Sunflower Quick and Easy Thank You Card

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Sunflowers are so bright and cheerful, I have them growing in my garden – not because I planted them but they are in the bird seed we put out in the winter months, so it is the birds that plant them for me!

Did you know July is World Water coloring Month? Today’s card features the Celebrates Sunflowers Stamp Set with some quick and easy watercoloring – there is a video to show you how quick and easy it is!

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Ink . Stamp . Share Blog Hop July Showcase

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Once again  I am thrilled to be taking part  in the Ink . Stamp . Share blog hop.  We are a group of Stampin’ Up!®️Demonstrators from around the globe here to bring you inspiration through creativity!

You will have either arrived from Sue’s post or starting here ~ either way WELCOME . We do not have a theme, but each of the talented artisans showcase what they are working on at this time each month. There will be techniques, fancy folds, 3D, new products and ideas – a veritable treasure chest for you to draw on every month.

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Vintage/Shabby Chic Thank You Card with Pretty Medallion

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I have fallen in love with the Pretty Medallion background stamp, I have used it such a lot and will be sharing more with you over the coming weeks.

Today I have given the card a vintage/shabby chic spin with some sponging, die cutting with the Split Card Textures Dies, distressing and crinkled seam binding….. oh and there is a video to pull it all together 🙂

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Ultra Pretty Celebration Card ~ Splendid Day Suite

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Happy 4th everyone! Today’s card is inspired by a recent Stampin’ UP! event I attended remotely. It focused on the Splendid Day Suite of products that was launch just 3 short days ago on July 1st. The colors in this suite are just so soft and subtle making it a snap to create shabby chic – my special favorite being the Soft Sea Foam Seam Binding Ribbon!

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Nature’s Prints Bundle featuring Distressed Gold Paper

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In an earlier post I introduced the Nature’s Prints Stamp Set with coordinating Natural Prints Dies. As I was sharing the dies I made a comment about the beautiful wreath die and how I would be making use of it in very short order. So today’s card does just that using one of the new specialty papers – Distressed Gold – which is absolutely stunning.

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Introducing Hues of Happiness Suite

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I do love to use flowers on my cards, when a new catalog is released I found myself drawn to those stamp sets and decorative papers that feature them. Today I am sharing one of the suites from the 2022 – 2023 Annual Catalog using some of the samples that the talented designers at Stampin’ UP! created to showcase the each of the beautiful elements

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