Category: Sale a bration

Bug Me

Big Shot, Bug Me, Cards, Framelit Dies, Mini Catalogs, Really Good Greetings, SAB, Sale a bration, Stamp Sets, Tasteful Trim die, Too Kind
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Still wishing for spring!  This Circle Label Framelit card features the cute, cute butterfly and the Sweet Sorbet Designer Series paper.  There are only 10 days left to grab this DSP!  I found a new “pairing” of sentiments that I really like.  The sentiment on the front is from Too Kind and the inside is from Really Good Greetings. 

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Bug Me, Too Kind, Really Good Greetings
Cardstock – Sahara Sand, Crisp Cantaloupe, Basic Black, Whisper White, Sweet Sorbet Dsp
Ink – Crisp Cantaloupe, Basic Black
Etc – Circle Label Framelit, Tasteful Trim die, Rhinestone sticker

I ran out of black ribbon – all black ribbon – and used some rhinestone stickers from Elizabeth Craft Designs instead.  Just a little bling for my butterfly Hugs, Fran

Eggs in a Box

Cards, Easter, Eggstra Spectacular, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Occasions Mini, Punch, SAB, Sale a bration, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets
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We are doing fancy folds at my team meeting this Sunday and this is the one I’m doing.  It’s a Card in a Box and it folds nice and flat to fit in a regular envelope.  I’ve made larger ones but this cutie is tiny!  I used the measurements on Splitcoast – scroll all the way to the bottom to find the measurements for an A2 card. 

My eggs are the large oval punch and the flowers are the Petite Petal and Bird punches.  The grass is made with the Fringe Scissors.  The little bunny/lamb  is from Eggstra Specatular. 

Supplies
Stamp Set – Eggstra Spectacular
Cardstock – Pool Party, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White, Sweet Sorbet DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon
Etc – Large Oval punch, Scallop Edge punch, Petite Petal punch, Bird punch, Candy Dots, Fringe Scissors, small butterfly punch, rhinestones

Now I have a question for you – if you use Pinterest, would you rather see boards set up by stamp sets or catalogs.  I currently have mine set up by stamp sets which makes for a lot of boards.  I’m wondering if it would easier to just do it by catalogs or themes.  What do you think?  Hugs, Fran

The Power of Two

Big Shot, Cards, Framelit Dies, Mini Catalogs, Perfect Blend, Pop It Up, Punch, SAB, Sale a bration, Stamp Sets, Yippee Skippee
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One of my friends and I love to get up early in the morning and meet for coffee whenever we can.  It’s a great way for us to get in some “girl time” before the day takes off.  So the sentiment on the front of my card celebrates this time .  The card is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2

Inside I used Karen Burniston’s Garden Bench Pop It Ups die to create this scene.  (Stamp is from Art Impressions)  The die comes with the flowers and grass (and more!) 

To keep “our feet on the ground” I used the grass and few flowers – and a box behind it.  There’s also a box behind the image to keep it steady.

Can you see them?  One on the bench and one on the ground.

Supplies
Stamp Set – Perfect Blend,  Yippee-Skippee, Coffee BFFs (AI)
Card stock – Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Pool Party, Whisper White, Sweet Sorbet DSP (SA
Ink – Jet Black Stazon
Etc – Garden Bench and Agatha Edges Pop It Ups, Oval Punch, Oval Framelit, Candy dots

Now if only the snow would melt so we could sit on a garden bench.  Hugs, Fran

A Musical Birthday

Big Shot, Cards, Mini Catalogs, My Friend, Pop It Up, Punch, SAB, Sale a bration, Stamp Sets
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Karen Burniston challenged us to use any of her new Pop It Ups dies to create anything we wanted – makes my head spin!  I decided to use her Pop It Ups Accordion Fancy Label to create a birthday card.  The “Happy Birthday” is an Elizabeth Craft Design die that is so nice and thin I could bend is in an arc across the front.  The flower is a stack of Petite Petal punch flowers scrunched to make a little flower.  The little banner is the new banner punch in the SAB mini – rounded with an oval punch on the top.

Here it is open.  The center square is embossed using My Friend.  The “to You” is made up of the “You” in the ECD die Thank You and the “to” is the T from birthday and O from you.  (Does that make sense?)  The die for the Red Glimmer paper diamonds in the corner comes with the Accordion Fancy Label die!

Supplies
Stamp Set – My Friend
Cardstock – Very Vanilla, Red Glimmer paper, Basic Black, Modern Medley DSP
Ink – Versamark
Etc – Pop It Ups Accordion Fancy Label, ECD Happy Birthday and Thank You dies, Small banner punch, Petite Petal punch, Candy dots

Lots of fun!  Hugs, Fran

Good as Gold

Big Shot, Cards, Framelit Dies, Mini Catalogs, SAB, Sale a bration
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This card is from the Sale a bration kit called Good as Gold.  It makes lots of sweet cards like this one and comes with sentiments in English, French and German.  Here’s another idea for this kit –

Using My Digital Studil, I printed out this image from Artistic Etchings and cut it out with the Oval Framelit die.  I added a layer behind it using the beautiful Gold Foil.  Then I used the “merci!” 

Supplies
Cardstock – Good as Gold notecards, Gold Foil specialty paper, Whisper White
Etc – MDS2 (Artistic Etchings), Candy Dots

Now to come up with some very German – and I’ll have a cute set!  Any ideas?  This is why I love MDS!  Hugs, Fran

Four You

Four You, Mini Catalogs, Punch, SAB, Sale a bration, Stamp Sets
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And one more Scallop Tag Topper punch fancy fold!  This one uses 2 techniques on top of the fold – a fringed flower and a Chevron punch lattice.  The lattice piece is done by punching 2 pieces of cardstock 1 1/2 x 6 with the Chevron punch.  You will end up with 2 pieces of “arrows.”  Flip one over and tuck the points of the top one (now facing downwards) under the points of the bottom one (facing upwards)  Then you can slide them until you get the look you want.  The fringed flower uses the Fringe scissors.  Cut a 1 1/2 x 12″ piece of DSP and fold it in half long ways so that it is now 3/4 x 12.  Use the fringe scissors and cut the fringe down the long side.  I use a bamboo skewer to start rolling it and use hot glue to hold it together.  Once the glue has dried, start curling the fringe with your fingers until it looks like a flower.

Supplies
Stamp Set – Four You
Cardstcok – Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Sweet Sorbet DSP
Ink – Basic Black
Etc – Fringe Scissors, Large and small butterfly punches, Chevron punches, Bird punch (leaves), Sweet Sorbet accessories pack (twine), Scallop Tag Topper punch

More snow/rain/ice headed our way so I thought butterflies were appropriate!  Hugs, Fran

Sweet Stems

Banner Greetings, Cards, Mini Catalogs, Occasions Mini, Punch, SAB, Sale a bration, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets, Sweet Stems
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Have you seen this fancy fold made with the Scallop Tag Topper punch?  Such a nice, flat fold that is easy to decorate.  I used Sweet Stems and Banner Greeting and the Sweet Sorbet Designer Series paper for this one.  The black ribbon started life as Crumb Cake taffeta!  I ran it over my Stazon pad until I was happy with the color and then let it dry.  For the flower, I stamped it twice and then cut it out and stacked the pieces.  Dazzling Details adds just a bit of sparkle to the center. 

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Sweet Stems, Banner Greetings
Cardstock – Sahara Sand, Sweet Sorbet DSP, Whisper White
Ink – Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, (Jet Black Stazon for ribbon)
Etc – taffeta ribbon, rhinestones, Scallop Tag Topper punch, Dazzling Details

I really like these two pieces of DSP together.  Hugs, Fran

So Very Grateful

Big Shot, Cards, Mini Catalogs, My Friend, Occasions Mini, Petite Pairs, SAB, Sale a bration, So Very Grateful, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets, Thinlit
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This card is a side-ways extended Circle Card Thinlit using So Very Grateful from the current mini catalog.  I stamped the image in Stazon and colored it with Stampin Write Markers and added a few pearl to the centers of some of the flowers.  The scallop on the side uses the Tasteful Trim die.

To make the extended card I cut my cardstock to 4 1/4 x 11 and placed it under the die – pulling the end up and over so that it doesn’t get cut.  This leaves the top part of the die empty.  Then I folded the left side on the score lines and scored again at 5 1/2. 

I used a sentiment from Petite Pairs on the inside of the circle. 

Supplies
Stamp Sets – So Very Grateful, Petite Pairs, My Friend
Cardstock – Pool Party, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White, Sweet Sorbet DSP (SA
Ink – Jet Black Stazon
Stampin Write Markers – Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party, Summer Starfruit, Pear Pizzazz
Etc – Circle Card Thinlit, Summer Starfruit ribbon, Tasteful Trim die, pearls

The extended size really gives you a lot of room for your message!  Hugs, Fran

You’re Lovely Tag

Big Shot, Embossing Folder, Framelit Dies, Mini Catalogs, Punch, SAB, Sale a bration, Stamp Sets, You're Lovely
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A sweet little tag featuring You’re Lovely from the Sale a bration catalog!  This one was done on watercolor paper and has the Wildflower Meadow embossing folder on the background.  (Hard to see – but it’s there!)  This card measures 3 x 3.

Supplies
Stamp Set – You’re Lovely (SA
Cardstock – Daffodil Delight, watercolor paper
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive
Etc – Deco Label Framelits, Small butterfly punch, Wildflower Meadow embossing folder, pearls, aquapainter

I watercolored with ink in the lid of the ink pad.  Hugs, Fran

Better Banner Blast

Banner Blast, Big Shot, Cards, Framelit Dies, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Occasions Mini, Pop It Up, SAB, Sale a bration, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets, Valentines
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I made several of these little notecards using Banner Blast and the matching punch – Saleabration items!  These notecards are no longer available, but there are lots of other notecards from which to choose in the catalog, so I thought I’d share this idea. 

On the inside I added a Pop It Ups by Karen Burniston – Lucy Label – and another banner.  Even though it’s a tiny card, the Lucy Label fits any size. 

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Banner Blast (SA, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card stock – Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Real Red
Ink – Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Real Red
Etc – Lucy Label Pop It Ups, Heart Framelit, Rhinestones, SAB Twine

It’s like a mini – pop!  Hugs, Fran