A very popular FREE product in the Sale-A-Bration promotion is the Heart Shaped Bundle. Sale-A-Bration is maybe Stampin’ Up!’s most popular promotion because you can earn a free product with a $60 purchase. For a larger order of $120, you can select a couple of different products, such as this Heart Shaped Bundle. This is a great Bundle to use for all-occasion cards or right now, Valentines.
This card has a Pretty In Pink card base. Pretty In Pink is one of the current In Colors, which I often forget about! The layer is Basic White stamped with Pretty In Pink ink around the edges with the trio of flowers stamp in the Heart Shaped Stamp Set. The white background seemed too bland so I decided to put at least a few flowers, some stamped off the edge, around each side.
The focal piece of the card measures 3″ x 4″ with a Pretty in Pink layer of 3 1/4″ x 4 1/4″. I started off making this card horizontal and changed my mind. You can design it either way. The heart-shaped wreath is diecut with the Heart Shaped Die. Don’t get the “Heart” sets mixed up! I couldn’t find this wreath die in the package and looked all over for it. It turned out I was looking in the Hearts of Elegance Dies instead of the Heart Shaped Dies! I was so relieved that I hadn’t lost it!
The wreath is diecut out of Soft Sea Foam cardstock. If you remember, it would be useful to put an Adhesive Sheet on the back of the cardstock before you diecut it. Then you don’t have to put the tiniest dots of glue on the back of all the leaves and edges. But I admit, I never remember the Adhesive Sheets until after I diecut the piece! The flowers are diecut out of Pretty In Pink. You can make the petals curl up a little bit befor adhering to the card.
The greeting is in the Heart Shaped Stamp Set. If you stamp it right on the card front, stamp it before you glue down the wreath and flowers just in case the stamping doesn’t go well! But really, if you messed up the stamping, you could just cut out a label shape to stamp on and then adhere that over the messy stamping. There is always some way to fix mistakes! But chances are, you will stamp it just fine.
For a little embellishment, I used the Party Dots. These come in three colors – Peach Pie, Pool Party, and Pretty In Pink. I added the Peach Pie dots to the flower centers and added two extra Pretty In Pink dots next to the greeting. These are great because they are pretty flat and don’t cause a problem mailing the card.
There are new Sale-A-Bration products to earn coming on Tuesday, February 4th!