Flowerbug's Inkspot

Thoughtful Blooms with the Small Bloom punch

Here are a few more swap cards made by my Flowerbug's Team this month. I just love seeing what my gals create for our swaps!

The Thoughtful Blooms stamp set coordinates with the Small Blooms punch.  See them here and here: 

Jacki made this beautiful card.  I love the many layers and details here. And the colors are fresh and unique - Soft Suede, Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay and White.  She used the new Label Me Fancy punch, the Starburst punch, Leaf punch and the Painted Label dies for the swirl.  The greeting is from the Peaceful Moments set. That gorgeous texture is from the Parisian Flourish embossing folder seen here. 

Candace made this unique card below: 

Her colors are Gorgeous Grape, Balmy Blue and Granny Apple Green.  Isn't this layout fun?!  the technique is called Triple Stamping.  You place your White layers in position as shown without the Grape layers in between and stamp on the three pieces all at once.  Then add the Grape layers and adhere to your main card.  Super easy and fun too. 

She added a pretty greeting in Purple Posy with the Stitched So Sweetly dies (my favorite!) and the punched flowers from the Small Bloom punch. 

Measurements:

• Grape - 5 1/2" X 8 1/2", 4 1/4" X 3 1/4" and 3 1/4" X 2 1/4"
• White - 4" X 5 1/4", 4" X 3" and 3" X 2"

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Four February Specials just for you besides Sale-a-Braton

and the Product Coordination Release! 

    1. Earn a ticket in the drawing for each $25 you order online in February for a free Little Ladybug stamp set!

Order online here

2. All online orders will receive a free pdf cards tutorial in an email.

3. And if your order is over $55 you'll get a free package of Champagne Rhinestones too!

February Host Code is 4CQKPWRV

Order online here

4. Choose any FREE stamp set when you purchase the Starter kit during Sale-a-Bration; of any value! Plus you'll get a free paper trimmer and a 6 X 6 sampler of new Designer Paper!  It's just $99 plus tax; shipping is free!  Click here to join my awesome Flowerbug's Team! 

 

Lovely Lily Pad with Lily Pad dies to match!

Waterlilies are so trendy now and these reversible Lovely Lily Pad stamps in the 2020 Sale-a-Bration catalog are beautiful! 

I'm sharing more of my Team swaps from our meeting earlier this month.  Many of my team choose to join in our monthly swaps.  Our swaps are optional and work like this: design one card and make one for everyone in the swap. If there are 12 people in the swap you make 12 of the same cards.  Then send or bring them to me and I sort them out and return them to everyone participating.  It's so fun to get all different cards back when you only had to create one!

First is Mary's pretty card: 

She used the Stitched Rectangle dies on three of her layers here!  Her colors are Bermuda Bay, Grapefruit Grove and Old Olive.  A little bit of Rococo Rose and Coastal Cabana too.  The Lily Impressions designer paper has tons of pretty colors in it.  

Roxann made this next card. She also used a Bermuda Bay card base but focused on Melon Mambo and Granny Apple Green as her colors. 

It truly looks like water is reflecting the flowers on this pretty Lily Impressions designer paper.  This paper is a free choice with any $50 order right now. See them here. 

Her greeting is from the Sending you Thoughts set; also a free choice during our Sale-a-Bration promotion. 

Bobby created this pretty card below.   It also reminds me of a water garden with lilies in it.

Her colors are Pretty Peacock, Pool Party and Grapefruit Grove.  Isn't that border die beautiful?  I also like that peek of a vellum lily behind the largest lily.  I have a bunch of talented ladies on my Team!  

If you've considered joining Stampin' Up! as a Demonstrator I'd love to have you in my Flowerbug's group.  Read about that opportunity here. 

Click here to see all of the free Sale-a-Bration items this year.  

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Four February Specials just for you besides Sale-a-Braton

and the Product Coordination Release! 

    1. Earn a ticket in the drawing for each $25 you order online in February for a free Little Ladybug stamp set!

Order online here

2. All online orders will receive a free pdf cards tutorial in an email.

3. And if your order is over $55 you'll get a free package of Champagne Rhinestones too!

February Host Code is 4CQKPWRV

Order online here

4. Choose any FREE stamp set when you purchase the Starter kit during Sale-a-Bration; of any value! Plus you'll get a free paper trimmer and a 6 X 6 sampler of new Designer Paper!  It's just $99 plus tax; shipping is free!  Click here to join my awesome Flowerbug's Team! 

 

Happy Birthday to You SAB set swaps

Two more pretty card swaps from my Flowerbug's Team today.  These two cards are similar in layout but still so different.

This Happy Birthday to You stamp set (seen here) is free with any $50 order during Sale-a-Bration.  And now there is a set of dies to match!  Click on the photo below to see those. My customers love it when there are dies to match; no fussy cutting!

 

First is Deloris's card in Balmy Blue and Daffodil Delight.  

She used the Stitched So Sweetly dies for her White layer and the greeting.  The cake and the flowers are cut out with the Birthday Dies seen above.  She colored the images with Blends markers.  The texture is from the Parisian Flourish embossing folder. 

Next is Karen's card; she used Pacific Point with Daffodil Delight and Silver foil  

Her stamped cake and the Silver cake stand are cut out with the Birthday dies.  She textured her Pacific Point layer with the Coastal Weave embossing folder. 

Like I said; these two cards are similar but not! 

This pretty stamp set fits just about any celebration that involves cake; which in our family is just about everything!

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Four February Specials just for you besides Sale-a-Braton

and the Product Coordination Release! 

    1. Earn a ticket in the drawing for each $25 you order online in February for a free Little Ladybug stamp set!

Order online here

2. All online orders will receive a free pdf cards tutorial in an email.

3. And if your order is over $55 you'll get a free package of Champagne Rhinestones too!

February Host Code is 4CQKPWRV

Order online here

4. Choose any FREE stamp set when you purchase the Starter kit during Sale-a-Bration; of any value! Plus you'll get a free paper trimmer and a 6 X 6 sampler of new Designer Paper!  It's just $99 plus tax; shipping is free!  Click here to join my awesome Flowerbug's Team! 

 

Power of Hope meets Peacock Foil

For our February Flowerbug's Team swap we chose to do a swap featuring Sale-a-Bration cards.  They are all fantastic!  Over the top wonderful.  I cannot wait to share them all with you.  

Here's the one I made using the Power of Hope bundle seen here.  It's one of the free items you receive with purchase during our Sale-a-Bration promotion from now through March 31st; or while supplies last.  I do suspect this will sell out before March is over.  

I textured the Noble Peacock Foil (seen here) with the Stone embossing folder from this bundle.  Adding texture to this pretty foil brings it over the top! I also added a layer of vellum and a few flags of Peacock foil.  It comes in 6 single-sided sheets of 12 X 12" foil paper. 2 each of 3 colors: Blueberry Bushel, Old Olive, Pretty Peacock.  There are Noble Peacock rhinestones that match this paper perfectly. 

 

Measurements:

• White card base 5 1/2" X 8 1/2", White stamped layer  2 1/2" X 3 3/4"
• Vellum 2 3/4" X 4"
• Foil paper 2 1/2" X 4 3/4" plus two 3/8" strips
• Black 4" X 5 1/4" 

Coordination Product Release - While supplies last!

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Four February Specials besides Sale-a-Braton

and the Product Coordination Release! 

    1. Earn a ticket in the drawing for each $25 you order online in February for a free Little Ladybug stamp set!

Order online here

2. All online orders will receive a free pdf cards tutorial in an email.

3. And if your order is over $55 you'll get a free package of Champagne Rhinestones too!

February Host Code is 4CQKPWRV

Order online here

4. Choose any FREE stamp set when you purchase the Starter kit during Sale-a-Bration; of any value! Plus you'll get a free paper trimmer and a 6 X 6 sampler of new Designer Paper!  It's just $99 plus tax; shipping is free!  Click here to join my awesome Flowerbug's Team! 

 

Pleased as Punch fun fold card

I made this card for a recent online swap I participated in.  I believe this type of fold is called a 'Joy Fold' card. 

The Pool Party piece is folded in half; the bottom part is under the front flap of the White layer.  See measurements below.

I chose to use the brand new Pleased as Punch designer paper seen here.  It coordinates with FOUR of our current punches - amazing!  The two hearts on this card are punched directly from the designer paper. 

I love it so much I am featuring it for my February card kit to go.  I'll share that with you tomorrow. 

Details:

• The hearts are punched from the DSP with the Heart Punch Pack
• The ribbon is the White seam binding on page 25 of the January - June Mini catalog
• the sequins are from the free SAB Metallic Baker's Twine & Sequins combo pack seen here
• the embossing folder is the Coastal Weave 3D embossing folder seen here

Measurements:

• White - 4 1/4" X 8 1/2" scored at 5 1/2"
• Pool Party 3" X 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"
• So Saffron 2 1/4" X 3 1/2"
• Pleased as Punch DSP 1/4" X 3 1/2"

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Four February Specials just for you besides Sale-a-Braton

and the Product Coordination Release! 

    1. Earn a ticket in the drawing for each $25 you order online in February for a free Little Ladybug stamp set!

Order online here

2. All online orders will receive a free pdf cards tutorial in an email.

3. And if your order is over $55 you'll get a free package of Champagne Rhinestones too (while supplies last)!

February Host Code is 4CQKPWRV

Order online here

4. Choose any FREE stamp set when you purchase the Starter kit during Sale-a-Bration; of any value! Plus you'll get a free paper trimmer and a 6 X 6 sampler of new Designer Paper!  It's just $99 plus tax; shipping is free!  Click here to join my awesome Flowerbug's Team! 

Coordination Product Release starts today! New Nature's Thoughts dies!

We can now order from the Product Coordination Release items!  Below is a snapshot of the dies you can get.  And here's the link to the items in my store. 

Check out the flyer here. Download Coordination Release FLYER

And here is the amazing Pleased as Punch Designer Paper!  It coordinates with our Tulip punch, the Heart Punch pack, the Umbrella punch and the new Blossom punch in the Sale-a-Bration catalog.  It's so bright and springlike.  I like it so much I am featuring it in my February card kit to go.  I'll share details on that later this week. 

**Coordination Product Release items are offered until March 31, 2020 or while supplies last.

One of the options is the Nature's Thoughts dies that coordinates with one of my favorite new stamp sets; Positive Thoughts seen here. Besides the pretty images I LOVE the greetings!  

I made this pretty card for an online swap:

The colors are Highland Heather with Granny Apple Green.  Notice that detailed, stitched rectangle?  That is part of the new Nature's Thoughts dies along with the butterfly image.  

Details:

• White die-cut edgelit is from the Delicate Lace dies seen here
• Nature's Thoughts dies - Available now here! 
• The NEW Pleased as Punch DSP in the background seen here

Measurements:

• Granny Apple Green card 5  1/2" X 7"
• Pleased as Punch DSP 5 1/4" X 2 1/2"
• White die-cut 4 1/4" X 2 7/8"; greeting strip is 1" X 4" 
• Highland Heather is 4 1/2" X 3 1/8"

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Four February Specials just for you besides Sale-a-Braton

and the Product Coordination Release! 

    1. Earn a ticket in the drawing for each $25 you order online in February for a free Little Ladybug stamp set!

Order online here

2. All online orders will receive a free pdf cards tutorial in an email.

3. And if your order is over $55 you'll get a free package of Champagne Rhinestones too!

February Host Code is 4CQKPWRV

Order online here

4. Choose any FREE stamp set when you purchase the Starter kit during Sale-a-Bration; of any value! Plus you'll get a free paper trimmer and a 6 X 6 sampler of new Designer Paper!  It's just $99 plus tax; shipping is free!  Click here to join my awesome Flowerbug's Team! 

Lovely Lily Pad Wow Card

Look at this gorgeous card Candace made for our last Flowerbug's Team card swap.  She's a fabulous card designer!

She used the Lovely Lily Pad stamp set and the Lily Pad dies for this card.  She colored the stamped lily with Wink of Stella. Did you know that if you stamp in our Classic ink you can just blend the colors without adding more ink? Super easy; especially with a nice outline image like this one. 

Her colors here are Highland Heather, Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay with White and Olive accents.  

The greeting here is from the 'Thanks for the Laughs' stamp set on page 11 of your Mini Catalog.  See it here. 

The Lovely Lily Pad stamp set is free with any $50 order during our Sale-a-Bration promotion throught March of 2020.  The dies are free with a $100 order.  Place a $150 order and you get both FREE plus $15 in free product and Buyer Brownie Points from me.  See details on my loyalty program here. 

See all of the Sale-a-Bration choices here. 

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Three Febrary Specials just for you besides Sale-a-Braton! 

    1. Earn a ticket in the drawing for each $25 you order online in February for a free Little Ladybug stamp set!

Order online here

2. All online orders will receive a free pdf cards tutorial in an email.

3. And if your order is over $55 you'll get a free package of Champagne Rhinestones too!

February Host Code is 4CQKPWRV

Order online here

Honey Bee & Little Ladybug; choice!

I received this gorgeous swap card from my friend Diana Gibbs. I just love it!  

Sweet and simple; but a big wow in my opinion.  The bees are colored with Blends markers in Seaside Spray and Mango Melody plus a little Wink of Stella on the wings.

That pretty Golden Honey Specialty designer paper is one of the FREE choices in our Sale-a-Bration catalog right now.

Get it free with any $50 order through March. But beware that some items do not last through the promotion; they've been known to run out of some items before the promotion ends. 

The circles are 1 3/4" and the bees are die-cut using the Detailed Bee Dies.  These come in a bundle with the stamp set at 10% off.  See them here.   It pairs beautifully with the Golden Honey designer paper above.

My friend Judith had a workshop this weekend and she loves the Little Ladybug stamp set so I gave them a choice of two cards.  She was so excited to earn this stamp set FREE with her workshop order. 

Remember that I'm giving away one set in January!  Everyone who places an online order from me will be entered in the drawing. 

I used a Light Flirty Flamingo Blends marker and the Wink of Stella and So Saffron ink for the belly. A bit of Petal Pink for the faces and sponging on the circles as well.  We added Gold pearls for an accent which pairs nicely with the Golden Honey specialty DSP. 

The card stock measures 4" X 5 1/4" white, DSP is 1 7/8" X 5" and the Black is 2" X 5".  The circles here are 3/4", 1 1/2" and 1 3/4" in size. 

Below you can see how we stamped the inside of the card.  

Which one would you choose to make? 

Besides Sale-a-Bration there are three more January Specials just for you! 

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1. All January online orders will earn a ticket in the drawing for a free Little Ladybug stamp set!

Order online here

2. All online orders will receive a 10 cards pdf tutorial in an email.

3. And if your order is over $65 you'll get a free Coastal Weave embossing folder too!

January Host Code is GEEFZCZV

Order online here

New! Peaceful Moments bundle!

This brand new bundle was top on my list from the new 2020 January - June mini catalog. Demonstrators could pre-order from it in December and YOU can order from it on January 3rd!  

Tomorrow is my BIG new catalogs launch party AND BOGO sale! 

I have a ton of retired products I am selling to make room for new.  For ever dollar spent my customers can pick out current SU products FREE!  And get a free Sale-a-Bration choice too!  The deals abound at this event.  If you're local be sure to stop in from 1-3:30 on New Year's Day. 

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We held a Flowerbug's Team shoebox swap on Sunday.  I cannot wait to show you all of their cards; I sure have some amazing and talented stampers in my group!

 I chose to use the Peaceful Moments bundle on page 27 of the new catalog.  It has wonderful greetings and gorgeous layering floral dies. 

 Here's my card:

On this Poppy Parade card I used a multi-floral die to cut from the White layer and placed that over the gorgeous Peaceful Poppies designer series paper. 

The greeting is heat embossed on Old Olive card stock and cut out with the Painted Labels dies; also in the same suite.  I actually ordered the entire suite of products since I wanted it ALL.  

The pretty bow is made from White crinkly ribbon that I colored with my Dark Poppy Parade blends marker.  One color of White ribbon can be turned into any color that I have in Blends!  So cool!  

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Save the date! 

My New Catalog Launch Party is New Year's Day from 1-3:30 pm. 

It's also a BOGO sale so you can shop my retired items - I have a TON! 

And if you spend $50 on retired items you get to pick out a free Sale-a-Bration choice AND pick out $50 in FREE products from the current catalogs! 

It's the BEST time to shop! 

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December Online ordering special!!

All online orders receive a 14 cards pdf tutorial featuring the

Snowman Season and So Many Stars bundles. 

Order here.

Plus if you use this hostess code 3NANNDXU

and your order is over $45 I'll send you one of these kits for a 2020 calendar/post it note card; free!