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"Nothing's Better Than" This Adorable Bundle

Hello friends. Looking for a way to make someone smile? Send a card or drop off a treat and tell them they are better than chocolate, coffee, or cocktails! You don’t need a special reason to tell someone you love them and the Nothing’s Better Than Bundle includes cute and funny sentiments that will make your friends chuckle. Adulting is hard; friends make it better.

NOTHING'S BETTER THAN BUNDLE #154061, $46.75, includes both the Nothing's Better Than Stamp Set and the Love You More Than Dies. Each piece of the bundle can be purchased separately, but when purchased together you will save 10%.

If you would like to make the three cards pictured in the post, simply follow the links below and order the products at my online store.

Stampin' Up! notifies me of each customer order. When I receive notification of your order I will email you the instructions to create these three cute cards.

This Bundle is so fun, you will soon find yourself creating your own designs and sharing cards with your friends! All of the products used to create these three cards are listed below with links to my online store.

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Thank You Cherished Friend

Blog Hop · Stampin' Up! · Tasteful Touches

Hello friends, thank you for joining me for today's blog hop. I am joining Kylie Bertucci's International Highlights Top Ten Winners Blog Hop. This hop highlights the top ten winners from our blog hop earlier this month. I am thrilled to have made the top ten and to be part of Kylie's hop. The theme for for the blog hop is THANKS.

I am using the Tasteful Touches bundle for today's nearly monochromatic card. The card features four main levels: a Pretty Peacock mat, a custom made background (more on this below), a double layer embellished sentiment, and a stamped flower and leaves.

To create the custom background, I began with a 4" x 5" piece of Stampin' Up! watercolor paper. Using the second largest stitched rectangle die, the paper was cut to size. The cut watercolor paper was then taped to a work surface using crafter's easy release tape (note the white edges where the tape was uniformly applied to butt against the stitched line).

Using Pretty Peacock ink, water, and a large sponge, I sponged a watercolor background onto the paper. After the background dried, I used versa ink and stamped the decorative squares stamp in a random pattern. White embossing powder was applied to the versa ink and heat embossed. The final step in creating the custom background was to dry emboss with the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder.

The Sentiment tag was cut using a Tasteful Touches die. I cut the tag in Whisper White and Pretty Peacock cardstock. The peacock tag was cut in half horizontally and glued to the back of the white layer so that it shows at the top and bottom. The two part sentiment was stamped in Pretty Peacock Ink using Lovely You and Peaceful Moments stamps.

The flower was stamped in Pretty Peacock ink on Whisper White, then colored with Pretty Peacock Stampin' Blends. Embellishments were added to finish the card.

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July Class TO GO

Classes · Stampin' Up!

Hello friends. Today I am sharing my July Class TO GO! Covid-19 and my adherence to Social Distancing has forced me to discontinue my home based workshops and classes. In an attempt to reach my current and potential new customers, I have designed a Class TO GO!

To get you and I started with classes that are not face to face, I am starting with a kit in the new 202-2021 catalog, Gorgeous Posies. It is a card kit with materials (pictured above and below) to make sixteen stunning cards with matching envelopes, with leftover product, all packaged in a beautiful storage box.

Everything you need to make the card, except the stamp set, is included in the kit. You can use stamps you already own to complete the card kit, or you can go one step further and purchase the matching Stampin' Up! stamp set: Gorgeous Posies.

With the purchase of the card kit and the stamp set, you will then qualify for my Thank You add on. I will send you the cut materials to create five additional cards with leftover elements from the kit. The five cards I designed are pictured below. The card pieces and the instructions will be mailed to you the first week of August, as this special is only good for the month of July.

While the card kit and stamp set can be purchased for months to come, my THANK YOU special is only available thru the end of July. Please use the host code in the image below when you place your order.

I will list the ink colors used and additional supplies you might be interested in.