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"Hold on to Hope!" Stampin' Up! Occasions 2018

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This bundle "Hold on to Hope"  it's a great bundle to keep in your permanent stash.  It's on page 27 of the 2018 Occasions catalog. It has beautiful messages, inspirational and uplifting.  The Framelit set has so many beautiful crosses!  One very intricate, a simple one that matches the stamp in the stamp set and two others, one tiny one and another with a beautiful stylish simple design. I love that it has a beautiful flourish of flowers with a matching Framelit, to use alone or as an accent piece.  We have a similar flowery flourish stamp in another stamp set but it doesn't have a Framelit. The Framelit adds elegance & dimension to your card. Did you ever have one of those days?  I did when making this video, after 3 false starts on my video, I finally got one down and thought I had done a pretty good job.  Later when I went to edit it I found that when I went to used my Big Shot, I paused the video and then forgot to start it up again....

A Sweet Suite! A simple and elegant wedding card with Cake Soireé

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This sweet suite is so special it is on 4 pages in the new 2018 Stampin' Up! Occasions catalog.  What makes it a suite?  It not only has coordinating stamp and Framelits sets, as well as DSP (Designer Series Paper), it has embellishments, ribbon, decorative masks to use with two beautiful embossing pastes (silver & shimmery white).  Check out the catalog for a closer look, on pages 10 - 13. I have a close friend that comes to my classes and she simply comes to make the cards and have some conversation.  I love when she comes so we can catch up.  Since she doesn't have supplies at home I like to find out what kind of card she might want or need soon.  She recently mentioned a wedding card and I knew this beautiful set would make a gorgeous and elegant wedding card.  I also used another stamp set called Special Occasions that has a lot of beautiful sentiments for weddings, babies, birthdays, friends. I love this set because it has matchin...