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

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

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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)

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$20.00

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

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$10.00

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

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$11.25

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

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$11.50

Boho Blue 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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$11.50

Pecan Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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$11.50

Basic Beige 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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$11.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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$8.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

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$9.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

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$9.00

Boho Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

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$9.00

Pecan Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

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$9.00

Small Blending Brushes

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$14.00

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

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$12.50

Perennial Postage Dies

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$33.00

Stylish Shapes Dies

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$30.00

Thoughtful Moments Hybrid Embossing Folder (English)

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$38.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

Please contact me if you have any questions!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

 

Saturday Sketch #5

Here's another card I made - using a sketch challenge from a demonstrator training group I am in.  If you are in a creative slump - following a sketch might be the thing that will get you out of it!  I can't get enough of the Wildflower Birthday Designer Series Paper.  I love the pastel colors in this pack of paper - with beautiful touches of gold foil.  It has insired me to get out my embossing powders - and try heat embossing again!

Below is the sketch that I used to make my card.

Here are some of the Stampin' Up! products I used to make my card.  Click on any photo to go to my online store for more details and to add it to your shopping bag!

Birthday Celebration Bundle (English)

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$41.25

Birthday Celebration Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

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$19.00

Birthday Celebration Dies

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$27.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

Wildflower Birthday 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[164591]

$16.50

Versamark Pad

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$9.50

Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder

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$21.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

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$32.00

Party Dots

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$8.00

Gold & Silver 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Trim Combo Pack

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$9.00

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

[159229]

$11.25

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

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$6.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

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$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

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$7.25

Please contact me if you have any questions!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

 

Her & Me

 

Each month I teach a "kids" class at a local community center.  The class is called "Her & Me" because each child has his/her mother, grandmother, or other adult there to help with the project.  These are the projects we made at Monday night's class - and they were a big hit!  Each child made three rosettes - I did quite a bit of the prep work by cutting out the pieces using the "Round We Go" dies - but they did the accordian folds and glued various hearts together for the centers. We hot glued the rosettes to skewers - and then poked them into a piece of pool noodle inside the tin bucket, hidden by a layer of tissue paper. Finished the whole thing off with some ribbon and a few small heart picks from the Dollar Tree.  Super cute!

I never know how long it will take for everyone to finish making the project - so I also prepared two Valentine's Day cards for them to make as well.  The girls loved using the Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine to add texture to one of the card fronts.  They did a great job with stamping - especially since they were using red ink!

Below is a closer look at my sample projects - and I notice that one of my rosettes is backwards!  It really doesn't matter since we used double sided paper - the back is just as pretty as the front.  I only glued a circle to the back (instead of hearts.)

Below are three of the projects made at Monday's night class, and the three girls (& me!) who made them.  The girls were so excited about giving these masterpieces to their teachers the following day - for them to put on their desks and enjoy all month long.

I have some great photos of all the class participants - with everyone wearing a HUGE SMILE - but since I did not get permission from everyone to post - I will not share those photos here.

These classes fill up quickly - even though they have NO IDEA what project we will be making each month.  I usually don't even know - until the week before!  (Talk about procrastination!)  I always have a few ideas - but I can never seem to narrow it down until the last minute!

I used a lot of retied products and some past Paper Pumpkin kits for these projects - but below are two of the current items we used to make these projects. 

Round We Go Dies

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$30.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

Please contact me if you have any questions!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

Saturday Sketch #4

 

Here's another card I made for a sketch challenge.  This is a quick and easy card to make - my favorite kind of card!  I used two Sale-a-Bration products to make this card: Toadstool Gardens 6x6 Designer Series Paper, and Pick a Season Photopolymer stamp set.  Both products are pictured below and you can choose either one with a $60 order from now through February 28, 2025.  There are many other items you can choose for free  with a qualifying order, so be sure to check them all out HERE and HERE.

Here is the sketch I used to make my card:

Measurements for the card (inches):

Melon Mambo card base: 8-1/2 x 5-1/2; scored at 4-1/4

Designer Paper: 4 x 2-3/4

White: 2-3/4 x 4

• I rounded the corners of the white piece using a corner rounder punch.
• I used a retired Paper Pumpkin stamp for the Greeting
• The ink colors I used are Granny Apple Green, Pecan Pie, and Melon Mambo.
• I added a bit of sparkle using Wink of Stella on the hearts.
• I popped up the white piece using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Please contact me if you have any questions!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy