Yellow and black is another of my favorite color combinations – the yellow today is called Pineapple Punch and pairing it with Basic Black makes the color even more vibrant and eye-catching.
I used the Sweetly Swirled stamp set to create today’s card – it has some really ‘arty’ swirly stamps, some flowers and leaves and some really useful greetings, I just relied on some paper, stamps and ink #simplestamping
The Memorable Mosaic Stamp Set is one that I bought last summer when the 2019 – 2020 Annual Catalog came out, but I kind of forgot about using it! . It has a two part stamp to create the most peaceful Weeping Willow-style tree that reminds me of one we planted in the garden of our family home way back in the late ’60’s.
I have been trying to use colors that I would not of usually pair up so Flirty Flamingo and Garden Green are my choices for this card – I think they worked rather well!
Tucked away in the corner of page 25 of the 2020 Mini Catalog are the Peaceful Poppies Elements, a pack full of little gems ~ die cut printed accent pieces ~ some are printed in full color, others are printed on watercolor paper and vellum, perfect for coloring and them some black ‘tone-on-tone’ embossed pieces – probably over a 100 different elements to build beautiful cards.
I chose to pair some of them with pieces cut from Basic Black card using the Painted Labels Dies – giving a big bold centerpiece for my card today.
Merry Merlot and Balmy Blue are not two colors I would have naturally put together, until I remembered there is a UK soccer (football) team whose colors are claret and blue !
I used the Tasteful Textures Stamp Set for my card today along with the Basket Weave Embossing Folder to add even more texture. ~ just love texture on my cards. This is a stamp set I have used quite a bit and I have put some links to those cards a little further down this post.
I think I say this at the beginning of every month…… but can you believe it is March already? Those of you who know me or have followed my blog know that I work for the largest retail tax preparation service in the USA. This is my 18th year and as always this time of the year is pretty hectic, so doin’ a lil’ card crafting is an excellent way to de-stress and get my head out of the numbers and into some creativity.
Today’s card is one that I made some while ago, I just love the softness of the Very Versailles Stamp Set paired up with Soft Sea Foam and Sahara Sand with a tiny touch of Silver Foil.
Back in January I hosted a ‘product share’ for the new designer series papers (DSP) from the Stampin’ UP! 2020 Mini Catalog. One of the papers is the Peaceful Poppies DSP which has lots of cheerful poppies in bright and happy colors.
To show how you can use these wonderful papers as a focal point of your card I am sharing my customer thank you card for my January shoppers – add a simple but heart-felt greeting and you have the perfect card.
A couple of weeks ago I had one of my lovely customers decide to join my team as a hobby demo – so she could take advantage of the discount when buying her goodies – I wanted to give her a personal thank you for making that decision and gave her a package of goodies along with a hand-made card!
Sale-a-bration is the perfect time to join Stampin’ UP! as a demonstrator, there are extra goodies offered as well as the usual great deal of choosing $125 worth of any goodies in the the catalogs for just $99. When I joined around 9 1/2 years ago it was one of the best decisions I have ever made (after marrying my husband, of course 🙂 ) If you scroll down the post a little further there is a link that will take you straight to more details.
While I love to make cards with lots of layers, ribbon and embellishments sometimes it is just nice to make one that has lots of impact because it is very simple.
I have used the Magnolia 3D embossing folder to be the focal point of my card, some simple ink distressing and a little knot of ribbon, perfectly chic and elegant.
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 Jo’s post or starting here ~ either way WELCOME . This month’s theme is Sale-A-Bration
I was looking for a little vintage in today’s card and the sponging technique is one of the quickest and easiest ways to create this effect.
My stamp set is the Free as a Bird set, using one of the little birds, that lovely set of leaves (I am a bit of a softy for leaves!) and one of the 6 greetings in the set. In fact this is a great set all around, with leaves, flowers, birds and greetings it gives you a fine choice to create cards for a variety of occasions.
