New Wonders in Christmastime is Here

As you read this, I will hopefully be in the air, on my way to Las Vegas, for OnStage Local. I'm so excited because this is my first time to Las Vegas, but nervous because air travel brings out all my anxieties. Am I the only one? It's not the flying that gets me, it's the airports and schedules and cancellations and having no control over things that scares me, I guess. Oh well, it is what it is and I have to learn to go with the flow!

I wanted to share some really cute Thank You cards I made for my customers with the Christmastime is Here Specialty DSP and the New Wonders Host Stamp Set! This stamp set is one of the cutest in the Annual Catalogue, but you can only get it as a host reward! So that means you either need to host a workshop and earn it, or join my stamp club and get it as one of your month's rewards, or spend $200 yourself to earn host rewards. Here are some close ups:

• I used the Gold Lattice design over the Cherry Cobbler background themed paper with the little fairy image writing a gold embossed Thank You sentiment from the same stamp set.
• I added some of the Gold 1/4" Shimmer Ribbon and the Gold Glitter Enamel Dots that come with the Christmastime is Here Suite, to jazz it up.

• This is essentially the same except for the different pattern choice of the background DSP and the Cherry Cobbler Striped Ribbon.

You can still get the Christmastime is Here Suite! It is beautiful and you can just buy the bits you want, you don't have to get the whole thing, which is really nice! I would recommend the DSP and the ribbon for sure. The stamp set is beautiful but if you're on a limited budget, I'd spring for the paper and ribbon!

Let me know if you want anything from this suite. It's around while supplies last!

Have a great weekend and watch for my posts on Instagram and Facebook about my weekend in Las Vegas!

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

New Wonders Cling Stamp Set [149426] $18.50	Christmastime Is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper [152154] $20.00	Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes [131527] $9.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $10.25
Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $8.25	Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon [152156] $9.50	Gold Glitter Enamel Dots [152155] $11.00	Cherry Cobbler 3/8" (1 Cm) Diagonal Stripe Ribbon [150439] $10.25
Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.25	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25

New Wonders for Retirement!

I'm going to a retirement party today for 3 of my former colleagues who are finally pulling the plug on their careers in exchange for a well-earned life of leisure - well, at least a different, less stressful career of their own choosing, if they choose to keep working in some way. I showed you one card I made a while back HERE. But for another fun-loving and free spirited coworker, I chose New Wonders as the stamp set for her retirement card. It's got a great image of a little fairy turning a page to a new experience that is perfect for retirement!

• I looked around for some suitable Designer Series Paper to use and the See a Silhouette series offered me a couple of choices with a vibrant look of Pigment Sprinkles in the background. The design I settled on was varying tones of Poppy Parade, so I decided to pair it with a Crumb Cake base and a little Pool Party and Old Olive as accents.
Poppy Parade
Crumb Cake
Old Olive
Pool Party
• A smaller panel of Crumb Cake was embossed using the new Scripty 3D Embossing Folder. I love the raised letters you get with this folder. The letters are so fine, much finer than I expected they would be. I sponged over them with Crumb Cake ink so they would show up better.
• The image from New Wonders was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a panel of Whisper White and coloured in using the Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers Combo, along with the Pool Party and Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combos. I also used the Ivory Skin Tone Blends marker and the Stampin' Blends Colour Lifter to complete colouring the image.
• The image was die cut with the Rectangle Stitched dies and mounted on the card front, with the embossed panel and this one each stuck on a little askew from each other. 
• As for the sentiments, they are both from the New Wonders stamp set, which is a Host Set and only available if you are the host of a party, or earn rewards from an order of $200 or more before tax and shipping. If you are interested in getting more frequent Stampin' Rewards, I offer a Stamp Club that you can join and pick one month as your Host Month and you earn rewards on all the orders placed in that month's stamp club order. In return, you commit to spending a minimum $20 a month for 12 months so that the other members of the club can earn rewards in their Host Months. I currently have 2 or 3 spots open in my club, so first come first served, in terms of picking their host month.         
• The separate sentiment at the bottom is stamped in Poppy Parade on Whisper White and die cut with one of the labels from the Perfect Parcel dies. I die cut a second label in Poppy Parade, cut it in half vertically and adhered a half on either end of the sentiment label to create some contrast. 

• I don't know if you can tell with this photo, but I also added some Wink of Stella to the front as well as a few small rhinestones coloured with the Light Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Marker.

I'm madly preparing for my big 2019 - 2020 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue Launch coming up this Saturday, June 22 from 1 - 3 pm. I hope you can make it to drop by and see what's new in the catalogue, play with some of the new products, shop my gobs of newly retired products and get money to purchase some of the exciting new items, play games and win prizes, and join my Stamp Club! Oh, yeah and eat treats! Please RSVP by Thursday if you can make it! 

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

New Wonders Cling Stamp Set [149426] $18.50	See A Silhouette Designer Series Paper [149443] $15.75	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25	Poppy Parade 8-1/2" x 11"" Card Stock" [119793] $12.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147275] $12.00	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144597] $12.00	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144605] $12.00	Ivory Stampin' Blends Marker [144606] $6.00
Stampin' Blends Color Lifter [144608] $6.00	Light Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Marker [147031] $6.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $6.75	Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies [148551] $48.00
Perfect Parcel Dies [149627] $48.00	Scripty 3D Embossing Folder [149634] $14.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50