A Pair Of Cards Using "In Every Season" by SU!

Hello there and happy Sunday!
I have a few jobs in the garden today but I have to wait for it to cool down just a little so I thought I'd hop on and share a couple of cards with you first.
I'm excitedly and not so patiently, waiting on my first order from the new catalogue and so I don't have a lot of new things to share with you yet, but I did win this lovely set, "In Every Season" at On Stage way back in April and this is it's first inking. I thought I'd try two ways of colouring just one of the twelve images in the set. 
So, one image was watercoloured with ink pads and one was coloured with my Stampin' Blends, which I have heard are coming back in just a couple of weeks, fingers crossed ;-)
So, let's see this pair of cards, shall we?

 A closer look at the watercoloured image. I stamped this one onto white shimmer card for easy watercoloring.

 And this is the blends coloured image. This was stamped onto regular whisper white card which is my favourite for using with the blends.

 I added some white embossing paste through a stencil for some texture and some silver thread for a little bling to finish.

 So, I'm going to ask that question... Which version do you like best?
OK, I am off for now and I hope to read your thoughts in the comments :-)
Thanks so much for stopping by today.
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Stampin' Hugs,

Products Used to create this project:

In Every Season Clear-Mount Stamp Set (£21.00)	Whisper White A4 Cardstock (£9.00)	Shimmery White A4 Cardstock (£8.25)	Blender Pens (£11.25)	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Embossing Paste (£7.50)	Pattern Party Decorative Masks (£5.50)
Silver Metallic Thread (£3.25)	Crumb Cake A4 Cardstock (£8.00)	Stampin' Dimensionals (£3.75)	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies (£28.00)

The New SU! Catalogue is HERE!! Whoop!

Hello there and happy new catalogue day! It's finally here and what a fabulous catalogue it is!!

So, I'm not going to waffle too much today as I know you're here to see the fab new things, so without further ado, HERE IT IS

Want to know my top picks? OK, just a few then, in no particular order...
(LINKS AT THE END OF THIS POST)
1. Little Twinkle (page 83)
2. Stitched All Around Bundle (page 17)
3. Little Elephant (page 91)
4. Postcard Pals (page 49)
5. Animal Outing (page 27)
6. Petal Promenade DSP (page 107)
7. Bouquet Blooms (page 167)
OK, OK, enough of what I like! I could go on forever ;-) Let me know in the comments what your favourite things are!
Happy shopping :-D
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Just a few of my Top Picks:

Little Twinkle Clear-Mount Bundle (£31.50)

Stitched All Around Clear-Mount Bundle (£44.00)

Little Elephant Clear-Mount Bundle (£31.50)

Postcard Pals Clear-Mount Stamp Set (£19.00)

Animal Outing Clear-Mount Bundle (£42.25)

Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper (£10.25)

Bouquet Blooms Photopolymer Bundle (£36.00)

Cool Treats Shaker Card

Hi!
So today is the very last day for THIS catalogue! That's super exciting for the new catalogue but I must just say I always get requests for stuff that has retired after it's gone so please do have a quick look in my SHOP today before it all goes forever :-D
Talking of new catalogues, I do still have some of the fabulous, shiny new catalogues available to post out for just £3 (to cover the postage costs.) If you don't already have a demo then please do get in touch and I'll be happy to help you.
OK, let's get to seeing this card shall we? These super cute "Cool Treats" ice cream stamps and dies are leaving us this evening so I took the opportunity to use them at class last week and I decided to make a shaker card as I haven't made one of these for a while either! So fun!

 I used different coloured card behind each ice cream for a little extra interest.
The colours in this card are a game of highs and lows - the Pink Pirouette and Soft Sky are leaving us tonight, Boo! But the mini Macaron is coming back tomorrow! Yay!

These mini sequins (retired) are so cute!

 I love the foam strips for making shaker cards, so quick and they really do go a long way.

Well, that's all for today. Tomorrow I'll have all the links to see the fab-u-lous new catalogue so do come here first thing to see!
Back tomorrow with all the fun, new stuff!
Be here or be square... or something like that ;-)
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Products Used to create this project:

Frozen Treats Framelits Dies (£24.00)	Cool Treats Photopolymer Stamp Set (£24.00)	Foam Adhesive Strips (£7.25)	Pink Pirouette A4 Cardstock (£6.16)	Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Pad (£6.00)	Soft Sky A4 Cardstock (£6.16)	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad (£6.00)
Window Sheets (£4.50)	Blushing Bride 1/4" Double-Stitched Ribbon (£6.25)

Happy Wife, Happy Life! Handmade Anniversary Card

Hello on this lovely sunny bank holiday! Well, it is here in the South of the UK but I hear it's not like that everywhere in the UK? Stay dry, friends :-(
So, onto the card... I have another Bird Banter card to share today ;-)
I made this for the hubster for our wedding anniversary and I thought I'd throw a little humour, as well as some truth, into this card, ha ha ha...

 I coloured the bird in with blends (coming back soon) and added him atop a cluster of branches.

 The background was created using the same blends pens (colour coordination at it's finest) and I topped each one with a drop of glue from the fine tip glue pen to make this enamel dot effect! I love it!
I first saw this idea by another demo, Lavinia Gruizinga (The Stampin' Magpie on fb) but she doesn't seem to have a blog I can link to :-( Thanks Lavinia!
Anyway it's a brilliant idea, don't you think?

And of course I doctored the sentiment from Tabs for Everything using a Stampin' Write Marker ;-)

Well, that's all from me today, here at Cardsandacuppa HQ. I have quite a few bits to do in my craft room but I think that will be later this evening as we are going to make the most of the nice weather in the garden this afternoon :-D
Have a lovely day everyone!
Stampin' hugs,
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Products Used to create this project:

Tabs For Everything Photopolymer Stamp Set (£15.00)	2016-2018 In Color Stampin' Write Markers (£13.50)	Bird Banter Photopolymer Stamp Set (£15.00)	Whisper White A4 Cardstock (£8.25)	Stampin' Dimensionals (£3.75)	Multipurpose Liquid Glue (£3.75)	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (£5.50)
Fine-Tip Glue Pen (£6.25)	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies (£27.00)