Party Pandas

Sale-A-Bration is underway at Stampin' Up!  which means that for every $90 you spend in an order, you choose an item from the Sale-a-Bration catalogue for free!  How good is that!  Of course, if you spend $180 you can receive 2 free items, 3 free for $270 and so on!

One of the cutest stamp sets in Sale-a-Bration, in my opinion, is the one I've used today - it's called Party Pandas. Three cute panda bears, a couple of sentiments and a little pattern stamp which fits into the balloon, or can be used to create a decorative border.  I used Basic Black to stamp my pandas, after trying Memento Black at first, but the coverage just wasn't deep enough.  You will see the difference below.

Memento Tuxedo Black used in the card above and the one below

 SU Basic Black used in the card above and the card below

Lots of ideas here, and I had such fun playing with this set.  If you would like to view the SAB catalogue, or the Occasions Catalogue please click on the pictures in the side bar, which will take you to the pdf of each catalogue.  Please message me if you would like to receive the hard copy and I will get it in the mail for you.

Painted Harvest - 2 ways

I first used the Painted Harvest stamp set to create Christmas cards, using the flower background as a wreath.  They made very pretty but simple cards to create in a hurry.  I'm sure you've all seen them on Pinterest, so will just post my photo here.

But once the rush of Christmas was over, I took another look and created a couple of cards using Calypso Coral and Peek-a-Boo Peach for the flowers.

My style is usually clean and simple, so I tend not to put a lot on my card - these I feel have just enough!