Inspiring Iris Thanks

I had to post another iris, from Inspiring Iris (page 111).

It is such a beautiful set and I use it often.  It is a great

set for creating quick cards.

In this example, I used Basic Black, Mango Melody, and 

Old Olive.  The extra strip of DSP comes from the Seeing

Silhouettes pack.  

Back on Your Feet

I'm headed back to the annual catalog today.  After the

Merry Moose (Friday's post), the Back on Your Feet set on page 83 is my favorite for coloring with the Blends.  I used

lots of the Stitched Rectangle dies to create all of the

layers.  A piece of Seeing Silhouettes DSP was also 

added because it just works with everything! 

I share my cards with my Mom, and she always picks out the

funny sets, including Merry Moose and Back on your Feet.

  I guess at 90 years of age,

your sense of humor is in full bloom!

New Holiday Product Videos!

It's new Holiday catalog time!

Check out the videos below, demonstrating

some of this exciting new product!

Stamp Off Merry Moose

This is a happy challenge, because Susan, Buffy and I

get to show you new product from the Stampin' Up!

Holiday catalog.

There are many products from this catalog to pick from,

but I had to narrow it down.

The Moose (Merry Moose on page 27) is my fav.

I like moose because I have family who live in Minnesota,

as well as the fact that they are very interesting creatures.

I paired this moose with a piece of Seeing Silhouettes DSP

and a Noble Peacock Foil Sheet (page 167) bough created with

the Christmas Layers Die (page 16 in the Holiday).

I colored the moose with Stampin' Blends, feeling that

blue worked well for his body color.   I colored the

Light Balmy Blue and then softened it with the

Color Lifter (page 179).  I popped him up on lots of

mini-dimensional to make him stand out.

I hope that you enjoyed this introduction to products

from the SU Holiday Catalog.  Be sure to click on over

to see what Buffy and Susan have for you!

Snowman Season

Honestly, I love Snowmen.  They are festive, silly

and made of snow.   I like snow. This snowman comes from the 

Snowman Season set on page 20 of the newly released

Holiday Catalog.  You can bundle this set with the

coordinating Snowman Builder Punch on page 19.

The snowflakes were created with the Christmas Layers

Dies on page 16.  As always, the images have been

colored with Stampin' Blends!

On To Adventure Holiday Mashup

Just in case you were not aware of it, the new Stampin' Up!

Holiday Catalog goes live on Wednesday (September 4th).

I had a whimsical moment and decided that I wanted to

combine a number of stamp sets, to capture the 

exuberance of the upcoming holidays.

The little lady, or in this case, an updated Ms Claus,

comes from the On to Adventure stamp set on page 28 of

the annual catalog.   She has borrowed the snowman's hat

and Christmas greeting from Snowman Season Bundle
on (Holiday) page 20. These images were colored 
with Stampin' Blends. The tree images come from 
the Merry Moose set on (Holiday) page 27.

Stitched Shapes Dies were used to raise Ms Claus

to her deserved height on this card!

Lastly, please have a safe and happy Labor Day.