Magnolia Lane on Rococo Rose

It's Stamp Off Challenge day, and Susan, Buffy and I

are sharing our favorite new In Colors!

The choice of favorite In Color was a no-brainer

for me.  I'm kind of a Pink/Rose girl, so I love

Rococo Rose.  It's not too light pink and goes with a

nice selection of SU colors.  In this example, I paired

Rococo Rose with Mossy Meadow.

Products used on this card include:

Magnolia Lane set on page 38

Magnolia Memory Dies on page 194

Stitched Lace Die on page 196  

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Royal Peacock with Butterfly Gala Sentiment

It's always interesting to "get to know" new Stampin' Up!

product.  Playing with product is different from checking

it out in the catalog.  Admittedly, I have gotten better at

figuring out what product I will really enjoy.

For this card, I used the Royal Peacock Bundle, including

the Royal Peacock Stamp set and Detailed Peacock dies 

(page 5, 25, and 192).   I added the coordinating 

Noble Peacock Foil Sheets (p 167) and Brick and Mortar

3D Embossing folder, found on page 198.   The sentiment 

from Butterfly Gala (p 47) was cut out with the

Stitched Shapes Dies on page 196.

I picked up the Royal Peacock bundle because it is so

different, with elements that are great together, or can

be used separately for different looks.

Geared Up Garage Celebration

I love masculine sets, especially those that are car

related, since many in my family are car nuts. 

Geared up Garage (page 154), paired with the Garage Gears

Dies (page 193) enables quick creation of celebratory cards.

I like repeat stamping sentiments, to create a background

with variations in color.  I ran the balmy blue layer through

the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder to add more texture.

Good Morning Magnolia with Detailed Peacock

I am really enjoying some of the new Stampin' Up! 

 colors and dies.  The combination of Soft Sea Foam,

Balmy Blue and Old Olive creates a restful, calming card.

I ran the card base through the Subtles Embossing Folder

and sponged the edges with VersaMark.

For this card, I used the sentiment from Good Morning

Magnolia (page 37) and cut it out with the Sail Home dies

(page 195).  The feathers and branches were created with

the Detailed Peacock dies on page 192.  

The Candy Dots were colored with the Dark Balmy Blue

Stampin' Blend and matches the DSP more closely than

shown in the photo.

This is another color scheme,  using Petal Pink and

the Noble Peacock Foil Sheets. 

Good Morning Magnolia

The Magnolia Lane Suite has something for everyone.

The DSP is stunning, the flowers are bold and enable

a huge variety of techniques (blends, embossing,

watercoloring, no-line coloring, and so on).  

The sentiments are lovely and the dies allow for

both card making and 3D options.

This sample is very simple, with lots of white space.

I used Rococo Rose because of it's quiet elegance.

The focus is the sentiment, which is as it should be

with a card for illness.

Tropical Chic Thank You

I really enjoy cards that are simple, yet elegant.

But these can be really challenging projects to

pull off.  I think that the Tropical dies (page 197), 
with coordinating Tropical Chic set on page 93
is a combination that makes elegance very
achievable.  

In this example, I ran my Coastal Cabana
layer through the Pine Planks 3D Embossing Folder and
then swiped it with some VersaMark ink to add texture.
 I layered up some of the die cut foliage (Gray Granite,
Rococo Rose) , stamped the sentiment and the card was done.  
I almost forgot
to add that the bunch of flowers came from the 
Bouquet Bunch Dies on page 191.  This is another
set of dies that enables creation of very elegant cards.