It's getting close ..... To new annual catalog time with Stampin' Up! I can't tell you much about it right now (shhhhh it's a secret! lol) but I found lots of good stuff to be happy about 😃 and some retiring items to be sad about 😢. Check here on June 4th for the PDF of the catalog so you can see what's happening in SU land as soon as it goes live! This Father's Day day is a 2 plus 2! I'm using A Good Man stamp set and it has some GREAT images in it! We'll be using the boy or girl version (that's the first 2) and then I'll show you how to get a watercolor effect using actual watercolors (who'd have thought? lol) and your SU dye-based ink pads. If you want to give watercolors a try I highly recommend the Prima Confections Watercolor sets. They aren't what I would call "artist grade" but on the plus side, they aren't very expensive, you can lay down good color with them, they provide a good color range and they are a wonderful way to see if you like that sort of thing for under $20! I have the Tropical Set and the Classic Set!
A friend and I... went to see the movie "Poms" today! What a good movie! Diane Keaton was great, as I expected she would be. I laughed and I cried! If you want to see a chic flick I highly recommend this one! This weeks card is another fisherman Father's Day card. Our fisherman is out at the crack of dawn hoping to catch the big one!
It's raining! It's pouring! We're kicking off the rainy season here in south Florida in grand style this year! I do believe it's raining weed seeds in with all the raindrops! Boy, do I have a lot of gardening to do in between rain storms! This weeks Father's day card celebrates all the car enthusiasts! Here's a fun card using the Stampin' Up! Geared Up Garage bundle!
It's the Wednesday before Mother's Day.... But it's already time to start thinking about Father's Day cards! I usually dread making cards for the guys because... well ... There's no flowers and lace! My two favorite things for cards! This year it was a lot easier. I had the Best Catch stamp & dies and the All Geared up sets and came up with 2 cards right off! There's a brand new set called A Good Man coming in Stampin' Up!'s Annual Catalog that's really nice too! My preorder (with A Good Man) should be here any time now! As soon as the AC goes live I will post the pdf of it here and on my Facebook page! Today's card uses the Best Catch stamp & die bundle. I also promised to share where I got the stencil for the waves and here it is! <------- click there! 😃
Happy Wednesday y'all! I think there should be some kind of law against discontinuing stamp sets. At least, the stamp sets I like! Stampin' Up! recently posted all of the discontinued stamps, dies and other stuff so I have 12 pages (small print) of things that I need to get rid of 😲. They aren't the only ones either! The beautiful script background stamp I used in today's card has gone off to stamp heaven 😇 I did find one that will work by Stampers Anonymous on amazon.com. If you want to check it out you can find it here. It's just a little smaller than the one I've used. I also used a really pretty fern leaf stencil that I found here on aliexpress.com. This storefront had some other nice basic stencil designs (some of which I couldn't resist and bought!) as well as some die sets for excellent prices! Today's card is a Mother's Day card for all the friends that are mothers! I have a lot more friends that are mothers than I do actual mothers and I bet you do too!
It won't be long now... till Mother's Day AND the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog will go live in June! I'll post the pdf file here for the catalog so ya'll can see it soonest (soonest? most soon?). I'll be placing my pre-order this week, most of it will be all the new in-color things, ink pads, markers, papers, that sort of thing but I will be getting a couple of the newest stamp sets! It's all very exciting! One thing I'm sad about is they are discontinuing the Stampin' Trimmer 😒 so I guess when my reserve cutting blades are used up in the trash it will go! This weeks card uses a cool technique where you ink up your embossing folder! YES! I said embossing folder! What a beautiful background it makes! I made a mistake and used a retired embossing folder but any nice floral folder (think roses!) will work!
And guess what! I found the Mother's Day stamp set on aliexpress.com! I doubt you'll get it in time for this coming Mother's Day but it has the nicest sentiment's in it! I found it here!
