Good Morning Fellow Stampers -
I've decided that this week is a "flower focus" week -- LOL. And I blame Paper Players for that one! And I've decided that today I'm spotlighting one of our fabulous Sale-A-Bration products - a stamp that is sweet and lovely! I often do a product focus throughout the course of Sale-A-Bration, so this will be our first one this year :-)
This sweet little 10-image photopolymer stamp set holds a lot of bang for the buck - or no buck, since it's FREE :-) LOL
I think this set might be getting overlooked - it sits within the first several pages of the Sale-A-Bration brochure - just because it's small, and sort of getting over-shadowed this year by trend setters such as the "tee" set and the "tasty truck" adorable ice cream truck!
I got a little carried away with the "splatter" image in this stamp step, but I was having so much fun!! I would probably back off the Bermuda Bay, and have more Pool Party if I do this card again.
I pulled out my Stamp-a-ma-jig when I stamped the floral image; I wanted to line things up just so, and nothing helps you do that better than the stamp-a-ma-jig.
The best part of this card was the time spent watercoloring!
I was sitting watching my favorite show last night ~ NCIS (a fantastic episode by the way) ~ and just having the best time with my AquaPainter, ink pads, and some of the Watercoloring Pencils to coordinate the colors I had picked (Pumpkin Pie was used as the accent in the floral petals).
It is so relaxing to play with watercoloring; I highly recommend it.
I put my layers together a little bit differently on this card design.
The stamped Whisper White piece is adhered to the Bermuda Bay cardstock; that layer is wrapped with a piece of Whisper White ribbon from the Sending Love Ribbon Combo Pack; and then the piece is actually popped with dimensionals on the Peekaboo Peach/Cardbase layer. It's kind of fun to try something different; and I love the extra dimension to the front of the card.
Of course, I cannot get enough of our Stitched Shapes Framelits, and in this case, the Layering Ovals. Those "stitches" add so much to every project you use them on!!
Turn to the Inside: I replicated the front on the inside of this card, minus the flower stem. I left the center of the card "blank" for writing or a stamped sentiment.
I think I may have just found my new favorite SAB set - just sayin' :-)
A sweet bow; those requisite pearls ;-) LOL
And this card is complete!
The majority of my time was spent playing with the watercoloring.
The rest of this design is pretty simple and easy!
No stress!!
That's our Sale-A-Bration focus for today :-) I'll let you in on a little secret . . . Order any combination of the products used in today's card design to reach $50, and you can automatically earn the Avant-Garden stamp set for FREE :) Now that's just a fabulous deal as far as I can tell!! And don't forget ~~ the number for the Watercolor Pencils will be turned off in 24 hours; so order your set today before everything gets shut down for the foreseeable future!!
Until Next Time . . .
