Busy with the Cricky

Forever Greenery Card Duo

Hello friends! Today I am back with another of the new catalog bundles to share with you. Today's bundle is FOREVER GREENERY, which is part of the larger suite of products called the Forever Greenery Suite. I used the Forever Fern stamp set and the Forevery Greenery dies to create the elements on today's two cards.

The card above began with a watercolor ink circle on Whisper White cardstock. After making the circle, the rest of the card design just sort of came together. I stamped images from Forever Fern stamp set coming out of the circle. I used a die from the Stitched So Sweetly dies and cut out the white scalloped rectangle. I then stamped two images, the berries, in Pretty Peacock and Seaside Spray ink and cut the images with the Forever Greenery dies. Stamping dimensional pop dots were added to the back of the die cuts. I also used the new Gold Hoop embellishment, adding ribbon. The white rectangle was then placed on top of matting cut with Pretty Peacock cardstock and the Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper. The matting layers were adhered to a card base made with Just Jade (**NEW IN COLOR) cardstcock.

The second card in today's duo was also created using the Forever Greenery suite of products. This card began with a Pretty Peacock base card. I added a strip of designer series paper and I used one of the two Forever Greenery embossing folders on Just Jade cardstock for the front of the card. I used a circle and foliage laser-cut piece from the Forever Greenery Gold Laser-cut paper. I added Peacock and Bermuda Bay die cut pieces around the the edges of the gold foliage. I punch a circle and stamped a sentiment. I added gold twine behind the layers and round the circle to finish the card.

I will be back later this week with another bundle of products to share.

Shop with me at busywiththecricky.stampinup.net, or click the links below to go straight to the products used.

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Jars of Flowers

Jar Punch · Jars of Flowers · Stampin' Up!

Hello friends! I am back today to share another fabulous new bundle from the NEW 2020-2021 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog. But first a bit of information on how I selected what to share with you. I am sure that most of you know as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I am able to pre-order products with which to create samples BEFORE the catalog goes live to the general public. And while I LOVE this perk of being a consultant, there is one glitch. Not all of the new products are available for pre-order! So I am sharing the bundles/suites that I could pre-order, as I wait for my full catalog release items to arrive. The catalog went LIVE to the public on June 3. And you better believe on June 3 I ordered what I perceive to be my favorite suite!

In the meantime, I have several other new favorite bundles and suites to share with you. LOL. Today I am sharing Jars of Flowers bundle. It is part of the larger Flowers For Every Season suite. I did not plan to fall in love with this set, but of course I did.

The stamp set comes with four different bouquets to stamp, as well as the jar, water line, lid, etc. So cute! On the cards I am sharing today, I used two different techniques to color the flowers. Technique #1 is shown in the image above. I used a watercolor brush and ink to watercolor in the image. I stamped the image with StazOn ink then used the watercolor ink technique.

I used the Flowers For Every Season Memories & More Cards & Envelopes. These cards are wonderful. The set includes ten card and ten envelopes, two each of the new In Colors - Misty Moonlight (pictured above), Magenta Madness, Bumblebee, Just Jade, and Cinnamon Cider. I used a Misty Moonlight card base for this card.

The center white rectangle was cut using the Stitched So Sweetly dies. I confess that this is currently my most used set of dies.

The second coloring technique I used was coloring with the Stampin' Blends alcohol makers. First I stamped the image in Memento Ink, then colored. I love the softness of this technique. The markers come in sets of two, a lighter and a darker hue which combine together to create dimension and depth in the stamped image. This is especially evident in the leaves and large rose pictured below.

In the image above you can see that this is a shaker card. Stampin' Up! created jar domes to use over the punched and stamped image to create a 3D shaker card.

I used a Whisper White base card and layered two prints from our In Color 6x6 designer series paper, in Misty Moonlight.

I will tell you about the new punch and die set I used to make the sentiment tags in a later blog post.

Have you ever thought of becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator? If so, JUNE is YOUR month to make that move! June 3-30 Stampin' Up! is offering you the opportunity to select your own kit, $125 worth of SU products of your choice, for only $99. In addition, what makes June such a good month to become a SU demonstrator is the June Special. From June 2-30 you can select any BUNDLE in the new catalog for FREE when you sign up. That mean you can take the punch and stamp set used above, for FREE, along with purchasing $125 worth of merchandise for only $99.

If you would like to hear more about the joy of being a SU demonstrator, email or call me!! I like to say that this little hobby has turned into a nice little jobby!

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Creative Card Making

In Good Taste · Stampin' Up! · Tasteful Touches

Hello friends! Today I am back with information on the new Stampin' Up! 2020-2021 Catalog, and to begin a series of posts featuring some of the fun cards I have recently made.

The Stampin' Up! New Annual Catalog released to the public on Wednesday, June 3. If you have placed an order with me in the last twelve months you should have received a catalog in the mail. If you have not been a customer but would like to see the new catalog, you can find it at my online store front, HERE. Just scroll down till you see current catalogs.

Today I am featuring two cards I made using the In Good Taste Suite of products. I used the Tasteful Touches stamp set and the Tasteful Labels dies. I also used the In Good Taste designer series paper. It is the largest paper pack in the catalog as it has 24 sheet of 12x12 paper. There are lots of coordinating embellishments.

I will include a list of the items used on today's projects below. Shop with me at Busywiththecricky.stampinup.net

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Ornate Garden Thanks Ever So Much

Free Tutorial · Ornate Garden · Stampin' Up!

Hello friends, today I am back with another card made using the beautiful Stampin' Up Ornate Garden Suite. Today I used the Ornate Thanks Bundle, one of two bundles available within this suite of products. This set includes a ton of thank you phrases and beautiful border dies.

I also used the embossing fold from the Ornate Garden Suite. I love this embossing folder. I used the Stitched So Sweetly dies to cut the scalloped rectangle.

For those looking for a good reason to purchase this bundle, If you order thru my Stampin' Up! online store, you will receive free from me, a tutorial of card designs to create using this set. I have four volumes of designs totaling 90 card designs total.

If you order a stamp or die, you will receive Vol 1.
If you order a stamp and die bundle, you will receive Vol 1 & 2
If you order a bundle plus paper, ribbon, etc., you will receive Vol 1-3
If you order the Ornate Garden Suite, you will receive Vol 1-4
If you have already purchased the Ornate Garden bundle elsewhere, you can purchase the mega bundle tutorial from me for $21. Email me with any questions.