Feb
07

“Sale-a-Brate” a Birthday

Posted on: Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Sale-a-Bration Birthday Card Stampin' Up!

As I’m sure you all know by now, Stampin’ Up!’s most anticipated promotion of the year has started:  Sale-a-Bration!  Just in case you haven’t heard, you can link to my blog post that talks all about it HERE.  I decided to create a card that showcased one of the limited edition stamp sets: Lots of Thoughts.  What I love about this stamp set, is that it’s a whole bunch of greetings that have been designed specifically to fit inside Stampin’ Up!’s circle and scallop punches. 

The base of the card is More Mustard CS.  I layered on a mat of Real Red CS.  As you can see from the picture, I first punched a scalloped edge using our corner rounder punch (if you’re not sure how to do this, here’s a link to a tutorial that was created by Beate Johns), then punched a small hole in the center of each scallop using my 1/16" handheld punch.  The designer paper comes from the awesome East Coast Prep Collection.  I matted it on Tempting Turquoise CS and then tied some Wild Wasabi double-stitched ribbon around it in a knot. The main image comes from the Fun and Fast Notes stamp set. I colored it in using my blender pens and classic inks in More Mustard, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise and Wild Wasabi.  As you can probably tell from the picture, I added glitter of course! The greeting, as I mentioned earlier is a Sale-a-Bration set – which you can get absolutely free with a $70 order.  I stamped it in black, punched it out using the 1 3/8" circle punch and then matted it on a More Mustard scalloped circle on which I pierced the scallops. All supplies are Stampin’ Up!

Categories : Stamping Ideas

12 Comments

1

What a fantastic card, love that stamp, love your arygle background paper.

2

Great b-day card! I just love this DSP!

3

May I use your layout and basic design in a swap for demos? I want to change the cake image, but use the rest, and wanted to get permission from you first.

This is a great card!

barb hendrickson

4

Again, this is why your blog is the first I check every morning! Fantastic work, as always! Thanks for sharing!

5

Very cute card, love the colors and layout.

6

This is fantastic!! I love the glitter on the cake and the colors. Great details….I am eyeing the ‘Lots of thoughts’ set. Thanks for the inspiration.

7

Great card Andrea! I was not crazy about this set, but you have used it beautifully and now I need to rethink it – LOL! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex

8

I love the scallops! Nice card! Jeanne p.s. How was the women’s show this past w/e?

9

Okay, I forgot the date — let me know on Monday!! LOL! I’m usually saying, where does time go?! Now I know I’m the one that pushes it along! Jeanne

10

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a card you did that didn’t inspire me :D Thanks for yet more inspiration!!!

12

I love your ideas. Would you consider doing a card class using a simply scrapin’ kit? I really like the Summer Days kit. I told my customers that you could make 45-60 cards with one kit because I’ve seen it done before and they really want to do one. I just haven’t had the time to make one up. I teach full time. It would be great if you could do one. Thanks! Jill

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