More Swirls for Freshly Made Sketches

Are you tired of Swirly Birds* yet? This bundle of products from the new Stampin' Up! 2016-17 Annual Catalogue is all over the internet. It's partly because it was one of only a few stamp sets we were allowed to preorder, but also because it makes such diverse and awesome cards. I can tell you that I'm having a blast with it.

I decided it would be perfect for Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #238 this week:

I was determined to make this one CAS - clean and simple! Not my strong suit, but I think I succeeded here:

• The colours I used included two new In Colours, Dapper Denim* and Emerald Envy*. The other colour, besides Whisper White, is Mint Macaron. I think this combo is worth saving.

                         

• I started by adding splatters with the image from this set, stamped once in each of the above colours, corralled in the lower right of the front panel.
• I added stamped swirls in each colour as you can see above. I love how cool those images are! I stamped some of the smaller swirls as well, one in Dapper Denim and two in Emerald Envy - one of them stamped off once. These were die cut with some framelits from the Swirly Scribbles Thinlit Dies* and two of them popped up with dimensionals.
• I die cut the medium sized swirl from the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits* from Emerald Envy cardstock*. I stamped the thanks from Cottage Greetings stamp set on Whisper White and die cut it with the Project Life Cards and Labels Framelits. I inserted one end through the die cut medium swirl and secured it on the back of the tag with dimensionals. The benefit of this is that you can give both the label and the swirl some vertical dimension and hold them in place together without needing to add glue or any other adhesive. (The little stamped flower on the tag is also from Swirly Birds.)
• Add some random Rhinestones and you're done. Do you think I managed a clean & simple design?

*New Products, available June 1st from the 2016-17 Annual Catalogue

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

Cottage Greetings Wood-Mount Stamp Set [138940]	Cottage Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139962]	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326]
Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246]	Big Shot [113439]	Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits [135707]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Glue Dots [103683]

*New Products used, available June 1st from the 2016-17 Annual Catalogue:

Swirly Bird Stamp Set*; Swirly Scribbles Thinlits*; Dapper Denim cardstock*; Emerald Envy cardstock*; Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad*; Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad*;

Botanical Cottage Thank You for Pals Paper Arts

Yesterday was a mad, "make a million thank you cards" day! I exaggerate. It only felt like a million! But all those lovely customers ordering all those lovely Stampin' Up! products meant I had to get down to work and create a whole bunch of cards to express my gratitude. And I wanted to do it in style with some of the latest products from Stampin' Up! and the latest challenge from Pals Paper Arts. Brian King came up with this beautiful colour swatch for the challenge:

So with my Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes and my Botanical Builder Dies and my as yet uninked Cottage Greetings stamp set, I came up this this design:

• The background Designer Series Paper is from the It's My Party Designer Series Paper Stack. You get four 12" x 12" sheets of each double-sided design in this large paper stack, so it gives you enough to do multiples of the same card. I picked a Mint Macaron Stripe to use.
• I stamped the sentiment from Cottage Greetings Stamp Set in Melon Mambo and die cut it with the Ovals Collection Framelit Dies. The Melon Mambo matte is cut with the next largest oval.
• I die cut the flower using the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies from Melon Mambo cardstock and the leaf using the same die set in Mint Macaron. Try saying that phrase ten times rapidly!
• The It's My Party Enamel Dots served as the middle of the flower. Then I added some clear Wink of Stella to the edges of the petals. Fun!!

It's Tuesday and time for new 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

Cottage Greetings Wood-Mount Stamp Set [138940]	Cottage Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139962]	Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes [131527]	It's My Party Designer Series Paper Stack [140552]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]
Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115320]	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [126948]	It's My Party Enamel Dots [140554]
Ovals Collection Framelits Die [129381]	Botanical Builder Framelits Dies [140625]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Glue Dots [103683]