Birthday Delivery - Berry Burst Ruffles

This has been another of the free make & takes I'm doing right now for workshops.  It showcases the new Ruffles dynamic embossing folder and 2 new in colours:  berry burst & fresh fig...isn't that crinkled seam binding ribbon dreamy?!!

The little girl and flowers are stamp images from the Birthday Delivery stamp set & suite in the new catty.  I've coloured her using my in colour ink pads (and an early espresso one too for her hair) and a blender pen.  Do you colour with blender pens...I luv it...turns any ink pad into a marker, but with a little more control for shading & a little less finness needed than watercolouring!

Lovely Friends - Treat Crate

I showed you the Lovely Friends stampset in June, but thought I'd show you an alternate project that I've been providing as a free make & take for my current workshops.  It uses the wood crate framelits & the new in color Fresh Floral dsps & I've filled it with a variety of tea sachets (6 to be exact).  Colours used are all from the new in colours which I'm in luv with...including:  powder pink, berry burst & lemon-lime twist.

Coffee Cafe - Take 2 - Treat Cup

I fill this little treat cup I've made with sugar free Werthers...coffee café flavour!:)  It's made with the new Coffee Café bundle and I've constructed a wee box that I've mounted between the 2 cups I've cut out with my big shot & voila!  I've used one of my favourite new in colours, Berry burst and the new Fresh Floral dsp.  Cute, right?!

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Coffee Cafe Suite

The Coffee Café Bundle is on page 31 of the new catty with savings when you order the bundle!  Here I've paired it with Early Espresso card stock that I've used the new ruffled dynamic embossing folder on & the new Tranquil Tide  in color cardstock & dsp.  I think it's a wink & a nudge to my favourite Starbucks, don't you?!;)

Lovely Friends

This card was made with one of my favourite new bundles in the new catty.  The stamp set is called Lovely Friends, and the coordinating framelits that I used to create the pop up inside this card are the Lovely Laurels framelits.

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2016-17 Annual Catalog is LIVE!

Here's a link so you can view or download your own copy!

Another Shaker Card

While I'm sharing Father's Day cards (belatedly), this was the one I had made for my hubby (sorry for the light reflection in the window sheets...it really seemed to jump off the gold foil heart near the bottom of the greeting).  This card was made with the b&w striped paper in the Pop of Pink pack and the Jars of Love stamp set and coordinating framelits.  The greeting I chose was 'You fill me with happiness' as it went with what I wanted to share to him on this inside:)

Bear Hug Card for Papa

I'm a bit behind on posting, but this was the Father's Day card I made for my Papa this year, but I thought I could post it anyway as it could easily work for other occasions and many of you might have men in your life who love the lake and fishing.

I used the Bear Hugs stampset and coordinating framelits for this card.  The background on the distressed whisper white piece was stamped in pool party with an image from the Work of Art stamp set.  The fish from the Bear Hugs stampset were coloured with an aqua painter dipped in 3 colours of SU ink.

Make & Take #3 - Shaker Card - Jars of Love with Pop of Pink

This was the third make & take at my new catty workshops.  This one, a shaker card.  The New Catty has some wonderful new strips of dimensionals that are great for making shaker cards!  All you need is a piece of SU window sheet and something to fill your card with (here I used hearts from the treat bag thinlets/framelits set, but the new confetti punches would work great too!).

I used the new Jars of Love stampset and coordinating framelits for all images, and that wonderful patterned paper comes from my new favourite pack, Pop of Pink:)

2016-18 In Colours - Butterfly Basics & Thoughtful Banners - June & July Make & Take #2

 This card was a make & take at my June & July New Catty Workshops.  As you can see I varied the colours on the card in order to showcase the new In Colours.

There's Flirty Flamingo (with Peekaboo Peach as an accent):

 Sweet Sugarplum (with Flirty Flamingo as an accent),

Peekaboo Peach (with Firty Flamingo as an accent),

...and Dapper Denim (with Sweet Sugarplum as an accent)!

Emerald Envy (as showcased on the previous 2 posts is also a new in colour & I know that this card was also made featuring it at these worskhops, but I just don't have a picture:)

This card was made using the following products:

- New In Colour cardstock & some whisper white cardstock for stamping

- new doily embellishments in new catty

- silver thread

- Timeless Textures stamp set (stamped in featured in colour inks as above)

- Butterfly Basics stampset, stamped in coordinating in colour inks s above

- Thoughtful Banners stampset and coordinating punch

- Butterfly basics thinlet dies

Make & Take #1 from My New Catty Workshops (June & July) - Treatholder

When you're counting your points, you look for things other than candy to put in treatholders...  When I found these adorable purse sized tissues recently, I designed this treatholder around them as a result:)  It's made using the envelope punchboard and a piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock together with a piece of Emerald Envy dsp from the in colour stack.  I also used the Thioughful Banners new stampset and coordinating punch on this project.

Dapper Denim & Butterfly Framelits

Playing with new in colours, namely Dapper Denim and Sweet Sugarplum n this card.  Stampsets used included:  Watercolour Wings and Timeless Textures.

A Little Emerald Envy Notepad for My Downline

These notepads fit the 5x7 standard notepads you can get at Staples.  I also make a pocket inside for notecards or other things one might need to have handy:)

Products used:
- Emerald Envy ink, card stock, dsp stack (new in colours)
- Flirty Flamingo and Peekaboo Peach ink
- White cardstock
- Jute ribbon

Happy New Catalog Day!!

The new catalog goes LIVE today!!  What are your favourite NEW items???!

Here's a link to my SU website where you can browse & order.

And here's a link to a PDF of the New Catalog.

If you are one of my customers and have not received a copy yet, please let me know and we'll arrange to get you a copy:)

Stampin Up's 2016 Retiring Stamps & Accessories List

Some real favourites are retiring this year, but that does mean that there are new goodies coming!!  The new SU catalog comes out in June 2016, so with that in mind, SU released the retiring lists.  Here's a link in my online SU website, complete with pictures and a live ordering option.  My current hostess code is:  UTYZF9QJ

Retiring products on my SUwebsite (with online ordering): 

...and here's a pdf version for those who prefer.

Retiring accessories are only available while quantities last, so if there is anything you want, please consider making an online order soon or if you contact me by 6 pm on Wednesday I will have a group order going in:)

Work of Art - Bible Journaling

As many of you know I'm a Bible Journaler and while I don't always share my pages on this blog (I usually share in our Instagram community), I thought I'd share this page today because it uses some supplies from SU that lend themselves well to Bible Journaling.  I used the Work of Art stamp set from the Annual Catalog on the page above to create my rainbow & I used the 'peace' greeting from the Christmas Greetings thinlits which have been carried forward into the Occasions Catalog and continue to be available.

Masculine Bear Hugs - Let's Go Fishing

You've seen me use the Bear Hugs bundle a couple different ways the last few months, and admittedly, I'm a fairly girly-girl so I don't always go for a masculine design unless I have a person or occasion in mind.  Today I pulled out the Bear Hugs bundle again with the thought of a guy (your dad or grandpa) going fishing and this is what I came up with.  The fish on the line were all painted with an aqua painter & SU inks to create my version of rainbow trout;)

Bear Hugs - Make & Take

This was a make & take card I did with my March workshops using the Bear Hugs bundle.   Are you wondering where I got that dsp that was used for the bear's bow and skirt?  It comes from the It's My Party designer washi tape in the Occassions catalog.  That's right, you can use wash tape to cut out framelet images, all you have to do is put a strip of washi on some whisper white cardstock, stamp your image & then cut it out, easy peasy!  The trim on this card comes from the Baker's Twine combo pack that is part of the It's My Party Suite in the Occasions catalog.  You get two colour combos in the pack:  black/melon mambo and black/mint macaron ...and I love the black & ___ striped effect on this baker's twine!  I also used a bit of Wink of Stella on the skirt, bow & sentiment (love you, in the heart) on this project:)