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Lovely Floral 3D Embossing Folder

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There are so many ways to use the Lovely Floral 3D Textured Impressions Embossing Folder included in the Share What You Love suite! I wanted to play with some of the  new colors as well as the embossing folder, so I used our Thick Whisper White card stock and then added color with our sponge daubers. The greeting on this card is from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set.  I actually ordered the set because I love the greetings and the fonts used on them. Of course, I love flowers, but I already have so many floral sets and framelits, so if it hadn't been for those great greetings, I might not have purchased it. Or I would have at least tried to talk myself out of purchasing it... Products Used: Beautiful Bouquet photopolymer stamp set (37), 143666, $27.00 Lovely Floral 3D TIEF148048, $9.00 Petal Pair Embossing Folder (2), 145656, $9.00 Highland Heather 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 146986, $8.50 Whisper White 8-1/2" x 11" thick card stock (24), 140272, $7.

Fun With "Share What You Love" Suite

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I always go a little crazy designing for my classes. May's class featured the "Share What You Love" suite and here is a photo of the cards I designed in preparation. I'll show individual cards up close with details in upcoming posts.

New Catalog June 1, 2018

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Flying Home Stamp Set

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I enjoy birds almost as much as I love butterflies. Birds seem to love our pussy willow tree out front and we have a bird feeder next to it where we can watch the birds. Granted, I wish I could find a food that the big black birds would leave alone, but I love watching the cardinals, the sparrows, the finches and the occasional blue jay. I need to get my hummingbird feeder hung now that it's finally warming up. So when the Flying Home stamp set appeared in the Occasions Catalog, it was one of my first purchases. As I was designing cards with retiring stamp sets and colors, I decided I wanted to make a card that did not need to be colored, even though I do enjoy coloring. I just wanted something different from what I usually see on-line and from what I've done before. So gold embossing seemed like the perfect solution.  Plus I could use the retiring ribbon and doilies. And those Sweet & Sassy Framelits that I had just bought are being discontinued, so I had to incorporate

Month of May Special Bundles

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 This is an exciting group of bundles Stampin' Up! has made available for the month of May only. Be sure to check it out.  My May class will feature these products.

Thoughts & Prayers and Work of Art Stamp Sets Come together

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I'm still working with stamp sets and colors that are leaving our catalog. My go-to stamp set, Thoughts & Prayers, for sympathy cards is on its way out. I've used one stamp from the Work of Art stamp set to add color to the background. With the exception of the Very Vanilla card stock, all colors used on these two cards are being discontinued.   For the first card, which we made at my April stamp class, We inked the "brush stroke" with Wild Wasabi just once, but stamped it three times, thus acquiring the different tones. We added Soft Sky across the top.   The "paintbrush strokes" on this card are done, from bottom up, in Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist, and Soft Sky. The Chocolate Chip ribbon has been discontinued. Products Used: Thoughts & Prayers rubber stamp set (8), W 128751, $26.00; C 127805, $19.00* Work of Art rubber stamp set (11), W 134111, $30.00; C 134114, $22.00* Very Vanilla 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (40), 101650, $9.00 Ch

Thoughts & Prayers in Subtle Colors

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I use the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set all the time, at least for the words. I love what they say. However, I haven't used the images as much as I did when I first acquired the set, which was a long time ago, back when it first came out and I had no choice but to order the wooden blocks. So I used the Wild Wasabi and Pink Pirouette with Very Vanilla when making this card. How I will miss those colors! One thing I like about the rubber stamps is how easily you can color the stamp itself and use more than one color for the image. Where I forgot to color one of the flowers, I added a Pink Pirouette Enamel heart. No one would ever know it wasn't intentional. Products Used: Thoughts & Prayers rubber stamp set (8), 128751, $26.00; 127805, $19.00 Very Vanilla 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (40), 101650, $9.00 Wild Wasabi 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 108641, $8.00 Pink Pirouette -1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 111351, $8.00 Wild Wasabi Classic Stam

Flower Shop Stamp Set

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Rose Red and Always Artichoke are two colors I am really going to miss. I've used them both for this card, along with Pink Pirouette and Soft sky. I really like having punches to coordinate with our stamps. They are so much more portable than the Big Shot and dies.  Both tools facilitate adding layers and dimension to your cards. The base of this card is Soft Sky, as is the embossed layer which is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals. The flowers are also popped up with dimensionals. I used quite a mix of items when I designed this card. Products Used: Flower Shop rubber stamp set (6), W 130939, $24.00; C 130942, $18.00 Thoughts & Prayers rubber stamp set (8), W 128751, $26.00; C 127805, $19.00 Whisper White 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (40), 100730, $9.00 Soft Sky 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 131203, $8.00 Pink Pirouette 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 111351, $8.00 Always Artichoke 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 105119, $8.00