Happy New Year!

Happy New Year. It's been awhile, but I'm back! Last year got a little crazy: moved to a new house, sold our home of 15 years, and renovated the new one. We moved to a smaller house, which proved to be a little challenging. We certainly didn't need all the room, but grew accustom to it. We purchased a foreclosed home. Great price, but needed a lot of work.  We just needed to get it to be habitable, first. Cats took over the house for many months-need I say more? I had a vision for it, and much of what I hoped for, came to be. This is our 'Forever Home' so we will have time to make it our own through the years.  I have some of my favorite before and after pictures I can post another time. I want to get to showing you some of the fabulous new products from the Stampin' Up! 2019 Occasions Catalog.

Of course it's also SALE-A-BRATION Time! For every $50 you spend, you get free product!

 It's hard for me to pick one or two, but I will start with the beautiful florals. SU! doesn't have too many sets that have don't have sentiments with the stamp set.  Bloom By Bloom is one of those.  Only florals, stems, and leaves.  This is a beautiful set. I could see using it as a focal image or background.  My first example uses this Bloom by Bloom Stamp set. There are so many examples with this set using primary colors. The examples in the catalog have a Scandinavia look to them. Very sharp- I went with more spring color tones. With winter in Northern IL lasting several months, I wanted some spring color combos.
I absolutely love, love, LOVE my Stamperatus! There are so many things I can do, now that I have this.  Aside from the layers of the card itself, there are no other dimensions or embellishments.  I was able to stamp the flowers in various positions and then put it on the Stamperatus and stamp the sentiment 3 times, inking again before each time, to get this beautiful dark image. #simplestamping

What I did:
Stamps & Products: Bloom By Bloom (SU! 2019 Occasions) Sentiment: Incredible Like You (SU! 2019 Occasions) Cardstock & Paper: All SU!  Lemon Lime Twist cut 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4,  Black 4 1/8 x 5 3/8, adhering it to the card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals, White cut 3 7/8 x 5
Ink: All SU! Momento- Tuxedo Black, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, Flirty Flamingo, Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight.
Snail Adhesive(SU!) Tear & Tape (SU!) Simply Scored (SU!) Scissor snips.


This next Card I used  CAS(E) this Sketch #303 as my inspiration.  
Since I decided to come back to the Bloggesphere, I am coming back full force.  Back to entering weekly challenges.  Here is my first go at it, this year!  I wanted to use new Stampin' Up products and stay as close to the design as possible.  What do you think?

 What I did:
Stamps & Products: Incredible Like You (SU! 2019 Occasions) Sentiment: Incredible Like You (SU! 2019 Occasions) Cardstock & Paper: All SU!  Crumb Cake cut 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4,  Balmy Blue 4 1/8 x 5 3/8, adhering it to the card base. White cut 3 7/8 x 5 rune through Dot to Dot textured embossing folder (SU! 2019 Occasions)
SU! Designer Series paper: Needlepoint Nook cut 2 x 5 strip
Ink: All SU! Momento- Tuxedo Black, Balmy Blue, Granny Apple Green.
White card stock-used stitched Framelits oval (SU!), couldn't find my Scallop Framelits so had to cut one out using Cricut. The SU! Scallop Framelits would have looked much better.
Techniques: When creating the flower, stamped off Balmy blue for the lighter inside color. Used Silver Metallic thread, wrapped loosely around three fingers then stuck to the back of scallop oval.
Snail Adhesive(SU!) Tear & Tape (SU!) Simply Scored (SU!) Scissor snips.

What I did:
Stamps & Products: Incredible Like You Sentiment: Incredible Like You (SU! 2019 Occasions)
White SU! Notecard. These are fabulous! Finished card is 5 x 3 1/5
Ink: All SU! Momento- Tuxedo Black,Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green.
White card stock-used stitched Framelits oval (SU!)
SU! Designer Series paper: Needlepoint Nook cut  3 1/4 x 4 3/4
Techniques: When creating the flower, stamped off Poppy Parade for the lighter inside color. Used Silver Metallic thread, wrapped loosely around three fingers then stuck to the back of scallop oval.
Snail Adhesive(SU!) Tear & Tape (SU!) Simply Scored (SU!) Scissor snips.

By the way- you want to know the easiest way to make a card? Start with Note Cards & Envelopes. They're ready for you to make and send a card. Card has thicker cardstock for layering and embellishing. Such a deal: you get 20 notecards and 20 envelopes for $6.50. 
* 20 Whisper White cards: 5" x 3-1/2" (12.7 x 8.9 cm)
* 20 Whisper White envelopes: 5-1/8" x 3-5/8" (13 x 9.2 cm)
Hope you enjoyed these samples.  Plenty more to come in the new year.  You can go to the Stampin' Up! website and order all these products. Order through Stampin' Up! Online
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