If you are new to Stampin' Up! you may not know that this is an exciting time - the launch of the new Annual Catalogue - and with the launch comes new ink colours!! Every year we get five new inks colours, these colours are only available for two years. Here is my new catalogue - check out all the tabs where I have marked the products I have on my wish list:) If you would like a catalogue, let me know and I will get one to you. The new in-colours are Polished Pink, Pale Papaya, Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen and Fresh Freesia. The In-colours are avilable in ink, cardstock, embellishments, ribbon and Designer Series Paper. I made these cards to showcase the new colours along with the ribbon and embellishments. I used one of the new stamp sets to create the cards - Spiral Die - I love the bold pattern and the stamp is only $23 which is an amazing price point. Check out my online store on May 4 to get your hands on the new In-colours and all the other amazing goodies in the ne
As you can probably tell from my blog posts last week, I love the Ombre DSP that you can get for FREE when you spend $60 on Stampin' Up! products. I saw a post recently from a fellow demonstrator - unfortunately cannot remember their, so my apologies I cannot give them credit - but I loved the cards they had made and knew I had to create some similar cards. I used the plain side of the Ombre DSP - but there is nothing plain about this paper! I used the Dragonfly image from the Dragonfly Gardens stamp - there is a coordinating punch that makes it easy to punch out the dragonfly images. I didn't need to use the punch on this project as I stamped directly on the basic white square. I used Blackberry Bliss, Granny Apple Green, Rococo Rose and Bermuda Bay ink to stamp the images. I used a different ribbon and various embellishments on each of the cards - matte black dots, pastel pearls and opal rounds - along with a simple sentiment from the Dragonfly Gardens stamp set, stamping