An In-Color Slimline and a Blog Hop

 Happy Sunday! Yep...it's Sunday and I'm posting, which means it must be time for another Stamping Symphony blog hop. This month we are celebrating the new 2022/23 Annual Catalogue and some of the new products it brings. I thought I would share one of the projects from this week's Virtual Launch and Bingo Event that my guests had the opportunity to make during the event. Check it out...

This cute card uses A TON of new products...can you name them all? I started with some Perfectly Penciled Designer Paper for my background. Then added a cute vintage bottle in each of the five new In-Colors®: Sweet Sorbet, Parakeet Party, Tahitian Tide, Starry Sky and Orchid Oasis. I sponged the edges of each punched bottle with ink of the same shade to add dimension. 

The neck of each bottle is wrapped in the coordinating colour of In-Color® Baker's Twine. I added a white punched sprig from the Bough Punch to go in each bottle and then added a little bitty die-cut flower using the Hydrangea Dies. At the centre of each flower is an In-Color® Matte Decorative Dot. Is there ANYTHING better than perfect colour coordination??

The die-cut sentiment is cut using the new Sending Dies. The background is cut from Basic White card stock and the detailed letters are cut from Basic Black. Adding Adhesive sheets makes adhering this intricate die-cut a snap. The stamped thanks is actually from an older set called Whale Done. The stamp actually says "Thanks a ton", but I only inked the Thanks with my black Stampin' Write Marker.

The guests at my event LOVED this card! It is a great way to showcase our five beautiful new colours and several fabulous new products. Now, it's time to hop on over to Sandy's blog to see what new products she is featuring this month:

Leena - A La Cards

Sandy - Lolly & Sand

Barb - Just B Stamping

Jen - Stamping with Jen

Laurel - Laurel Davis Crafted

Thanks so much for stopping by today...have a super Sunday!

Product List

2022–2024 In Color Classic Stampin' Pads [161108] $49.50	Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker [100082] $4.25	Sponge Daubers [133773] $7.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $12.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $12.75	2022–2024 In Color™ 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159204] $13.00	Perfectly Penciled 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159244] $16.50
Whale Done Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158315] $24.00	Vintage Bottle Punch [158689] $26.00	Bough Punch [157711] $24.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $170.00
Sending Dies (English) [159271] $45.00	Hydrangea Dies [154326] $44.00	2022–2024 In Color Baker's Twine Pack [159195] $21.00	2022 2024 In Color Matte Decorative Dots [159186] $11.00
Adhesive Sheets [152334] $15.00

Queen Bee Slimline and Last Chance

 Happy Good Friday! I'm posting today because it is the 15th of the month and time for another Stamping Symphony blog hop. Our theme this month is saying goodbye to favourite retiring items. Just another couple of weeks before the end of the 2021/22 Annual Catalogue and the final farewell to some much-loved items in my studio. This card uses several retiring products I am most definitely going to miss!

How cute is that little Queen Bee made using the Ladybug Builder punch?? I couldn't resist giving her a necklace of bling fit for the queen she is! I used (of course!) Bumblebee card stock to build my bee and also for the background panel on my slimline card. I stamped several of the flower images from the Hello Ladybug stamp set tone-on-tone in Bumblebee ink. I am SO going to miss this beautiful golden yellow when it retires in a couple of weeks!

Another retiring item that will be sorely missed is the Daisy punch. I can't tell you how often I reach for that punch when I need quick flowers for a project! It is one that will live in my studio for years to come! Thankfully the Medium Daisy Punch is sticking around! Speaking of the daisies...did you catch the sneak peek of one of the new In-Colors?? I used the new Parakeet Party to create the leaves on both the large and smaller daisies. The large leaf is the image from the Hello Lady Bug set and is stamped in Parakeet Party ink on card stock of the same shade. Then I fussy cut them out to adhere to my card. The leaves on the smaller daisies are also stamped using the large leaf image, but, because I wanted a smaller scale leaf, I used the Strawberry Builder punch to punch the leaf shape out of the stamped card stock. The effect is a leaf that is the same shape as the large leaves, but in better scale with the smaller daisies. The Strawberry Builder punch is another one that will live in my studio for a very long time. The variety of shapes in that punch have SO many possibilities!

When it came time to embellish the sentiment banner, I really wanted something that would work with my black and yellow colour scheme. I grabbed some Playful Pets baker's twine, my dark Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends and went to town turning the black and white twine to black and yellow. It is the perfect finishing touch for this whimsical card!

I demonstrated this card in this week's Live @ Five video over on my Facebook Business Page. You can see the replay on my YouTube channel below. Check out the video description for all of the measurement for this adorable slimline card!

Be sure to hop on over to Sandy's blog to see which products she is saying goodbye to this month...

You are here >> Leena - A La Cards << You are here

Sandy - Lolly & Sand

Barb - JustBStamping

Jen - Stamping with Jen

Laurel - Laurel Davis Crafted

Be sure to check out the Last Chance List to grab those final items from your wish list before they disappear forever!

Thanks so much for stopping by this week...have a very happy Easter!

Product List

Hello Ladybug Bundle (English) [157699] $44.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $11.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Bumblebee 8-1/2X11 Cardstock [153077] $12.00
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $12.00	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856] $13.50	Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad [153116] $10.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25
Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154843] $12.00	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $12.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Hive 3 D Embossing Folder [157955] $12.25
Daisy Punch [143713] $24.00	Medium Daisy Punch [149517] $22.00	Strawberry Builder Punch [154239] $24.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $6.75
Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack [152466] $10.25