Thank You to Demonstrator Support for Their Awesomeness #weloveds

Demonstrator Support is a service Stampin' Up! provides its demonstrators. You can phone DS for help with ordering, problems with orders or deliveries, or any questions you might have about policies and products! In fact, the amount of knowledge a Demonstrator Support employee must have is mind-boggling. I have been so thankful for them in a number of cases. Not only that, but they are so cheerful and helpful. I rarely come away from a phone call or email without all the information and resolution I need! Last year, demonstrators came up with a plan to thank Demonstrator Support personnel. They flooded the office with cards, tweets, facebook posts etc., just to let DS know how we feel about them. It was so well supported that we are doing it again this year, using the hashtag,
#weloveds!

I used a colour challenge from The Paper Players for this card. It features three of the five In Colours that will be retiring this year, Strawberry Slush, Pistachio Pudding and Coastal Cabana. I'm going to be really sorry to see them go, but I'm also excited to find out the new In Colours that will be introduced in the 2015-16 Annual Catalogue in June.  In the meantime, better stock up on these retiring shades before they're unavailable.

Here's a closer look at my card:

• I dug out the Big News Stamp set, which I haven't used very often, but which has this sentiment that was perfect for the situation. There does seem to be no limit to their awesomeness! It's stamped in Coastal Cabana and die cut with the Apothecary Accents Framelits, which this stamp was just made for, I can tell.
• I die cut another shape in Pistachio Pudding and cut it in half, glueing it on the back of the sentiment panel, just offset a bit on the top and bottom. To do this, it is necessary to trim off the little points on the ends of the background shape. The whole panel is popped up on Dimensionals.
• The panel behind the sentiment is stamped using the Mother's Love Stamp set, which is a funky two-step stamping floral set. Each image comes in solid and outline which created the flowers you see here.
• A little DSP from the Lullaby Designer Series Paper in Pistachio Pudding creates a envelope liner. The bow on the card front is tied with the In Colour Thick Baker's Twine.

I'm sure you have a person that you know with no awesomeness limit! This would be a great card for them.

Tuesday means new Weekly Deals. Take a look at these bargains:

I think I'll give those Washi Sheets a try! And maybe the Striped Scallop Thinlits Die. Those Something Borrowed Embellishments are so beautiful and make great jewelry as well as card bling!

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 Stampin' Up! products used to make this card today!

Product List

Big News Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134018]	Big News Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134015]	Mother's Love Clear Stamp Set [138841]	Mother's Love Wood Stamp Set [138838]	Mother's Love Photopolymer Stamp Set [137170]
Lullaby Designer Series Paper [133695]	Strawberry Slush 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131295]	Pistachio Pudding 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131294]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]
Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [131175]	2013-2015 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [131260]	Coastal Cabana Thick Baker's Twine [135638]	Apothecary Accents Framelits Die [127003]	Big Shot [113439]
SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Glue Dots [103683]

Enjoy the Fuss for Colour Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketches

After a lovely, busy weekend, which I will tell you more about later, I got a little time in my Craft Cave and decided to make a card that I could enter in two challenges,  Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #147,

and Colour Throwdown Challenge #303, a very unusual, but effective colour scheme.  The layout sketch from FMS was fairly straight forward, and clean and simple!  As 3 out of 4 of the colours in the CTD Challenge were retired or unknown to me, I had to do some substitution.  I used Calypso Coral for Poppy Parade, Old Olive for Lucky Limeade and Pool Party for Cool Caribbean.  Here's a closer look and the result.

• I just didn't want to take the easy way out and use DSP for the three strips in the design (which I turned on its side), so I went looking for some stamps to use instead.  I found a photopolymer set that I had not used yet, but was dying to ink up: Chalk Lines.  With a narrow matte of Garden Green, I love the way they turned out! And I love using the larger photopolymer stamps for something like this. It makes lining them up and getting them straight a piece of cake!
• I searched around for awhile to find the right sentiment for this card.  It needed to be simple and it needed also to be long and narrow rather than squarish (is that a word?).  I finally found it in another new set, Big News.  It's kind of ironic that the sentiment, "enjoy the fuss." is used in such a simple card!
• Again, I tried a few different solutions for the twine in the Sketch challenge and finally decided to use White Baker's Twine - clean and simple.  I added a Calypso Coral Designer Button to bring a pop of that colour into the mix.

And that is all there is to it!  Pretty easy to do, but fun as well.  Speaking of fun, I had my oldest grandson, Parker, visit me this weekend and I really enjoyed his visit.  He is two and a half now and he communicates some big long thoughts and stories so well.  It's so much fun to know what he is thinking about.  I enjoyed some craft time with him.  He spotted the octopus from Sea Street right away, and I got out the Elegant Eggplant Ink Pad because purple is Parker's favourite colour.  Here's a couple of photos:

 

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

Chalk Lines Photopolymer Stamp Set [135005]	Big News Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134018]	Big News Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134015]	Calypso Coral 8-1/2 X 11 Card Stock [122925]	Garden Green 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [102584]
Old Olive 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [100702]	Pool Party 8-1/2 X 11 Card Stock [122924]	Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [100730]	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [126983]	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [126973]
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953]	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [126982]	White Baker's Twine [124262]	Subtles Designer Buttons [130030]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]