Hello Monday

Happy Monday...I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was good, but hectic...aren't they all? I'm still feeling a bit woozy, but had no time to take it easy, as I was busy preparing for my upcoming events.

Today I have a birthday card I designed for my upcoming birthday card buffet back when I was struggling to get my mojo back. It isn't my favourite design ever, but it uses one of the limited-time Sale-a-bration sets that I love...

Masculine birthday card featuring the Hello Sale-a-bration stamp set

I designed this one with a teen or tween boy in mind. It is so hard to design cards for that demographic, don't you think? Here I stamped the Hello in Basic Black ink on a piece of It's My Party DSP. I added some strips of Washi tape I had in my stash (I have no idea which bundles it came from!). The little banner is stamped in Basic Black and popped up over the Washi tape.

I added a contrasting strip of DSP at the bottom, along with some gold sequin trim because even tween boy cards need some sparkle. The final touch was the little gold-embossed party hat which I fussy cut and popped up with a dimensional.

On the inside I used a sentiment from the You're So Lovely stamp set, which I heat embossed in gold, and another sentiment from the Big News set in the Annual Catalogue.

This is a super-simple card, but that is what is needed when one wants to get a ton done at a buffet. This one is special because it helped me find my missing creative mojo and for that reason, I love it!

Have a great week!

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Last Day to Sale-a-brate!

Today is the final day of our biggest promotion of the year.  It is hard to believe that Sale-a-bration is already ending, but end it will, as of midnight tonight.  Don't miss out on this final chance to earn free exclusive products.  Be sure to place your order before the clock strikes twelve!

Today I have a wedding card I designed for my All-occasions card buffet that ran last weekend.  It uses one of my favourite colour combos:  Island Indigo and gold...

Wedding card featuring the Big News, Petite Petals and Creative Elements (retired) stamp sets.

I started by heat embossing the Island Indigo card base in gold using the flourish image from the Creative Elements stamp set (retired).  The DSP is from the Gold Soiree pack and is embellished using a piece of Island Indigo satin ribbon from Sale-a-bration a couple of years ago.  The sentiment, from the Big News stamp set, is heat embossed in gold and die-cut using the Apothecary Accents framelits.  I stamped the flourish around the edges of the die cut label using Island Indigo ink.

The flowers are from the Petite Petals stamp set, are heat embossed in gold on vellum and are punched with the Petite Petals punch.  The brad is one of the Antique Brads that I heat embossed in gold so that it matched my project.

On the inside I stamped another sentiment from the Big News set in Island Indigo ink and added another gold-embossed vellum flower.

Now for this week's TOTALLY AWESOME Weekly Deals.  The Magnetic Platform is on sale!!  Say goodbye to those sticky notes forever and get in on this deal while it lasts!  Do it today, before the end of Sale-a-bration and qualify for last-minute Sale-a-bration Freebies!

Big Shot Magnetic Platform Price: $49.95   Sale: $37.46 Chalk Talk Framelits Die Price: $30.95  Sale:  $23.21 File Tabs Edgelits Die Price: $13.50  Sale:  $10.13 Fun Frames Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Price: $10.95  Sale:  $8.21 Hearts A Flutter Framelits Die Price: $30.95   Sale: $23.21 Squares Collection Framelits Die Price: $32.95   Sale: $24.71 Word Bubbles Framelits Die Price: $30.95  Sale:  $23.21

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Irresistibly Happy Birthday

Happy Monday!  Hard to believe it's come around again...I'm pretty sure it was just Friday an hour or so ago!
Today I have one of the projects I designed for my team to make at our meeting tonight.  I wanted to showcase the Irresistibly Yours Specialty paper from the Sale-a-bration catalogue:

Birthday card featuring the Celebrate Today and Crazy about You stamp sets

Now it is hard to tell from this photo, but the coloured strip down the length of the card is masked and sponged.  The rest of the white space has the embossed stars on it too!  I used Melon Mambo, Tangelo Twist and Crushed Curry as my colour scheme.  I masked a 1-1/4 section before sponging so that I would have the bold stripe highlighting the star pattern.  The balloon is from the Celebrate Today set and is stamped in Melon Mambo ink on vellum.  I then heat embossed the confetti stars in white on the reverse side...I love the way it looks like a real balloon that you can see through!  I die cut the balloon with the Balloon Framelits and added some Crushed Curry baker's twine.

The word "happy" is die cut using the Hello You Thinlits from Melon Mambo card stock.  The word "birthday", from the Crazy about You set, is stamped in Tangelo Twist ink.  I added one of the Best Year Ever Sale-a-bration buttons so that it looked like the balloon was tied to the button.  The front panel is matted on Melon Mambo card stock and mounted on a Tangelo Twist card base.

Inside view with sentiment from Big News.

On the inside I stamped the balloon again in Melon Mambo and then used a sentiment from the Big News stamp set in Tangelo Twist ink.

I hope my team likes this project tonight!

You Rock!

Yes, you do.  You really do!
There...feeling ready to face the day?  ;)

Today I have another of the projects from this month's Blendabilities Club kit that features the You Rock stamp from the Annual Catalogue:

Congratulations card featuring the You Rock stamp set.

This card makes me smile.  I can't wait to send to it someone who needs a little encouragement.  I stamped the rocking chair image using Memento Tuxedo black ink on Whisper White card stock and then die cut the oval using the Ovals Collection Framelits.  I coloured the image using the Crumb Cake Blendabilities and then matted the image on a slightly larger oval cut from Basic Black card stock.

I die cut several stars from gold glimmer paper to add some bling...because every card needs a little sparkle, no?  The sentiment is heat embossed using gold embossing powder and die cut with the Stars Framelits.  I added some gold sequin trim and a few indiviual gold sequins as well.  The card base is made from some leftover textured Crumb Cake card stock I've been hoarding carefully saving for just the right occasion.

Inside view with sentiment from the Big News stamp set.

On the inside of the card I stamped the sentiment from the Big News stamp set and coloured the letters in AWSOMENESS using the medium shade of Crumb Cake Blendabilities.  Once again I added a little bling with a gold star...who doesn't like getting gold stars??

Speaking of awesomeness, check out this week's Weekly Deals!  Can you say embossing heaven??  Sale prices are good until Monday at midnight :)

Beautifully Baroque Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Price: $9.95  Sale:  $7.46	Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Price: $9.50  Sale:  $7.13	Lovely Lace Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Price: $9.95   Sale: $7.46	Lucky Stars Textured Impressions Embossing Folders Price: $9.95   Sale: $7.46
More Amore Ensemble - Digital Download Price: $10.95  Sale:  $6.57	Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Price: $9.95  Sale:  $7.46	Texture Boutique Machine Price: $36.95  Sale: $27.71	Zig Zag Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Price: $9.95  Sale:  $7.46

One down, two to go!

Last night I held the first of three consecutive birthday card buffets.  My guests had a great time...one of them even brought her fiance so that he could practice stamping in preparation for making their wedding invitations!  He did a fantastic job, making 5 different designs in three hours...talk about a keeper!  Today I have another of the projects that was on offer...

Birthday card featuring the Big News stamp set.

This project was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest by Amy O'Neill.  The background Whisper White layer is embossed using the Arrows TIEF and then mounted on a Real Red card base.    The DSP banner is from the Brights DSP stack...I love that paper, but always forget to use it!  The focal image, from the Big News stamp set, was inked using Old Olive, Real Red and Daffodil Delight markers.  The polaroid frame was die-cut using the Squares framelits and popped up with dimensionals. 

The silver glimmer stars were punched using some retired punches, but the same look could easily be achieved using the Stars framelits.  The little WooHoo Banner was stamped in Old Olive ink and then fussy cut.

 On the inside of the card I stamped the sentiment in Real Red ink and the candle in Old Olive, adding another little silver glimmer star as the flame on the candle.  I love that this is a quick and easy generic birthday card, suitable for just about anyone :)

Have a fantastic weekend...and if you have time, why not play along with our colour challenge over at Sunday Stamps...there's still time!