Hello Yellow! Stampin Up Sale-A-Bration Ends Tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the final day to take advantage of the current Stampin’ Up! promotion sale-a-bration! For every $50 in merchandise you spend, you get a free set from sale-a-bration mini catalog! This is one of my favorite promotions of the year. Don’t miss out!!!!

I like to play with different card sizes to keep things interesting. This card is a 4.25 square that fits comfortably in Stampin Up! Medium Square Envelopes (item #107289).

I started off with my Delicate Dots (sale-a-bration #114674) Designer Series paper. I felt like yellow for my main color. Spring is here, right? I think so. There was snow on the ground this morning. Anyway, I cut and attached to the entire front of the card a piece of yellow patterned paper from this collection (4.25 x 4.25).

Next, I took the striped paper from the set and ran it through my Big Shot using the Scallop Circle Die. I cut the die cut in half and attached it to the top portion of my card.

Whisper White cardstock and a Martha Stewart border punch finished off the bottom portion of my card.

The center of the card utilizes two stamp sets – Polka Dot Punches (sale-a-bration #113788) for the flowers and Hostess Set (level 1) Darling Dots for the leaves. They go well together, don’t you think? I love it when it works out that way!

I stamped my flowers in Bashful Blue ink on Whisper White cardstock and punched them out using the 5 Petal Flower Punch. I layered behind it the same flower in Bashful Blue cardstock. The leaves were stamped in Old Olive and cut out by yours truly. Sorry, no Stampin’ Up! leaf punches yet. Hmmm. Maybe I should send them the idea!

The flowers needed a little something, so I dug into my button stash and found the perfect buttons from the Button Bouquet collection.

Lastly, a sentiment. Love and Happiness Rub-Ons (retired - see possible alternatives under recipe at the bottom of this post) had just the right sentiment in the right color for this card. I love rub-ons. Super easy to add to any creation. Love them!!!

I hope you took advantage of the promotion and if not, you have until midnight Tuesday.

Happy Monday and thank you for visiting my blog today!

Recipe - all supplies from SU! unless otherwise noted:
Stamps: Polka Dot Punches (sale-a-bration), Darling Dots (hostess level 1 set)
Designer Series Paper: Delicate Dots (sale-a-bration)
Cardstock: Whisper White
Ink: Bashful Blue, Old Olive
Punches: 5 Petal Flower, Martha Stewart Border
Bigz Dies: Scallop Circle
Accessories: Button Bouquet, Love & Happiness rub-ons (retired - very similar to A Perfect Day item #111277 or Chit Chat #111804 is a great alternative)

3...2...1...Blast Off!

Is there any little boy out there that doesn't like rockets or spaceships? I doubt it!

My nephew has a birthday coming up so I thought this spaceship from Stampin' Up! Pun Fun set would be a blast! Hee hee!

I used Taken With Teal cardstock for my card base. I stamped my spaceship in black on Very Vanilla cardstock and colored it in with Taken With Teal and Green Galore. The patterned paper is from my scrap pile of leftovers (not sure what mfg - sorry!). The hardware on the upper left hand side are Jumbo Eyelets.

I sure hope my nephew finds this card out of this world! Just kidding! I do hope he enjoys it. Now I just need to shop for a gift! Fun, fun, fun!!!!

Have a nice relaxing Sunday and don't forget to take time to stamp! Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe:

Stamps: Stampin Up Pun Fun

Cardstock: Taken With Teal, Very Vanilla

Ink: Black, Taken With Teal, Green Galore

Patterned paper

Jumbo Eyelets

B . . . Happy Happy Happy!

I'm just buzzing by to wish you happy Friday and great weekend to come!

Don't forget to use your papercrafting tools when your papercrafting. My paper crimper was collecting dust on my desk. It's an oldie, but a goodie! I love to use the crimper to add dimension and texture to a card. I've also used this tool in scrapbooking to make rugged backgrounds for embellishments on a scrapbook page.

If you have any other ideas for this neat little tool, please share!

Happy Friday and thanks for stopping by!

Recipe for B happy happy happy card:
Stamps: Just B (item#115000)
Cardstock: Kraft, Summer Sun, Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Prima Flowers, Making Memories clip & brad, ribbon (from Michaels)
Tools: Paper crimper (item #101618)

Springtime Trendy Trees

I have slowly been bringing out my Easter/Spring decorations to spruce up the house! After Christmas, everything appears so dull and boring. I picked up a new decoration this year that I snuck behind the card I'm sharing with you today. It's a small decorative bird bath with two little birds sitting on the edge. I added a little green berry wreath along the edge to add some color to it. I figured I would put candy in the center. Maybe some chocolate Easter egg candy? Mmmm!

Last week I had a birthday, so I mass produced a bunch of these thank you cards to give to my friends and family. I sure hope they like them and feel the touch of Spring I brought to each card.

The card is pretty self explanatory except for maybe how I did my hills. I drew the two hills freehand on Green Galore cardstock, cut them out, inked the top edges with the Close to Cocoa ink pad, and layered them one on top the other. Does that make sense? If not, leave me a comment or drop me an e-mail. I'd love to help you out with your creations. The spring-like tree stamps are from the Trendy Trees set in the current Stampin' Up! catalog. This has been such a poplar set! Just about every customer of mine has ordered this. It's a very fun set you can use year-round. I can just picture this set in the fall with red, brown, and gold leaves.

Don't forget, the last day to take advantage of the Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration is March 31st! Less than 1 week to go. You can order directly from my SU! website or drop me an e-mail at tiffanyscardtique@verizon.net.

Have a wonderful day and thank you for visiting my blog today!


Recipe (All supplies from Stampin' Up unless noted otherwise):
Stamps: Trendy Trees (item #113258)
Patterned Paper: Print Pack Hostess Level 1 Set
Cardstock: Whisper White, Green Galore, Summer Sun, Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Summer Sun, Pretty in Pink, Green Galore
Dew Drops
Sheer pink and white polka dot ribbon (from Michaels)

Quiz: How creative are you?

Take the creativity quiz to find out how creative you are. I stumbled across this fun little quiz. I know, you hear the word quiz and you start sweating. Never fear . . . it's very interesting and fun! It only takes a couple minutes and it's easy.

I turned out to be eyes wide open. Hmmm. Let me know what it says about you?

Spring has Sprung!

Good morning! I am just writing up a quick little post today because I will be off shortly for some retail therapy. I'm very excited!!!

Spring has sprung, but we actually woke up to a little snow yesterday! Typical Erie, PA weather. I was not surprised. Since the weather didn't look like spring, I thought my creation today would!

The design of the card was created using the card sketch challenge SC219 from Splitcoaststampers website. Click HERE to view the challenge. I made a little matching pillow box using the SU! Pillow Box Bigz Die to add a little something sweet to.

Have a wonderful weekend and thank you for visiting today!

Recipe:
Stampin' Up! Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Barely Banana, Blush Blossom, Whisper White
Patterned Paper: Imaginisce
Stampin' Up! Stamps: Miracle of Spring (retired)
Stampin' Up! Craft Ink: Whisper White
Stampin' Up! Punches: 5-Petal Flower, 3/4" circle
Stampin' Up! Pillow Box Bigz Dies
Stampin' Dimensionals
Stickles Diamond Glitter

A Little Birdie Told Me . . .

The first day of Spring is this Friday! Thank the Lord! I need something to energize me.

I mentioned in my last post the weekend wasn't so great, well neither is this week! What's going on? I am totally stressed out at work. Home can be stressful at times too. There is never enough time to get everything done. It's frustrating.

There is no better therapy than stamping! Today's creation utilizes Cheep Talk and Good Morning Sunshine paper from Stampin' Up! I find myself pulling out that paper every time I use this stamp set. They just really coordinate well together.

I just received some new goodies in the mail yesterday from the upcoming new occasions mini catalog (starting April 1st - no joke!). I have my copies in hand and will be sending them out to my regular customers next week! If you are not a regular customer of mine and would like one, drop me an e-mail. I only have a limited supply, so don't wait too long.

Enjoy your day and thank you for visiting my blog today!