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Here's another idea for some simple cards using the Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper from the upcoming Stampin' Up! 2020-21 Annual Catalogue.
Just Jade
Pretty Peacock
Pear Pizzazz
Shaded Spruce
As you can see, I used the same layout on each card, just changing up the card base and sentiment strip colour (and the order of the DSP strips). If the layout looks somewhat familiar, I just took the measurements from the first of the Double Wonder Cards layout - why make it difficult or complicated?
These are fun to have in one's stash, or to give as a little gift to someone. Here's what I used to make them: 2020-22 In Color Club
What's an In Color Club?
This is where you join in as part of a group of 5 customers to share In Color products one new colour at a time, for 5 continuous months, so you have the full colour collection by the end of the 5 months. Each month, you will receive the following products in ONE of the 5 In Colors (you get a different colour each month - the colour is chosen by me, but you end up with all 5 colours).
Option: Add on the Stampin' Blends Combo for $15.50/month.
Spaces Are Limited! Sign Up Deadline is 31 May!
Upcoming Classes
June Monthly Card Class - Resuming In-Person Sessions!
Make 5 projects featuring a variety of techniques and great Stampin' Up! products. Perfect for experienced and novice crafters! Class will be set up to maintain safe physical distancing with enhanced sanitising procedures. Limited to 5 participants per session. $30 – includes all supplies and afternoon tea. Saturday, 13 June, RSVP Deadline Thursday, 11 June Tuesday, 16 June, RSVP Deadline Sunday, 14 June 1:00 - 4:00 PM Nancy's Stamping Studio 1801/151 Berkeley Street, Melbourne 3000 1 block E of Haymarket tram stop (19/59) and Flemington Rd/Peel St (58). Also 3 blocks W of Lincoln Sq./Swanston St - UniMelb tram stop.
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I've had fun playing with the Forever Fern stamp set, part of the Forever Greenery Suite in the upcoming 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue from Stampin' Up!. Today I'm showing you 3 versions of the same card.
This version is what Stampin' Up! calls #simplestamping. It uses just stamps, paper and ink. In some ways it can be trickier to keep it so simple, as there is nowhere to hide anything!
This version is slightly stepped-up. The images are stamped the same way, but they are on a separate layer and adhered to the card base. The sentiment is also stamped separately, cut out and added with Stampin' Dimensionals. They are little details, but they make a difference.
This version is stepped up yet again. It's got Gold Foil mats for the image and sentiment layers, and I've added 3 Gilded Gems.
One could certainly go further and add more to the series, including cutting and layering some stamped images, some of the Gold trim from the suite, etc. But I like maintaining the overall simplicity even in the stepped-up versions. Which one do you like best? Let me know in the comments! 
Here's my supply list...you can order the Forever Fern and related suite items starting 3 June, or join my team now to get early access!
Last week to register for 2020-22 In Color Club!
What's an In Color Club?
This is where you join in as part of a group of 5 customers to share In Color products one new colour at a time, for 5 continuous months, so you have the full colour collection by the end of the 5 months. Each month, you will receive the following products in ONE of the 5 In Colors (you get a different colour each month - the colour is chosen by me, but you end up with all 5 colours).
Option: Add on the Stampin' Blends Combo for $15.50/month.
Spaces Are Limited! Sign Up Deadline is 31 May!
Upcoming Classes
June Monthly Card Class - Resuming In-Person Sessions!
Make 5 projects featuring a variety of techniques and great Stampin' Up! products. Perfect for experienced and novice crafters! Class will be set up to maintain safe physical distancing with enhanced sanitising procedures. Limited to 5 participants per session. $30 – includes all supplies and afternoon tea. Saturday, 13 June Tuesday, 16 June 1:00 - 4:00 PM Nancy's Stamping Studio 1801/151 Berkeley Street, Melbourne 3000 1 block E of Haymarket tram stop (19/59) and Flemington Rd/Peel St (58). Also 3 blocks W of Lincoln Sq./Swanston St - UniMelb tram stop.
Sometimes I receive something in really pretty packaging that I hate to just toss. My daughter gave me a scrumptious chocolate block for Mother's Day and I really liked it's box:
So I cut a panel of the blue with copper foil design and let it sit on my desk. When I received my 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue preorder with the new In Colors, I knew what I needed to do...mat the box panel on some Copper Foil and stick it on a Misty Moonlight card base.
I added a sentiment from the retiring Label Me Bold stamp set, and gave it to my daughter.
Have you seen all 5 of the new In Colors? Stampin' Up! introduces a set of 5 colours each year that rotate every 2 years to keep our colour palette fresh.
How on-trend is this palette? Check out what Apple's spruiking/touting right now:
Which is your favourite? I love denim, so Misty Moonlight was my go-to, but having seen Just Jade in the Forever Greenery Suite I'm definitely loving that one, too!
Get your share of the In Colors...join my In Color Club!
What's an In Color Club?
This is where you join in as part of a group of 5 customers to share In Color products one new colour at a time, for 5 continuous months, so you have the full colour collection by the end of the 5 months. Each month, you will receive the following products in ONE of the 5 In Colors (you get a different colour each month - the colour is chosen by me, but you end up with all 5 colours).
Option: Add on the Stampin' Blends Combo for $15.50/month.
Spaces Are Limited! Sign Up Deadline is 31 May!
After making the card I showed in yesterday's post on my Facebook Live video, I was inspired to do a second version:
On this card instead of using the Gold Trim in a swirl behind the sentiment, I used one of the Gold Hoop Embellishments on top of the sentiment piece. I also eliminated the vellum layer and added a Forever Gold Laser-cut Specialty Paper element, which I cut into 2 pieces to have stick out on either side of the sentiment. I kept the same stamped image, but used the other leaf sprig die in Pretty Peacock.
Do you have a preference? Let me know in the comments! 
Limited Time Offer - 2020-22 In Color Club
What's an In Color Club?
This is where you join in as part of a group of 5 customers to share In Color products one new colour at a time, for 5 continuous months, so you have the full colour collection by the end of the 5 months. Each month, you will receive the following products in ONE of the 5 In Colors (you get a different colour each month - the colour is chosen by me, but you end up with all 5 colours).
Option: Add on the Stampin' Blends Combo for $15.50/month.
Spaces Are Limited! Sign Up Deadline is 31 May!
Here's the card I made on my Facebook Live yesterday. You can catch the replay on YouTube or Facebook. Remember, you can get notifications of when I go Live on Facebook, or when I post another video on YouTube!
The items in this Forever Greenery Suite are so fun to play with. There are so many permutations and combinations to try out, one will never run out of ideas!
The stamps in Forever Fern are DistInkTive stamps, which means they have a lot of deep etching that gives them an almost photo-realistic, more 3-D effect. They do well with a drier ink pad, so be sure to use a spoon, butter knife or bone folder to push excess ink to one end of your pad if you find the etching is getting clogged up. 2 of the leaf sprigs I stamped in Soft Sea Foam, and 2 I inked in Soft Sea Foam and then pounced with a sponge dauber in Pretty Peacock. Since I wanted the blue to be very soft I just used residual ink on the dauber. Remember to clean your stamp each time you do this so you don't introduce the Pretty Peacock onto your Soft Sea Foam pad! After I ended the video I added one of the sprigs to the inside of my card: 
I thought I was going to add some of the fronds from the Forever Greenery Laser-cut Specialty Paper along with the edge piece I put on, but once I had the Gold Trim on it they seemed superfluous.
I've already got an idea for a different version of this...I'm off to make it! Limited Time Offer - 2020-22 In Color Club!
What's an In Color Club?
This is where you join in as part of a group of 5 customers to share In Color products one new colour at a time, for 5 continuous months, so you have the full colour collection by the end of the 5 months. Each month, you will receive the following products in ONE of the 5 In Colors (you get a different colour each month - the colour is chosen by me, but you end up with all 5 colours).
Option: Add on the Stampin' Blends Combo for $15.50/month.
Spaces Are Limited! Sign Up Deadline is 31 May!
7th Blog Anniversary!
It's hard to believe that another year has rolled around on the blog. I'm thrilled to be able to share doing what I love with all of my readers. And I'm equally thrilled that the number of readers seems to have really taken off in the last year. Thank you for your support!
This time of year is such a mixed bag - excitement for the new catalogue products, sadness over the retiring items. I'm trying to showcase both in these last few weeks of May. To celebrate the blog anniversary I thought we deserved some cake, so I CASE'd this design from SU! Artisan Team member Tammy Wilson. 
This card gives the Piece of Cake stamp set and coordinating Cake Builder Punch a last hurrah, and also brings in a die and embossing folder from the Ornate Garden suite (20-21 AC pp. 64-67). I love all the white with the pops of Flirty Flamingo and Coastal Cabana.
Here's what I used to make this card; Kit Sampler Class RSVP Deadline Today
Cards made by me...fun and satisfying!
Kit Sampler Class
Have you been wondering about Stampin' Up!'s kits? Here's an opportunity to give some of them a try. You'll receive 8 cards from these four kits:
Class Kit: includes all the pieces and printed directions needed to create 8 cards. You will need to supply your own stamps and ink for sentiments, as well as having basic adhesive (like Multipurpose Liquid Glue) for assembly. Cost: $35 + $8.95 optional shipping (Australia only) In-Person Option: Up to 5 people can come craft in my apartment again! We will use strict physical distancing and sanitation protocols. Use my stamps and ink to create 8 cards. Saturday, 30 May, 12:30 pm Cost: $35. RSVP & Payment Deadline is Wednesday, 20 May to ensure timely delivery. In this time when we can't get together, I'm sending out lots of cards through the Random Act of Kindness Facebook Group. It's a great way to spread a little cheer (or as Sara Douglass, CEO of Stampin' Up! says, #sharesunshine). Why don't you join in the fun!?! You can send as many as you like, within your own country or around the world. Here's a few I made last week with a sentiment from the SU! #sharesunshine Covid-19 Giveback PDF. I also used this bold pattern from the Peaceful Poppies DSP because it reminded me of some fun PJs!  I used Bruno Bertucci's #scrappystriptechnique to make this card. Because I was truly using up scraps I had just enough to make this square card. The sentiment was cut with a die from Ornate Layers.  This one's sentiment was cut with a die from Painted Labels. See this blog post to learn how to make a perfectly-sized mat for it.  And I figured I'd do a poppy-shaped sentiment on the poppy paper...from the Peaceful Moments dies. New Annual Catalogue Time! Have you received yours yet? I had Stampin' Up! send them directly to my existing customers...If you haven't gotten one and would like me to be your Stampin' Up! demonstrator just let me know and we'll get you sorted. 2020-22 In Color Club! What's an In Color Club? This is where you join in as part of a group of 5 customers to share In Color products one new colour at a time, for 5 continuous months, so you have the full colour collection by the end of the 5 months. Each month, you will receive the following products in ONE of the 5 In Colors (you get a different colour each month - the colour is chosen by me, but you end up with all 5 colours).
Option: Add on the Stampin' Blends Combo for $15.50/month. Spaces Are Limited! Sign Up Deadline is 31 May!
Did you see my 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue preorder unboxing video last week? If not, you can catch the replay on Facebook or YouTube. During it I showed you the fabulous new Forever Greenery Suite (20-21 AC pp. 108-110), which I cut into this weekend.
This card was designed by Michele Miller, who did a fabulous online presentation to the global Stampin' Up! demonstrator community featuring this suite. It's a really simple layout with just 2 rectangle layers. The Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper and coordinating Forever Gold Laser-cut Specialty Paper do all the work!
Have you seen the colour range for this suite? I will admit this is the first time I've begun to really like Soft Sea Foam since it was introduced a few years ago.
The Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper has a key improvement on the previous versions of laser-cut papers from SU!...all of the elements are pre-punched so they're easier than ever to use! I popped out the big fern leaf and turned it around so that the glossy white side was showing, then added the additional leaf frond, letting the gold foil shine. The super-soft Very Vanilla gauze trim was the finishing touch.
You will be able to order this Forever Greenery Suite starting 3 June. -OR- You can add it to your starter kit and have $50 left over for more goodies by joining my team! Your starter kit costs $169 but you get to choose $235 worth of product, plus get free shipping! Here's a list of suggested products to optimise your Starter Kit for this suite: 
I'm happy to suggest other options to coordinate with the suite if you already have blocks or glue.
Remember: once you're a Demo you get a 20% discount on all other orders! You have the entire new Annual Catalogue to order from, plus the upcoming Mini Catalogue...all at a 20% discount! No obligation to sell or remain a demonstrator. Announcing the 2020-22 In Color Club!
What's an In Color Club?
This is where you join in as part of a group of 5 customers to share In Color products one new colour at a time, for 5 continuous months, so you have the full colour collection by the end of the 5 months. Each month, you will receive the following products in ONE of the 5 In Colors (you get a different colour each month - the colour is chosen by me, but you end up with all 5 colours).
Option: Add on the Stampin' Blends Combo for $15.50/month.
Spaces are limited! Sign-up Deadline is 31 May!
Upcoming Classes
Kit Sampler Class
Have you been wondering about Stampin' Up!'s kits? Here's an opportunity to give some of them a try. You'll receive 8 cards from these four kits:
Class Kit: includes all the pieces and printed directions needed to create 8 cards. You will need to supply your own stamps and ink for sentiments, as well as having basic adhesive (like Multipurpose Liquid Glue) for assembly. Cost: $35 + $8.95 optional shipping (Australia only) In-Person Option: Up to 5 people can come craft in my apartment again! We will use strict physical distancing and sanitation protocols. Use my stamps and ink to create 8 cards. Saturday, 30 May, 12:30 pm Cost: $35. RSVP & Payment Deadline is Wednesday, 20 May to ensure timely delivery.
Another card from my May Monthly Card Class:
I CASE'd this card from Jo Anne Hewins, because I loved the bright, cheery colours and the fact that no stamping is required! I didn't have the same flourish die that she used, so I subbed with one I do have.
Upcoming Classes
Starts Soon - FREE Double Wonder Social Crafting Session with Tutorial
Let's get together and craft via Zoom! Shannon West, a Stampin' Up! staff member, created a fun template to transform 2 half sheets of Designer Series Paper (DSP) into 11 cards. I will provide the template/measurements in a tutorial (for either Letter (inches) or A4 (centimetres) cardstock, and we can all meet up on Zoom to cut and assemble together! This is a great way to use up some of your paper hoard and get a bunch of cards ready to send out or give as a gift pack. Zoom Session: Saturday, 16 May, 10:00 am AEST. Check the time for your location. 
Kit Sampler Class
Have you been wondering about Stampin' Up!'s kits? Here's an opportunity to give some of them a try. You'll receive 8 cards from these four kits:
Class Kit: includes all the pieces and printed directions needed to create 8 cards. You will need to supply your own stamps and ink for sentiments, as well as having basic adhesive (like Multipurpose Liquid Glue) for assembly. Cost: $35 + $8.95 optional shipping (Australia only) In-Person Option: Up to 5 people can come craft in my apartment again! We will use strict physical distancing and sanitation protocols. Use my stamps and ink to create 8 cards. Saturday, 30 May, 12:30 pm Cost: $35. RSVP & Payment Deadline is Wednesday, 20 May to ensure timely delivery. This is the card I made during my Facebook Live yesterday. You can watch the replay on YouTube or Facebook. This super-fun design was created by a crafter that goes by Iced Images. I also want to give a shout-out to Desiree Smith, a U.S. demonstrator who posted it on a demo-only Facebook group.  How fun is this??!!?? It's a 5½" square card when folded flat, that pops up into this magnificent display. What do you think of this new, Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper? If you'd like a closer look at it check out my second Facebook Live video from yesterday where I unbox all my new catalogue preorder items. It's also on Facebook and YouTube.  And it slides neatly into a 6" square envelope.  I've made a sheet with all the measurements and instructions to go along with my video. I'd love to see your creations! I had so much fun with this design that I had to make more...I've got yet another that's all cut out and waiting to be assembled, and still another planned in my head!   Upcoming ClassesFREE Double Wonder Social Crafting Session with Tutorial Let's get together and craft via Zoom! Shannon West, a Stampin' Up! staff member, created a fun template to transform 2 half sheets of Designer Series Paper (DSP) into 11 cards. I will provide the template/measurements in a tutorial (for either Letter (inches) or A4 (centimetres) cardstock, and we can all meet up on Zoom to cut and assemble together! This is a great way to use up some of your paper hoard and get a bunch of cards ready to send out or give as a gift pack. Zoom Session: Saturday, 16 May, 10:00 am AEST. Check the time for your location. |
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Meet NancyI've been paper-crafting since 2006, and an Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator since 2010. I love sharing my craft with others, either through classes or by creating special cards and gifts that meet their needs. Join me in creating fun! Archives
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