Lovely Lily Pad Sale-a-bration Card

I just want to share a couple of cards I made using some of the FREE Stampin'Up! product from the Sale-a-bration promotion. These cards use the Lovely Lily Pad Photopolymer stamp set and the coordinating Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper. These are the FREE Sale-a-bration items.

I colored the flower with the Aqua Painter after stamping the image with Melon Mambo Stampin'Pad the color from the ink spreads beautifully to color the image. I cut the oval white panel with the Stitched Shapes Dies.

I love the rich colors in the cardstock and Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper. The cardstock is Pretty Peacock, I adhered the Designer Series Paper panel on Garden Green Cardstock. The Lily Pad is stamped with Garden Green Stampin'Pad on Garden Green Cardstock.

Here is another idea using the smaller images in the Lovely Lily Pad set. I used the Stitched Shapes Dies to cut the white circle panel. The greeting is from another stamp set in both cards and is not included in the Lovely Lily Pad stamp set.

I colored the flowers with again using the Aqua Painter just after stamping them with the Melon Mambo Stampin'Pad for a watercolor look.

The Sale-a-bration promotion ends March 31. You can earn FREE product for each $50 in purchases before shipping and tax. Click here to see all the Sale-a-bration stamps and accessories.

Hope you like my cards and are all staying healthy during this difficult pandemic!

Hugs,

Shelly

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Cats Have Nine Lives Maybe We Do Too

I decided to play with the wonderful Nine Lives Stamp Set today! This is a card for a friend who just became the proud owners of a new kitty! The kitty is white with black spots so I thought I would stamp one to look just like the real kitty. I just used a black and white theme with a pop of color. This is one of my favorite color themes. It is so striking!

I used some retired Stampin'Up! product in making this card. The stamp set is still available and you can purchase it on my website.
I used the Stitched Shapes Dies and the Layering Circle Dies for the circle image. You can't tell from the photo but under the Melon Mambo circle is a scalloped circle using Basic Black cardstock The cardstock used is Thick Whisper White, Basic Black and Melon Mambo. I stamped the kitty with Black Memento Pad using the Stamparatus to line the images up perfectly. I used the Cat Punch to punch out the cat image and the adhered the image to the Melon Mambo panel using Stampin'Dimensionals. The cat image is a two step stamping technique.

Nine Lives Photopolymer Stamp Set #148703

I hope you like my Nine Lives card and it inspires you to create! Have a great day!

Remember if you are at home because of this viral outbreak be sure to do something to take your mind off things! Mental health is important and this situation is really hard! When you are use to working 5 days a week for at least 8 hours a day and you are raising a family, you probably are not use to having much time for anything else.  Now is the time to scrapbook, learn to play music, make greeting cards, woodworking, read a novel and so on. Just don't watch too much TV or be on the internet too much, You need to get away for the constant bombardment of the coronavirus news! I can't wait for the weather to warm up and we can at least get outside and go for a walk! Lots of walks!

Hugs,

Shelly

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More Honey Bee Cards

The scallop circle was cut with Gold cardstock using the layering circles dies.

To make the background on this card I just cut a template with the die and sponged over it using the Daffodil Delight Stampin'Pad.

This one is very simple! It needs some bling I think! This one isn't totally my idea, I saw a similar card on Pinterest. There are plenty of ideas on Pinterest. If you are new to card making, don't try to come up with your own idea at first. There are also plenty of card sketches online that you can use as a pattern. It takes too much time when you are new to the hobby to come up with your own design. After awhile the creative juices with start to flow.

Here is a gate fold card in black and gold. So striking isn't it! Again a CASE'd card. The paper is from the now retired Golden Honey Designer Series Paper for the Sale-a-bration brochure. It was designed to coordinate with the Honey Bee stamp set which is in the Occasions Catalog.

I hope you like my assortment of Honey Bee cards! There are plenty more ideas for the Honey Bee stamp set and die bundle. So from someone who has been a card maker a long time, I recommend this bundle! You get 10% off when you buy it as a bundle but you can buy separately too. It is currently not available  as it has been a very popular bundle. I will post a notice when it is back in stock.

Honey Bee Bundle #153792 Images copyright Stampin'Up!




I hope everyone has a great day! Be sure to take time to de-stress during this difficult time. Remember social distancing, stay home as much as possible, wash your hands, and keep your hands away from your face. I hear California is now "shelter in place" for the whole state!  It is important during times like this to take care of your mental health! Find something you can do indoors that you enjoy! Mine happens to be papercrafting. A lot of people can work from home and still be productive and that will help too. Keep busy and find some joy!

Hugs,

Shelly

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Honey Bee Card and Covid-19

I am so sad about the current Covid-19 Pandemic and am staying at home and not going out much. I am a retired RN as of 18 months ago and I know the ramifications of this if people do not comply. I am worried about my former co-workers who will be on the front lines of this if it hits our area strong.  I pray for our country and for the people in Europe that are currently being hit hard with this infection.

I decided to do some card making just to get my mind off things and it really helps! If you are stuck at home because of this virus, please try to do something like crafting, it really is therapy! Making these cards yesterday was so good for me! I really enjoyed being creative and it did take my mind off the situation for awhile. I read a post online from a gal in Italy that took up coloring using an adult coloring book. She said it really helps her. It is surprising really how much it helps. We have to think about our mental health during this time.

I stamped yesterday using the new Honey Bee Stamp Set and Detailed Bee Dies. This is such a fun bundle of products. They apparently are very popular as they are currently out of stock. I used the FREE Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper from the Sale-a-bration brochure.

The above card turned out really pretty. It was a easy card to make I just made the Bee cut out the focal point. I used Thick Whisper White cardstock as the base.

I added some gold thread under the Basic Black circle cut out just to add interest to the focal point. I don't think you can tell from the photo but the flower in the paper is gold, so the gold thread helps pull this all together.

I hope you like my card and it inspires you to get creative! I made several more with this set and will post more tomorrow.

Stay Strong! Please follow the recommendations to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. Stay home as much as possible. Absolutely stay home if you are sick, even if it is the common cold. Consciously think about not touching your face! This one is hard to get use too! You do it so automatically. Wash your hands frequently! This is what we do in the hospital all the time. We foam in and out ( hand santizer) of a patients room even if they don't have an infection! Prevention is always key!

Hugs,

Shelly

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