Celebrate the Many Mates Bundle

Happy Tuesday! I know it feels like we just chatted...because we did! You're getting two days in a row this week, thanks to our monthly Stamping Symphony blog hop, which I posted about yesterday. Today, I want to give you a sneak peek at one of the projects we'll be making in today's Tuesday Live @ Five video over on my Facebook page. 

This week I am all about the Many Mates Bundle. Not only does the stamp set have TONS of great sentiments for just about any occasion, the dies are absolutely GORGEOUS! You had a peek at them on yesterday's colourful projects, but here there are on a more masculine design...

The beauty of these dies is that they can do ALL of the work on your project. Here, I've die-cut them from one of the woodgrain patterns in the In Good Taste DSP pack and layered them over another pattern from the pack that I embossed with the Tasteful Textile embossing folder. Here's a closer look at all that yummy texture...

The sentiment is actually two sentiments from the Many Mates stamp set stamped in Misty Moonlight and Early Espresso inks on a Whisper White label die-cut using the Ornate Frames dies. I added a couple of die-cut feathers in Champagne Foil and Misty Moonlight card stock and some twine from the Flowers for Every Season ribbon Combo pack. 

On the inside, I added a Whisper White panel and the rest of the die-cut piece from the front of the card. I stamped another sentiment from the Many Mates set in Misty Moonlight. 

I hope you'll join me for my live video broadcast this afternoon at 5 pm ET, but if you miss me you can catch the replay shortly afterwards on my YouTube channel.

Thanks so much for stopping by today...I hope you have a fabulous week!

Product List

Many Mates Bundle (English) [154083] $69.25	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $10.25	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $10.25	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25
Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $12.00	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081] $12.00	In Good Taste Designer Series Paper [152494] $29.00	Champagne Foil Sheets [144748] $6.75
Ornate Frames Dies [150664] $46.00	Nature's Thoughts Dies [153586] $39.00	Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder [152718] $12.25	Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack [153620] $13.50
Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets [147801] $12.25

Many Mates and a Blog Hop

Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend. The weather here was positively pristine, if a little on the cool side. I didn't mind, though...I'll take cooler over steaming hot any day. Our kitchen reno is progressing, though we are still living on take-out. I do have to say I am very much going to appreciate making a home-cooked meal when it is done. We had a rather expensive glitch when our 16-year-old fridge died last week...a new one is coming tomorrow. Ka-CHING! 

But you didn't stop by to listen to me complain about my appliance woes...you're here for some inspiration and we have that in spades today. It is time for another Stamping Symphony Blog Hop...

This month we are all about showing off the new products from the fabulous 2020-21 Annual Catalogue. Check out this bright and colourful pair of cards I made using the Many Mates bundle...

I just HAD to make two cards when I realized that the die-cut stencil I used was too pretty to throw away!

To create the stencil I die-cut the Many Medallions die from Whisper White card stock. Then, using Washi tape, I adhered it over top of a piece of Whisper White card stock. That's when the fun began! Using daubers, I sponged Magenta Madness, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green and Gorgeous Grape ink. I really loaded on the ink so I would get a nice clear stencilled image and when I was done I fell in love with the stencil itself! So I decided to make to cards using the same layout, one with the stencilled panel and one with the stencil itself. Which one do you like better?? Here's a closer look that might help you decide...

This one is the stencil itself...I love the vibrance of this colour combo!

This one is the stencilled panel...equally pretty, right? I added a little extra pop by layering card stock of the same shades of ink I used.

The sentiments on both cards are from the Many Mates stamp set, stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and coloured using Light Magenta Madness, Dark Mango Melody, Light Granny Apple Green and Dark Highland Heather Stampin' Blends. I used my go-to Tasteful Labels dies to create the label. While it doesn't show in these photos, I flicked both cards generously with Wink of Stella to make them shimmer and shine. I added some Magenta Madness ribbon and some rhinestones by way of embellishment. Sometimes simple is better, and with these gorgeous dies, simple is so easy.

Be sure to check out the other blogs in our hop by clicking the links below:

1. Leena (You are here)

2. Sandy

3. Barb

4. Jennifer

5. Leigh

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Be sure to check in tomorrow when I give you a sneak peek at one of the projects from this week's Tuesday Live @ Five video! Have a great day!

Product List

Many Mates Bundle (English) [154083] $69.25	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Magenta Madness 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153080] $12.00	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990] $12.00
Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146987] $12.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad [153117] $10.25	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $10.25
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $10.25	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $10.25	Magenta Madness Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153106] $12.00	Mango Melody Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147945] $12.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $12.00	Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154887] $12.00	Tasteful Labels Dies [152886] $42.00	Magenta Madness 1/4" (6.4 Mm) 2020–2022 In Color Ribbon [153623] $8.25
Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $6.75	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $7.00

In Good Taste

Happy Tuesday! I hope you had a good weekend...and to my US readers...a happy Memorial Day. Around here the weather went from cold and chilly spring to hot and steamy summer like someone flipped a switch. We have heat warnings up and the A/C on in the house! Gotta say, I'm not complaining...it has been far too cold and miserable for far too long for anyone to object to a little heat and sunshine.
Now before I get to this week's project, I want to remind you that my 2020/21 Annual Catalogue Designer Series Paper Share is now open for ordering.

Choose a share of just a few DSP packs or ALL of them at a fraction of the cost of full packs. Deadline to order in the first round is June 2nd. I will have shares ready to go by the 12th. Click the image above to learn more and/or place your order.

This week I am continuing with my showcase of new products from the upcoming 2020/21 Annual Catalogue with the utterly yummy In Good Taste Suite. Now, I think Stampin' Up! designed these products specifically for me...they are SO my style! With fabulous textural Designer Paper, fun wood embellishments, a stamp set with awesome images images and sentiments and my new favourite embossing folder, this suite will have pride of place in my studio for a long time to come. Check out this card I made...

I started with a piece of the gorgeous In Good Taste Designer Paper for my background panel. I stamped several images from the Tasteful Touches stamp set in Smokey Slate ink to add texture and frame my focal point. Don't forget that DSP is paper and it is totally OK to stamp on it!

I used my new, go-to, Tasteful Labels dies to die-cut the Whisper White label and then stamped a sentiment in Smoky Slate and one of the awesome texture stamps in Blushing Bride.  To create my flowers, I first stamped them in Basic Gray ink on Whisper White card stock and then sponged in Blushing Bride and Rococo Rose ink to colour them...using a dauber is a super-quick way to add colour to stamped images. After sponging the flowers, I fussy-cut them out using my paper snips. I die-cut one of the ferns from the Forever Flourishing set from Champagne Foil to add some additional interest. To create the silver leaves, I simply pressed two of the In Good Taste Elements into a Versamark pad, dipped in silver embossing powder and heated. Voila...instant metallic accent! This is super-easy to do and allows you to create metallic embellishments to perfectly coordinate with your project. The final touches on this design were some rhinestones and a spatter of Frost White Shimmer paint...so sparkly!

On the inside of my Rococo Rose card I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped more images and a sentiment from the Tasteful Touches stamp set in Smoky Slate ink.

You can expect to see LOTS more of the products in this suite used on projects from me in the coming weeks and months. This is one of those suites that does double duty, standing on it's own and coordinating well with other products. I'll be showcasing all of the products in the suite, demonstrating this card and two others in today's Live @ Five video over on my Facebook business page. I hope you'll join me! If you can't make the live broadcast, be sure to catch the replay on my YouTube channel shortly afterwards.

Thanks for stopping by...have a great week!

Product List

Tasteful Touches Bundle (English) [154098] $65.50	Forever Flourishing Dies [152714] $49.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $10.25	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $10.25
Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] $10.25	Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad [150080] $10.25	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Rococo Rose 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150882] $12.00
Champagne Foil Sheets [144748] $6.75	In Good Taste Designer Series Paper [152494] $29.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $8.25
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	In Good Taste Elements [152476] $8.75	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $6.75	Frost White Shimmer Paint [147046] $11.00