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Mother’s Day

Lovely Mom

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Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms, moms-to-be, grands, and moms in the gap. What a privilege it is to love and care for another. There isn’t more truth than a child is a piece of your heart walking outside your chest.

This week we’re exploring all the ways we can use our crafty stash to make lovely things for our moms. And we’re finishing out our series with the Thankful Garden bundle.

This lovely gets started with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. The focal panel backdrop starts with a quarter panel of white cardstock that is machine embossed with the Dotted Circles embossing folder and is then matted with the Thoughtful Designs specialty paper. Our Thankful Garden bundle takes center stage here with the hydrangea bloom in the center. After stamping the image on white cardstock several times, I used the decorative masks to color the image. I chose to have the blooms be a combination of pink and purple — which was my grandmother’s favorite hues to aim for with her hydrangea (easier said than done). A layer of Wink of Stella over the blooms makes them shimmer in the light. The coordinating dies made quick work of cutting out the bloom and adding the life-like dimension. A combination of pink and purple regal dots serve as the floret centers. I cut some extra stems of leaves from a combination of the Lovely Garden patterned paper and a sheet of Shaded Spruce and laid the hydrangea bunch on top. The sentiment is created using a combination of Sweet Blooms dies and She’s the Greatest stamps. The lovely is cut from purple silver foil and Berry Burst glimmer paper. I adhered the two layers together with the glue pen before adhering over a bow of iridescent striped ribbon. I stamped Mom in Blackberry Bliss on white cardstock and used a heart punch to cut it out. It’s adhered with a dimensional. A few drusy embellishments finish things off with an extra sparkle.

We’re going to be honoring our teachers next week as prepare to wind down the last couple of weeks of school. I hope you’ll drop by for some cute ideas to thank the folks who work selflessly and tirelessly all year to impart knowledge into the next generation!

Product List
Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 133675 ]
[133675]
$11.50
Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 146981 ]
[146981]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Lovely Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 165524 ]
[165524]
$12.50
Thoughtful Designs 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [ 163317 ]
[163317]
$11.00
Berry Burst, Old Olive & White 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Specialty Paper [ 163769 ]
[163769]
$6.00
Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [ 163096 ]
[163096]
$10.00
Dotted Circles 3 D Embossing Folder [ 163789 ]
[163789]
$12.00
Thankful Garden Bundle (English) [ 165534 ]
[165534]
$64.75
She's The Greatest Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [ 165439 ]
[165439]
$24.00
Sweet Blooms Dies (English) [ 165186 ]
[165186]
$33.00
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [ 101406 ]
[101406]
$10.50
Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad [ 163807 ]
[163807]
$9.00
Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147092 ]
[147092]
$9.00
Shy Shamrock Classic Stampin Pad [ 163808 ]
[163808]
$9.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [ 141897 ]
[141897]
$9.00
Iridescent 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Striped Trim [ 163299 ]
[163299]
$8.50
Regal Foiled Adhesive Backed Dots [ 164038 ]
[164038]
$8.50
Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments [ 164223 ]
[164223]
$9.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
Mini Glue Dots [ 103683 ]
[103683]
$7.25
Fine-Tip Glue Pen [ 138309 ]
[138309]
$7.25
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Mother’s Day

The Best Mom

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Welcome to a bright and shiny new week! I don’t know about you, but I can’t even believe that we’re starting the month of May. The end of school is going to be here in a flash!

This week, we get to welcome a whole host of brand new products to the store. Are you excited? I know I am! There’s so much good stuff coming. I hope last week’s sneak peeks have you interested in seeing more because there is SO much more to see, and I just know you’re going to love it.

We’re getting started with a new design theme for the week, and with Mother’s Day just a week away, I thought it would be the perfect theme for our designs. And speaking of sneak peeks, we’re getting a little better look at the Pretty Florals bundle, which will be part of the new release, in today’s card.

We get started with a base of Fresh Freesia cardstock. Using the Plaster Painting embossing folder, I embossed just the front panel of the card. I added a piece of the coordinating pastel ombre glimmer paper to the left side against the fold, and this particular piece has the perfect subtle shift from pink to purple. I used a strip of the Blackberry Bliss and gold trim to cover the edge of the glimmer paper and tie together with our focal elements. The sentiment from the She’s the Greatest stamp set is stamped in Blackberry Bliss on white cardstock and then diecut with the largest banner die from the Mixed Labels set. It’s adhered in the bottom corner of the card front with dimensionals. Using the Pretty Florals dies, I cut the flowers from a combination of Petunia Pop and Blackberry Bliss cardstock. The leaves are cut from the Old Olive Season of Elegance paper. I added some Wink of Stella to the blooms for a touch of subtle twinkle. The florals are all adhered to the card front around the sentiment panel at varying heights with a combination of glue dots and dimensionals. We finish things off with a scatter of Blackberry Bliss shimmer gems for the perfect touch of sparkle.

I hope you’ll pop back by tomorrow for another bit of Mother’s Day inspiration.

Products used in today’s card:
Fresh Freesia, Petunia Pop, Blackberry Bliss, Basic White cardstock
Pastel Ombre glimmer, Season of Elegance DSP
Plaster Painting embossing folder
Pretty Florals bundle (coming soon)
She’s the Greatest stamps
Mixed Labels dies
Blackberry Bliss & gold metallic ribbon (retired)
Purple fine shimmer gems
Wink of Stella
Dimensionals

Coming Soon · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: Smile!

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This week, we’re getting some sneaky peeks at some of the brand new product that will be launching next week. And today we’re making another trip to the garden as we combine some new products with a sketch for Sketchy Fridays.

For those of you who are new here, Sketchy Fridays is a weekly series where we’re using a card sketch to design our featured card. Right now, we’re working through a full series of designs using the card sketches found in current Stampin’ Up! catalogs.

This week’s card is based on Sketch #3 from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. Today’s design features the Florals in Bloom suite that will release next week. This week, I’m staying pretty true to the sketch. I simply flipped the side where the focal panel is affixed.

We get started with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. I used the Pattern of Friendship die on the front panel to add a little texture in the background. Our background panels are a combination of Florals in Bloom and Petunia Pop glimmer paper, and these are all adhered directly to the card front. I tied a piece of Fresh Freesia velvet ribbon around the card front before placing the focal panel. The focal panel base is a white circle cut using the Spotlight on Nature dies. Using the Pretty Florals dies, I cut some flowers from the Florals in Bloom paper and then affixed them to the circle using a combination of dimensionals and glue dots. The sentiment panel is cut from vellum using the Something Fancy dies. The sentiment from Sweet Blooms is stamped in Blackberry Bliss ink and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder before being adhered to the focal panel with glue dots. We finish things off with two tone sparkle gems across the card front.

Tomorrow we’re going to have our sentiments take center stage. I hope you’ll drop by and check it out.

Products used in today’s card:
Blackberry Bliss, Basic White cardstock
Florals in Bloom (coming soon), In Color glimmer, vellum DSP
Sweet Blooms stamps (coming soon)
Pretty Florals (coming soon), Spotlight on Nature, Something Fancy, Pattern of Friendship dies
Clear embossing powder
Fresh Freesia velvet ribbon
Two tone sparkle gems
Dimensionals

Coming Soon

Thinking of You

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Howdy, everyone! Welcome to another sneak peek of some of the new products that are set to release next week. Like yesterday, today we’re combining a little bit of old and some new to create a super clean and simple design that you can put together in less than 5 minutes. If you’re like me, you need one of those designs every once in a while.

Today, we’re combining the beautiful Splendid Autumn designer series paper with the new foiled paper called Flower Garden foils and a new stamp set called Sentimental Framing. This stamp set is 100% sentiments perfect for all sorts of occasions.

Let’s get started on our card. We’re going to begin with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. Our focal panel is a sheet of the Splendid Autumn paper that is cut with the largest Textured Notes die and then matted with a sheet of the pink-hued Flower Garden foil specialty paper. I heat embossed the sentiment from the Sentimental Framing stamp set directly onto the patterned paper using some white embossing powder. I tied some iridescent trim just above the sentiment. I really love how the ribbon pulls in the more subtle colors of the sunset in our scene. I added a few purple shimmer gems for just a touch of sparkle and to help guide the eye down and across our card design.

Next up, we’re going to be taking a look at a new set that builds some beautiful scenes and is perfect for more masculine designs!

Products used in this card:
Blackberry Bliss cardstock
Splendid Autumn, Flower Garden foils (coming soon!) DSP
Sentimental Framing stamps (coming soon!)
Textured Notes dies
Iridescent striped trim
Purple shimmer gems

florals

So Lucky

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We’re rounding out our walk through the garden this week with a trip to the country. Today’s card design features the Country Flowers set by Stampin’ Up!, which is currently on the Last Chance list, and a card layout I spotted in a recent post shared over at Stampin’ Through the Catalog. I adapted the layout and color palette to fit the products I wanted to use.

We get started with a base of Gray Granite cardstock. I also cut a quarter panel and then ran it through the embossing machine with the Distressed Tiles embossing folder before cutting it down to a smaller size for the focal panel backdrop. This small embossed strip is matted with a piece of gold textured paper to help it stand out against the tone-on-tone card base. I layered a piece of the Nature’s Sweetness foiled paper on top. For the focal panel, I cut a piece of Misty Moonlight with one of the middle circles from the Spotlight on Nature die set and then heat embossed the sentiment from Country Flowers in white. The teapot from Country Flowers is stamped in Gray Granite onto the lighter woodgrain pattern from the Country Woods paper pack, while the flowers are stamped on white and then colored with a combination of Stampin’ Blends before cutting out the floral bunch with the coordinating Country Flowers die. The teapot and flowers adhered to the focal panel with dimensionals and the focal panel is then adhered to the center of card front with dimensionals, as well. I added some gold ribbon on the teapot and someiridescent faceted gems to the floral centers to finish off the arrangement. Some drusy embellishments finish things off with the perfect touch of sparkly goodness.

I hope you’ll tune in this week as we get a look at some of the new goodies that are set to launch in a little over a week!

Product List
Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 146983 ]
[146983]
$11.50
Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 153081 ]
[153081]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 163393 ]
[163393]
$12.50
Nature's Sweetness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [ 162616 ]
[162616]
$16.50
Textured Metallic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 163772 ]
[163772]
$8.50
Country Flowers Bundle (English) [ 163411 ]
[163411]
$53.00
Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147118 ]
[147118]
$9.00
Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]
[102283]
$9.50
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165679 ]
[165679]
$21.00
Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [ 144045 ] (Retired)
Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack
[144045]
$9.00
Pretty In Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [ 163824 ]
[163824]
$11.00
Melon Mambo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [ 153112 ]
[153112]
$11.00
Moody Mauve Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [ 161660 ]
[161660]
$11.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [ 154885 ]
[154885]
$11.00
Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [ 148059 ] (Retired)
Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack
[148059]
$9.00
Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [ 154903 ]
[154903]
$11.00
Stampin’ Blends Light Combo Pack [ 159465 ]
[159465]
$11.00
Spotlight On Nature Dies [ 163580 ]
[163580]
$35.00
Distressed Tile 3 D Embossing Folder [ 162189 ]
[162189]
$10.00
Gold & Silver 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Trim Combo Pack [ 161633 ]
[161633]
$9.00
Iridescent Faceted Gems [ 163368 ]
[163368]
$8.50
Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments [ 164223 ]
[164223]
$9.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
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florals

Butterfly Garden

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We’re tiptoeing through the craft garden this week as we focus on our stash of floral Stampin’ Up! goodies. Today, we’re combining the Layers of Beauty bundle with Beautiful Butterflies to create this beautiful all-occasion card. I stepped out of my comfort zone a little bit as I played around with applying a light ink wash to my stamped panel using blending brushes and I even threw ink a little ink resist for grins.

We start today’s design with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. Using the Beautiful Butterflies embossing folder, I machine embossed just the front panel of the card base. The focal panel is a white panel stamped with a combination of the Layers of Beauty stamps to create a patterned paper. I used the coordinating decorative masks to lightly fill in the center rose image with a combination of Fresh Freesia, Blackberry Bliss, and Shy Shamrock inks. I added some smaller butterflies in three corners with white embossing powder. And then I set about applying a light application of Blackberry Bliss and Pretty Peacock wash to the edges of the panel, leaving the center image mostly uncovered. The focal panel is adhered to the card base with dimensionals. A paper butterfly approaching the roses completes the garden scene. I added a twist of metallic ribbons to the top — a combination of Pretty Peacock, Blackberry Bliss, and Gold striped mesh ribbon (set to release in May). Two tone sparkle gems and rhinestones add some sparkle and draw the eye across the card design.

I wasn’t sure if I was going to go through with this card design because I didn’t feel very confident with the color wash panel. But sometimes you just have to keep going until you get all of the right elements in place to make it all come together.

Tomorrow we’re going to be hopping with the Luv 2 Stamp Group. I hope you’ll drop in and see what garden goodness awaits!

Product List
Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 133675 ]
[133675]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Beautiful Butterflies Bundle (English) [ 164615 ]
[164615]
$59.25
Layers Of Beauty Bundle (English) [ 163519 ]
[163519]
$56.50
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [ 101406 ]
[101406]
$10.50
Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [ 155611 ]
[155611]
$9.00
Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147092 ]
[147092]
$9.00
Shy Shamrock Classic Stampin Pad [ 163808 ]
[163808]
$9.00
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [ 150083 ]
[150083]
$9.00
Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]
[102283]
$9.50
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165679 ]
[165679]
$21.00
Small Blending Brushes [ 160518 ]
[160518]
$14.00
Paper Butterfly Accents [ 162612 ]
[162612]
$8.00
Two Tone Sparkle Gems [ 164633 ]
[164633]
$9.50
Rhinestone Basic Jewels [ 144220 ]
[144220]
$6.00
Pretty Peacock & Gold 3/8" (1 Cm) Metallic Ribbon [ 162588 ]
[162588]
$8.50
Blackberry Bliss & Gold 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Textured Ribbon [ 164039 ]
[164039]
$10.00
Mini Glue Dots [ 103683 ]
[103683]
$7.25
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
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Holidays

Love Never Gives Up

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Happy Good Friday! While that may seem like a strange thing to say, given the historical significance of this day in the Christian faith, this day is indeed good when all is said and done. Today is necessary for the ultimate victory over sin and death and our full reconciliation to God in eternity. Thank goodness “Love never gives up!”

This week, we’re using the Faith Collection bundle to create designs to honor this Holy Week holiday. And today we pair the dies with several patterned paper packs, including Everyday Skies and Country Woods, and the Unbounded Love stamps. I used fellow demo Jackie Bolhuis’ easy step fun fold to create this Good Friday scene.

We get started with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. I used a sheet of moody skies from the Everyday Skies paper pack as the backdrop for our scene. The illusion of hills is created with Thoughtful Journey papers and both of the Grove die collections. I cut three crosses from two different woodgrain patterns from the Country Woods papers using the Faith Collection dies. For Christ’s cross in the center, I used the extension method to make this cross taller than the rest. The hills are adhered to the backdrop with differing levels of dimensionals. The two darker crosses are tucked behind the grass on either side of Christ’s cross in the center. The center cross is adhered to the center panel with dimensionals so it stands above the others. The sentiment from Unbounded Love is heat embossed in black on a lighter woodgrain sheet and then diecut with the smaller banner from the Autumn Leaves dies. A few two tone sparkle gems around the crosses draw the eye across the scene and the twist of gold thread behind the panel draws the eye down to the sentiment.

We’ll be rounding out Holy Week with a design honor Resurrection Day. I hope you’ll stop in to check it out.

Product List
Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 133675 ]
[133675]
$11.50
Everyday Skies 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 164622 ]
[164622]
$12.50
Thoughtful Journey 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 163303 ]
[163303]
$12.50
Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 163393 ]
[163393]
$12.50
Unbounded Love Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [ 163378 ]
[163378]
$25.00
Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]
[102283]
$9.50
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165679 ]
[165679]
$21.00
Faith Collection Dies [ 164795 ]
[164795]
$22.00
Grove Dies [ 157844 ]
[157844]
$39.00
In The Grove Dies [ 163511 ]
[163511]
$31.00
Autumn Leaves Dies [ 162185 ]
[162185]
$38.00
Gold Twisted Thread [ 164603 ]
[164603]
$7.50
Two Tone Sparkle Gems [ 164633 ]
[164633]
$9.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [ 144108 ]
[144108]
$4.25
Mini Glue Dots [ 103683 ]
[103683]
$7.25
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Holidays

Golden Faith

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This week’s design theme centers on the celebration of Holy Week, and in particular, I’m focusing on the new Faith Collection bundle that recently released as a Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusive.

Today’s design is based on Sketch #7 from the current Annual Catalog. This simple layout allows our focal image to sit front and center. And in the end, I decided it stands so well on its own that I chose not to include a sentiment on the card front. This opens up this design to not only the current Holy Week holiday, but also to a whole host of other religious celebrations throughout the year, including baptisms, weddings, and confirmation celebrations.

We get started with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. The focal panel backdrop is a sheet of vanilla foiled Season of Elegance paper that is cut with the middle Textured Notes die. Our focal image is stamped in Shaded Spruce on white cardstock using the Faith Collection stamps and then diecut with the coordinating die. I stamped the lilies in Versamark and then heated embossed with gold to give a more realistic look of Easter lilies. They’re adhered around the cross on dimensionals. The cross is adhered to the focal panel with dimensionals. I added a few extra lilies to opposing corners of the focal panel background to tie all of the focal elements together. A few purple shimmer gems near the cross bring a touch of purple to the focal panel.

This super simple design lacks nothing in the wow factor department and really shows how a sentiment isn’t always needed to convey a message. I hope you’ll pop in tomorrow to see what other products can be paired with the Faith Collection bundle to create stunning designs.

Product List
Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 133675 ]
[133675]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Season Of Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [ 164144 ]
[164144]
$16.50
Faith Collection Bundle (English) [ 164796 ]
[164796]
$36.75
Textured Notes Dies [ 165555 ]
[165555]
$31.00
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147088 ]
[147088]
$9.00
Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]
[102283]
$9.50
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165678 ]
[165678]
$21.00
Purple Fine Shimmer Gems [ 162611 ]
[162611]
$8.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
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Online Exclusives · Pattern of Friendship

A Smile to My Face

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This week, our featured design product is the Pattern of Friendship bundle by Stampin’ Up! This stamp and die bundle just released with the new Online Exclusive products. It’s not your typical stamp and die bundle though. The accompanying die is a full-size background die that leaves delicate lines of dots in your paper. What I love about this die is being able to create so many different looks with this one very simple die. Let’s check out today’s card to see what I mean.

This design was inspired by a card I saw made by fellow demo Mikaela Titheridge over at the Crafty O’ Ink Pen. We get started with a base of Balmy Blue cardstock. The focal panel has a mat of Misty Moonlight cardstock which serves to give some structure and stability to our focal panel and some depth to our color palette. The focal panel is a sheet of the blue Beautiful Bokeh that has been cut with the Pattern of Friendship die on the diagonal to create an argyle pattern. I love how this pattern gives the illusion of blowing rain. Using the Bright Skies dies, I cut several different sized clouds from white cardstock and adhered them in several different layers onto our focal panel. I stamped the sentiment from Pattern of Friendship in Versamark and then heat embossed with white embossing powder onto a sheet of the yellow Beautiful Bokeh paper and then cut a circle using the Spotlight on Nature dies to create the sun for the scene. I tucked the sun behind the clouds. I added some raindrops under the clouds using the blue tinsel gems and then added some bits of sparkly interest with the white and yellow starburst sequins.

Reimagining how to pair products in our crafty stash is what making a papercrafter so much fun. When I’m looking for a unique spin on an otherwise very traditional idea, I try to think of how I can use something from my stash differently. Like using the Pattern of Friendship background die to create the look of rain. How can you reimagine some of your favorites?

I hope you’ll pop in tomorrow to see what else we can get up to with this week’s featured bundle!

Product List
Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[146982]
$11.50
Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[153081]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159276]
$13.00
Beautiful Bokeh 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[164607]
$12.50
Pattern Of Friendship Bundle (English)
[165385]
$48.50
Versamark Pad
[102283]
$9.50
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165679]
$21.00
Bright Skies Dies
[162793]
$34.00
Spotlight On Nature Dies
[163580]
$35.00
Starburst Sequins
[165539]
$7.50
Tinsel Gems Four Pack
[161623]
$8.00
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
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Coming Soon · January Mini Catalog

Thankful Trio

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As it’s finally beginning to feel like winter here in North Texas, we’ve finally stopped seeing the last of the butterflies making their migration southward. But as we have warm days here and there, it does make me think of those last beauties who came flitting through just a few short weeks ago. And that’s the inspiration behind today’s card.

This week, we’re getting a closer look at the up-and-coming Stampin’ Up! mini catalog release that will go live on January 7th. In particular, this week, we’re focusing on the Beautiful Butterflies bundle. And today, we’re pairing up the butterflies with the gorgeous Everyday Skies patterned paper that will release at the same time.

For our design today, we get started with a base of Bashful Blue cardstock. I really love how that makes the blue sky pop here. Our background panel is a gorgeous sheet of the Everyday Skies paper pack, which is matted with a sheet of the Beautiful Bokeh paper. Together, these two papers really show off the setting sun reflecting off the clouds in our sky. Using a strip of another sheet of the Everyday Skies paper, I stamped the smaller half-butterfly and then heat embossed with gold before die cutting with the coordinating die from Beautiful Butterflies. The sentiment from Beautiful Butterflies is stamped in Flirty Flamingo on white cardstock and then cut with the smaller banner die from the Beautiful Butterflies die set. I cut a cloud from textured gold cardstock using the Bright Skies dies and used it as a backdrop for the sentiment panel. A strip of the Petal Pink diagonal striped trim really sets off the sentiment section nicely, and the gold thread (literally) ties everything together. A few low profile dots across the card front add a glimmer of sparkle that brings out the shimmery gold wings.

Tomorrow we’ll be finishing out our look at Beautiful Butterflies. I hope you’ll pop by and see how we finish things out this week.

Products used in today’s design:
Balmy Blue, Basic White cardstock
Everyday Skies (coming soon), Beautiful Bokeh (coming soon), Textured Metallic DSP
Beautiful Butterflies bundle (coming soon)
Bright Skies dies
Gold embossing powder
Low profile dots (coming soon)
Petal Pink diagonal trim, gold twisted thread
Dimensionals
Adhesives