Welcome to the first Art With Heart Blog Hop for 2020. This month we are featuring cards using the amazing products you can earn for free during our Sale-a-bration promotion.
Until the 31st of March for every $90 you spend on Stampin’ Up! products you will earn free products from our Sale-a-bration brochure.
Hostesses earn bonuses too! When you host a party with sales above $500 you receive this Little Ladybug set in addition to the usual Hostess benefits.
Sale-a-bration also has a bonus for recruits joining during this promotion. For the joining fee of $169 you can choose your starter kit of products to the value of $235 plus a Mini Paper Cutter, a 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper sampler and their choice of stamp set.
Now, let’s get to the projects! I can’t wait to see what everyone has made!
This month I was inspired by a male member of the international Artisan Design Team – his name is Martin Stone and he is a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator from the UK. He created a tattoo style card using the Honey Bee bundle, adding his own elements with a stencil as well as by doodling with the Stampin’ Up! journaling pens.
Isn’t this so cool? It is such a fresh approach and a totally different way to use your stamps.
I’ve always loved to doodle on my stamping and I just loved the sharpness of his geometric style so I decided to give this style a go using a free stamp set from Sale-a-bration: Lovely Lily Pad.
This technique is so fun I ended up making four cards for tonight’s blog hop. I also used some of my other stamp sets and my journalling pens.
My first card features the largest water lily image, along with a circle stamp and the longest straight line stamp from the Swirly Frames stamp set and the “swirly” stamp from the A Big Thank You stamp set.
I used the free lilypad dies (a level 2 Sale-a-bration item) to cut out a mask for my water lily before I stamped the Swirly Frames line over the top of it and then I drew the rest of the image freehand with my journalling pen.
The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Birthday stamp set, stamped in versamark ink and heat embossed using white embossing powder on black card stock.
For card two I used tiny freehand dots to shade my water lily, which I framed with a dotted circle. Geometric compass points were drawn with a ruler and finished off with more doodling.
I doodled lines and dots on the large water lily for card three, before adding doodle circles above and below. The striped black and white background DSP is from another free Sale-a-bration item: the stunning Golden Honey Specially DSP.
Finally, my smallest card uses the smallest water lily stamp, the swirly stamp from A Big Thank You and more free hand doodling and tiny dots.
Which of my cards do you prefer? Even though I need more practice to get to Martin’s standard, I had so much fun creating them all I can’t make up my mind!
The next demonstrator to share their Sale-a-bration inspiration with you is…..Michele Taylor.
If you have a broken link or have come to this blog hop midway, you can view all the participants below:
Your creations are amazing! I love the black & white look.
You cards are cool and definitely standing out, Catherine! Such a creative way of making the cards and great inspiration!
Imaginative!! I think I like the top left the best, but they’re really all wonderful! I also saw Martin Stone’s post. Talk about talent!
Oh My goodness your cards are absolutely amazing. Just stunningly beautiful! I just love what you have done with the pen to add to them as well. Love them all!
Your cards are absolutely stunning Catherine. I saw Martin’s post but I think yours are every bit as good, if not better.
Holy Moly these are stunning :O
I am not surprised with you taking on this style, it is totally your thing and you have hit it out of the park!!!! Amazing designs.
OMG these are amazing Catherine. I did see Martin’s card however I like your’s better 🙂
I always want to add a touch of colour, but in this case they don’t need it. Wonderful cards, thank you for the inspiration.
Chris
Catherine, your cards are amazing. I saw Martin’s and am just as impressed with yours. I’m not sure of my freehand skills, but you are inspiring me to give it a go.
Thud! That’s my jaw hitting the ground! They are all amazing, and I am in awe of your freehand drawing skills. Not something I’d attempt! It’s too hard to pick a favourite, BTW.
I saw Martin’s card but I love your take on it. Well done!
I loved Martins card, but yours are equally amazing Catherine. I feel I may need to CASE you, at least to try it out, the four cards are all fabulous.
WOW! amazing cards Catherine, so unique and beautiful!