Lemon Zest for As You See It Challenges

This week at As You See It, the challenge is a Theme Challenge! And the theme this time is "Fresh".

Now, I don't know what you think of when you think "Fresh", but the first thing that came to my mind was "Lemony Fresh" or "Citrus Fresh".  I've been a huge citrus fruit fan all my life. I still remember picking through the Lifesavers Candy Rolls, looking for an orange, lemon or lime one. My favourite flavour of all is lime and I just equate citrus with fresh, so naturally I pulled out my Lemon Zest stamp set when it came time to design for this Challenge. Take a closer look:

• I love that the new Brights and In Colours worked so well with this card (as well as one Regal colour). I used Lemon Lime Twist on the limes, Pineapple Punch on the Lemons (Such a gorgeous yellow!) Pumpkin Pie on the orange and Flirty Flamingo and Daffodil Delight on the grapefruit.
• The 1 3/4" Circle Punch is perfect for the citrus slices, and the whole lemons or limes and the leaves can be punched with the Lemon Builder Punch. I find that it's sometimes much easier to separate all the images by cutting them apart before punching them with the builder punches because it's almost impossible to stamp them the way they line up in the punch without using a template. (Which is easy enough to do really, if you want to bother.)
• A strip of Crumb Cake embossed with the Basket Weave Dynamic Embossing Folder makes a great backdrop for the fruit.
• I love the sentiments for this set and, since this is a birthday card, I picked two that I thought would be appropriate, especially since this person is on a cruise right now! The Layering Squares and Layering Circles Framelits were a great help in die cutting and layering these sentiments.
• Don't you love that little snippet of Lemon Lime Twist Ruffled Ribbon? So perfect for this card. I thought about sequins, but felt the card had enough going on!

I would like to place the order for my Product Shares this weekend, so I'm putting out a last call for anyone who would like to have a greater variety of Designer Paper and Ribbon without paying an arm and a leg for it. Click HERE to check it out. There are many options and price points available!

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

Lemon Zest Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143805] $38.00	Lemon Zest Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143808] $27.00	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990] $11.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953] $11.50
Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144245] $11.50	Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141416] $11.50	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [147145] $10.25	Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad [147141] $10.25	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $10.25
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $10.25	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157] $40.00	Lemon Lime Twist 3/8" (1 Cm) Mini Ruffled Ribbon [146947] $11.00	Lemon Builder Punch [143712] $24.00	1-3/4" Circle Punch [119850] $23.50
Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $48.00	Layering Squares Framelits Dies [141708] $48.00	Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [146841] $12.25	Big Shot [143263] $150.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.25
Glue Dots [103683] $7.00	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50

Preparing for My Catalogue Launch

Quick post today, as I'm deep into preparation for my Catalogue Launch and Rubber Rummage Sale on Saturday! I'm excited about it because I have a great idea for a new game. Since the theme is daisies, this one involves pulling the petals off of paper daisies a la "He loves me, He loves me not", only there will be numbers on the back of the petals corresponding to what you could win...or not win, depending on which is the last petal! I was going to have a bakery make and decorate sugar cookies like daisies for me, but they phoned today to say that they didn't have any yellow food colouring so they couldn't do it. It was too late to get any other bakery to do it (BOO!), so I'm back to baking and decorating cupcakes - NOT my forte! Oh, well!

Of course, I need a couple of Make & Takes using the new catalogue products and here is what I came up with:

• The first one, on the left, focuses on the new In Colours of Berry Burst and Fresh Fig and the new stamp set, Floral Statements. I tried it stamped on Berry Burst in Basic Black Archival ink and that is great for more beginner stampers. This version uses some colouring techniques with Stampin' Write markers and a Blender Pen. I LOVE the new Shimmer Ribbon!! You can see it here in Black.

• The second card, the one on the right, is actually CASE'd from one in the new catalogue and features the new stamp set, Lemon Zest! It also uses the Lemon Builder Punch, which is why it's idea for a Make & Take for a Catalogue Launch. Not a lot of complicated Big Shot work to do, other than to emboss the background panel using the new Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Isn't that adorable?

I made In Colour Book Marks for everyone, with a detailed index on the reverse side, and then I had fun creating these "New Catalogue Survival Kits" :

• They feature the new Wood Crate Framelits as well as the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack. Before folding and assembling the little crates, I embossed this design from the Big On Birthdays stamp set in White Stampin' Emboss Powder. The list of contents I actually downloaded from the Stampin' Up! Demo site, and here's what they have inside:

I still have a lot of work to do, and since people will be  making these cards at the launch I don't want to give too many directions here! 

I hope you have an awesome weekend! I know I will!

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

Lemon Zest Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143805]	Lemon Zest Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143808]	Lemon Zest Wood-Mount Bundle [145359]	Lemon Zest Clear-Mount Bundle [145360]	Floral Statements Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143738]
Floral Statements Clear-Mount Stamp Set [144701]	Big On Birthdays Photopolymer Stamp Set [142877]	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177]	Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate [141653]	Fresh Fig 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144242]
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650]	Berry Burst 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144243]	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119683]	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100702]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [126944]	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [144086]	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953]
2017-2019 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [144033]	Blender Pens [102845]	Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143704]	Basic Black 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon [144129]	Twine Baker's Whisper White [124262]
Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705]	Big Shot [143263]	Lemon Builder Punch [143712]	1-3/4" Circle Punch [119850]	Daisy Punch [143713]
Old Olive 3/8" Mini Chevron Ribbon [144196]	Silver Mini Sequin Trim [144230]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Glue Dots [103683]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]