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Beautiful New 2020-2022 In Colors

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photo shows swatches of the new 2020-2022 In Colors

I’m excited to introduce you to the beautiful new 2020-2022 In Colors! Every year Stampin’ Up! introduces a set of five new colors to be used the next two years. This keeps our color palette fresh and current with the design industry without having to change the complete color palette. The new 2020-2022 In Colors are Bumblebee, Cinnamon Cider, Misty Moonlight, Just Jade, and Magenta Madness. As you can see in the card above, the colors complement each other magnificently! Check out swatches of them in the photo above.

Now let me show you how these beautiful colors work in a card.

Handmade card using the beautiful new 2020-2022 In Colors

Supplies for card

Ink :
Black Stampin’ Write Marker (100082)

Cardstock [CS]:
Cinnamon Cider (153078) * 8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼” and folded to make card base plus scrap for branch
Just Jade (153079) * 5 ¼” x 4” plus scrap for branch
Misty Moonlight (153081) * scrap
Bumblebee (153077) * scrap
Magenta Madness (153080) scraps for greeting and flowers
Whisper White (100730) 5” x 3 ¾”

Accessories:
Poppy Moments Dies (151594)
Well Written Dies (151816)
Birds & More Dies (152721) *
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Paper Snips (103579)
Paper Trimmer (152392)
*Available to order June 3!

Instructions

  1. Die-cut with appropriate dies two Misty Moonlight birds, one Just Jade branch, one Cinnamon Cider branch, two Magenta Madness flowers, Magenta Madness Happy Birthday and one Bumblee sun using the flower center die from Poppy Memories Dies.
  2. Adhere Just Jade and Whisper Whte layers to card front.
  3. Cut the leaves off the Just Jade branch and glue to the Cinnamon Cider branch. Also glue the flowers on.
  4. Adhere the die-cut pieces to card front.
  5. Add eyes to the Bumblebee sun.

Which of these new In Colors is your favorite? Leave your answer below in a comment. If you live in the United States and don’t have an active demonstrator, Id love to be your demonstrator. Contact me if you would like your own catalog.

My Lovely Mother’s Day Card

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My Lovely Mother's Day Card using Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper

I’m sharing My Lovely Mother’s Day card with you all to wish all the moms and women who serve as mother figures a very Happy Mother’s Day. Although we can’t go out to dinner or have family members that don’t live with us come visit I do hope you find the day filled with countless blessings.

This Mother’s Day card came about because I had the pieces of Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series paper planned and already cut for another project. I added the swirly circle cut from Champagne Foil Sheets and the label cut from Petal Pink cardstock using dies from the Painted Labels Dies. I also added the poppy cut from Petal Pink and Basic Black cardstock using dies from the Poppy Moments Dies. A length of Petal Pink Metallic-edged ribbon grounded the poppy. The greeting is from the retiring Tea Together stamp set.

To Make My Lovely Mother’s Day Card


SUPPLIES
Stamp Set:
Tea Together (cling 148779)

Ink:
Memento Pad (132708)

Cardstock:
Gray Granite (146983) 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored and folded at 4 1/4″ for card base
Basic Black (121045) scrap
Petal Pink (146985) scraps
Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper (151192) 5 1/4″ x 4″, cut 1″ strip off long side
Champagne Foil Sheets (144748) 3″ x 3″

Accessories:
Poppy Moments Dies (151594)
Painted Labels Dies (151605)
Petal Pink 1/4″ Metallic-edge Ribbon (151194) 6″
SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
die-cutting machine

Instructions:
1. Adhere the floral side of the DSP to the left side of the card.
2. Flip the 1″ strip to the reverse side and adhere to card.
3. Cut out the poppy pieces, the label, and the swirly circle using the appropriate dies and die-cutting machine.
4. Adhere the Champagne Foil swirly circle to the card front with SNAIL adhesive.
5. Put the pieces of the poppy together with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Put a couple strips of SNAIL on the back of the poppy and adhere the looped ribbon to the SNAIL. Add to the swirly circle with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
6. Stamp Happy Mother’s Day on pink label with Memento ink and adhere to card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Now it is your turn to share your Mother’s Day card you created. Email me a photo of it. I’d love to share it here on my bloig.

Easy Faux Silk Technique

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Handmade card using the Faux Silk Technique and Timeless Tropical Stamp Set

I made this beautiful card using the Faux Silk Technique. This technique is easy to do and gives a lovely texture to your background. You can stamp on the faux silk portion of the card or leave it a solid color.

How to do the Easy Faux Silk Technique –

Supplies:
Stamp set of your choice’
Ink colors of your choice
Piece of cardstock of desired size
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
tissue paper either white or colored about 1/2″ larger on all sides than cardstock

Instructions:
1. If you want a design on your faux silk, stamp it now on the piece of tissue paper. Then crumple the tissue paper into a tight ball.
2. Open the ball up and lightly smooth the tissue paper out leaving lots of wrinkles still in it.
3. Apply glue all over the cardstock using the broad end of the Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
4. Lay the tissue down on the glue pressing it down into the glue wrinkles and all. Allow to dry.
5. When dry, trim off the excess tissue paper and use this for a layer on your card. You could use a larger piece of cardstock and tissue paper and create a lovely paper for a small gift box.

To Make Card

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Timeless Tropical (151497)
Inks – Old Olive and Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Markers, Memento Ink Pad, Combo Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends
Cardstock – Crumb Cake 11″ x 4 1/4″ scored and folded at 5 1/2″ for card base, Old Olive 5 1/4″ x 4″, Whisper White 4 7/8″ x 3 7/8″ plus scrap for greeting, Soft Suede scrap
Accessories – Stitched So Sweetly Dies (151690), Multipurpose Liquid Glue, white tissue paper, paper snips, SNAIL adhesive, Stampin0 Dimensionals

Instructions:
1. Ink the palm tree stamp with the markers and randomly stamp all over the piece of tissue paper.
2. Follow the instructions for the Faux Silk technique as above.
3. Adhere the Old Olive CS to card front and the faux silk layer to the Old Olive layer.
4. Stamp the greeting and the plumeria flower on scraps of Whisper White CS with memento ink. Color the flower with the Stampin’ Blends and cut out with the paper snips.
5. Die-cut the greeting with the third from inside Stitched So Sweetly rectangle die and use the next size up to cut a layer from the Soft Suede CS. This leaves a fairly large border around the white label so I cut the Soft Suede layer down a bit. I show you how in the video.
6. Layer the labels together with SNAIL and then adhere them to the card front. Add the flower with a Stampin’ Dimensional.

Now it’s your turn to do the Faux Silk Technique. I’d love for you to share your end results with me. Email or text me a photo of it.

Last Everything Is Rosy Card

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photo is of my Last Everything Is Rosy Card

This will be the Last Everything Is Rosy Card I share with you. The sales period for this wonderful May promotion of the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley (150059) ends this Friday. If you haven’t got your medley yet, what are you waiting for? Check out this blog post from last week to see everything you get in this Everything Is Rosy Medley. I calculated what each item if bought separately would cost and added it all up. Your purchase to buy everything in this medley would be about $100! However you can get it for only $80. That is almost a 20% savings. To sweeten the deal, I’ll send you five tutorials for cards to make with this medley when you order it from me. Order it from my online store or contact me.

Now on to my Last Everything Is Rosy Card. Here are the details:

Supplies

Stamp Sets: Everything Is Rosy (photopolymer)*, Butterfly Wishes (149345) [will be available June 4]
Inks: Memento Ink, Stazon Black Ink
Paper: Rococo Rose Cardstock [one of the new 2019-2020 In Colors] 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″; Night of Navy Cardstock scrap; 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper Stack – small floral print* 4″ x 5 1/4″; Rose Gold Foil Sheet* scraps
Accessories: Butterfly Duet Punch (148523), Printed Die cuts*, Melon Mambo 1/4″ Ruched Ribbon*, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive, Mini Glue Dots, Paper Snips

Instructions

  1. Fold the Rococo Rose cardstock in half to form the card base.
  2. Adhere the dsp to the card front with SNAIL adhesive folding up the bottom right corner to show the reverse side of the dsp. Put a glue dot under the folded up corner to hold it in place.
  3. Stamp two smaller butterflies and one of the larger one in a row on the rose gold foil sheet with Stazon ink. Give it a minute to dry and then punch them out with the butterfly punch. Attach them to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  4. Stamp the greeting on the label with the gold dots with Memento ink. Adhere it to your scrap of Night of Navy cardstock with SNAIL. Trim around the label with the paper snips to form a narrow mat for the label. Adhere it to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  5. Tie an over-hand knot in the ribbon and attach it to the folded back corner with a glue dot.

I hope you enjoy making this Last Everything Is Rosy Card for yourself. To order the supplies I used, click on the images below and you will be taken to their location in my online store.

Order your supplies now! Some of the supplies won’t be available until June 4.