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Thursday, June 23, 2016

Hugable Baby Bear

Baby Bear and new In Colors
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Baby Bear In Colors

I'm sure you've seen these cute Baby Bears from the 2016-2017 catalog released in June. These wonderful little bears in the In Colors remind me of summer evenings, best friends, and ice cream.

Baby Bear In Colors

I wanted to see for myself how easy these cute little bears would be to create.

I spread out my new In-Color stamp pads and coordinating colors, cut a number of 3-3/4 X 3-3/4 white cardstock pieces, and stamped away. I must say, this 3-step stamp set was really easy to do!

This stamp set includes not only the 3-step stamp set and cute bows, but a number of sentiments. This would be a cute thank you card for a baby gift o ra cute gift card to include with a baby gift. It even has a sentiment to use on a wedding card! "To hug and to hold, from this day forward."

Baby Bear in Sweet Sugarplum stamped off, Sweet Sugarplum, and Rich Razzleberry

Baby Bear in Mint Macaron, Emerald Envy stamped off, and Emerald Envy

Baby Bear in Peekaboo Peach Stamped off, Peekaboo Peach, and Cajun Craze

Baby Bear in Blushing Bride Stamp Off, Blushing Bride, and Flirty Flamingo

Baby bear in Marina Mist Stamp Off, Marina Mist and Dapper Denim

Here's the full collection of these bears done in the new 2016-2018 In Colors along with the new, matching In Color 3/8" raunched ribbons.

Baby Bears in 2016-2018 In Colors

These are so cute! I stamped a bunch in each color to keep on hand in my card drawer. I'll add a sentiment when I'm ready to send them so I can personalize it for what I want to say.

Recipe:

Stamps: Baby Bear
Ink: 2016-2018 In Colors (Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach, Sweet Sugarplum)
Paper: Whisper White, Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach, Sweet Sugarplum (See individual photos above for the 3 colors used for each bear)
Accessories and tools: 3/8" Raunched ribbon in the 2016-2018 In Colors Dapper Denim (141424), Emerald Envy (141425), Flirty Flamingo (141426), Peekaboo Peach (141427), Sweet Sugarplum (141428)

I'm not done playing with this set. I still have several more color combinations to try. What color combinations will you try?

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Flourishing Phases

Here's a sneak peek at my what I'm working on next. I'm planning an entire card suite using the Flourishing Phases and the the Floral Bouquet Designer series paper. Subscribe to my blog, so you see my new posts. Visit my blog and go to the right hand side of the page and leave your email address so my posts arrive in your mail box as soon as I post.

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Unlock your creative side with Flourish Thinlits

Card Set with a Flourish!
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Easily cut detailed thinlits with the new Big Shot Platform

A couple of posts ago I showed you the new Flourish Thinlits and the Flourishing Phrases set. I've continued creating with this wonderful new catalog items and created this card set.

Flourish Thinlits and Flourishing Phrases

First, I really encourage you to get the new Big Shot Platform (142802), the Precision Base Plate (139684) for detailed dies, and the Die Bush (140603) (pictured below). This will make using the new Flourish Thinlit so much easier and fun to create with. The other "must have" when working with this thinlit is the Fine-Tip Glue Pen (138309).

Die Brush easily removes small cut pieces from dies (140603)

Here are two more of the quick cards I made with this thinlet set.

Flourish Thinlits and Flourishing Phrases

I used the Project Life Cards and Lables Framelit for the rounded corner inner layer and the project Life corner punch to round the corners on the white layers. Layering Ovals Framelits were used for the sentiment. The Sentiment is from the coordinating Flourishing Phrases stamp set. The little Melon Mambo flower is also from the Flourishing Thinlits set and I also added some Melon Mambo Thick Baker's Twine to match the color pop from the Melon Mambo flower on the sentiment.

Flourishing Phases was used for the sentiment and Flourish Thinlits created the die cuts.

This card shows off the new Cucumber Crush 5/8" Mini Striped Ribbon (141429), which also comes in Delightful Dijon, Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe and Watermelon Wonder. Most of these were left-over pieces from the remaining piece of Cucumber Crush cardstock after I finished cutting the other cards.

Two cards from the Flourish Thinlits card set

The card on the left was done for an earlier post. The card on the right is another version of second card shown today. Same Cucumber Crush 5/8" Mini Striped Ribbon and die cut.

However, I used the Layering Circle Framelits (141705) with a slightly different placement of the sentiment on this card. With all my tools already out for the rest of the card, this was a fast and easy to make. I added some rhinestones to embellish this card. The white background uses the Elegant Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

Stampin; Up Flourishing Phrases and Flourish Tinlits

This card was from an earlier post, and sparked the inspiration for the rest of this set. I kept the cardstock color scheme (

Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo, Cucumber Crush and a Basic Black sentiment)

consistent across the cards for a more unified look. I've said it before, but I'll say it again.... love, love, love the way all of my Stampin' Up! tools, images and colors coordinate. Its a big differentiator between Stampin' Up! and others.

Flourish Thinlits card set

Recipe:

Stamps: Flourishing Phrases (sentiment)
Ink: Basic Black Archival
Paper: Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo, Cucumber Crush
Accessories and tools: Rhinestone Basic Jewels (119246),

Fine Tip Glue Pen (138309), Cucumber Crush 5/8" Mini Striped Ribbon (141429), Melon Mambo Thick Baker's Twine (141689), New Big Shot Platform (142802), Die Brush (140603), Standard cutting pads, Big Shot Die-cutting Machine, Flourish Thinlits (141478), Layering Circle Framelits, Layering Ovals Framelits, Project Life Cards & Lables Framelits, Project Life Corner Punch (135346), Elegant Dots Textured Impression Embossing Folder (138287)