It's All in the Feels Like Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper

From the moment I first cast my eyes on the new Holiday Catalogue, I only ever had one favourite suite and so it remains today, even as I've experienced many of them. It's the *Feels Like Frost Suite with it's *Feels Like Frost 6 x 6 Specialty Designer Series Paper and the *Frosted Frames Dies. The *Frosted Foliage stamp set is nice, with a couple of good sentiments but it's the dies and the papers that make this suite spectacular!!

*New Products from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue, not available for sale until Sept. 4, 2019.

The paper has one side with gorgeous, photorealistic  shots of frosted foliage with sunset and evening skies behind them and the other side has metallic silver designs. Between the two, you can make some amazing card designs.

• The *Feels Like Frost Specialty DSP you see here is both sides of the page of this pattern. I simply cut the 6 x 6 sheet in half trimmed the length to 5 1/4", then overlapped the two pieces to get them to a width of 4".  A word of wisdom: I used liquid glue on the back of the silver foil side and you could really see the ridges, even of the very small beads of glue I used, so it's better to use double sided tape runners such as Snail on this paper. It doesn't show as much on the photo side, however.
• I embossed the sentiment, which comes from the Merry Christmas to All stamp set from the Annual Catalogue in Silver on vellum, die cut it using one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies, and glued that panel down to the card front. I used Vellum Glue Tape by Plus which isn't carried by Stampin' Up!, but you can also use some Snail under the embossed letters where it doesn't show as much.
• The bow is a double piece of White Baker's Twine combined with a double piece of Silver Metallic thread, then a small bow tied in it. This is added to the vellum sentiment panel using a glue dot and a Frosted Epoxy Droplet is added. A couple of Clear Epoxy Droplets from the same package were added to the photo paper.

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Product List

Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set [147702] $34.00	*Feels Like Frost Specialty 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [150444] $20.00	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856] $13.50	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $12.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00
Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $8.25	Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine [124262] $4.75	Silver Metallic Thread [138402] $4.75	Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets [147801] $12.25	Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.25
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25

*New Products from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue, not available for sale until Sept. 4, 2019.

Wonderful Romance in Navy and Gold

Ever since I saw some creations using the Wonderful Romance Bundle in shades of Navy and Gold, I have not been able to get it off my mind until I tried it out myself. I finally got the chance to play around with that scenario today and here's what happened:

• I started with a Night of Navy base and used the trellis-style edglit from the Wonderful Floral Framelits Dies to create interest at the edge of the card front.
• I stamped the main large foliage image and two of the smaller foliage image  from the Wonderful Romance stamp set on vellum in Versamark ink, added Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set it. The smaller image was also stamped once with Night of Navy ink on Whisper White. These images were then all die cut with the Wonderful Floral Framelits Dies.
• Using other dies from the Wonderful Floral Framelits Dies, some more leaves and sprigs were die cut from Gold Foil sheets and Vellum.
• The sentiment from the Wonderful Romance stamp set, was stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set. It was die cut with the the oval die from the Wonderful Floral Framelits Dies.
• All these elements were layered together using Glue Dots and Stampin' Dimensionals and added to the card front. The finishing touch embellishment is a Floral Romance Seal on the sentiment panel.

 I love the look of these colours and shapes together.

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Product List

Wonderful Romance Cling Stamp Set [148632] $31.00	Wonderful Romance Cling Bundle [150592] $69.25	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $5.50	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101856] $12.25	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100867] $11.50
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $12.25	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $10.25	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $6.75	Floral Romance Seals [148789] $11.50
Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.25	Heat Tool [129053] $41.00	Wonderful Floral Framelits Dies [148529] $46.00	Big Shot [143263] $150.00	Big Shot Die Brush - New Configuration [144262] $17.00
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.50	Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50

Star of Light for Global Design Project

I loved the Star of Light Bundle when I first saw it and it was one of the bundles I got in my original pre-order, but since then, I've been a little intimidated by it for some reason. I guess I had a hard time visualizing designs with it. But I was determined to master the problem and I wanted to use it for my Technique classes this month, so I got down to work and it turned out to be easier than I thought.

I liked the Case the Artist Challenge at Global Design Project this week! Teneale Williams is one of my favourite designers.

So here's my take on her design, using essentially the same layout:

• I didn't want to use the same embossing folder as Teneale used in her design, but the Lucky Stars Embossing Folder was just so appropriate for the stamp set that I chose, that it was a no-brainer!
• Don't you love that swirl of stardust image from the Star of Light stamp set? Or if you are using the star images as snowflakes, it could be a gust of wind blowing the snow! I stamped all my images using Versamark ink and heat embossed them with Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder.
• I love the Pool Party/Perfect Plum combination, but couldn't find a third colour that I needed for this layout. That's when I decided I could accomplish that with vellum and it works so well here. It's hard to stamp a good image on vellum, but you can heat emboss it to your heart's content and you will get perfect images! All these images you seek, plus the "Shine" sentiment are from the Star of Light stamp set.
• The central star image, embossed on vellum was die cut using a framelit from the Starlight Thinlits Dies, part of the bundle. There are some beautifully intricate dies in this set, including one which cuts and scores to give you a lovely 3D star.

Thanks to Mary Brown for this photo!

Here are the new Special Offers for the week of September 8 - 14th!  25% off these selected products! Contact me if you want anything or shop online at my On-Line Store!

This month I am planning to reach a career milestone of 100,000 CSV which is about $133,333 in sales. If I reach it by September 30, I will receive an award in November at our convention.

 I am only $1320 away from reaching that goal and it is within reach for a good month of sales. To ensure my success, and to thank you for your continued support, I am offering DOUBLE Papercraft Cat points from now until Sept. 30 - great for getting all the stuff you want from the Holiday Catalogue, not to mention the wonderful Annual Catalogue! 

*Note: You still must earn points in multiples of $30 orders before tax and shipping. You won't earn 1 point for $15, or 3 points for $45.

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Product List

Star Of Light Photopolymer Stamp Set [142110]	Star Of Light Photopolymer Bundle [143508]	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101856]	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122924]	Perfect Plum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101889]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131]	Embossing Buddy [103083]	Heat Tool [129053]
Silver 1/8" Ribbon [132137]	Starlight Thinlits Dies [141840]	Lucky Stars Textured Impressions Embossing Folders [135817]	Big Shot [143263]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]
Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Glue Dots [103683]