Sweet Strawberry with Strawberry Builder Set

 Welcome to our first Stamp Off Challenge of 2021.

Trust me, Susan, Buffy and I are counting on a better year,

including lots of stamping.  This week, we are featuring

our favorite set from the new January-June 2021 Mini Catalog.

I am enjoying several new catalog sets, but I have to

say that the Sweet Strawberry set on page 44 tops my list.

I like the structure of strawberry plants and 

this set has beautiful images.  The coordinating Strawberry

Builder punch makes it very convenient to crank out

those berries.  

For this card, I added some smoke from the Geared Up

Garage set, to create a background that was run through

the Subtles 3D Embossing folder.  It's hard to see, but

there is some Wink of Stella on the berry, to shine it up.

I hope that your 2021 is looking up, and that you enjoy

the cards offered by Buffy and Susan.  They are

lovely indeed!

Butterfly Wishes on Pearlescent Specialty Paper

 This card features several items from the Jan-June 2021

Mini Catalog, which will go live tomorrow.

I stamped the butterfly from Butterfly Wishes (page 16 of

the annual catalog), using Stazon ink, on to the new

Pearlescent Specialty paper on page 41 of the new Mini.

It's hard to tell, but they have a very nice shimmer!

I colored the butterflies with the Stampin' Blends.

I added the sentiment and then ran this layer through the

new Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder on page 33.

It's a CAS card, but the new products add some

sparkle that is hard to see from the photos.

Sweet Strawberry with Strawberry Builder Punch

 So this post requires some explanation.  A description of

a plot, perpetrated by my friends and Stamp Off Challenge

buddies Buffy and Susan.   I was trying to decide if I would

purchase the Gilded Leafing Embellishment on page 33,

of the upcoming Mini Catalog, and expressed reluctance.  

Susan and Buffy launched into

an elaborate plot, sending cards and samples of the

Gilded Leafing in an effort to convince me that my

thinking was in error.  Basically, they got very, very pushy.

So I ordered the Gilded Leafing, but since it has not arrived

yet, have been using what Buffy sent (thank you!)

The Gilded Leafing works with Heat and Stick Powder

(page 33) and the VersaMark ink.  It looks different from

embossing, because it has that thick broken, shiny, 

foil-like appearance.

This is a new set, available in the Jan-June 2021 Mini Catalog.

The Sweet Strawberry Stamp set on page 44 can be bundled

with the coordinating Strawberry Builder Punch, which

cuts out the berries, stem, a flower and leaf.  It is very

handy to be able to use this punch for many of the 

stamped elements. As you can see, using Gilded Leafing

with the outline strawberry stamp really makes those

berries shine.

The background paper is my favorite In Good Taste DSP

on page 148.  It lends that basket feeling.  I used a die from

the Potted Succulents Dies (page 39), to cut out the sentiment.

I highly recommend all of these products.  They are fun

to use and the Gilded Leafing brightens up a project.