Hello Stampin’ Friends,

Today’s card share is a fun card I created using my FREE Sale-a-bration items!  I teamed up the “Decorative Dots” embossing folder and the “See Ya Later” stamp set.  Both of these items are in our Sale-a-bration catalog and you can get one or both of them for FREE with a qualifying order.

So … what’s a qualifying order?  All you need to do is purchase $50 of your favorite stampin’ supplies, or try something new.  Total is before shipping and taxes.  Stampin’ Up! has made it even easier by bundling some of the great products introduced in the Occasions catalog.  You could just choose one of these, and then one of the free items.  Here are two of my favorites …

This is the “BIRTHDAY BASH BUNDLE“

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Price: $55.80
Love to give handmade birthday cards but don’t love to figure out what goes together? Then we have a bundle for you! Our Birthday Bash Bundle has the paper products, accents, and birthday stamp set. The bundle coordinates with the Bannières en folie Stamp Set for even more birthday fun! Available in wood-mount and clear-mount. Coordinates with the Banner Blast Stamp Set. You can add it for FREE at checkout, or you can choose any other Sale-A-Bration free item.Bundle includes:• Remembering Your Birthday Stamp Set • 8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White Cardstock (40 sheets) • Whisper White Medium Envelopes (40) • 2013-2015 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers • Whisper White Baker’s Twine • Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Here is the “YAY FOR CARDS” BUNDLE … (my absolute favorite!)

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Price: $52.70
If you’re the kind of person who never has enough cards on hand but never has enough time to make a bunch, don’t despair! Our Yay for Cards bundle pulls together what you need to create loads of cards without spending loads of time. Bundle includes:• Happenings Simply Created Card Kit (makes 15 cards; envelopes included) • On Its Way Simply Sent Kit (makes 8 cards; envelopes included) • Thanks & Hello Wood-Mount Stamp Set • Smoky Slate and Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin’ Pads • Mini Glue Dots

I think they did a fantastic job at putting together these bundles … or card kits, as some would call them.  For those who have a hard time deciding what to get … this gives them everything they need to get stamping!  You can just click on the links (in pink) to get to my on-line store.

Now, on to my card share!  I did a fun little technique today with our “Decorative Dots” embossing folder … I colored it.  This is an easy, and fun technique that you can use on any of your embossing folders (and not as messy as some other coloring of folders).

Roll your desired folder through your BigShot (or the new Texture Boutique) – then ink up your brayer with the ink color you want to apply onto your embossing.  Yes, we brayer over the embossing … don’t push to hard, you don’t want to flatten out your embossed images.

I began with “Garden Green” and inked up my brayer with “Tempting Turquoise” … then gently rolled the turquoise over the garden green embossed cardstock.  I was thinking alligator, and I thought the colors looked really fun together.

I stamped up my gator image with the Black StazOn and cut it out using the “Ovals Collection” framelits.  I also added a mat and popped it up with the Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Oh my … almost forgot to say that I pulled out my paper piercer and added some texture around the greeting.  Hmmm… next time I will use the template to do that straight line!  Then I popped it all up.

To add a bit of contrast to the card … I simply added strips of black cardstock on to the card front.  I also added some Garden Green and Black strips to the inside … just for fun.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.

See you later, alligator!