Red, White, and Beautiful!

I love my job! On this Independence Day, I am thoroughly enjoying being an independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator because yesterday Mr. Brown brought a box of stamping goodies with a preorder in it that only demos can get right now. It's the Blended Seasons bundle, and I almost fell off my chair when I saw how awesome the Stitched Seasons Framelits were!

Also in the box were all the new colors of Stampin' Blends that I have been waiting four lifetimes for! Well, maybe not lifetimes, but four weeks anyway, which felt like a lifetime. I just couldn't be happier that we have FOUR new greens, and I used two of them on this card.

Granny Apple Green light and dark are easy to spot, but can you see the very subtle Soft Sea Foam light that I used on the background? It is the perfect pale shade that helps the white part of the image POP! It's hard to see in the photos, but is more obvious in real life. (Someday I will learn how to shoot decent pics. *sigh*)

See that pretty stitched edge?! *Swoon!*

Anyhoo, I just wanted to say Happy Fourth of July to y'all, and wish you a fun, safe day. Mom is here for two weeks, so we're grilling hot dogs to have with tater salad and corn on the cob, then lighting fireworks when it starts to get dark. They make my hubby grin like a little boy when he sets them off.

Product List

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

Daffodil Delight Light Stampin' Blends Marker

Light Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Marker

Big Shot

Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Stampin' Dimensionals

And Another Thing....

There is a promotion coming in August for an exclusive stamp set called Blended Seasons with a matching Stitched Seasons die set and a watercolor pencil set in new colors! This will only be for the month of August (while supplies last), BUT IF YOU JOIN STAMPIN' UP! IN JULY, you can choose it in your starter kit*. Or order later it and get the demo discount!

Did I mention the "stitched" Framelits? In addition to the other pretty dies there are three sizes of a fancy label, and the label dies cut the stitches around both the positive and negative edges of the die cut, so you can use the negative space as shown in the sample above! Look at that lovely edging!

The stamp set can be used for any season, so it will be handy year-round. And if you've been wanting more green in the watercolor pencils, there is Granny Apple Green (yay!) and Garden Green in the new set! Hmmm, do I spy Gorgeous Grape on that card, too?

*Don't forget the free ink pad assortment as the bonus for signing up this month!

Starting July with a BANG!

Today is July 1st (can you believe it?) and two great deals are happening this month! The first is our annual Buy 3, Get 1 Free Designer Series paper sale. For the entire month of July, you can get a pack of DSP for free when you buy three. Click on the image below to see a PDF of the flyer and which paper qualifies!

AND this month is also the AWESOME stamp pad family promotion - if you join Stampin' Up! during the month of July, not only do you get $125 in products of your choice for only $99 (w/FREE shipping), but you receive a complete color family set of ten ink pads in the color family of your choice! That's a $67.50 bonus, and if you join MY stamping family, I'll send you the matching cardstock assortment, too!

If you have questions about the benefits of being a demonstrator, besides the most obvious one of getting a discount on your goodies, I'd love to answer them! You can contact me at the email in the graphic above. These are the choices - and yes, BOTH sets of In Colors count as one collection.