THANKFUL THOUGHTS - GLOBAL DESIGN PROJECT #082

I'm pleased that this set is staying for another year cause I've loved using it on my thank you cards. 

The  challenge over at Global Design Project #082 this week is a sketch challenge.

 

 I've used Thankful Thoughts for my card.  Sometimes sentiment stamps get left in the bottom of the cupboard or don't get used as the main attraction in their own right.  Here I've let it have star of the show!  I've used Succulent Garden Design Series Paper which we will be having to saying goodbye to and it is also a fond farewell to Watermelon Wonder. I liked this colour so I've used it here.  It looks big and bold and definitely has a statement to make!
 
 

 There's a touch of the Copper Metallic Thread behind the sentiment which you can just see in the close up.  Some Enamel Dots finished off this simple card.

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LOVE AND AFFECTION

 The weather is very depressing here in the UK at the moment, wet and cold and not at all like June.  So to cheer myself up I've been playing with the new Love and Affection stamp set.  This is such a pretty set with 16 polymer stamps and three great Sentiments.  I've done two types of cards - one quite plain and simple the other a little bit over the top.  I think my favourite is the clean and simple one below.

I just used two of the stamps out of the set for this card and two colours Pear Pizazz and Watermelon Wonder.  I love these two together. 

I'm putting this card in for two challenges this week:

Watercooler Wednesday -  which is asking for Clean and Simple Summer and

 Case this Sketch challenge which gave us the following sketch to work with.  Click on the sketch to be taken to their Challenge Blog.

Some basic pearls added to some of the flowers gives this a very gentle finish to this card.

My second card  uses the same colour ways but I've added some Designer Series Paper in Watermelon Wonder and stamped some of the Flower stamps on to it.  These were then cut out and fixed on with dimensionals and some basic rhinestones added to the middle.

I've used a few more of the leaves and flower stamps from this set also.  This card was also supposed to be for the Case this Sketch but then I realised I'd covered too much of the paper so I started again.

This will be my last post for a while probably as I'm off on holiday on Saturday - can't wait for some sunshine.  I'm off to gorgeous Tuscany - I've never been before so I'm so looking forward to it.  Hubby and I plan to visit Florence when we are there, maybe a vineyard or two!  We are staying on an organic olive oil farm so sounds wonderful.  I'm tempted by the wonderful Tuscan Vineyard stamp set we have in the new catalogue.  I will see what I think when I get back.

PAINTER'S PALLETTE - SHADES OF GREY - PAPILLON POTPOURRI - PICTURE PERFECT - PLAYFUL BACKGROUNDS

 

Unbelievably on this CAS card I've used a total of 4 Stampin' Up! sets on this card. Two from the new catalogue and two which are still with us. Painter's Palette,and Playful Backgrounds are new,  Papillon Potpourri and Picture Perfect are old favourites.

I'm so loving this new set which will be out in the new Catalogue called Painter's Palette.  You get a total of 9 stamps, three of which are sentiments.  I've used the easel here and the background stamps are from Playful Backgrounds and are stamped in an old SU colour Going Gray.  The Butterfly is from Papillon Potpourri and the little sentiment is from Picture Perfect both stamped in Watermelon Wonder.  My inspiration for this card was the new challenge set by Time Out challenges - you will find their challenge here.

Not long to wait now for the new catalogue launch - if you haven't ordered your new catalogue yet you get one for free if you order from me over £25.