Hello Stamping Friends!
I hope you enjoyed the recent Wacky Watercooler Blog Hop – weren't all those creations just amazing! So much talent was shared, it's amazing!
If you would like to become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and share your talents, now is a GREAT time to JOIN MY TEAM!! During Sale-a-bration (until March 31st) there is an EXTRA BONUS for signing up! You will get to choose $190 worth of Stampin' Up! products for ONLY $125! Plus, you can get 30% discount on your next qualifying order, PLUS you'll always receive the demonstrator discount of 20% on all future orders! Not to mention the perks of being 'one of the team' – such as access to Demonstrator only website Stampin' Connection; you receive the quarterly Demonstrator only publication Stampin' Success; access to all Stampin' Up! events! Plus as part of MY TEAM, you receive my support for building your business or maintaining your hobby; Team meetings; and sharing information and ideas.
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If today is Tuesday, it must be WEEKLY DEALS time! (oh yes – as a Demonstrator, you do get your demo discount on top of the weekly deal price! woot!!) Here are this week's deals – valid from today, Feb. 18th to next Monday, Feb. 24th.
More good news – NEW ITEMS have been added to the CLEARANCE RACK!! (yes, you also get your demo discount on Clearance items!! woot woot!!!) Of course, all Clearance items are only while supplies last, so make sure you get your order in soon!
Even more good news – all the Weekly Deal items, and Clearance Rack items, count towards the $60 qualifying amount to earn a FREE Sale-a-bration product!! (Can you tell how much I enjoy the perks of being a Demonstrator?! 🙂 )
Okay – now onto the really fun part – Stamping!! Yup, that's what we love about Stampin' Up!, right? All the wonderful stamps, inks, and coordinating products.
Well, I recently pulled out the new Watercolour Wonder Designer Note Cards & Envelopes (#133362 $15.95), and had some fun 🙂
Here's what you get – 20 printed cards- 3 1/2" x 5" size; 4 each of 5 designs, plus 20 Ivory coloured envelopes.
These note cards are just beautiful – watercolour paper, with all the water colour backgrounds already done for you! But don't worry – there's still lots of room for you to do your own stamping and colouring.
For this first card, I chose the beautiful peony image card, and stamped the sentiment from the set Another Great Year (#133038wm/#133041cm Occasions Catalogue) in Black StazOn ink.
This card is already so gorgeous, I didn't want to detract from the flowers, so I kept my colouring to a minimum. Using the Tangerine Tango Stampin' Write Marker, I lightly filled in the 'Happy' and 'To You'. Then, using the Tangerine Tango ink pad, I picked up some ink with my Blender Pen, and shaded the edges of the banners above and below the 'Birthday'. I was happy with the card just like that, but of course you could always add some more colour, or some 'bling' if you wanted.
On this next card I wanted to do some watercolouring of my own, so I chose the card with the blank oval shape in the centre. I stamped the poppy image from Simply Sketched (hostess set in the Annual Catalogue – #129672cm/#129669wm) in Black StazOn ink in the centre.
To achieve the colouring on the flowers, I used my Aqua Painter (#103954 Annual Catalogue) and reinkers in the colours Crisp Cantaloupe, Pumpkin Pie and Real Red, as I was trying to reflect the colours on the card base. I took my time, blending the colours one at a time until I was happy with the outcome. Then I used the Aqua Painter and Gumball Green reinker to colour the stems.
*To use the reinkers, what I did was open up the matching colour ink pad, and just put a couple of drops of the reinker on the lid of the ink pad (matching the reinker colour to the ink pad colour – don't mix up your reinkers and ink pads!) That way, when I was done, I could just close the lid and not worry about wasting the reinker. I filled my Aqua Painter just 1/2 full of tap water; it doesn't take a lot of water, especially since it was just this small image I was colouring. Then you just touch the tip of your Aqua Painter into the reinker, and apply it to your stamped image. *
I then stamped the sentiment – also from Simply Sketched – in Gumball Green ink onto Whisper White cardstock, and punched it out using the Large Oval Punch (#119855). I used the Scallop Oval Punch (#119856) to punch out the Crisp Cantaloupe oval, and stacked the 2 together with Dimensionals, and adhered it to the card with another Dimensional.
I hope that seeing this terrific note card set, and how easy it is to make fabulous cards with it, will encourage you to purchase it and make your own masterpieces! I know that your friends and family will be thrilled to receive a hand made card from you 🙂
Please take advantage of the current Weekly Deals, the update Clearance Rack, and better yet – the Terrific deal of Joining my Team – we're the INKcredibly Creative Crew – as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator!
I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon! Until then – Happy Stamping!
