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IT’S MONDAY & THAT MEANS IT IS TIME TO HIGHLIGHT SOME NEW STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS

This week I am highlighting the Poetic Expressions Suite Collection.

I started by CASeing one of the projects from page 60 of the January – April 2024 Mini Catalogue.

I made the gift bag that you can see in the top left hand corner of the ima

I often forget about the 2023 – 2025 Im Colour Treat Bags so it was great to CASe this project.

What do you think of my version?

Next, I wanted to take the gift bag and convert it into a card.

I started by sliding off the belly band and cutting down the gift bag to create a panel to adhere to the front of a Boho Blue card base.

Then I cut down the belly band to add a second panel to the card.

Next, I stamped, cut and coloured a hummingbird and several flowers. I also die cut some leaves and small flowers.

The greeting was stamped on to a piece of Wild Wheat cardstock and then I cut the banner end. I also die cut the Basic White label using the largest of the label dies in the Throughtful Expressions Dies.

I assembled and adhered all of these elements into place using Multipurpose Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals and Mini Glue Dots.

I used both the Designer Series Paper and gift bag remnant for inside the card and the back of the envelope.

To finish the card I added some Champagne Iridescent Dots to the front of the card.

Tomorrow I have another Poetic Expressions project to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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SATURDAY IS ALL ABOUT SHARING SOME CHALLENGE PROJECTS

Today I have my submission for this week’s Global Design Project Theme Challenge – Balloons.

At first I planned to use my new Hot Air Balloon Bundle but I can’t find where my dies have got to.That probably means that I should give my craft space a good tidy up.

So, instead, I used my Beautiful Balloons Bundle – you can never have too many balloon stamps and dies in your collection.

i wanted to make a clean and simple card for this challenge.

I started by stamping the balloon images in Parakeet Party, Sweet Sorbet and Tahitian Tide. Then they were cut using their coordinating dies.

My new Online Exclusive Sweetly Scripted Cling Stamp Set arrived on Thursday so I was able to use it for the balloon streamers.

I also die cut three balloons in the matching cardstock and embossed them with the Basics 3D Crosshatch Embossing Folder.Two of these were adhered inside the card and the third on the back of the envelope.

Finally, I added some Parakeet Party embellsihments from the 2022 – 2024 In Colour Pearls.

Monday I will start sharing projects using Poetic Expressions Suite Collection.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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IT’S FRIDAY & TIME FOR SOME FEATURES AND A FUN FOLD CARD

This amazing suite collection (162613 – $221.50AUD) comprises the Painted Lavender Stamp Set and Dies Bundle and the Perrenial Postage Stamp Set and Dies Bundle, Paper Butterfly Accents, Purple Fine Shimmer Gems and Perennial Lavender 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper.

The DSP colours are Berry Burst, Blackberry Bliss, Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Lost Lagoon, Orchid Oasis, Pretty Peacock, Shaded Spruce and Starry Sky. The Gems are Berry Burst, Gorgeous Grape and Highland Heather.

The Painted Lavender Stamp Set has 11 photopolymer stamps and they are all floral and leaf images. The coordinating 8 dies are perfect for cutting out your stamped images. Two of the dies cut multiple images – 2 butterflies and 4 small flowers.

The Perennial Postage Stamp Set has 10 Cling Stamps created using two different fonts – and I haven’t used them at all this week because I wanted to highlight how other stamp sets can be used with new products.

My favourite in this collection is defintely the Perennial Postage Dies. There are 12 in total and are going to be so versatile.

The last project for the week is a Fun Fold Card inspired by Jackie Boluis’ Fun Fold Card Collection. I tweeked the measurements for our A4 cardstock.

It is a Spanner Panel Card.

I started with a Fresh Freesia card base (5 3/4″ x 8 1/4″), folded it in half and cut the front side panels 1 1/2″ in from each side.

I cut the front DSP panels at 4″ x 1 3/8″ and adhered them.

The centre front panel had a Cross Hatch embossed panel of Basic White cardstock adhered to it.

A 4 1/8″ x 1″ piece of Fresh Freesia card had a 4″ x 7/8″ piece of DSP attached to it. The ends of this piece was then adhered to the outer panels.

Linen Thread was wrapped several times around the inner panel and tied into a bow.

Inside the card I attached another DSP design measuring 5 5/8″ x 4″.

A piece of 3 7/8″ x 2 5/8″ of Basic White was added inside the card for a personal message to be written. This is the same size of Basic White that I used for the embossed piece.

I attached DSP to the back of the envelope.

The greeting, from the Stippled Rose Stamp Set,was stamped using Shaded Spruce before being trimmed and adhered to the card front.

Finally, I used the Purple Fine Shimmer Gems to the card for a little sparkle.

I have enjoyed highlighting the Perennial Lavender Suite Collection this week and the way it can work well with so many other Stampin’ Up! products.

I think I’m going to be highlighting the Heartfely Hexagons Bundle next week.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$19.25