Winter Woods for As You See It Challenge #183

Another Friday has rolled around and I'm looking at the calendar and thinking that summer is almost over and I feel royally cheated! Here in my part of the planet, we've spent most of the summer inundated by smoke from wild fires. So much smoke that it's blotted out the sun and created air quality that is dangerous to go outside in. We don't get a lot of sunshine here other than the summer time. We live where a large lake creates it's own cloud cover in the cold winter months, so if we are cheated out of our summer months of sunshine, that's it for the year except for the odd days in spring or fall when it doesn't rain. Since this is the second year in a row of these conditions, we're starting to think that it's the new normal, and that has us all grieving in some ways for the sun and our regular summer activities. They're actually starting to do studies on the psychological effects of all of this. Climate change is a real thing, people!

Anyway, it is Friday, as I said and time for a new Challenge from As You See It Challenges. It's a sketch challenge by Amanda, entitled Queues, as you'll see by the challenge banner:

As soon as I saw the sketch, I immediately thought of the new Winter Woods* stamp set from the up coming 2018 Holiday Catalogue. There were two possibilities for images I could use: one was a stamp of birch trunks and one is the version you see here:

• This was actually a very simple card to make. 3 layers, white embossing powder, baker's twine and some rhinestones. I love the effect you get with it. I think it would be effective for a Christmas card undertaking if you wanted to mass produce.
• Love, love, love these colours together: Petal Pink, Silver, Gray Granite and White.

Gray Granite

Petal Pink

Silver Foil

Whisper White

• The sentiment is from the Winter Woods* stamp set as well and it worked perfectly with the sketch, fitting perfectly above the trees on the upper right side.
• The Petal Pink and Silver Baker's Twine was the perfect finishing touch for this sketch along with the scattered Rhinestones.

I'll be going away next week on holidays so this weekend will be your last chance to get in on the August promotions. I'll be camping with spotty internet, so will not be able to submit orders until I get home. Get all orders to me by Sunday at the latest! Here are the August Promos:

Earn the bonus coupons in August and spend them in September with the new catalogue!!

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Product List

Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $5.50	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146985] $11.50	Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146983] $11.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $11.25	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $6.75
Silver & Petal Pink Baker's Twine [146288] $5.50	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $6.75	Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.00	Heat Tool [129053] $40.00	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $9.00
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.25	Glue Dots [103683] $7.00

Winter Woods Stamp Set*

*new products from the 2018 Holiday Catalogue, available for purchase Sept. 5, 2018

Jinxed!

Do you ever feel like you're a jinx? I love to watch hockey, but when there's a special game that I really want my team to win, I sometimes hesitate to watch because I'm afraid that if I do, they will lose. I feel like I'm a jinx! I know that it's pure superstition, but it's been proven so often in my experience that I can't help but believe it.

Last night, the World Junior Hockey Championships were finishing up with the Gold Medal Game. It was between arch rivals, the USA and Canada! Both teams had fought hard to be there and they were pretty evenly matched. I really wanted to watch the game, but, once again, was afraid my jinx would affect the outcome for Canada. This year is Canada's 150th birthday and I thought it was fitting that Canada should win the Gold Medal in such an auspicious year. Finally, I gave in and turned on the TV. I told myself that my superstition was ridiculous and that I had every right to watch the game! When I turned it on Canada was ahead by one goal and shortly after, scored again! I relaxed. They had a comfortable lead. Maybe I wouldn't jinx them this time. But before much time had elapsed, the US team came back and evened the score and held on to win the game in a shoot out! I did it again!

I'm sorry, boys!

Let's change the subject! I got out two of my new Sale-A-Bration stamp sets to make a birthday card for a friend yesterday!

• One is called Delicate Details and consists of five different lace edging stamps. Here I used one of them to emboss a lace edging on my card beside my center panel using White Stampin' Emboss Powder. The stamp was a little short for the 5 1/4" long panel so I had to join up the ends for a bit, but it wasn't too difficult.
• The second stamp set is called Avant Garden which has a variety of floral stamps and lovely sentiments. I used it here to create a bouquet using some collage stamping techniques in Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach and Tip Top Taupe. I love how it looks!
• I used the Peekaboo Peach Ruched Ribbon from the Annual Catalogue to create a little fork bow and add it to a band of the same ribbon along the bottom of the Very Vanilla panel.
• The sentiment, from the Avant Garden stamp set was stamped on a 3/4" strip of Very Vanilla, which was glued onto a 1" wide piece of Peekaboo Peach. The two were then oriented on a slanted line on the card and the ends were trimmed to be parallel with the vertical edges of the card. I added this strip with dimensionals.

Overall, the card makes me think of Spring, which is very welcome since it's really cold here right now! 

Let me know if you would be interested in some paper or ribbon or embellishment shares for the new Occasions Catalogue and I'll get them together.  Have a great weekend!

                                                         

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Product List

Delicate Details Photopolymer Stamp Set [143314]	Avant Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set [143272]	Tip Top Taupe 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138336]	Peekaboo Peach 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141417]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad [138325]	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [141397]	Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398]	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326]
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Embossing Buddy [103083]	Heat Tool [129053]	Peekaboo Peach 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon [141427]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]
Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

You've Got This for Colour Throwdown

I was visiting with a friend yesterday who has the most beautiful garden. She is a painter and her canvas is soil and her palette is flowers. One of the blooms she had in a vase on the table was a gorgeous yellow rose, and when I decided to do the beautiful Colour Throwdown Challenge #344, I was inspired to do some watercolouring with the image from the new stamp set, You've Got This! Love that set! You're going to want to order it! Just sayin'!

• I picked Pear Pizzazz for my green, Pink Pirouette for the pastel pink, and So Saffron for the yellow, even though it's a bit darker than the sample. I added a little Daffodil Delight to lighten it up when I was watercolouring.
• I used White Stampin' Emboss Powder to emboss the outline of the flower and then used an Aquapainter to add the ink to the image. I kept it quite wet and added the colour at the base of the leaves and petals and drew it up to the top of each one. I added a little blush of Pink Pirouette to the top of some of the petals
• The sentiment is one of three great ones from the same stamp set, You've Got This. I stamped it in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. I love the background stamp in this set. It makes a perfect backdrop for any water-coloured image.
• I used some of the Pear Pizzazz 1/4" Cotton Ribbon to create a little fork bow for a finishing touch on the card.

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You have  6 days  left 

to order any retiring product before it is gone for good!

I will be putting in an order this weekend, so make sure you get your orders to me before then!

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Sneak Peek Products from the new 2015/16 Annual Catalogue, available June 2, 2015:

You've Got This Stamp Set

Product List

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131201]	Pink Pirouette 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [111351]	So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [105118]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Pad [126956]	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180]	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [126957]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [126944]
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Pear Pizzazz 1/4" Cotton Ribbon [134562]	Embossing Buddy [103083]	Heat Tool [129053]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]
Aqua Painters [103954]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Glue Dots [103683]	Fuse Fast Adhesive [129026]