STAMPIN' UP! PETAL GARDEN 50th BIRTHDAY CARD

Stampin' Up! has the most beautiful collections of double-sided Designer Series Paper (DSP).  The one-dimensional images in our catalogues don't do them justice.  I am totally in love with the Petal Garden 6" x 6" DSP stack, from the Annual Catalogue, and have made lots of cards with it.

I made this for a friend's recent milestone birthday:

I sponged Calypso Coral ink onto the bottom of the numbers, to echo the inking on the die-cut "lovely".  Listed below are all the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card.  If you would like to buy them for yourself, clicking on any of the thumbnail images below will take you to my online store.

I promise to share some more of my Petal Garden cards, as I get them photographed.

Product List

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] $12.25	Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $14.00	Petal Garden Designer Series Paper Stack [144168] $17.50	Perennial Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145760] $38.00	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [126983] $11.50
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] $11.50	Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Large Numbers Framelits Dies [140622] $54.00	Lovely Words Thinlits Dies [143733] $45.00	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $17.00
Pool Party 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon [144152] $12.25	Subtles Enamel Shapes [141679] $15.75	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00	Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00

STAMPIN' UP! BEAUTIFUL PEACOCK BIRTHDAY CARD

The card I am sharing today was the first creation in my new craft room, made with new Sale-A-Bration freebies, using the Stamparatus that I was lucky enough to order well in advance of general release!

Sale-A-Bration is Stampin' Up!'s biggest promotion every year, running for almost 3 months.  With every purchase of catalogue product (from either/both the Annual Catalogue and new Occasions Catalogue) to the value of $90, you get to choose a free product from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.  This year, we also have some second-tier offerings:  a couple of higher-value items that you can get for free with a $180 product purchase.

The free products I've used on this card are the Beautiful Peacock stamp set, and Bermuda Bay ribbon from the Shimmer Ribbon Pack.

The Stamparatus is Stampin' Up!'s fantastic new stamp-positioning tool, to be used with photopolymer and clear mount stamps.  I particularly love it for the ease with which I can correct a poorly-stamped image.  If I haven't inked a stamp up enough, and the impression is faint, I can easily re-ink the stamp and stamp it directly over the original image, to give perfect colour saturation.  Love that!  The Stamparatus will be available in the next Annual Catalogue, in June, but as I was part of a leaders' group that was involved in the development of the tool, I was lucky enough to get one early.

I have listed below the products used to make this card, which is for a special friend's birthday.  If you live in Australia, and click on any of the thumbnail images, you'll be taken direct to my online store.  Now is a GREAT time to shop for Stampin' Up! products, with the release of the Occasions Catalogue (53 pages of more gorgeous new products), and the opportunity to earn free products during Sale-A-Bration.

Product List

Beautiful Peacock Photopolymer Stamp Set [147239] $0.00	3/8" (1 Cm) Shimmer Ribbon Pack [147243] $0.00	Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set [140697] $47.00	Clear Block A [118487] $7.00	Clear Block D [118485] $14.00
Elegant Eggplant A4 Card Stock [108614] $14.00	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] $14.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $14.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad [126969] $11.50
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [131171] $11.50	Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [126985] $11.50	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [126948] $11.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Decorative Ribbon Border Punch [143721] $28.00
Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Garden Trellis Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143741] $13.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75	Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026] $13.00