Mar 14, 2014 | In Colors, Occasions Catalog 2014, Sale-A-Bration 2014, Scrapbook Pages |
I created a scrapbook layout with the Sweet Sorbet Collection from Sale-A-Bration. I used the Sweet Sorbet Designer Series paper and the Accessory Pack along with the See Ya Later stamp set. Here is my 2-page 12″ x 12″ scrapbook layout.
The colors included are Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Pool Party, Sahara Sand, Summer Starfruit, Basic Black, and Whisper White. Here are some closeups of the clusters of elements….
After I took out the cork pieces that I was using I decided to try punching out from the scraps that were left. I was able to use the Itty Bitty Punch pack and punch extra little flowers to add on my page. I just used a Black Marker to add a dot in the center of each flower.
There is a punched heart border across the layout with flower sprinkled in. The flowers are from the Petite Petals stamp set and matching punch.
I tied bows with the colored Baker’s Twine from the Sweet Sorbet Accessory pack and added them to my page with glue dots. To keep the ends from unraveling I tied little knots.
A couple of the In Color Boutique Details were added to the page too – Crisp Cantaloupe and Pistachio Pudding were part of my color scheme. If you have been a Paper Pumpkin subscriber you would have received a free gift of these in one of the last few kits – I think they came in the January kit.
The page is ready for pictures and journaling to be added. What do you think about the layout?
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Mar 10, 2014 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Catalog 2014, Punch Art, Sale-A-Bration 2014 |
I made this fun card for Kyle the other day –
I sent him a box of Girl Scout cookies and thought they needed a fun card to go along with them. Cookie Monster was perfect. This is what I used –
- Circle Framelits, Word Bubble Framelits (from the Occasions catalog)
- Big Shot Die Cut Machine, Magnetic Platform
- Circle Punches (so I forgot exactly which sizes and I don’t have the card here to measure – I’m thinking the 1-3/4″ and the 1″ for the eyes, and 1-1/4″ for the cookie)
- Decorative Dots Embossing Folder (from the Sale-A-Bration brochure)
- Oh, Goodie! stamp set (carry-over from the Holiday catalog)
Inside there is a white circle and I stamped “Enjoy” also from the Oh, Goodie! stamp set.
Just a tip on making the card base – go ahead and cut a standard size card base and score it – fold the card and place it so the scalloped circle cuts near the edge of the cut side of the card and the folded side doesn’t get cut because it is inside the die. I guess I should have taken a picture of that. Hopefully it makes sense.
Enjoy!
Mar 6, 2014 | Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2014, Thank You, Uncategorized |
Did you notice the Good as Gold card kit in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure? It’s on page 12 and includes everything you need to make 8 cards. You don’t even need stamps and ink because the kit comes with pre-printed die cut tags. Not only that but the tags come in THREE languages! The greetings are in English, German and French (at least I think it is French – honestly I don’t know any French). But I do know German – in fact my parents are both from Germany and almost all of my relatives still live in Germany. In fact you might remember last May I took a trip to Germany with my parents. So when I saw the greetings in this kit (which I did not at all notice in the brochure) I was super excited! My mom’s birthday was in February and I made a card for her and used one of the German tags on it. I’ll show it to you in a minute.
First I want to show you one of the cards made just like the kit was designed:
It’s a cute Polka Dot card. Add the banner pieces to the front including a gold banner and the greeting. I used the little punched out star too. Bakers twine and Gold Elastic card are tied around the front of the card. The envelope has a gold liner.
At my last team meeting Sue shared with us an alternate idea – she cut each of the Polka Dot card bases in half and used them as a layer on a regular sized card. Then we added die-cut and embossed flowers and a button. This is the one that I made for my mom.
The tag says “for you” in German. So it was perfect for my mom!
In my Sale-A-Bration class last month I shared another idea on how to use this kit – you can use the cards to make a cute little bag perfect for some candy – like gold foil covered chocolate kisses perhaps. I found this one on Pinterest.
I used the Simply Scored board to add the score lines to create the sides and bottom of the box. Punch a hole in the top to add the twine, cord and tags. I used half pieces of the twine and cord that were included in the kit. It’s a tiny little bag but super cute. Hang tight – let me go find the measurements for scoring it so I can share those with you.
Ok – I’m back. You want to start with the card piece 6-1/2″ x 5″ – which means you trim off 1/2″ on the side that is 7″ when the card is open and not folded. Then line it up on the score board so the existing score line is at 3-1/2″ on the board. Now add a score line at 1/2″, at 2-1/2″, and at 5-1/2″. This creates the four sides of the box plus the piece to overlap for gluing. Turn your card stock to score along the bottom edge at 1″. Cut on the score lines up to that 1″ line to create the tabs for the bottom. You’ll also have one extra little rectangle on the overlap piece that you can just cut off to get it out of the way. Glue the bottom tabs to make the bottom of the bag. Pinch the sides to make the top come together and tie it shut with the twine & cord.
I hope you like all of these ideas. Sale-A-Bration ends at the end of March! You can choose this Good as Gold kit as one of your free items when you order $50 in product.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Mar 3, 2014 | Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2014 |
I was looking for something a little bit different to do with the Banner Blast stamp set when I was preparing for my Sale-A-Bration class last week. This is what I finally ended up with.
What do you think? I’m not quite sure where I got the color combination from – Island Indigo, Crushed Curry and Whisper White. It has lots of texture on the different panels. And you can use the banners and fit them into each other to create a rectangle shaped center panel.
Supplies used:
- Island Indigo, Crushed Curry and Whisper White card stock
- Banner Blast* stamp set and Banner punch*
- Embossing Folders: Decorative Dots*, Arrows, Stripes, Chevron
- Textured Boutique Embossing Machine
- Island Indigo Baker’s Twine
- Island Indigo and Crushed Curry Classic Ink
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
*These items are from the 2014 Sale-A-Bration brochure. Free options when you buy $50 in Stampin’ Up! Products.
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Feb 27, 2014 | Big Shot, Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2014 |
Have you seen the stamp set in the Sale-A-Bration brochure called See Ya Later? It is one that you can get FREE! And it is so much fun. I’ve made several cards with it. Here is one similar to the one shown in the brochure.
We made this in my Sale-A-Bration class and then I mailed it to Kyle. Since Kyle moved to CA I have been shipping some of his things out to him so I decided to include a card or treat or something in each box. So this card went along in one of the boxes – I thought it was very appropriate – See ya Later Alligator – Already Miss you!
That makes me think of when Kyle was little we would say “Kyle, Kyle, Crocodile”. I haven’t said that in a long time. It’s probably not appropriate to say to a 22 year old.
Items used on this card:
- See Ya Later stamp set (SAB)
- Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper (SAB)
- Decorative Dots Embossing Folder (SAB)
- Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack – Summer Starfruit Bakers Twine (SAB)
- Pistachio Pudding card stock
- Summer Starfruit card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Pennants Framelits
- Finishing Touches Edgelits
I used several Sale-A-Bration items on this card.
Thanks for visiting. Let me know what you think about the Sale-A-Bration items. Do you like the Sweet Sorbet collection? I LOVE the Baker’s Twine!!
Gotta go – Greg’s taking down the internet for a little while…..
Feb 17, 2014 | Birthday, Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2014, Stamper's Club |
I saw this fun card idea using the Tag Topper Punch and couldn’t wait to learn how to make it. I did a little searching on Pinterest and found a video from an Australian Demonstrator. This idea was one that I showed my Stamper’s Club this month and I also used it as a swap for my PAWS Team meeting.
I wanted to use some of the Sale-A-Bration FREE products and decided on the Sweet Sorbet Designer Paper and the Accessory Pack with the Baker’s Twine. Since I had 3 colors of twine I made 3 different color versions of the card and let my Stamp Club decide which one they wanted.
Crisp Cantaloupe
Summer Starfruit
Pool Party
So let’s see if I can explain (with pictures!) how to do this.
- First cut your card stock to 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 (that’s your standard half sheet of card stock) – but DON’T score it in the middle like you normally would. Use a pencil and make a mark on one of the short ends – I marked at 1″. The punch won’t be perfectly centered but that was ok for me. You want the same mark on the other end of the card stock but on the opposite side. You will use these to line up to do your punching.
- Make sure the Tag Topper punch is open and wiggle your card stock in. I have my mark on the right side.
- Line up the little mark with the edge of the punch. If you click on these photos you should be able to see a bigger version.
- Once you are lined up then punch. You end up with this.
- See the little mark to the right of the punch? You should have a matching mark at the other end of the card stock but on the back side. So do a flip with the card stock and repeat what you just did on the other side. If your marks aren’t on the same side then your punches won’t line up since this is not exactly in the center of the card stock.
- Get out a paper trimmer and put one of the punched ends in the trimmer. You are going to cut off the little rectangle pieces sticking out on either side of the punch.
- Now one end looks like this
- score the punched tab that you have left
- Turn your card stock around to work on the other side. I start by lining up the edge that I just created at 4-1/4″ on my trimmer. Score all the way down to make the center score of the card.
- Slide over the card stock to trim away the two rectangles left on either side of the other punched end.
- And finally fold on the two score lines you created – one in the center and one is the tab.
Now you can decorate your card.
This is what I used on mine:
- The card base on my cards is Sahara Sand.
- I added a Whisper White layer on the inside.
- Punch a strip 5-1/4″ with the Ribbon Border Punch of the card stock in the desired color.
- Cut a 2″ x 5-1/4″ strip of the Sweet Sorbet Designer Series paper and attach it to the punch strip and add this to the front panel of the card.
- Stamp an image – I used Label Love. I used the ink that matched my punched strip. Punch it out with the Artisan Label punch.
- Create a layer for the Artisan Label punch – punch to more in a coordinating color – I used the Pistachio Pudding that is in the paper. Cut each punch in half in opposite directions and then glue the halves onto the back of the stamped punch creating a mat layer.
- Punch a Itty Bitty Flower – scrunch it up to get the layers of card stock to separate and give the flower dimension. Insert a Silver Mini Brad and attach to the Artisan label. Attach the hole thing to the front panel of the card.
- Tie the punched tabs shut with the matching Baker’s Twine from the Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack. I tied knots in the ends of the twine so it wouldn’t unravel when the card was opened and closed.
I hope that was helpful and that you can now go and make some of these cards yourself. They were a lot of fun and unique twist from the normal cards we make.
Enjoy the day!
I tied bows with the colored Baker’s Twine from the Sweet Sorbet Accessory pack and added them to my page with glue dots. To keep the ends from unraveling I tied little knots.
A couple of the In Color Boutique Details were added to the page too – Crisp Cantaloupe and Pistachio Pudding were part of my color scheme. If you have been a Paper Pumpkin subscriber you would have received a free gift of these in one of the last few kits – I think they came in the January kit.
