Stampin' Up! Demonstrates the Bloomin' Heart Thinlit Dies

I'm enjoying some time in the sun and warmth this week, so I wanted to share with you some Stampin' Up! videos demonstrating the new Occasions products. The first one features the Bloomin' Heart Thinlits Dies that I used here for yesterday's blog post. Say hello to Brandi Barnard, from the home office:


        


And one more great video about the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush with Donna Griffith, from the home office as well:



       

I learn so much from these videos, and I know they'll be helpful to you, as well.

Because it's Tuesday, it's time for new...

Embedded Heart Technique Card

For my February Technique Night classes, my theme is intricate dies and the Big Shot Die Brush. One of the cards we will be doing features the beautiful Bloomin' Hearts Thinlit Die embedded in the upper layer of the card front. It was inspired by a card that I found on Pinterest, which I basically recreated using Stampin' Up! products.

Take a closer look and the embedding part:

• I die cut two of the Bloomin' Hearts with the thinlit using the Precision Base Plate, one heart from the Watermelon Wonder cardstock and one from Tip Top Taupe cardstock. I then used the Big Shot Die Brush to remove the hearts from the die and to also remove all the little bits of paper from the die cut. I put the Watermelon Wonder heart aside to use for something else, and inserted the Tip Top Taupe heart into the negative space left by the Watermelon heart.
• No, I didn't fit all those little bits of paper back into the spaces in the Tip Top Taupe heart! That would be a ridiculous amount of work. I simply glued the top panel over a 3 7/8" x 4 1/2" piece of Watermelon Wonder cardstock, which was adhered to the card base where the heart would sit. The effect is the same though and it's really hard to tell that it's not all embedded.
• The sentiments are from the Sale-A-Bration set What I Love. You can earn this set for free for a $60 or more order during Sale-A-Bration, until March 31st. A word of caution, though. Definitely stamp the sentiment first before you die cut the heart out of the cardstock. If you mess up you can turn the paper over or stamp another one before you die cut.

• The branches and bird are made with the Bird Builder Punch, an old favourite. Make sure you have the pattern you want facing the right direction before you punch. The large flower die from the Bloomin' Heart Thinlits die cut the flowers that you see. Pearls made the flower centers and the bird's eye.

That Big Shot Die Brush works wonders! I highly recommend it! If you are in my area, you are invited to my Technique Night classes. Join with a fun bunch of ladies and learn some new stampin' techniques!

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

What I Love Photopolymer Stamp Set [141276]	Watermelon Wonder 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138334]	Tip Top Taupe 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138336]	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119686]	Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack [138435]
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974]	Bloomin' Heart Thinlits Dies [140621]	Builder Bird Punch [117191]	Precision Base Plate [139684]	Big Shot [113439]
Big Shot Die Brush [140603]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Glue Dots [103683]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Bloomin' Heart Thinlits and the Big Shot Die Brush

Valentine's Day is coming up in a month and a half, and aside from Christmas, it's the biggest seller for seasonal greeting cards! So we should get going on some Valentines in the next little while. Hopefully, you will see a design you like that you can CASE for your sweetie(s)! When my kids were little, my hubby and I always gave each of them a special valentine at breakfast that morning, and there was that special ritual of preparing valentines for everyone in their classes. I know that there are those who believe you should only give a valentine card to your love: husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend, but I think anytime you can let someone know that you love them, you should spread the love around!

With the Occasions Catalogue gone live now, I thought I would showcase some of the products from it.

• Of course, the show stopper is the Bloomin' Heart Thinlit Die. It's so intricate and gorgeous. You can add flowers of a different colour or paper to it with the flower dies that come with it.
• But with the intricacy of the die comes the difficulty getting the paper out of the die and removing all the little bits. Stampin' Up! has introduced a new tool with this Occasions Catalogue for just that scenario: the Big Shot Die Brush.

With this tool, you lay the die with the paper in it (after you have put it through the Big Shot) paper side down on the foam pad and roll over it like you would a brayer with the rolling brush. It easily removes the paper from the die, and the little bits stick to the foam as the brush rolls over them, removing most of them from the die cut image. This is a must have, especially as the dies get more intricate! You can find it on page 19 in the Occasions Catalogue.

• The background paper is from the new Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack, which consists of 48 double sided sheets of 6" x 6" Design Paper with valentine themes but also floral and more generic patterns you can use after Valentines is over. It's a good value.
• The Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper is a winner as well. Two 12" x 12" sheets should give you enough for most of your Valentine cards. It's great for other projects as well.
• I went looking for a small Happy Anniversary sentiment in my stash and all I could find was this old familiar one from Teeny Tiny Wishes, which still comes in mighty handy quite often. I punched it out with the Word Window Punch and mounted it on a backing of Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper, punched out with the Washi Label Punch.

If you were to order the Bloomin' Love Bundle which consists of the Bloomin' Love Stamp Set and the Bloomin' Heart Thinlits Dies, plus the Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack and some Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper, your order would come to $60.25 before tax and shipping which is just the perfect amount to earn you a Sale-A-Bration reward!

Hope you haven't had any trouble ordering from the new catalogue. I am putting in an order tomorrow night, so I can add yours to it if you want to let me know what you would like to order. If you don't yet have a catalogue, just ask and I will get one to you.

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

Teeny Tiny Wishes Wood Stamp Set [128748]	Teeny Tiny Wishes Clear Stamp Set [127802]	Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack [140548]	Big Shot Die Brush [140603]	Bloomin' Heart Thinlits Dies [140621]
Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper [140550]	Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131198]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126954]	Sahara Sand 7/8" (2.2 Cm) Lace Trim [137866]
Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit [140551]	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247]	Window Word Punch [119857]	Washi Label Punch [138296]	Bloomin' Heart Thinlits Dies [140621]
Bloomin' Love Photopolymer Bundle [140818]	Big Shot [113439]	Big Shot Die Brush [140603]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]
Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]

Bloomin' Love Bundle Sneak Peek

Well, finally! Here it is - my first sneak peek into the new 2016 Occasions Catalogue! I've had these products for a while now, but there have been so many Christmas activities and challenges that I just haven't found the time to play with them. But today I got out my Bloomin' Love Bundle*, which includes the Bloomin' Love Stamp Set and the Bloomin' Heart Thinlits*. I also used some of the new Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper*, the Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack* and the Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit*, so you're getting a whole mittful of sneak peeks!

These products will all be available for you to order when the Occasions Catalogue goes live starting January 5th. Also on January 5th, Stampin' Up!'s biggest promotion of the year, Sale-A-Bration, begins! During Sale-A-Bration, you can earn exclusive free products for every $60 you spend. And the Occasions catalogue will certainly make that easy for you!

Let's take a closer look at the Bloomin' Love Bundle:

• First thing I'm sure you noticed is the intricate die cut heart you see here. This is a product of the Bloomin' Hearts Thinlit dies*. I die cut this one from paper from the Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack*. Then I stamped the small flowers in two sizes on different designs in the same series (using Basic Black Archival ink) and die cut them using the coordinating thinlits. The stamps and the thinlits have handy tabs on them that allow you to line them up without guessing.
• Do yourself a favour, though, and order the new Big Shot Die Brush* when you order these thinlits. I don't have mine yet and so had to resort to the Dryer Sheet Method to get all the little bits out of the heart (and the die), but I used one at the OnStage Local event I attended and it's worth its weight in gold, as it helps you get all the little bits out with ease.
• The sentiment is from the Bloomin' Love Photo Photopolymer Stamp Set*. You will be able to order a die to cut out that banner from another framelit set, the Large Numbers Framelits*, but I don't yet have that, so I fussy cut it, but it is a very easy shape with which to do that. The Blushing Bride Satin Ribbon is from the Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit*, as are the centers of the larger flowers and that adorable little bow paperclip at the top.

*These products are found in the 2016 Occasions Catalogue and will be available to order on Jan. 5, 2016.

Hope you enjoyed the sneak peek! And here's a peek at this week's Weekly Deals:

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

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]	Neutrals Stampin' Write Marker [131261]	Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [131263]
Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126954]	Big Shot [113439]	Precision Base Plate [139684]	Circles Collection Framelits Die [130911]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

*Bloomin' Love Stamp Set, *Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper, *Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack, *Bloomin' Heart Thinlit Dies, *Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit

*These products are found in the 2016 Occasions Catalogue and will be available to order on Jan. 5, 2016.