Betsys Blossoms – A Stamping Journey

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WITH 25% OFF 25 STAMPS!

October 22, 2013October 27, 2013 Jenny Hayward

We are officially celebrating Stampin’ Up!’s 25th Birthday this week. Receive 25% off 25 selected stamp sets. These are only available for one week only until October 28th.

See them all here.

Here are some cards with some of the discounted sets on offer.

One with Betsy’s Blossoms I made last year using Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit and Rasperry Ripple.

‘Oh Hello’ Another earlier card. I used the ‘Tea for Two’ DSP and added a Lace Doily. The flower was coloured with Tangerine Tango and Lucky Limeade Markers.

This is a card I made just today using ‘A Dozen Thoughts’. I needed to make a card for a reply to a wedding for Glenn’s Nephew and his Partner. I didn’t want to just email a reply. The colour and the hearts were inspired by the Wedding Invitation. The Background stamp is one from ‘Clockworks’. I punched hearts out using the large Heart Punch and cut one from the Gold Foil Sheets and I punched one from Blushing Bride. They were both embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder.

There are so many more fantastic sets so go and check them out now.

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BETSY’S “THINKING OF YOU”

September 18, 2012 Jenny Hayward

‘Betsy’s Blossoms’ was one stamp set I had to get when the new catalogue came out. I had seen quite a few cards posted in the blogosphere and loved the ideas. This is the first card I made with this set a few weeks ago.

I CASED this card from Splitcoaststampers and just changed the colours. I used some of the new In-Colors: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit and Raspberry Ripple. For the bird I stamped it twice on scrap Whisper White card first in Midnight Muse and then in Summer Starfruit. I cut just the wings from the Summer Starfruit one and adhered them over the Midnight Muse one. I was being lazy with the small flowers. After I stamped them I punched them out with the 1″ circle punch (I think it was 1″???). No cutting out around all the flowers for me! I stamped the leaf stem on scrap Whisper White card and I did cut that out myself. 🙂 The greeting is from ‘Curly Cute’ and stamped in Midnight Muse. I liked how this one turned out. I wasn’t sure about these In-Colors but they work well together.

Thanks for looking. Stop by again soon and I can show you some more creations I have been working on with stamp sets from this new Catalogue.

Jenny x

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“RASPBERRY RIPPLE MEMORABLE MOMENTS”

September 13, 2012 Jenny Hayward

Last weekend I had my Catalogue Launch and big sale day. It was a huge day. We had a few challenges along the way but we got there. As usual I was so busy and forgot to take photos of the fun But I think I can say we all had fun!!! 🙂

We had a play with some of the new products and everyone got to make a card to go home with. Here is the card that everyone made. I CASED this card from one I saw on Pinterest. The original creator was Jill from Jill’s Ink.

This is using some of the new In Colors: Raspberry Ripple and Summer Starfruit. I have also used Pool Party for the card strip down the card and the stamping. We used the new set Memorable Moments – a very versatile set. One advantage of being in clear mount is the numbers could be mounted together down a clear block and stamped in one go. Just a tip though, stamp it on scrap paper first to check that they are fairly straight and facing the correct way. Don’t ask how I know?? I cut a larger Framelit Label and embossed it with the Stripes Embossing Folder. The stamped blossom on the Framelit Label is from Betsy’s Blossom. We did a couple of other colour variations using the other In Colors. We kept the Pool Party and the Summer Starfruit to co-ordinate with it. Here is the version in Island Indigo which was popular on the day. Don’t look too closely. I was a bit out with the blossom in the middle of this Framelit. It is a good idea to stamp the blossom first then line up the Framelit around it.

I made up some Thank You bags that had a few little goodies in too. I kept it very simple as it was the day before when I did these.

Here is a close-up of the tag so you can see. I have used the DSP from ‘Story Time’ and punched a flower out with the Blossom Punch. The ‘Thank U’ is from Pennant Parade stamped in Rose Red and layered on a Rose Red Circle. It was very quick and easy.