Stamps & Stretchy Pants

Hello my friends! Instead of seeing a card project first you are going to have to look at my happy face as its NEW CATALOGUE DAY! I hope by the time you get to this post you have placed your first of many orders from this fabulous new Annual Catalogue!

I was telling my coworkers its like Christmas, its exciting and fun, and when my box arrives its literally THE BEST DAY EVER!! I am so lucky to love what I do and have so much doing it! This is also a great time to join the SU family and community of crafters. Its been 16 years for me and I still going strong!

My card share for today features some brand new products, which is so fun! And I have to say the Hues of Happiness is probably my favorite new suite in the catalogue. The color palette of the Designer Series Paper is my jam, like literally my personality in a paper. If that could be a thing!

This card is actually a part of my May Class to Go Kit which means if you love it and live in Canada, you can purchase my Class to Go Kit until May 15th! I will have all the details ready to share under my Class to Go Tab underneath the Stamp with Brenda tab. And if you are wondering what is under my Lifestyle tab it has fun stuff like recipes!

I love how crisp and light this card feels, don’t you? The base is Basic White with a nice layer of Night of Navy and another layer of Basic White that I ran through the Timber 3D Embossing Folder. I added a small strip of the Hues of Happiness DSP and a underneath that I tucked a piece of Basic White that I ran through one of the amazing die strips in the Blossoming Happiness Dies.

The sentiment is stamped and die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies accentuated with a bit of the Starry Sky Bakers Twine.

The flowers from the Happiness Abounds stamp set are stamped in Momento Ink and then colored with a technique that I like to call ‘Lazy Watercoloring’.

I use my Water Painter with the ink colors in Parakeet Party, Fresh Freesia, Blushing Bride and Pool Party to color the flowers and leaves. Its fast and furious and just how I like to make cards! hahaha

Add a few of the Glossy Dots Assortment and In Color Opal Rounds and this card is perfect!

I hope this card inspires you to take a peek in the new catalogue and start your wish list! If you are inspired or would like to purchase my May Class to Go Kit please send me a message or click on Shop Now to be directed to my online store!

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Hello friends! Welcome to our first blog hop of 2021! I can’t wait to share in creativity with the Color Fusers Team this year! I hope you leave every hop being inspired to create a project with our featured color combo and to start experimenting with different color combos yourself!

This month we have a color challenge that features FOUR Stampin’ Up! colors. Now I won’t lie, I did find this combo a little intimidating but I am actually really happy with what I was able to create! The featured colors for this month are Pacific Point, Melon Mambo, Garden Green and Mango Melody!

I knew that the only way I could make sense of this combo was to create something with a floral vibe and with our new January to June catalogue there are so many floral stamp and bundle options.

I wanted to use a set that might not be at the top of your list but may actually surprise you with its potential! I used the Back to Back Blooms stamp set which is a ‘Reversibles’ stamp set. This means you stamp the line image using one side of the photopolymer stamp and then clean and flip it (reverse it) to use the other solid side as a filler. Its actually quite genius!

I actually really love how crisp and clean this card feels even though it has four colors in the design.

I started with a base of Pacific Point and created an second layer in the same color that is 4 x 5 1/2. I then layered Whisper White over top.

The strip of designer paper is actually from the Sale-a-bration paper, Berry Delightful.

I stamped the Melon Mambo and Mango Melody flowers on Whisper White and hand trimmed them.

The leaves are stamped in Garden Green ink on the same paper. But my favorite part of this card is the “Thanks” banner! Its so adorable and so fun! The Back to Blooms stamp set actually doesn’t have any sentiments so I had to bring in another set. One of my new favorites is the You Are Amazing stamp set. This set is the partner set needed to complete the You Are Amazing card kit. However, it has so much potential! You will see it a lot in my upcoming designs.

I trimmed the ‘Thanks’ from its original form and used MIni Dimensionals to pop it up on the Label Punch. I added some White Bakers Twine to the back—-I am so happy it is available again in a combo pack with Blushing Bride! Yay! I added a few Opal Rounds (LOVE) to fill in a bit of the white space and add some subtle glitz!

I am really so happy with how this card turned out and I decided I needed to add a little something to the inside too! I did some simple and easy masking with the large flower and added another sentiment to the inside. I kept the flowers to their line image only for that fresh crisp feel. I think anyone would be so happy to get this cute card in the mail!

I cannot wait to see what Nicolle has created to share with us this month. If you want to go backwards, you can and you will be visiting Melanie. I hope you are able to hop all the way around and please feel free to leave a comment :). Happy New Year!