Celebrate Sunflowers for Ukraine and The Paper Players

 Unless you've been sleeping under a rock, you will have been following the devastating news along with the rest of the world of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and of the bravery and desperation of the Ukrainian people. I have been heartsick about it as well as anxious about where it will all end. I applaud the determination of the Ukrainian people as they fight back against enormous odds and slow down the Russian war machine. I pray that the world's condemnation of this unprovoked aggression by Russian will have the effect of bringing about a ceasefire and, ultimately, peace.

But, as a cardmaker, I best express my thoughts through my craft, so I made a card for Ukrainians everywhere. I used the sketch from The Paper Players' sketch challenge #580  :

My card uses Pacific Point and Daffodil Delight ink blended on Basic White cardstock in imitation of the Ukrainian flag in the background and the Celebrate Sunflowers image on the front as the national flower of the Ukraine.

• The embossed background is dry embossed using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder.
• I used Blending Brushes to add Pacific Point ink (top) and Daffodil Delight ink (bottom) to a  3" x 4 1/4" piece of Basic White cardstock and glued it to the  embossed background. The horizontal element was created using White 3/4" Frayed Ribbon.
• The large sunflower image was stamped in Memento ink on Basic White then coloured in using the Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo and SU300 and SU100 Stampin' Blends. The last two come in the Stampin' Blends Medium Deep Combo and the Stampin' Blends Deep Combo Packs.
• I die cut the sunflower image with the Sunflower Dies and added it to the card front using dimensionals.
• The sentiments are from Quiet Meadow for the Thinking of You, which was heat embossed on Pacific Point cardstock in white embossing powder and fussy cut, mounted with mini dimensionals; and Inspired Thoughts for the bottom sentiment, stamped in Pacific Point ink on Basic White and die cut with the Tasteful Labels dies.

The Mini Stampin' Cut 'n Emboss Machine is on sale for the whole month of March for 20% off, which means it is just $65.50 in Canada! And along with it, there are a whole lot of bundles whose dies work with the Mini that are 20% off as well! What a great promotion!

    

Item		Price
150673	Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine	$82.00 $65.50 CAD
158382	All Squared Away Bundle	$68.00 $54.25 CAD
156227	Art Gallery Bundle	$76.00 $60.75 CAD
155834	Beauty of Friendship Bundle	$79.00 $63.00 CAD
154065	Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle	$78.00 $62.25 CAD
156220	Garden Wishes Bundle	$78.00 $62.25 CAD
159519	Hydrangea Haven Bundle	$79.00 $63.00 CAD
155674	Pansy Patch Bundle	$78.00 $62.25 CAD
155847	Quiet Meadow Bundle	$81.00 $64.75 CAD
158359	Seascape Bundle	$70.00 $56.00 CAD
155823	Sweet as a Peach Bundle	$55.00 $44.00 CAD
159529	Welcoming Window Bundle	$76.00 $60.75 CAD
155845	What’s Cookin’ Bundle	$69.00 $55.00 CAD
155507	Wild Cats Bundle	$58.00 $46.25 CAD

*Products are available in all markets while supplies last. Offer may vary from market to market depending on product availability. Please refer to the Inventory Status Report (ISR) on the demonstrator website for the most up-to-date product availability information.

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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.

Products

Product List

Celebrate Sunflowers Cling Stamp Set (English) [152517] $33.00	Inspired Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [155536] $26.00	Quiet Meadow Cling Stamp Set [155082] $29.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $11.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25
Pacific Point 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [111350] $12.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $24.00	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098] $10.25
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $10.25	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $12.00	Stampin’ Blends Medium Deep Combo [159461] $12.25	Stampin’ Blends Deep Combo Pack [158152] $12.25	White 3/4" (1.9 Cm) Frayed Ribbon [158138] $10.25
Blending Brushes [153611] $16.25	Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder [154317] $12.25	Sunflowers Dies [152704] $45.00	Tasteful Labels Dies [152886] $42.00	Paper Snips [103579] $13.50
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00

Ranunculus Romance for As You See It Challenges

 It's time for another As You See It Challenge, this one a colour challenge with the palette chosen by me! Take a look at the challenge banner:

We've titled this one Soft & Muted because of the feeling I get when I look at both the palette of colours and at the banner photo.

I decided to use these colours to do some ink blending, which is soft & muted just in its execution, and it turns out, these colours blend into one another seamlessly.

I used torn paper to make the edges of a channel between which I created the blended ink area.

Then I used the various collage images from the stamp set Ranunculus Romance, to add some collage stamping to it. Finally I stamped the images of the two flowers from the same set on Basic White and coloured them with Stampin' Blends, then die cut them to add as a focal point.

The sentiment, also from Ranunculus Romance, was stamped in Evening Evergreen on Basic White. The sentiment and its backing were die cut with dies from the Tasteful Labels Dies and mounted on the card front as shown.

The card base is Evening Evergreen and is layered with Crumb Cake and Basic White.

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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

Ranunculus Romance Cling Stamp Set (English) [157968] $32.00	Ranunculus Romance Bundle (English) [157977] $68.25	Evening Evergreen 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155574] $12.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $12.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $11.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $10.25	Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778] $10.25	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $10.25
Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $10.25	Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154881] $12.00	Soft Succulent Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155521] $12.00	Evening Evergreen Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155517] $12.00	Linen Thread [104199] $6.75
Blending Brushes [153611] $16.25	Ranunculus Dies [157976] $44.00	Tasteful Labels Dies [152886] $42.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50
Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50