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.

Friendly Seagulls Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

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Toadstool Gardens 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164942]

Bloom Impressions 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164944]

See the other Sale-a-bration items HERE.

Here are some of the other products I used to make today's cards.

With You In Mind Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[164747]

$20.00

Pool Party 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Two Tone Cardstock

[166691]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$11.25

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[120953]

$11.50

Boho Blue 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161724]

$11.50

Pecan Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161717]

$11.50

Basic Beige 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[164511]

$11.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$9.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[147107]

$9.00

Boho Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

[161650]

$9.00

Pecan Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

[161665]

$9.00

Small Blending Brushes

[160518]

$14.00

Timeless Plaid 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164678]

$12.50

Perennial Postage Dies

[162607]

$33.00

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$30.00

Thoughtful Moments Hybrid Embossing Folder (English)

[162927]

$38.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

Please contact me if you have any questions!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

 

With You in Mind

I made the cards in this photo using the With You In Mind stamp set.  This was the first set that caught my eye when I had my first look at the Jan/April 2025 mini catalog from Stampin' Up!  I love the large mixed fonts in the greetings - and the small stamped images are perfect for decorating the inside of cards as well as the outside of the envelopes.  This is also a great set for beginner stampers - or for any stamper who wants to make a quick and easy card.

This card is made with just ink and paper - it doesn't get much easier than this!  Of course, I could have added a little bling - but I think it's fine just the way it is.

When I first started stamping - with limited supplies - this was one of my favorite stamping techniques.  I used VERSAMARK ink to stamp the hearts on the Melon Mambo card stock.  You would get the same look by stamping the heart using Melon Mambo ink.  But if you don't have every ink color - then this is a great technique to try.

This was a card that I visualized making when I first saw this stamp set.  It would work with any of the images or greetings from this stamp set.  I cut the squares using my paper trimmer - but if you have square punches or dies - it would be even easier.

Here's another quick and easy card.  I used the new color coach to help me choose the colors for the stars: Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight & Melon Mambo.

Here's another quick and easy card that you could make using any of the greetings in the stamp set - and using any color.  If I make this card again, I will emboss the larger white mat behind the stamped layers with an embossing folder.

I also used the color coach to help me choose colors for this card.  I'm not a fan of Granny Apple Green - but I'm trying to expand my horizons a bit!  The color wheel told me the Fresh Freesia would be a good coordinating color - but I decided to use a similar color, Petunia Pop.  I stamped the leaf pattern on the green using VERSAMARK.  I hand cut the greeting and the mat behind it.

The four cards above were made using the Blooms Impressions Designer Paper, which is a set that you can get for FREE with a qualifying purchase during Sale-a-Bration (Jan 7-Feb 28, 2025.)

Here are a few of the supplies that I mentioned in this blog post. 

With You In Mind Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[164747]

$20.00

Color Coach™ (English)

[166481]

$12.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Please contact me if you have any questions!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy