Sunflower Hello - PPA 182 Color Challenge

Here's a quick and easy card for you to whip up and send to a special someone! The colors for today's card were inspired by the designers over at the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge:

I used a bold stamp with this bold color palette so I kept the rest of the card simple to compensate.

I love the tiny banner peeking out from under the sentiment banner. It adds a bit of visual interest without detracting from either the main image or the sentiment. And just one candy dot today, in Smoky Slate, to compliment the background layer.

The richness of the color makes the image look embossed in person. It is simply beautiful!

The Envelope Liners Framelits Dies make it so easy to create a rich, lush envelope liner-I consider them a "must-have" in my stamping space.

Please let me know what you think of today's card!

Stampin Supplies: 

Stamps: Sunflower (128736), Happy Day (130297)

Paper: Very Vanilla (101650), Elegant Eggplant (105126), Smoky Slate (13102) Cardstock; Regals (130139) Designer Series Paper Stacks

Ink: Elegant Eggplant (126969) Classic Stampin' Pad

Tools:  Big Shot (113439); Envelope Liners Framelits Dies (132172); Stampin' Trimmer (126889); Stamp-A-Ma-Jig (101049); Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Embellishments: Nuetrals (130934) Candy Dots 

Clean and Simple Saturday - New Product Sneak Peek

The Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalog will be kicking off on January 3, 2014. As a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator I get to pre-order products from the catalog and share them with you! In addition, Stampin' Up! will be kicking off its Sale-A-Bration promotion on January 28, 2014. With every $50 purchase you get to pick an exclusive Sale-A-Bration product FREE! How exciting! So while you are making your selections from the new Occasions Catalog, you are also earning FREE product!

I chose the current challenge sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches to showcase these wonderful new products.

The Designer Series Paper can be earned FREE during Sale-A-Bration and the stamp featured will be in the upcoming Occasions Catalog. Aren't they just beautiful!

I used the Stampin' Trimmer Rotary Arm Attachment and the Small Scallop Rotary Blade to create the small scallop here in Crisp Cantaloupe. I also added a bit of shimmer to my paper with Multipurpose Liquid Glue and Dazzing Diamonds Stampin' Glitter.

I stamped my sentiment in Crisp Cantaloupe and then stamped it again on a bit of scrap cardstock and fussy cut the heart out. I used more glue and Dazzling Diamonds to added shimmer and popped it up with just a snippit of a Stampin' Dimensional. EZ Peasy! With wonderful products like these, a super cute card is just minutes away!

Won't you take a minute to let me know what you think of the new product? Do you love it as much as I do? I can't wait to share more!

Stampin Supplies: 

Stamps: Product Sneak Peek - Available in the Occasions Catalog

Paper: Whisper White (100730), Crisp Cantaloupe (131298) Cardstock; Designer Series Paper Product Sneak Peek - Earn for Free during Sale-A-Bration

Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe (131176) Classic Stampin' Pad

Tools: Stampin' Trimmer (126889); Stampin' Trimmer Rotary Addition (129407); Small Scallop Stampin' Trimmer Rotary Cutting Blade (129410); Envelope Punch Board (133774); Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter (102023); Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755); Stamp-A-Ma-Jig (101049); Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Embellishments: None