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Coming Soon · January Mini Catalog

Life is Better

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This week, we’re exploring all of the wonderful ways that we can use the new Beautiful Butterflies suite that will release on January 7th in the Stampin’ Up! January Mini catalog. Today, we’re pairing it up with the lovely Mixed Media Florals designer series paper.

We get started with a base of Basic Black cardstock. I chose the one-sheet-wonder design in the Mixed Media Florals paper pack as the backdrop for this clean and simple design. The butterfly is stamped on a sheet of the blue Beautiful Bokeh paper using the Beautiful Butterflies stamps and then diecut with the coordinating die. I popped up the butterfly on dimensionals to give the illusion that its coming to light on the flowers in the foreground. The sentiment from Hugs for Love is stamped directly on the background paper in the top corner just above the butterfly. A twist of Night of Navy thread breaks up the white space and helps tie our blue elements together. A scattering of drusy embellishments add some sparkle.

I love how Stampin’ Up! provides so many ways to make gorgeous cards in a snap by making products that pair so beautifully together. Tune in tomorrow as we continue to flutter through design ideas with the new Beautiful Butterflies suite.

Products used in today’s card:
Basic Black cardstock
Mixed Media Florals (coming soon), Beautiful Bokeh (coming soon) DSP
Beautiful Butterflies stamps & dies (coming soon)
Hugs for Love stamps (coming soon)
Night of Navy thread
Drusy embellishments
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Coming Soon · January Mini Catalog

You Make Me Smile

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Happy New Year, everyone! We had a delightful evening, enjoying a steak dinner, some s’mores around the firepit, a family movie in our pjs, and some celebratory poppers & bubbles to ring in the new year. What about you? Did you do something fun to ring in the new year?

Today, we’re working with the Beautiful Butterflies bundle that will release on January 7th with the new Stampin’ Up! January Mini Catalog. This bundle includes stamps, dies, and a hybrid embossing folder. And today, the hybrid embossing folder takes center stage in our design, along with the new patterned paper called Beautiful Bokeh.

We start our design today with a backdrop of Fresh Freesia cardstock. I chose a coordinating sheet of Beautiful Bokeh as the focal panel and embossed it using the Beautiful Butterflies embossing folder and, at the same time, I cut the large butterfly from the center of the embossed panel using the coordinating die. To bring out the detail in the embossed butterfly that has been cut from the center, I went over it with my finger and silver ink. I added some pastel ombre wing tips for extra sparkle and color. Both the focal panel and butterfly are adhered to the card base using dimensionals of varying heights. A strip of Fresh Freesia seam binding ribbon behind the butterfly really brings out the purple hues in our backdrop. The sentiment from Hugs for Love is stamped on white cardstock and punched with the coordinating Hugs for Love punch and then adhered in the bottom-right corner of our focal panel. A few purple sequins add that extra touch of sparkle that draws the eye across the card.

I hope you’ll tune in tomorrow as we continue to explore all of the lovely designs we can make using the Beautiful Butterflies bundle.

Products used in today’s design:
Fresh Freesia, Basic White cardstock
Beautiful Bokeh (coming soon), pastel ombre glimmer (coming soon) DSP
Beautiful Butterflies dies & embossing folder (coming soon)
Hugs for Love bundle (coming soon)
Fresh Freesia seam binding ribbon (coming soon)
Purple sequins (coming soon)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Coming Soon · January Mini Catalog

Toadstool Butterfly

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The upcoming Stampin’ Up! January Mini and Sale-a-Bration catalogs have so many adorable products. We’ve gotten a quick peek at some of my favorites, and this week we’re taking a closer look at the Beautiful Butterflies stamps & dies bundle.

Today, we’re pairing up Beautiful Butterflies with the adorable SAB paper called Toadstool Gardens. I’m circling back to a recent color combo that the Luv 2 Stamp Group is using for our December color challenge. I mean, you can’t go wrong with Melon Mambo, Night of Navy, and Pool Party. Today we’re keeping the Melon Mambo on the down low and bringing forward the more masculine colors. Let’s get started!

Our card begins with a base of Pool Party cardstock. The background panel is the woodgrain pattern from the Toadstool Gardens paper pack. The focal panel is a strip of Toadstool Gardens matted with Night of Navy. I cut the large butterfly using the Beautiful Butterfly dies and black and Pool Party cardstock. The sentiment from Beautiful Butterflies is stamped in Night of Navy on white cardstock and cut with the Mixed Labels die. The mat of pastel ombre glimmer paper is cut with the larger label from Mixed Labels. I tied some Night of Navy thread in the center to draw the eye to our focal point. A few navy foiled dots help the eye land squarely on our sentiment.

Tune in tomorrow as we get a look at the gorgeous embossing folder that’s part of the Beautiful Butterflies bundle!

Products used in today’s design:
Pool Party, Basic Black, Night of Navy, Basic White cardstock
Toadstool Gardens (coming soon), Pastel ombre glimmer (coming soon) DSP
Beautiful Butterflies bundle (coming soon)
Mixed Labels dies (coming soon)
Night of Navy thread
Night of Navy Regal foiled dots
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Coming Soon · January Mini Catalog

So Thankful

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Welcome to the last bright & shiny new week of 2024! It’s hard to believe that this year is almost gone, but on a personal level, I can’t say that I’m disappointed to see the year go. It’s been a tough year for our family, and we’ll be glad to see a new year with new possibilities and fewer hardships!

In just a little over a week, the new Stampin’ Up! January Mini and Sale-a-Bration catalogs will officially launch. You’ve gotten smaller glimpses into some of my favorite products from the upcoming catalogs, and now we’re going to spend some time looking at all of these wonderful sets a little more closely. And I’m going to be pairing together products, as well, so you can see just how well they can work together.

This week, we’re getting started with the Beautiful Butterflies stamps & dies bundle. Stampin’ Up! has given even more versatility with this set of dies as we get to see a new half-panel cutting feature at work. And today’s design is my first foray into putting this new die feature into action.

We get started with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. I scored the standard-sized base as usual and then used the half-panel die to cut just one panel of the card base. This gives a solid base panel and then the decorative flap on top. I chose a sheet of the purple Bloom Impressions Sale-a-Bration paper to serve as the backdrop for the decorative top panel and inside sentiment panel. The inside white sentiment panel is also cut using the half-panel die and then adhered over the Bloom Impressions paper to create a slight shadowing effect with the front decorative panel. The decorative butterfly panel is dressed up with the purple ombre glimmer paper and purple shimmer gems around the edges of the wings. The sentiment from the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set is stamped in Blackberry Bliss ink on white cardstock and then diecut with the smaller sentiment die included in the Beautiful Butterflies dies. A strip of Blackberry Bliss & Gold ribbon serve to ground the sentiment panel. A scattering of the Sale-a-Bration purple sequins give some additional sparkle and draw the eye across our card design and to the sentiment.

Drop by tomorrow to see more of the Beautiful Butterflies bundle!

Products used in today’s design:
Blackberry Bliss, Basic White cardstock
Bloom Impressions (coming soon), Pastel ombre (coming soon) DSP
Beautiful Butterflies stamps & dies (coming soon)
Purple sequins (coming soon), Purple shimmer gems
Blackberry Bliss & Gold ribbon
Dimensionals
Adhesives