In the City - Hostess Sneak Peak!

Friends, it's been awhile hasn't it?

I haven't posted in almost 2 weeks which is just crazy to me and I miss it!  I held 3 classes this month - probably my last until our move - and haven't sat down to stamp much for fun.

Well, at least I hadn't until this awesome stamp set showed up at my door last week!  I usually don't purchase hostess sets as I don't hold many parties, but I had to get this set for my boys.  They loved the 2-step bug set in the occasions catalog and I knew they'd like this too!

This set is called In the City - a 60 stamp photopolymer set!! Lots of cute buildings, vehicles, nature and sentiments.  No need to color really.  The colored images are stamps!

The only coloring I did here was the cakes in the bakery, the stained glass windows and the blue/white awning.  Even the little doors are stamps!  I did add a road with the swipe of my Smoky Slate Stampin' Write Marker and a few birds with the Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker.  I think I'll leave this card for the family that purchased our home.

I fussy cut the cars and added them on with the new Mini Dimensionals.  They are awesome!

As I said, there are some cute sentiments in this set - but I actually changed one up a bit.  We recently had a friend visit us so I took the "thanks for letting us visit!" sentiment and made my own custom sentiment!

I love photopolymer for this reason!  And the new sentiment fit perfectly inside the Classic Label Punch.

I love the little church in this stamp set.  My father has been a minister for the last 25+ years and I wanted to make a special card just for him.  I paired this with the sentiment from the Lift Me Up stamp set and stamped it on the large circle from the Stitched Shapes Framelit Dies.

I added some of the building images as a background which I think really helped with the otherwise boring Smoky Slate card base.  I added a panel of Wild Wasabi cardstock embossed with the Seaside Textured Embossing Folder.  A few Pumpkin Pie Enamel Shapes, new 3/8" Bermuda Bay Mini Chevron Ribbon, Crushed Curry Cardstock and Dimensionals and the card is complete!

Pretty cute huh?

If you'd like to earn your own In the City stamp set - you need a $150 minimum order OR host a party and earn it free with qualifying party orders!

I hope you like these cards!  I have a feeling I'll be sharing more soon!

Blessings,

Holly

Ribbon Of Courage - Sneak Peek

A few weeks ago when I attended OnStage here in Minneapolis, my mom (also my upline) won a new stamp set called Ribbon of Courage.  This stamp set was inspired by Patty Bennett - one of the million dollar sales acheivers.  You can read her story here on why she chose to have a stamp set designed as such.  She also has posted many samples of this set as well.

I created this card earlier this month while my mom was still visiting.  It was nice to share some of the sets we brought home.

I embossed the heart stamps in white and watercolored over them with my Aqua Painter.  I used both Flirty Flamingo and Sweet Sugarplum.

I love this sentiment.   So sweet :)

I hope you like this sample!  Be sure to check out Patty's website to see her samples and read her story.

Have a blessed day!

-Holly

Daisy Delight Sneak Peek

Hello there!  Hope you're enjoying your weekend so far.  Today my husband and I are celebrating 10 years of marriage :)  We do have plans tonight but while we wait for playoff hockey to be over, I thought I'd share some cards I made earlier in the week.

This stamp set is called Daisy Delight and I paired it with the Delightful Daisy and Wood Textures Designer Series Papers (DSP).  

These items will be available in the new Stampin' Up! catalog coming June 1st!

I thought the Wood Textures DSP paired perfectly with this beautiful sheet of Delightful Daisy DSP.  I used the largest square framelit from the Stitched Shapes Framelits to add some extra detail to the DSP.  I added the Night of Navy CS behind with the Layering Squares Framelits.

For the smaller square card, I cut a 4 1/4" base out of Calypso Coral CS.  This card features the new Calypso Coral 1/4" Ombre Ribbon.  The sentiment was stamped in the new color Tranquil Tide - stamped off once to match the lighter DSP colors.

For the third card, I wanted to showcase a new border punch.  This is actually the less "decorative" side of the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch.  The scalloped border is just enough to bring the card all together.

I also split the "...for your kindness" stamp up to wrap around the Y.  This is so easy to do with photopolymer stamp sets.

All of these items I received either through my display stampers box or during the product perchance premier.  These are perks of being a demo!  They will be available to customers in a few weeks!  If you would like to get your hands on new product May 2nd, I would love to have you join my team.  For $99 you can pick $125 worth of product - ANYTHING you want - and you can start getting 20% off all of the stamping supplies that you love!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings, 

Holly

Easy Peasy Polka Dots - TGIFC104!

Happy Friday and welcome to another TGIF Challenge week for me!  I post every other week with the team but I hope you save the site and check in every Friday.  We'd love to see you play along too - you can click on the image below to head on over to the TGIF blog and see all of this week's inspiration from the team.

For today's card I kept it simple.

Very simple.

This is one of the new sets from the catalog called Wood Works.  I took one of the background stamps and used it for my "polka dot" theme.  Quick and easy.  The thank you also comes from the set.  I quite literally took 2 minutes to make this card.  This would be a great one to make in all of the new in colors!

There you have it!  I didn't think I could do a simple card - but I did.  Yay me! haha

Please join us this week and play along!

Have a blessed weekend,

Holly

New Catalog Sneak Peek with Oh So Eclectic!

Last Saturday I spent the day in downtown Minneapolis with my mother, her downline, my mother-in-law and my ADT friend Tanya (along with 750+) demonstrators for Stampin' Up!'s OnStage convention.  We had a blast!  We were able to get our hands on the new upcoming catalog, see many new products and demonstrations, make a few cards and of course - win some new stamps!!

Since my mother and her downline were able to stay an extra 3 days, we stamped a few times to ink up each other's new sets.  Here is one that my mom's downline Traci won.  (My MIL also won it, so I will be inking her copy up some more this week!)  The set is called Oh So Eclectic.  If you've seen a glimpse at the catalog cover, you might recognize the set.  It's pretty and I'm looking forward to making some more samples.

For the background I used Lemon Lime Twist (one of the new in-colors!), Bermuda Bay and Island Indigo.  I loved the look of the background and hesitated before adding the stamps.  I think it turned out great though.

This set does have a coordinating framelits set, but this was simple enough to fussy cut.

You may notice 2 new ribbons - one is the Crushed Curry 3/8" Mini Chevron Ribbon and the other is Gold MINI sequin trim!  LOVE IT!

Here's a closer look at the watercolor background.  Tanya Boser from the Artisan Team stayed at my house and gave us all a technique class on how to get this look.  Thanks Tanya!

So there's a little sneak peek at a new set coming out.  I would love to hear what you think about the set and the new Lemon Lime Twist color!  I personally love it and didn't think I would even like it!

Have a wonderful Easter!

HE IS RISEN!

-Holly