Introducing...

The NEW In Colors for 2020-2022 of course! I am sure you have seen them floating around online already! They are Misty Moonlight, Magenta Madness, Bumblebee, Cinnamon Cider, and Just Jade!

This card is a fabulous way to showcase these five new amazing colors! They look outstanding together and will compliment our existing lineup in an awesome way.

I used the Stitched Stars dies to cut out the front image and then layered strips of card stock behind in varying widths. I thought it was a fun way to present these colors especially paired with the sentiment “Hello Fabulous” from the Dressed to Impress stamp set, which will be in the new catalogue!

Adding in a couple couple new embellishments is also a great way to showcase the New In Colors. I used the In Color Enamel Dots, 1/4 inch ribbon in Misty Moonlight and the 1/4 gingham ribbon in Bumblebee. I also snuck in some Gold Metallic thread as I will use it until my last spool is gone (cue heartbreaking).

Misty Moonlight, Magenta Madness, Bumblebee, Cinnamon Cider and Just Jade—your new best friends until 2022!

Taco Bout' Awesome

Witty-Cisms is definitely a stamp set that I wish I would have used more over the past few months! For my “Card a Day in May” challenge, Day #11, I wanted to use a stamp set that I really liked but didn’t give the attention to. The taco and the cactus are my favourite images in this set.

The base of the card is Basic Grey and I added a layer of Smokey Slate card stock that I ran through a brand new embossing folder called Tasteful Textile 3D. It will be available in the new annual catalogue.

I coloured the taco with Stampin’ Blends in Mango Melody and Granny Apple Green. The hearts are stamped in Granny Apple Green from the Meant to Be stamp set. I used the Follow Your Art DSP for the stitched circle and Calypso Coral strip. I wanted to play around with patterns so added in a strip of designer paper from the Peaceful Poppies collection.

The cute little felt heart is from the Follow Your Art Embellishment Kit!

It was easy to create another version of this card by swapping out the sentiment with one of the other great options in the Witty-Cisms stamp set. I love this cute cactus and he was easily coloured in with the Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends!

Celebrate Sunshine

Okay, here is my first official sneak peek card of some new fantastic products coming out in the Idea Book & Catalogue on June 3rd! I absolutely LOVE this Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle. It is a stamp set with coordinating dies that is just so fabulous! This might be my favourite card yet for my “A Card a Day In May” challenge, card # 10.

Let’s talk what is NEW on this card! The stamp set of course, both the image and phrase are from the same set, Celebrate Sunflowers. I used a piece of Designer Series Paper from the In Good Taste collection which features 24 sheets of photographic DSP. You will fall in love. I added in some Faux Suede Trim in Early Espresso. It does in fact have a suede feel to it! The wooden elements are also new and are called the In Good Taste Elements. The Old Olive leaf sprigs are cut from the Sunflowers Dies.

I coloured the large sunflower from the stamp set with my Stampin’ Blends. I used So Saffron, Mango Melody, Soft Suede and Bronze. I think Bronze is the secret weapon here. It looks really great blended with yellow. The sentiment is cut using the Label Me Fancy punch currently available and carrying over into the new catalogue.

I cut the white layering edge with a die from the Ornate Layers Dies to give it a bit of interest.

I love everything about this card and I hope you can take the design layout of this card and create something with stamps and supplies that you have on hand.

I think these colors just look dreamy together! I can see a lot of colouring in my future with this stamp set and color combination!

I hope you love this card as much as I do and are willing to invest in this bundle!

Thinking of You! Create with Connie and Mary

This weeks Create with Connie & Mary Blog Hop is a focus on a ‘neglected product’. I thought about this quite a bit and settled on two things that I used on this card—a spritzer filled with reinker and rubbing alcohol and the Rooted in Nature stamp set and Nature’s Roots dies.

For this card I wanted a subtle background so I ran the Whisper White layer through the Coastal Weave 3D folder. I mixed 12 drops of Soft Seafood reinker with rubbing alcohol in my spritzer and then spritzed the right hand side of the card (under neath where I was planning to have my sentiment). I also flicked the area with my Coastal Cabana Stampin’ Write marker. The mist of green gave a soft subtle effect

You can see the soft feel of the spritzed and flicked ink in this photo. I love it!

The sentiment is stamped in Versamark and embossed in sliver and cut with the Stitched So Sweetly dies. The little button is from the Arts & Crafts die collection.

I stamped the leaves in Soft Seafoam and Coastal Cabana on their coordinating card stock and then used the Nature’s Roots dies to cut them out. I had to add my favourite thing of all time, Metallic Thread, to this project as well. It definitely has NOT been a neglected item in my craft room! A few Rhinestones and I thought this card was complete :)

On your next stop on the Hop you are going to visit Connie! I can’t wait to see what her ‘neglected’ stamp item is!

If you want to go back to Melissa’s blog post, just click back!

Strong and Beautiful

This card is to ALL THE MOMS out there who are MOMING so freaking hard right now. Helping kids with online school, working either at home or from home, being a life CEO to your family, trying to stay sane by stampin’, day drinking, exercising or watching insane amounts of Netflix (or maybe that whole list, as that sounds a lot like my life! hahahaha!)

YOU are like a diamond, we are strong, we are resilient and we are beautiful.

I used the Coastal Weave 3D embossing folder as the background (love it!) and I embossed in white both the sentiment, found in the Strong & Beautiful stamp set, and the flowers found in the Happy Birthday to You Sale-a-bration stamp set. Fun Fact, it was actually my favourite SAB item! The flowers were colored with an Aqua Painter using Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzaz ink. I added a few of the Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins as a finishing touch!

I hope you have enjoyed the first week of cards I have shared so far for my “A Card a Day in May” challenge!