World Treasures Flowers

There is a new Designer Series Paper pack that I really love called International Bazaar.  It is full of really fun bright papers.  I know I'll get a lot of use out of this paper pack.  This card uses two patterns of paper from the pack, as well as a stamp set that coordinates really well with the paper called World Treasures.  I used this set a few days ago on another card featuring a peacock.  The colors in this card are Lucky Limeade, Pacific Point, and Rich Razzleberry.   I used markers to ink up the image so that I could get multiple colors on my stamp.












 You may be wondering about that shape in the center of the card.  It is from the new Apothecary Accents Framelits Collection, but I wanted a smaller version, so here is how I did it.  I grabbed a scrap of Whisper White cardstock and ran it through the big shot with the Framelit Die. 

Then, I moved the die further down the paper, and ran it through again.  Voila, a smaller label in a cute shape just the right size for the flowers.    I then used the new paper piercing template that matches to add some piercing detail around the edges.






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Butterfly Thanks

I really like butterflies, so one of the first sets I picked out of the new catalog was a set called Papillon Potpourri.  It has 6 lovely butterfly images and, even better, a matching punch!  I get just about any stamp set with a matching punch! :) 
I needed to make some little thank you notes to send out with some orders this month, so here are two of the thank yous I came up with. 
The cards measure 8 by 2 3/4, folded in half.  I then cut the edge of the front side with the scallop border punch. 

This card uses crumb cake as its base, with a strip of newsprint DSP (designer series paper) behind the scallop edge, and the butterflies.  There is also a bit of green DSP behind the butterflies to set them a bit.  I added some pearls to the centers and pierced around the green paper.   The new catalog featured some perfect plumb taffeta ribbon, which I had previously passed on, but it looked so lovely in the catalog I had to get that as well.   Those marketing people really know what their doing, huh?



This card is basically the same but uses Baja Breeze as its base and crochet trim ribbon. 





I used a sponge to ink up the butterflies because I thought the marker looked too harsh when I used it for this card.  here is a picture to show the difference.

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Beth

Faithful Friend

I received a wedding invitation this week!  It was for the wedding of my cousin Don, and his fiance Angela.  The wedding invitation was very pretty and had peacock feathers on it.  I was happy about this because I just opened a box of new stamps and one of them featured a peacock!  Any excuse to stamp right?!  And, since Don and Angela have found each other, I thought the sentiment that comes with the set worked really nicely too, so this is the card I made to go with her shower gift.  The set is called World Treasures and I loaded up this card with all sorts of new elements.   I used Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, and Elegant Eggplant as my colors.  I embossed the Elegant Eggplant paper with the new Fancy Fan Embossing Folder and made a frame for the peacock with the new Apothecary Accents Framelits.  The largest Framelit only comes in one size, but I wanted it to have a border, so I cut out another label shape in Lucky Limeade and cut it in half lengthwise.   I then glued it to the back of the Whisper White piece, and trimmed it to fit the Elegant Eggplant paper.  I also cut out the sentiment image with another framelit from this collection.



















And, for even more detail, I used the new paper piercing template to add some detail around the white piece.    For the mail peacock image, I stamped the bird three times, once in each color.  I then cut out the various pieces I wanted to use to complete the peacock in multi color.  I could have used markers to ink up the peacock and only have to stamp once, which is how I colored the sentiment stamp above, but that would have been to easy :)  Actually, I wanted the peacock to have a bit more depth and dimension, so I cut each layer out separately and popped the Peacock up with dimensionals.  I also added some rhinestones to the Eggplant Layer and the sentiment.   I hope you like the card.  The colors are very vibrant in real life : ) 
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Blooming with Kindness

I am playing around with some new stamps today! This set is called Blooming with Kindness.  I love the big flower stamp.  The buttons are new too! There are called Vintage Faceted buttons.  And, the new products keep coming, the ribbon is new, the paper color (primrose petals) is new, and the paper piercing was done with the new paper piercing items.














  I LOVE the new paper piercing items.  There is a new bigger piercing mat, a new paper-piercing tool, and new paper-piercing templates.  I really like these new templates.   There are 3 6" x 6" templates, co-ordinating with Stampin' Up! punches, framelits and basic shapes.   I only used a little bit of piercing in the corner, but I think it adds a little something to the card.   I lined up the corner of the paper with a guide line on the template, then pierced the desired holes.   This was a very quick card, I needed to send a Thank you note, but I look forward to trying out some of the patterns on the various templates. 

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stamp sets for sale

I have updated my page about what retired stamp sets I have for sale.  Check it out by clicking the tab above!

Bold Blossoms

Super quick post today!  I am getting ready for my retired products garage sale.  I needed a quick and easy card to bring for my make and take.  It needs to be easy, as I wont be able to sit and demonstrate it because hopefully I will be so busy bagging up sales! : )   Not sure if this will be the card I bring, but it is simple and yet cute.  I even stamped a little flower on he envelope.

 If you live in the Chicago area, come and say Hi!  Directions and times are on the Garage Sale button to the right.

New Catalog Starts Today!!

Yea!  The new Stampin' Up! catalog starts today!  I love the new catalog, I've been going through it for weeks now working out my first order, then reworking it to include something else I just noticed, then reworking it again because I added it all up and WOW! Seems I need to have a really good garage sale on Saturday to get it all!!!

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Here is the cover!  I'll get the link working soon, hopefully before the post is set to go at 7:00 am.

The catalog goes live at noon mountain time.

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