Sale-A-Bration Class, card 2

This is another card from last week's class. It uses the Polka Dot Punches Sale-A-Bration set. I really think this is my favorite from the mini catalog. I certainly have used it the most and I think it is definitely the most versatile! I also love the Delicate Dots Designer Paper that is available. We've used some on this card. This is one of my favorite patterns in the pack. This card also uses the Congrats stamp set. I set out a few greetings so everyone could choose the one they wanted.

This card has a window cut on the front, with a piece of contact paper on the back of it. We sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds Glitter on the sticky front. The inside view is below. This fun technique always provides a "WOW!" -- even for the experienced stamper.

Some of the guests at the class asked for a reminder of which circle to punch *where* on this card, so that is below.

Circle Punch instructions for THIS card:

1 3/8" Circle Punch: punch a circle in the front of the card, in a scrap of Chocolate Chip, and punch a circle out of Baja Breeze.

1 1/4" Circle Punch: punch out the flower design for the inside of the card and layer it on the Baja Breeze circle.

1 3/4" Circle Punch: *around* the Chocolate Chip 1 3/8" hole you already punched out of the scrap, center the 1 3/4" punch and punch it out to make the circular frame for the front of the card.

DONE!

Happiness Always, part 2

Here is another card using the Happiness Always set, that I've used on the card above. It is a new Level 3 Hostess Set in the Fall/Winter Catalog. I have to say, I really like it! The images are great. The only down side to it for me is that it is a double mounted set. That means both sides of the wood have a piece of rubber mounted on them, like some of our alphabets. I don't mind the alphabets being this way at all, but this set was a little tricky to work with for some reason. I got used to it and it is fine now.

Since this is a Two-Step Stampin' set, I wanted to use the butterfly in that way. The images are so detailed, it took some time to find some ink colors that would work well together and still show up nicely. Lavender Lace stamped off once and Elegant Eggplant ended up working out.

"Wonderful" is available in the Warm Words set. It is going to go on the Dormant List for the Fall/Winter Catalog. That just means it won't be featured in the catalog, but is still available for purchase.

Beate's WSC #49

What does that title mean? Well, Beate has a weekend "sketch" challenge (WCS) that anyone can participate in. I've never done it before now, but I always enjoy looking at them. A sketch is a different layout for how to arrange your card. It is fun to see how everyone interprets it.

I know the boys are going to be needing some graduation cards coming up soon. Our school colors are purple and gold, but I decided to go with eggplant and saffron! This one will do for the girls, but I'll have to come up with something different for the guys, or just switch out the Designer Paper for something un-flowery.

This is a cute set is called Great Grads and is found on page 55 of the catalog. The word "graduate" around the big G doesn't show up on the scan, since I stamped it in the saffron color. I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the background stamp along the bottom several times so it would match perfectly. The Stamp-a-ma-jig CAN be your friend! I don't know what I'd do without mine.