Enjoy Today's Seasonal Layers

With the new 2019-2020 Annual Catalog debuting in a few weeks, it's exciting seeing new products, sad to see some products retire, and thrilling to put the new and continuing products together. 

Today's card has all three elements.

1.  The new: "Enjoy Today" from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set. I have already made/shown several cards with this set. The background on the Whisper White oval is from the new Verdant Garden stamp set. I stamped the vines in Garden Green, then colored the leaves with Garden Green ink and my blender pen and the background with Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write Marker.

2. The retiring: The Brick Wall embossing folder is retiring. I love this folder, and I may just keep mine, however I will let you know that there is a new 3D Brick & Mortar folder debuting.

3.  The continuing:  Seasonal Layers Dies is what I used to make the beautiful branch with two-part flowers. Easy! No coloring, just layering.  Those two pieces of ribbon are also continuing and they are: 5/8" Burlap and Whisper White Flax ribbons.

Please let me know if you have any questions about my cards. I would love to see your comments, too!

When you are ready to place your order, you can use my Online Store. Get those retiring products by June 3rd.

Enjoy Today in the Garden

Today's card is a bit of a CASE from the new 2019-2020 Annual Catalog that debuts June 4th. The catalog card had a rectangular window and a different pattern from the Garden Lane Designer Series Paper. The sentiment is from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set - which I still haven't played with much, even though it was my favorite thing presented at On Stage last month and I bought the entire suite! I've been side tracked with the Verdant Garden stamp set!!

You can see how easy it is to stamp color on color and get a wonderful result that gives a flat card some dimension. Then the same vine stamped in color on Whisper White can be colored in. 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you were inspired to create something!

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Verdant Garden Miss You and Note Card

Lining up the two stamps in two ink colors was a breeze with photopolymer Verdant Garden

The story of these cards makes me laugh. I went to On Stage, a Stampin' Up! event where demonstrators get all excited about new products coming out. We get to hang out together, make some cards and have so much fun learning about new products. Then, we are given a list of products that we can pre-order before anyone else! I loved a suite of products called "Magnolia Lane." When it came time to order, I accidentally ordered that suite + two other products that coordinate with it in a way. The two "bonus" :-) products were the Verdant Garden stamp set and the coordinating Garden Lane Designer Series Paper. You will see the paper tomorrow, but today I want to show you how I made my own designer paper by using two of the stamps from the Verdant Garden stamp set!

Verdant Garden stamp set will be released on June 4, 2019

I started my stamping in the middle of the note card, then went to the right, then left. I think this made it easier for me. Okay, I got a little bit crooked, but I still like it! Then I couldn't stop, so I did the envelope flap, too!

Ink colors used: Rococo Rose (new In Color, avail June 4) and Cherry Cobbler

Some retired ribbon was just the right touch to go under the heart with the words die cut using Well Written Dies.

Thanks for looking today! I hope you are enjoying your weekend. Let me know if you have any questions about my cards or the products used on them.

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