There’s only one thing more exciting than shopping your way through a new catalog – selecting all the free products you earned while shopping for the things you wanted. I love the excitement around the new catalog launch and enjoy reviewing the products are a part of my customers’ first orders from the new books. What fun!
While I noted the beautiful pages in the Favored Flowers Designer Series Paper (that can be selected for free with a $50 order through February 28), the paper wasn’t at the top of my play list. After seeing how many customers have selected this paper as a free item on their first order, I decided to play. Here’s the card I made:
My card features two designs from the Favored Flowers Designer Series Paper – a 3-3/4″ x 5″ panel of a Blackberry Bliss page and a 2-3/4″ x 4″ panel of gorgeous flowers. Here’s a look at the colors and patterns in this beautiful pack of papers:
There are some dark, rich pages and some soft, light pages in this pack of papers – such a great mix! I wasn’t sure how the modern pattern would mix with the soft, sweet flowers, but they came together beautifully. With so many gorgeous patterns in this pack of paper, there were so many combinations I could have used to build this same layout with different papers. I love that versatility.
The sweet, simple sentiment on my card is pulled from the Dainty Delight stamp set, part of the Dainty Delight Bundle (new in Stampin’ Up!’s January-April 2023 Mini Catalog). While this bundle coordinates with the Dainty Flowers Designer Series Paper (another pack of papers in the Sale-a-Bration brochure), this sentiment is a perfect focal point on this card. Here’s a look at the must-have Dainty Delight Bundle:
Instead of centering the floral panel on the graphic page, I decided to position it in the lower, left side of the panel. To balance it out a bit, I added a band of three colors from the pack of papers – a Fresh Freesia band with a thin band of Blackberry Bliss and a thinner band of Calypso Coral. The band extends beyond the smaller panel on the card to help balance everything out. If you like this mix of Fresh Freesia, Calypso Coral and Blackberry Bliss as much as I do, I hope you’ll save this for future reference:
Stamps: Dainty Delight Papers: Favored Flowers, Blackberry Bliss, Fresh Freesia, Calypso Coral, Thick Basic White Inks: Blackberry Bliss Accessories: Stylish Shapes Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals
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Want to learn more about the items you can earn for free during the January-February 2023 Sale-a-Bration sale? Click on the image below to see the Sale-a-Bration brochure, or CLICK HERE to see them all in my earlier blog post or CLICK HERE to see them in my online store.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Brian
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I’m awestruck by this gorgeous card, paper and color combination!
Awesome mix of patterns with this lovely DSP.
I love the three colorful strips to bring it all together. Beautiful card. Enjoy your day!
Not even on my list until this post. Beautiful card, B!
This paper was not on my list either; I thought it was way “too busy” and couldn’t decide how to use it without overpowering the card. But less is more and you’ve done s super job of showing us how this pattern can be toned down. It works perfectly! Beautiful card, Brian. Thanks for the inspiration!🙂
I’m definitely the odd person out because this paper was at the TOP of my “must haves”. Something about florals on black…
Love this card for the slashes of color under the sentiment and the King-patented mix of prints and layers. Because of your inspiration, I better place another order to get another pack before your PERFECT design puts this paper either on back order or sold out! 😉 TFS
Wow! You really rocked this DSP! Well done! Those three strips – perfection 👍
Wow, these papers look great together Brian. 🙂