Water-coloring TWO ways with video tutorial!

August 26, 2022

In August our Flowerbug's Team had our usual card swap – this time we featured either Sale-a-Bration or Holiday catalog products. I chose to use both!

I created this card for a few reasons; I wanted to use the Aspen dies (LOVE THEM) and also wanted to create a water-colored background. What do you think?

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I chose to use Orchid Oasis as my card base and added Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry and a bit of Tahitian Tide in the water-color wash at the bottom.

Be sure to watch the video below to see how it's done. It's super simple and hard to mess up! Honest!

Tips for a successful water color wash:

Wet the water before adding ink. This is super important! The ink will spread so much easier and without lines if the paper is wet.
I used our Water Painters – but a paintbrush also works.
Use a heavy paper such as watercolor paper, Thick White or Vanilla or Shimmer paper. Here I used our Silver & Gold DSP from the Sale-a-Bration catalog. It worked but thicker paper is easier and has less chance of the paper fibers lifting.
Let the paper dry between layers if you want a definite line between colors – like this sunset & water combo.

Other details:

I stamped the bird in Orchid Oasis and colored him in with our watercolor pencils and a blender pen.
The greeting is from the Perched in a Tree stamp set – it's in a bundle with the Aspen dies I used here.
The greeting die-cut is from the All That dies.

The Aspen dies are available in three ways – in the Bundle at a 10% discount, separately from the Perched in a Tree stamp set or free during August & our Sale-a-Bration promotion.

*Best buy: purchase the Perched in a Tree bundle in August and choose a $50 Sale-a-Bration choice for free! See them all here.

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Bright & Beautiful Fancy Fold card kit to go; or get the PDF tutorial option

June 5, 2023
Look what you can make with the Bright & Beautiful designer paper:

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It's my featured card kit for June. I love that the colors in this DSP include many new and returning colors like Bubble Bath, Azure Afternoon, Berry Burst, Lemon Line Twist and Misty Moonlight.

There are 5 fancy fold designs and you'll make 2 of each for a total of 10 cards. *The fun fold designs include a Book Binding Easel, Latch cards and Z-folds.

*This is the kit my subscribers will receive in May. Are you interested in receiving a kit each month? Click here. My subscribers get a surprise product every few months.

If you're interested in receiving this card kit click here. It's $28 plus shipping and includes $20 in Stampin' Up! products plus the 10 pre-cut card pieces. Add on a second kit and save on shipping. See my other May kit or more kits here.

You can also choose the PDF tutorial for $15. Click here for that.

You'll receive the following in this pre-cut kit:
- 1/2 pkg. 6 X 6" Bright & Beautiful DSP
- a share of both Bubble Bath & Azure Afternoon ribbons
- a share of Tinsel gems
- All pre-cut pieces for the 10 cards including punched & die-cut pieces
- the PDF tutorial is free *a $15 value
The tutorial includes photos, step by step directions, a supplies list and measurements. You'll receive the PDF tutorial in an email immediately after payment. Please check your spam or junk folder.

To complete the cards you will need the following: Blueberry Bushel, Berry Burst, Bubble Bath & Misty Moonlight inks, a paper trimmer, stamps and adhesives.

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I used the Beautiful Balloons stamp set quite a bit on these cards. You can substitute other stamps but if you'd like to add it to the kit (or the bundle) at an extra10% off, please message me here and I'll send you an invoice.

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Exploring In Color cards & envelopes & the Paper Pumpkin refill – both while supplies last!

June 2, 2023
May's Paper Pumpkin kit was amazing! It featured our newest In Colors in fabulous scenic themed cards. Here is an alternative card I made with this kit:

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I cut one of the card bases into three strips and adhered them onto a Boho Blue card base (5 1/2" X 8 1/2", scored at 2 1/8" & 4 1/4"). Each printed piece is 1 7/8" X 5 1/4". The White inside is 2" X 5 1/4". The greeting, binoculars & pretty label piece are from the kit. I added a 3/4" strip of Boho Blue CS under it.

**Each month my Paper Pumpkin customers receive a big bunch of alternative ideas!

You can't get the full kit anymore; the cut off date was May 10th. But the refill is still available here. Here's what you get:

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For $11.50 this refill kit includes:
* 9 printed card bases: 3 each of 3 designs
* Folded card size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
* 9 envelopes
* Die cut labels and accents
* Linen twine
* Adhesive
* Sticker sheet

Below is what the original kit cards look like: it included the stamp set & Copper Clay ink spot. You can easily substitute other greetings. However you do have to be a Paper Pumpkin subscriber to take advantage of the refills & other add ons.

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And while supplies last there are coordinating cards & envelopes available too!

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You can see these below. It includes 18 cards AND 18 coordinating envelopes; all for just $10! Get them here *You must be a Paper Pumpkin subscriber though.

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Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin here by June 10th and you'll get the Welcome Inn card kit. Or choose a pre-paid subscription here. Here's a sneak peak of June's card kit:

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The June Welcome Inn kit coordinates with the Countryside Inn Suite collection and they've added on optional coordinating dies this month too! These are available to Paper Pumpkin customers.

Welcome Inn Dies (Available for purchase while supplies last).

Item number: 163192 $6.00 USD

This add-on includes:
- One coordinating vase die: 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" (3.8 x 3.8 cm)
- One coordinating flower die
- One beautiful leaf die
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TWO new June specials! more Norway cruise photos

June 1, 2023

Stampin' Up! has two NEW promotions in June & they both start today!

First is a Starter Kit Promotion – an extra $30 in free product with purchase of the $99 starter kit. This means that you can choose up to $155 in product of your choice for $99. Yes; all of your choice plus FREE shipping too!

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Click here to get yours. Or message me here with any questions you may have.

Remember that purchasing the starter kit does not mean you have to hold classes or 'sell' Stampin' Up! products. It just means you want the 20% discount on your purchases. You can be any sort of Demonstrator you want – enjoy the discount only or hold events, or turn it into a business. YOU are in charge and whatever you choose to do is just fine with me and Stampin' Up!.

I'd love to have you join my team of Flowerbug's! We're a fun group consisting of all types of Demo's.

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The second promotion is the Designer Paper Sale! 13 different packs of DSP are discounted 15%.

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Here's the flyer with prices & item numbers for you. Download June DSP flyer

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Continuing on from my post yesterday where I shared photos of our visit to London and some from the Norway cruise…..I thought you'd like to see some photos of the hospitality suite on the ship. We were on the Anthem of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean's ship.

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We were invited to stop in each day to spin for a prize. Prized were SU logo items like mugs, towels etc.

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They had lots of goodies for us to enjoy each day. Jars & jars of candy & treats many of them unique to us as they were from the UK.

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In the hospitality suite they displayed our swap cards, had games & chairs for us to hang out to visit our friends.

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We are treated royally by Stampin' Up! but honestly the best things about the trip were time to relax and also spending time with new and old friends we've made over the years.

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To stay within direct sales compliance I need to add that earning the incentive trip is not typical for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. Fewer than 1% of demonstrators actually achieve this extraordinary result. I appreciate my customers and team members that make this possible for me each year!

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Designer Paper is 15% off in June!

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