Best of Sale A Bration and last day to participate in Sale A Bration 2014

My last Best of card for the month . . . in maybe forever???

  This has been fun because it's made me plan, get ahead of my blog posts (instead of last minute), and crack open the stamp sets that I have purchased over the past year. 

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Maybe with this bright coloured card spring will come . . .  
 
Hope you have enjoyed the daily inspirations.  Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog this month. 

Cheers, 
K

Best of Christmas

One last Best of Christmas card. This little reindeer(smaller than it's original Dasher version released a few years back) fits perfectly in the Circle Card thinlits. 

Thanks for checking in.  One last day to get any or all of these Best of sets and one last day for Sale A Bration too!!

Cheers, 
K

Best of Love

Here is a quick card I made in under 5 min for sure!

 A simple one stamped card.  Thanks for checking in with me every day and I hope you are enjoying these Best of cards.  

Cheers, 
K

Best of Greetings

Today Nathan is turning 12!!  Yikes!  How did the time go by so fast!

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While this one isn't a "birthday card" per se the sentiment it oh so true!  Nathan made my day 12 years ago and every day since.  Happy B-day bud!

Cheers, 
K

Best of Greetings

This one was a bit of a challenge for me but I like this cutey pie saying.

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 I used it again and again and again in Blushing Bride, So Saffron, Pool Party and Wild Wasabi.  Maybe a baby card??

Thanks for checking in.

Cheers, 
K

Best of Christmas

Another crazy Christmas card.  I love this exclusive ornament stamp that is in the Best of Christmas set.  It also co-ordinates with the Christmas Ornament punch (132152).

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 Thanks for checking in.

Cheers, 
K

Best of Christmas and Weekly specials

You can call me crazy all you want but I REALLY have been making Christmas cards.  YES, Christmas cards with this Best of Christmas set that you have only a few days left to purchase it.

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The weather certainly is Christmas like so no, I'm not totally crazy :)


Here are the weekly specials from March 25 - 31.

Cheers, 
K

Best of Flowers

After making yesterday's card with the labels dies I thought I'd use them again on this one but in a different way.

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 I stamped off Staz on to get a slightly later shade of black but I was still able to watercolour with it.  Some of the other stamps I used were the Hardwood background and Happy Watercolour set.

Cheers, 
K

Best of Halloween

Happy Sunday!  Thought I'd slide this one in on the weekend :)

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This is a pretty cool spooky tree. Halloween cards aren't in my usual repetoire but especially not in the middle of MARCH!

Hope you have a great day!

Cheers, 
K

Best of Brides and Babies

Here is a soft colour combo that I don't usually use but I think it works nicely for this baby card.

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 I also used the Baby Prints stamp set on this card.  I can't wait for my new great-niece to arrive.

Cheers, 
K

Best of Shelli

These presents aren't in the Best of Birthdays set but they sure do fit right in with that set!  This stamp is in the Best of Shelli set but it works with a birthday card shown here or even Christmas presents :)

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 I love this dot folder!!  Leave me a comment on my blog about your favourite card I have shared thus far and be entered to win this embossing folder!!

Cheers,
K

Best of Autumn

Simple and understated but that can be a good thing too.

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 Cheers, 
K

Best of Shelli

Another two great stamps from the Best of Shelli stamp set.  These stamps are some of the faves of Shelli Gardener's, co-founder of Stampin Up.

Here is a simple one layer card that could be used for any situation (just change the sentiment).

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 Thanks for continually checking in each day this month.

Cheers, 
K

Best of Halloween

No I have not lost my mind but when you promise to make Best of stamp set cards for the whole month you must keep that promise.

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 I love this little witch hat!  Both of these stamps are from the best of Halloween set.  

Cheers, 
K

Best of Flowers

**Sorry for the lateish post.  I forgot to set this one for 6am.

 If you haven't been checking in frequently and wondered why I'm posting all these Best of cards here is the deal.  
For the entire month of March I have a special on Best of Stamp Sets that will be retiring at the end of this month.  All sets are $17.95, clear mount and only available until March 30, 2014.


BUY any 2 sets - Receive 2 handmade cards from me

BUY any 4 sets - Receive 2 handmade cards PLUS a pack of dimensionals from
                           me
                           * qualifies for one Sale-A-Bration item

BUY any 6 sets - Receive 2 handmade cards, dimensionals PLUS a $10 Gift                              Certificate for Stampin Up products from me
                          * qualifies for one Sale-A-Bration item
                          ** PLUS any $17.95 stamp set redeemable from Stampin UP

So keep checking in every day in March for more great ideas and to help you choose which stamp sets you MUST get before they are gone.

I thought I'd take yesterday's card and make it a springy one!  This background technique can easily be made with lots of different colours!  I used green to go along with St Patrick's Day today :)

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Cheers, 
K

Best of Snow

Sorry another snow card :(

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Wanna know how I made the background? I used my ink pads directly to the paper and a mask to create the background.  Soft Sky and Marina Mist were used here but you could use LOTS of different colours!!

Cheers, 
K

Best of Greetings

Here is a different way to use the Circles die to create a fun card. 

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I used Calypso Coral paper, ribbon, ink and a button paired with Basic Black.  Easy peasy!

Cheers, 
K

Best of Birthdays

It's the weekend!!!!  Well almost!  I have been hearing for days and days the countdown to Nathan's birthday at the end of the month.  Do you have lots of birthdays this spring?

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 Unlike some of the other cards I have shared this one uses almost all of the stamps in the Best of Birthdays set.  Change te colours up and you can easily make this one a "guy" card too.

Have a great weekend, but check back for more blog posts on the weekend!

Cheers, 
K

Best of Birthdays + Weekly Specials

This week's Weekly specials contains quite a few dies and embossing folders so I wondered how I could encorporate one of my fave Best of sets with it.  

This is what I came up with!

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 I used the circles die for a mask, inked some Brights and Viola!

Here are the rest of the Weekly specials.   I have an order going in this week so contact me to add any of the specials to this and save on shipping!

 
Cheers, 
K

Best of Brides and Babies

If you have a wedding to go to this year this is a cute stamp for you.  I actually have the original one and it's in my NEVER SELL pile.

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This one would also work nicely for wedding favours or tags too!  

Cheers, 
K