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Graduation Card Idea with the Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration Sprinkled Expressions stamp set

 

The free-with-purchase Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration Sprinkled Expressions stamp set includes a two stamps great for graduation cards.   It is much more than a graduation card set, but how great it is to have a stamp set on hand for the graduations that are a continual part of our May and June each year.

 

The graduation card below was designed and made by Godby (God be) With Us Stamper Marsha Mendenhall with the Sale-a-bration Sprinkled Expression stamp set,  Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper and Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack (all FREE with purchase!)

 

 

Marsha stamped the cascading stars in Lucky Limeade Classic Ink on Very Vanilla Card Stock to coordinate with the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper.  She had the idea of how she wanted to stamp the stars.  It is so satisfying when what you visualize works out so well.  Personally, I have a lot of ideas, but not all are golden.

 

 

Didn't Marsha do a great job cutting out her cascading stars?  She left an equal border around all of them.  Not always easy to do, but the Very Vanilla border really sets them off against the Lucky Limeade Card Stock behind them.

 

 

In this pattern of the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper, you see a hint of the Pool Party color.  Marsha pulled the hint of color into her beautifully with the Pool Party used to ink and layer her greeting.

 

 

Like me, Marsha doesn't care for a naked, or blunt, edge of background paper.  She tied some of the color coordinating ribbon from the Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack to cover the edge.  The ribbon is sheer and gives a subtle blending of the background paper and Lucky Limeade Card Stock.

 

The Sprinkled Expressions stamp set, Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper and Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brads Pack are all FREE Sale-a-bration choices.  You get your choice of any one of the 20 Sale-a-bration items absolutely for FREE with every $50 in Stampin' Up! products.

 

Would you like to have the Sprinkled Expressions stamp set in your collection to make a graduation card when the need arrives?  If so, order $50 in Stampin' Up! products in my online store and choose Sprinkled Expressions as your FREE choice.

If you find FREE fun, then you will love shopping with Shelly!   When you order online from Shelly, you enter into the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis!  After only 3 orders of $25 or more, you earn FREE shipping on the fourth order!  It is that easy.  No punch cards.  You don't have to wait until you spend hundreds of $$$ to earn your FREE shipping reward.   Just place your 4th order within one year of the first. 

 

Life is complicated enough, ordering the best stamping and scrapbooking supplies available should not be.  It isn't with the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis rewards program.  Enter into the oasis now with your first order on www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net!

 

 Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration is only here for a limited time! 

January 24 - March 31, 2012

 

Learn More About Becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator During Sale-a-bration 2012!

 

Have you thought about starting your own stamping business to

• earn enough to pay for your hobby?
• pay the utilities?
• save for a vacation?
• replace your current job? 

 

Learn more about becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator February 2, 2012 at my

 

What is great about my Opportunity Night Call is you can call from the comfort of your home!  Anyone from the United States wanting to learn more about becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator is welcome on the call!

 

On this call you will learn

• the different ways to earn an income as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
• the different types of businesses
• the compensation plan
• what you can expect from me as your upline
• opportunity to ask your questions
• ability to start your stamping business the same evening!
  

 

Starting your own stamping business by becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator during the Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration promotion is loaded with benefits!  The new demonstrator Starter Kit is reduced $50!  And, you have the opportunity to earn* a free package of Designer Series Paper every month after you join until the end of the year! 

 

The Stampin' Up! Opportunity Night Call will be on Thursday, February 2 at 9pm (EST), 8pm (CST), 7pm (MST), 6pm (PST)

 

Fill out the form below to reserve your comfy seat from home!

 

See you February 2 on my Stampin' Up! Opportunity Night Call!

 

*restrictions are included.  You must place a qualifying order to get the free Designer Series Paper.

 

 

Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration 2012 Sprinkled Expressions Star Card

 

The Sprinkled Expressions stamp set has three fun shapes - star, heart, flower - and three great sayings.  The Sprinkled Expressions stamp set is one of the free Sale-a-bration choices with any $50 Stampin' Up! order January 24 - March 31, 2012.  Don't you just love free?   Free Stampin' Up! products is definitely a celebration!  Have a look at the free stamp set images.

 

 

Let's get to the star card made with the Sprinkled Expressions stamp set.  The base of the card was made by Godby (God be) With Us Stamper Sherrie Bryant.  In the center of the Designer Frames Embossing she had stamped her greeting on the So Saffron Card Stock with Old Olive Classic Ink.  We couldn't remember which Stampin' Up! stamp set it came from.  So, I used her card and made a couple of changes to turn it into a Sale-a-bration card.

 

 

 

Instead of stamping directly onto the So Saffron Card Stock, I used my Stampin' Write Markers, So Saffron, More Mustard and Old Olive, to get a variety of colors and stamped on Whisper White Card Stock.  Sherrie's color combination, So Saffron, More Mustard and Old Olive, was taken from the Color Coach.  It sure worked well for the colors of my stars.

 

The stamped Whisper White piece was layered onto an Old Olive Card Stock piece.  Then I got all fancy and embossed and trimmed a So Saffron Card Stock piece with the Houndstooth Embossing Folder and filled the frame.  Upon reflection, I thought it might have been cool if I had embossed a More Mustard Card Stock piece for inside the frame.  It might have looked like I cut out the inside of the frame.   Oh well, maybe next time.

 

The card needed an extra touch.  My Sizzix Big Shot to the rescue!  I die-cut two stars from the Stars #2 Originals Die, one in Old Olive Card Stock and the other in More Mustard Card Stock.  With a So Saffron brad, from the Subtles Brads, in the center, all my colors were pulled together.  Nice, don't you think?

 

 

Want to get the limited-edition Sprinkled Expressions stamp set for FREE too?  You can!  Order $50 of Stampin' Up! products in my online store now! 

 

Need ideas of what to order?  This card used the Sizzix Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Houndstooth Embossing Folder, Stars #2 Originals Sizzix Die, 3/16" Corner Rounder, So Saffron Card Stock, More Mustard Card Stock, Old Olive Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock, So Saffron Stampin' Write Marker, More Mustard Stampin' Write Marker, Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker, 1/16" Round Handheld Punch, Subtles Brads and Mini Glue Dots.

 

If you find FREE fun, then you will love shopping with Shelly!   When you order online from Shelly, you enter into the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis!  After only 3 orders of $25 or more, you earn FREE shipping on the fourth order!  It is that easy.  No punch cards.  You don't have to wait until you spend hundreds of $$$ to earn your FREE shipping reward.   Just place your 4th order within one year of the first. 

 

Life is complicated enough, ordering the best stamping and scrapbooking supplies available should not be.  It isn't with the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis rewards program.  Enter into the oasis now with your first order on www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net!

 

 Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration is only here for a limited time! 

January 24 - March 31, 2012