A "Botty" Birthday

More fun with the "Lots of Bots" stamp set! Aside from the excellent art work and tongue-in-cheek greetings, one of the things I love about this stamp set is the ability to customize the colour scheme to match any card stock or patterned paper you may use. For this card I used Brilliant Blue and Pumpkin Pie as my colour pallet, layering solid card stock for the card base with patterned paper from last year's Halloween Designer Series paper. It's proof that the papers included in Stampin' Up's "Holiday" series of 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper can be used for so much more than just holiday crafts - I've used many of both the Halloween and Christmas patterned papers in cards and scrapbook layouts that have nothing at all to do with either event. They're just beautiful patterns that happen to use colours that easily work in holiday projects - very versatile!

After finishing the front of the card with some thin satin ribbon over a strip of Brilliant Blue card stock, I set to work colouring the robots featured on both the front and inside of the card. Watercolouring them using blender pens and ink colours that match my paper made it easy for my little robots match the card exactly... resulting in a perfectly customized little piece of artwork.

Note: the card's inner greeting is featured in the Upsy Daisy stamp set.

Bright, Bold Flowers

To me the colour red is full of life, both passionate and pretty... and it's one of my favourite colours to work with in both cards and scrapbooking. I designed this bold, layered card with the idea of using traditional Christmas colours in a floral-themed card that wouldn't bring the holidays to mind at all despite the pallet of red, green and white. The card base is Whisper White, although it's covered completely with the layers on the front of the card - first a sweet polka-dot pattern from the Real Red Designer Series patterned paper, then a Real Red border created with the Top Note die and the Big Shot personal die-cutting machine. The flowers, leaves and bird were created using the Birds and Blooms Sizzlits die (also cut with the Big Shot), and the greeting comes from the "Yummy" stamp set featured in Stampin' Up's recent Sale-a-Bration mini catalogue.

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Layering the floral elements on the front of the card using Stampin' Dimensionals gives an incredible sense of depth to the card - the flowers pop out to greet the recipient, almost asking to be sniffed!

July 27th to 31st Deal of the Week

Every week during the month of July, Stampin' Up will offer one discounted product as our "Deal of the Week", with no limits or minimum purchase required. This is the final week of the month, and our amazing deal is:

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The Heart to Heart Punch, regularly $22.95 now on sale for $26.99!

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Punches are a quick and easy way to add interest, dimension, and color to your cards, tags, and scrapbook pages. You can glue punched shapes directly onto your projects or layer a sheet of card stock that has been punched over a coordinating card stock for a reverse effect. The Heart to Heart punch includes three sizes of classic heart shapes that coordinate with the Love You Much stamp set.

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To take advantage of this sale, your order must be processed by 9am on Friday July 31st... contact me at summer.burton@sympatico.ca or (519) 672-5485 to order your Heart to Heart punch today!

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A Peek Into The Forest

I just love the Forest Friends stamp set... it's classic animals are perfect for bright and colourful kids cards, but I wanted to create a card that shows how you could skew the set for a slightly older audience by introducing a softer colour pallet and more mature layout.

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Here I've used Certainly Celery as the card base, layering Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, and finally Very Vanilla again to display the stamped scene. We peek through the branches into the forest to spy a deer next to a small tree, both from the Forest Friends set... the tree is inked in Chocolate Chip and Old Olive, then sponged in Old Olive to add some depth. Our little deer is inked with Close to Cocoa, then Whisper White ink has been added to his chest, face and freckles using a blender pen, and his ears have been enhanced with a touch of Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White ink blended together. The branches and grass were created using stamps from the Pocket Silhouettes set, and were inked both in Old Olive and Certainly Celery. The greeting, inked in Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive, came from the now-retired Sale-a-Bration set called Yummy. A tranquil forest scene, sure to appeal to recipients of any age...

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Bubbly

I created these sweet little gift tags for birthday party favour bags recently, and thought their fun, bubbly theme would be good to share...

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I used colours from the Stampin' Up! "Bold Brights" collection - the background card stock is Gable Green, the "water" is Tempting Turquoise, and the top layer is Brilliant Blue. Prior to assembly I stamped some sweet little fishes on the Turquoise card stock and coloured them in with a VersaMarker to provide some depth without introducing a whole new colour. I then created "bubbles" in the Brilliant Blue card stock using 3/4" and 1/2" circle punches. When layered, the bubbles act as little windows so you can see the fishes swimming happily around... a cute little peek-a-boo! On the back of the tag I used the greetings from Pocket Silhouettes stamp set, framing the name of the person who would be receiving the gift bag with "friend to friend" (on top) and "thanks so much" (on the bottom).

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July 20th - 27th Deal of the Week

Every week during the month of July, Stampin' Up will offer one discounted product as our "Deal of the Week", with no limits or minimum purchase required. This week's amazing deal is:

Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware, regularly $41.95 now on sale for $26.99!

This high-quality metal Hodgepodge Hardware set contains etched designs on brads and accents that coordinate with several Stampin' Up! punches. Each kit contains approximately 100 embellishments and 100 3/16" brads.

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To take advantage of this sale, your order must be processed by 9am on Monday July 27th... contact me at summer.burton@sympatico.ca or (519) 672-5485 to order your Rhinestone Brads today, and watch Summer's Creative Corner for next week's special deal!

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Happy Birthday to ME!

Tomorrow (July 16th) is my birthday, so to celebrate I'm offering a special "Happy Birthday to ME!" sale from July 15th through 17th. If you purchase any birthday-themed stamp sets or accessories during these three days I'll share my Demonstrator discount with you, saving you 20% on your entire order! For example:

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The 9 piece Party Hearty stamp set (shown below) regularly $35.95 would be only $28.76... and any additional merchandise you order would be 20% off as well!

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The 5 piece Lots of Bots stamp set (shown below) regularly $26.95 would be only $21.56... and taking advantage of my "Happy Birthday to ME!" sale means you could stock up on paper and ink at 20% off as well!

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Remember, this is a three-day-only sale... so contact me soon at (519) 672-5485 or summer.burton@sympatico.ca to take advantage of this special sale!

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