Celebrate in Style with Peace & Joy

Today I’m sharing a fun, simple card for the FabFriday color challenge that goes live today. There are FIVE colors in this challenge – Poppy Parade, Blushing Bride, Shaded Spruce, Seaside Spray and Pear Pizzazz. While I love each and every one of these colors, I would likely have never used them together. Maybe that’s what makes this a challenge?! Here’s my card for this FabFriday challenge:

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

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Stamp Sets. My card is built with two retiring stamp sets that are part of two retiring bundles.  I built a little nest for my sentiment with the branches, holly and stars from the Peace & Joy stamp set. I BRILLIANTLY incorporated all five of the colors from this challenge into the elements that pop out from behind the sentiment – that made it easier for me to just complete the card against a solid backdrop. Here’s a look at the Peace & Joy Bundle: I only used the stamp set on this card. If you would like to purchase the Peace & Joy Bundle (it’s set to retire and will soon be gone), I would encourage you to buy the products individually (Peace & Joy Stamp Set #153430, Joy Dies #153530) to save more than the savings you’d earn buying the bundle. You’re welcome! ♥ The sentiment on my card is from the Gift Wrapped stamp set, part of the Gift Wrapped Bundle: Both elements of this bundle have already sold out and are no longer available. Don’t miss out on the other items you want – act now before they go away.
• Laying it Out. I knew I wanted to stamp all of these elements (three of each to keep balanced) but was nervous to stamp them onto a cropped page – how in the world would I get them all balanced and centered on the panel? I figured out a fun (and super-easy) method to get everything right where I wanted it…I stamped inside this Stitched Rectangles Die that I set on the paper until I had everything where I wanted it: That gave me the opportunity to reposition the Stitched Rectangle Die just a bit before cropping it out. Yay! The stamped images don’t look so great in the middle of the panel, but I knew they’d be covered up by the Stitched Ovals Dies.
• Envelopes. To add a little more festivity to my notecard-sized card, I added a piece of Trimming the Town Designer Series Paper to the envelope that I cropped with my must-have Envelopes Dies. Here’s a look at the liner with the card: If you haven’t yet picked them up, the Envelopes Dies are currently on sale (product #153531 is now 40% off and still available at the time I am writing this post). Here’s a look at the dies that are part of the Ornamental Envelopes Bundle:Again, the deep discount on the dies in this bundle make it more advantageous for you to buy the items separately if you want both. Yay!

Stamp Sets: Peace & Joy, Gift Wrapped  Papers: Shaded Spruce, Thick Whisper White, Vellum Cardstock  Inks: Shaded Spruce, Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade, Seaside Spray, Blushing Bride  Accessories: Stitched Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangles Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Peace & Joy Photopolymer Stamp Set – 153430

Price: $18.00

Stitched Shapes Dies – 152323

Price: $30.00

Rectangle Stitched Dies – 151820

Price: $35.00

Envelopes Dies – 153531

Sale: $21.60

Price: $36.00

Shaded Spruce 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146981

Price: $8.75

Vellum 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 101856

Price: $10.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147088

Price: $7.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147104

Price: $7.50

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147050

Price: $7.50

Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad – 150085

Price: $7.50

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147100

Price: $7.50

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.00

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Supply List

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

Whisper White

Sunday’s post shared the news that Whisper White is retiring. I’m happy that Basic White is on it’s way to us, but I also placed an order to stock up on some Whisper White papers before it retires. If you missed that post, please click here.

Product Shares and Designer Series Paper Swatch Books

You know I love to share new products with you when a new catalog is released. Such fun! I’ll be hosting product shares for Stampin’ Up!’s January – June 2021 Mini Catalog – I’ll be sharing the sign-up soon. ♥

Year-End Closeout

Stampin’ Up! kicked off the year-end last week – all of the retiring products are being sold until January 4 or until they sell out. AND many of them are discounted. YAY! For a recap of this sale, CLICK HERE. To shop this sale, CLICK HERE.

Pumpkin in the Fungeon

Every month, I host a Zoom call with my Paper Pumpkin subscribers to share the new kit and some alternative ideas with it. It’s also a fun time for my customers to share what they’ve made. It’s great fun! To learn more, click on the image below:

I’ll be sharing more about January’s kit later this week.

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