During December we demonstrators get the privilege of ordering from the
new Jun-Jul Mini Catalogue - this is one of my favourite perks! Another
perk was if we attended OnStage@Home we could order EVEN EARLIER from a
smaller selection of products so I quickly snapped up a whole bunch from
the Dandy Garden Suite.
This is a new mega-suite of products and, if you love the natural world as much as I do, you will LOVE it. So as a special end-of-week treat, here are not one but TEN projects using this fabulous Suite!
Indulge
me while I wax lyrical about this gorgeous Suite for a moment. There
are TWO gorgeous stamp sets – one with a co-ordinating dragonfly punch
and one with co-ordinating dies.
There is an absolutely stunning
pack of 6"x"6" Designer Series Paper packed with deep, rich colours,
bold floral designs as well as delicate detailed monochrome sheets.
There’s
a pack of fine laser-cut paper, including detailed dragonflies,
intricate seed heads and delicate leaves. There are tiny bronze-effect
ladybirds. And remember that beautiful woven linen thread we had before?
It's back - but in Mossy Meadow.
I'm so excited about this
suite that I'm sharing everything I've made with it so far. Some are
adaptations of projects from the Stamp & Share section of
OnStage@Home and others are actually completely from my own head (I
know, right!).
Take a look at what I’ve been making...
These
were some of the most fun to make as I got to use a new tool. We have
some new blending brushes which are so pleasing to use and so effective –
they give you a much smoother effect than blending with sponges.
I
stamped my main images in Mossy Meadow, coloured them with Stampin’ Blends, then blended ink with the new brushes around the edges of the
cardstock. Inspired by Stampin' Up!® concept artist Melody Hyde, I then
stamped around the images with a greeting stamp, repeatedly and by
stamping off onto scrap paper first. I really liked this effect when
Melody demonstrated it at OnStage@Home.
I LOVE these dies,
they are JUST what I've been craving. And don't they go perfectly with
the Dandelions Embossing Folder which I've had for months but – gasp! –hadn’t used until I made this card.
This Suite is perfect
for the monochrome look. There are several sheets of DSP which are
monochrome;in Misty Moonlight (as shown here), Blackberry Bliss (yum!),
Bumblebee and Calypso Coral. Shall I tell you a secret about this card? It was supposed to have a folding back front, but I used the cutting blade instead of the scorer! Oops.
A splash of Bumble Bee goes so well with Misty Moonlight – this is one of our OnStage@Home Stamp and Share projects which we made during the event.
This last card was a Northern Lights background which hadn’t gone quite to plan. It wasn’t working for the Christmas card I had planned but I think it looks great behind this Dandy Laser-Cut Paper and combined with some much-maligned Purple Posy.
I hope you love this Suite as much as I do as I will be holding a Big Event with it in February. Watch this space or my website for details.
And if you can’t wait that long and want to get your hands on these fabulous products NOW, please get in touch about purchasing the Starter Kit. I would love to have you in my team so I can help you get the best value out of your Stampin’ Up!® crafting. Please get in touch via my website here.
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