Flowerbug's Inkspot

In Symmetry Fun-fold card with video

I played with the In Symmetry bundle on last week's Facebook Live and wanted to share this neat fun fold card.  I got the idea for it from my good friend Susie Wood.  Here's a link to her card. 

It's a standard A2 size card but the unique fold makes it special.  The nice thing is how easy it is to make!  And it really showcases the designer paper and Pretty Flowers embossing folder I used.  

I chose the Navy, Calypso Coral and Bumblebee color combination because of the colors in the Sweet Symmetry DSP seen here.  The cute Navy leaves are from the Symmetrical Stems punch. I fussy cut the flower.

You can see this bundle here. 

Measurements: 

• Navy card base 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" scored at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4", layer is 2 3/4" X 4 1/4" 
• Bumblebee 3 3/4" X 5"
• DSP 2 1/2" X 4"
• White strip 3/4" X 3 1/2", inside is 4" X 5 1/4"
• Calypso Coral strip is 7/8" X 3 3/4" 

Here's the video from the Facebook Live with two more projects featuring this suite.  If you want to see this card only, scroll to about 24 minutes in.

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June Specials:

The last chance list is out!  Check out the retiring and discounted products here. 

Host code: WB2EX96R  Click here to order

Use this host code if your order is under $150. If it's over you'll still get the embossing folder but you'll also earn host benefits! Better yet, choose the Starter Kit and choose $125 in 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! 

Inspired Thoughts Bundle; a beautiful scene

I created this card for an online swap I participated in last month.  I just love it!

The main 4 trees die-cut can be cut apart which opens a whole world of possibilities! 

Here's how I made it:

1. Die-cut the trees and hill using the Inspiring Canopy dies (seen below).  
2. Cut the 4 trees apart at the bottom connection point. Set aside.
3. Sponge clouds using Pool Party ink onto the 4" X 5 1/4" Basic White CS.  I used the Basic Border dies (cloud).
4. Sponge Calypso Coral ink onto the bottom third of this piece. 
5. Adhere the trees to the edge of each side. 
6. Add the hill piece; trim off excess from hill and trees. Adhere to the Calypso Coral card base. 
7. Finish with Genial Gems.  

You can see the beautiful Inspired Thoughts bundle 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!  *combine your order with a friend.

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! 

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! 

NEW! Flowers of Friendship card

I created this card for a mail out swap I participated in.  I combined the new Pale Papaya with Pool Party & Black.  What do you think?  

The stamp set is called Flowers of Friendship seen here.  It has a coordinating flower punch but I didn't use it here.  I did color the image in with Blends markers.  

There are three new products I want to point out here: 

1. Did you notice that pretty stitched border edge?  That is done with a new set of dies called Basic Borders seen on page 162. They're amazing and stitch on both sides of the cut. #AddtoYourList  
2. See that black & white patterned paper? It's new and in the back of our catalog.  It's a hostess choice called Pattern Party.  You can only get it with Hostess Benefits when you place an order over $150.  It's a huge pack of 48 12 X 12" sheets and half are bright, colorful patterns and the other half are black & white.  I think they made this pack just for me!  It's my new favorite!!!
3. Lastly that stitched label die-cut.  It's from the new Tailor Made Tags dies; seen on page166.  It has 8 sizes of stitched tags and reinforcements for the holes as well. Love them!! 

 

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April Specials!

Click here for the Annual Catalog Retiring List; many discounted items while supplies last! 

Current Host code is GJRA96YW

Order online here

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Get a free multipurpose glue stand with an online order over $60 using the host code above. You'll receive a color of my choice unless you let me know your preference. *if you'd rather have gems; let me know.

*If your order is over $150 do not use the code; you'll still receive a gift! 

You can also order them in my Shop here. 

All online orders will receive a free 14 project PDF tutorial

Click on the photo below to see all of the last chance items: 

More Sponging techniques from the Flowerbug's

Here are the second set of cards made by my Flowerbug's Team for our April card swap.  The theme was to use a sponging technique: 

Candace made this one using a very soft sponging on just part of the card around the Whale.  She used the Whale Done bundle here.  It's a bundle now in the current Stampin' Up! catalog and will carry over into our new 2021 Annual Catalog. But it will no longer be a bundle at 10%.  You can see it here. 

She stamped and die-cut the leaves from the Forever Fern bundle seen here.  

Next is a neat card made by Karen.  She used a masking technique to get that unique stamped & sponged strip across the card.  

She tore a length of sticky notes and pressed onto the White card stock; on top and on bottom. She stamped and sponged on the exposed area.  Very cool! The stamp set is called Enjoy the Moment seen here. 

The designer paper is from the Boho Indigo Product Medley seen here.  Her card base is Misty Moonlight. 

Next card is made by Paula.  She used the Positive Thoughts stamp set seen here.  She made the sponged center of her card a beautiful centerpiece.  To get the center she die-cut a circle from another piece of paper and sponged and stamped in the center. I believe she used Pacific Point and Mint Macaron ink. 

I'll share more amazing cards made by my talented Flowerbugs soon!

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Current Specials!

Click here for the Annual Catalog Retiring List; many discounted items while supplies last! 

Current Host code is GJRA96YW

Order online here

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Get a free multipurpose glue stand with an online order over $60 using the host code above. You'll receive a color of my choice unless you let me know your preference. *if you'd rather have gems; let me know.

*If your order is over $150 do not use the code; you'll still receive a gift! 

You can also order them in my Shop here. 

All online orders will receive a free 14 project PDF tutorial

Team Swap cards featuring sponging techniques!

Our latest Flowerbug Team swap featured sponging techniques and they knocked it out of the park!  Look at these: 

The first card was made by Deloris. She used the Celebrate Sunflowers bundle.  These items are carrying over to the next catalog but they will no longer be a bundle at 10% off.  You can see it here. 

Her colors are Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight and White. I absolutely LOVE the unique colors she used here and isn't her sponging amazing!?  That stitched rectangle of vellum adds the perfect, soft background for the beautiful flower.  

Next is a fabulous card made by Candace using A Good Man stamp set.  

Her colors are Crumb Cake, Night of Navy & Pool Party.  

She sponged the edges of her stamped pieces and rubbed the Crumb Cake ink pad directly on the Painted Textures embossing folder before running it through the Cut & Emboss Machine.  *See that folder here. 

That stitched tag is one of our new dies coming in the 2021 Annual Catalog.  It's called 'Tailor Made Tags'. the greeting is from the Inspired Thoughts stamp set; also new! She colored the image in with Blends markers. 

Stop in again tomorrow for more cards featuring sponging techniques!

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April Specials!

Click here for the Annual Catalog Retiring List; many discounted items while supplies last! 

Current Host code is GJRA96YW

Order online here

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Get a free multipurpose glue stand with an online order over $60 using the host code above. You'll receive a color of my choice unless you let me know your preference. *if you'd rather have gems; let me know.

*If your order is over $150 do not use the code; you'll still receive a gift! 

You can also order them in my Shop here. 

All online orders will receive a free 14 project PDF tutorial

Two projects with the brand new Color & Contour bundle!!

I created these cards when I was working on some card swaps I participated in.  I like to create a bunch of cards and then decide which one's to use and mail out.  

I chose the Color & Contour bundle because it's full of wonderful dies perfect for the pretty floral image in the stamp set. And I'm glad it's a 2-step stamp set. 

For this first card I chose the Pale Papaya In Color and accented it with Black. 

Can you spy all of the new products I used?  There are 5 if you count everything.  

1. The Scalloped Contour dies - the pretty Black scalloped border and the main scalloped rectangle; all in the same bundle. 
2. Color & Contour stamp set (included in the bundle at 10% off).  I stamped the background with a daisy stamp in the set 
3. Pale Papaya ink and card stock
4. Pale Papaya & White ribbon
5. Genial Gems (the package includes Pale Papaya & Mint Macaron)

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Next is a card I did end up using for an online swap. The colors here are Fresh Freesia and Soft Succulent. 

Look at the new Gingham paper!  It's included in the Pansy Petals 12" designer series paper pack.  Look at the gorgeous ribbon!  It's so soft & pretty and available in all of our new In Colors. 

I also used another new dies set called Tailor Made Tags for the greeting.  It has 4 sizes of tags in two styles along with reinforcements for the holes.  I cannot wait for you all to have the new Annual Catalog in your hands!!  

If you want to get your hands on the new Annual Catalog products early you can add any of these items to your Starter Kit seen here.  Our Starter Kit is always 20% off; you get $125 in product for just $99 and free shipping as well!  

Read more about this offer here.  

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April Specials!

Click here for the Annual Catalog Retiring List; many discounted items while supplies last! 

Current Host code is GJRA96YW

Order online here

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Get a free multipurpose glue stand with an online order over $60 using the host code above. You'll receive a color of my choice unless you let me know your preference. *if you'd rather have gems; let me know.

*If your order is over $150 do not use the code; you'll still receive a gift! 

You can also order them in my Shop here. 

All online orders will receive a free 14 project PDF tutorial

Colorful Hydrangeas

What colors do Hydrangeas come in?  Lots!  I have a white one in my yard; it's blooms are huge and beautiful every year.  

Annette made this pretty card for a swap last month.  She used the Hydrangea Haven bundle seen here.  

Her card is also a simple fun fold where the Real Red opens and adhered to the Black base.  

Products used; click on the highlighted item to see it online:

• Painted Texture embossing folder 
• Stitched Nested Labels (RETIRING!) on sale for $28
• Silver Foil paper (RETIRING)
• Blends markers, rhinestones

Note: I'm featuring this bundle and the beautiful Hydrangea Hill designer paper for April's card kit to go!  Stay tuned; I'll share it here soon. 

Measurements:

• Basic Black 4 1/4" X 5 1/2"
• Real Red 4" X 10 1/2" scored at 5 1/4"
• White 2 3/4" X 4 1/4"
• Silver Foil 2 7/8" X 4 3/8"
• Black 3 1/8" X 4 5/8" 

Items are running out on the Last Chance List:  Here is what it already gone:

• RICH RAZZLEBERRY STAMPIN' BLENDS COMBO PACK
• INK • Item 150083  PRETTY PEACOCK CLASSIC STAMPIN’ PAD
• INK • Item 150086 TERRACOTTA TILE CLASSIC STAMPIN’ PAD
• INK • Item 150090  PRETTY PEACOCK CLASSIC STAMPIN’ INK REFILL
• INK • Item 150092 SEASIDE SPRAY CLASSIC STAMPIN’ INK REFILL
• INK • Item 150093 TERRACOTTA TILE CLASSIC STAMPIN’ INK REFILL
• PAPER • Item 150880 PRETTY PEACOCK 8-1/2" X 11" CARDSTOCK
• PAPER • Item 150881 PURPLE POSY 8-1/2" X 11" CARDSTOCK
• PAPER • Item 150883 SEASIDE SPRAY 8-1/2" X 11" CARDSTOCK
• BUNDLE • Item 155349 2019–2021 IN COLOR CLASSIC STAMPIN’ PADS
• PAPER • Item 149703  2019–2021 IN COLOR 12" X 12" CARDSTOCK
• PAPER • Item 152460 WHALE OF A TIME DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
• EMBELLISHMENTS • Item 149708 PURPLE 3/8"  TRICOLOR RIBBON

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March Specials!

Annual Catalog Retiring List; many discounted items while supplies last! 

Current Host code is PX6ZWGM7

Order online here

All online orders receive a free PDF of the new Butterfly Bouquet bundle

with 15 projects!

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Get a free adhesive package from me with an online order over $50 using the host code above. 3 sheets of Dimensionals and 1 for die-cuts!

*If your order is over $150 do not use the code; you'll still receive a gift! 

Below are the Multipurpose Glue stands we're making. They're $6 each and available in my Shop here.  

Pretty Window card

Later today the Retired List will be out for the 2019 Annual Catalog!  Items will be available while supplies last. Rococo Rose card stock is already sold out.  Stay tuned; I'll post it as soon as it's out! Or click here after 2 pm Central Time. 

I created this card for a Flowerbug's Team swap this month.  The theme was to make a 'Window' card.  

My colors are Balmy Blue, Black & White here.  That pretty flower is fussy cut from the True Love Designer Series paper seen here and colored with Balmy Blue Blends.  It's my very favorite paper! 

I textured the Balmy Blue CS before I die-cut the window; cutting them both at the same time. 

See the other products used here; click on each to see it in my store:

• Tasteful Touches stamp set
• Hippo & Friends dies (window)
• Dainty Diamonds 3D folder
• Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon
• Butterfly Beauty dies (black sprigs)

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Lots of March Specials!

Current Host code is 9UPP3WVQ

Order online here

And if your order is over $50 you'll also receive a free adhesive package from me 3 sheets of Dimensionals and 1 for die-cuts!

*If your order is over $150 do not use the code; you'll still receive the gifts! 

All online orders receive a free PDF of the new Butterfly Bouquet bundle

with 15 projects!

Below are the Multipurpose Glue stands we're making. They're $6 each and available in my Shop here.