Good afternoon!! Welcome to my first trendy tuesday post! My intention is to have some fun while showing off some of our really neat NEW products AND teaching you some neat techniques each Tuesday!

So to start out, for the first few weeks we will be learning about our Sale-A-Bration freebies!!!! For those of you who know and those who don't, Sale-A-Bration is a time of rewarding our customers for their excellent choice of merchandise!! So for every 50$ you spend, you will receive your choice of 6 products! To get a SALE-A_Bration catty in the mail (or delivered to you, if you live close to me!), e-mail me at sally@sallysangelworks.com and let me know you NEED AN SAB CATTY!! If you just want to buy some fun stuff or want to see the catty online, go to my web site at http://sallysangelworks.stampinup.net. You can order in your PJs…i love that!!

Today, our first two FREE products are: the Ribbon Bundle and the YUMMY stamp set!

And for our project using these products, here is a sweet 6×6 card you can use for any occassion!!

Supply list:

6×12 piece of textured Not Quite Navy cardstock

piece of Barely Banana cardstock

piece of Certainly Celery cardstock

Small scrap of Whisper White cardstock

Not Quite Navy Classic ink

Barely Banana Classic ink

Ribbon Bundle (So Saffron, Certainly Celery)

1/16 hole punch

small oval punch

sponge

Pretties kit

Linen Thread

*********start crafting!!**********

*Fold your Not Quite Navy card stock in half to create a 6×6 card.

*wrap the front of the card with the So Saffron ribbon…leaving the edges in the front to be covered by the stamped image!

*Before stamping on your cardstock, practice on a scratch piece of paper. This helps to keep upside down issues or extra stray edge marks on your cardstock. Stamp your image on a piece of Barely Banana cardstock, and cut the cardstock to the desired size, centering the image. Cut a piece of Certainly Celery 1/4inch larger than the stamped cardstock.

*Place your cardstock over the ribbon and adhere it to your card. Take a flower out of the Pretties kit, a sponge and your Barely Banana Classic ink and ink the middle of the flower out…so the petals are lighter than the center.

*Add your finishing touches! Add a piece of Certainly Celery ribbon behind your flower – both held together with a Ice Rhinestone brad. Add deco hat pin by pinning it through the brad feet. Using a scrap of Whisper White paper, stamp the "with love" stamp and punch with the small oval punch. {hint} holding the punch upside down, you can position the punch exactly where you want it, in this case, leaving a little space on the left side for the hole to attach to the flower. Using Linen Thread, tie the small oval tag to your flower center, and use a glue dot to attach to the card front.

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One of the beauties of this stamp set is that you can use these sentiments for any occassion! I love it!

Remember, you can get the ribbon bundle and the YUMMY stamp set for free just for buying awesome products from Stampin' UP! You can e-mail me an order, order directly from my web site…or even get other products for free by booking a workshop!

Thanks for joining me this week for trendy tuesday. If you have enjoyed this tutorial, please leave a comment, AND you will be entered in a drawing for a COUPON FOR FREE SU! PRODUCTS!!! just for commenting!! wowow!!!!!