Share Sunshine PDF with the Retiring Artfully Aware

Last week, I purchased the new Stampin' Up! Covid 19 Fundraising PDF Download called Share Sunshine. It contains both black and white and colour images and sentiments geared to the global pandemic situation. You can print them on cardstock and use them on your card fronts and the colours coordinate with regular Stampin' Up! colours.

When you click on this link, it takes you to a page where you can download the 15 page PDF for $12 USD. Your credit card will make the change to your currency automatically. For me, the images and sentiments printed easily and the colours that came off my printer were a perfect match for the Stampin' Up! colours, but that would depend upon your particular computer and printer settings and accuracy. They are all really clever and cute.

The question is, can I roll out and send enough cards to use them all? This download will definitely motivate me!

Here's my first sample:

• I paired these two sentiments up with some retiring products from the Annual Catalogue namely: Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper, Artfully Aware Cling Stamp Set (which is 25% off), and the 5/8" Burlap Ribbon (which is also 25% off). These are still available while supplies last.
• I stamped the image from Artfully Aware on Whisper White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured it in with coordinating Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Markers and Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends Combo Markers. For the hair I used the Soft Saffron Combo and Soft Suede Combo. I used a little Light Smoky Slate to add some shadow around the image. The skin tone is made using the Ivory Blends Marker.
• The Stitched Shapes Dies die cut the image while the Hearts Punch Combo was used to punch out the heart-shaped sentiment and the Classic Label Punch for the second sentiment.
• I added a little Lace trim under the Burlap Ribbon. 

There are a lot of sentiments that would pair well with the Artfully Aware images, so it's one that you might get a lot of use out of along with this Download over the next year or so! Remember, Retiring Products are only available while supplies last.

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

*Artfully Aware Cling Stamp Set [149447] $31.00	*Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper [149500] $20.00	Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115316] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25
Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147278] $12.00	Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144602] $12.00	So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [149557] $12.00	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147273] $12.00	*Smoky Slate Light Stampin' Blends Marker [145054] $6.00
Ivory Stampin' Blends Marker [144606] $6.00	Stampin' Blends Color Lifter [144608] $6.00	Very Vanilla 3/8" (1 Cm) Scalloped Lace Trim [149593] $9.50	*5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon [141487] $9.50	Heart Punch Pack [151292] $46.00
Classic Label Punch [141491] $24.00	Stitched Shapes Dies [152323] $41.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50

*Retiring Products - available while supplies last

Share the Sunshine Download - Covid-19 Fundraising PDF

Family Joy for As You See It Challenges

Welcome to Friday, and our last As You See It Challenge before the New Year. This challenge goes until December 18th, and then we will be taking a break until January 3. This is Challenge #215 and it is a Fill In the Blank Challenge with a holiday theme:

This was an easy blank for me to fill in, because it is my family and my grandkids that give me so much joy at Christmas time and all year round, really! I wanted to make a card that reflected family gathered around, but we didn't really have a specific stamp for that, so, as usual, I improvised and combined what we do have. 

Three sets came to mind for me: A Good Man, Beautiful You and Artfully Aware. One that I forgot that would have worked better, is Wonderful Moments. Combining them along with the tree from Rooted in Nature required a lot of masking and thinking about which images would be in the foreground and which would need to be stamped first and masked first. Here's how it turned out:

• The scene is supposed to be the family gathering around the newly decorated Christmas tree, admiring it and revelling in their closeness to each other.
• I have to say that the dancing lady is my youngest daughter, who is a dancer, and quite often breaks into impromptu dance at exciting moments!
• The sentiments are from Itty Bitty Christmas and Frosted Foliage. 
• I stamped all the images, except for the tree, in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured them in with Stampin' Blends Markers.
• The tree was stamped in Mossy Meadow and I added a Star Designer Element at the top and Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels for lights.

I did another version of this card, and I wonder which you like the best because I can't decide. It's the same, it just has a different sentiment - this one from the Toile Christmas stamp set:

For this one, I kind of felt that the sentiment banner was just a little too large and unwieldy for the scale of the images. What's your opinion? My hubby liked this one best.

Have a great weekend! I hope you can find some stamping time and enter our last challenge of 2019!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

A Good Man Cling Stamp Set [149270] $33.00	Artfully Aware Cling Stamp Set [149447] $31.00	Beautiful You Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151412] $38.00	Rooted In Nature Cling-Mount Stamp Set [148217] $57.00	Itty Bitty Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En) [150513] $30.00
Frosted Foliage Cling Stamp Set (En) [150520] $27.00	Toile Christmas Bundle (En) [152367] $70.00	Toile Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En) [150469] $33.00	Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146979] $12.00	Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146983] $12.00
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $10.25	Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad [147112] $10.25
Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [147118] $10.25	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $10.25	Ivory Stampin' Blends Marker [144606] $6.00	So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [149557] $12.00	Cajun Craze Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147931] $12.00
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144601] $12.00	Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144040] $12.00	Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144598] $12.00	Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [148547] $12.00	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144605] $12.00
Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147278] $12.00	Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147283] $12.00	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147273] $12.00	Stamping Sponges [141337] $7.00	Star Designer Elements [150430] $12.25
Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels [150457] $8.25	Everyday Label Punch [144668] $24.00	Timeless Label Punch [149516] $24.00	Christmas Cardinal Dies [150640] $45.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50
Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50

Post It Full Adhesive Notes to make the masks from (stamp the same image on them and cut out the image just barely inside the stamped line)