Flowerbug's Inkspot

Spring Sampler Details

I shared my Spring Sampler a few days ago but did not provide details on each of the squares my Team made.  So today I will.

Each square is 2 1/4" at the largest and that layer was to be Sahara Sand. The squares are adhered to a 8" Mint Macaron square and that is adhered to a Very Vanilla 8 1/2" square. And then it's layered to a 12 X 12 sheet of Blushing Bride glimmer paper.  It fits into my 12" shadow box frame beautifully.   

Here is a close up of the upper two rows: 

Our colors were chosen from the Falling in Love Designer Series Paper and are Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, Blushing Bride, Sweet Sugarplum and Very Vanilla.  We added Mint Macaron so we'd have a grees option.

From top left to bottom right:

• Jane - Sheltering tree 
• Candace - Basket Bunch
• Annette - Basket Bunch
• Marguerite - Falling for You
• Marilyn - Circle of Spring, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits & Blossom Punch
• Candace F - Avant Garden 

• LeeAnn - Basket Bunch
• Mary - Timeless Tags & That's the Tag bundle
• Jen - Falling in Love Designer Series Paper

 

Don't miss out on FREE Rhinestones!  Anyone who places an order over $50 and uses this hostess code SECE3NUS will receive a package of rhinestones FREE in their Thank You card.  This offer expires today!!

SALE-A-BRATION TIME!! This is the BEST time of year to order from your wishlist because it is Sale-a-bration time at Stampin' Up! You will receive a Sale-a-bration item from our Sale-a-Bration Catalog with each $50 increment on your order from my Online Store. PLUS, you will also earn a Buyer Brownie Point with each increment on your order, as well! You'll also receive a Thank You card from me!  I will also email a Free Project Sheet to each person who has placed an online order with me. I truly appreciate your loyalty and business and I am so grateful each time I receive an online order. Thank you so very much!

Detailed Floral Masked

At our latest Team swap we chose to feature techniques.  Here is Mary's pretty card: 

She decided to make a mask from the Detailed Floral Thinlit dies using our Window Sheets.  Once they were die-cut she sponged Flirty Flamingo ink over and through the masks.  It's a soft and very pretty look. 

Her greeting is from the So in Love stamp set and is heat embossed using White embossing powder. 

'Paper Weaving in a Window' with Video!

I promised you a video on how to do this unique technique.  I'm calling it 'Paper Weaving in a Window'.

 

You'll need just a few things; strips of paper and a punched or die-cut window. I did not measure my glimmer paper strips exactly. They're a little less than 1/4". I am pretty good at eye-balling things.  The Watermelon Wonder strips on the left card are 1/4" thick. I used my Stampin' Trimmer to cut them. Once you punch or die-cut a window it's really easy to add strips to the back side of your card stock. 

See that pretty Watermelon Wonder & Silver ribbon?!  It's the ribbon from our Sale-a-Bration catalog.  I sponged it with Watermelon Wonder ink.  Think of the possibilities with this gorgeous and soft ribbon!

Here's a close-up of the incredible glimmer paper available now in our second Sale-a-Bration launch.  Get twelve 6 X 6" sheets FREE with any $50 order.  Don't miss out on this gorgeous paper!

Watch the quick video below! 

You can see the products I used on the balloon card below: 

Inside the Lines Designer Paper; easy!

You don't have to spend a lot of time coloring this beautiful paper unless you want to.  Look at what I did.  Fast easy and beautiful! 

I cut my paper into 3 3/4" X 5" pieces.  You can get 6 from each 12 X 12" piece of paper.  It's layered onto a piece of Black card stock measuring  3 7/8" X 5 1/8".  I chose a few images to color on each card. I used my clear Wink of Stella and the ink from the lid of my ink pads.  So it's shimmery color; beautiful!

The banners are about 1 1/8" wide and 4" long with a thin black strip under each one. The greetings are from the Love Sparkles and Birthday Blast sets.  

You can get this pretty Designer Paper FREE with any $50 order during our Sale-a-Bration promotion that runs until March 31st.  Click on the links below to see them.

February Online Order Special Offer:

FREE Bling!!  I am giving a package of Rhinestone Jewels FREE to any online order over $50 in February that adds this hostess code to their order:  SECE3NUS

If you're placing an online order please use this hostess code if your order is under $150.  SECE3NUS If it's over $150 you can pick out at least $15 in free product; and it goes up the more you order!  Plus you'll get a free Sale-a-Bration choice for each $50 you order! And if you order over $250 you get an extra $25 in FREE product!  So now is the time to order!

But the best deal of all is to join as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.  Pick out $125 of product of your choice for just $99.  And you also get two free stamp sets of your choice valued at $104 total. Go here to read all about it.

Punch Art Little Girl!

I am so excited to be able to share this sweet card with you.  My friend Melissa saw a card like it online and cased it for her daughter Annyka for Valentine's Day.  She used all Stampin' Up! products too. 

Here's a list of what she used:

• Head - 1 3/4 or 2" circle punch. 
• Hair - Fringe Scissors and curled
• Heart barrettes - hand cut hearts from the Happy Heart embossing folder
• Eyes - Enamel shapes
• Arms - Heart punch or dies
• Dress - Scallop circle punch from Sending Love DSP stack
• White embossed layer 4" X 5 1/4" - Happy Hearts embossing folder
• Greeting - Sealed with Love stamp set (2017 Occasions catalog)

Here's the inside view:

Thank you so much for sharing this adorable punch art card with us Melissa!  You did an amazing job on it!

NEW; Reverse Words!

Here's a cute birthday card I made with the brand new 'Reverse Words' stamp set.  This is part of the new Sale-a-Bration promotion choices that are available as of today; February 21st. 

I stamped the image in Cucumber Crush and then added balloon strings from the Balloon Adventures stamp set beside it.  I punched two large balloons using our Balloon Bouquet punch. The patterned balloons on top of those are die-cut from Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper using the Balloon Pop-Up thinlits. 

Such an easy yet striking card! Click on any of the photos below to see them in my store.  

Technique Class is back!!

I'm starting my technique classes again!  It's been over 2 years since I held them and some of my customers are missing them.  

Here are my cards we'll make at class. 

From the top left is Smackdown with the lovely Avant Garden Sale-a-Bration stamp set, then Masking with High Tide stamp set, then Tarnished Foil with the Big on Birthday's set and last is Dauber Dots, also with the Big on Birthdays stamp set.  They're all so unique and very lovely in person.  Honestly the photos don't do them justice.  

We'll make 1 of each card at class on February 27th at 6 pm.  The class fee is $10. RSVP by tomorrow; Wednesday the 22nd at Noon; there are just a few spots left!  

I am also offering this class in a written tutorial for long distance people or anyone who cannot make it to class.  The cost is just $4.00 for the pdf tutorial that includes photos, step by step directions, products and measurements. 

February Control Freaks Blog hop!

Welcome to another fantastic Control Freaks blog hop! This month's theme is 'Celebrate'.  You'll see a nice variety of events on this hop.

You may have just arrived from Wendy's blog; I am sure you were amazed by her creativity.

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My first project is a Spring Sampler I made with my downline.  We each designed a square and made enough for everyone swapping. 

 We chose to use the beautiful Falling in Love designer series paper as our color scheme.  We did add Mint Macaron for a green since we thought we'd need grass or leaves option. Aren't they all beautiful?!  I will share the products for each square later this week in another blog post.  

But I will give you our dimensions.  Each square is 2 1/4" at the largest.  The 9 squares are adhered to a Mint Macaron 8" square and then onto a 8 1/2" Vanilla square.  They are adhered to one big 12" sheet of our Blushing Bride glimmer paper!  *I have to admit that I used my Stampin' Trimmer to cut out a big square of this glimmer paper from behind the center; I just couldn't let that go to waste!

 

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My next project is a fun technique I'm calling Paper Weaving.  I used the new Glimmer Paper that will be available on February 21st.  It's part of our newest Sale-a-Bration promotion you can get FREE with a $50 order!  It's just gorgeous and you get four 6 X 6" sheets each of Bermuda Bay, Mint Macaron & Sweet Sugarplum!

First I cut a window using the Balloon Framelit die.  Then working on the back side I added 1/4" strips of one color of the glimmer paper diagonally. I found glue dots worked best here. Then add the other colored strips in the opposite direction, weaving them between the first set.  The images are from the Birthday Bright stamp set.  

I will be posting a video on this technique in a week or so. 

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And now you're off to see what Cindy has to share with you. I love her work and I'm sure you will too! 

Free Card Tin!

Did you notice the beautiful card tin in the 2017 Sale-a-Bration (SAB) catalog?  You may have missed it or overlooked it since it looks sort of yellow in the photo.  It's not though; it's a pretty, soft gold with White stripes and it's FREE with any $50 order from now through March 31st during SAB. 

Here's what I did with mine; I added Navy die-cut letters and the Star Blast die-cut.  It's perfect to store cards in or even recipes! 

Click on the photo below to see it in my store.