Petal Palette - Attic Boutique - Stampin' Up!

This sweet little bird is from the Petal Palette stamp set which is retiring as of June 4.  It looks perfect with this already retired paper from 2012 Attic Boutique.  Another #loveitchopit card aimed at using up paper that has been sitting around since....well, 2012!

The sentiment is also from the retired set Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon is a lovely accent to this soft and pretty card.

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Cindy

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Petal Promenade - Petal Palette - Stampin' Up!

Fall is definitely here, but I am going to hang on to summer a little bit longer with this pretty card using the Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper as its focal point.  

I adorned it with the Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Paper to add some detail, along with the Leaves Trinkets for a little bling.  I love the sentiment from Petal Palette which was stamped in Melon Mambo.  White Baker's Twine is doubled up to make a little bow to add to the trinket.

I like easy and this card went together quickly. 

Here are pics of the product used for today's card...

Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper

Petal Palette Stamp Set

Leaves Trinkets

Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut Paper

White Baker's Twine

Melon Mambo Card Stock

Melon Mambo Ink Pad

So, join in the fun and make something pretty!

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Cindy

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Scrapbook Page Challenge - Stampin' Up!

I often hear customers and fellow paper crafters say they need to start using their stamps and dies more often in their scrapbooking!

So, I recently held a card class at our local scrapping event using the Best Birds and Petal Palette bundles.  As part of the class I issued a challenge (optional) for the attendees to create a scrapbook page using these sets.  I also offered a couple of others die sets to the mix.

Fellow card maker, scrapbooker, artist, friend, customer, Brenda.....took on this challenge and created all four of these amazing pages in no time at all.  I love how she turned the bird in the upper right corner into a chickadee!  

My photographs do not do these pages justice.  These pages with the mainly white with a touch of black are very striking in real life. A black and white photograph will look awesome on these pages. 

This all white page would also look gorgeous with a black and white photo.  But I think the perfect colour photo would really pop too!

So, Brenda; well done!  It is a good lesson in trying to remember to use your stamps and dies regularly when you scrap.

Most of Brenda's products were Stampin' Up!

Here are a few of the products she used..

Best Birds stamp set and Birds & Blooms Thinlit Dies

Petal Palette stamp set and Petals & More Dies

Flourish Thinlits

Daisy Punch

Pearlized Doilies

Blossom Punch - retired

Pansy Punch - retired

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to order these products and view all Stampin' Up! has to offer.  Remember the new holiday catalogue goes live on Sept. 5.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

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Best Birds - Stampin' Up!

This past weekend I attended a local scrapping weekend.  I did cards.  This lovely bird and the sentiment are from Best Birds.  The die cuts from the background and the branches are from the Petal Palette bundle.  The branches were stamped in Granny Apple Green and fussy cut.  I think that is my new favourite colour!

My card was CASED (with gratitude) from the talented Lauren Alarid, a member of the Artisan, Stampin' Up! Design Team.  I only changed a few things.

It was fun taking this little bird out for a little play time!  I now have a few more cards for my stash.  Three were finished off as sympathy cards and the other three I left blank inside for the time being.

If you'd like to see all these wonderful products and more, visit my on-line store at

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Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

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Petal Palette, Stampin' Up! 2018

I love the Petal Palette stamp set and dies and am happy they are carrying over into the June 2018 annual catalogue.  The latticed background border piece is also from the framelits called Petals & More.  

The panel piece is mounted to Blushing Bride card stock.  Basic Gray, Pear Pizzaz and Blushing Bride were used for the flowers.  Although this is likely to be a birthday or wedding card, I made one that said "With Love" on the front and used it as a Mother's Day card.

My card is based on one by Dawn Olchefske (Apr. 3/18) , a talented stamper I have followed for years!  

This is a very versatile set that is well worth owning!  Only a couple of weeks before the new catalogue comes out, so stay tuned!

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Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

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