It’s hard to believe another month –and year– is upon us, and the Approaching Perfection stamp set was perfect for this month! Thanks for kicking off the year with the Color Fusers Blog Hop. I hope you enjoy another color challenge.
All these bright fun colors this month made me think birthday, so I decided to feature a new birthday stamp set.
I am excited to delve into the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog. With it comes the most popular promotion of the year, Sale-A-Bration. During Sale-A-Bration, you are able to earn a FREE exclusive item with each $50 in purchases. And there is no limit!
Today, I am featuring one of the Sale-A-Bration stamp sets, Approaching Perfection. This set is sure to be a birthday staple. And this simple, but cute card came together easily.
Creating a window card is a fun way to showcase the inside of your card. For today’s project, I stamped a row of multicolored balloons in the center of the inside layer. I then cut the center part of the card front out, and replaced it with a piece of Window Sheet.
This window allows the colorful balloons to show through. Next, I used the witty News Flash stamp with Melon Mambo ink. I split the image and adhered it to the card front.
Customizing is sometimes really easy, and my Stampin’ Blends came to the rescue, allowing me to create a custom ribbon color. I simply colored the Crinkled White Seam Binding Ribbon Mango Melody to match the color challenge.
Finally, I added a few Mango Melody sequins to finish it off.
I hope you liked today’s project, and the little peak of what’s coming! The January – June 2021 Mini Catalog and 2021 Sale-A-Bration Catalogs go live tomorrow, January 5th, and the products are amazing! Give this fun fold a try with your new products.
Now it’s time to hop along with the talented Brenda Nelson. Thanks for stopping by today!
Or go back to see the beautiful project from Gail Ellis.
Are there still items from the August-December 2020 Mini catalog on your wish list? Today is the last day to get them before they are gone. Click here to shop the Year-End sale.
As your gift with purchase of at least $50, enjoy the January 2021 Simple Suite Stampers ProjectTutorial. This tutorial includes instructions and supply lists to create 12 beautiful projects, all using the Love You Always product suite. This will come via email when you use the January host code.
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I am excited to share that I am now part of the Simple Suite Stampers Tutorial design team! This is an amazing group of demonstrators who create a monthly tutorial featuring a product suite. The tutorial includes measurements and instructions to complete 12 awesome projects, each centered around the same items, giving you multiple ideas for creating with the same group of products. I have paired several of these products with the Warm & Toasty stamp set.
Snowflake Splendor Product Suite
Beautiful projects made with the Snowflake Splendor Product Suite
I love the gorgeous snowflakes, and all the shades of blue in this suite. The designer paper has a pretty watercolor look background, with all different sizes of snowflake prints and patterns.
Today I am sharing my project for the December Simple Suite Stampers Tutorial, which features the Snowflake Splendor product suite. I love these adorable critters in the Warm & Toasty stamp set! They are playful and so fun to create with! I thought these polar bears would make the perfect skating scene, so I got right to work.
The Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper is just gorgeous, and works so well with the designer paper. It matches the blues in the Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper, which also has some purples in it. This small scale snowflake pattern was a perfect fit for today’s project!
I love how the white trees bring it together. This was a really fun card to make!
Get them before they are gone!
Many items I used on today’s project are retiring on January 4th, including the Snowflake Splendor products, Warm & Toasty stamp set and Pine Woods dies. As a result, you can find many of them in the Year-End Closeout sale at discounts up to 50% off while supplies last! Click on the product images below to visit my store and take advantage of the savings.
Click here to see the complete list of close-out items
The Simple Suite Stampers Tutorial provides instructions to cut & create 12 projects. Get your Snowflake Splendor tutorial FREE as my thank you with any Stampin’ Up! product purchase of at least $50 in the month of December. Not ready to make a purchase? No problem! Email me at [email protected] and let me know you would like to purchase the tutorial, which is only $15.
I hope you have enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for stopping by for the Color Fusers Blog Hop. We hop the first Monday of each month, and share a color challenge with you, and today I created a winter scene using the Festive Post stamp set.
The colors this month made me think of trees, so I created a cute little scene in a snow globe, representing what many of us are doing this time of year, getting our tree ready for the holidays!
The Festive Post stamp set was a perfect pairing with the Snow Globe Scenes dies to create today’s project.
I used new Blending Brushes to create the soft background color inside the globe with Night of Navy ink. These Blending Brushes will be available in January, and are absolutely amazing! Another awesome tool, the Stamparatus, worked perfectly to stamp the car and tree in different colors, by first inking just the car, then inking just the tree, assuring perfect alignment.
That cute little bear is from the Snow Globe Scenes die set. Isn’t it adorable? I finished it all off by adding some Snowflake Sequins inside the globe, as well as to the front.
To create this project:
Cut a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Pretty Peacock card base, score at 4 1/4″
Cut a 4″ x 5 1/4″ layer of Whisper White cardstock
Cut a 3″ x 3″ layer of Whisper White for the globe scene
Cut a 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ strip of Whisper White cardstock for the sentiment
Die cut 3 Pretty Peacock globe bases plus 1 detailed globe base, and adhere all together
Ink the small piece of Whisper white cardstock with Night of Navy ink. Stamp the car with Night of Navy ink and the tree in Granny Apple Green ink. Add additional trees as desired. Add a die cut brown bear. Die cut the globe opening on the large Whisper White layer using the Snow Globe Scenes dies, then emboss the layer with the Winter Snow Embossing Folder. Place the globe dome into opening. Place Snowflake Sequins into center of stamped scene and adhere the dome layer on top. Tie ribbon around globe base, and adhere to card. Add Night of Navy sentiment.
I hope you enjoyed this fun shaker card. They are so easy to make with the Globe Scenes die set and Globe domes –try it! Visit my store to get your shaker card items. Just click on the Shop Now button on the right or any of the products listed below.
Thanks for checking in! Now hop along with the rest of the Color Fusers. Next up is the very talented Gail Ellis
Or go back to the amazing Brenda Nelson
December 2020 Host Code
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