Hi, There, Stampers!
I have spent the last couple of days trying to decide which product in the 2023 Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-bration Brochure I wanted to play with next. At this point, I’m almost finished. But I have to stop for a bit and show you what I’ve done with my favorites. (Hint: There are MANY favorites in this brochure!) (Another Hint: The Stamp Set and Paper Set featured in this article are both FREE with a Stampin’ Up! purchase! More about that below.)
Of Owl The Products, This Was The Most Fun
OK, sorry about the lame pun. But I have to tell you about that those EYES in the Adorable Owls FREE Stamp Set! They just drew me in to check out owl of the pictures (sorry – no more). This cutie turned out to be my favorite, so I started our with her.
There’s a project in the Sale-a-bration Brochure that has these same two owls flying together in something of a scenic design. But I just wanted these two to be flying close together to strengthen the meaning of the “my friend” sentiment. So out came my Stamparatus so I could line them up. I used hinge-step stamping, moving the Stamparatus plate two hinges to the right after I stamped the first owl. Then I moved the cardstock just enough to the right so that the owls were right next to each other but not overlapping.
I decided to color the owls to match the papers I was using (more about that in just a minute). The color I wanted was Coastal Cabana, but there’s no Stampin’ Blends in that color. So, to keep things a bit on the light side of the color, I used a Blender Pen for coloring. That allowed me to add some darker shades as in the ears and wings. For the eyes, I picked up the Balmy Blue that’s also a color in the papers. The bill and feet are all Mango Melody Ink.
Dandy Designs Designer Series Paper
The Dandy Designs paper set in the Sale-a-bration Brochure has 48 sheets of 12″ square paper. There are 12 different sheets and each is double-sided. That’s 24 different prints! It’s definitely a Wow! product. It takes a $100 Stampin’ Up! purchase to get this paper set for FREE. And it is definitely worth it. I’ve been working almost non-stop on projects using it and I still haven’t touched all the prints. And you’ll get to see the projects I’ve made so far over the next couple of weeks.
For the background of this layout, I used two different sheets from the paper set both of which feature two of the highlighted colors in the set: Coastal Cabana and Balmy Blue. I could have used with color as the accent, but chose Coastal Cabana – just because!
If you’d like a tutorial for this card, including a layout sketch, be sure to subscribe to my newsletter as it will be in the next one – tomorrow! The sign-up sheet is in the upper right of this page!
About Sale-a-Bration
I’ve written a bit more information about Stampin’ Up!’s Sale-a-bration promotion, at the end of this article. Just click on the link and go to the end of the article. If you haven’t read that yet, be sure to check out that article’s project, too!
Happy Stamping and Sale-a-brating!
