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Let's Celebrate Sunflowers

Celebrate Sunflowers · In Colors · Stampin' Up!

Hello friends! I am back to spotlight another of the new 2020-2021 Catalog bundles. Today's featured bundle is Celebrate Sunflowers. I have crafted three very different cards with the bundle to introduce you to different ways you may choose to use this set. Note: I have not scrapbooked with this set yet, but it WILL happen soon!

This first card was created using very traditional stamp and die cut layers. I stamped the sunflower image onto Whisper White cardstock and cut out the image with the outline die. I used the petaled sunflower die to cut the So Saffron cardstock, and glued that over the stamped sunflower.

The sunflower is paired with a couple of stamped and cut leaves, a sentiment, and ribbon on a "planter" I created. The entire scene is matted onto blue and white tile designer series paper from the In Good Taste suite. The base card is Misty Moonlight, one of our new In Colors.

My Pretty Peacock and gold card was so easy to make, yet makes a big visual impact. I stamped Versa ink onto the front of the Pretty Peacock cardstock card base, and used gold embossing powder to heat emboss the sunflower images and the card sentiment. I used the petaled sunflower die and cut the gold foil sunflower. I cut a rectangle of gold foil to frame the die cut sentiment tag. The card was assembled with glue and small stampin' dimensionals.

This third card was created using a different technique entirely. I used very thin magnet material and cut it out with the petaled sunflower die. I confess that I ran the die and magnet sheet through the cutter several times. After weeding the negative areas in the die cut, I applied So Saffron ink to the magnet material sunflower. I placed Whisper White cardstock over the ink and ran the layers through the die cut machine. This creates a faux Letter Press technique, where the image and ink are indented in the paper.

To assemble the card I began with the Bumblebee color card and envelope from the Flowers For Every Season Memories & More Cards & Envelopes set. This set includes ten cards, two each in the the new In Colors, along with matching envelopes. I cut a black cardstock matting, then I cut the letter pressed sunflower to fit off center over the black matting. I stamped a sentiment, added a strip of In Color designer series paper, and a bow. I finished the card with two gold gems.

I hope this mini tutorial was helpful to you. Below you will find links to my online store for many of the products I used to create these three cards.

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Blossoms in Bloom Bundle

Blossoms in Bloom · Stampin' Up!

Hello friends! I hope your day is going well. Today I am going to spotlight the Blossoms in Bloom Bundle. This bundle includes two sets of dies (three in each set) and a set of stamps. The potential of this set is something I am just beginning to be realize.

The dies are two layers of cuts, the bottom layer is an open-centered filler for the petals and leaves, while the second die is a thin outline. If you look at the image below, you will see the different layers. The pale Blushing Bride petal sections and the dark green portion of the leaves are the bottom die cut. The thin outline and the lighter green section of the leaves is the top die.

To create this card I stamped the five flower main stamp in Melon Mambo. I cut the bottom layer of the die in Blushing Bride cardstock, then colored over the leaves with an Old Olive marker. I cut the top layer of the die twice, once in Melon Mambo and once in Pear Pizzazz cardstock. I snipped away the leaves from the Melon cardstock and replaced them with the leaves from the Pear cardstock. I glued all of the layers together, and added a Thank You sentiment to the lower left.

These two cards were created by cutting the large dies, bottom and top layers, once each, in Whisper White cardstock. I used Stampin' Blends markers, which come in a lighter hue and a darker hue, to color the layers. For example, the leaves are colored with the Pretty Peacock Stampin' Blends - lighter hue on the bottom, darker hue on the outline section. I did this hand coloring technique, working one flower at a time, over the entire two die cuts. Once I finished all of the coloring and glued the layers together, I cut the the bouquet in half with my paper trimmer. I used half of the bouquet on each of the two card fronts.

As a reminder, if your Stampin' Up! wish list is bigger than your wallet, now is an excellent time to become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. This month only when you sign up you can select any bundle in the new catalog for free. You can also select $125 in Stampin' Up merchandise, anything in the catalog, all for only $99. Stampin' Up! will even throw in $50 worth of business products. If you would like to hear more about this opportunity, contact me. If you would like to read more about this, visit my webpage.

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Forever Greenery Card Duo

Forever Fern · Forever Greenery · Stampin' Up!

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.