I used a couple of new Stampin’ Up! products to make this Spring Card With Basket Weave and Blossoming Basket. This stamp set, available during Sale-A-Bration, will be so useful for many different kinds of cards and occasions.
My Stamparatus arrived and finally yesterday I got to play with it! I think it is going to be a fantastic tool in many ways to make your stamping easier and better! We’ll talk about the Stamparatus another day, but I did use it to stamp this basket. You wouldn’t exactly “need” the Stamparatus to stamp just this basket, but since I’d cut my paper pretty much to fit the basket and since I wanted the basket centered and fully stamped, I used the Stamparatus. This way I could place the stamp where I wanted it on the paper, pick it up with the Stamparatus, and if it didn’t stamp beautifully (which it did!), I could have stamped it again with the Stamparatus with the paper and stamp in exactly the same position.
This Blossoming Basket was beautiful just stamped in the Memento Ink! It’s very finely detailed and lovely! I was eager to color it in with my Stampin’ Blends markers! Coloring with these markers is very relaxing and therapeutic! Some of the Stampin’ Blends markers are going on backorder because of their popularity, so I suggest ordering them if you want some as soon as possible. I believe it is better to order them individually or in the combos so that Stampin’ Up! will send out what they have right away and then send you the backordered ones when they are re-supplied. If you order the Collection of all the markers, they may hold that whole set of markers until they have all of them back in stock. It takes longer to order the markers individually, inputting all those numbers, but at least you will get them.
The Blossoming Basket Stamp Set is part of a Bundle with the Basket Weave Dynamic Embossing Folder. Let me tell you, this Basket Weave embossing is fantastic!! You will really be impressed the first time you take your embossed cardstock out of the folder! It is a WOW! You are supposed to spritz the paper lightly with some water to loosen the paper fibers and then emboss, and it works wonderfully! I used the Basket Weave piece as a background over part of the card, then layered the Blossoming basket over it. I cut out the basket and sponged a tiny bit of Soft Sky Ink over the background Whisper White paper and in the little part I did not cut out under the basket handle.
The Blossoming Basket Bundle includes the Blossoming Basket Stamp Set and the Basket Weave Embossing Folder. You can earn it FREE with a $100 qualifying order during Sale-A-Bration. It is well worth the $100 order to get this Bundle, much less FREE! You can use it for Easter, for Mother’s Day, for a bridal shower, for an engagement, for a sympathy card, for a birthday, for a Thinking of You card…..really an all-occasion stamp set!
The traditional Sale-a-Bration has always been that for every $50 a customer spent, they would earn a FREE Sale-A-Bration product. This year Stampin’ Up! has also introduced a few products that could be chosen with a $100 purchase. So that gives you even more choices! And remember, with a $150 or more order, you also receive Stampin’ Rewards! And during Sale-A-Bration, with a $250 order you would IN ADDITION earn $25 more in products in addition to regular Stampin’ Rewards.
Sale-A-Bration ends March 31, and although that sounds like a long way off, it will come up sooner than we think. Don’t wait until the last minute! If you like this stamp set and embossing folder to make a card and other projects like this Spring Card With Basket Weave and Blossoming Basket for Easter and other occasions, stock up on your stamping supplies, like paper and adhesives, to reach a $100 order.