CAS Petal Parade card

The Petal Parade stamp set is perfect for creating your own Designer Series Paper, and especially for one-sheet wonder projects. I’ve had a lot of fun with it since the start of Sale-a-Bration. Now we only have a couple of days left to earn this set FREE with a £45 order. 

This is a really simple thank you card; no fuss, just pretty stamps and great colours. 

I have my final Sale-a-Bration party of the year this evening – really looking forward to catching up with loyal customers and hopefully meeting some new ones! I’ll show you the projects another time.

Stamp

• Petal Parade Clear-Mount Stamp Set
• Sweet Essentials Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Ink

• Baked Brown Sugar Classic Stampin' Pad
• Gumball Green Classic Stampin' Pad
• Summer Starfruit Classic Stampin' Pad

Card Stock

• Gumball Green A4 Card Stock
• Summer Starfruit A4 Card Stock
• Whisper White A4 Card Stock

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Celebrate Sale-a-Bration with a flip card

Do you have this DSP stack yet? If not, why not? It’s really cute and so useful… I just wish I could remember where I’d put mine! With this paper stack and these Label Card Thinlits, you’ll have really impressive cards in no time. All you have to do is click the links at the bottom of this post - I’m so happy that this is working as it makes me look like I know what I’m doing! Really, it’s all down to a website called These Are My Stamps, which helps me create these fab links so you can head straight to my online store and do your shopping. 

You don’t need to be a demonstrator or even a blogger to make use of this site. Anyone can upload projects to the gallery. But perhaps the most useful feature of all is the inventory - you can keep track of your supplies so you need never order the same thing twice (come on, we’ve all done it!) and create a wishlist. 

Remember you only have a few days left to earn free products with Sale-a-Bration. You have until Monday evening (let’s call it 9pm to be on the safe side) to do any of the following:

Place an order of £45 to earn any of the FREE SAB items in the brochure. Click here to see more 

Host a party and get an extra £25 in hostess benefits if your party reaches £250*. These can any of our products, including the exclusive hostess products at the back of the catalogue.

Get extra craft supplies in your Starter Kit when you start your own craft business for just £99. Click here to get started!

Obviously it’s too late to book a party, but you can still be a hostess by gathering orders and placing them yourself through my online store or by sending me an email. Don’t forget to choose your freebies! See here for how much you’ll get. 

Stamp

• Petal Parade Clear-Mount Stamp Set [133602]
• Remembering Your Birthday Clear-mount Stamp Set [131350]

Ink

• Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975]
• Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [126982]
• Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949]

Card Stock

• Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685]
• Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack [132996]
• Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]

Big Shot

• Label Card Thinlits Die [133479]

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Gift pouch

A little gift for my friend Alison. It seems that she always forgets her toothbrush when we go away, so has to dash out to a corner shop to find out. We are away together this weekend, on a crafting retreat in the middle of nowhere, so inside this cute little package is a travel toothbrush and toothpaste set that she can keep in her washbag for all time. 

I started with the kit, laying it out on my grid paper to get measurements, then created a Crumb Cake pouch to fit. Another pouch, in Real Red, fits on the end, covered with a paper doily and embellished with some DSP, a little stamping and some gold sequins left over from my Mini Memories album kit, but you could use the Gold Sequin Trim instead, cut up. 

Stamp : Petal Parade Clear-Mount Stamp Set
Ink : Baked Brown Sugar Classic Stampin' Pad
Card Stock : Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock , Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack , Real Red A4 Card Stock
Ribbon & Trim : Gold Sequin Trim
Accessory : Gold Baker's Twine , Hung Up Cute Clips , Tea Lace Paper Doilies


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Envelope card solution

So, after making the envelope card, I realised the flaw in the plan. There’s nowhere to write in it! 

If you have nice handwriting, you could  add your message on the centre panel, but years of shorthand and even more years at a keyboard mean that my handwriting is pretty ugly, so I didn’t want to “spoil” the card. 

This is my “genius” solution… which I soon realised is northing more than a card stuck in an envelope. Doh! Still, I quite like the concept.

Start by making any sized envelope, it really doesn’t matter. I used a sheet of 6”x6” DSP and worked back from there. Round all the corners so it looks pretty. 

Next make a card to fit inside. Your envelope board will tell you what size this needs to be… or you can just measure the centre panel of your envelope. Adhere the card fully in the centre panel of the envelope and you’re almost there. All you need now is a way of keeping it closed - and for this I used a belly band with another one of those cool paper bows. 

This paper is from the Sweet Sorbet pack of DSP which you can earn free during Sale-a-Bration. It’s gorgeous paper but I have to confess that this particular pattern doesn’t float my boat. However, my stamping friends were horrified when I admitted this, so I have been trying to use it… and can feel a little bit of a U-turn coming along. Yes, it’s a bit much when you look at a full sheet, but I’m beginning to like it when combined with other patterns. 

I made a batch of these to give to my team members who helped me at our quarterly meeting at the weekend. Tricia kindly demoed this very bow, along with some others using punches; Sue provided a fantastic Make & Take, and Jane made some delicious cakes. 

Stamps: Petal Parade, Wetlands

Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black

Paper: Sweet Sorbet (SAB)

Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party, Basic Black

Accessories: Envelope Punch board

Sale-a-Bration envelope card

We spend a very enjoyable morning on Crafty Friday. This has evolved into a very relaxed “semi-freestyle” session. Depending on who is there, I tend to plan one project, then print out a few ideas from Pinterest for a second project, so that the ladies can choose what we make next. 

This was the planned project, although when I say “planned”, I mean I had the idea for the basic design but we made the rest up as we went along. It seems to work!

I love this card idea, which involves making your envelope and card all as one piece. It would make a great gift card holder, wedding invitation and more. The card sits flat, stuck down,  inside the envelope – although watch this space for a variation on the theme.

You start by making any sized envelope using your Envelope Punch Board (if you don’t have this yet, why not?). We went for a 3”x3” so we could get them all from one sheet of paper (there were four of us). Everyone LOVED the paper – it’s free during Sale-a-Bration, so you only have until 31st March to get your pack!

Next you cut cardstock to fit just inside (in this case 2 3/4” x 2 3/4”), stamp it, layer it, do what you wish – just don’t make it too bulky. 

Finally, we made a “belly band” to go around the envelope, covering the join with an embellishment. At my class yesterday (yes, another one!), I had lots of questions about the little flower on top. This was made with the small Scallop Circle Punch. I punched out three scalloped circles, then snipped them with scissors, towards the centre. I stuck a button on top of a circle of black cardstock in the centre (use GlueDots for this) and then scrunched it all up. It’s surprisingly effective. 

I finished off with a Chalk Marker, dotting randomly. This wasn’t intentional, by the way, but you know the saying… there are no mistakes…

Stamps: Petal Parade (SAB), Sweet Essentials

Cardstock: Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Basic Black

Paper: Sweet Sorbet (SAB)

Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party, Sahara Sand, Basic Black

Accessories: 1 3/4” scallop circle punch, large scallop circle punch, small scallop circle punch, 1/2” circle punch, Vintage faceted buttons, Chalk Marker. 

Thinking outside of the box with Twisty Treats kit

I know that some seasoned crafters often overlook our kits as they believe them to be just for beginners, but I disagree. I think there’s a lot of fun to be had from a kit, with a little imagination. This box is just one example. 

Take a look at the Twisty Treats kit from the Sale-a-Bration catalogue. It contains 12 polka dot cellophane bags, which are really cool, as well as 12 printed twist ties, 12 die-cut tags and a sheet of self-adhesive die-cut gliittered hearts. Put them together in the traditional manner and you end up with something like this:

But I wanted to show the ladies at my most recent Stampin’ Up!® party something a little different, so decided to think outside of the box, quite literally, and came up with the project at the top of the page. 

To create it, I made a little box to go inside the bag; this makes the polka dots on the cellophane bags show up much better. I made a tag to go with it, showcasing the In Colors and some new Spring/Summer catalogue products. 

Stamps: Just Sayin, Petal Parade

Cardstock: Calypso Coral (I used Crisp Cantaloupe on the night), Pistachio Pudding, Whisper White

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe

Accessories: Twisty Treats kit (SAB),  Ruffled Ribbon - Coastal Cabana, Wooden Elements, Fringe Scissors, Word Bubbles Framelits

I repeated this project for Crafty Friday last week, adapting the design for Valentine’s Day. This is what we made – it’s a little more complicated in that the front panel was cut away so we could add a new panel with the heart aperture. If we hadn’t created a new panel, the punched heart would have been upside-down! 

Stamps: Language of Love

Cardstock: Primrose Petals Core’dinations, Raspberry Ripple, Pistachio Pudding, Very Vanilla, Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink: Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple

Accessories: Twisty Treats Kit (SAB), Fringe Scissors, Large Heart Punch, Small Heart Punch

Finally, here are the measurements for the box:

1. You’ll need a piece of cardstock measuring 28cm x 12cm
2. Score along the length, 5cm from the edge
3. Turn your cardstock 90º and score at 5cm, 13cm, 18cm and 26cm
4. Fold along all the score lines and cut away the smallest section, then assemble as normal
5. The finished box should slide neatly into the cellophane bag.