I'm taking a one-day break from all the new excitement of the 2019 Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration today. I want to share with you a fun bundle I recently discovered in the Annual Catalog. It turned out to be a complete delight to play with and even comes in handy for any upcoming Valentine's ideas you might need. It's called "Love You to Pieces" and features a jigsaw puzzle theme. What's especially cool about the overall puzzle framelit is that you can use it to cut or add your Big Shot Embossing mats and use it to just make an impression on your paper. Here's some examples of what I'm talking about!
My first card features a couple of the puzzle pieces that include wonderful sentiments, hence the title of the bundle! I designed this card to be part of my Valentine card buffet which I held this week. I paired Flirty Flamingo ink and paper with Poppy Parade ink and paper. There is a framelit to cut the puzzle pieces and I used my heart punch for the heart.
For my next card, I wanted to use the "let's get together soon" sentiment, perfect for a dear friend that you haven't seen in awhile. I used the large jigsaw puzzle framelit to cut some pieces of Blueberry Bushel cardstock and then grabbed some "En Route" Designer Series paper to work with my color scheme. I love the inherent humor in this sentiment combined with random puzzle pieces.
For this card, I was curious what it would look like if I inked up the puzzle framelit. It didn't leave a very dark line, but you can still see it in the background. I went back to my old standby DSP, "Tranquil Textures". I love the combination of Rich Razzleberry and Night of Navy cardstocks and ink.
This card features the jigsaw puzzle die used with embossing mats so it didn't actually cut, just made an impression. Again, the completed puzzle fits with the sentiment just perfectly!
This card features the final die in the set, one that is heart shaped and then cuts the heart into four pieces. You need to stamp first, then cut. I put the pieces back together on my card and raised each piece up with a dimensional. I added a couple more loose puzzle pieces for an accent and then a background of the entire puzzle die, again, just embossed with the Big Shot embossing mats.
What a fun set to play with and use! I'm so glad I took another look at the annual catalog and noticed something that didn't get my attention the first time through. The puzzle die would be fun to use with kids and could be placed on top of any paper such as a random picture from a magazine. They would have so much fun putting the puzzle together. A super out of the box idea would be to create invitations or how about even a marriage proposal on paper, then puzzle cut it and give it to the recipient for some fun and mystery!
The first month hasn't even ended yet and many of you are excited about Sale-A-Bration! You can place an order anytime online or contact me for help and I'll get you your stamping supplies. Winter is an especially great time for this hobby as you are already staying inside and trying to keep occupied and warm!
I encourage you to take another look through the Annual Catalog and see what you didn't notice your first few times through! It may surprise you, as it did me!
Happy Stampin'!
Sarah
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