FLOWER STEM SILHOUETTE & BABY WIPES

Today I'm using the Flower Stem from the Amazing Silhouettes Stamp Set to make a card for someone that I think is amazing.  The Amazing Silhouettes Bundle is now available.  At $44 this is a very economical bundle but add an ink pad or some other item from your wish list and you will qualify for a free Sale-a-Bration Item.

You are probably wondering, where is the "silhouette"?  Well, on the card front it's not that easy to actually see a silhouette, is it?  But if you really want to see the image that this stamp creates when stamped only once, you can see it below on the inside of the card.

To make the card front I created my own background paper using the Baby Wipe Technique and this same flower stamp.

I created my "ink pad" from Baby Wipes with the following reinker colors:  Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay, Shaded Spruce and Mango Melody.  I think stamped the silhouette stamp multiple times to completely cover the Basic White cardstock panel.  I found that it worked best if I cleaned the stamp between each application or the colors started to get too muddy for my taste.

I had intended to put a panel over the "background" with just a single image of the flower silhouette, but I was not happy with how it looked.  I loved the background, but adding something on top of it, just didn't look right, so I decided to just let the "background" become the "foreground"

I added the beautiful White Frayed Ribbon that was another Prize Patrol gift from Stampin' Up to all participants at ONSTAGE@HOME back in November.  I then used the three "you are amazing" dies from the Amazing Thanks Dies to create the sentiment.  These dies are available separately or as part of the Amazing Silhouettes Bundle.

I cut the background letters from Bermuda Bay cardstock and the foreground letters from Basic White cardstock.  As I mentioned in my post on Monday, these layers are so easy to assembly.  You know how sometimes it can be a bit difficult to layer letters and get them aligned the way you like?  These are so easy to align and if you are a bit off -- no one will ever know. Gotta love that!  

To finish the card, I added three Black Classic Matte Dots to the card front.  The layers behind the "background" are Bermuda Bay and Soft Suede.

What do you think?  Thumbs up?  Thumbs Down?

If you would like a tutorial with all the dimensions and step-by-step instructions, you can find one at this link.   

A complete product list is shown below.

Product List

Amazing Silhouettes Bundle (English) [157819]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115318]	Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131197]
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [115663]	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [131156]	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147165]	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147162]	White 3/4" (1.9 Cm) Frayed Ribbon [158138]
Classic Matte Dots [158146]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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YAY! THE NEW MINI CATALOG HAS LAUNCH AND WE CAN SALE-a-BRATE

 What an exciting day!

The new January - June Mini Catalog has now launched...  

... and SALE-a-BRATION is in full swing!

You can access both the Mini Catalog and Sale-a-Bration Brochure with the links on my sidebar.

Let me warn you...  You are going to have a long wish list, and if you are a lover of flower stamps, you are going to be so happy and excited.  No matter what kind of flowers are your favorite, you are going to find something that makes you smile!

But no worries!  If your wish list is long, Sale-a-Bration is an AWESOME time to join our Stampin' Up! family.  Sign-up to be a demonstrator during Sale-a-Bration, and not only do you get to select $125 worth of products for $99 (which includes shipping), you also get to choose TWO ADDITIONAL stamp sets for FREE!

It doesn't get much better than that!  To join you can use the "CONTACT ME" link at the top of my blog page.  That link takes you to my Stampin' Up! Storefront where you will find a "Join" button at the top of the page.    If you have questions, or would like more information, I'd be happy to assist you.  You can send an email to fairlessflair@gmail.com to reach me directly.

Have a great day devouring the new catalogs!

BUTTERFLY THANKS SILHOUETTE

HAPPY NEW YEAR STAMPING FRIENDS!

I'm starting this year by using a Stamp Set that was given to us as a Prize Patrol item at ONSTAGE@HOME back in November.   It's called Amazing Silhouettes, and it will be available for purchase tomorrow, January 4.   I'll be honest and admit that I had not put ink to these stamps until now.  I was struggling a bit with how to best showcase these Silhouette Stamps.

There are three stamps in this set and today I've used the Butterfly Silhouette.

This stamp set is part of the Amazing Silhouettes Bundle (Item # 157819) which includes the Silhouettes Stamp Set and the Amazing Thanks Dies.  You can purchase each separately, but if you buy them as a bundle you save 10%.   Since the stamp set was a prize, I purchased the dies as part of my pre-order in December.  I am so pleasantly surprised by these dies.  I LOVE them.  They are so easy to use and pack a big punch for a small amount of effort!

Since I am running low on thank you cards, I decided to use the "thanks" die today, but the die set also includes dies for the words "you", "are", and "amazing".  

Each word has two dies -- a thicker background for the letters which you can see in Coastal Cabana on this card, and a coordinating die which has thinner script letters that you see in Basic White on this card.  Doesn't that Coastal Cabana background piece, just make the sentiment pop?  It was also so easy to cut and align the two pieces.  Alignment is extremely forgiving!

To create today's card, I stamped the butterfly silhouette 3 times, once each in Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green.  After stamping, I used the Stitched with Whimsy Dies to add the stitched squiggles.  Each time I see the pattern these Stitched with Whimsy dies create, I think of butterflies flitting around.  I then matted each butterfly to a 1/8" larger Basic White rectangle and then to coordinating color mats and adhered to the card front.

Do you see the three little Brushed Brass Butterflies (Item 158136) on the front of the card?  These were another Prize Patrol item that Stampin' Up! gifted us at ONSTAGE@HOME.  This was my first year to participate in this event, and I'm so glad I did.  It's great when EVERY attendee wins a prize -- and we all won three prizes this year--the Amazing Silhouettes Stamp Set, the Brushed Brass Butterflies, and some beautiful white ribbon that you will see in Wednesday's post.

To makes sure the inside of the card was not forgotten, I stamped another butterfly silhouette with Coastal Cabana and also used one of the larger Stitched with Whimsy Dies to outline the Basic White cardstock with the stitching.

I added a few more of the Brushed Butterflies, but left the inside sentiment free, so I will have plenty of room to add my handwritten note of thanks.

If you would like a detailed tutorial with all dimensions and step by step directions, one is available at this link.

The two sneak peek products used are:

Brushed Brass Butterflies - Item # 158135

Amazing Silhouettes Bundle - Item # 157819

A list of all current products used is shown in the list below.

Product List

Amazing Silhouettes Bundle (English) [157819]

Brushed Brass Butterflies [158136]

Stitched With Whimsy Dies [155314]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131297]	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119683]
Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990]	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094]	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095]

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AN ISLAND VIBE WELCOME TO 2022

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE!

I've heard that the Pineapple is a symbol of welcoming and hospitality.  So today I am going to welcome 2022 with a Pineapple Card.

I'm hoping that 2022 will be more hospitable to us all than the last couple of years have been.  Like I'm sure you are, I am ready to get back to a more normal life -- or whatever we used to think was normal.

Today's card was made with another sneak peek product.  And, yes, this one is also a Sale-A-Bration choice.  It's called Island Vibes (Item 158096), and this is certainly the time of year when most of us would love to have some warm Island Vibes, right?

I used the large Palm Leaves stamped with Mossy Meadow to create a corner border.

Since I wanted to tuck the Pineapple into the leaves I stamped the four leaves on the right a second time and fussy cut them.  After I stamped and fussy cut the pineapple (sadly there are no coordinating dies), I created a little color wash at the bottom with my water painter and Mossy Meadow ink.  This makes it look like the Pineapple is sitting on something and not floating in the air.

After adhering the Pineapple with liquid glue at the bottom I put a couple of dimensionals towards the top to give it a little lift.  I did the same with the four fussy cut leaves.  At the left I adhered them directly to the image stamped below it and then on the right I lifted them up a bit with some dimensionals over the pineapple.

The welcome sentiment if from Wildly Adorable, and if you are curious how I created the 2022, I used a VERY OLD retired Stampin' Up! Item called the "Remember This and That Rotary Stamp."  I was cleaning out some old stuff a while back and found it in the back of a drawer, still in its original box.  I didn't remember I even had it, and I think this was the first time it ever even touched an ink pad!  When I was cleaning and organizing (and yes disposing of some stuff), I almost threw it out, but something told me not to!  I think the numbers on the stamp only rotate up to 2025 -- so it's going to need to go eventually.  But not today!

For the inside of the card, I decided to just add the palm leaves along with a couple more retired sentiments.  In all the stamps I have couldn't find a current Happy New Year sentiment.  Hint, Hint!  Stampin' Up!

In the above photo, you can see that I also decorated the front corner of my envelop with another Pineapple.  I first inked the Pineapple with So Saffron.  Then with a Mango Melody Stampin' Write Marker I added a little more ink to the stamp around the edges of the pineapple before I stamped it.  The leaves were inked with Pear Pizzazz, and I also added a little Pear Pizzazz color wash for it sit on.  Am I the only one that doesn't like to see "things" floating in air?

If you would like a tutorial for this simple card, one is available at this link.

As I mentioned above, I used the sneak Peek Island Vibes Sale-A-Bration stamp set for the majority of this card but the rest of the current products I used are listed below.

As we close out 2021 let's be grateful for the blessings and happy times this year has brought. Let's leave the difficulties and trials of the year behind and look forward with hope and faith to 2022.  

May God Bless You and Keep You in 2022!

Product List

Wildly Adorable Cling Stamp Set [155468]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [144237]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650]	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676]	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111]
Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104]	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [147109]	Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [147156]	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157]	Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder [154317]
Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193]	Water Painters [151298]

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