One of my favorite things to do with a new catalog is to flip through and mark my favorite samples. This is my take on one of the samples for Bike Ride. Using Mint Macaron, I embossed a piece of vellum with the Polka Dots Basic embossing folder. The bike is stamped and die cut with the matching die. The apples are covered with Glossy Accents. It’s nice to take something in your stash and make it new again! Hugs, Fran
Happy Mother’s Day to all the lovely women out there that hold special places in a child’s life! Today I’m sharing a sneak peek of a new stamp set called Abstract Impressions. I started with a Petal Pink base that has been embossed with a die from Springtime Impressions which coordinates with Abstract Impressions. Instead of cutting the image, I used an embossing pad to simply make an impression. The flowers are in Petal Pink and Calypso Coral and the grass is in Soft Sea Foam and Shade Spruce. The sentiment is die cut with a die from Lily pad Lake. (You will use just the one piece a lot!) Check back June 1 when these dies are available for purchase. Enjoy your day! Hugs, Fran
This card is a mash of several new products that will be available in the new catalog, June 1st. The sentiment is from Stitched All Around and die cut with it’s coordinating die, Stitched Labels Framelits. The base of the card is Coastal Cabana (!!!) with Bermuda Bay stripes made with a stamp another new set – Abstract Impressions. The die cut in the background is from the Springtime Impressions Thinlets die.
The card is finished off with pearls and silver trimmed ribbon. This card started as something totally different so I was pleased to see how it turned out! All these products will be available on June 1st. Hugs, Fran
Here’s a sparkly mermaid card for someone special. I started with Karen Burniston’s Spinner Square die, the Princess and Mermaid die and the Outdoor scenes die – and lots of glitter paper!. The background was stamped with Stampin Up’s Playful Backgrounds stamp and then I went all the little bubbles with glossy accents. The mermaids are wearing green glitter paper tails to go with the blue glitter paper wave.
Inside a mermaid pops out to wish the birthday girl a special day!
I love how this die works! Hugs, Fran
Photos just don’t do this gorgeous paper justice! It has a beautiful, pearl sheen on the flowers! I used the Love What You Do set from the May Special to make 2 cards in this style. The first one has the stamped image sitting behind the paper.
and the second one has the stamped image area over the paper. Aren’t the pearls wonderful? Do you have a preference of style? All the supplies are available now during the Share What You Love special.
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This set is called Serene Garden and it will be available starting June 1st. I love the way this set is drawn! It also comes with a coordinating die set that not only cuts out the images but has other decorator pieces. I did this card with Stampin Blends.
The flowers are popped up and then I colored and die cut them again so I could trim out just the bottoms and pop them up. And shimmer pen – always shimmer pen! Love the look of this one. Check back on June first for links to this set. Hugs, Fran
This is a card made with the Share What You Love suite which is a special for this month. The stamp set is called Love What You Do and I stamped the flowers in Calypso Coral and Grapefruit Grove (a new In Color) and matted it on the beautiful, beautiful, beautiful new Share What You Love Specialty paper. I also added some of the new Artisan pearls. It’s a lovely suite and you can get it now – to hold you over until the new catalog starts! Hugs, Fran
I needed a masculine card for a friend going through cancer treatment and Hold on to Hope was the perfect stamp set. I used an embossing pad to emboss the cross into the black card stock. First I inked it up with Versamark and then I embossed it with gold embossing powder.
I also added some little jewels to the cross and heat embossed the sentiment in gold. Everything is matted on gold foil.
The Designer paper is from the Occasions catalog – Petal Passions. I love any black and white paper 🙂 I also went over the cross with a shimmer pen for a bit more sparkle. Hugs, Fran
Stampin Up comes out with a new catalog in June and here is a sneak peek of one of the new stamp sets – Animal Outings. It has some super cute animals and sentiment to go with them. And when the catalog goes live, it will have dies to match 🙂 I played around with it and came up with some stacked framed cards.
The giraffe is held in place between the layers of the frame. The images are colored with Stampin Blends and the sky was done with a sponge dauber.
The kangaroo and koala sit on the outside of the frame.
For the hippo, the sentiment is on a separate piece of paper and mounted on top of the frame. The triangle background on this one was cut in the opposite direction. (Would you believe me if I said I meant to do that! – oh well!)
Here’s the inside of all the cards. This is going to be a fun set! Come back on June 1 and add it to your new catalog order. Hugs, Fran
From the Occasions Catalog – Mother’s Flair. I stamped the shoe across the bottom of the paper in Pool Party and colored in the flowers with Stamps Blends, The base of the card is a notecard from Saleabration (love those!) I add rhinestones across the bottom and in the center of the flowers for some bling 🙂 The sentiment is from Layering Love and was masked off so it goes across the top. This set does not carryover into the new catalog so grab it now! Hugs, Fran
