Lady Stamp-A-Lot: Friendly Seagulls

Today's cards are made using the Friendly Seagulls stamp set. You can earn it for FREE with a $60 Stampin' Up! order - but only through February 28. It was one of the first items I chose as a Sale-a-Bration reward, but I didn't ink it up until a few days ago. Once I started - I couldn't stop playing with it! I went to Pinterest to find some ideas - then changed each card a bit to make it my own.

The card base for this card is Basic Beige. I used a piece of 12x12 Pool Party two - tone card stock and tore the corner - to make the ocean water for this card. Two-tone card stock is one of Stampin' Up!'s new scrapbooking products - but it can be used for some fun techniques on cards. The card stock has a white "core" which allows the white edges here to look like the foamy water along the beach. What a quick and easy card!

I wanted to use the Toadstool Gardens Designer Paper (another Sale-a-Bration item you can get for free with a $60 order) to make this card - but I could not find it anywhere when I was working on my cards! Since it is close to Valentine's Day- I grabbed a piece of retired paper with tiny hearts for this card. I used the Perennial Postage Dies and then stamped and did a little fussy cutting for the sea gull and french fries.

When I finally found the Toadstool Gardens DSP - I used it for the strips on this card. Another quick and easy card.

Can you tell that I like quick and easy? The card base is Crumb Cake card stock and the mat is Pool Party. I sponged some crumb cake ink on the card for the sand, and a touch of Pool Party ink for the sky. I stamped the sea gull using Memento ink, and used Blends to add a bit of color. I did stamp the french fries on a scrap of thick white card stock, colored the image, then fussy cut it out. But you could also just stamp the image directly on the card to keep it a bit easier to make.

Card making doesn't get much easier than this! The card base is Pecan Pie. I cut a piece of Timeless Plaid card stock, then added layers of Basic Beige and Boho Blue. I stamped the seagull in Boho Blue ink and the Happy Birthday in Pecan Pie ink. The stamp set for the greeting is one of my new favorites from the Jan/Apr mini: With You in Mind.

While I had the Timeless Plaid pack of paper out - I also made this card. The square pieces are cut using the Stylish Shapes dies. Once again, I used Boho Blue for the card base and accent piece.

My final card uses what I would call the back side of a piece of Bloom Impressions paper. This Designer Paper is ANOTHER item you can get for free with a $60 order during these final weeks of Sale-a-bration. Of course all of the Sale-a-bration items are while supplies last - so don't wait to place your orders if you see something you would like to get for free! The words on this card are made using the Thoughtful Moments embossing folder. This embossing folder comes with a die - that cuts out and embosses 10 greetings - as well as a few accent pieces. I used Blueberry Bushel two-tone card stock - and after I ran it through the cut and emboss machine - I rubbed a small sanding sponge over the words to rub away the blue and reveal the white center of this card stock. I really like how this turned out - and will be experimenting with this technique some more.

I hope you enoyed seeing all of these cards - and learning about some of the Stampin' Up! products I used to make them. If I have inspired you - I hope you will consider placing an order from my online store. Remember - for each $60 you spend (before tax and shipping) you will be able to choose one of the Sale-a-bration items. But only through February 28 - so don't wait too long!

Here are the products that I featured today - that you can earn for FREE with a qualifying order.