I'm getting increasingly antsy to move on from all things Christmas in my crafting world and dive into the new Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalogs and products! I recently attended OnStage in Orland, FL and received quite a few freebies as well as the opportunity to order a limited number of new products. They have all arrived and I've been ooohhing and aaahhing ever since. I feel like it's time to start sharing the goodness and get you excited for what's coming up. As usual, there are many things I like, a few things that don't really speak to me and a few that scream "BUY ME"! In my opinion, they really gave us some great masculine themed stamp sets which will help so many of my customers create those kind of projects. Enough of the flowers and butterflies, right? Although, wait until you see the new butterfly set... oh boy, is it awesome!
The first set I won is called "Lovely Lattice" and is really pretty. This is a Sale-A-Bration stamp set that you can only get for free with an order of at least $50. I'll be talking about Sale-A-Bration a lot in the coming weeks. It goes from January 3rd through March 31st and offers free product for every $50 increment on an order. It's an awesome way to expand your stash of stuff. Want to see some ideas? Here they are:
For this card, I used some Designer Series Paper from the Nature's Poem set for my background. I stamped the image with Momento Black and then colored it with the Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. I purposely chose a calm, soft palette of colors but they are vivid enough to be interesting.
For my next card, I was curious how this image would looked with heat embossing. I used my silver embossing powder and then also stamped with Mint Macaron ink on Mint Macaron card stock. I like the elegance and slightly formal look of this card. This would make a great wedding or anniversary card (with a different sentiment) wouldn't it?
For my last one, I tried a monochrome effect with lots and lots of Grapefruit Grove! The new Gingham paper is coming, in 5 shades, in the new Occasions catalog and you won't be able to get enough of that. This was the first card I made and I'm wondering if you see where I goofed. When you look at the direction the flower buds are growing, you will conclude that this image is on the card upside down. I didn't see it until I was all done and so I left it alone just to show you that 1) we all make mistakes, 2) many times we are the only ones that see our goof ups, 3) I could easily take that piece off and flip it around and 4) it's still really pretty! I didn't try it, but in the brochure, they have a sample that has the stamped image on it's side, with the lace to the right. That looks really good too!
I'm excited to show you more so come back as I sprinkle the new stuff all throughout my blog in December! It's the season of cheer and new stuff makes me cheer alot!
Happy Stampin'!
Sarah
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