And with great fanfare, it is the Serene Garden Stamp Set!

It is that exciting time of the year when a new Stampin’ Up! catalogue is released – so many new products to experiment with.  The new catalogue has certainly brought my creative juices to the fore just in time for the June Global Stampers Blog Hop.  The challenge this month was to use my favourite product from the new 2018-19 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue.  Are you kidding? How can I pick one single favourite product from a catalogue that has 79 new stamps, 16 new Designer Series Papers, 14 new suites, 26 new Framelits, 7 new embossing folders, 6 new punches, 32 new ribbons, a complete colour revamp and 476 inspirational samples?  But I did it eventually and selected the Serene Garden Stamp Set and the coordinating Garden Scene Framelits Dies.  As it is a bundle, it is also 10% off if purchased as part of a bundle.

Don’t forget to check out the projects by the other Global Stampers Demonstrators (see below).

Serene Garden Stamp Set and Garden Scene Framelits Dies

This bundle is really interesting as the images are a little bit of Art Deco, whilst the Framelits Dies, both emboss and cut.  I love the flexibility of this set.  I used the new Big Shot accessory, the Big Shot Embossing Mat to achieve the embossed background.   There is a clear difference between embossing folders and using the Framelits to emboss.  When you emboss using the Framelits the depth of the embossing is quite subtle but the impressions are so sharp when using the framelits.

The How-To

In reality, this card isn’t difficult and it is a fun card to create.  It includes some simple colouring using Stampin’ Blends (Rich Razzleberry, the retired Pink Pirouette and Old Olive), some background embossing (which I will explain in further detail below), some simple die-cutting and stamping.  The bird and the flowers have been die-cut, coloured and then some Wink of Stella was applied.  Each image was stamped in Memento Black, with the sentiment (Painted Glass Stamp Set) stamped in Rich Razzleberry.  The background was embossed using the Garden Scene Framelits Dies and the Big Shot Embossing Mat.  To achieve the background embossed look, I moved the framelits around the cardstock.

The Painted Glass Stamp Set is so easily matched with the Serene Garden Stamp Set because it contains some similar imagery.

 

 

The inside of the card and the envelope was simply stamped in Black Memento.

Global Stampers Blog Hop

You are currently visiting me, Ann Lewis, so if you hopped forward to here from Alicia, back here from Robbie or are just starting here, welcome.

You will be able to move around all the blogs by clicking on the links below.  I hope you enjoy our projects and please feel free to leave a comment before you hop onto Robbie.  Looking for Stampin’ Up! products and don’t live in Australia, check out the online store for the demonstrator in your market.

For further information about the products used in this project, click on the items below to view in my Online Store.  I would love to be your Demonstrator if you don’t already have one and live in Australia.  You can purchase these products from my online shop or you can order directly from me.  Please allow Demonstrator contact when ordering online so I can thank you properly.  Stamp sets used in this project may be available in other mount options (wood-mount, clear-mount or photopolymer). I have listed the option that I used.  If you are shopping online and your order is under $250, please use current Host Code UBKY4QRS.

Have you received your new catalogue?

Check out here how you can receive yours FREE from me if you live in Australia and would like me to be your demonstrator.  With the new catalogue coming online, this month is full of events and classes.

I hope you enjoyed my project featuring the Serene Garden Stamp Set.  I certainly had a lot of fun creating it.  If you need some crafting help, don’t hesitate to contact me.

Happy Crafting