Category Archives: Thank you

Abstract Impressions

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Today I’m sharing a lot of new things from the upcoming catalog, live on June  1st – a new stamp set Abstract Impressions and four new ink colours – call me clover, shaded spruce, gorgeous grape and highland heather. I only have the ink pads for the new in colors (of which call me clover is one) but I do have all the new markers. In fact, the only thing on this card that you’ve seen before is the whisper white layer!

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Abstract Impressions

I love the mixture of call me clover and shaded spruce in the greenery – not so different as to be really noticeable, but adds dimension. The stamp set is really fun; there are many images which allow you to build totally different cards.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project.

If you’re in the US and don’t currently work with a demonstrator, let me know if you’d like a catalog and I’ll send one off to you.

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See you on Wednesday,

Liz

Swirly Bird

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I was visiting my family in the UK recently and when I stayed with my sister I helped her with her eBay project. She wanted to make thank you cards and we cased one from Eimear, her upline, using Swirly Bird. Caro started making them using one of the newer in-colors, tranquil tide but I thought we should use up the flirty flamingo before it retires. So whilst Caro created the auctions, I sat at the table opposite and stamped. And stamped. The eBay project went well because I made 50 of them and she’s running out!

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Swirly Bird - Work of Art

I used flirty flamingo, fresh fig and smoky slate – I think she selected the last on purpose because she wanted to see my stamping in grey. I don’t like grey. I haven’t worked my way through 2 pieces of basic grey cardstock in almost 4 years. Right. Just don’t like it!

It was very relaxing just stamping away; I’d already prepped the layer so I didn’t have to jump up and down, just stamp. The sentiment is from Work of Art and I like how the sentiment looks, but that was a fair amount of big shot work. Especially since Caro’s stitched shapes framelits dies like to really hold onto the card once its been die-cut. And I’m happy to say that Caro is now out of flirty flamingo. We did start on the peekaboo peach colour way (peekaboo peach, garden green and tangerine tango) but I ran out of time to make up more than a few of those.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Swirly Bird - Work of Art

That’s a lot of thank yous!

I hope you enjoyed today’s project.

Click on the buttons below to join my team, shop or learn how to earn free stamp sets and bundles. This month’s host code is above the Shop Now tab in the menu on the left. Just copy and paste it or type it into the box at the bottom of your order where it says HOST CODE and then click apply.

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See you on Friday,

Liz

Background Bits

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When I don’t have a card in my head, I sometimes pick a stamp set at random and decide that the card will just use that. Yesterday I picked up Background Bits, a hostess set. The card didn’t turn out as I planned; in fact, the stamp I’d selected as the main focus didn’t even get inked up in the end! It’s fun seeing how cards evolve.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Background Bits - Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

I started by washing some pear pizzazz and soft sky over a piece of watercolor paper with an aquapainter. Whilst that was drying, I stamped another of the images from Background Bits in pool party onto the pool party card base.  Next I made my “label” – the sentiment is actually in one long line, but that wasn’t what I wanted so I only inked up one word at a time so that I could place it where I wanted it. I actually had to do this twice as I smudged the first one whilst using the stitched shapes framelits dies to cut it out. The second time I waited and occupied myself in tying a bow with the beautiful pool party 3/8 inch shimmer ribbon. Finally I stamped my flower image in night of navy and then added a mat of the same color. After that, all that remained was construction.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project.

Click on the buttons below to join my team, shop or learn how to earn free stamp sets and bundles. This month’s host code is ZWHGFAYW.  It’s also above the Shop Now tab in the menu on the left. Just copy and paste it or type it into the box at the bottom of your order where it says HOST CODE and then click apply.

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See you tomorrow,

Liz

Daisy Delight

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Here’s a quick and simple card showcasing the Delightful Daisy DSP and the coordinating Daisy Delight stamp set.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Daisy Delight - Delightful Daisy DSP

The DSP is 4 1/4 by 3 1/2 inches and on a night of navy card base. I used the triple banner punch for my banner which is just a hair under an inch deep and the sentiment is from the matching set, Daisy Delight. I popped it up on dimensionals to add interest.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get five FREE handmade cards; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is NJ99GP9Q (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). In addition, to celebrate the new catalog, if you spend $50 this month, I’ll send you the fresh fig 1/8” sheer ribbon. Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Tranquil Tulips

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Today I’m sharing the host set, Tranquil Tulips. I absolutely adore this set – tulips are one of my two favourite flowers, freesias being the others for their scent. And the 2 step stamp set is perfect to make realistic – but watercolored – tulips. The texture in the flowers is really beautiful.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Tranquil Tulips - Bunch of Blossoms

Here I stamped the stems and leaf first in pear pizzazz. If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll know that pear pizzazz is one of my favourites and I’m thrilled that it goes so well with berry burst. I stamped off once before stamping the back of the tulips and then used the second stamp full strength for the front of the tulip. There are stamps for the stamens, but I felt that they were unnecessary in this instance. I used Bunch of Blossoms for the beautiful sentiment, stamped again in berry burst and then mounted my piece of whisper white onto a mat of pear pizzazz just 1/8 inch larger. This went onto a berry burst card base. I used this design for a recent class and it was popular as well as easy to mass produce.

You can only purchase hostess sets by either holding a workshop or placing a large enough order – they kick in at an order of $150 at 10% of the order total. This set is only $10 so at an order of $150 you can also order something else.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get five FREE handmade cards; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is NJ99GP9Q (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). In addition, to celebrate the new catalog, if you spend $50 this month, I’ll send you the fresh fig 1/8” sheer ribbon. Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz