First Frost for FabFriday

I’m cursed. Every time I admit to you that I don’t make many flower cards, I find myself challenged to make more flower cards. While I had lots of fun with First Frost and the Frosted Bouquet to make this card for the FabFriday color challenge that launches today, it wasn’t what I initially had in mind. Somewhere in the back of my head, though, I pressured myself to give it a try. Here’s my card:

And here’s the banner for the color challenge that inspired my card:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• First Frost & Frosted Bouquet Dies. The First Frost stamp set and coordinating Frosted Bouquet Dies were first introduced in Stampin’ Up!’s 2018 Holiday Catalog and then reappeared in the 2019 Annual Catalog. While they were initially sold as a bundle, the bundled pricing went away at the end of the holiday catalog period. That’s the same here – every bundle in this year’s Holiday Catalog (including ones that will carry into future catalogs) will no longer be offered with the 10% off price for the bundle after January 2. Here’s a look at the First Frost stamp set: Here’s a look at the coordinating Frosted Bouquet Dies:
• Build-a-Bouquet. I’ve never felt comfortable with building a collage of sprigs, leaves and flowers. As a mostly-clean-and-simple designer, collages go from simple to messy in a flash! I stamped and cut out a lot of pieces from this stamp set and coordinating dies before deciding on this layout that gives the right balance of colors, textures and shapes. Here’s a closer look at the bouquet that pops out from behind the sentiment:After everything was glued down, I added two little banners to the right of the sentiment and under the leaves to provide a “foundation” for the flowers.
• Double It Up. After I popped up the Merry Merlot flower with Stampin’ Dimensionals to give the bouquet some dimension and lift, I needed my layered sentiment to pop up a little so it would be higher than the flower. Here’s a look at the finished product:To achieve that effect, I simply doubled up my Stampin’ Dimensionals. They lined up perfectly to add that little lift I needed here. Here’s a closer look at my Stampin’ Dimensionals stacked on each other just under the Mossy Meadow layer of the sentiment:

Stamp Sets: First Frost  Papers: Merry Merlot, Mossy Meadow, Seaside Spray, Thick Whisper White  Inks: Merry Merlot, Mossy Meadow, Pear Pizzazz, Neutrals Stampin’ Write Markers (Merry Merlot, Mossy Meadow)  Accessories: Frosted Bouquet Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals

First Frost Cling-Mount Stamp Set – 148913

Price: $22.00

Frosted Bouquet Dies – 147895

Price: $33.00

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147112

Price: $7.50

Merry Merlot 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146979

Price: $8.75

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147111

Price: $7.50

Mossy Meadow 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 133676

Price: $8.75

Seaside Spray 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 150883

Price: $8.75

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147104

Price: $7.50

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock – 140272

Price: $8.25

Neutrals Stampin’ Write Markers – 147158

Price: $30.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.00

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I hope you’ll pop over to the FabFriday challenge blog to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

Stampin’ Up!’s Year-end Closeout is Here!

There are so many retiring products that are going to go away on January 2 when Stampin’ Up!’s 2019 Holiday Catalog period ends. PLEASE be sure to click on the image above to see all of the retiring items in my online store. I don’t want you to miss out.

CLICK HERE to see the retiring and discounted items in my online store

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New Catalogs & Product Shares

Stampin’ Up! demonstrators are able to order from the upcoming January – June 2020 Mini Catalog and start earning Sale-a-Bration items starting today. I’ll be ordering copies of the Occasions Catalog and Sale-a-Bration brochure that I will mail to all of my current customers. What fun!

If you’d like to receive a copy of the new catalogs (and aren’t a current customer), please place an order today. They will be mailed out next week, and I don’t want you to miss out on all the fun!

You’ll also be happy to know that I will be hosting product shares and selling Designer Series Paper Swatch Books from the new catalog, too. More information to come on those! ♥

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