New Occasions mini catalog and Sale-a-Bration!

It's here -- the Stampin' Up! Occasions mini catalog!  And to add to the joy, it's also Sale-a-Bration!!  For every $50 spent on any Stampin Up! products (before tax and shipping), choose a FREE Sale-a-Bration product.  There's no limit to the amount of free product you can earn from the SAB catalog.

Honey Bee!

This is a darling set from the new SU! Occasions min, which is bundled with the coordinating Detailed Bee dies.  For easy layering, I went to the Squares Collection framelits.   A dash of paper Piercing in the scallops and pearls finish this project off.  Easy, breezy!

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Honey Bee bundle

153792

$41.25

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Stamps:  Honey Bee 

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Mint Macaron 

Ink:  Crushed Curry, Mint Macaron, Garden Green Soft Suede, Early Espresso 

Accessories:  Big Shot, Detailed Bee dies, Squares Collection framelits, Burlap ribbon, pearl embellishments, Dimensionals, Paper Piercing pack, Washi punch

Tea-stained on purpose!

Yes, it's tea stained on purpose!  I split some tea on it and decided not to wipe it off right away.  I like the look, but wish that the card stock hadn't gotten wrinkled.  

I love the muted look of this and tried to keep the contrasting use of Soft Suede to a minimum, on purpose.  I was searching for bits and pieces to add to this one, so I used a silver soda pop top from my beloved cache of trinkets.  I used a 1" circle punch on a piece of one of the Pool Party designs from Parisian Blossoms DSP, then sealed it in with a thick layer of clear Crystal Effects.  I also liberated some light golden-brown pearls for the centers of the flowers.  For a softer look on the flowers, I stamped them out using Soft Suede, then used a nearly dry aquatinted for the Petal Pink.

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Parisian Blossoms Suite

153934

$133.50

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Stamps:  Forever Blossoms, Parisian Beauty

Paper:  Whisper White, Pool Party, Soft Suede, Parisian Blossoms DSP

Ink:  Petal Pink, Soft Suede, Pool Party

Accessories:  Big Shot, Parisian dies, assorted iridescent sequins, Wink of Stella gold, pearls, Silver soda pop tops, Crystal Effects, Dimensionals, Aquapainted, 1" circle punch, Ticket-Corner punch, Shimmer doily, Petal Pink organdy stripe ribbon, Gold shimmer ribbon, metallic brads

Botanical Prints

This card started going in one direction, but totally ended up in a different place completely.  My inspiration was the lemon print from the Botanical Prints DSP. I cut the frame out for the central image using the Stained Glass thinlits, cutting one each of White, Crushed Curry, Black and Old Olive -- then I mixed and matched pieces to make it visually more interesting.

The lattice framework is the white side of the Pretty Peacock/White  lattice from the product medley. I dragged the white side over a Black Memento ink pad, to give it a graphic punch, along with gold brads and a tiny copper bumblebee.  All in all, I'm very pleased with how graphic this ended up.

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Botanical Prints Product Medley
151301

$70.00

Stained Glass thinlits

146347

$29.00

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Stamps:  Botanical Prints  

Paper:  White, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Black, Botanical Prints DSP  

Ink:  Memento Black  

Accessories:  Big Shot, Stained Glass thinnest, Botanical Print medley lattice and fruit pieces, Metallic pearls, Dimensionals, paper piercing

Celebrate every moment

This is so much prettier than the photo -- I just couldn't get it right.  Grace's Garden, from the new Stampin' Up! Occasions mini catalog is so versatile, especially using the matching Garden Gateway dies!  I pulled out my Detailed Bands dies and could just see how it would look with hollyhocks, Black-eyed Susans and flowering hosta at the bottom.  In the middle of dreary December, I wanted something light, airy and summery.  Honey bees, pearls and piercing just sort of lift the whole thing!

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Grace's Garden

153789

47.50

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Stamps:  Grace's Garden, Honey Bee

Paper:  Whisper White, Pool Party, Purple Posy, Parisian Blossoms DSP

Ink:  Black Memento, Island Indigo, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories:  Big Shot, Detailed Bee dies, Garden Gateway dies, Detailed Bands dies, pearl embellishments, paper piercing tool, Dimensionals, Aquapainter

Shabby Postcard from Paris

I was inspired by the floral stem from Forever Blossoms, a new set to be offered in the new Stampin' Up! Occasions mini catalog. Which led to the layered Eiffel Tower from Parisian Beauty and the Parisian dies.  Which led to a very rustic and distressed piece of white card stock cut using the Stitched Lace die, then wet and rolled with my fingers until the fibers released. Which led to the pulling out of some of my fav retired SU! sets -- Post Card and Postage due.  Which led to an abuse of pearls and ribbon...

I like a shabby, distressed look -- what can I say?

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Parisian Blossoms Suite

153934

$133.50

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Stamps:  Parisian Beauty, Forever Blossoms, Postage Due, Post Card 

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Soft Suede 

Ink:  Black Memento, Soft Suede, Petal Pink, Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive 

Accessories:  Big Shot, Stitched Lace dies, Parisian dies, metallic brads, pearl embellishments, Aquapainter, sponges, Petal Pink organdy striped ribbon, Gold shimmer ribbon, postage stamp punch,  Ticket Corner punch, Dimensionals

Botanical Prints

Also a new set from the Stampin' Up Occasions Mini Catalog, you can either buy the cling Botanicals Print, or you can buy the whole Botanicals Product Medley,  which contains stamps, Designer Series Paper, Dies and Accessories to take you wherever you creativity sends you.  This medley includes 6"x6" double-sided designs, die-cut accents, laser cut overlays, Old Olive twin ribbon, Botanical Prints dies and 12 little copper bumblebees to accent your work.  All in all, a great product suite for your creativity!

This card starts with a base of Pretty Peacock, Pool Party and Terracotta Tile floral DSP.  Layered on top of that, I have a wisp of Pool Party around a 2 1/4" square of white card stock, which I sponged clouds with Pool Party and using the oval scallop mask,  I think that it adds a nice little bit of dimension to the whole.

The four corners of the central layer have a triangle die-cut from Crushed Curry, using the Botanical Prints  dies.  There are two of the floral sprigs, a copper bumblebee and a Pool Party seam binding bow to finish it off.

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Botanical Prints Product Medley
151301

$70.00

All products used are Stampin' Up!, unless otherwise noted 

Stamps:  Botanical Prints, Forever Blossoms 

Paper:  Whisper White, Pretty Peacock, Pool Party, Crushed Curry, Botanical Prints DSP 

Ink:  Memento Black, Calypso Coral, Terracotta Tile, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Pool Party

Accessories:  Big Shot, Botanical Prints dies, Candy Dot brads, Dimensionals, Aquapainter, Pool Party seam binding, Gold shimmer ribbon, sponges, scalloped oval punch