New Catalog Color Renovation

In case you haven't heard,

the current Stampin' Up! catalog retires May 31, 2018.

That means a NEW catalog, with delightful NEW rubbah!

It is an exciting time of year, with some changes coming.

This year, SU is having a color renovation.

Trust me, this is a GREAT thing!

First, the colors above are going away/retiring.

It looks like a lot of colors, but keep in mind that

the 2016-18 In Colors were scheduled to retire.

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Now, for the exciting part....

we are getting the new colors shown above, plus 6 former colors
(indicated by the word "returning" on the graph below)!  They will really open up possibilities for beautiful paper projects.

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This is the complete, new color line-up for the 2018-19 SU catalog.

You'll notice that we will now be offering 53 colors,

increasing our delicious color palette. 

Flourish Thinlits on Watercolor Wash

This card required a bit of dry time.   I wet watercolor

paper and then used an aqua painter to spread 

Flirty Flamingo and Peekaboo Peach ink,

created a watercolor wash.  

I dried the ink with my heat tool.

The Flourish Thinlits dies (annual p 216)

 was perfect, when paired with

Gold Foil paper.  Finally, I added the birthday sentiment

from Birthday Basics (annual p 149).

Sometimes, the clean and simple cards are the ones

that come together most rapidly.  This is however, 

until you add the final touch, the sentiment, and then

smudge it!!  Sadly, I have a hard time waiting

til ink dries, to attach my card layers!

Stamp Off For the Birds Flying Home

Welcome, from Susan, Buffy and myself.

We're glad that you are here to check out

our little challenge.

This week, we are doing a "For the Birds" Challenge.

SU has some beautiful sets, featuring a variety of

birdie goodness.  We hope that you enjoy.

I LOVE the  Flying Home set, on page 41 of the Occasions

catalog.  It is sweet, fun to color and open to many techniques.

In this example, I colored the focal image with 

Stampin' Blends and cut it out with the Stitched Shapes

Framelits (annual p 214) and Layering Circles Framelits Dies.

  I colored the strip of Petal Passion DSP with 

Old Olive Stampin' Blends.  Linen Thread gave it a

bird nest kind of feel.

Thank you for stopping by.  Please hop on over to

see what kind of birdie trouble Buffy and Susan are in!
And no, Buffy and I did not coordinate on our cards.
I'm just glad that Buffy survived her close encounter
with a blackbird!!

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Celebrate You Stamparatus Hinge Step

I decided to add one more Stamparatus Hinge step

sample, so that you can see different ways to use

this techique.   This sample uses the Amazing You

stamp set from the SAB offerings, which I am "guessing"

might be in the upcoming 2018-29 annual catalog,

since the Celebrate You Thinlits Dies will be available. 

Timeless Textures (p 154) can also be used

with the Hinge Step technique, to help you line up

all of your stamped images.

The other entertaining thing about this card is 
that the coffee stain stamp sort of looks like a large "C"
in front of the "celebrate" sentiment.

Sending you Hugs

I got my Stamparatus a while back,

and have played with it just a little.

In this example, I used the Lovely Inside & Out

set (annual p 157) to stamp a series of "HUGS" by

moving the Stamparatus hinge down the device.

For more information on the hinge step

technique, please check out the 

Stampin' Up! video below.  The Stamparatus

will be available in the upcoming 2018-19 Annual Catalog

Easter Blessings

The cross is the lightening rod of grace,

that short-circuits God's wrath to Christ,

so that only the light of his love,

remains for believers.