Smooth Sailing Dies with Tropical Chic

I really appreciate the variety of masculine sets and dies

in the 2019-20 Stamping' Up! catalog.  I have many

guys in my family, to create cards for.  The ability to

stack dies enables creation of cards that are interesting,

full of texture and relatively quick to put together,

once the shapes are cut out.

For this project, I used dies from Smooth Sailing (p 195)

and the sentiment from Tropical Chic (p 93).

I ran the Gray Granite layer through the Subtles 3D

Embossing folder and then highlighted it with 

VersaMark ink.  The rest of the colors included Pool Party,

Soft Sea Foam and Garden Green.

Geared Up Sailing Home Peacock

This is not a traditional 4th of July card, but I liked

this combination of stamp sets, with the sentiment.

I took the sentiment from  Sailing Home (p 146),  

and cut it out with the coordinating

Smooth Sailing Dies.  For the background, I used 

smoke from Geared Up Garage

(p 154) and feathers from Royal Peacock (p 26).

The feather-smoke combination works well to
set off the sentiment.  To add to this card, 
 the feathers could be glittered,  to make them look sparkly. 

Please have a safe and wonderful 4th of July!

Well Written Dies

Happy July!  It's a tad warmer than I like, but

at least we haven't had any Tornados since Memorial Day.

I am overjoyed that the Well Written dies (p 197) carried over

to the new 2019-20 catalog.  This set of dies fits so many

occasions with ease.  

I ran the whisper white layer through

the Lace 3D Embossing Folder and cut out an oval with

the Stitched Shapes dies ( p 196).

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.