Beautiful Lotus Blossom

Just how beautiful is the Lotus Blossom Stamp Set?  It's only available to order as a Sale-a-bration item when you spend £45+ through me (I'll explain more at the end of the post) Stampin' Up! have made this stamp set even easier to use by numbering the stamps in the order you need to use them!

I promised to tell you the technique I used for this card as I only used 1 colour ink - Night Of Navy! Just think, you could make a whole set of notecards with one stamp set, one ink pad and a pack of cardstock! That's the beauty of Stampin' Up!  They know not everyone has endless money to spend so they come up with simple solutions to make beautiful projects to suit everyone's budget.

Here's what I did.  Cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock in half - either way works but I prefer to do mine lengthwise  so I have the opening at the bottom.  Fold in half.

On piece of 2 1/4" x 4 1/2" Whisper White cardstock, stamp No 1. stamp in Night Of Navy.  There is an arrow at the top of each stamp to help you line it up.  Ink the 2nd stamp in Night Of Navy, lightly stamp onto your grid paper, then stamp over the original image.  This produces a lighter colour.  Finally, ink the 3rd stamp and lightly stamp off twice onto your grid paper, then over the image for the card.  Choose which stem you'd like to use and stamp in Wild Wasabi.

Layer a piece of Night Of Navy cardstock measuring 2 1/2" x 4 3/4" - I like mine angled.  Then take your stamped image and angle it onto the Night Of Navy cardstock as I have in the photo.

I stamped one of the sentiments from the stamp set onto a scrap of Whisper White in Night Of Navy ink, cut out with the 1 3/4" Circle Punch and sponged around the egdes. I adhered it to the card using dimensionals.  Finally, I added a Night Of Navy Candy Dot to finish off the card.

Want to make this & qualify for the free stamp set?  Here's what you need...

Tools, Adhesives & Accessories

Whisper White Notecards - 131527 £5.50
1 3/4" Circle Punch - 119850 £15.50
Stampin' Sponges - 101610 £3.25
Tombow Glue - 110755 £3.25
Dimensionals - 104430 £3.25
Regals Candy Dots - 130932 - £5.50

Cardstock
Night Of Navy - 106577 £6.25 (24 Sheets) or mixed Regals A4 Cardstock (2 each colour) 131284 £6.25

Ink Pad
Night Of Navy - 126970 £4.95
Wild Wasabi - 126959 £4.95

Total £52.40**

Lotus Blossom Stamp Set - 139143 FREE

** Alternatively, the Stampin' Trimmer - 129722 £25.95 is so versatile for projects and could be included instead on the Note Cards.  Add a pack of Whisper White Cardstock 106549 £7.50
another ink pad for variety, a pack of Whisper White Envelopes 106588 £5.75 (pack 40) and get a second choice of free Sale-a-bration gift!

Please order these and any other items via my shop and use Hostess Code 2VYFWNTF

Cute Bow Builder Punch Card

This it the cute Bow Builder Card my guests made as a Make & Take at my Spring/Summer Catalogue launch parties - it's pretty much CASE'd from the catalogue.  You can get some fab ideas from the catalogues and they even tell you what you need to make them!  Here's what we did.

We stamped the sentiment from the Sale-a-bration *Simply Wonderful Stamp Set onto a note card in Bermuda Bay to coordinate with the Designer Series Paper (DSP). Each time you use the Bow Builder Punch, it punches out 1/2 a bow and so we punched 2 in 3 different sheets of Birthday Bash DSP.  Use a bone folder to lightly curl all of the bow components except for the tails.  Use glue dots to stick the ends of the first 'oval' together and repeat on the other.  Then, stick the rectangular end of one on top of the other to form a basic bow.  Adhere one end on the small centre rectangle to the back of the bow, wrap around and secure the other end in the same way. Finally, attached the tails underneath the bow.  Arrange your bows on the card and voila!  These bows can be used on cards, presents, gift tags and so much more!

*Want to qualify for a free Sale-a-bration Simply Wonderful Stamp Set?  

You can get this or any of the other Sale-a-bration goodies FREE with every £45 you spend in my online shop.  You can buy everything you need to make this card and more AND get the stamp set for FREE!  Here's how...

131527   Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes 20 Pack   £5.50

137783   Birthday Bash Speciality Designer Series Paper   £11.50

137414   Bow Builder Punch   £15.50

131171   Bermuda Bay Classic Stamp Pad   £4.95

118485   Glue Dots   £3.95

Total £48.90

139128   Simply Wonderful Stamp Set   FREE!

Click on my 'Shop Online Now!' tab to buy this bundle or anything else from the current catalogues, Weekly Deals and Clearance Rack

You Are A Fabulous Work Of Art!

My new favourite stamp set is Work Of Art!  At first I completely dismissed it but then I started seeing amazing projects featuring it and fell in love!

This was the card we made as the Make & Take at my recent launch party!  It's so simple and uses 3 of the new in colors - Tangelo Twist, Blackberry Bliss & Lost Lagoon.  

To create this card we used Whisper White Notecards & Envelopes (13157) and angled a 3"x4.5" piece of Tangelo Twist cardstock (133684).  We triple stamped the background image in Lost Lagoon (133644), stamped the sentiment in Black Stazon Ink (101406) then added a Blackberry Bliss heart from the fab Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack (133787 - a must have!) and mounted it on a dimensional (104430)

Why not treat yourself to the new In Colors 2014-2016 Cardstock & Ink Pad Kit?  £27.95 for 20 sheets of cardstock (4 in each in color) plus 1 of each color ink pad - 133664

203-2015 In Color kit also available (Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding & Strawberry Slush) -131293

Please pop over to my shop to order these and any of the other amazing products featured in the new annual catalogue, weekly deals & clearance rack. x