a proper good bye to the One Big Sale-a- Bration 2014 Digital Kit. Today’s MDS post is a CASE from a card I saw on Pinterest using the Petal Parade Stamp set #133602. The Petaks Parade is a free stamp set from the Stampin Up  Sale-a-bration catalog but I wanted to do a digital version of this card and pay tribute to the free One Big Sale-a-Bration 2014 #134976 digital kit from the Stampin Up Sale-a-bration catalog.

The Stampin Up Sale – a bration is going on through midnight mountain time so hurry and stock up to get your free products from the special Sale0-a-bration catalog for every $50 spent in regular merchandise from the Stampin Up occasions catalog, the Stampin Up 2013-2014 annual catalog, digital downloads and clearance rack.

 

Smile Again

 I was inspired by yesterday’s card that Cammie made and today’s post is the version I came up with. I used a piece of  strip of  Kaleidoscope DSP #132995. The card features the Peachy Keen #133113 stampset and the On Film Framelits #132969 from the Stampin Up occasions catalog. The Peachy Keen stampset and the Framelits are a bundled item (wood #135224 and clear #135225) when purchasing together.   I completed the card by adding random rhinestone bling.

Candid Camera

 Today’s card is the card Cammie made me for my birthday.  The card features the Peachy Keen #133113 stampset and the On Film Framelits #132969 from the Stampin Up occasions catalog. The Peachy Keen stampset and the Framelits are a bundled item (wood #135224 and clear #135225) when purchasing together.   She paired the Peachy Keen stampset with the Kaleidoscope DSP #132995 and she added rhinestone bling to the camera centers.

Fancy Schmancy

 Today’s post is an out of the ordinary for me.  I am really not a gold fan but this card came out great and is all product from the Stampin Up occasions catalog.  The card base is the gold foil sheets #132622 embossed with the Ampersand #132970 and then the Watercolor Wonder Designer Washi Tape #133000.  I added a hand cut a banner and added the sentiment from the Happy Watercolor #133191 stampset and a gold bakers twine #132975 bow.

This card turned out great and would be  great for  golden anniversary.

Hooray for Today

For today’s card, I wanted to showcase the wonderful Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Pack #132996 from the Stampin Up occasions catalog. The Fresh Prints DSP is a pack of 48 (4 each of 12 designs) of 4 1/2″ X 6 ” sheets of paper.  The designs are all Fresh and Fun and makes for a perfect card.  I used the triangle punch #133375 and the Geometrical stamp set #133161  and I finished the  card with bakers twine. The Geometrical stamp and triangle punch are available as a bundle (wood #134941 and clear #134942) and save 15% when purchased together.

 

Petal Parade -MDS Case

Today’s MDS post is a CASE from a card I saw on Pinterest using the Petal Parade Stamp set #133602. The Petaks Parade is a free stamp set from the Stampin Up  Sale-a-bration catalog and I did not have it.  I do have the digital version though and it was included in the One Big Sale-a-bration 2014 digital ensemble (free item).  It was fun creating this card in MDS using the free One Big Sale-a-Bration 2014 digital ensemble and combining it with other digital elements that I have.

The Stampin Up Sale – a bration is going on through March 31 so hurry and stock up to get your free products from the special Sale0-a-bration catalog for every $50 spent in regular merchandise from the Stampin Up occasions catalog, the Stampin Up 2013-2014 annual catalog, digital downloads and clearance rack.

It’s Tuesday so that is new digital download day at Stampin Up so be sure to check out the new digital downloads at the Stanpin Up site.  Every Tuesday, Stampin Up introduces new downloads available.

Good as Gold with a Twist

 Stampin Up offers card kits and I usually don’t order them because I think I may change my mind after seeing what I did for today’s post. For todays card, I combined 2 of the free kits you can get from the Sale-a-bration catalog to make a fantastic card.  I used the Good as Gold card kit #133512 to cut a 1.5 x5 inch strip I then cut a banner from the striped tag in the Twisty Treats kit  #133513 using the Banners Framelits Die and then matted it with a bigger pennant in Tangerine Tango. I also used the hexagon tag from the Twisty Treats kit and the pennants from the Good as Gold kit. I used the gold bakers twine #132975 to attach the gold banner. I used the hexagon punch to stamp the sentiment from the Six Sided Sampler #130956. To complete the card, I punched small circles from the gold envelope liner in the gold as gold kit to accent the whisper white card base.  Love it and the fact that I was able to make 5 cards from 1 card in the good as gold kit and use all the components that I usually don’t use in a kit.

Both the good as gold and the twisty treats and other great items in the Sale-a-bration catalog can be earned for free when you purchase $50 in merchandise through March 31st.

Hello sunshine

It has been a long winter & spring break is here so that must mean we can expect more cold weather but if we think sunshine maybe it will come.  Today’s card is a fun one using the banner punch (free item) #133519 to create the sun rays.  The center of the sun was punched with a circle punch from the fabulous water color wonder DSP #132994 from the Stampin Up occasions catalog. The smoky slate background was textured using the Decorative Dots texturing folder (free item)#133520 and the clouds were cut using the Word Bubbles framelits #132968. I framed a whisper white cardstock strip with 2 pieces of Tangerine satin ribbon (retired item) and stamped the sentiment with the See Ya Later #133533 (free item) stampset to complete this al occasions card.

All the free items used in this card are part of Stampin Up’s on going sale-a-bration.  For every $50 spent in merchandise from the annual catalog, the occasions catalog, online clearance rack, or  MDS digital downloads you can earn free products from the Stampin Up Sale-a-bration catalog.  Sale-a-bration is not over yet but it will be soon- March 31st is the last day to take advantage of this great offer.

Bright and Springy

Today’s card is a cheerful thank you card but could be used for any occasion.  My plan was to create a “mailable” single layer card but that did not work but I came close.  It’s mailable and is nearly a single layer card.  I used the Gorgeous Grunge #130517 stamp set to give a distressed look to add my cheerful flowers using the Petite Petals #133155 stamp set and the coordinating Petite Petals Punch #133322 from the Stampin Up occasions catalog.  I then stamped the sentiment using the Million & One #126377 stamp set.  I created a peek a poo window using the Word Window Punch #119857. The Petite Petals stamp set and punch are a bundle and save item (wood #134821 & clear #134822) when purchased together can save you 15%.