Sale a Bration – lilkatscrafting

To day is a very special post as its part of a blog hop between members of the Pootler’s, and the theme of this blog hop is anything from the Spring/Summer catalogue or Sale-a-Bration brochure.

As I covered some of my favourite products from the spring/summer catalogue in my last products of the month post I decided to focus on sale-a-bration for this month.

So for my project I decided to create a special welcome pack decorated using only products available during Sale-a-Bration for anyone who hosts a party with me between now and the 31st of March.

Everything in this picture is available from stampin up (except the coins and the notebook).

So to start I took a Petite Cafe Gift Bag (they come in packs of 10 and can be found on page 35 of the Spring/Summer catalogue) and stamped it with the little spotty stamp from the Best Day Ever stamp set using Chocolate Chip ink. The sentiment and flower are also from the Best Day Ever stamp set and stamped on Whisper White cardstock using Coastal Cabana ink.

The flower was cut by hand and I used the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch on the sentiment and added a little of Calypso Coral ribbon to the top. The ribbon is part of the Best Year Ever Accessory pack and comes with Crushed Curry, Coastal Cabana ribbon and matching buttons.

Stampin Up don’t do A7 notebooks so I bought them from amazon here. The outside of the notebook was really boring so I spruced it up using Crushed Curry cardstock for the base measuring 3″ wide by 5 1/2″, scored at 4 1/8 and 4 1/4 for the depth of the notebook (for best results use Fast Fuse for sticking I ran out while making 10 of these and snail wasn’t strong enough to stick the card base to the notebook).

The front of the notebook uses a piece of Best Year Ever DSP (pack of 12 double sided sheets available as free gift during Sale-a-Bration) cut to 2 3/4″ by 3 7/8″. The sentiment is stamped using Coastal Caban ink and is from the Simply Wonderful stamp set another free Sale-a-Bration stamp set and is finished of with a rhinestone.

This lovely little bag of goodies is actually made from Real Red Goodie Gear Simply Created Kit which is currently on the clearance rack but you can buy these little cellophane bags at different sizes from Stampin Up. So to make it I just took one of the empty bags put in some coins and tied it with the Bermuda Bay Bakers Twine it comes with. The tag is already precut as part of the kit so I just stuck a scrap of Best year ever DSP on it. The sentiment is from the Simply Wonderful stamp set stamped in Coastal Cabana, the little banner is also pre cut shape from the kit.

We’ve got some Blog Candy up for grabs – to be in with a chance of winning a bundle of goodies, including the Best Day Ever stamp set, the Best Year ever paper set and the co-ordinating ribbons and buttons, all you have to do is work your way through the hop before midday on Sunday and leave a comment on every blog. The winner will be chosen at random and announced in the Pootles Craft Forum and here on Tuesday, 3d March

Thanks for stopping by and please check out the next project in the blog hop by clicking the link below.

Last week of February?!

Feels like time is flying by but thats no surprise with all the crafting I have been doing lately. I sit down to make a few things at 10 and next thing I know its 3 in the afternoon.

So for this weeks card I have gone back to my favourite DSP Birthday Bash. I just love the mix of colours and happy patterns (if pattens can be happy?). Now there is one colour in this paper series that I hardly ever use and thats Night of Navy. Its not that I don’t like it, I just never found the opportunity to use it so I thought it was time it got its turn in the spot light.

To make this card cut a piece of A4 Night of Navy cardstock in half horizontally then fold in half and brunish. Next cut down the Balloon Bash DSP to a 1/4 of an inch shorter of the base of the card on all sided. Next cut a strip on Night of Navy cardstock down to 3/4 of an inch high and the length of the card base. For the sentiment I have use happy birthday from the Big Day stamp set (get it free when you spend £45 between now and the 31 of Mach) and stamped it in Whisper White ink.

To finish off the card add a nice large shape to the right of the sentiment to make it your own, this could be a flower or a heart or a balloon etc. For the one above just punch out a piece of Calypso Coral card using a 2″ Circle Punch, stamp the cake from Big Day stamp set in Calypso Coral ink on Whisper White cardstock and punch out using a 1-3/4″ Circle Scallop punch and layer them using dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by come back on the 28th of February for a very special post.

Happy Crafting!