Sale-a-Brate Your Birthday

Seems like I always need more birthday cards and thank you cards in my stash, and today I used some SAB goodies to make this birthday card:

I don't know why it took me so long to get the Chalk Talk Framelits, love that shape.  Haven't used the matching stamp set yet though ;)  I used three free SAB goodies on this card--the stamp set, the twine, and the embossing folder.  I could have used the Sweet Sorbet DSP but I wanted something different, so I picked a pattern from the Epic Day DSP instead.

Today's sketch is brought to you by Sketch Frenzy Friday:

And that's all she wrote today!  I'm off to take my doglets for a walk.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  See Ya Later (SAB exclusive!)
Ink:  Midnight Muse, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calyspo Coral, Summer Starfruit
Paper:  Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White, Epic Day This & That DSP
Accessories:  Decorative Dots EF (SAB exclusive!), Chalk Talk Framelits, Summer Starfruit twine from the Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack (SAB exclusive!)

I Got Sunshine....

...on a cloudy day!

We're mixing some Holiday mini paper with some Occasions mini stamps and paper today.  And Sale-a-Bration too actually, since See Ya Later is a SAB stamp set.  The only thing I wish I'd done differently on this card is I kinda want to put some white baker's twine around the stripey layer, but it was already stuck to the card front so I'm not going to pull it up now.

Today's card is brought to you by the Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge:

I figured the stripes on my patterned paper were easier than cutting a bunch of different layers while still staying true to the spirit of the sketch.

Anyway, I just printed out a seriously long study guide for an exam I have to take next month, so I suppose I'd better start studying.  Urgh.  Thanks for stopping by and have a sunshiney day!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  See Ya Later, Petite Petals
Ink:  Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay, So Saffron
Paper:  So Saffron, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Winter Frost & Kaleidoscope DSP
Accessories:  Deco Labels & Circles Framelits, Petite Petals punch, corner rounder punch, Brights Candy Dots, Dimensionals

New Stuff! New Stuff!!!

Dude, I love it when Stampin' Up! comes out with new stuff, whether it's a new catalog or mini or new photopolymer stamps or whatnot.  And this week I got my preorder stuff for the Occasions not-so-mini and Sale-a-Bration so YAY FOR NEW STUFF!

Sorry, I'm shouting.  But I'm excited about new stuff.

*dancing around the room* WHEEEEEE NEW STUFF! *jazz hands*

Okay, I'm done now.  (Not really.)

The stamp set is See Ya Later and will be one of the SAB options to get for freeeeeeee starting in late January (but I have it now because I'm a demonstrator and we get to see things early which is awesome, you should join up too if you haven't drunk the Kool-Aid yet).  There are three other cute stamps in this set to go along with Mr. Alligator here, but I chose him because of this fab color combo from Fab Friday:

I love those colors together.  They *could* be Christmasy but obviously I'm taking a break from Christmas stuff for today.  Oh and didja notice the fun new patterned paper?  It's a little 4.5x6.5 stack called Fresh Prints (of Bel Air!) from the Occasions mini.  Lemme tell ya, the patterned paper in that mini is to die for!  Not literally, but it's really awesome!!  I got one of everything to start with.  The paper I mean; if I got one of everything in the whole catalog I'm sure even my super-patient and understanding husband would schedule an intervention.

The sketch is hot off the press from Freshly Made Sketches:

Though I modified it just a teensy bit by making a square card, which is unusual for me.  I like the normal rectangle, but my lil gator wanted a square card.  Oh, I also modified the Apothecary Accents Framelit shape--it was too wide for the image, so I ran it through the Big Shot with the image towards the left of the shape, then positioned it again toward the right and ran it through a second time to make the shape a bit narrower.  It was pretty easy since the top and bottom of that shape are both straight lines; I wouldn't try this with one of the curvy shapes.

That's it for me today!  Hope you have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  See Ya Later
Ink:  Gumball Green, Coastal Cabana
Paper:  Gumball Green, Real Red, Whisper White, Fresh Prints (of Bel Air...I can't help it!  I think that every single time!)
Accessories:  Apothecary Accents Framelits, Brights Candy Dots, Dimensionals, and an extra dose of crazy