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
On Sunday I had my monthly team get together and this month I shared a sketch with the team to draw some inspiration. If you have never used a sketch, try it out, the sketch provides you with the card layout and you just decide on the stamp set, papers, and colours. This is the sketch I shared with the team. I tend not to make masculine cards, so I have challenged myself to make more and I thought the sketch would be the perfect. I used products from the Well Suited suite and used gray tones - colours that I don't always tend to use. The suite has lovely DSP, a variety of different colours and patterns. The gray hues work so well together. I used the Rectangle and Square Stitched dies to cut out some of the shapes. Did you check out that tie? I love it. There are two different stamps with different designs. I stamped the image using Versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder and then cut it out with one of the coordinating dies. I used a few Matte Black Dots to