Cardbomb: February 2015

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

A Happy Thing

A Happy Thing is one of Stampin' Ups! Sale-a-Bration stamp sets and I just LOVE it!

I'm also extra excited today because we just found out that Stampin' Up! has added four new items to the already amazing Sale-a-Bration collection! Here are some images so that you can see what will be available to you for FREE as of March 1st with any $50 purchase!

Here you can see we will have a new stamp set called, For Being You, as well as an Accessory Pack featuring both twine and buttons in the new in colors.

Here we have a second stamp set called, Nature's Perfection, and... The most amazing designer vellum!! The vellum comes in a 24 pack of 6"x6" sheets and has twelve different designs! Can you tell I'm excited?!

You've got a couple of days to figure out which one of these babies you're gonna pick up for free with your $50 order during the month of March... Good luck picking!

Stay tuned because on Monday I have a HUGE surprise to tell you all. I might spill the beans sooner so feel free to check back before then. Have a great week everybody!

Maria

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Be Mine- You Plus Me

Since my last post I have had major wrist surgery (right wrist and I'm right handed) and will be in a cast for a total of about six and a half weeks. That is going to make stamping and crafting very interesting... Hopefully we will all have a few laughs at my expense over the next couple of months. I will tell you that earlier this week I was making a grand attempt at left handed fussy cutting. It was even more entertaining because I wasn't able to hold onto the paper with my right hand. I kept trying to stick the paper between my swollen fingers to secure it so that I could cut and it just wasn't happening! Haha! Anyways, onto my card...

A couple of weeks ago I made my first shaker cards! I followed a tutorial from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts and was so happy with how they turned out! Today I will just be posting one of them so stay tuned for more shaker cards coming soon!

Here's a link to Dawn's Tutorial if you want to give these cards a go: Shaker Card Tutorial

Have a great day everybody!

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Hello You

Welcome back to another Jacksonville Starz Blog Hop! This month we were given a design challenge! Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

I created this card starting with the embellishment. On the sketch it's a heart but on my card it's a string of Bermuda Bay Sequins! I love those sequins and knew I wanted to use them so I based my card around them.

I matched my card base to the sequins and used some of our new DSP as a card face. I used the Chalk Talk and Oval Framelits to cut out the layered colors and I used a new set of framelits from the Occasions catalog called, Hello You, to cut out the "hello." I added some extra sequins in the background for a little extra bling and Wa-La! I was done!