Chalkboard Birthday Tag

We made this card at Club last month, and it was so fun! The Chalkboard Paper is yummy to work with, especially with the Chalk Inks. Time is running out to get your Sale-a-bration sets! Tuesday, March 31 is the last day you can place an order and qualify for a free Sale-a-bration item with your $50 order.

The stamp set (Big Day) and the Designer Series Paper (Best Year Ever) on this card are both available only as Sale-a-bration items.

Here's a close-up shot of the chalkboard tag: 

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Stamps: Big Day (SAB)  
Paper: Crushed Curry, Pool Party, Best Year Ever DSP (SAB), Chalkboard Paper      
Ink: Yellow Citrus Chalk Ink  
Accessories: Banner Framelits, Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim, Gold 1/8” Ribbon, Calypso Coral Pompom Trim, Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine, dimensionals

Birthday Wishes with a Bow on Top

This little custom notecard (which only means I cut the notecard myself--5x7, scored at 3 1/2) is bright and cheerful! Of course I love the Bow Builder Punch, and the Best Year Ever DSP from Sale-a-bration is perfectly spring-y!

The notecard size is so fun--a small canvas sometimes makes creating easier--that I often cut a few out of different colors of cardstock to play with! 

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Stamps: Four You
Paper: Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral, Best Year Ever DSP (SAB)
Ink: Soft Suede
Accessories: Bow Builder Punch

Big things come in small packages

I posted this sweet little box on my Facebook page, but forgot to share it here. The Tiny Treat Boxes are 2 inches on all sides--perfect for a jewelry gift or to fill with candy. At $6.95 for 25, you can't go wrong!

I like to decorate these with whatever pretty things are hanging around my desk--bits and pieces that I can't bear to throw away but don't have a plan for. This one uses the Best Year Ever DSP from Sale-a-bration, the Bow Builder Punch, Gold Sequin Trim, Calypso Coral Pompom Trim, and some Coastal Cabana Thick Baker's Twine.

Calypso Celebration

I love the Sale-a-bration set Big Day! So easy to make birthday cards with, and that's what I make the most.

For this card, I was brave and used circles instead of banners. {wink} It really changes the look of the set, don't you think? I used the Starburst Framelits to cut out the main sentiment, then a plain Circle Framelit to mat it. Those little Calypso Coral Pompoms are so fun! The trim is a little bit stretchy, and they just add a yummy texture element to any card. I used the Calypso Coral Blendabilities to color a couple of the words, a few sequins for bling, and the wonderful Best Year Ever DSP (SAB).

A fun card that went together quickly!

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Stamps: Big Day (SAB)
Paper: Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Best Year Ever (SAB), Whisper White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Starburst Framelits, Circle Framelits, Calypso Coral Pompom Trim, Gold Sequin Trim

Golden Curry Birthday and a sketch

In all my experimenting while making cards for last night's Stamp Club meeting, I left quite a few "bits & pieces" around my craft room. So one day this week, while cleaning up, I got distracted trying to use this 4 1/4" square card with a piece of Best Year Ever DSP (SAB). Magically, I saw the Freshly Made Sketches challenge here:

and everything clicked! The stamps are from the December 2014 Paper Pumpkin kit--some of my favorite stamps ever! I combined them with the One Tag Fits All tag image, as well as the coordinating Note Tag Punch. A few little bits of gold to make it sparkle, and this card was done! Funny how some cards take forever, and others just fall into place!

One of my goals this year was to make time every day to stamp. I haven't hit every day, but I have hit *most* days, and the result was just what I expected: more ideas, more inspiration, more creating, and more mess. Ha!

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Stamps: Dec 2014 Paper Pumpkin, One Tag Fits All
Paper: Crushed Curry, Coastal Cabana, Soft Suede, Gold Glimmer Paper, Best Year Ever DSP (SAB)
Ink: Pool Party, Soft Suede
Accessories: Note Tag Punch, 1/8" Gold Ribbon

Celebrating with Sale-a-bration

I've spent quite a bit of time playing with the Sale-a-bration set "Big Day" lately. As you know, I'm always in need of more birthday cards, and this is an easy set to use! I got stuck on banners at first, as you can see in this first sample here, but I did eventually move on!

I wanted to use the Sale-a-bration DSP "Best Year Ever" to make a masculine birthday card. Many of the patterns have Calypso Coral in them, which is pretty decidedly a pink in my book. This pattern really stood out, though, first because I love Crushed Curry, and second because NO PINK!

The burlap gives it texture and a reassuring manliness, don't you think? Just in case a guy received it and thought, "Is this really manly enough?" Burlap--make it manly.

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Stamps: Big Day (Sale-a-bration)
Paper: Soft Suede, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Best Year Ever DSP (Sale-a-bration)
Ink: Crushed Curry
Accessories: Banners Framelits, Burlap Ribbon, Tiny Triangles embossing folder