I have a very floral card today. The new Impressions Abloom Bundle might have gotten me a little excited. If you like florals then it will be ok. 🙂
STAMPS & DIES
These flowers are so much fun to create. It is two step stamping for the different flowers. Stampin’ Up! has really created a beauty with this Impressions Abloom Bundle. The Dies cut perfectly and are really easy to line up with the image. This Bundle is another reason to please look at the Online Exclusives!!
I wanted to copy the flowers in the paper to hopefully have the appearance of the flowers falling off of the paper. So I used the same colors, or close to it ,to create my flowers. The first image I stamped is the detailed flower. These are all using Strawberry Slush. Next I used Bubble Bath for the solid image. For me, it is easier to see to align properly if I have stamped the darker image first.
The leaves are all Dies although there are stamps as well. I love the detailed cutting of the leaves for some additional texture. And finally the sentiment is also part of the stamp set. It is actually two different stamps. But because they are photopolymer it was very easy to stamp the bottom words beneath the Thanks. I went with Garden Green Ink for this.
PAPERS
This gorgeous floral paper is part of the Suite of products which includes the Bundle above. The Suite is titled the same as the DSP. It is Floral Impressions Designer Series Paper. I only used a strip of the DSP to keep from overloading on the floral print. I wanted the stamped images to pop. Of course the cardstock layers are from the DSP. The base is Strawberry Slush with a layer of the Garden Green. I also added some Strawberry Slush behind the sentiment. Anytime I fussy cut a sentiment and then try to fussy cut a layer, it does not go very well. This time is acceptable. LOL!!
EXTRAS
There are two Extras today. First is the Exposed Brick Embossing Folder. This gives some additional texture to the White layer that I wanted for the flowers. And of course there is Bling. Today I decided on Rhinestones. Since the new colors have embellishments I have been focussing on those lately. So this was a nice change of pace.
MAY STARTER KIT PROMOTION…….
STAMPIN’ REWARDS
The new Stampin’ Rewards begins on April 15. I think you will Love this new version. You will earn rewards on all orders over $20.00 in products The system will track your rewards for you. And they will be available for use on your next order, or you can save up for a larger purchase. All you need to do is on your first order after April 15th is agree to participate. You will then begin receiving rewards on qualifying orders.
Orders of $50.00 or more you will still receive an appreciation gift from me. I appreciate you choosing me as your demonstrator!
COMMENTS
Please know that I love to hear from you and answer any questions you may have. My responses generally are not done here on the post. They are made using my phone as I have found it is easier to answer a question for you personally. So you will be receiving an email from me if you make a comment.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie
Online Exclusives
New Online Exclusives drop every other month. These are amazing products and are a supplement to the Annual and Mini Catalogs. This way you have access to even more New and Awesome products!
You can go directly to these in my Online Store by clicking HERE
Before I get to the project of the day, I want to give you an update regarding one of the In Colors. You may have heard that there was a problem with the Cloud Cover Ink pad. The ink formula did not react well with the foam pad. After trying for a remake, it still is not up to Stampin’ Up! standards. So…..there will not be a Cloud Cover Ink Pad. The Stampin’ Blends and Marker are all great and good to go. A work around for the ink pad is to purchase the Ink Refill, and then use an uninked Stampin’ Spot. That has a different type pad and the ink is fine. Just hoping to offset any confusion as to why you cannot order that color ink pad on Tuesday.
Now for the fun part of the post. My card for today is a dark card. That is so opposite of my normal colors. I have mixed several new products from the Beautiful Gallery Suite of products and hope you like the finished project as much as I do.
STAMPS
This is a limited stamping card! The only stamping on the front is the sentiment. There are several layers and textures which make that simple statement appropriate. The sentiment is from the Beautiful Motifs stamp set. The majority of the products are from the Beautiful Gallery Suite. This is one of the two stamp bundles included in the suite. I did not however use the matching Die set.
The sentiment continues the darker look of the card with being stamped in Secret Sea Ink onto Gray Granite cardstock. These are not my normal color family for the entire card. But I am pleasantly surprised and pleased.
DIES
The Die set used today is part of the second bundle included in the Beautiful Gallery Suite. This one is the Gallery Blooms. The “frame” is one Die that cuts two frames as well as a center piece. The center piece was cut down to be the background layer for the sentiment. I did not use the stamp set from this bundle as it is only images with no sentiments.
EMBOSSING
This dry embossed background is very elegant at first glance. However it works well with the scene I have created with the pencil drawing art. It is the Damask Designs Embossing Folder. And it also is a part of the Beautiful Gallery Suite. Are you loving this diverse Suite of products yet??
PAPERS
The color scheme for today is Secret Sea as the card base and Gray Granite as the layers. These colors came from the “art” piece. This sheet with the pencil drawings is from the Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper. It is a different looking pack of papers. There are mostly “painting” type images on the one side and then complimentary, and more simple, designs on the reverse. As soon as I saw this drawing sheet I knew I had to use it. We have two different painting in our home that are this type and I love them.
EXTRAS
There are two additional Extras today. First is the bow on the sentiment. It was difficult to decide how to display the sentiment. After many different placements, I decided on this off center layout. It seemed the card needed “something”. And there was really no where to put “something”! So the idea came to make the sentiment stamped off center and add an embellishment to the longer end. As it turned out the off center stamping ended up with off center placement of the entire sentiment layer.
The second Extra is bling. I restrained myself and kept it simple. This card did not require a lot of bling. I went with the In Color 2025-2027 Flat Pearls. I chose the Secret Sea pearl to go along with the card stock color. I took on a bit of a different tone when placed with these darker colors. It is unique.
MAY STARTER KIT PROMOTION…….
STAMPIN’ REWARDS
The new Stampin’ Rewards begins on April 15. I think you will Love this new version. You will earn rewards on all orders over $20.00 in products The system will track your rewards for you. And they will be available for use on your next order, or you can save up for a larger purchase. All you need to do is on your first order after April 15th is agree to participate. You will then begin receiving rewards on qualifying orders.
Orders of $50.00 or more you will still receive an appreciation gift from me. I appreciate you choosing me as your demonstrator!
COMMENTS
Please know that I love to hear from you and answer any questions you may have. My responses generally are not done here on the post. They are made using my phone as I have found it is easier to answer a question for you personally. So you will be receiving an email from me if you make a comment.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie
Online Exclusives
New Online Exclusives drop every other month. These are amazing products and are a supplement to the Annual and Mini Catalogs. This way you have access to even more New and Awesome products!
You can go directly to these in my Online Store by clicking HERE
My card to share with you today is a Multitude of Thanks. Actually it is many versions of Thanks from different languages. I am using one of the Ephemera Pack cards. I am all about stamping, but you cannot beat these for a quick and adorable card.
EPHEMERA PACK
The Greetings For All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack is fabulous. There are two sides to each card, and there are two different sizes. One side is primarily a DSP like print and the other is for notes, borders, and similar to mine. I chose this wonderful Thanks card to spotlight as my focal layer. And I believe it does a great job at being worthy of the spotlight. Plus the ease of simply layering these says a lot when you need something quick. Or when you want to make a pack as a gift for a friend.
PAPERS
To add another layer of color, as well as you another of the Greetings For All cards, I have sliced one for background. The four strips you see in the background are also from this pack of cards. The zigzag stripes are one side and the bottom strip is the opposite side of the same card. I love the mix of colors.
The card base was pulled from these colors, along with all of the colors. Sadly I made this before the Boho Blue cardstock was sold out. However, Balmy Blue cardstock would work as the base, as well as any of the colors from the zigzag strips. I paired the blue with Pretty In Pink for a brighter color to pop the focal layer.
EXTRAS
To keep this card going with the simple I used two Extras. The first is the Peach Pie Ribbon. A simple knot on the front is not too busy but highlights the orange in the zigzag pieces for even more color. And for the bling, I used the 2024-2026 In Color Resin Dots. A trio of the larger size in Pretty In Pink seemed to complete the card.
MEASUREMENTS
This card base measures 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 with the Pretty In Pink layer at 4 X 5 1/4. The strips are each 4 X 1. For the focal layer Pink, it is 3 1/8 X 4 1/8 and the card is 3 X 4.
STAMPIN’ REWARDS
The new Stampin’ Rewards begins on April 15. I think you will Love this new version. You will earn rewards on all orders over $20.00 in products The system will track your rewards for you. And they will be available for use on your next order, or you can save up for a larger purchase. All you need to do is on your first order after April 15th is agree to participate. You will then begin receiving rewards on qualifying orders.
Orders of $50.00 or more you will still receive an appreciation gift from me. I appreciate you choosing me as your demonstrator!
COMMENTS
Please know that I love to hear from you and answer any questions you may have. My responses generally are not done here on the post. They are made using my phone as I have found it is easier to answer a question for you personally. So you will be receiving an email from me if you make a comment.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie
Online Exclusives
New Online Exclusives drop every other month. These are amazing products and are a supplement to the Annual and Mini Catalogs. This way you have access to even more New and Awesome products!
You can go directly to these in my Online Store by clicking HERE
I have been back from an Amazing Stampin’ Up! OnStage Event for a couple of days. A fun time was had for sure. We all received the upcoming Annual Catalog as well as some sneak peeks at upcoming May Online Exclusives. There are some awesome products in both releases.
This is a reminder to please check out the Online Exclusives currently available. Samples are shown with each product the same as in the catalog. I will admit that it has taken me a bit of time to get used to looking online. But then I think that I do this with most of the places I shop regularly. So why not with SU!
The card I have to share today is a simple Thank You type card. It is for all of you. You have all supported me in some way with my business and I am very grateful! This is a simple layout that can be simplified or taken up a notch, depending on your time or wishes.
STAMPS
The stamped images are both from the Memorable Blooms stamp set. There is a bundled Die set, but I opted to stamp the floral image on the larger white layer. I had chosen the DSP first so colored the floral with Stampin’ Blends to match the paper. The flowers are Pretty In PInk with Pretty Peacock as the leaves.
To add the sentiment layer was a bit of a trial! The way everything layed out did not leave much room. So I got creative and left a straight edge along the top and sides with the bottom fussy cut. I actually like how it turned out. To create this, I first fussy cut the sentiment and then layered that onto the Pretty Peacock paper. Then it was fairly easy to fussy cut around the fussy cut. LOL!!!
PAPERS
There are actually two different sheets of DSP used. Both are from the Lily Pond Lane Designer Series Paper. This 6X6 pack is so fun with the lily pond and duck images on one side and complimentary design sheets on the reverse. I have used two of the reverse sides. The sentiment layer is a soft dotted pattern. And the strip of little flowers is what brought in the Pretty Peacock cardstock. I chose that as the thin layers and Pretty In Pink as the card base.
The card base measures 5 1/2 X 8 1/2. I added the thin layer of Pretty Peacock at 5 1/8 X 3 7/8. That left the Basic White layer to 5 X 3 3/4. And the DSP strip on the left only runs the length of the White. It measures 1 1/8 X 3 3/4.
EXTRAS
The DSP strip and the fussy cut sentiment added some extra touches to the card layout. So it really did not require a lot of Extras! It did require bling however. I went with the extra bling in 5 Rhinestone jewels. They are scattered around the flowers and a single one added to the sentiment.
HOST CODE
My FEBRUARY HOST CODE is S2EYAW9N. Orders of $50.00 or more will receive an appreciation gift from me. I appreciate you choosing me as your demonstrator!
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie
New Scrapbooking Catalog
The newest addition to Stampin’ Up! is an Online catalog of Scrapbooking products. You can see the catalog by clicking the photo below and save it to your computer.
Online Exclusives
New Online Exclusives have dropped. There are Halloween, Fall, Christmas, and many that are great year round. Of course the new Designer Series Papers and Embellishments are fabulous as well!
You can go directly to these in my Online Store by clicking HERE
The card today is made from the fabulous new Textured Notes Suite of products. I did not use everything, but came close. If you like texture, then these products are for you.
STAMPBUNDLE
The Textured Notes Bundle is one of the new Online Exclusives that dropped yesterday. This is definitely a favorite. I first was drawn to this bundle because of the Dies. They are rectangle, layering Dies with different detailing around the edges of each. You can see the detail on the cane weave DSP layer as well as the sentiment layer.
Then after getting the stamp set, I was really drawn to the different images of texture and the simple floral. That doesn’t even take into account the sweet sentiments. There are a couple of different ones that have this fun scripted font. You can also see a different detail on the sentiment layer. I added the little floral to the sentiment layer by fussy cutting it. It was not difficult or time consuming to do. The sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso Ink with the foliage tone on tone with Pecan Pie.
PAPERS
These different papers may be the star of the card actually. They are both part of the Woven Textures Designer Series Paper. The images are so clear and detailed that you want to run your fingers across them to feel the texture! The cane weave is beautiful, but I also love the linen look on the sentiment layer. And it is actually the opposite side of the cane weave. All of the sheets are as vibrant as these.
The card base and layer are colors I saw in the DSP. For the card base I went with Pecan Pie and then Crumb Cake for the layer. These work very well together.
SPECIAL TOUCHES
The most stand out of the card may be the bottom layer. This cardboard looking layer is made using the Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder. The detail and depth of the design is fabulous. Even though it is simply a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock, it looks like much more.
There must be bling. Although with the more rustic scene, I felt shiny bling would be out of place. So the new Neutral Matte Dots fit the need perfectly. Actually I did not realize the Pecan Pie was even one of the dot colors. There is a trio of them scattered around.
HOST CODE
My FEBRUARY HOST CODE is S2EYAW9N. Orders of $50.00 or more will receive an appreciation gift from me. I appreciate you choosing me as your demonstrator!
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie
New Scrapbooking Catalog
The newest addition to Stampin’ Up! is an Online catalog of Scrapbooking products. You can see the catalog by clicking the photo below and save it to your computer.
Online Exclusives
New Online Exclusives have dropped. There are Halloween, Fall, Christmas, and many that are great year round. Of course the new Designer Series Papers and Embellishments are fabulous as well!
You can go directly to these in my Online Store by clicking HERE
You are getting a couple of sneak peeks of upcoming Online Exclusives. I have gone a bit overboard on the demonstrator pre order on this upcoming release. It is fabulous. The card I am sharing is a case of the sample card when this goes Live next month.
STAMPS
These trees are from the upcoming Online Exclusive stamp set Wooded Acres. I love the simple tree textures. However there is almost the exact stamp, but with full leaves, included in the set. It is a two stamp set. And after this card I am really excited to play with it even more.
The trees are stamped using Pebbled Path Ink. I believe it gives it the far off in the distance look without being too bold. If you look at the trio of trees on the bottom right and add them to the edge of the left side, that is the length of the stamp. So you can see how I stamped it off the paper with every inking.
The sentiment is from another of the preorder Online Exclusives. It is from a large Suite of products. This sentiment is from the Textured Notes stamp set. And like I said, it is a large Suite that you will fall in love with if you like natural and texture.
PAPERS& INKS
There are no special papers today. I used Berry Burst cardstock as the base with Wild Wheat cardstock for the narrow layer. Then I created the stamped background with inks and blending brushes. In my mind, it is a sunset view in the mountains.
The bottom section is a light coloring using Wild Wheat Ink. Next is the sunset using Berry Burst Ink. Finally the sky is Misty Moonlight. All of the colors were done fairly lightly.
EXTRAS
To tie in all of the ink colors I added the Natural Tones Linen Thread in the dark blue. I had used the other two ink colors with matching paper. But had not used a blue paper. So a wrap around and a bow took care of the blues.
The final touch is the bling! I used the Sale-A-Bration Purple Adhesive Sequins scattered around. There are different shades of purple/pink sequins in the package. I used three different shades to go along with my color shading.
HOST CODE
My FEBRUARY HOST CODE is S2EYAW9N. Orders of $50.00 or more will receive an appreciation gift from me. I appreciate you choosing me as your demonstrator!
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie
New Scrapbooking Catalog
The newest addition to Stampin’ Up! is an Online catalog of Scrapbooking products. You can see the catalog by clicking the photo below and save it to your computer.
Online Exclusives
New Online Exclusives have dropped. There are Halloween, Fall, Christmas, and many that are great year round. Of course the new Designer Series Papers and Embellishments are fabulous as well!
You can go directly to these in my Online Store by clicking HERE
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