It’s been some time since I have posted and I am excited to be back sharing some projects with you! I finally had some time to play this weekend and once I got started with this suite it was hard to stop!!
Cards made using the stamp sets Bloom by Bloom from the 2019 Occasions catalog and Part of My Story from the 2019 Sale-A-Bration Catalog
The minute I saw this suite at OnStage in Orlando I knew I had to have it. I just love the bold images and bright colors, it just makes me happy looking at it! But I think my favorite thing about this set has to be how all the products work so well together, the possibilities are bound only by your imagination.
This suite not only contains a 17 piece photopolymer set and 4 mini punches, but there is coordinating Designer Series Paper (DSP), satin ribbon, enamel dots, a textured inpressions embossing folder, cardstock pack, and a Memories & More card pack with matching cards and envelopes! This suite has so many pieces it takes up a full three pages in the 2019 Occasions Catalog. Although the set doesn’t have any sayings, I found the exclusive Sale-A-Bration set, Part of My Story worked really well. As a bonus, during Sale-A-Bration (SAB) spend $50 and you can get the Part of My Story set for free!
Lets get started!
First up I used a sheet of Happiness Blooms DSP, matching Night of Navy and Pineapple Punch cardstock, Pineapple Punch 1/8″ grosgrain ribbon, Happiness Blooms enamel dots in Pineapple Punch and my go to Layering Oval framelits. The saying is stamped using Call Me Clover ink.
This card shows some versatility to the set. I started with another sheet of the DSP, this time in stripes. Night of Navy is the card base and a layer behind the Whisper White piece making the stamped images really pop. For the butterfly I used the smallest flower and Calypso Coral ink to make wings. For the body I used the Dark Night of Navy blend and drew it freehand, adding little antennae. A little epoxy heart was placed over the inked heart to give it a little shine. This card is very easy to make and doesn’t require any special tools, perfect for a beginning stamper.
This card is stunning in person, since it showcases the Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheet, available only during SAB with a $50 purchase. It has a holographic look and is a must have for one of your free SAB items! I wish I could have really captured the beautiful colors in the photo.
The foil sheet is embossed with the Dot to Dot Textured Impressions Embossing folder and paired with some DSP. A piece of Calypso Coral 3/8″ Satin Ribbon covers the seam and adds another layer of sheen to the card. Call Me Clover and Calypso Coral are the cardsock colors used along with Whisper White. Inks used were Grapefruit Grove for the flower, Call Me Clover for the stem and Night of Navy for the little dots to match the DSP.
Cards made using the Happiness Blooms Memories & More card pack and matching Memories & More Cards & Envelopes
After I played only with the the set and some of the products from the suite I really wanted to dive into the whole suite. You can make some really simple notecards and full sized cards using the Happiness Blooms Memories & Blooms Card Pack and the coordinating Happiness Blooms Memories and More Cards & Envelopes.
If you aren’t sure what a card pack is, the pack contains 50 double sided cards (2 each of 25 designs) in 3″ x 4″ and 4″ x 6″ sizes, 6 single sided 4″ x 6″ specialty cards (the designs are all embossed!!) and 4 coordinating sticker sheets. The matching cards and envelopes have small and large cards that fit the 3″ x 4″ and 4″ x 6″ cards perfectly. One side is Night of Navy and the inside is white. The envelopes are white and have Night of Navy stripes along the inside flap.
These are perfect for when you need a card but are short on time or just starting out with paper crafting and have limited supplies. There is no stamping needed just attach one of the pre-printed cards to the front of the matching card and voila, a card ready to use!! You can leave them as is or step them up a notch adding some embellishments such as stickers from the card pack or from the suite.
This is a perfect example of just attaching the card to the front of a little notecard like the card on the left. It looks great as it is, the saying is already pre-printed and has a coordinating border. If you have a few more minutes go ahead and step it up a bit. I added a few enamel dots to the center of several flowers, then I punched a matching flower using one of the Bitty Blooms mini punches and Lovely Lipstick cardstock. I added an enamel dot to match the ones on the card and raised it with a mini dimensional.
For these two I added “Time to Celebrate”, one of the stickers from the card pack, to the Congratulations card with mini dimesionals and a few enamel dots here and there. On the little Love and Laughter notecard, I kept it simple with just a small Pineapple Punch 1/8″ grosgrain ribbon bow.
On these two I added stickers from the card pack to both cards. Everything is so beautifully coordinated it really makes these cards easy. To give them a little dimension the flowers were raised with mini dimensionals.
These two were very simple. Since the backgrounds were so pretty I only wanted add a small embellishment. To each I added flower stickers from the card pack and to make them pop some a little enamel dot in the center.
To the Thinking of You card on the left I added the little strand of circles, another sticker from the pack and three sizes of enamel dots. To the Love & Happiness card I colored two of the small Epoxy Heart Droplets with a Dark Flirty Flamingo Blend. Since the marker is alcohol based you can color these embellishments to match your project or leave as is and it won’t wipe off.
These two cards I stepped up a little bit more. For the Happy Birthday card I punched the small flowers from a sheet in the Happiness Blooms DSP pack and added enamel dots to the center of each. Then each was attached to the card with a mini dimensional and I added a bow made from two pieces of Night of Navy Baker’s Twine. The notecard on the right uses stickers from the pack including “Thank You”, flowers and leaves. Again they were attached to the card using mini dimensionals.
This last card really steps it up. I used one of the specialty cards from the pack that is embossed. It’s really hard to see the embossed flowers in this picture but the one below really shows how shiny they are.
Instead of using the coordinating cards from the suite I used a Lovely Lipstick cardbase and a layer of Night of Navy behind the embossed flower card. I cut an oval piece from the center of the floral panel before attaching to the Night of Navy panel since this will be covered by the saying. This really gives you more out of your specialty paper. From the piece I cut out, I punched the little flowers out using one of the Bitty Blooms punches. To get the leaves I cut a small narrow strip from one of the other specialty cards that had embossed Call Me Clover circles and punched little leaves using the leaf punch from the Bitty Blooms punch pack. The saying is from Part of My Story and I stamped it in Night of Navy ink on a large scallop of Whisper White cardstock. This was mounted to an oval of Night of Navy and attached to the card using dimensionals.
I hope you have as much fun with this set as I did this weekend!
If you purchase the entire suite, add a pack of mini dimensionals and a roll of ribbon you will get to $100.00 giving you both the Foil Sheets and the Part of My Story stamp set for FREE!
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Nothing is more exciting than placing that first order from the new catalog. After looking at it every night for a month before going to bed (as you know that assures visions of stamps and ink dancing around in your head). Not to mention all the drooling over the new stamps, toys and my personal weakness; ribbon. Then on June 1st we get the green light to order anything from the catalog. Of course the first order is never easy. I have written my list of must haves and changed it so many time I have lost count. And I as was placing that first order I had to keep shifting things around to get the most bang for my buck.
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