Tricia's Stamping Creations: ICS February Blog Hop Time To Sale-a-Brate Again

Welcome to the ICS February Blog Hop as we share wonderful projects using the incredible Sale-a-Bration products you can earn free with a qualifying order until February 28th. Our Design Team Members will be sharing their creative ideas to help inspire you to create your own wonderful projects.

For my card design today, I wanted to share the beautiful Calming Camellia stamp set, which is the exclusive Host Sale-a-Bration Reward you can earn free with a qualifying party/order during Sale-a-Bration. The images in this distinktive stamp set are simply stunning and I love the beautiful sentiments that make it perfect for a variety of occasions. I chose to use the images to create a beautiful background design using Merry Merlot and Blushing Bride to create a clean and simple birthday card.

Products Used:

Calming Camellia stamp set (item #158117) Sale-a-Bration Host Reward

Scalloped Contours Dies (item #155560)

Ornate Frames Dies (item #150664)

Merry Merlot Cardstock (item #146979)

Blushing Bride Cardstock (item #131198)

Merry Merlot Classic Ink Pad (item #147112)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

White 3/8" Glittered Organdy Ribbon (item #156408)

Opal Rounds (item #154289)

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals (item #144108)

Measurements:

Merry Merlot Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Sentiment Label die cut with the Ornate Frames Dies

Blushing Bride Cardstock

Card Front die cut with the Scalloped Contours Dies

White Glittered Organdy Ribbon

1 piece approx. 4" long

This beautiful clean and simple card design is all about the stamping. I love the way the Merry Merlot Classic ink stands out against the Blushing Bride cardstock to create a vintage feel to this card design. The detailed floral images create a detailed background that reminds me of fabric and I felt like the scalloped edges helped to frame this pretty design. For the sentiment, I wanted something that was simple and elegant, so I heat embossed the image onto a label die cut with the Ornate Frames Dies with Gold embossing powder. To embellish the card, I chose to use a piece of the White Glittered Organdy Ribbon to add subtle shimmer underneath the sentimement label and I added three of the Opal Rounds for a touch of sparkle. I think this card design is an example of how you can create simply stunning card designs with this stamp set.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help spark your creativity and help you to explore creating your own wonderful projects with these amazing Sale-a-Bration products.

Now it's time to visit Cheryl's wonderful blog and see what she has to share with us. Just click on the Next button below to visit her blog. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you.