Sale A Brate Good Times - Come on!

Hello there,

Happy new year!  Well 2020 is finally over and 2021 is here and let's make it a good one!

With the start of a new month comes a Blog Hop with my Blogging Friends.  I just love to hop on through and see all of the creations this group has to share.  This month there are so many wonderful new things happening in the Stampin'UP! world and the most exciting is Sale-a-bration.  That is the best sale of the year where you earn free stuff!  

So on this hop we are featuring products you can earn for FREE!  Today I am going to share with you two cards I created using the Darling Donkeys stampset.

My first card depicts how we all feel about 2020!  One of these cute little donkeys is kicking up his heels and I positioned him to kick 2020.  I saw versions of this one line and had to put my spin on it.

I used my Stampin' Blends in Basic Grey and Crumb Cake and Petal Pink for his ears.  Then I fussy cut him out and popped him up using dimensionals.  The numbers are from the Playful Alphabet dies.  The Scalloped Stitched Rectangle and the confetti stamp are from the So Sentimental Bundle

I couldn't resist using the Word Wishes Dies to wish my card recipient a happy new year!

For my next card, I wanted to feature another of the Darling Donkeys as well as one of the many Designer Series Papers you can earn for FREE!

This cute little guy I coloured in using the same Stampin' Blends colours, just in reverse and the flower is in Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler.

I wanted to use some Flirty Flamingo ribbon, but didn't have any - Stampin' Blends to the rescue!  I simply coloured my ribbon with my Dark Flirty Flamingo.

Be sure to hop on through all of my friends blogs to see all of the project made with FREE products you can earn.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Blogging Friends Blog Hop

 

Yah!  It's Friday of a long weekend!  It is labour day here in Ontario and this weekend signifies the end of summer.  I do love fall and all that comes with it, so it is a bitter sweet weekend.

Our blog hop theme for September is the Harvest Moon.  For me, this signifies fall, thanksgiving and all things that I am thankful for.  This year especially, there are many things that I am thankful for.

You see, by day I am a Human Resources Manager, by night a wife, mom and paper crafter!  My day job this year has been extremely busy creating safety plans and processes and implementing procedures that will keep our staff safe.  I couldn't have done it without 4 very special ladies that always jumped in to help every time I asked.  To thank them, I created a little gift bag with some goodies that I will share next week.  But for our blog hop, I want to share the thank you card that I made for them.

The colours I used are Grey Granite, Whisper White and Melon Mambo.

You can see that there is much layering.  I really love the look of multiple layers.  

Here I used Grey Granite for the cardbase, a layer of Whisper White, a layer of Grey Granite DSP, a Stitched Scalloped Grey Granite rectangle and a Whisper White Stitched Label.  Both were cut using the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.  I just love these dies.

The greeting is from So Sentimental.  Those tiny little hearts have been sitting on my craft table for some time, and they are left from the row of small hearts from the Stitched Be Mine Dies. 

Be sure to hop on through the projects made with the harvest moon in mind.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Live in Canada and don't already have a demonstrator?  I would love to be yours!  With any order placed through me, receive a Creative Stampers Tutorial Bundle.  There is a new one each month - no minimum required! 

Summer Parties with my Blogging Friends

Hello everyone,

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I has been a while since I was here to share some of my creations with you.  I hope you are doing well!

It is time to hop around with my Blogging Friends and the theme this month is Summer Parties!  What a great theme!  I had so many ideas, but decided to focus on a gift card holder.

I knew I wanted to use both the Daisy Punch and the Medium Daisy Punch and the new Forever Greenery Designer Series paper.  There are SO many beautiful greens in this paper, I just love it!  My paper, cardstock and ink colour choices come directly from the patterned paper.

The larger daisy is Whisper White and the smaller two are in Soft Sea Foam.  I punch three flowers for each daisy.  I used my sponge dauber to add some definition with Soft Sea Foam ink.

The gift card holder stays closed by a small strip of velcro.  I purchased at the dollar store and you just cut off what you need.   Cheap and easy! 

The gift card slides right in this flap.

Here are the measurements:

4 1/4" X 9 1/2" Pretty Peacock Cardstock, 
score the long side at 4 1/2". 5 1/2" and 6 1/2"
4 1/4" X 4" Pear Pizzazz cardstock, scored at 1" and 
4 1/8" X 2 7/8" (2)
7/8" X 4 1/8" DSP
4 1/8" X 4" DSP

Finally, my greeting and stamped dots are from the So Sentimental stampset on Whisper White cardstock and was then cut out using the So Sweetly Dies.  I finished it off with a bow made using the beautiful new In-colour ribbon in Just Jade.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

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Live in Canada and don't already have a demonstrator?  I would love to be yours!  With any order placed through me, receive a Creative Stampers Tutorial Bundle.  There is a new one each month - no minimum required!