Hello Fellow Stampers ~
We've been quite busy here this week. Lots going on; so little time!!! LOL Are you enjoying the new products in our new 2021 Holiday Catalog? How about all those wonderful FREE products you can earn in the Sale-a-Bration brochure!! I'm here to showcase another fun Sale-a-Bration product today; I'm quite excited because Stampin Up! once again knocked it out of the park on this one!!
In the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog you will find a wonderful stamp set called Shaded Summer. It's been a "stand-alone" . . . until now!!
In the Sale-a-Bration brochure for this month, you will find a brand new Die Set that you can earn for a minimum $100 purchase on your order.
The set . . . Summer Shadows Dies! And they are fabulous!
So of course, if you're going to have dies, you HAVE to have the stamp set!! LOL
Not only do the dies coordinate with several images in the stamp set to cut them out after you have stamped them; there are also a number of "detail oriented" dies that stand-alone and create beautiful layered flowers! I'll showcase these another time.
But for today, let's focus on these pretty flower sprays; and a few detail die-cut leaves tucked behind them!
The color combination for this card was inspired by a embroidery design disk I just purchased for one of my sewing/embroidery projects. The colors showcased were/are rather unusual; but I decided to implement them here, and I thought they ended up being pretty fun!
This card is cut from Thick Basic White cardstock, 4-1/4" x 11", scored @ 5-1/2".
Then I created mat layers from Pool Party and Mango Melody.
I finished with a Basic White background that has been embossed with an incredible new emboss folder called Timeworn Type 3D. I think I may have just found my new "go to" embossing folder! This folder is incredible!
Then I used a pastel coloring technique that I taught at a Pastel's class recently where I rubbed the Coastal Cabana pastel chalk across the raised embossed images to catch color. So pretty -- and just the perfect added texture for the background of the card!
From there I created a center panel using Polished Pink for the mat a piece from the Sale-a-Bration designer paper pack called Beautifully Penned (you can earn a pack of this paper for FREE with a minimum $50 purchase). I blended Pool Party ink across the paper before attaching it to the cardstock and to the card front.
Now we'll play with the stamp set and dies!! Yeah!
I stamped the flower sprays in Polished Pink as my "pop" color; and added Mango Melody and Light Granny Apple Green using blender pens.
These are popped with dimensionals on the card front; with Gold Metallic die cut leaves tucked in.
It's finished off with a pretty Pool Party 3/8" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, and some wonderful new Matte Decorative Dots.
Here's a view from the side!
I left the sentiment off the front of this card, because I felt it detracted. Sometimes you have a card like that!
Instead, I will leave the card for now; then add the sentiment to the inside once I decide what event I want to use it for - most likely a birthday!
I'm so excited to have a coordinating die set for this stamp set! And you can snag the new dies FREE with a minimum $100 purchase.
With your $150 order you get both the dies and the designer series paper featured in today's project FREE!
So get those orders in, and grab your Sale-a-Bration products!!
Click the button above to view, download, save the new Sale-A-Bration Brochure!
We'll be back a little later with another fun Sale-a-Bration showcase! I'll have some "playmates" with me for this one!! LOL (can you figure out the "hint"? Leave your comments below and I will be doing a random drawing later for a free set of the dies featured in today's project!)
I Love to hear from you. Leave your questions or comments below!!
Hugs, . . .
