creating art with marilyn

It’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge. This Challenge is designed by several very talented Demonstrators from all over the world. For this challenge we are given an Inspiration list of 10 items. We are to pick at least 3 items from the list to create our project.

For my Challenge I decided to use the Cottage Rose Bundle from the Abigail Rose Suite in the New Annual Catalogue. I choose Feminine, Pink, Sparkle, Swirl.

The Abigail Rose Suite from the New Annual Catalogue is such a beautiful Suite and perfect to color. I stamped the roses from the Cottage Rose Stamp set and colored the flowers with Stampin Blends. I used the swirl from the Painted Labels dies and die cut it in Silver foil and stamped a sentiment from the Cottage Rose Stamp set on Vellum .

Details and Cutting instructions to create this card:

1. Card base is Basic White card stock cut at 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored and folded at 4 1/4″
2. Next layer is Flirty Flamingo card stock cut at 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″
3. I used White Craft ink and a Blending Brush to soften the Flirty Flamingo card stock
4. I stamped the flowers and leaves from the Cottage Rose stamp set in Memento Black ink and colored them with Stampin Blends in Light and Dark Flirty Flamingo for the roses and Light and Dark Old Olive for the Leaves. The centers of the roses were Light Daffodil Delight Blend
5. Die cut the swirl in Silver foil from the Pained Label Die set
6. Stamp the sentiment from the Cottage Rose stamp set in Flirty Flamingo Ink
7. Die cut the vellum out using the Layering Circle dies
8. Position the vellum on the silver swirl and place a glue dot in places that will be hidden by the roses and leaves
9. Adhere the silver swirl on the card base with dimensionals
10. Arrange the roses and leaves on the card around the sentiment and the swirl, attaching them to the card with dimensionals
11. Tie a piece of the 1/4″ White Crinkle Seam Binding ribbon around the card stock and then attack the layer to the card base with liquid glue
12. Place some Iridescent Rhinestone to the card for some bling

Abigail Rose Suite Collection (English) [159052] $101.00	Cottage Rose Bundle (English) [159048] $72.75	Painted Labels Dies [151605] $48.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $48.00
Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141416] $12.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00	Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [156457] $13.75	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856] $13.75
Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill [147277] $13.00	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $11.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154884] $12.25
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $12.25	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $12.25	Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] $10.25	Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels [158130] $10.25
Blending Brushes [153611] $17.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $86.00

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I am so pleased to once again be able to participate in Kylie’s International Winners Blog Hop. Thank you everyone so much for voting for my card. For This card I am using the New Sweet Songbird Stamp set. This is such a cute stamp set and it’s so fun to play with.

Cutting and details to create this card:

1. Card base is Tahitian Tide cut at 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored and folded at 4 1/4″
2. Basic White card stock layer is 4″ x 5 1/4″
3. Stamp the branch twice from the Sweet Songbird stamp set in Early Espresso and the leaves in Old Olive
4. With the Cloud Punch, punch out some clouds in the new In Color 6 x 6 Glimmer Paper in Tahitian Tide. Arrange the clouds on the Basic White layer and adhere with liquid glue
5. Stamp the large bird in Tahitian Tide and punch it out with the matching punch
6. Stamp the smaller bird in Tahitian Tide and fussy cut it out
7. Stamp the nest in Soft Suede and fussy cut it out
8. To make the baby birds, stamp the leaf stamp in Tahitian Tide and the birds beak in Mango Melody and fussy cut the babies out
9. Attach the babies directly to the nest with liquid glue and then attach the nest to the branch with dimensionals
10. Attach the large bird to the nest with dimensionals
11. Position the smaller bid on the other branch and stamp the song notes in Memento Black then attach the smaller bird with dimensionals
12. Place some Loose Flower Flourish Gems on the leaves
13. Put a drop of Liquid Glue in the center of the flowers and put a Basic Rhinestone in the center of the flowers

Sweet Songbirds Bundle (English) [158727] $46.75	Cloud Punch [157749] $24.00	Tahitian Tide 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159261] $12.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00
2022–2024 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Glimmer Paper [159246] $16.50	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $11.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $11.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $11.00
Tahitian Tide Classic Stampin' Pad [159210] $11.00	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $11.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Loose Flower Flourishes [155808] $10.25
Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00

I’m so excited to be participating in the May Canada Inks Up Blog Hop.

We are a group of Canadian Demonstrators, that love sharing our ideas in hope to inspire you. This month’s theme is the 2022-2024 In Colors. I love the New In Colors and I decided to once again try my hand at water coloring. I’m not very good at it, but I was so pleased with how it turned out and how all the New In Colors worked together.

Details on creating this card:

1. Card base is the New In Color Starry Sky cut at 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″scored and folded at 4 1/4″
2. Designers Series Paper layer is the New 6 x 6 In Color Assortment pack in Tahitian Tide
3. Vellum layer is the 12 x 12 Layering Design, die cut using the Stitched With Whimsy die set (this set does not cut out the image, it just scores, fussy cut around the stitched layer) attach with Stampin Seal in an area that will be covered by the stamped image
4. Stamp the image from Blessings of Home stamp set on Fluid Water Color paper with Stazon Ink so it can be water colored and not bleed
5. The image is colored with Orchid Oasis, Sweet Sorbet, Tahitian Tide, Mango Melody and Parakeet Party
6. Die cut the image out with the Flowers of Home dies
7. Attach the image to the Vellum layer with dimensionals
8. On a scrape of Basic White card stock, stamp a sentiment from the Go To Greeting in Versa Mark and heat emboss in Silver embossing powder. Fussy cut the sentiment out and attach to card with dimensionals
9. Make a couple of loops from the Silver Simply Elegant Trim and attach them to the card with glue dots
10. Place some Iridescent Rhinestones on the card to add some bling

Blessings Of Home Cling Stamp Set (English) [157930] $34.00	Go To Greetings Cling Stamp Set (English) [158763] $33.00	Flowers Of Home Dies [157938] $44.00	Stitched With Whimsy Dies [155314] $40.00
2022–2024 In Color™ 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159253] $16.50	Vellum 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Layering Designs [157764] $13.50	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $12.25	Starry Sky 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159263] $12.75
Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $14.00	Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin’ Pad [159214] $11.00	Sweet Sorbet Classic Stampin’ Pad [159216] $11.00	Tahitian Tide Classic Stampin’ Pad [159210] $11.00
Parakeet Party Classic Stampin’ Pad [159208] $11.00	Mango Melody Classic Stampin’ Pad [147093] $11.00	Water Painters [151298] $18.00	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $25.00
Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels [158130] $10.25	Simply Elegant Trim [155766] $10.25	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $13.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin’ Seal [152813] $11.00	Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $170.00
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00

Thank you for joining us for our Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator Training Program Monthly Blog Hop! We are so happy that you could join us today for this blog hop for ideas and creative inspiration. We are a group of Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from around the world that are taking part in training that is helping us to build a successful Stampin’ Up!® business and reach some goals we have set. We really appreciate your support.

Cutting and instructions to create this card:

1. Card base is Petal Pink card stock cut at 8 1/2″ x 5″ 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4″
2. Crumb Cake card stock layer is cut at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and adhered to card base with liquid glue
3. Basic White card stock is cut at 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ which has been embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder and attached to the Crumb Cake layer with liquid glue
4. Stamp the large rose and the leaf images from the Cottage Rose stamp set in Basic Gray (for a softer look)
5. Die cut these out with the Cottage Flower dies
6. Color the rose in Light and Dark Petal Pink Blends and the leaves in Light and Dark Old Olive Blends. The tiny flowers were colored in Light So Saffron Blends
7. Attach the large rose to the embossed layer with dimensionals and the single leaves with glue dots
8. For the sentiment stamp a greeting from the Go To Greeting stamp set in Versa Mark and heat emboss in Gold. Fussy cut the sentiment out and adhere with dimensionals
9. Tie a double bow with the Gold twine from the Simply Elegant trim combo pack and attach with glue dots
10. Place some Petal Pink Gems from the Solid Faceted Gems to finish the card

Cottage Rose Cling Stamp Set (English) [159040] $34.00	Go To Greetings Cling Stamp Set (English) [158763] $33.00	Cottage Flowers Dies [159047] $47.00	Petal Pink 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146985] $12.75
Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [120953] $12.75	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $14.00	Timeworn Type 3 D Embossing Folder [156505] $13.75	Basic Gray Classic Stampin’ Pad [149165] $11.00
Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $25.00	Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154893] $12.25	Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154892] $12.25
So Saffron Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154905] $12.25	Simply Elegant Trim [155766] $10.25	Solid Faceted Gems [159189] $11.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $6.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Paper Snips [103579] $15.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00
Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $86.00

It’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge. This Challenge is designed by several very talented Demonstrators from all over the world. For this challenge we are given an Inspiration list of 10 items. We are to pick at least 3 items from the list to create our project.

I love walking in the woods and seeing all the wild flowers and the Honeybee Home Bundle reminds me of the wildflowers. I made the honeycomb from vellum that was sponged with Mango Melody ink and embossed with the Hive 3D embossing folder. Ripping the edge of the vellum gives the honeycomb vellum a nice touch. The wood planks on the Blessings of Home Designer Series Paper adds a great layer for the honeycomb to lay on. For complete details for my card …. read more

I am so excited to once again be participating in Kylie’s Monthly International Highlights Blog Hop challenge for May. This challenge is a gallery of Demonstrators’ projects from all over the world and then our cards are voted on. The theme of this challenge is ‘Thank You’. I decide to try my hand at water coloring. Tulips are one of my favorite Spring flowers so I decided to try water coloring them.

I love Tulips and I wanted to try water coloring them. I used the Tulip Die Set and the Fluid Water Colored Paper and painted the tulips. I placed the tulips on a layer of vellum and a piece of Designer Series Paper die cut with a Scalloped Contour Die. These were then layered onto a Basic White layer embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder. The twine is the gold Simply Elegant Trim. Iridescent Rhinestones and a Brushed Brass Butterfly finish off the card.For details on my card read more

When I saw the Sweet Song Bird Stamp set in the New 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue I just knew I had to have it! I am so excited to play with the New In Colors as well. I wanted to combine them and make a Mother’s Day card.

I love how cute the little song bird is and I wanted to make a Mother’s Day card. I used the Sweet Songbirds Bundle along with the New In Color 6×6 Designer Series Paper in Tahitian Tide and the 2022-2024 In Color Glimmer Variegated Paper in Tahitian Tide as well for the clouds. I used a retired Branch punch for the leaves but the Bough punch would work great. I think the finishing touch to the card was the Loose Flower Flourish gems and the Basic Rhinestones. For the details on the card click here.

It’s time once again for a Festive Friday Challenge. This Challenge was designed by several talented Demonstrators from all over the World. For the Challenge we are given a list of 10 inspirational items to pick from to create a card, and we must pick at least 3 items from the list.

I am so excited for the New 2022-2024 In Colors, I think one of my favorite color is Sweet Sorbet. I decided to use the Variegated In Color Glimmer paper to create my card. The poppies are from the Poppy Moment Dies. the stamp set is called Painted Poppies (not used this time). The DSP I used is the New Host Designer Series Paper called Design a Daydream. The sentiment was from the Celebrating You Stamp set and punched out with the Natural Print die. To see the details for my card click here.

Woohooo! It’s finally here! The New 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue is available now and you can start ordering from it today! It is amazing and full of great products. If you haven’t received your catalogue, please contact me and I’ll send you one! You can also view the Catalogue Online

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I have created a few cards from the catalogue

You can get the details to make these cards by clicking on the cards