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Hello to everyone who pops by. I appreciate you taking the time to see what I have been making. If this is your first visit, welcome.

As I mentioned yesterday, I am making a few projects with current products before my interest is drawn away to my new arrivals (and, I am very excited to start using them and sharing with you very soon).

I am still using the Fine Art Floral Suite today but this card is a very different look.

Instead of using the Fine Art FLoral Designer Series Paper, I used the Golden Garden Designer Specialty Acetate. I simply cut an overlay piece of the acetate and attached a length of soon to retire Night of Navy Frayed Grosgrain Ribbon from the Boho Indigo product Medley. I used small quantities of Stampin’ Seal to attach the acetate to the front of the Night of Navy cardbase. The Seal was placed on gold areas on the reverse side – this way it was not seen on the front of the card.

The sentiment was stamped using Versamark and sprinkled with Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder before I used the Heat Tool to set the embossing powder. The coordinating die was used to cut it out. It was a perfect size for the ribbon. The floral image was stamped inside the card, on a Basic White insert, and the envelope. To finish the card, I added some silver Metallic Pearls.

I think this would make a perfect card for a silver anniversary. What occasion would you use this card for?

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.

Fine Art Floral Suite Collection [155982] $178.00	Art Gallery Photopolymer Stamp Set [154421] $38.00	Boho Indigo Product Medley (English) [153132] $122.00	Metallic Pearls [146282] $12.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] $15.25	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $13.00	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $10.50	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

Hello and welcome. I hope that you are popping by again and like today’s project.

As the new Stampin’ Up!® 2021 – 2022 Annual Catalogue fast approached, I thought that I would make a card or two using the Fine Art Floral Suite. Although this suite is still current and while the Art Gallery Stamp Set and Floral Gallery Dies will carry over into the new Annual Catalogue, the Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper will retire at the end of June.

And to be very honest, as soon as I start playing with my preordered new products, I may temporarily lose interest in what I already have. Am I bad? Do you do this when you get new products?

For this card the DSP does all the hard work. I chose one of the floral images to fussy cut for the focal point. I also cut the larger flower in Vellum to place behind the smaller flower. I also popped a length of Bumblebee ribbon behind the circles.

I used the Layering Circles Dies to cut the two scalloped circles in Vellum and a circle in Night of Navy cardstock. This sentiment is great for lots of occasions. To continue to ‘use up’ my Designer Series Paper, I added a strip to the front of the envelope.

It seems silly to say ‘happy stamping’ because I didn’t do much stamping on this card. Anyway, 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.

Fine Art Floral Suite Collection [155982] $178.00	Art Gallery Photopolymer Stamp Set [154421] $38.00	Floral Gallery Dies [154316] $59.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] $15.25	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

Hello! I am so pleased that you have popped by.

Today I wanted to share some of the sample cards I had for my Coffee & Card classes last week. It has been more than a year since I had my classes, so I was so pleased to start again. I hold them at two different local cafes, here in Kangaroo Point – Nourish at 9.30 on a Monday morning and Medley at 1.30 on a Wednesday afternoon.

For our first get together, in 2021, I used products from the Dandy Garden Suite. The cards were ideal for the two new beginner stampers who came along. I was pleased to see one of previous ladies return.

We used Notecards and Envelopes to make everything that little bit easier first time around. The options for the cards were to stamp an image on the card front or start with a piece of Dandy Garden 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper.

I was surprised that no-one chose to start with the DSP.

I think it was the idea of being able to colour the stamped floral image that interested everyone . So that is what we did. We also stamped, coloured and punched the dragonfly using the Dragonfly Punch.

I was able to show everyone how to use a thin strip of cardstock or some DSP to punch out the smaller dragonflies. It was also good to demonstrate the features and benefits of the Stampin’ Write Markers™ and Stampin’ Blends.

These samples gave everyone some ideas about which colours they could use and how they could work together. Everyone stamped five times – the floral image, the dragonfly, the sentiment and an image for inside the card and on the envelope. This was good to be able to show the differences between the Memento Tuxedo Black and the Classic Stampin’ Pads and how to get ink onto the stamp. And, then how to get that ink from the stamp onto the cardstock. I enjoy seeing the look on new stalpers’ faces when that first image is stamped.

I had two greetings ready to choose from – not too many choices because that just makes it all too complicated. One was from the Garden Wishes Stamp Set and the other was from the Best Year Stamp Set.

Some of our cards used lots of different colours while others only needed two colours. There are so many options and if you only have a small range of colours, you can still create lovely cards.

I am looking forward to more Coffee & Card get togethers and sharing what I love with others.

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.

Dandy Garden Suite Collection (English) [155981] $253.00	Garden Wishes Cling Stamp Set [154408] $38.00	Dragonfly Garden Cling Stamp Set [154411] $40.00	Dragonflies Punch [154240] $31.00	Dandy Garden 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [154297] $20.00
Bumblebee 1/4" (6.4 Mm) 2020–2022 In Color Ribbon [153622] $10.50	Mossy Meadow 3/16" (4.8 Mm) Braided Linen Trim [154298] $12.25	Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes [131527] $12.25	Bumblebee A4 Cardstock [153082] $15.25	Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $15.25
Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock [153086] $15.25	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad [153116] $13.00
Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $13.00	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $13.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154881] $15.50
Mango Melody Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154888] $15.50	Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153108] $15.50	Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154890] $15.50	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00