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Beautiful Flight and Airy DSP

Just look at this beautiful Flight and Airy DSP! It is gorgeous, so gorgeous! And it is free, yes, free when you purchase $50 of product during Sale-a-bration 2024! Here is the front side of the paper

and here is the reverside

photo shows the reverse side of the beautiful Flight and Airy dsp

Introducing the new Perennial Postage Bundle

One of the bundles in the upcoming Jan – April 2024 mini catalog is the Perennial Postage bundle. I chose this to order during the Product Purchase Premiere offered to those who attended OnStage at Home earlier this month because I love the mix of fonts and the greetings are useful in so many ways. The corresponding Perennial Postage dies include a variety of sizes of rectangles with the edges cut to simulate postage stamps. They also include two hole reinforcement dies and a postmark embossing piece. This piece does not cut , just embosses. Ink it by placing it on a stamp pad and then carefully putting it on your cardstock before running it through a die-cutting machine. Combined with this beautiful Flight and Airy dsp you will have a beautiful card in no time at all.

photo is of the Perennial Postage Bundle

Cards Using the Beautiful Flight and Airy DSP

Now on to the cards I have made with this beautiful Flight and Airy DSP. Oh My! What beautiful cards you can create with it. This first card I used the largest two dies in the Perennial dies set for the backgrounds and the smallest one for the greeting. I colored the ribbon with the Dark Fresh Freesia blend. The greeting was stamped with Boho Blue ink.

Greeting card created with thebeautiful Flight and Airy DSP

My creativity was on a roll so I created another card using Pecan Pie cardstock as the base. This time I used the reverse of one of the designs for a 5 1/2″ x 2″ strip behind the birds. I used the small square Perennial Postage die to cut them out and used a Stampin’ Dimensional to pop them up. I colored the ribbon with dark Boho Blue blend. I wish I had used the light color instead. I stamped the greeting with Pecan Pie ink.

photo shows a second greeting card created with the beautiful Flight and Airy dsp.

Which card do you like best? Leave a comment.

Have I piqued your interest in the upcoming spring mini and SAB? If you love this beautiful Flight and Airy DSP as much as I do, you will want to get your order in as soon as Sale-a-bration starts on January 4.

Soft Pastel Merriest Moments Card

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Handmade Christmas Card using the Merriest Moments Bundle and Christmas to Remember stamp set

This Soft Pastel Merriest Moment

Card is not my usual type of Christmas card. I generally go for the traditional red/green or Night of Navy/Gold color combinations. But the current trend is to go with softer pastel colors and I love the results in this card.

What is so very special in this Merriest Moments bundle is that there is an embossing folder designed to emboss the cut image of the frame. I did not use the frame die on this card. I just used the embossing folder. To highlight the embossing a bit, I used a Blending Brush to apply Mint Macaron ink on the raised surfaces. The greeting is from the Christmas to Remember stamp set and it is so true!

Supplies Used for Soft Pastel Merriest Moments Card

Basic White Cardstock 11″ x 4 1/4″ scored at 5 1/2″ and folded for card base, scraps
Polished Pink, Mint Macaron, and Evening Evergreen ink pads
Merriest Moments Bundle
Blending Brush
Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Stampin’ Seal
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine

Instructions

Place the front of the card base into the embossing folder so that the raised design of the frame fits in the card front and run through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. A bit of the embossed dots will be on the back of the card base at the fold.
Use a Blending Brush of lightly brush Mint Macaron ink on the raised portions of the embossed image.
Use Polished Pink ink to stamp greeting near the top of the frame .
Stamp two evergreen branches, two large holly leaves and one small holly leaf on scrap Basic White cardstock with Evening Evergreen ink.
Stamp the two layers of poinsettia petals on scrap Basic White cardstock with Polished Pink ink.
Cut out all the pieces with the matching dies.
Layer the pieces as shown using either Stampin’ Seal or Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
Apply a yellow Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewel in the center of the poinsettia.
Stamp the inside and envelope as desired.

I hope you love this card as much as I do and give it a try. Order the supplies I used by clicking on this link https://s.tamp.in/rLGmd7 to see the shopping cart. You can remove any products you already have. When you order, use this host code A7EE4XH6 and receive a small thank you gift from me.

Simple Floating Strips Technique

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Cute handmade card using the Floating Strips Technique and Penguin Friends designer series paper

This technique uses acetate to create the appearance of strips of cardstock or DSP floating above your card front.

Supplies

•Acetate

•Cardstock or DSP cut into strips

•Foam Adhesive Strips or SU Dimensionals

•Multi-purpose Liquid Glue

•Cardstock Base

•Cardstock for card layers

•Paper Snips

•Silicon Mat

•Dies (optional), sentiment stamp and any other supplies required depending on desired design

Instructions

1. Cut and score card base. Cut another piece of Basic White to layer acetate on, plus any other layers required for your chosen design.

2. Cut a piece of acetate to desired size. If you will be using a die, ensure the acetate piece is larger than the size of the die you’re intending to use.

3. Cut a variety of cardstock/DSP strips, ensuring they are at least as long as the width of the acetate (or as long as the diagonal if going with a diagonal design. I used 1 cm and 1.5 cm wide strips.

photo shows an example of strips of designer series paper

4. Starting at one end of the piece of acetate, adhere the strips of cardstock/DSP to the acetate with liquid glue, leaving a gap between each strip. Continue until you reach the top of the acetate. Be careful not to use too much glue, particularly near the edges.

Photo shows the strips of dsp adhered to acetate sheet

5. Leave until the glue has dried, then turn over and use paper snips to trim the overhanging cardstock/DSP.

6. If using a die, run the acetate piece through the Cut & Emboss Machine.

7. Place foam adhesive strips or SU Dimensionals on the back of the acetate, using the cardstock/DSP strips to hide the adhesive.

photo shows the application of adhesive foam strips to the back of the acetate sheet

8. Remove backing from the foam strips SU Dimensionals and place on the first card layer.

9. Adhere this layer to the front of your card base and decorate as desired.

I used the above technique to make this Christmas Card

Handmade Christmas card created with the Floating Strips technique, Cork Specialty Paper, Christmas Season and Christmas to Remember stamp sets

Supplies Used in this Simple Floating Strips Technique

Christmas Season Bundle
Shaded Spruce Cardstock 5 1/4″ x 4″, scrap
Cork Specialty Paper 5 1/4″ x 4″ cut into strips
Basic White 11″ x 4 1/4″ scored at 5 1/2″ and folded for card base, scraps
Real Red, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake and Shaded Spruce ink pads
Window sheet 5 1/4″ x 4″
Stitched Rectangles Dies
Adhesive Sheets
Gold 3/8″ Shimmer Ribbon
Mini Glue Dots
Stampin’ Seal
Foam Adhesive Strips
Use this link https://s.tamp.in/ot0BOF to access the shopping cart with these supplies. You can uncheck what you already have

If you give this Simple Floating Strips Technique a try, I’d love to see what you make. Take a picture of it and email it to me sue@soggystamper.com.

Last Day to Order For SAB

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Today’s the last day to order for SAB. I don’t want you to miss out! For every $50 in product you purchase, you can choose from an exciting variety of products all for FREE! You can order from the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog and the July – December Mini Catalog to reach the $50 total. But the order must be in today to qualify!

Last Day to Order These Products Available with $50 order

There are three designer series papers that are exclusive to this SAB that coordinate with items in the two catalogs I mentioned above. Penguin Playmates Designer Series Papers (158420) coordinates with the Penguin Place Bundle (156789) in the mini catalog. Beautiful black and white Beautifully Penned Designer Series Paper (156630) gives you a chance to add your own coloring that coordinates with the Hand-Penned Petals Bundle (155492) in the annual catalog. Finally, Peaceful Prints Designer Series Papers (156628) coordinates with the Peaceful Deer bundle (156391) in the mini catalog. One of the designs in the Peaceful Prints has a deer image you can punch out with the Deer Builder punch.

There are also three stamp sets in the $50 order category. Feels Like Home (156607) is a beautiful line drawing of a front door with a bicycle parked in front of it. This stamp set begs to be colored. There is a Textures & Frames stamp set (156616) which has bold images of circles, lines, and rectangles. Finally, there is the darling Counting Sheep stamp set (156591) with three sheep and a couple of greetings. To make this set even better, for another $50 you can get Sheep Dies (156600) to cut the sheep out. These dies include three for the sheep, a balloon, fence, cloud shapes, sun, pennant, and party hat.

$100 Order

You can get any two of the above items, Summer Shadows Dies (156618) which coordinate with the Shaded Summer Stamp Set (155783) in the Annual Catalog or the beautiful DisiNKtive Delicate Dahlias stamp set (156601). This set is a two-step stamp set. There is an outline stamp to stamp details on the solid stamp. That’s the two-step process. You stamp the solid stamp first and then the outline one on top to define the edges of the petals. However, the solid stamp is a disINKtive stamp that gives beautiful shading with just one application of ink. It’s so beautiful by itself.

So… it’s the last day to order for SAB. It’s your last chance to get some of these wonderful products. Click here to view them and place your order.

12 Weeks of Christmas Begins in 4 Hours!

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Photo of a Christmas Wreath and announcement of 12 Weeks of Christmas

My 12 Weeks of Christmas begins in 4 hours! You have only four hours left to subscribe to my mailing list! Why would you want to do this? Do you like fresh ideas for card making and handmade gifts? Do you like weekly surprises in your inbox? Want to be the first to know about classes, Stampin’ Up! news, new products? Then you want to be on my mailing list. On the first Tuesday I send out a newsletter filled with a couple of tutorials, an article with a stamping tip or a Stampin’ Up! promotion and my class schedule. Then the rest of the Tuesdays I send you a shorter email with another tutorial and a tip or Q & A article.

The 12 Weeks of Christmas begins in 4 hours today at 1 pm when I email my subscribers and only my subscribers the first Christmas tutorial. I know you will love it and not want to miss it! Sound good? Fill out the form in the upper right corner now before you forget. You are welcome to subscribe later but you will miss the first wonderful tutorial.

Free Gift for My Subscribers!

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photo of a Christmas wreath announcing my 12 Weeks of Christmas gift to my mailing list subscribers

You have less than 24 hours to sign up for my Soggy Stamper mailing list to receive my special 12 Weeks of Christmas free gift to my subscribers. Each Wednesday at 1 pm I will email you an exclusive tutorial to make a beautiful Christmas card, gift, or little gift wrap/tag. This is free for my subscribers and I’m sure you will want to receive all of them. Sign up now so you don’t forget! Fill out the short form in the upper right hand corner or click here.

Surprise Pop-up Vase Card

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I am excited to share with you this surprise pop-up vase card with you today. I learned this fancy fold/interactive card technique by watching a video by Jane Dooley. This type card was first brought to my attention by a card created by Lavonne Schwendeman. on the Demonstrator Planning Facebook Group.

Now the front of the card is beautiful due to the beauty of the Hand-Penned Designer Series Papers. But the magic is created when you open the card.

Isn’t this Surprise Pop-up Vase card so very cool? I love, love, love to make cards that do something and this one is easy to make. Check out my video on The Soggy Stamper Youtube Channel https://youtu.be/cU_Zl7TQT8o. While you are there subscribe to my channel so you will be notified when I add new videos.

I promised my Facebook Live viewers that I would put the supplies used and cutting dimensions on my blog so here goes:

Supplies Used for the Surprise Pop-up Vase Card

Hand-Penned Petals and Encircled in Friendship stamp sets
Gray Granite, Soft Succulent, and Calypso Coral stamp pads
Combo Soft Succulent , Dark Mango Melody, Combo Calypso Coral, Light Balmy Blue, and Light Basic Black Stampin’ Blends
Mint Macaron cardstock – 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″ and folded for card base, 3 7/8″ x 3/4″, 2″ x 1/2″
Pale Papaya cardstock – 2 pieces 5 1/4″ x 4″
Basic White cardstock – 5″ x 3 3/4″, 2 1/2″ square, 3 1/2″ x 3″
Vellum cardstock – 3 1/4″ square
Encircled in Beauty, Penned Flowers, and Layering Circles Dies
2021-2023 In Color Jewels
Tear & Tape, Stampin’ Seal, and Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Paper Trimmer
Die-cutting machine
Use this link to access a suggested shopping cart for these supplies

I know you will enjoy making this card. Send me a photo of your card. I’d love to see it and share it with my readers.

Floating Gate Fold Card

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This floating gate fold card features the Hey Chick and Birthday Chick bundles that work so well together. The dies that are bundled with these two stamp sets cut a nice variety of accessories to enhance cards and 3D items you make with the stamp sets. I used many of them in making this card.

I demonstrated how to make a floating gate fold card during my Friday Facebook Live presentation using parts of both the Hey Chick and Birthday Chick bundles. Gather the supplies I used listed below with cutting and scoring measurements and then watch the embedded video from the Facebook Live.

Supplies to make this Floating Gate Fold Card

Stamp sets – Hey Chick and Birthday Chick – *These can be bought bundled with corresponding dies for a 10% discount
Inks – Memento, Stampin’ Blends – Cinnamon Cider Combo, Real Red Dark, Pumpkin Pie Dark, Crumb Cake Light
Cardstock – Seaside Spray 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored at 2 1/8″ on each end (card base), 4″ x 1/2″ scored at 1″, 2″, 3″; Soft Suede 2 pieces 1 7/8″ x 1 7/8″, 4″ x 1 7/8″, 4″ x 1/2″ scored at 1″, 2″, 3″; scraps of Basic White, Real Red, Garden Green, So Saffron, Bumblebee, Crumb Cake, Cinnamon Cider
Accessories – Birthday Chick Dies*, Hey Chick Dies*, Adhesive Sheets, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Seal
Click here to order any of these supplies you need to make this project.

Watch the Video

I hope this blog post and video help you learn to make floating gate fold cards. If you do try this fancy fold, I’d love to have you send me a photo of your creation. I’ll be happy to feature it here on my blog.

Remember this is the last month of Sale-A-Bration. There are so many wonderful and cute items you can get for FREE when you place an order with me with each $50 you order in product. Visit my online store to see the Sale-A-Bration brochure and place an order. I appreciate your business.

January Paper Pumpkin Alternatives

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Image shows the suggested January Paper Pumpkin Cards

I had such fun creating January Paper Pumpkin Alternatives! Yes, the cards designed for the kit as shown above are adorable but did you know that the kit comes with a complete stamp set with images to use with your own designs? The heart filled with little hearts is preprinted on the card base that comes with the kit but the stamp set includes that image as a stamp. Check out this card I created with that heart image.

I stamped cascading hearts and flowers down from the heart with a second stamp from the set. The greeting ‘Love you’ is two separate stamps from the set which I combined together on one block. It fitted nicely into the Stitched So Sweetly die. The kit came with slightly more black ribbon than needed for the predesigned cards but not enough for more than one card so I used baker’s twine from the Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack to make a bow. The Paper Pumpkin kit includes the color Poppy Parade which is also one of the colors in the SAB free paper bundled with the free Berry Blessings stamp set. The Poppy Parade checked dsp made a perfect layer on this card front.

Image shows an alternative card created with the stamps included in the January Paper Pumpkin kit.

I created a second January Paper Pumpkin Alternative using the adorable snail stamp which makes me smile. If the real ones that love to dine on my flowers looked so cute, I might be more tolerant of having them in my flower beds. 🙂 Again, I used the Poppy Parade checkered dsp from the free Berry Blessings bundle as a layer on this card. I will use the samp with the word ‘Love’ often because of the beautiful font. I had just enough of the included black ribbon to tie it around the card front of this card. If Stampin’ Up! sold it individually, I would buy a roll as the size is just perfect for adding a black accent.

Coming Next Month!

Next month’s beautiful Paper Pumpkin kit’s title is Bouquet of Hope. The theme is one of encouragement and sympathy and we need to send this type of cards more often than we want.

Included in the kit:

Kit contains enough supplies to create 9 cards—3 each of 3 designs—and coordinating envelopes. Kit includes card bases, decorative die-cut pieces, embellishments, and more.
Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)
Envelope size: 4-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ (11.4 x 14.6 cm)
Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Bumblebee, Just Jade, Merry Merlot, Mossy Meadow, Rococo Rose
Coordinates with the Flower & Field Designer Series Paper, an exclusive Sale-A-Bration item.

To receive the February Paper Pumpkin kit, you must be a subscriber by February 10. You can learn more about the Paper Pumpkin subscription program and sign up here.

Order the 2018-2020 In Color Products Now!

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handmade greeting cards created with the retiring 2018-2020 In Colors. Order them now!

Order the 2018-2020 In Color Products now! With all that’s been going on this Spring, I have almost completely forgotten that May is just around the corner. And for those of us who love crafting with Stampin’ Up! products, that means that it’s not long at all before we will have to say, “Goodbye,” to the bright and cheery 2018‑2020 Stampin’ Up! In Colors.

I remember in June of 2018 when I was so excited that we were finally going to have a group of bright colors. Those brights include three beautiful primary colors – Blueberry Bushel, Lovely Lipstick and Pineapple Punch. Those, along with two gorgeous secondary colors – Call Me Clover and Grapefruit Grove – helped me create vibrant projects throughout the next two years. Now, before I know it, the colors will be gone! I’ll miss them.

Sometimes I think of the In Colors – actually any Stampin’ Up! colors – in terms of paper and ink. But Stampin’ Up! does so much more with its colors. In this set of cards, I’ve used not only all five inks and cardstock in all five color. But I’ve also used the 6” square Designer Series Paper stack for the 2018‑2020 In Colors, and the matching 1/8” Grosgrain ribbons for Grapefruit Grove, Call Me Clover, and Lovely Lipstick. Oh, and then there’s a bit of embellishments on the stamped element – the beautiful Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots. While the colors aren’t all the same (the blue is Navy and the orange is Coral), they’re pretty close! I could have used the 2018‑2020 In Color Buttons, which are just as bright and cheerful as everything else related to this group of colors. But my cards started screaming, “Enough!”

Now here’s the thing: these are VERY popular colors, as you’d expect. But once Stampin’ Up! retires them as of June 3rd of this year, they’re most likely gone from the collection forever. That’s not 100% sure as Stampin’ Up! has brought some colors back after a couple of years in recent memory. But that’s rare. And what’s going to happen as the month of May progresses, is that a lot of products related to these In Colors are going to run out. So, if you’re interested in keeping these colors around for a while longer, now would be a good time to start stocking up.

Don’t wait. Order the 2018-2020 In Color Products now! Products that include the retiring In Colors and the Stampin’ Up! order numbers are listed below. You can also order the 2018-2020 In Colors in individual ink pads and cardstock packages. Just log in to my Stampin’ Up! online store (or call or e-mail me) to order any of them. The sooner the better – before they run out!

2018-2020 In Color Assortments:

146973 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock
146974 12” x 12” Cardstock
149618 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper
147153 Classic Stampin’ Pads
147159 Stampin’ Write Markers
149608 In Color Buttons
146932 (Retired but still in the Clearance Rack) In Color Binder Clips

Individual 2018-2020 In Color Items:

Ink Refills
147176            Blueberry Bushel
147178            Call Me Clover
147179            Lovely Lipstick
147180            Pineapple Punch
147181            Grapefruit Grove

1/8” Grosgrain Ribbon (3.2mm)
146950            Blueberry Bushel
146951            Call Me Clover
146952            Lovely Lipstick
146953            Pineapple Punch
146954            Grapefruit Grove

Happy New Year – 2020! May It Be The Best Yet!

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Happy New Year – 2020! It is hard to believe that it is actually 2020. When a kindergarten class was labelled as the class of 2020, it seemed like a very long time in the distance. Now 2020 is here! There is something about starting a new decade that is intimidating and yet exhilarating. A fresh page has begun. It is up to us to make it the best decade possible. My prayers for this new decade are that our society can become united in our common desires and respectful and generous with each other in our differences. So Happy New Year, Happy 2020!

Have you made New Year’s resolutions yet? Have you broken any of your resolutions yet? I have unfortunately. I have resolved to kick the sugar and carb addiction and eat a Keto lifestyle. Unfortunately, the leftover Christmas candy called my name insistently and by noon I had succumbed to that siren call. But…tomorrow is a new day and I can start again.

With my stamping business I resolve to keep in better touch with you all through my blog and social media. I really want to get to know you better, to know your likes, desires, and hopes. I’ll continue to share my creativity with you but hope to be able to include you in that creativity through online classes, classes by mail, and Facebook live presentations.

With the new year, we also have the beginning of Sale-A-Bration and a new Handmade for You mini catalog. These start on Jan 3. This means that today is the last day to purchase many of the supplies in the Holiday catalog. In particular, the bundles will no longer be available. Stampin’ Up! is trying a new strategy. Some of the items from the Holiday Catalog will be in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog and can still be purchased before that catalog is live. Some other items from this year’s Holiday Catalog will be in the 2020 Holiday catalog but won’t be available until that catalog is live. The safest thing to do is not wait! If there are some items that you want from the 2019 Holiday catalog, especially the bundles, order them today! Visit my online store. The host code for January is P6KRKYMC. Please use it when you place your order to receive a small gift from me. You can also email me your order and pay through PayPal if that is more convenient for you.

Free Shipping One Day Only!

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Wow! Free Shipping One Day Only tomorrow, December 11! It’s time to finish up your wish list from the Holiday catalog and prepare for the new Spring mini catalog. This sale begins tonight at 12:01 mountain time and runs through 11:59 pm MT. You can either email me your order or order online through my online store.

Another reason to take advantage of the Free Shipping One Day Only is that the bundles in the Holiday catalog and much of the other products will retire on January 2. Check out the retiring products and order them tomorrow. You need to especially check out the bundles. Even if the stamp set and dies or punches carry forward into the next catalog, they won’t be bundled together at a 10% discount. Check out the clickable images of the bundles below and then order the ones you don’t yet have.

Year-End Papercrafting Closeout!

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The Year-end Papercrafting Closeout has begun. The retirement list is up and some items are even on discount.

Here are some things you need to know: about the Year-end Papercrafting closeout.

* Many items from the Holiday Catalog are being carried forward to the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog. They just won’t be bundled together. If you want the discount, buy the bundle now!
* Other product from the Holiday Catalog will not be available to order after January 2, 2020 until they appear in the 2020 Holiday catalog. Yes, some of the supplies will appear again next fall.
* As always, retiring items are on an “as long as inventory lasts” so order NOW! Things will sell out fast. Click on the image above to go to my online store. Use the host code AZFJF474 and receive a gift from me.

#SimpleStamping Challenge for May

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Greeting card created to meet the May #SimpleStamping challenge with Lovely As A Tree, Purple Posy Cardstock and Seaside Spray Ink

The #SimpleStamping challenge for May is to create and share a card for any occasions using our favorite stamp that is retiring. The Lovely as a Tree stamp set was created by one of the founders of Stampin’ Up! and has been around since 2001. It is finally retiring with the new 2019-2020 Annual Catalog. The above card is my submission for the challenge of #MaySimpleStamping.

#SimpleStamping is the theme Stampin’ Up! introduced last November as the theme for this Stampin’ Up! year. Each month demonstrators are challenged to create and share on social media cards that a beginner stamper would enjoy making.

In addition to using the retiring Lovely as a Tree (wood –128655, clear –127793), I used two of the new 2019-2021 In Colors. The trees were stamped with Seaside Spray ink on the Purple Posy card base. I love all the new In Colors…Seaside Spray, Purple Posy, Rococo Pink, Pretty Peacock, and Terracotta Tile.

This Lovely as a Tree stamp set (wood –128655, clear –127793) will only be available until June 3rd so place your order for it now. Click on the links to be taken to it’s place in my online store.