Create with Connie and Mary--Favorite NEW Catalogue Bundle!

So to end this month of new ‘favorites’ we had to design something with our favorite new bundle! Well the one that I have created with the most would have to be the Hand-Penned Petals suite! I just love the whole collection. I created a really fabulous project to share with my team and I thought it was the perfect project to end this month of ‘favorites’! I hope you are inspired!

I can’t believe in my 15 years of Stampin’ I have never created a card folio before! I designed this one to hold two cards on either side of the folio. There is enough space that you could also include envelopes. The color palette of the project is based off of the Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper which I am in love with. I have always been a fan of pastels, in fact, when I got married my 5 bridesmaids wore pastel pink, yellow, blue, green, and purple!

I added the inside sentiment from the Pansy Patch stamp set

I can’t wait to see what all of the other Design Team members have selected as their favorites! You can go BACK to see what Melissa is loving or you can go NEXT to see what Connie has selected!

Create with Connie and Mary--All In Colors, All in ONE!

This week we are challenged to create a project that incorporates all 5 of our new In Colors onto one project! I actually love doing this and often create cards and scrapbook pages with this design theme.

Our new In Colors are just so fantastic as they look awesome together as a group and they work so well to complement our existing colors. So it was not hard to create with them!

I used the Banners Pick a Punch to create the banners or flags along the left edge in the following colors: Evening Evergreen, Fresh Freesia, Soft Succulent, Pale Papaya and Polished Pink.

I cut a panel of Basic White card stock to layer overtop and pop up with Dimensionals. For the background I stamped the floral image from the Art in Bloom stamp set in Whisper White Craft Ink and embossed it with white embossing powder.

The sentiment is from the Flowers of Friendship stamp set and is stamped in Polished Pink ink and punched with a 2 inch circle (or you can use the Layering Circle Dies) and also popped up with Dimensionals.

Finally I added a couple clear circles from the Silver & Clear Epoxy Essentials which added a nice detail without distracting from the crisp clean background.

You can go BACK to see what Melissa designed this week or keep going along with the hop and see what Connie has created. I hope you are enjoying these new In Colors as much as we all are!

Around the World On Wednesday--Fancy Folds!

Welcome friends! So happy to be back with this crew this month, especially because our design theme is ‘Fancy Folds’ and I always love the challenge of creating one! While my design skills might be strong, math is not my forte! So while the ‘Fancy Fold’ looks amazing, it is not complicated and is something that can be replicated!

As soon as I saw the Pansy Patch Bundle and coordinating Pansy Petals DSP I knew I wanted to try making a Pop Up Box card again. It has been a while but I was familiar with this card style and I could envision a bunch of flowers popping out of a box. You could recreate this project using any of our amazing flower dies.

What made this project extra awesome was that I was able to cut all of the flowers from the Designer Series Paper with the coordinating dies! I love when Stampin’ Up! developes amazing product coordination!

The sentiment is stamped in Calypso Coral ink from the Pansy Patch stamp set and punched into a 2 inch circle.

What makes this Pop Up Box card so great is that it folds or squishes flat so you can send it in an envelope. When the recipient opens it it will pop open into the box shape. It is also a really adorable project to have on display in your craft room. And, extra bonus, you can make two cards from one 8 1/2 x 11 piece of card stock.

To create the Pop Up Box card cut your card stock to 4 1/4 x 8 1/2. Score on the long side at 2, 4, 6 and 8. On the short side score at 2 1/4. On the 2 inch side, trim away a small portion from the 1/2 inch section to create a flap. This is how your will seal the box shut.

You can see from this angle there is no bottom to this project.

The flaps can be decorated. I decided to add a layer of Crumb Cake card stock to the two side flaps that I ran through the Dots folder from the Checks & Dots set.

As you can see the back ‘flap’ is not folded, you leave it standing straight to create a back to the project. I added some DSP from the Pansy Petals to this back panel measuring just under 2 inches by 3 inches.

On the bottom of the box I also added the same DSP.

Now let’s talk about the inside! To anchor the pansies you will need two things—Window Sheets, cut into teeny tiny strips and two pieces of coordinating card stock, in this case, Crumb Cake, cut to .5 x 3 inches scored on each end at .5. You will then use Glue Dots to anchor each little tab to the inside of the box.

The strips of Window Sheet are used to attach to these card stock anchors and the flowers. You can cut them to different heights to create a floral arrangement.

I hope this project inspires you to try creating your own Pop Up Box card. You can search Pinterest for inspiration or a visual for the directions, there is a lot out there!

Next up is Tricia Butts, I can’t wait to see what she has designed as a ‘Fancy Fold’ for us this month!

Create with Connie and Mary--My Favorite Pre-Order Bundle!

This was a good challenge as I had a hard time actually DECIDING on what was my favorite. In the end, I think a good punch wins every time so I have landed on the Flowers of Friendship Bundle as my Favorite Pre-Order Bundle!

And of course I needed to use some of our NEW upcoming In Colors on this project as I just LOVE them. I love how they all look amazing together and blend so well with our existing colors. They just feel fresh and lovely.

Nothing beats a crisp Basic White card base and layer. It’s a win every time especially when you pair it with such an awesome floral stamp set such as Flowers of Friendship. This set has 4 floral images and such as great mix of fonts on the sentiments. Of the 4 sentiments, 3 are ‘Thank You’ which is fantastic. Other than birthday, I send more thank you cards than any other. I love how each of the sentiments is unique.

The perk of this stamp set is that is is PUNCH BUNDLE! Yay! I always love a punch as it is more efficient than die cutting. The Flowers & Leaves Punch is designed to cut the two individual flowers, large and small, plus the two leafs in the stamp set.

Nothing beats a flick of your Stampin’ Write Marker or Stampin’ Blends across your project for a spray of color. It’s literally one of my favorite tricks! I flicked my Evening Evergreen Blend on this card concentrated at the bottom. This adds to the crisp white feel of the top of the card.

I felt that stamping in black ink felt to stark against the white, so I chose to stamp my floral images in Grey Granite ink. I stamped the large floral stem three times on the Basic White and then colored the flower buds and leaves in with my Stampin’ Blends in Pale Papaya (with a hint of Calypso Coral), Petal Pink (with a hint of Pale Papaya) and Fresh Freesia. The leaves were colored in with Soft Succulent Blends.

The punched flowers were colored in Soft Seafoam (with a hint of Soft Succulent), Pale Papaya (with a hint of Calypso Coral) and Fresh Freesia. In the center of each of these flowers I added an Opal Round.

The sentiment is stamped in Evening Evergreen—-I really love this color as an alternative to black!

And finally I added my favorite new embellishment, Loose Flower Flourishes! You get two sizes and three colors with this amazing embellishment—Pale Papaya, Fresh Freesia and Polished Pink.

I can’t wait to see what the other members of the Design Team chose as their favorite pre-order item. Honestly, early access is one of the things that I LOVE the most about being a Demonstrator. Haha! We all have our thing right?

You can go BACK to see what Melissa has designed and NEXT to see what Connie has created.

Beauty of Friendship

I love this time of year, it actually might be a little bit more exciting for Christmas! Not as much holiday stress and all of the presents are for ME! Hahaha! I love new catalogue time and luckily as a Stampin’ Up! lover it happens several times a year with our Annual and Mini Catty publications.

We also get a batch of 5 new In Colors being released and I really think SU knocked it out of the park this time with the 2021-2023 collection. I wanted to make a card with the luscious Evening Evergreen for a swap I am participating in with my team.

There is only ONE thing on this card that isn’t NEW…can you spot it?

As I mentioned, the base of this card is Evening Evergreen which is such a nice rich green that really fills a gap in our current color offerings.

The strip of leaf DSP is actually from the new HOSTESS DSP, Pattern Party, stack that will be available. Can we get a “HECK YES” for having this as an option? I really think this will be something our hostesses will not be able to pass up! In this amazing paper stack, one side is black and white prints and the other is bright and colorful designs. The best of both worlds!

The best part of black and white patterns is that they can become any color you like. I used the Blending Brushes (now back in stock, yay!) with Crushed Curry to make the leaves a golden tone. I then used my Mango Melody Dark Blend marker to just highlight the veining in the leaves.

I added a little strip of Cinnamon Cider card stock beneath this DSP strip to add in a golden brown tone to this card.

I decided to stamp a tree from the Beauty of Friendship stamp set in Evening Evergreen ink on the coordinating card stock and die cut it with the Beautiful Trees Dies. Then I added this to my layering piece of Evening Evergreen and slighting trimmed the side of the tree. Because this is such a deep green, doing this gave the card another layer of dimension.

The sentiment “You Truly Inspire Me” is from the Beauty of Friendship stamp set and I die cut the sentiment with the Scalloped Contours Dies (I am in love, I doubt they will actually get put away). The sentiment is stamped using the new Soft Succulent In Color and I gave it a little spray with my marker to help take away the white.

Behind the sentiment I layered the new Open Weave Ribbon in Evening Evergreen and some twine from the Bakers Twine Essentials Pack.

I love how this card turned out especially because it is not a color palette that I usually use! Sometimes it is good to challenge yourself!

If you live in Canada and need a catalogue please reach out to me and I will make sure to get you one!