Greetings!
I'm a sucker for a great promotion where I can purchase items and qualify for free product, so Sale-a-bration is always a fun time for me. The fact that it's in January and February, a time of year that seems a little sleepy and quiet after the hubbub of the holidays, is another bonus. This year, there are a total of three Designer Series Paper choices, all of which are gorgeous!
Today's card features one of the prints from the Dandy Designs Designer Series Papers (DSP). This paper pack is huge and it's FREE with $100 purchase! It has a total of 48 12" x 12" sheets: 4 sheets each of 12 double-sided designs, giving you a total of 24 designs to play with! 😲 One of the great things about these designs is they are small so it's easy to use a small piece and see the entire pattern, or use a larger piece as a background that doesn't overwhelm the card. I chose this adorable polka-dotted print to pair with the flowers from the Painted Poppies stamp set, and using what I call a collar fold to give me a little white space for the sentiment.
I tried the leaves in a multitude of colors (mostly shades of green) and nothing looked right, so I thought, why not simply make them purple; Highland Heather outlines with Fresh Freesia fill, and that was the answer. I love how the colors in the papers inspire me to think outside the box and play with inspired new looks.
By simply cutting a diagonal along the top edge, filling it in with Basic White, and cutting a Fresh Freesia piece of the same size facing down from the cut line (resembling a shirt collar) provides a very simple way to take your card from meh to wow.
Gather Your Supplies:
- Painted Poppies stamp set
- Painted Labels dies
- Better Days stamp set
- Petal Pink cardstock
- card base 4-1/4 x 11 scored & folded at 5-1/2 OR 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored & folded at 4-1/4
- Fresh Freesia cardstock
- 4 x 1-5/8 cut diagonally lengthwise
- Basic White cardstock
- 4 x 1-5/8 cut diagonally lengthwise
- scraps for flowers and leaves
- Dandy Designs Designer Series Paper (FREE with $100 purchase during Sale-a-bration)
- Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad
- Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad
- Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad
- Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad
- Wink of Stella
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Here's How It's Made:
Measure down 1- 5/8" from top right corner of DSP panel, mark and cut diagonally up to left-hand corner. Adhere panel to Petal Pink card front. Ink message with Petal Pink and stamp near right edge of Basic White diagonal piece, then adhere to card front to fill in the cut out piece of DSP. Adhere Fresh Freesia cardstock long edge of piece along diagonal cut line with point facing down.
Ink solid fill stamp with Petal Pink, stamp off* once, then stamp onto Basic White cardstock. Repeat so you have two separate inked areas. Ink both full view and side view flowers with Mango Melody and stamp onto Petal Pink inked areas. Die cut both flowers.
*Stamping off is a technique in which you stamp onto grid paper once or twice before stamping onto cardstock. This gives a softer color to your image.
Ink large splatter stamp with Fresh Freesia and stamp onto Basic White cardstock. Repeat so you have two separate inked areas. Ink single leaf stamp with Highland Heather and stamp onto Fresh Freesia splatter, re-inking and re-stamping to have a total of 3 leaves. Die cut.
Position flowers and leaves along upper left card front as shown above, making sure to leave room for message.
Brush Wink of Stella onto center of flowers to give them a little shimmer.
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Essential Tools:
These are the tools I recommend for a positive experience with all of your paper crafting projects. Having the right tools makes every project go more smoothly from start to finish.
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All items in the Sale-a-bration catalog are FREE with purchase of $50 or $100 increments of Stampin' Up! product. Many of the items in here coordinate with current products in the Annual Catalog and January - April mini catalog, so you can expand your creativity even more!
I LOVE being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator for a variety of reasons! If you love stamping and sending cards, getting together with friends and being creative, want a way to reach out to your community, earn some money doing something you love, or any combination of these things, and more, now is a great time to join! You have the option of adding on a Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine or an extra $50 in product for FREE. You get to choose which option works best for you! See below for more details
Select $125 in product plus receive the Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine in white or the exclusive limited edition Boho Blue for only $129
OR
Choose $175 in product of your choice for only $99!
I am a member of Dawn Olchefske's DOStampers STARS community, so when you join my team, you are also part of this fabulous community where we share inspiration, creativity, support and education, as well as a whole new group of crafting friends!
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Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you're inspired to gather your supplies and get creative!
Have a beautiful day! 😊
Beverly J
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