Work of Art with Beautiful You

This card is follow-up after last Friday's Stamp Off

Challenge.  I've continue to experiment with

the swishes from Work of Art (annual p 151).  They really

lend themselves to great backgrounds as indicated

by several previous posts:

Work of art with Flowering Flourishes

Sky's the Limit

In this example, I stamped the swish with Crushed Curry and

Flirty Flamingo.  The sentiment comes from Beautiful You

(p 121).  If I had added gold embossed swishes, per the 
previous post, this card would look a bit more fancy.

Stamp Off Out With the Old Work of Art

As we approach the end of May, it is time

for Susan, Buffy and I say goodbye to some 

retiring sets. 

It is a bit like saying goodbye to an old friend.

There is often pain involved in shelving sets,

that we have spent time with.

Not that we can't continue to use them, but we generally

post current Stampin' Up! product (most of the time)!

One of my favorite retiring sets is Work of Art, on page 151.
Looking at this set reminded me of the 
Painted with Love Specialty DSP in the Occasions
Catalog (pages 18-19).  I knew that I could create a similar
look, by stamping the swish stamp in different colors, and then
adding gold embossed swishes.  The Work of Art swishes 
allow you to create lots of different backgrounds and moods.    

For this example, I used the returning Flirty Flamingo with
retiring Peekaboo Peach.  Hints of black work very well
with these colors, including the gold embossing.
I added a bit of Black Baker's Twine and this
card was complete.

Here are some past posts that use this 
"swish background approach":
Work of Art with Flowering Flourishes
Work of Art with Flower Shop

I appreciate your stop at my blog and know that you 

will enjoy the ideas offered by Buffy and Susan!

Framed Bubble Over

I continue to play around with using the Stamparatus to 

create a sentiment frame for an image.  In this example,

I used Bubble Over (Occasions p 32).  This lovely

bundle is carrying over to the 2018-2019 catalog, which

makes me very happy!!   Using the Bottles and Bubbles

Framelits dies, I cut out two bottles, in order

to proved a backdrop.  I added a few Gold Foil "bubbles"

to emphasize the festive theme. 

Colorful Seasons with Updated Colors

This is a sneak peak of sorts.   Colorful Seasons (p 147), with

coordinating Seasonal Layers Thinlits (p 216) is continuing

to the 2018-19 Stampin' Up! Annual catalog.  This project

includes two of the colors that are returning with the color

renovation.   I love Mint Macaron and Blackberry Bliss

and am thrilled that they will be part of the regular color

line-up.  It's good to have them back! 

Moon Baby Colored with Stampin' Blends

There are so many sets in the annual catalog, that I enjoy

coloring with the SU Stampin' Blends.   Moon Baby (p 106)

is one of those sets.  It is a wonderful set, for a new baby,

baby shower or older baby birthday.  Just an incredibly 

sweet set!

Beautiful Day with Brusho Crystal Colour

This is one of the first Brusho Crystal Colour cards that

I made, but never posted.  You can make a very quick card

with the Beautiful Day set (Occasions p 26) and a little

bit of Brusho.   In this example, I clear embossed the 

butterfly and then went to town sprinkling and spritzing.

I like the fact that you can add as much or as little color

as you wish!