Stampin' Up Sneak Peek 2016-2017 Catalog Love & Affection Pop of Paradise Cards, Tags, Card Box II

And another 80 plus degree day out.  A few clouds here and there and maybe a pop up shower and all is well here in Michigan.

I'll be sharing some really cool cards and tags that I designed this week and a card box that I found a video for on Friday!  I so LOVE how my project came together and the colors are just fabulous! 

Let's take a look at my second card:

And, yes!  I was the "Fussy Cutting Queen" again!

Isn't this flamingo just too Stinkin' cute!  I'm in LOVE with him!!!  He's from Stampin' Up's new Pop of Paradise Stamp Set along with the palm frond, BIG leaf and pineapple.  I was going for the flamingo stranded on a little island in the middle of an ocean and I think I achieved the look I was going for.

My card base is SU Whisper White Cardstock cut at  4-1/4" x 11" and scored and folded at 5-1/2".

For the island, I inked up the top of Stampin' Up's Watercolor Wash Background Stamp (so glad it is returning in the new catalog) in SU's Chocolate Chip Ink and stamped it on the bottom of my card base.

Using just my index finger, I tapped on some SU Pool Party Ink in the open spaces of the Chocolate Chip Ink.  I think these two colors together just look so striking.

For the palm tree trunk, I used a leftover piece in Chocolate Chip Cardstock from die cutting the long die from SU's new Swirly Scribble Thinlits Dies available to order June 1st.

I stamped two of the BIG leaves in Cucumber Crush Ink on Whisper White Cardstock, fussy cut them out and adhered them together and to the palm tree trunk using Mono Multi-Purpose Glue.

I stamped the small flower from SU's new Love & Affection Stamp Set in Flirty Flamingo Ink and the flower center in Chocolate Chip Ink.  I colored in the center of the flower using SU's Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker.   I fussy cut it out, went around the petals with my Petal Roller Tool to give them some dimension and adhered it in between the two BIG leaves on the tree trunk using Mono Multi-Purpose Glue.  

I added some Crystal Effects and when it was dry, I went around the center with my Clear Wink of Stella Brush to give it a glittery shine.

For the pineapple, I used the ink to stamp technique and colored the pineapple using Stampin' Write Markers in Crushed Curry and Cucumber Crush.  I huffed on the stamp and stamped it on SU's Whisper White Cardstock, fussy cut it out and adhered the pineapple to the base of the palm tree trunk using Mono Multi-Purpose Glue.

I stamped the flamingo in Flirty Flamingo Ink on Whisper White Cardstock, fussy cut him out and adhered him to my card base using Mono Multi-Purpose Glue.

I stamped the palm tree frond in Cucumber Crush Ink on Whisper White Cardstock, fussy cut it out and adhered it to my card using Mono Multi-Purpose Glue.

I stamped the hello sentiment in Flirty Flamingo Ink on Very Vanilla Cardstock and punched it out using SU's 1-1/4" Circle Punch.  I punched another circle from Very Vanilla Cardstock and punched it out using SU's 1-3/8" Circle Punch. I adhered the two circles together and to the palm tree frond using Mono Multi-Purpose Glue.

   





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For the inside of my card, I used SU's Floral Frames Dies (may still be available on the SU Retiring List) and die cut the largest flower from Flirty Flamingo Cardstock and adhered it to the inside of my card along with another BIG leaf.

I randomly adhered 3 Basic Jewel Rhinestones to my card.

I also stamped the larger flowers on my envelopes.

Oh My Gosh...I had so much fun creating this project!  That flamingo is just too cool and too fun to work with!  Sorry, no Lynn Sneak Peek today; maybe tomorrow!  =)

That's all I have for today.  Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Please come back the rest of this week to see the rest of my project!

Have a great day!






I recently discovered that people are using my cards and/or projects, duplicating them and entering them into challenges and using them for their own card classes.  My cards and projects are my own creations and are not to be used in challenges, blog hops, card classes or sold at craft shows; etc., for profit.  I don't mind if you duplicate my creativity to pass on to family members or friends as gifts or Occasions cards; but,  PLEASE be considerate of others creativity!  Thank you!




If you are interested in purchasing Stampin' Up products, you can order from me on-line at www.stampinup.com and please choose me, Lynn Gauthier, as your Demonstrator.


 
   
This is my first blog and it is still under construction.  I have yet to receive my Watermark so the picture's are copyright Lynn A. Gauthier, 2015-2016 Stampin' Up. 
 






 

Stampin' Up Sneak Peek 2016-2017 Catalog Love & Affection Pop of Paradise Cards, Tags, Card Box I

Another beautiful day in Michigan.  Not a cloud in the sky and it's supposed to be in the 80's most of the week with some pop up showers here and there through Sunday. You walk outside and the smell is so awesome with all the lilac's, azalea and crab apple tree's in full bloom.  I think we've gone right from Spring to Summer and I'll take it!

I'll be sharing some really cool cards and tags that I designed this week and a card box that I found a video for on Friday!  I so LOVE how it all came together and the colors are fabulous! 

Let's take a look at my first card:

The first card that I'm sharing with you today is a 3" x 3" card cut at 3" x 6" and scored and folded at 3".  I made it using one of the new Stampin' Up 2016-2018 In-Colors called Sweet Sugarplum.

I stamped the heart from SU's new stamp set called Pop of Paradise in another new In-Color called Flirty Flamingo on SU's Very Vanilla cardstock.  I adhered the heart to my card using Mono Multi-Purpose Glue.

The leaf was stamped in SU's Cucumber Crush on Whisper White cardstock and adhered with Mono Multi-Purpose Glue. 

I also stamped the leaf on the envelope.

I stamped the small flower from SU's new Love & Affection Stamp Set in Flirty Flamingo Ink on Very Vanilla Cardstock.  The center of the flower was stamped in SU's Chocolate Chip Ink.  I went around the edges of the flower petals with my petal roller tool to give the flower some dimension.  I then colored in the center with SU's Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker, added Crystal Effects and when it was dry, I went around the center and the veins with my Wink of Stella Brush.

I randomly added 3 small Basic Jewel Rhinestones to the card front.

For the inside of my card, I die-cut a medium sized heart using SU's new Sweet & Sassy Framelits dies and adhered it with Mono Multi-Purpose Glue.

I added a piece of SU's New Affectionately Yours Designer Washi Tape in Cucumber Crush.  You can see the Sweet Sugarplum color come through the white flowers in the tape and it gives it some added color. 

Here's a Lynn Sneak Peek of the pocket in the card box that the 3" x 3" cards fit into and I'll be sharing the entire card box with you on Friday. 

I'm so happy with the way my entire project turned out.  I hope you can come back all this week to see the rest of my project.

That's all I have for today!  Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!








I recently discovered that people are using my cards and/or projects, duplicating them and entering them into challenges and using them for their own card classes.  My cards and projects are my own creations and are not to be used in challenges, blog hops, card classes or sold at craft shows; etc., for profit.  I don't mind if you duplicate my creativity to pass on to family members or friends as gifts or Occasions cards; but,  PLEASE be considerate of others creativity!  Thank you!




If you are interested in purchasing Stampin' Up products, you can order from me on-line at www.stampinup.com and please choose me, Lynn Gauthier, as your Demonstrator.


 
   
This is my first blog and it is still under construction.  I have yet to receive my Watermark so the picture's are copyright Lynn A. Gauthier, 2015-2016 Stampin' Up. 

Stampin' Up 2016-2017 Catalog Sneak Peak Helping Me Grow Fabulous Flora Gift From the Garden Timeless Textures

Today is going to be the best day outside yet this year!  It's supposed to be all sun with a high of 76.  Let's hope that stays true although we could really use the rain which is on its way this Wednesday all the way through this Saturday.  Oh boy!  I will be getting a lot of indoor work done and lots of paper crafting!  =)

I designed another Sneak Peek card from Stampin' Up's 2016-2017 Catalog.  This time I used SU's Helping Me Grow, Timeless Textures and Gift From the Garden Stamp Sets that are returning from last seasons annual catalog and a new Hostess Stamp Set called Fabulous Flora.

Let's take a look:

Check out those plants from Stampin' Up's new Hostess stamp set called Fabulous Flora.  No wonder they named it "Fabulous"!!!

My card base is SU's Crumb Cake Cardstock cut at 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored and folded at 4-1/4".

My card Front Panel is from the new SU Designer Series Paper called Affectionately Yours and cut at 4" x 5-1/4".  The DSP has two Specialty papers in it with Copper Foiling.  Right on trend!

I cut a piece of Farmer's Market DSP (retiring) with the hardwood boards on it for a Center Panel on my card.  

I punched out the flower pots from SU's Watermelon Wonder and Macaron Mint Cardstock using SU's Decorative Label Punch and a retired Tag Punch.  I cut the Watermelon Wonder Decorative Label piece in half to get two flower pots.  Using SU's Timeless Textures Stamp Set (one of my FAVE sets), I stamped the pots in Memento Black Ink.  I brushed Wink of Stella on the flourish on the Mint Macaron flower pot although I couldn't capture the glittery shine in the picture.  Very pretty and it just glistens in person.  I adhered the two Watermelon Wonder flower pots with Mono Multi-Purpose Glue and the Mint Macaron flower pot with Stampin' Dimensionals leaving the tops free to insert the plant stems.

Using the ink to stamp technique, I colored the plant stamp from Fabulous Flora Stamp Set with SU's Emerald Envy and Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Markers, huffed on the stamp and stamped it on Very Vanilla Cardstock.  

I used a blender pen and Emerald Envy Ink to color in the plant's leaves.

I fussy cut the plants and stems out separately and adhered them to my card with Mono Multi-Purpose Glue and some of the leaves with Stampin' Dimensionals to give them some random depth.

I stamped the gloves, boots and shovel from SU's Gift From the Garden Stamp Set on Very Vanilla Cardstock; boots in Memento Black Ink, Gloves in Flirty Flamingo and the shovel in Smoky Slate and Chocolate Chip Inks.  I adhered everything to my card using Mono Multi-Purpose Glue except I gave the bottom of the shovel some height with a small piece of Stampin' Dimensional.

It really took me a while to figure out what sentiment that I wanted to use.  I finally decided on this little frame from SU's Helping Me Grow Stamp Set and the Hello sentiment from Fabulous Flora Stamp Set.  Both were stamped in Night of Navy Ink.  I fussy cut the frame out and adhered it to my card using Stampin' Dimensionals.

I really had fun designing this card as I LOVE gardening, plants and flowers.  I also LOVE to sit and fussy cut as you can tell by my last couple blog posts.

That's all I have for today.  Hope you enjoyed my blog post and can come back to visit again tomorrow!

Have a great day! 







I recently discovered that people are using my cards and/or projects, duplicating them and entering them into challenges and using them for their own card classes.  My cards and projects are my own creations and are not to be used in challenges, blog hops, card classes or sold at craft shows; etc., for profit.  I don't mind if you duplicate my creativity to pass on to family members or friends as gifts or Occasions cards; but,  PLEASE be considerate of others creativity!  Thank you!




If you are interested in purchasing Stampin' Up products, you can order from me on-line at www.stampinup.com and please choose me, Lynn Gauthier, as your Demonstrator.


 
   
This is my first blog and it is still under construction.  I have yet to receive my Watermark so the picture's are copyright Lynn A. Gauthier, 2015-2016 Stampin' Up.