Pootles Blog Hop Sale-A-Bration 2018

Hello and welcome to the Pootles Blog Hop that is showcasing the Sale-A-Bration freebies from Stamping' Up. The stamp set that I am using if the Lots of Lavender.  This is a 2 step stamp set that gives a water colour effect to the lavender.

I made 2 cards with this set and added some elements from some other sets,  ......

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Lots of Lavender Cards

Measurements card 1

To make this card I cut the layers as below - these are my standard way of cutting layers and they give 1/8th border all round.

• I used some Tranquil Tide as my base - A4 cut in half and scored in half, this makes a C6 card 5 7/8th x 4 1/8th
• I cut a mat in Very Vanilla cardstock just 1/4" smaller on each side - 5 5/8th x 3 7/8th
• I cut a smaller mat in Very Vanilla - 2 1/2 x 4
• Another mat in Fresh Fig  - 2 5/8 x 4 1/8
• Finally another mat in  Tranquil Tide - 2 3/4 x 4 1/4

I love the way the layers really make the image pop.

Other sets used

To stamp the back ground and cut the decorative elements of this card I also used the Leaf stamp from Petal Palette and some dies from Petals and More Thinlits, one for the sentiment and the trellis effect for the back ground. 

I really like how the 2 step stamping on the Lot of Lavender sampler give a water colour look so it doesn't matter if you are not exact with your stamping. 

Measurements card 2

To make this card I cut the layers as below - again these are my standard way of cutting layers and they give 1/8th border all round.

• I used some Fresh Fig  as my base - A4 cut in half and scored in half, this makes a C6 card 5 7/8th x 4 1/8th
• I cut a mat in Tranquil Tide card stock just 1/4" smaller on each side - 5 5/8th x 3 7/8th
• I cut some standard Very Vanilla 1/4" small on each side again -  5 3/8th x 3 5/8th
• I also cut an oval in Very Vanilla using the largest over from the Stitched Framelits after I stamped with the Lots of Lavender stamp.

Other sets used

To give dimension to this card I decided to stamp behind the oval topper rather than add a mat. I used the Amazing You stamp set which is another Sale-A-Bration free set. I chose the semi circle sun rays (thats how I like to think of them) stamped in Tranquil Tide and to tie it all together I stamped the birthday sentiment from Picture Perfect Birthday. 

I hope you enjoyed these cards, if you call back again tomorrow to my blog I will post a video tutorial showing exactly how I made them. 

Until them please enjoy the blog hop, the team is full of very talented crafters full of inspirational ideas :-) 

Just click on the next name on the list to continue with the hop.

Bye for now

Gez xxx