Oh how I love our Annual Catalog! The best thing ever is when I get the first peek of the new catalog in June! I will tell you that as an Independent Demonstrator for Stampin’ Up! we have access to the new catalog in digital format before receiving our printed copy. I can hardly wait to see that file posted and open it up and dive right in but there is NOTHING better than having the actual catalog in my hand and browsing through it page by page. I can’t tell you how many times I look through it! I check it out for the new sets! The round red NEW icon next to all the new sets and products is the thing I search for when I open it up for the first time! New sets, Designer Series Paper, punches, framelits, and ribbon!!!!
The catalog is not just wonderful to see all the new items for sale but I love using it to find inspiration. Sometimes I CASE a card and maybe tweek it only a tiny bit. Sometimes looking through the catalog simply inspires me to use a stamp set I haven’t used in a while. Often I get color inspiration from the card samples splattered throughout the catalog! I absolutely love the colors of this card:
The colors are calming! Of course the beach scene adds to the serene feeling.
The card above is a card I CASEd from the catalog! This card inspires too!
Don’t you just love the colors of this card!! This card inspired me to use Brusho! Can you see it in the background? The yellow and orange work so well together on this card!
I love paper! If you are a crafter, you most likely love paper too! I am not much of a shopper! A common stereotype of women is that they love to shop. So I guess that I am not a stereotypical woman. However, I have always had an affinity for stationery stores. When we would go visit my grandma in the tiny town where my dad grew up we would always visit his cousin’s stationery store. All the pads of paper, note cards and special pens always intrigued me! My husband doesn’t need to fear letting me loose in a clothing store but he does in a stationery store! So now that Stampin’ Up! has this great Designer Series Paper special has me planning what it is I could do with all the beautiful papers! All the papers are beautiful and have such different looks! I love using the DSPs for so many things! One of my favorites is to cut out titles for pages for my scrapbook pages! I also love it for layers on my cards with coordinating envelope liners! Using DSPs for creating gift packaging is my ultimate favorite! It adds the perfect touch. The coordination of the Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper, inks and cardstock work perfectly together to send the perfect treat to your friends!
Summertime is the best time of year in my opinion! I don’t know about you but I love the change of pace that summer brings. I love sitting in the sun and drinking lemonade! That’s why the Lemon Zest stamps set is one of my favorites right now. It screams summer to me! I spent some time today playing around with it. See what you think of these samples that I made with this great set!
This card was made with a Whisper white card stock base, layers of Garden Green and Whisper White. The cut lemon images were stamped using Daffodil Delight. The whole lemon image was stamped on the Daffodil Delight cardstock in Daffodil Delight ink. I used dimensionals to pop up the lemon slice and then embellished with the our new Polka Dot Tulle ribbon. To punch out the whole lemon and leaves I used the Lemon Builder punch and to punch out the lemon slice I used the circle punch.
This card was made using a card base of Whisper White. Lemon Lime Twist cardstock was used as an accent. An additional Whisper White accent piece was run through the Big Shot using the Simple Stripes embossing folder. The lemons were stamped using Pineapple Punch on Whisper White and punched out using the Lemon Builder. The leaves were stamped on Whisper White using Granny Apple Green and punched out also using the Lemon Builder punch. the lemons were placed on the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The finishing touch on the card was the Whisper White baker’s twine tied in a knot.
For this card I switched it up a bit and stamped the “lemon” image in green to create limes. I used two shades of green to stamp the limes: Granny Apple Green and Lemon Lime Twist. The leaves and limes were both stamped on Whisper White cardstock. The card base was created using Whisper White cardstock and run through the Big Shot using the Simple Stripes embossing folder. Life’s Short was stamped using Lemon Lime Twist on Whisper White cardstock and punched out using the Everyday Label and layered on top of Lemon Lime Twist punched out using the Scalloped Tag Topper punch. This piece was wrapped with Whisper White baker’s twine.
This very simple card was created using a simple Whisper White card base, and lemon image stamped on Whisper White cardstock using Pineapple Punch and punched out using the Lemon Builder punch. The leaves were stamped in Granny Apple Green and also punched out using the Lemon Builder punch. Life’s short was stamped directly onto the card based in Lemon Lime Twist. The two background lemons were adhered to the card with Snail and the foreground lemon was adhered using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
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