Thank You with Blessings of Home

Stampin’ Up! demonstrators have enjoyed a weekend full of sneak peeks, inspiration and great business training during our OnStage event (I shared a little bit about it in yesterday’s post – you can see that here).

Before OnStage, those who registered received a free bundle with some great coordinating accessories. I’ve made a card with the Blessings of Home Bundle (a new item in Stampin’ Up!’s January – June 2022 Mini Catalog) to share with you today. Here’s my card:

Here’s a look at the new bundle, which includes the Blessings of Home Cling Stamp Set and the coordinating Flowers of Home Dies:

While there were several brilliant ways to add color to these flowers in the OnStage presentations (sponge daubers, Stampin’ Blends or water coloring are great techniques), I chose to stamp my flower arrangement with Basic Gray and then…leave it alone. Bold, I know. I added touches of pink around it to soften the appeal of the card a bit. I added a Petal Pink panel in the background of my card and “recalled” the Petal Pink with a little banner behind my sentiment – here’s a closer look:

The sentiment in the stamp set says, “Thank you for inspiring me.” While I love that and have hundreds of talented friends who inspire me every day, I masked the second half of the sentiment with tape before inking up the stamp (and then pulled the tape off before stamping the sentiment) to isolate the part I wanted for this card.

I accented my bundle with a buffalo check strip from the Peaceful Place Specialty Designer Series Paper. It might retire with the end of the July-December 2021 Mini Catalog, but I won’t let that stop me from using it up. It’s quite beautiful with these flowers, don’t you think? Here’s a look at the colors and patterns in the Peaceful Place Specialty Designer Series Paper (while several of these patterns can extend beyond the holidays, I particularly love the buffalo check (the last pattern on the top row below):

The grays on my card are a beautiful mix of grays (Smoky Slate is cold, while Basic Gray is warm). They are both softened with the accents of Petal Pink. If you like the elegant mix of Petal Pink, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray as much as I do, I hope you’ll save this for future reference:

Bundle: Blessings of Home  Stamp Sets: Blessings of Home  Papers: Peaceful Place Specialty Designer Series Paper, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Petal Pink, Basic White  Inks: Basic Gray, Memento Tuxedo Black  Accessories: Flowers of Home Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals

I’ve not included links to these products because most are not yet available. I can’t wait to share more with this suite and some of the other pre-order items I’ll soon be receiving! 🙂

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

Save Big This Week

In yesterday’s post, I shared 3 ways to save bit this week: (1) Save 25% on items in my Retired Products Shop, (2) Join my Stampin’ Up! team for JUST $75 and choose $125 of product and (3) enjoy savings on cardstock, ink pads and dies in the upcoming Seasonal Sale. If you’d like to learn more about these great promotions, CLICK HERE.

Holiday One-for-One Swap

I’m hosting a One-for-One Card Swap, and I hope you’ll join in on the fun! All you have to do is make one card and send it to me. I’ll mix up the cards and send them back out so that you receive a Holiday Card from someone you likely don’t know. How fun! For more information, click on the picture below:

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