Thankful Thursday - Beautiful You with a Flourish!

Hello My Friends.

This Thankful Thursday installment is a quick card I made to thank one of my co-workers for tirelessly and selflessly offering to help clean up after an all-day Retreat we had last Friday.  Everyone else just wanted to take off for the weekend.  But my co-worker stayed until the last mug was dried and the last chair was stacked.

So this Thank You card was made for her.  

A brief how-to:  Stamp the Beautiful You girl then colour her dress quickly using an aquapainter.  Stamp the sentiment below the girl then use the Lots of Labels die to get the main card piece.  Sponge around the edges and mount onto an embossed card front that has 2 Flourish Thinlit embellishments at the corners.  (You might notice that I like to use the de-bossed side for this embossing folder.)

Once again I am feeling blessed that I am in constant need of Thank You cards!!  Life is good!!

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Hope you are looking forward to a very Thankful Thursday!   God Bless you all,      Cynthia   <><
  
Product List

Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143637]	Lots Of Thanks Clear Stamp Set [129690]	Flourish Thinlits Dies [141478]	Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies [138281]	Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141493]
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [126970]	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100867]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Aqua Painters [103954]

Glazed Flourish

Hello Friends

I decided I LOVED the look of yesterday's glazed heart (see it HERE) so I decided to create another card using the same technique.

The gorgeous Flourish you see on this card was actually cut from Pool Party cardstock, then quickly coloured using an aquapainter.  That's when the fun begins....

Glazed leaves add sparkle without even needing bling on the card

I used versamark to cover the entire piece, then applied clear embossing powder and heat-set.  This process was repeated a second time and the resulting flourish looks positively glazed with shellac!




This flourish now makes a statement, so I wanted to layer it on top of something equally "strong".  

Glazed Berries shine on equally shiny glazed doily

Our new Delicate White Doilies are just that...a bit too delicate to pair with the glazed flourish.  However, I realized that if I glazed them in the same manner (versamark and a coating of clear embossing powder, heat-set, then repeat), these doilies could transform into an embellishment that had as till gorgeous, but less "dainty" character.

I think if you look carefully at the photos, you will see how much more substance and character the glazed doily has.  The perfect backdrop for the glazed Flourish.

LOVE how this turned out!!

Paired with Crumb Cake and Emerald Envy cardstock, this glazed Flourish makes me very happy!

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All you need to do to earn $6 coupons is spend increments of $60 in July (no limit).  Stampin’ Up! will email you a coupon for every $60 you spend, and you can use coupons on anything you want in August...hurray hurray hurray!!!

 

Here's how it works:
For every $60 you spend* between July 7-31, you’ll get a $6 Bonus Days coupon that you can use between August 2–31, 2016.
This is a great opportunity for you to get items from your wish list or stock up on essentials (paper, adhesives, ribbon, etc).  This is the first time Stampin' Up! has offered this type of promotion, and I know you'll want in on!
IMPORTANT: Bonus Days coupon codes will be delivered via email, so a valid email address is required to participate in this promotion. They will be unable to resend emails for coupon codes, so make sure you save the email AND write down the codes in a safe place so you don't miss out on the coupons you earn.  Lost codes cannot be recovered.

• • There is no limit to the number of coupons participants can receive per order or throughout the duration of the promotion.
• Redemption period: August 2–31, 2016
  • Redemption deadline: 8/31/16, 11:50pm (MT)
  • Bonus Days coupon codes can be redeemed for any product, excluding Starter Kits and Paper Pumpkin subscriptions. Though, new prepaid Paper Pumpkin can be redeemed.
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  • Minimum shipping still applies

Download: Bonus Days Flyer
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*Participants will receive a Bonus Days coupon code via email for every $60 they spend in a single order (catalog price before shipping and tax).

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Hope everyone is looking forward to a wonderful day!!    God Bless,      ~Cynthia    <><  

Product List

Flourish Thinlits Dies [141478]	Delicate White Doilies [141701]	Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad [141396]	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad [141395]	Aqua Painters [103954]	Versamark Pad [102283]
Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder [109130]	Boho Chic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [138286]	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122924]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953]	Emerald Envy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141415]	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247]

Introducing -- Flourish Thinlits

Hello My Friends

As many of you know, my wonderful hubby and I got to spend a week on a Mediterranean Cruise thanks to Stampin' Up!  No my friends....I did not "win" the trip.   I earned it.  Trust me, earning the Incentive Trip is hard work.  But man oh man does it ever pay off when you earn an all-expense-paid trip for 2.  And this cruise was definitely worth the effort!

You didn't see any posts here on my blog about it since we didn't have wifi on the ship.  ACK!  Me and 400 other SU! demos... unplugged!    :)   And each day when we were in port, most of us were too busy posting FB pics of our glorious sightseeing excursions.   If you want to see highlights from our vacation, visit my Facebook Page and see the sights through our eyes.

Now that we've been back a week, life has resumed its normal, chaotic schedule.  But I did want to show you some of the absolutely gorgeous new products that are in the Stampin' Up! catalogue.

I know Kathy R. will be happy to see I've finally posted another card, so today, this one is for her.  I used the luscious new Flourish Dies as well as the Detailed Floral Thinlits to create cut-outs that are truly breathtaking (and the Precision Base Plate and Big Shot Die Brush make creating these paper pieces a breeze!).  A sentiment from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set and this card pretty much assembled itself!

I am busy preparing for my 20-card class on June 18th - each time a new catalogue is introduced I run an Inspiration Stamp Day so my friends can get their hands on as many new products as possible.   If you'd like to join us, or get a kit-to-go, or just purchase a set of the completed 20 cards, let me know.  The information and details can be found HERE.

I'll hope to see you soon.  In the meantime I need to get back to my Craft Cave to work on more 20-card class prep.

Hope everyone has been enjoying their Spring so far.  Have a wonderful day and God Bless,     ~Cynthia   <><


 Product List

Flourish Thinlits Dies [141478]	Detailed Floral Thinlits Dies [141482]	Flourishing Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141534]	Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad [126950]
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650]	Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115316]	Big Shot Die Brush [140603]	Big Shot Platform [142802]