Thinking of You Two Ways with Hostess Time of Year Stamp Set

 It's funny that sometimes the things that you love the most are actually the simpliest little things that most people actually don't jump into straight away.  Take the Hostess Time of Year stamp set for example, it is probably a very simple stamp set to most, but it's the first one that I've opened.  See below.

 I made two cards straight away, and am extremely happy about them.


Card 1:

I use heat embossing for the Thinking of You sentiment in both cards, and die-cut one with Sweet and Sassy heartshape die set.  Then I ink the Always banner in Peekaboo Peach ink pad.  Once the paper soaks up all the ink the colour just looks amazing.  Then I die-cut it with the Bunch of Banners die set.  

Card 2:

I also used a doily die to cut out a doily and serve it as part of the background.  The paper panel with handwriting is from the loverly 2016-2018 In Colours Designers Paper Stack.  Everything gels perfectly.  

Hope you give it a go with the super versatile stamp set.  You'll be amazed at how beautiful and modern your project can turn out.

I use the following Stampin' Up supplies for making my cards:

Celebrate Today - Bright and Cheerful Happy Birthday Card

So several days ago I saw on my Facebook group page that CASEing the Catty  is looking for new crafters to join them.  Being as hopeful as I am I recon this is a great opportunity to keep my creative juice flowing and increase my blog exposure.  I happily raised my hand and looked into their blog.

Everyone is so talent, no doubt, and excitingly this will be my first card challenge in Australia.  I feel so relevant being in my homeland now.  No more linkage to a remote continent whereas it's fun to join the challenge, but at the end of the day the prize is in USA, (not that I won any) and I still felt alone.

So I quickly go through page 10-25 on my new Stampin' Up catalogue, and find that I have a stamp set which allows me to make a sunny and bright birthday card for this challenge.  It is "Celebrate Today", the stamp set that I ordered along with my very first Stampin' Up order only three months ago.  How time flies.

So I made this Happy Birthday card yesterday but by the time I finished it was dark.  I had to wait till this morning to take the photos.


This card is for the Birthday Card challenge of CASEing the Catty
http://caseingthecatty.blogspot.com.au/2016/06/ctc81-birthdays.html

It's a simple card using the 2016/2017 in colours - Emerald Envy, Peekaboo Peach and Flirty Flamingo.  I love how Stampin' Up colours are all coordinated with a result of a clean and balanced colour scheme.

I didn't know I would like Peekaboo Peach so much.  After-all it was not the first ink pad that I opened when I received my order.  Peekaboo is bright with a bit of softness, and is a softer version of Tangello Twist.

This cheerful card is so easy to make.  All you need is the Celebrate Today stamp and die set, a shiny sequin strip and off you go.  Anyone can do it! 

I use the following materials for the project: 

The Smallest Things - Greeting Card using Layering Love Stamp set from Stampin' Up

In the beginning of May, I, like all Stampin' Up demonstrators around the world, were all super excited about the pre-order of the 2016/2017 products.  Finally we got to play with the new stuff before official release, and get ready for customer orders in coming June.

However, not all products are available for pre-orders.  Only a small selection of stamps, dies, and other accessories were offered.  I don't know about others, but I managed to use the little budget plus my birthday money from my mother-in-law to get two stamp sets, 2016/2017 in-colour ink pads, and card stocks.   And here is what I made from the latest card stock, ink pads and stamp set.

Dapper Denim and Flirty Flamingo and Peekaboo Peach, the latest 2016/2017 In colours, are used for this  project.  They compliment each other so well and lighten up the card.

Besides the latest stamps and colours, I also use the dies from Cups and Kettle framelits to compliment the card.  For the texture I use the retired Tiny Triangles embossing folder.  Bought it at a discounted price and I think it's a steal!

  

The stamp set, Layering Love, is from the latest 2016/17 catalogue.  It is trendy, cheerful and artistic. 

I will put on the online shop links once they're released on June 1, 2016.

Stampin' Up Materials used:

Ink pads:  Dapper Denim, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach

Card stock: Same colours as above

Stamp set: Layering Love

Dies:  Cups and Kettle framelits

Embossing Folder: Tiny Triangles

Boy's Birthday card with Dinosaur - No Bones about It and Botanical Builder

Last Saturday I had to take Ashley to a classmate's birthday party.  (Peter usually shuns away from these kind of things but I am happy for him to mow the lawn instead)  Usually I am not good with boy's birthday cards - I have only one girl so most all my creations are themed with pink flowers and glitters.  However, ever since I knew that Ashley's class has more boys than girls, I've known that this is coming and bought a few boys stamp sets.

So with the help of this really cool Dinosaur stamp set (called "No Bones about It) I could easily make dozens of boy-style cards without too much effort. And the best thing is, I don't have to spend hours on Amazon trying to find matching papers - they're all in the Stampin' Up shop.  And they match perfectly, which potentially saves me time and money.  

And here is one of the creations (the others have been given away)

Besiede the stamp set, I also use the Botanical Builder to diecut some leaves.  They fill up the space above the dinosaur nicely.

It's a very cute card indeed.

There are tons of Pinterest inspirations of this stamp set and the Botanical Builder die set (I made a card with it. see my previous post).  The patterned paper is called Botanical Gardens Designer Series Paper and it is retiring by end of May.  But both the No Bones about It and Botanical Builder are still current in the 2016/2017 catalogue.  I also use the lates 2016/2018 In color Peekaboo Peach card stock for the card base, which is going on sale starting June 1st, 2016.