OCCASIONS CATALOGUE – Page 17 – mmm…Stampin' Time

Posted on December 21, 2015 by mmmstampintime — Leave a comment

ANOTHER SNEAK PEEK

I have been having so much creative fun playing with more of the new products from the upcoming Occasions Catalogue …

This first card highlights the Birthday Bouquet DSP …. I have fussy cut one of the floral bouquets and mounted it onto a background made using the Brushstrokes stamp and with a sentiment from the Cottage Greetings stamp set … I love the versatility of all of the Stampin’ Up! products – ‘very mixy matchy’ as my daughter would say.

I have not used the Birthday Blooms stamp set yet because I somehow managed to order it, and three stamp sets from the Sale-a-bration catalogue, in wood mount. Stampin’ Up! is arranging to exchange these for me – how amazing is that!

This second card features two other designs from the Birthday Bouquet DSP … there are 12 different designs in total.

The sentiment and banner are from another bundle featured in the new Occasions Catalogue … Rose Wonder stamp set and Rose Garden thinlits dies.

The Rose Garden thinlits also include two roses that I have used in the next, more boldly coloured, card.

The sentiments are from the Rose Wonder stamp set … the Wishes greeting actually says Wedding Wishes but a sticky note makes an effective mask.

Now I have to confess that when I first saw one of the amazing new tools in the Occasions Catalogue I was not convinced it would be useful – I have happily used my paper piercer to poke out all the little bits from our detailed thinlits dies ,,, then I watched a clip showing how it worked, ordered one and am SOLD! Wait until you get to see the Big Shot Die Brush in action at my Occasions Catalogue Launch.

Time to get back to my craft room!

Posted on December 15, 2015 by mmmstampintime — Leave a comment

NEXT SNEAK PEEK

Oh … I am having so much fun playing with the wonderful new products that you too can order from the upcoming Occasions Catalogue …

This time I have a 3D project using the same BOTANICAL GARDEN products … this is a winged gift box.

Posted on December 15, 2015 by mmmstampintime — Leave a comment

OCCASIONS CATALOGUE SNEAK PEEK

The Occasions Catalogue ‘goes live’ to Stampin’ Up! customers on the 5th January 2016 ….

and, one thing I love about being a Demonstrator is that I am able to pre-order the amazing new products so that I can start creating during December!

My pre-order arrived during the last week of school so I only had time to unpack and start thinking of the projects I could create in the lead up to my Catalogue Launch event on 31st January (time enough to get have recovered from all the business of Christmas and New Year’s celebrations and for many of you, getting children fitted out and back to school.

I did order lots of goodies (not everything!!) … when you see the catalogue you’ll understand why!

So – now that I have started my school holidays, I have started creating! (I have also been attending to household pleasures like cleaning the oven … marathon ironing … might pass on cleaning the windows for a few days).

These first projects feature the BOTANICAL BLOOMS STAMP SET, BOTANICAL GARDENS DSP and the BOTANICAL BUILDER FRAMELITS DIES. I cannot wait for you to see the great bundle offer for these products!

The framelits are amazing – the cut away flowers give an added dimension to any project … minimal stamping on this card and a bit of sponging. The combination of colours inspired by the BOTANICAL GARDENS DSP gives a lush tropical feel … Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey, Old Olive.

I had to wonder if the Birds of Paradise in Hawaii inspired this DSP … the full 12×12 sheet looks stunning, but for this card I chose to use just a strip, layered on top of some of the other DSP … take a closer look. After using the framelits for the first card, I thought I might do a little fussy cutting and created the feature flower. Cajun Craze adds to the lush colour palette and I love the pop of Mint Macaron.