February Stamp Club: Good As Gold & A Treat Holder

When I first became a demonstrator in 1999, there was no Salabration brochure, or 11 different items to pick from--just a one page, black and white flyer, and there was only 4 stamp sets to pick from!  The neat thing SU! did though was color the rubber of the stamps in a different color each year--my first Salabration the rubber was Forest Foliage.  And, there was Pretty in Pink, Lavender Lace, just to name a few.

This is the Good as Gold Card Kit--it's a Salabration item!  These were our projects for February Stamp Club. The little treat holder was from a swap I rec'd at Leadership. Isn't it cute?  It uses the new Tag Topper Punch.  I'm so glad to see tags are still in style.  Tags have been popular for as long as I've been stamping. Tags are one of my favorites!  Great accent for the front of a card! 

The Good as Gold Kit is very easy. Just open the pkg, pop out all the die cuts, assemble the cards, and add your ribbon. It even comes with gold envelope liner.  Beautiful!  

The treat holder is also very easy.  You need a 2" wide piece of cardstock to fit in the channel of the Tag Topper Punch.  You can make your tag any length. For this treat holder, cut cardstock to 6 1/4" x 2."  Score at 2 7/8" and 3 3/8."  Any flat candy or chocolate will fit. Here I used York Peppermint Patties. Ghiradeli squares work great too--my fav is the dark chocolate ones with sea salt--yum!!

Supplies used:

Good as Gold Simply Sent Kit

That's The Ticket, Lovely Labels stamp sets

Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla cardstock, Red and Champagne Glimmer Paper

Tag Topper, Ticket, Full Heart, Banner Punches

Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon

Pool Party, Gold Encore inks

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When it comes to Glimmer Paper, I like to hot glue it together--much better hold than anything else I've tried with it. Happy Salabrating!  Bye for now, Maria

Embossed Cardstock Strips

You know how to emboss with the Big Shot and an embossing folder.  Here it's the same concept, but instead of a single sheet of cardstock, you will use strips of cardstock.  I used the Vine Street embossing folder--see your Salabration folder.  This folder will NOT carry over into any other Stampin' Up! catalog--Stampin' Up! said so! 

Stamps:  Bloomin' Marvelous

Ink:  Island Indigo, Summer Starfruit

Cardstock:  Sahara Sand, Pool Party, Summer Starfruit, Rich Razzleberry, Island Indigo

Other:  Oval Punch, Sycamore Street Ribbon (Salabration)

March Stamp Club was Blissful!

For March's Stamp Club our card was stamped with the Bliss stamp set from the Salabration selection.  I swiped this card from page 10 of the Salabration brochure.  I changed it a little bit, but not much.  Who says you have to come up with an original design every time? 

So Saffron cardstock is used for the card base.  Stamp the flourish in Daffodil Delight ink all over the front of your card.  Splatter ink with Crumb Cake marker in the Color Spritzer.  Stamp "bliss" in Crumb Cake ink on a 4 1/4" x 2" piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Attach to front of card.  Add scallop border sticker from the Ice Cream Parlor DSP & Quick Accents Pack (also a Salabration selection).  Wrap Ice Cream Parlor ribbon (another Salabration selection) around Whisper White cardstock.  Stamp butterfly in Melon Mambo ink.  Cut out and adhere with a Stampin' Dimensional.  Using the Boho Blossoms punch, cut out DSP from Ice Cream Parlor and So Saffron cardstock.  Attach an Ice Cream Parlor button with a Mini Glue Dot. 

March's Card Swaps....

Stamped by Mary using the Charming stamp set.

Mary added a Top Note die cut to the inside of her card. 

Heather stamped this one.  If you look closely to the dots in the background, some of them are accented with Crystal Effects. 

Debbie stamped this one and decorated the inside as well. 

Maria stamped this one using Punch Bunch stamp set (Salabration) and Pocket Silhouettes.  All the stamps in Punch Bunch have a coordinating punch that goes with it (available for purchase separately).

Barb added a stamped image to accent her die cuts.

Another card using Punch Bunch and So Happy for You (another Salabration set).

Irish for the Day 6x6 scrapbook page by Lisa.

Joan stamped this card with Sew Suite (page 33 Occasions Mini Catalog).  The spool of thread is called "paper piecing."  Stamping the same image several times on different colors of cardstock or paper.  Cut out part of the additional image and layer on top of another image. 

Pagie made the mini purse card with the Cupcake punch.

Delight in Life was stamped by Kim.  To make the cat tails, make a stencil with the Horizontal Slot punch.  Sponge through your stencil. 

Salabration is the BEST time of year at Stampin' Up!  Receive a FREE Salabration selection for each $50 you spend.  There are four Salabration stamp sets, a DSP & Quick Accents Pack, a Ribbon & Button Pack, Digital Content CD (all the Salabration images--you do not need MDS to use the images), and the Notes Chalkboard Decor Elements (my favorite).  More options for FREE products!!!  You also have the option of picking a set valued at $14.95 or less from the Idea Book & Catalog. 

Host a workshop or class (your home or mine) and earn a FREE Salabration item IN ADDITION to all your other host benefits. 

New demonstrators are not left out either!  The starter kit is 15% OFF right now--you can become a demonstrator for less than $150! 

Salabration is winding down--deadline is March 31st.  You can place your orders directly with me, or through my website.  Happy Stamping! 

Bye for now, Maria