SNEAK PEEK - BEE MINE FOR SIMPLY MONDAY

Happy Monday!  This week I am sharing sneak peeks of a new suite of products that will be in the 2024 Jan - April Mini Catalog.  If you are thinking..."WHAT? Spring Mini, already?"  I know, it is a way away, but since it is so cute, I was excited to share it with you!

This particular BEE MINE Suite was an early purchase made available to those demonstrators that participated in OnStage on November 11.    I thought maybe you need a bit of a break from Christmas Cards.  We've been looking at Christmas cards since July, so for this week, let's look at "love" cards for a few days.

Today's card shows the BEE MY VALENTINE Bundle which includes a coordinating BEE BUILDER Punch. I also used the BEE MINE 12 " x 12 Designer Series Paper (DSP), Sweet Sorbet Bordered Ribbon and the Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers -- all which are part of the suite.  In addition the Suite included Square Pillow Boxes -- which I have not played with, yet.

The design was totally CASED from a card we made at the November 11 OnStage Event.  I changed up the DSP, added a Pool Party Layer and the Ribbon, but the layout is exactly the same as the one demonstrated at OnStage.

This card lets the DSP do most of the work.  I used two different patterns on the top and the bottom and did a little stamping on the Pool Party Strip to provide interest and then added the sentiment "You make my heart buzz" with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.  

The bee is quick to make.  Just stamp the body with the two-step stamps.  Stamp the wings and antennae with Black Memento and then punch out all the pieces with the BEE BUILDER Punch.  Use a little adhesive to attached the wings and antennae to the back of the body. 

I did add a little pool party color wash to the wings with my Water Painter, but I could just as easily have used the two-step stamp process with the heart stamp that provides color for the wings.  I also like to add a little bit of Wink of Stella on the wings to make them sparkle.

For a FREE tutorial with all the step-by-step directions, click on this link to download a copy.

To dress up the inside of the card I added a little strip of the Petal Pink honeycomb patterned DSP bordered with Pool Party.  The inside sentiment is another stamp from the BEE MINE stamp set.

For a list of the few current products used in addition to the BEE MINE Suite see below.  

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[122924]

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[147107]

Water Painters

[151298]

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

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A SIMPLE HEART VALENTINE

If you need to make several Valentine Cards and need a quick and simple design, this is the card for you!  

It's pretty.  It's colorful.  And it is easy, particularly because all the measurements have been figured out for you!

Even if you don't have any of the supplies I used, you can recreate this card with items you already have.  All you need is a pretty designer series paper and coordinating cardstock colors.  If you are a stamper -- beginner or avid -- you probably have everything you need to make a card like this.

I used three different patterns from the Sweet Talk Designer Series Paper that is in the new Stampin' Up! Spring Mini, but any Valentine paper you have will work. 

I used Stampin' Up!'s Heart Punch Pack to create the center heart, but any heart punch or heart dies that you may have will work.  I used dimensionals behind the heart and the sentiment because I like the look of dimension in my cards, but you can also eliminate or minimize the dimension and it will be a "less expensive" card for mailing.

For the inside of the card, I made a simple Pool Party Mat and used a sentiment from the Sweet Conversation Stamp Set.  The four little hearts at the bottom were made with another die from Sweet Hearts Dies, but if you don't have these dies, just add a strip of your designer paper at the bottom.

You can also easily make a version of this simple card for any occasion.  It doesn't have to be a Valentine.  It could be a birthday card, a get well card, a just because card, or any kind of card you need -- just turn the heart into a flower, or even just a large sentiment that you already have.

I have a FREE TUTORIAL that has calculated all the dimensions for you so you can easily create this simple card with equal gaps around the DSP sections.  Figuring those out was the most "complicated" part of figuring out the layout.  But it's done!  All you need to do is click this link and download the tutorial.  I hope you will give it a try.  

You may be wondering why I am telling you all reasons you don't need to have the Sweet Conversations Bundle and Sweet talk DSP to make this card.  Would I like to sell you those products?  Of course, I would, but my goal is also to provide you with ideas for how you can use products that you already own.  That may not make for the best "salesperson", but I believe it makes for a great demonstrator, and that's what I want to be.  

If you don't already have a demonstrator, I would love to be yours.  If you would like to be added to my contact list, please use the "Subscribe" section on the right to provide me your contact information.

Below is a complete list of the products I used to create this card, but remember, this card is easy to make with things you most likely already have.

Product List

Sweet Conversations Bundle (English) [157624]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229]	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122924]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Sweet Talk 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157616]
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Heart Punch Pack [151292]	Simply Elegant Trim [155766]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]

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A COLOR TWIST VALENTINE

What do you consider a "normal" Valentine color?  Red? Pink? A combination of these?

How about So Saffron?  Probably not the first color that came to mind, right?

The new Sweet Talk Designer Series Paper has so many colors in it that I decided to use some of the more "non-traditional" colors for today's card.  Yes, it still has red (Real Red, that is), but the main color of the card is So Saffron.

The three little hearts which create the focal point are So Saffron, Real Red, and Pool Party.  That's a very unique Valentine color combination for me, but since Stampin' Up! used it in this Sweet Talk Designer Series Paper, it must be OK, right?  LOL

Do you see the row of Pool Party outline hearts behind the 3 hearts on the tag?  This is just one of the unique dies from the Sweet Hearts Dies.  There are a couple more like this one, including one that makes a similar row of vertical hearts.  The little Real Red Tag behind the 3 hearts is another of the dies included in the set.

The layout for this card is a modified version of my favorite go-to diagonal layout.  Normally I use this diagonal layout for Portrait orientation cards, but today's layout is adapted to a Landscape orientation.  What do you think?  Compare it to the Portrait card at this link and let me know if you have a preference.

The inside of the card is decorated with a strip of the same designer series paper as was used on the card front.

If you would like a FREE TUTORIAL with all the cutting dimensions and step-by-step assembly directions, one is available at this link.

I'd love to hear what you think of the unique color combination!

A complete product list  for this card is shown below.  The Snowflake Splendor Ribbon is retired, but all other products are current.

Product List

Sweet Conversations Bundle (English) [157624]	So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [105118]	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482]	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122924]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]
Sweet Talk 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157616]	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [147109]	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096]	Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder [154317]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]
Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475]	Snowflake Splendor 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Ribbon [153548]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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DON'T FORGET TO SALE-A-BRATE!  

Remember for every $50 of merchandise that you order, you can choose a FREE Sale-a-Bration item.  Are you wondering what the items are that you can choose from?

You can check out the list below -- or click on the catalog icon in the right border of the blog to see the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.

But remember, you can only receive these as a Sale-a-Bration reward item.  You can not order them directly.

Product List

Island Vibes Cling Stamp Set [158096]	Catching Butterflies Cling Stamp Set (English) [158108]	Driving By Cling Stamp Set (English) [158099]	Sunshine & Rainbows 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158126]
Simply Marbleous 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158128]	Friendly Hello Bundle (English) [159990]	Special Moments Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158081]	Calming Camellia Host Cling Stamp Set (English) [158117]

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