Welcome Little One

Happy Summer!!! I am officially on holidays and it sure feels GOOD!! Now if only my body would catch on and stop waking me up at 5:00 am ;)

It is a brand new month and with come two UH-MAZING promotions! Firstly...

I am always thrilled to welcome new members to my Stamping Symphony family and this month I anticipate I'll be adding several! This deal is just too good to pass up! Join my Stamping Symphony during the month of July and receive an entire colour family set of newly-designed ink pads absolutely FREE! Really. There's absolutely no catch. A $92.25 value FREE.
When you consider the fact that you get to choose $165 worth of products of your choice for your kit and pay only $135 for the kit (there's no shipping or HST on the Starter Kit in Ontario) your total savings adds up to $184 in savings! This deal is a no-brainer!
Start saving 20% on every Stampin' Up! order, get early access to new products (hello Holiday Catalogue in August!), not to mention all the perks and benefits I offer my Symphony members. To learn more, click the "Want a 20% Discount" tab above.

Now, as if that weren't exciting enough...

I don't know about you, but I LOVE every single pack of DSP in this year's catalogue. It has been a while since I've been able to say that, but this year, Stampin' Up! has knocked it out of the park with the paper selection. That's way I'm SOOOO pumped about this promotion. During the month of July, purchase three packs of DSP and choose a fourth pack absolutely FREE! How awsome is that?? Now, I know you're probably thinking you don't need that much pretty paper, but seriously, who are we kidding? This has absolutely nothing to do with need ;) (If it would make you feel better you could always split your order with a friend)

Check out the paper packs included in this deal:

Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper [146902] $15.00	Best Route Designer Series Paper [146897] $15.00	Garden Impressions 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [146289] $15.00	Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper [146338] $15.00
Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper [146913] $15.00	Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper [146331] $15.00	Tropical Escape 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [146916] $15.00	Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper [146284] $15.00
Under The Mistletoe Designer Series Paper [146921] $15.00	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177] $15.00

Order your DSP today!

In order to give you a little inspiration, here is a card I designed that features the Animal Expedition and Twinkle Twinkle paper packs...

I am so in love with the sweet animal images from the Animal Outing stamp set. They are such fun to colour...in fact, I'm featuring them in my Colour Therapy class this week! This is one of the projects we'll be making. I used my Stampin' Blends to colour the focal image, which I stamped in Memento Tuxedo black ink. The circle is die-cut using the Stitched Shapes Framelits and layered on a scalloped Crumb Cake circle cut with the Layering Circles framelits.

I added a little scalloped border from the Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut Specialty paper pack, as well as some wooden hearts from the Frames Elements, some Basic Adhesive-backed Sequins and a bit of Silver and Petal Pink Baker's Twine. The sentiments, also from the Animal Outing set, are stamped in Crumb Cake and Petal Pink ink.

Such a sweet card to welcome a new little person!


Product List

Animal Outing Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146600] $29.00	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $10.25	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $10.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144601] $12.00	Ivory Stampin' Blends Marker [144606] $6.00	Bronze Stampin' Blends Marker [144607] $6.00	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [145058] $12.00
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144597] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953] $11.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $10.50
Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper [146284] $15.00	Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper [146902] $15.00	Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper [146907] $19.00	Big Shot [143263] $150.00
Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $41.00	Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $48.00	Frames Elements [146906] $8.25	Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins [146933] $9.50
Silver & Petal Pink Baker's Twine [146288] $5.50

Something Old and Something New

Hello!! Happy New Year. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones. Ours was perfection...a quiet Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with just the three of us hanging out in our jammies, watching movies and playing games. Then Boxing Day our extended family arrived and chaos ensued. So much fun!
Yesterday I finally had time to head down to my studio to clean up the Christmas mess and start fresh with lots of new goodies from the upcoming Occasions Catalogue. I worked on planning my winter classes and clubs...so many ideas and not enough time! One club that I am super-excited about is my new Stampin' Blends Club. This is one of the projects I designed for January's class...

This month, club members will recieve the Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive sets as well as the Colour Lifter. We're focusing on one of my favourite stamp sets for colouring: Remarkable You. The images in this set are perfect for learning to use the Blends because the have nice, thick bold lines which make it easier to colour and blend beautifully. Now, can you spot the new products I used on this card?

The embossed background is done using a gorgeous new set of embossing folders called Petal Pair. It is easy to miss on page 23 as part of the Petal Passion Suite. I also used some embellishments from that suite: the 1/4" Organza Ribbon (soooo soft and pretty!) and the Ptal Passion Embellishments. Here's a closer look at the ribbon and little metallic sprig of leaves.

You'll notice I omitted a sentiment for the front of this card, as I wanted that gorgeous bloom to do all the talking. Here is a look at the inside:

I kept it super-simple, stamping the sentiment from the Remarkable You set in Basic Black ink on a Whisper White card stock panel.

For more information about joining my Stampin' Blends Club, click HERE. It is available as both a face-to-face and/or a class-in-the-mail.

Product List

Remarkable You Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139894] $44.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115316] $10.00	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $10.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.00	Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144602] $12.00	Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $46.00
Petal Pair Textured Impressions Embossing Folders [145656] $11.75	Metallic Foil Doilies [138392] $5.25	Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Organza Ribbon [145590] $8.00	Petal Passion Embellishments [145591] $10.75
Black Mini Sequin Trim [144259] $8.00