Flowerbug's Inkspot

Fresh In colors with new Shimmer Vellum flowers

I'm not sure if I'll ever get tired of playing with the new 2021-23 In colors.  They are fresh and spring-like; almost fruity. 

For today's card I added four 1 1/4" X 4" strips of the new 6 X 6" In Color designer paper to a standard 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" white card base. It had prominent placement on my In Color display last week at my New Catalog Launch party.  

I cut out a die-cut label from the Scalloped Contours dies and stamped my greeting (from the Sweet Ice Cream set) using Soft Succulent ink.  

The flowers are from the soon to retire (June 2021) Perennial dies.  The colored flowers are cut from the new Shimmer Vellum; available here in all 5 of our In Colors!  So pretty!!  

I colored the pearls on the flowers with the In Color Blends markers. Having these coordinating Blends markers means I can color any gem I want to match! Two of these Blends are already on back-order!  They are HOT items! 

See all of our new 2021-23 In Color products here. 

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Earn an extra $25 in free product if your order is over $250!  That means you get $50 in free product! 

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Use this host code if your order is under $150. If it's over you'll still get the jewels but you'll also earn host benefits! Better yet, choose the Starter Kit and get $55 in FREE product and FREE Shipping as well!  Click here!

*All online orders in May receive a free PDF full of project ideas with 2 new catalog suites! 

Misty Trees Beauty of Friendship card

With each new catalog I always join several card swaps so I have lots of samples to share with my customers.  

Here's one I created featuring the Beauty of Friendship Bundle. 

The colors are the new In Colors of course; Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen.  The background stamping is made by stamping the trees several times without reinking. This gives you several hues/generations of ink which creates a misty, grouping of trees.  I love this effect with a 'naked' tree!  It reminds me of my Father-in-Law who loved naked trees.  

Other details:

• The greeting is stamped in Evening Evergreen ink on a 1" strip of our Vellum card stock.  I immediately heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.  Classic (or waterbase) ink does not dry quickly on vellum so you get colored, embossing easily. 
• The vellum was cut long enough to wrap around the outside edge and adhere to the back side.
• The dark tree was stamped in Evening Evergreen ink on White CS and die-cut with the Beautiful Trees dies. 

You can see this Beauty of Friendship bundle here.  It's just lovely and I think it's going to be super popular!  

See all of our new 2021-23 In Color products here. 

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May Specials & Promotions!

Get $55 in free product with purchase of the Stampin' Up! Starter Kit!  Choose $155 in product of your choice for just $99 and get FREE SHIPPING as well! 

Earn an extra $25 in free product if your order is over $250!  That means you get $50 in free product! 

Get a NEW embellishment from the Annual Catalog with an online order

over $50 before tax & shipping. 

Host code: JDZNQ7PP  Click here to order

Use this host code if your order is under $150. If it's over you'll still get the jewels but you'll also earn host benefits! Better yet, choose the Starter Kit and get $55 in FREE product and FREE Shipping as well!  Click here!

*All online orders in May receive a free PDF full of project ideas with 2 new catalog suites! 

Pansy Petals cards kit to go; pretty & spring-like!

The new Pansy Petals designer paper is so pretty it was easy to create beautiful, eye catching cards with it. 

Here are a few reasons why I love this new Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper:

• It has three different sheets of gingham; all in the new In Colors
• There are full sheets filled with life-like pansies and pretty leaves
• The pansy dies coordinate with these flowers and leaves!  No fussy cutting if you have them. 
• It features each of the 5 beautiful, new In Colors!!  

Anyway; this pre-cut kit to go is available through May May 18th.  There is also a pdf tutorial available.

This kit includes the following:

• 1/2 pkg of Pansy Petals DSP (6" X 12")
• 2021-23 In Color jewels
• Soft Succulent ribbon
• 10 pre-cut cards; 3 of the 5 designs are fancy folds!
• the PDF tutorial including measurements, photos, supply list & step by step directions

The kit does not include pre-stamped images, adhesive or stamps. I used the Pansy Patch bundle for greetings and the dies to cut out the flowers & leaves from the DSP.  You can also fussy cut them if you choose to.   

*This kit will likely be mailed in early June due to a back-order on the In Color jewels. 

Go here to order the kit to go.

Click here to purchase the PDF tutorial.

The PDF tutorial is emailed to you immediately after payment. 

Go here to get the kit to go. 

Go here to purchase the PDF tutorial. 

Add on the Pansy Patch bundle at an EXTRA 10% off.  Email me for this option at lagreff@gmail.com

New Catalog goes live today! Plus a pretty Quiet Meadow card

The new catalog goes live today!!! 

Get your favorites; order anything you want.

No limits! 

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I was playing around with the new In Colors and the pretty new Quiet Meadow Bundle and created this pretty card: 

I wanted to see if I could add colored flowers to the green die-cuts.  It was actually very easy to do!  I cut the entire dies in Soft Succulent and then cut mostly the flowers in the colors.  I then trimmed the flowers to add to the stems. 

You can get a similar effect if you die-cut everything in White CS and then add color by sponging.  I'll try that sometime soon and share the results.  

I used the new In Colors of Soft Succulent, Fresh Freesia, Pale Papaya and Polished Pink.  The only one I didn't use is Evening Evergreen.  That pretty greeting die is also included in these Meadow dies!  Can you see the shimmer on the flowers?  I added a bit of Wink of Stella. The embossing folder is Tasteful Textile. 

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May Specials & Promotions!

Get $55 in free product with purchase of the Stampin' Up! Starter Kit!  Choose $155 in product of your choice for just $99 and get FREE SHIPPING as well! 

Earn an extra $25 in free product if your order is over $250!  That means you get $50 in free product! 

Get a NEW embellishment with an online order of $50 before tax & shipping. 

Use this host code if your order is under $150. If it's over you'll still get the jewels but you'll also earn host benefits! 

Better yet, choose the Starter Kit and get $55 in FREE product and FREE Shipping as well!  Click here!

Host code: JDZNQ7PP  Click here to order

All online orders in May receive a free PDF full of project ideas with 2 new catalog suites!