Two Cards using Wonderful Year stamps by Stampin' Up!

Hello there,
Todays pair of cards use the Wonderful Year stamp set and the baby wipe swipe effect (I made this name up btw, it may have a 'proper' name, but I don't know it ;-)). I first saw this on my friend and upline Julies blog who, I believe, was shown it by Jane who is also a Jem :-) A big thanks to both lovely ladies for this fabulous idea and for sharing it, both I and the ladies at class thought it was fab! Here are the two cards I designed to show it off...

 To achieve this look I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed it in copper onto shimmery white card. Then dip a baby wipe into an ink pad and swipe it across. Keep adding colour until you're happy with the intensity. Simples!

 Add some banners from the Warmth and Cheer DSP pad to the side. Gold metallic shapes finish this garden green card base with a cherry cobbler swipe.

 Here, I swapped the colours around to use a cherry cobbler base with garden green ink swipe.

 I stapled the twine to the banners before tying in a bow. Finished with metallic shapes in silver for this one.

TIP: Use a matching coloured card layer on the top of the card (14.6cm x 10.3cm) and staple through that before adhering to a card base. This covers the staple so it stays pretty inside!

 And both cards together to finish today.

Well, I hope you have enjoyed today's cards?

Remember to pop back tomorrow for the first 24 hour flash sale including some of the metallic shapes shown here!!

Back tomorrow with all the news.

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Thanks for looking today,

 

Products Used to create this project:

Wonderful Year Wood-Mount Stamp Set	Wonderful Year Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Shimmery White A4 Cardstock	Cherry Cobbler A4 Cardstock	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad	Garden Green A4 Cardstock	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad
Warmth & Cheer Designer Series Paper Stack	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder	Metallic Enamel Shapes

Autumn/Winter Catalogue, A New Special Offer and a Card!

Hello!

So today sees the launch of the brand new SU! Autumn/Winter catalogue! It's packed full of gorgeous stamps and accessories for all your seasonal crafting needs! I have had a little play with just a few things the last couple of weeks so don't forget to scroll down this post to see my first card....

First of all though, HERE is the new Autumn/Winter catalogue for you!

Stampin' Up! also have a promo on for just 21 days this September.

I *adore* the new enamel shapes in the Annual catty and they are (amongst other things) 25% cheaper for a few weeks so get stocked up. If you missed my post on storing these shapes a little while back then you can hop over HERE and take a look...

 OK, so how about a card then? I really love the new Merry Tags dies and knew they could be so much more than just tags.
Here's my first card using these dies...

 I die cut the Deer tag twice from Crumb Cake, once from Garden Green card and once from Early Espresso card before trimming and layering. I then I die cut the solid tag from vellum and backed the whole tag before adding accents with some of the new mica flakes...

 I made a wash with Navy ink on watercolour paper leaving it to dry completely before stamping the sentiment from Wonderful Year and heating it with Copper embossing powder.

 I think this would be a fab card to make in multiples :-)

So, I do hope you enjoy taking a look through the new Autumn/Winter catalogue today and you've enjoyed the card too! 

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Products Used to create this project:

Merriest Wishes Clear-Mount Bundle	Merry Tags Framelits Dies	Merriest Wishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Mica Flakes Trio Pack	Wonderful Year Wood-Mount Stamp Set	Wonderful Year Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Watercolor Paper
Aqua Painters	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad	Crumb Cake A4 Cardstock	Early Espresso A4 Cardstock	Garden Green A4 Cardstock	Vellum A4 Cardstock	Multipurpose Liquid Glue