Look familiar?

I thought I’d posted this one but I can’t find it. Apologies if you’ve seen it before. It’s another Sale-a-Bration creation using possibly my favourite SAB item available: the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper. And this horizontal strip is my favourite pattern from the whole pack, although I have to say it’s very difficult to choose.

A very simple card, allowing the paper to do the work, along with the gorgeous Lots of Tags die and the Perfect Punches stamp set.

The Wide Oval punch fits perfectly on top of this die – I love the way SU makes everything go together so well!

Stamps: Perfect Punches

Cardstock: Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla

Paper: Everyday Enchantment (SAB)

Ink: Pool Party

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Wide Oval Punch, Lots of Tags dies

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More SAB lovelies

Hello, long time no blog! Sorry about that – will try to keep the blog updated but I am not able to get to the internet as often as I’d like right now. I have to say, though – as inconvenient as it can be, in a way it’s sort of liberating, too.

Today’s project shows off some more Sale-A-Bration loveliness.  Poppy Parade and Lucky Limeade – they rhyme so they must be a perfect colour combination! Add a splash of gorgeous Pool Party for this n In Colour card using free stamps and free papers. Curly Cute is a must right now – it’s my “go to” greeting set of the moment. Love it!

The flowers are punched with the Boho Blossoms punch. The leaves are created from the middle-sized flower from this punch, with all but two of the petals trimmed off.

Stamps: Fresh Vintage (SAB), Curly Cute

Cardstock: Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Whisper White

Paper: Everyday Enchantment (SAB)

Ink: Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Poppy Parade

Accessories: Boho Blossoms punch, basic rhinestones, scallop edge punch

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Delicious blackberries

This little card (3" square) uses the oh so sweet stamp set, Perfect Postage, which co-ordinates so perfectly with the Postage Stamp punch.

Here I’ve inked the blackberries image with markers, stamped it on Very Vanilla and cut it out. I’ve layered it onto a piece of Elegant Eggplant punched out with the Postage Stamp punch.

Don’t you just love the vintage look of the Crochet Trim? This one is the Victoria 5/8” – gorgeous!

Stamps: Perfect Postage

Cardstock: Sahara Sand textured, Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla

Ink: Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive markers

Accessories: Postage Stamp punch, Victoria Crochet Trim

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Helen

Happy Birthday, Lily!

Today is Lily’s birthday and she turns double figures today – which came as quite a surprise to me, as I thought she was 10 already. In the end, as I couldn’t quite believe it, I settled for a name on the front rather than a number.

I wanted to make a card which showed off these gorgeous papers, which you can earn free during Sale-A-Bration. If you’re on my mailing list, look out for a special purchase deal coming your way soon which will help you make the most of these papers!

The letters are created with the Big Shot and the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet. I confess I don’t own this set, but did have a lot of leftover letters from when I borrowed it from my friend Alison for a scrapbooking class.  So I rooted through them all and eventually found what I needed in Basic Black.

Tip: The flower and brad are stuck on with a Glue Dot as I didn’t want the brad to show through to the inside of the card.

Cardstock: Confetti White, Lucky Limeade

Paper: Everyday Enchantment (SAB)

Accessories: Big Shot, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet, Blossom Party die, Scallop Edge Punch, Designer Printed Brads, Basic Black taffeta ribbon

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In the pink

I made this a while ago to celebrate the birth of baby Heidi, daughter of Rachel who many of you will know as Tattered Rose. Rachel was one of my very first customers and locals will have seen her exhibiting her amazing jewellery and all-round craftiness at the Fabulous Places fairs that I’ve attended.

The card looks simple but there’s actually a bit of fiddliness in there, in the form of paper piecing. So I stamped the duck on the large piece of Whisper White and then again on several sheets of my Brights Patterns Stack – Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose and Tangerine Tango. I cut out the coloured pieces and stuck them on the top – fiddly but cute!

Stamps: Easy Events, Curly Cute

Cardstock: Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Paper: Patterns Paper Stack – Brights

Ink: Regal Rose, Basic Black

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Two Tags pouches

I cannot stress this enough: the Two Tags die is wonderfully versatile and you will use it loads and loads. Here I have die-cut two of the larger dies, folded them at the readymade score line and then trimmed about 1cm from that. I’ve attached the two trimmed tags together to create a little pouch, punched a hole at the top and tied it together with some linen thread.  Very cute and just the right size to hold the latest batch of keyrings for my team members who have promoted to Bronze 2.

One of these has gone off to Pauline, and the other is waiting for our next team meeting to be given to Judie as I much prefer to present these in person where possible.

The pouches are decorated with some SAB goodies; the words come from the Sprinkled Expressions stamp set and the paper from the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper pack.

Love that glimmer paper on the back one – it’s red but it goes with every red I’ve tried it with so far: Real Red, Cherry Cobbler and Poppy Parade.

Anyway, congratulations to both ladies – and I hope you like your keyrings and plan to fill them with beads. Just to explain, I give each of my team a keyring with one bead when they promote to Bronze 2. I award additional beads for further promotions and for attending Stampin’ Up!® events such as training sessions.  For Convention we all had a special charm instead: the Eiffel Tower.

Stamps: Sprinkled Expressions (SAB)

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede

Paper: Everyday Enchantment (SAB), Glimmer Paper

Ink: Lucky Limeade

Accessories: Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Big Shot, Two Tags Die, Designer Buttons – Neutrals, Regals, Linen Thread, Fine Galaxy Glitter (retired – but other colours are still available)

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