Creation Station February Blog Hop--Sale-a-Brate Friendship

Welcome to the February, 2024, Creation Station Blog Hop. 

This month we are Sale-a-Brating friendship and highlighting Sale-a-Bration products you can earn free with a minimum $50 or $100 purchase.  Click on the Next link at the end of each blog post to see each designer's projects--you will probably decide that one or more of these free products are a "must have" for your future stamping projects. 

My friendship projects feature the Softly Stippled designer series paper (#162975) which is a Free with $50 purchase Sale-a-Bration product.  This paper coordinates with the Stippled Roses Bundle (#162667) in the current Mini Catalog and I have used the greetings and a leaf image from the stamp set and several dies from the die set in that bundle on my projects.  I have also used a couple of "hidden" gems from the Sale-a-Bration Brochure:  the Opaque Faceted Gems (#162979) and the Pool Party 5/8" crinkle ribbon (#162980), each free with a $50 purchase.  

This congratulations card has used two different texture patterns from the paper pack, one in Pool Party and the other in a light shade of Wild Wheat.  The Wild Wheat pattern was die cut using the Nested Essentials dies (#161597).  The lighter Wild Wheat leaves were die cut out of a textured Wild Wheat patterned paper and the darker, larger leaves out of Wild Wheat card stock.  The floral bud parts of the larger leaf die cuts were pieced with buds trimmed from identical die cuts made with Pecan Pie card stock. The flowers were die cut out of Pool Party card stock.  The greeting was stamped in Pecan Pie.  Pecan Pie faceted gems from the Sale-a-Bration gems pack, a piece of the Pool Party crinkle ribbon, a layer of Pecan Pie card stock and a Basic White Thick card base complete the card. 

This birthday card was created with two layers of patterns from the paper pack on a Wild Wheat card base.  The leaves were stamped in Wild Wheat on Basic White and die cut.  The background leaves were die cut out of Wild Wheat card stock.  The birthday greeting was stamped in Pebbled Path.  Pool Party faceted gems from the Sale-a-Bration gems pack complete the card.

This thank you note card features two patterns from the Softly Stippled Sale-a-Bration paper pack.  The background is a Calypso Coral roses pattern die cut with a Scalloped Contours die (#155560).  It is layered over a piece of Wild Wheat card stock adhered to the front of a Basic White note card.  The roses were fussy cut from another pattern in the paper pack.  The Pebbled Path rose cluster was colored using Watercolor Pencils Assortment 1 (#161700).  I used Calypso Coral for the roses and a combination of Daffodil Delight and Old Olive for the leaves.  The penciling was smoothed out with a barely damp Water Painter (#151298). The small background leaves were die cut out of Wild Wheat card stock.  The greeting was stamped in Pebbled Path.  Three Calypso Coral faceted gems from the Sale-a-Bration gems pack complete the card. 

Now click on the Next Button and head on over to Dani Dziama's blog Dani's Thoughtful Corner to see her projects.  I'm excited to see what she has created for us today!

To Dani's blog . . . 

Have a happy week!

--Sara Nell

  

 

 

Creation Station February Blog Hop: Sale-a-Bration Celebration

 

Welcome to the Creation Station February Blog Hop! We are celebrating the January-February 2022 Sale-a-Bration this month by creating with products available FREE to customers with a qualifying purchase.

My projects feature the Daffodil Afternoon 12" x 12" designer series paper (#158127). This paper pack of 12 sheets, 2 each of three double-sided designs, is my favorite FREE-with-a-minimum-$50.00-purchase product in the current Sale-a-Bration free product collection.  This paper coordinates with the Daffodil Daydream Bundle (#157795, including stamp set and the Daffodil dies) in the new January-June 2022 Mini Catalog.  This bundle is $54.75--so you purchase the bundle, you may get the coordinating paper FREE.  

I love this beautiful paper.  It is a real statement maker for your projects.  That means the paper is the focal point for simple, beautiful projects that are easy and fast to make.

When our Stampin' Up! designers create a paper design like this daffodil field made to cut up into 6 beautiful card fronts--you have the fastest designer series paper card project you can make!  Just add a greeting and the card is ready for mailing. (I added a bit more to this one!) The greeting on this card is from the Daffodil Daydream stamp set (#157786) stamped in Evening Evergreen on Very Vanilla card stock, then die cut using a Tailor Made tag die (#155563).  Three pieces of Linen Thread (#104199) were tied in a bow and attached to cover the hole in the tag.  The three Mint Macaron butterflies were die cut with the two smallest butterflies in the Brilliant Wings die set (#155523) and were each centered with a black Classic Matte dot (#158146).  The paper was adhered to a layer of Mint Macaron card stock and a card base of Very Vanilla thick card stock.

This project was created just to show off some of the beautiful and coordinating paper designs in this paper pack.   Six 1" x 3-3/4" strips of different patterns were adhered to a layer of Very Vanilla card stock.  The greeting was die cut using the Amazing Thanks dies (#157816) out of the dotted Pale Papaya paper and Basic Black card stock.  I love the way these dies layer to form the word with a shadow outline.  A card base of Very Vanilla Thick card stock, three black Classic Matte dots, and a length of black baker's twine (Essentials Pack, #155475) tied around the card twice and into a bow finish this easy to make project.

This gift box was created using a Mini Paper Pumpkin Box (#153069).  The large belly band on the box was created with one of my favorite designs in the paper pack.  It is 5-1/4" wide x 10-1/2" long and wrapped around the box with the ends adhered to each other with Tear & Tape adhesive.  The greeting is from the Daffodil Daydream stamp set. It was stamped in VersaMark onto the other side of the belly band paper design, then heat embossed with Black Stampin' Emboss Powder (Basics Pack, #155554).  I loved the hearts pattern for a Mother's Day gift.  This piece was die cut using a Tasteful Label die (#152886) then layered over a Pale Papaya label die cut with a die from the same die set.  These were then layered over a piece of Pale Papaya & White 1/2" ribbon (#155816) tied in a bow and then a Basic Gray Heart & Home Doily (#157956).  Three Pale Papaya Genial Gems (#155500) complete the belly band. 

I hope I've inspired you to create fast, easy and beautiful projects with this stunning paper!  Now let's see which Free product inspired Denita's projects this month--I know they will be beautiful because hers always are!

To Denita's Blog .  .  .

Have a great week!!--Sara Nell