Monday, February 12, 2018

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

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.  Oh Boy!  So I ended up finishing it up a second day.  Part of my Fibro Fog I guess! :-)




Here are the dimensions:

Berry Burst card stock:

  • 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4
  • 2-1/4" x 3-1/4 (cross backing)
  • 2-3/4" x 3-3/4" (sentiment backing)
Old Olive:
  • 5-1/4" x 4"
Whisper White:
  • 2-1/4" x 3-1/4" (oval sentiment)
  • 4" x 5-1/4" inside
Silver Foil:
  • 2-1/4" x 3-1/4" (cross)
Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet
  • 2-1/4" x 3-1/4
Stitched Oval Framelits: use the largest oval
Layering Oval Shapes: use the 4th down from the largest


Hold on to Hope Clear Mount Bundle #145970

Cross of Hope Framelits
#145654

 
Hold on to Hope Clear mount stamp set #145780

Stitched Shape Framelits
#145372
Layering Ovals
#141706

Cake Soirée DSP 12" x 12"
#145564


Berry Burst card stock
#144243

Old Olive card stock
#100702

Silver Foil
#132178


Whisper White card stock
#100730
Berry Burst 3/8" Metallic Edge Ribbon #1454889


Basic Black Archival Ink
#140931
Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet #144106


Multipurpose (Tombow) Glue
#110755
Dimensionals
#104430



Mini Glue Dots
#103683

Paper Piercing Tool
#126189

Bone Folder
#102300
Big Shot Die Brush
#144262










Friday, February 9, 2018

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

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 matching sentiments for the outside as well as the inside, which is what I did. 

Here is a short video on putting the card together.


Once the pieces are cut out it goes together fairly quickly.  If you have a lot of weddings coming up it would make a great card to keep a few of these on hand.  I'm sure the bride and groom will love and treasure this card, especially since you made it for them.

Sizes:

Whisper White
  • 4" x 5-1/4 (2 one for inside and one for outside)
  • 3" x 2-3/4" (cake)
  • 3/4" x 3-1/4" (sentiment)
Smokey Slate
8-1/2" x 5-1/2" scored at 4-1/4" (card base)

Silver Foil
  • 3" x 2-3/4" (cake stand and bow on top of cake)
  • 1" x 3-1/2" (sentiment)
Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet (especially great with intricate, delicate dies)
3" x 2-3/4" (applied to back of foil)

Supplies:




Cake Soirée Bundle
147627
 

Cake Soirée Stamp Set
#145745
 

 


Sweet Cake Framelits
#145617


Special Celebrations Stamp Set
#143885
 
 



 
Silver Foil
#132178
 

Delicate White Doilies
#141701
 

 
Smokey Slate cardstock
#131202
 

Whisper White cardstock
#100730
 

 

 
 

Smokey Slate Ink
#131179
 
 


Basic Gray Archival Ink
#140932
 
 


 
Dimensionals
#104430

 
Paper Piercing Tool
#126189

 
Clear "D" Block
#118485



Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets
#144106
 

Multipurpose Glue
#110755
 

Mini Glue Dots
#103683
 

If you don't have a demonstrator and would like to purchase any of these products, I hope you will consider shopping at my store: www.sharonbrennan.stampinup.net

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