Flowerbug's Inkspot

A $99 order gets you over $220 in product in May! It's 50% off!

This weekend we added three new members to our Flowerbug's Group!  Woo hoo!!

It's hard to pass up the incredible In Color Starter Kit promotion!  If you love Stampin' Up! products and a good bargain you're likely considering this option!  

It's just a $99 order!

True; it is really just an order.  Once you get this fabulous deal you can then decide how long you're going to continue ordering as a Demonstrator.  

Here are the details: You receive over $220 in Stampin' Up! products for just $99 and FREE SHIPPING too! That means your products are over half off!

You pick out $125 in product of your choice and get the In Color items below FREE plus a FREE Paper Pumpkin kit too!  Of course they add in the catalogs and business supplies at no cost.  

I want to share some facts you may not know about the Starter Kit & becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Did you know? 

Fact 1: You get 20% and up to 25% off every single order while you're active as a Demo. 

Fact 2: In June we get to see the new Holiday AND Sale-a-Bration catalogs and we can order from them too!  And we earn FREE SAB items for our orders at the same time!

Fact 3: Many demos enjoy the discount and fun and do not sell or offer classes.  But if you do want to run a business I'll be there to help guide and support you. *I've been in the top 100 in the Stampin' Up! company for the last 15 years; I'm happy to work with you to meet your goals. 

Fact 4: You get all of my past AND future PDF tutorials FREE! (and optional pre-cut kits to go at a special price)

Fact 5: Your first $300 minimum purchase isn't due until the end of September and ALL orders placed count towards that minimum. 

Fact 6: You'll have access to the exclusive websites/FB groups for Demo's. 

Fact 7: If you're ordering up to or over $99 anyway why not choose the Starter Kit & get another $100 FREE and the continuous discount on all future purchases?

Fact 8: When you're done being a Demo you just stop ordering.  That's it!  Enjoy it while you can.  No pressure to stay or do more than you want.  

Fact 9. Most of my Team say they wish they'd joined earlier.  TRUE! We have the most supportive and friendly team there is!  Seriously! My Flowerbug's Group is AMAZING!

Fact 10: Our group is super active - full of project shares, swapping, Artist of the Month opportunities, multiple challenges & prizes every single month!  Everything is optional.

Who's ready to try it out?  If you have questions email me here and we can chat.

Go here to get your Starter Kit Deal and join in the fun!

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Get a bunch of NEW In Color products FREE in your Starter Kit! 

It's $99 for $213 in products!!!  And Free Shipping! Click here. 

Host codes: HUNR9DB6

 *click here to order 

If your order is over $50 you'll receive a set of NEW embellishments from me.

Don't forget about my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!  

Opt in for my New Catalog Designer Paper Share

It's $26 plus shipping

Joseph's Coat technique video with the Botanical Layers

We're making these cards tonight on Facebook Live here on my FB page!  It's a technique that will WOW you with it's magic.  

I chose to use the new Botanical Layers stamp set along with two new In Colors of Tahitian Tide & Parakeet Party.  I also added a bit of Bermuda Bay. 

The first step is to add color to a Basic White piece of card stock.  I used our Blending Brushes and added it randomly like this: 

The next step is to stamp your images onto this colored card stock using Versamark ink and heat emboss using Clear embossing powder.  I highly recommend using an embossing buddy; although Stampin' Up! does not currently have them in our catalog.  It prevents excess powder from adhering to your paper before you stamp and heat emboss.  

After your heat embossing dries you need just two things to make these colorful, magical technique.  A classic 'dark' color of ink - I used Memento Black.  And a tissue or paper towel.  

You will take your classic/water-based ink pad (Black Memento for me here) and rub the ink pad directly over the heat embossed card stock.  Because the ink is water-based it will not adhere to the heat embossed areas but WILL adhere to the background that is NOT heat embossed. 

Next use a tissue or soft paper towel to rub off excess ink to reveal your colorful design.  

Here are my two pieces before I finished my cards: 

 

Here are the measurements:

• Card base is 5 1/2" X 8 1/2"
• stamped layer is 4" X 3", Parakeet Party green is 3 1/4" X 4 1/4"
• 2 pieces DSP 2" X 1 1/2" and a greeting die-cut

In this photo you can see a bit of the shine on the leaves from the heat embossing.  It truly is magic!  Join me here tonight at 7:30 pm CT. 

 

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Get a bunch of NEW In Color products FREE in your Starter Kit! 

It's $99 for $213 in products!!!  And Free Shipping! Click here. 

Host codes: HUNR9DB6

 *click here to order 

If your order is over $50 you'll receive a set of NEW embellishments from me.

Don't forget about my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!  

Opt in for my New Catalog Designer Paper Share

It's $26 plus shipping

The Sending Smiles bundle is so versatile! Check out these two projects.

Last week I shared three projects with the Sending Smiles bundle seen here.  I think it's one of the best choices in the new Annual Catalog by Stampin' Up!  

I also wanted to use the Pretty Prints designer paper and chose the Bermuda Bay sheet in the package.  I also wanted to use one of the new In Colors and settled on Sweet Sorbet. 

Next I had to choose a coordinating color to soften these two vibrant colors and settled on Blushing Bride.  I was so surprised how well these colors combined!  

The next thing that inspired this layout was a card sketch we have been working on in my Flowerbug's Team group.  As you can see I changed the main image to be on the angle.  

Sketches are one of my favorite ways to get inspiration on card layouts. 

Measurements:

• Card base 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"
• DSP 4" square
• White 2 3/4" square
• Sweet Sorbet 2 7/8" square
• Glimmer paper strip 3/8" X 4 1/4"  

Can you see that the flowers are darker in the center and lighter on the outer petals?  I inked the flowers in Sweet Sorbet ink and stamped off once.  Then I used a sponge dauber to add more Sweet Sorbet ink to just the center.  You can see this technique in the video here.  

This next card was a make & take at my New Catalog Launch party a few weeks ago.  I wanted to have a cute but easy card they could make featuring our new In Colors.  

They were able to stamp the flowers easily and perfectly with the Stamparatus. You can see how it's done in the video below.  

One of my favorite thing about this bundle is how versatile the greetings are; so many possibilites! 

Measurements:

• Card base 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" scored at 2 1/8" & 4 1/4" 
• White layers are 3 3/4" X 5"
• Starry Sky is 3 7/8" X 5 1/8" 

And here's the video; click on the photo below to watch these two cards and one other too. 

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Get a bunch of NEW In Color products FREE in your Starter Kit! 

It's $99 for $213 in products!!!  And Free Shipping! Click here. 

Host codes: HUNR9DB6

 *click here to order 

If your order is over $50 you'll receive a set of NEW embellishments from me.

Don't forget about my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!  

Opt in for my New Catalog Designer Paper Share

It's $26 plus shipping

Clean & Simple Blog Hop; Pretty Pop-Up dies

Welcome to the Control Freak's May blog hop!  The theme is Clean & Simple projects. 

You may have just arrived or hopped over from Wendy's blog.  I'm sure you loved her unique projects. 

For some reason when I think of clean & simple I lean towards mostly white projects.  I've been wanting to play with my new Pretty Pop-Up dies so here is what I came up with for my first project: 

It's almost all white; just a few accents of Balmy Blue & Petal Pink.  These Pretty Pop-Up dies do not cut all of the way through; they provide detailed texture and a 'peak' behind the die-cuts.  

I added a bit of color to some of the flowers and butterflies with Balmy Blue & Petal Pink light blends markers.  To get them to pop up a bit I pushed each die-cut outward with my Take Your Pick tool.  I adhered this 4" X 5 1/4" piece to a smaller piece of Balmy Blue card stock using mini dimensionals.  

The greeting is from the Nature's Thoughts stamp set and on a die-cut from the Natural Prints dies.  I added a 1/4" strip behind this to bring in a bit of Balmy Blue. This card might not be considered true clean & simple but it does only have a few layers!  Ha!

I stuck with the Balmy Blue & White them for my second card but added a bit of Gray Granite with the Abigail Rose designer paper. 

I used the smaller oval die for this card and used one of the single dies for the White butterfly.  

The greeting is stamped on a circle die from the Picture This dies and is from the Nature's Thoughts stamp set as well. There is a piece of Vellum card stock behind the Balmy Blue layer. 

You can see some of the dies I used in the photo below: 

Thank you so much for stopping in today; I hope you enjoyed seeing these Pretty Pop-Up die projects!  

I hope you'll stick with the 'hop' to see all of the projects!  Click here to see Melissa's projects or on the icon below.  

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Get a bunch of NEW In Color products FREE in your Starter Kit! 

It's $99 for $213 in products!!!  And Free Shipping! Click here. 

Host codes: HUNR9DB6

 *click here to order 

If your order is over $50 you'll receive a set of NEW embellishments from me.

Don't forget about my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!  

Opt in for my New Catalog Designer Paper Share

It's $26 plus shipping

 

Sending Smiles card; a fabulous & versatile bundle with video

I made a bunch of these cards for a swap in April and also demonstrated it on FB Live last Tuesday here.  

I LOVE the colors of Parakeet Party & Orchid Oasis together.  This new lime color of Parakeet Party brightens up our color line and it works with blues & purples beautifully! 

The Sending Smiles bundle seen here is wonderful and was #1 on my list of 'must have's'.

I made three projects on last week's Facebook Live using this fabulous bundle.  See it here. 

I love the fact that they provided two sizes of the die-cut 'Sending'.  The larger one fits under the finer die-cut like seen on the card below.  But it also fits the stamped greeting image too.  So smart!  

You can create a variety of flowers with this bundle as you can see.  This flower can be falling like wisteria or growing up like these here; they remind me of grape hyacinth.  

Click here or on the photo below to watch the video for this card and TWO MORE as well. 

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Get a bunch of NEW In Color products FREE in your Starter Kit! 

It's $99 for $213 in products!!!  And Free Shipping! Click here. 

Host codes: HUNR9DB6

 *click here to order 

If your order is over $50 you'll receive a set of NEW embellishments from me.

Don't forget about my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!  

Unique diagonal card layout using your Designer Paper

I've made a few of these cards lately; I just love the diagonal layout and how easy it is to stamp your greeting directly on the White layer.  

It's made with the beautiful Hues of Happiness designer paper seen here.  It's been my top seller this month!  So far it's not on the low inventory list but I fear it will be the way it's going! 

I cut some of these flowers directly from the DSP using the Blossoming Happiness dies; they match up perfectly to many of the flowers in the paper.  

I made a bunch of these cards for swaps in May in both colors seen below. This way I could use two different sheets of paper since they provided flowers in many hues. 

Tip: The nice thing about this layout is that you don't have to measure your diagonal cut on the White CS perfectly.  Mine are about 3/4" from the lower left and the upper right. 

The Melon Mambo card on the upper left is part of my Hues of Happiness card kit to go seen below.  You get 1/2 pkg of this pretty DSP, a share of ribbon and Glossy dot gems in the kit for $28 plus shipping. Tomorrow (May 18th) is the last day to opt in for this pre-cut kit to go.  See details on it here.  

I used the Happiness Abounds bundle for these cards.  See that here.  

This card below is made with Fresh Freesia as it's card base.  There are a nice variety of colors in this designer paper; so many card stock & ink colors will work with it.

Here are the measurements: 

• Card base 5 ½” X 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
• White front 5” X 2 ¾” cut in half about 3/4" from the lower left and upper right
• DSP – 5” X 2 ¾”

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Get a bunch of NEW In Color products FREE in your Starter Kit! 

It's $99 for $213 in products!!!  And Free Shipping! Click here. 

Host codes: HUNR9DB6

 *click here to order 

If your order is over $50 you'll receive a set of NEW embellishments from me.

Don't forget about my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!  

Sweet Songbirds bundle with our newest Stampin' Up! In Colors

For my In Color display board I made these 5 cards with the new Sweet Songbirds stamp set & punch bundle.  

These colors are so vibrant and striking; they are a wonderful addition to our Stampin' Up! color line.  

I used this sketch for inspiration.  I find card sketches can be one of the easiest ways to create and design a card.  

The squares of In Color Designer Paper are  2 1/4" and the White layers are 2 1/2".  The greeting strips are 5/8" X 4 1/4".  

The sweet birds are stamped in each In Color and punched out with the Bird punch.  I punched the wings from our In Color Glimmer Ombre paper.  

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Speaking of our wonderful new In Colors, I'm thrilled that we've been adding lots of people to our Flowerbug's Team this month with the incredible In Color Starter Kit promotion.  If you love a good deal you should seriously consider this option!  Why wait?!  

Here's the details: You receive over $220 in Stampin' Up! products for just $99 and FREE SHIPPING too!  It costs $99 and YOU PICK $125 in product of your choice and get the In Color items below FREE plus a FREE Paper Pumpkin kit too!  Of course they add in the catalogs and business supplies at no cost.  

Check out these Details:

Fact 1: You get 20% and up to 25% off every single order you place while you're active as a Demo. 

Fact 2: In June we can order from the new Holiday AND Sale-a-Bration catalogs!  And we earn FREE SAB items for our orders at the same time!

Fact 3: Many demos are in it for the discount and fun only.  But if you do want to run a business I'll be there to help guide and support you. *I've been in the top 100 in the Stampin' Up! company for the last 15 years; I'm happy to share & work with you. 

Fact 4: You get all of my past AND future PDF tutorials FREE!

Fact 5: Your first $300 minimum purchase is due by the end of September and ALL orders count towards that minimum. 

Fact 6: Get inspired by the exclusive websites/FB groups only Demo's have access to. 

Fact 7: If you're ordering up to or over $90 anyway why not get another $100 FREE and the continuous discount on all purchases?

Fact 8: When you're done being a Demo you just stop ordering.  That's it!  Enjoy it while you can.  No pressure to stay or do more than you want.  

Fact 9. Most of my Team say they wish they'd joined earlier.  TRUE! 

Fact 10: We have the most supportive and friendly team there is!  Seriously! 

Go here to get your Starter Kit Deal and join in the fun!

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Get a bunch of NEW In Color products FREE in your Starter Kit! 

It's $99 for $213 in products!!!  And Free Shipping! Click here. 

Host codes: HUNR9DB6

 *click here to order 

If your order is over $50 you'll receive a set of NEW embellishments from me.

Don't forget about my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!  

Nature's Prints 5 sheet wonder; these 5 templates make creating so easy!

It's been awhile since I made a group of cards with my 5 sheet wonder templates.  The Nature's Prints stamp set was a perfect choice for it.  

And playing with three of our newest In Colors paired with Navy & White helped create these beautiful cards. 

I'm holding a class on Wednesday, May 25th at 6 pm here in Minot, ND for my local customers. RSVP to attend by May 22nd. You can see my PDF tutorial on my shop here.  I am not offering it as a kit to go at this time. 

I chose the new colors of Starry Sky, Parakeet Party & Orchid Oasis to start with.  I needed a 4th color and wanted to stick with the blues and greens so I added Navy to the mix.  

My greetings and images are all from the Nature's Prints stamp set seen here.  

How do my 5 sheet wonder templates work?  Here are the steps:

1. Choose at least 4 colors of ink and card stock for your cards.  
2. Choose a stamp set that has a variety of images, from large to small. It helps if they are non directional (okay stamped in different directions). 
3. Print out Template A on White CS and stamp the non printed side with the images and inks you chose creating your own paper. *You could use DSP but you'll want to print on the reverse side. Here is mine below: 

3. Turn the stamped piece over and cut on the printed lines.  (I print my card stock with a printer but if your printer will not work with card stock you can have a copy place print them for you.  Or just use the template measurements as a guide. 

4. You'll also print templates B-E on four other colors of card stock.  Cut on the printed lines (you'll use the reverse side for your cards).  

5. You'll need 10 card bases in the colors you chose.  Place them on the table and add all of the cut pieces over each card base.  Tip; Use contrasting colors.  If there are many dark pieces I use a light card base and if there are mostly light pieces like the examples below, I'll use a dark card base.  

6.  Now you'll assemble the cards using my finished samples as a guide. 

7.  You'll stamp your greetings using a variety of punched or die-cut pieces and finish your cards, adding ribbon or gems as desired.  

Easy, no measuring cards that are BEAUTIFUL and multi-layered.  You can see my 5 sheet wonder PDF tutorial here on my Shop site.  The PDF tutorial includes multiple card and color examples. 

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Get a bunch of NEW In Color products FREE in your Starter Kit! 

It's $99 for $213 in products!!!  And Free Shipping! Click here. 

Host codes: HUNR9DB6

 *click here to order 

If your order is over $50 you'll receive a set of NEW embellishments from me.

Don't forget about my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!  

An easy double flap fun fold layout with Pretty Prints DSP. A video, measurements and a gift card option!

I love fun fold cards that stay closed AND are easy for the recipient to figure out.  This double flap fancy fold card is just that!

We made them on Monday night's Stamp with Me Live.  You can watch the video here. 

These cards feature the Pretty Prints designer paper seen here.  It's NEW in the 2022-23 Stampin' Up! Annual catalog.  There are multiple prints all in these 4 colors - Blackberry Bliss, Calypso Coral, Bermuda Bay and Evening Evergreen.  

I used two stamp sets here; both new in the new Annual catalog.  Good Feelings seen here and Botanical Layers seen here.  

One of my favorite things about this fun fold layout is that you can choose to fold or trim it off at the 1 1/2" mark.  Folding it inside creates a pocket for a gift card.  Trimming it off shortens it.  Your choice!  Or make a few of each like I did.  

The die-cut butterflies from Brilliant Wings dies add a pretty touch to these botanical cards. The lower butterfly is added just beyond the outside corner flap to anchor it closed.  So easy and keeps the card laying flat.  

Here's the video; just click on the photo below to watch it.  

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Get a bunch of NEW In Color products FREE in your Starter Kit! 

It's $99 for $213 in products!!!  And Free Shipping! Click here. 

Host codes: HUNR9DB6

 *click here to order 

If your order is over $50 you'll receive a set of NEW embellishments from me.

Don't forget about my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!