You Made My Day Irresistibly

Okay, yes, I know I start a lot of my posts with the words “I love…” but it’s only because it’s true. I love Stampin’ Up! Products. Today I’m showing my love for two new products from the Sale-a-bration catalog: Irresistibly Yours Specialty DSP and Best Day Ever stamp set (which is available in wood, clear, and photopolymer). You can get either of them FREE with any $50 purchase, or BOTH FREE with a $100 purchase, before tax & shipping. I think FREE is a pretty good deal, don’t you?

This Specialty DSP is white with glossy white designs. When you ink up the paper, then wipe with a cloth or paper towel, the designs show through as white. For this card I used Stampin’ Sponges to swirl ink on the paper. The sponge actually did a great job of both applying the ink to the background paper and wiping it off the glossy parts at the same time. In the photo, you can see the uninked version of the same floral pattern behind the card and the striped pattern underneath.

Using 1/8 of a sponge for each color, I swirled on Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral, and Bermuda Bay inks, in that order, to create the card front. To see how I organize my sponges and daubers for the different colors see my previous post here.

The card base is Bermuda Bay and the horizontal strip is Calypso Coral. The sentiment was stamped in Bermuda Bay on Whisper White, then cut with the Label Bracket Punch. I used a sponge dauber to ink the edges in Crushed Curry, then used Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach it. The Whisper White leaves were cut with the Bird Builder Punch. Don’t they match the leaves of the DSP really well? Lastly I added a few sequins from the new Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim, which is in the Occasions Catalog. I think they add just a little sumthin sumthin.

Here’s the recipe. Click on the images to buy. Remember the Sale-a-bration items ($0.00) are free with a $50 purchase.