Lovely Floral Amazing Congratulations

So what do you get when you combine this Lovely Floral card with this Amazing Congratulations card...

Well this is what Heidi made in class... and it is just so pretty I just had to share...

Colour combination of Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Lemon Lime Twist, Soft Sea Foam and Granny Apple Green

Sweet & Sassy & Simple! Thank You

Took me years to purchase the Sweet & Sassy dies... as I am not "into hearts".. and find that I only ever used them for Valentines cards... which I don't usually make a lot of...

But so glad I bought them... my attitude seems to be changing... gosh aren't hearts useful!

So this has to be one of the simplest cards I have ever created... but the recipient absolutely loved it!! As indeed I knew she would...

Though maybe I should have grabbed Perfect Plum as that is her absolute favourite colour... but when there is a Wisteria Wonder small square card blank (10.5cm from A4 or 4 1/4" from US Letter) just sat there... which is her 2nd favourite colour...well!!

So a simple die cut heart aperture... followed by Elegant Eggplant inking and stamping of the lovely Thank You greeting in Heartfelt Blooms...

And a card popped in an envelope and in her bag... in the minutes it took her to walk down to my house to collect her Stampin' Up!order...

Though I think it would look even better with a white embossed greeting!! But that would have taken me too many seconds...

And I have just realised (as I searched for the links for you)... that if you ordered Sweet & Sassy Framelits... plus one pack of card and one inkpad... the total would be £45.25.. and then you would get the Sale A Bration Heartfelt Blooms stamp set for free... Think how many cards you could make in an hour... 48 from the one card pack would be no problem! Bargain...

Botanical Blooms Trio card

Been itching to share this card for a while...  it had quite an effect on my ladies at classes last week! I was so pleased that Sassy Salutations was at least reduced for them on the Retiring List! 

The border die and the flowers in the Botanical Blooms dies really are quite special... so I am very glad that they are carrying over into the new 2016-17 catalogue... plenty more to share using these...

Now I can't take any credit for the majority of this card! I have seen variants all over Pinterest as it really is too good not to make... so here are a few links to hopefully get the credit back to the originator(s). 

I believe Carolyn Bennie in Australia was the genius behind the marker/sponging decoration of the flowers with these stunning flowers she made shown here...

.... and although I was inspired to immediately make this when team mate Julie Kettlewell's posted her navy version... she in turn was inspired by Sue Vine 's stunning Melon Mambo creation.... 

All I changed was the colour (as my ladies do love their purples!)... and I used 3 of the flower sizes instead of just the large one... easier to die cut that way - and I prefer the resultant lighter look...

But I do have to laugh as my ladies are now all wanting to make boxes for their cards to go in as the flattening of those beautiful flowers is quite upsetting them!!! Think another Envelope Punch Board class and a Box Frame card might be on the cards in the not too distant future....

Wonderland - Plum Trees - and The Purples Round Up

The last of my special purples trio....

I think Perfect Plum has proven to be the favourite shade of my purple-loving new crafters!

Trees stamped in Perfect Plum then re-stamped wothout re-inking off to the right and left...

Stamped panel direct-inked with the Perfect Plum ink pad...

Re matted onto another Whisper White panel...

All tied up with some of the new White Glitter Ribbon...

And laid upon a Perfect Plum card blank that has been stamped all over with Whisper White snowflakes...

And finally... I leave you with the Purples Trio...

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Wonderland - Silent Night in Purples

Another way to use your Wonderland stamps... and going back to my special purple makes!! 

Attempting to show my new purple-loving crafters that just one ink pad can start you off pretty well on your colour journey... Elegant Eggplant used here to give 4 colour shades... starting off by inking up and stamping in the centre then stamping - without re-inking - the 3 words below....

Then I have re-inked - stamped off onto scrap paper once - and then repeated the stamping of the 3 words above

All with the aid of the trusty Stamp A Ma Jig of course!

Well ...I say one ink pad... apart from Whisper White Craft Ink that I have used for the snowflake background on a Wisteria Wonder card blank - but they already have that one!

Finished off with direct inking around the stamped panel ( I just use my Elegant Eggplant straight onto my card panel) and then sticking to a 2nd white panel. And some Wisteria Wonder Seam Binding ribbon....

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Wonderland Trees in Purples

Now I know a lot of you will be surprised to see me creating in purples again...

But I have quite a lot of new stamping friends who are seriously into their purples - so it had to be done...

And I have to admit it does look rather effective...

So I decided to test their purple preferences out - so I used all 3 on this card... Perfect Plum, Wisteria Wonder and Elegant Eggplant...

The trees were inked up in Wisteria Wonder using a pad - then I grabbed my markers and went over the top for the other 2 trees...

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