Magnolia Mood with Comforting Thoughts

 A close friend has been struggling with some very painful health issues lately, and I wanted to make a card for her to give her some encouragement and let her know that I was thinking of her. And in case some of these products don't look familiar, they are the new product offering from our Online Exclusives that were available starting March 5! There are some very amazing sets that you have to see to believe and these are just two of them. 

First is Magnolia Mood with some beautiful floral images and 3 nice sentiments, as well as coordinating dies and some embossing dies that work on their own. Next I used a sentiment set with some very unique sentiments, called Comforting Thoughts, which will come in very handy, I suspect.

See later on in my post for more of the new products. Meanwhile here is my card:

• On a card base of thick Very Vanilla cardstock I added a panel of Nature's Sweetness DSP. Over that, in the lower half, I added two 4 1/4" strips of Natural 3/8" Polka Dot Trim, another one of the new Online Exclusive products. Over these, using dimensionals, I added a deckled circle of the  Nature's Sweetness DSP in another pattern.
• On regular Very Vanilla, I stamped the large magnolia image and the magnolia bud image in Pebbled Path ink and die cut them with the corresponding dies. I coloured them in using Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo markers, Calypso Coral Combo, and Lost Lagoon Blends Combo markers, to give them a bit of a muted look. These were mounted using Stampin' Seal and dimensionals.
• Finally I stamped the sentiment from Comforting Thoughts in Pebbled Path ink on Very Vanilla and die cut it with a Perennial Postage die. That was secured on the card front with a combination of Seal and dimensionals.
• Rainbow Adhesive Backed Dots embellish the card front.

• I stamped the envelope with more images from Magnolia Mood and used a couple more sentiments from Comforting Thoughts on the inside.

Here's the link where you can check them all out today: Online Exclusives

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Magnolia Mood Cling Stamp Set (English) [163502]	Magnolia Mood Bundle (English) [163507]	Comforting Thoughts Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163691]	Nature's Sweetness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [162616]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [144237]
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650]	Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad [161648]	Copper Clay Classic Stampin' Pad [161647]	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893]	Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154881]
Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161680]	Natural 3/8" (1 Cm) Polka Dot Trim [163465]	Rainbow Adhesive Backed Dots [162758]	Magnolia Mood Dies [163506]	Perennial Postage Dies [162607]
Deckled Circles Dies [162286]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes [107300]	Stampin' Seal [152813]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Lovely Lily Pad with Lily Impressions

It was quite a Sunday for me! I had such wonderful plans of getting a lot accomplished, but alas, it was not to be! So I found myself up really late, finishing off my card for today's post and then writing this. But before I go into why my Sunday didn't go as planned let me show you the lovely things you can make with all the Lily Pad products in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure! For my card today, I used the Lovely Lily Pad stamp set, the Lily Pad Dies and the Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper. All are rewards that you can earn just by shopping for your favourite products in the Stampin' Up! Jan/Jun Mini Catalogue or the Stampin' Up! 2019-20 Annual Catalogue! The stamp set and DSP can be earned by spending $60 in one order (before tax and shipping)each. The dies need you to spend $120.

But without further ado, here is the card:

• You can see one of the designs of the gorgeous hand-painted impressionistic designs of the Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper in the background of this card.
• The border design is die cut from Granny Apple Green cardstock with one of the Lily Pad Dies.
• The Lily images are stamped in Versamark ink on watercolour paper and embossed with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder. The gold outline really works well with all the rich colours in the background.
• The two flowers are then watercoloured using Bermuda Bay ink and Aqua Painters. To do this, I first laid down a wash of Bermuda Bay ink with the wet Aqua Painter, not worrying too much about shading. Then I took just a damp Aqua Painter with very little water, if any in the barrel and "dry brushed" on the same Bermuda Bay" but in areas where there would be shadow, such as the center of the plant and any areas where petals overlap.
• I die cut the large lily and the small bud using the coordinating dies and added the large lily with Stampin' Dimensionals, tucking the bud underneath using Snail or glue dots.
• The sentiment is from another Sale-A-Bration stamp set called Sending You Thoughts and it has a second part to it for the inside of the card. The second part says "You'd be better already." I punched the outside sentiment out with the Timeless Label Punch.
• While I was at it, I did another version of the card with White Stampin' Emboss Powder and Melon Mambo ink for painting it in. Which do you like better?

So I had several phone calls and messages that were lovely to have, but overall, had the effect of taking up all the crafting time I had in the afternoon after church and after we got back from shopping for some watercolour painting supplies, as I plan on taking some watercolour classes soon and I got a gift card to a local art store for my birthday. They just happened to be having a sale on watercolour supplies this weekend, ending Sunday, so I had to shop yesterday. Saturday I was doing my big Catalogue Launch so shopping was out that day. (More on that Wednesday)

In the evening we attended a Blanket Exercise event. No, it's not fitness for sleepy people. It's an exercise to begin the process of healing and reconciliation between the "settlers" and the indigenous people of our country, who have been subject to terrible human rights violations that still go on to this day. It's a very powerful event in education and awareness raising, and I'm so glad I attended, but I didn't get home until 9:30 pm and it was at that point that I finished my cards and started writing the blog post.

So, in the interest of the health and happiness of those around me, I will now cut this post short and head to bed! Happy stamping!

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my OnLine Store.

Product List

Lovely Lily Pad Photopolymer Stamp Set [152288] $0.00	Sending You Thoughts Cling Stamp Set (English) [152297] $0.00	Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper [152284] $0.00	Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101910] $13.50	Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131197] $12.00
Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115320] $12.00	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $8.25
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $8.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $10.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $10.25	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $10.25	Aqua Painters [103954] $23.00
Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.25	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Lily Pad Dies [152315] $0.00	Timeless Label Punch [149516] $24.00	Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50