Global Stampin Friends Blog Hop - New & Carrying Over

Hello and welcome to The Craft Spa in the UK...

So today's Global Stamping Friends one off Extraordinary Blog Hop is a little bit of this... and a little bit of that!

With NEW 2019-20 Catalogue spoilers too...

Hop on round to see some favourites carrying over, some On Stage swaps ... and definitely some new products coming our way in the new 2019 -2020 Annual Catalogue...

So I have Something Old and Something New for you today... and... going from the demo reaction in the On Stage room at Telford, UK last weekend...

I think this new DistINKtive Sailing Home stamp set is going to be very very popular... and even better...

There is a whole co-ordinating Come Sail Away suite... so here is the On Stage Display board featuring the suite... isn't it a stunner!

And even better... there is a co-ordinating Come Sail Away Memories & More pack too... which is just stunning! Can't wait to make some Memories pages and some easy cards using this one (and maybe some not so easy too!!)

Lovely set of co-ordinating Smooth Sailing dies...

Gorgeous Come Sail Away papers... 

Check out the new High Seas 3D embossing folder... (though note that I used the current but retiring Seaside embossing folder on my card today!)

And the lovely Sail Away Trinkets embellishments...

Gorgeous Night of Navy / Sahara Sand Thick Bakers Twine.. 

And so... back to the card...

My first Sailing Home card just had to be a Bridge U Fold card...  and so did my second version shared here... much happier with my yachts on the second version...

I have a Class in The Mail too... More details to follow ... so please click here to contact me to register your interest... and I will  be back to you soon! Available from June 2019... includes prepped for kits for 2 each of this Bridge U Fold card and 3 cleaner and simpler cards too... Cost £92 for a full suite pack basis (with free postage) OR £72.50 for a half Suite pack basis (with no embossing folder - add £9.25 if you would like one too) Both include 12 pieces of A4 card (2 each x 6 co-ordinating colours)

Edited to Add: By popular request! For everyone including fellow demonstrators - and for those of you outside Europe for whom I cannot supply product/Classes in the Mail as per SU! guidelines...  

Click here for the Bridge U Fold Card tutorial... (though this time I used Waterfront to create my little background scene... much quicker!!)  

And click here for the Waterfront background scene tutorial... There you go!

And oh ... have you spotted the new (and ever so useful!!!) Timeless Label punch shape... which is really easy to "make smaller" using a post it note... so I could have had any of these 3 choices for my greeting! Original shape in the middle!

And so it is now time to pass you onto the lovely Kimberley Morris in Colorado Springs, USA... just click on the arrow below to go straight to her post...

Or here is the full Roll Call if you prefer to hop around that way

Blog Hop Roll Call

1. Amanda Farlinger

2. Amber Thompson

3. Vicky Wright

4. Lisa Ann Bernard

5. Jenn Curtis Charles

6. Tricia Butts

7. Marieke Bart

8. Amanda Bates ( YOU ARE HERE)

9. Kimberley Anne Morris

10. Lisa Henderson

Celebrate the Neutrals for Global Stampin Friends Blog Hop

 

Hello and welcome to this month's Global Stampin Friends international blog hop from Amanda Bates at The Craft Spa in the UK...

This month's theme is simply...  Neutrals... so I kept everything simple... so as to keep the colours as the main stage event...

So I have focused on the this year's NEW Neutrals... Gray Granite (new), Merry Merlot (new), Night of Navy (old!!!) and Mossy Meadow (returning In Color)

They aren't all new colours... but they were all new to the Neutrals collection... and I think these make this collection truly great ...  

As now... with the greens, blues and reds in the Neutrals... there is something for everything...  and so it is a brilliant collection to buy to start off your Stampin' Up! colour co-ordination journey.... 

And what better image to prove that these Neutrals now have something for every occasion... but a flourish with a leaf and flower or two... care of Flourishing Phrases... 

Which has been around a while... but is still a go to set for me for this flourish and the greetings... so I really hope it carries over to the New Annual Catalogue... but more on that come 15th April...

But whilst I was here... and as we now have 3 of these 4 colours in Stampin Blends alcohol marker pens...  I couldn't resist trying out my Stampin Blends in a slightly different way to the norm... as we tend to just use Memento Black when colouring in with Blends... 

But I have used our classic ink pads & marker pens for inking up here... and the Stampin Blends work a treat with them...  try it ... you won't be disappointed!

And for those of you that like the details... as this design maximises quantities from a piece of A4 cardstock... 

The card blank is 10.5cm Square (so 2 from A4)... with a 9.9cm panel (so 6 from A4)... and a 2 x 9.9cm greeting "band"... Or for those of you in the US... I would go 4 1/4" Square Card Blank... with a 4" panel ... with a 3/4" x 4" band

The edges of the band and mat are inked direct with Gray Granite around each of the 4 edges (care of a slight & gentle press of each card edge straight onto the ink pad) 

And now it is time to pass you onto the lovely Jan Musselman in the USA... Enjoy!

1. June Olsen

2. Tricia Butts

3. Amanda Farlinger

4. Libby Dyson

5. Amber Thompson

6. Anastasia Radloff

7. Jenn Curtis Charles 

8. Lisa Henderson

9. Amanda Bates (YOU ARE HERE)

10. Jan Musselman 

11. Angélique Stempelkeuken 

12. Kimberley Anne Morris  

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Global Stampin Friends Blog Hop - Exciting Times...

Hello and welcome to the Global Stampin Friends Blog Hop... with a simple theme of sharing our excitement for the new and upcoming 2018-19 Annual Catalogue... whether it be the "new" coming or the "old" carrying over...

So for me it had to be something new... along with a couple of returners...

So I have great pleasure in introducing 3 lovely new products...

The Lovely Floral embossing folder... for the main feature... Used for embossing the card and main panel... as well as fussy cutting for extra 3D effect... and also a little butterfly... but more on that later...

The Love What You Do stamp set... for a bit of extra detail in the wording and foliage to add some colour...

and last but not least... Faceted Dots... for the final pop!

These are part of a great suite ... the Share What You Love suite... which is being pre-released to the world - in 3 exciting bundles to suit everyone's budget - on 1st May... whereas everything else will have to wait until 1st June when the new 2018-19 Annual Catalogue goes live...

But if you cannot wait till May... you could join our Stampin Up family right now... and it could all be yours for £99... with another £11.25 of product to add to your starter kit too! Now that is great value...

Here are some pictures of the Share What You love suite leaflet but Click here for the full pdf leaflet... and/or click here for the Stampin' Up! video for an overview... including seeing the beautiful papers...

And the returners I mentioned... well... Minty is back!!! Yes Mint Macaron is coming back into play! I am delighted!! Along with Blackberry Bliss too... which I know will make lots of my ladies very happy! Click here to learn more about the Colour Revamp and the new colour range come 1st June...

And back to that little butterfly off to the right hand side... just a fussy cut of part of the smaller flower... like so...

And now it is time to pass you onto the talented Rebecca Urban... over in the USA...

And here is the full Roll Call...

Bloghop Roll Call – Exciting Times

1.Libby Dyson

2 Courtenay Heuston

3. Sharon Dalton

4.  Anastasia Radloff

5. Karie Beglau

6. Amanda Bates ( YOU ARE HERE)

7. Rebecca Urban

8. Lisa Ann Bernard

9. Anita Wifladt

10. Mary Ann Rossiter

11. Kimberley Morris

12. Jenn Curtis Charles

13.   Angelique Stempelkeuken

14. Vicky Wright

15. Amanda Farlinger

16. Marieke Bart

17. Sarah McDermott

Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop - A Colour Challenge

Welcome to the Global Stamping Friends September Blog Hop... you are with Amanda Bates at The Craft Spa in the UK... and I have a little card duo for you ...

Note that this is my second post today... scroll down  - or click here - for the new Autumn Winter Catalogue release and my special Launch Offers....

So we have a GSF Colour Challenge to share with you today... what can I say... right up my street!

And a perfect combination to introduce one of my favourite new bundles in the new Autumn Winter (aka Holidays aka Christmas) Catalogue... welcome to Brightly Lit Christmas and Christmas Lamppost dies... available as a bundle (with 10% off for the pair)

So starting off simply as is my way when starting with a new product! 

A masked and sponged panel in Pool Party and Night of Navy...

Die cut Smoky Slate Lamppost and lanterns... sponged very lightly with Smoky Slate on top and harder around the edges to add texture & definition... 

White die cut lamp-glass inserts behind (yes that is what the one die with 3 "flower pots" does! See bottom left corner in the product picture above) 

And finished off with a stamped and die cut label & bow...

The second card has the addition of Smoky Slate sponging to form a pavement... with a Basic Black stamped and hand cut lamppost so you can see the difference! And spot the add of the Pool Party water coloured glass...

I could have course have stamped this direct but I always like an excuse for a bit of fussy cutting at night! 

The sign holder is stamped direct in Basic Black... a stamped and die cut sign and bow to decorate... 

And I used a couple of die cut sign holders as a flourish for the bottom right hand side... love the effect! I could have course have stamped these instead...

Don't forget to click here and check out the New Catalogue and/or my Launch Offers if you are in the UK...

And now it is time to pass you onto the lovely and very talented Jenn over in California, USA... just click on the arrow! Until next time...

Blog Roll Call

1. Courtenay Heuston

2. Stephanie Nash

3. Anita Wifladt

4. Tricia Butts

5. Sharleen Luciano

6. Kimberley Anne Morris

7. June Olsen

8. Jan Musselman

9. Anastasia Radloff

10. Rachel Macleod

11. Ellen Woodbridge

12. Karie Beglau

13. Lisa Ann Bernard

14. Marieke Bart

15,. Christina Walker

16. Angelique Stempelkeuken

17. Sarah McDermott

18. Amanda Bates (YOU ARE HERE)

19. Jenn Curtis Charles