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.

You'll notice that every thing is only available while supplies last so don't wait until the last minute and be disappointed 

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

Friendly Hello for As You See It Challenge #269

 Did you know that there are only 4 more days including today left of Sale-A-Bration?!! Only 4 more days to get your hands on all the rewards in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure. One of the Level 2 Rewards, (meaning you need to spend $120 to earned it) is Friendly Hello stamp set and Designer Series Paper.

I'm using it here to create my Design Team sample for the As You See It Challenge for today:

It's a Recipe Challenge called Recipe for Thinking of You! All the elements seen here on the challenge banner must be included in your project, but how you do that is up to you.

Here's how I combined them:

• On the thick Basic White cardstock base, a panel of regular Basic White has been embossed using the Hive 3D Embossing Folder.
• One of the two 4 1/4" x 3" panels that are mounted askew has a 4 1/8" x 2 7/8" panel of the Friendly Hello DSP in a Pool Party shade adhered to it.
• On the other, the same sized Basic White cardstock was stamped using the Friendly Hello stamp set and coloured using Stampin' Blends markers in pastel shades.
• The sentiment is from the other Level 2 reward, a sentiment stamp set called Special Moments. The die cut part of the recipe challenge comes from the label which is from the Eden dies.
• The twine or ribbon is some Linen Thread wrapped around the sentiment and tied in a bow.

I had a hard time deciding which of two cards to use. The other card, seen above, uses the Tulip Dies on the Basic White front panel. Everything else is the same.

• Die cutting tulip petals from a Pool Party design of the Flowering Fields DSP and from the Flirty Flamingo and So Saffron designs from the Simply Marbleous DSP and stems and leaves from Pear Pizzazz cardstock, three tulips were constructed on the card front.
• Other than that and the placement of the sentiment, the card design is the same as the previous card.

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

Friendly Hello Bundle (English) [159990] $0.00	Special Moments Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158081] $0.00	Flowering Fields 12” X 12” (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157670] $15.75	Simply Marbleous 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158128] $0.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $11.25
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131201] $12.00	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122924] $12.00	Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155613] $12.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25
Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154894] $12.00	Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155518] $12.00	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $12.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $12.00	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $12.00
Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] $12.00	Linen Thread [104199] $6.75	Hive 3 D Embossing Folder [157955] $12.25	Tulips Dies [157677] $48.00	Eden Dies [157831] $48.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50