CCM Saturday Hop - Seaside

Today's Create With Connie & Mary Saturday Blog Hop theme is Seaside, so cards with a beach, boat, water or seaside image. Beachy things are really trendy now, have you noticed? While I did have a couple sets from the 2022 -23 annual catalog that would work, I wanted to give a new preorder set from the 2023-24 annual catalog a spin. It's called Circle Sayings and it can be bundled with the new 2-3/8" Circle Punch!

This is a simple fun fold card. Score a 5-1/2" x 11" piece of Basic White at 3" and 7-1/4". Emboss the larger flap with the Basics 3D folder (run it sideways through the SCEM). Cut a piece of Bright & Beautiful DSP to 3" x 5-1/2" and adhere to smaller flap. Stamp images and greetings and punch with 2-1/4" Circle Punch (retired, can use circle die instead) and mount on 2-3/8" gold circle.

Add some Rhinestone Basic Jewels colored with a Pretty Peacock Stampin' Blend. Yes, you read that right....Pretty Peacock is coming back! The sun and waves scene was colored with Sponge Daubers using Pretty Peacock, Lemon Lolly, and Azure Afternoon - two new colors!

That's all for today - see you next Saturday! Up next is Libby Fens at Libby Stamps. Or click the "back" button to go back to Lori at Loritamarie Crafts.

Stampin' Up! products used:

• Stamps: Circle Sayings
  
• Paper: Basic White, Gold Foil Sheets, Bright & Beautiful 6' x 6" DSP
  
• Ink: VersaMark, Basic Gray, Pretty Peacock, Azure Afternoon, Lemon Lolly, plus Pretty Peacock Stampin' Blends
  
• Accessories: Heat Tool, Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, Basics 3D Embossing Folders, 2-3/8" Circle Punch, 2-1/4" Circle Punch (ret.), Rhinestone Basic Jewel, Sponge Daubers

Stamp Review Crew - Something Fancy

Welcome to the Stamp Review Crew's SOMETHING FANCY edition! The "Crew" is a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world who pick a stamp set or bundle to highlight on the first and third Mondays of each month, with a bonus hop if there is a fifth Monday. If you landed here from Holly's blog, Rubber Redneck, welcome! There are four of us today, so the hop will be a quickie!

The Something Fancy stamp set is all greetings so it can be used with ANY other set or product. There are ten sentiments, and a coordinating twelve piece die set. I'm using some soon-to-retire products, as well as some Online Exclusive products for today's cards.

The Design A Daydream Host DSP has such pretty patterns, so that's what I used on both cards. The first card is mainly Mint Macaron (like that alliteration? heh) which is a retiring color.

The Fine Shimmer gold is also retiring, sadly. I used the radiating Stitches dies which are Online Exclusives. Lots of fun textures and shapes there!

The second card is Petal Pink which is not retiring, although the DSP is.

This card also uses Online Exclusives, in the form of the Basics 3D embossing folder and the Elegant Borders die.

The Petal Park bundle made quick work of the flowers. The greeting and flowers were stamped in Basic Gray which is the perfect color to complement Petal Pink. I used Petal Pink and Calypso Coral Stampin Blends on the blossoms.

That's all I have to share for today, so click "Next" to see what Jay at Mitosu Crafts created, or "Previous" to visit Holly again. Thanks for stopping by!

CCM Saturday Hop - Pick Me Up

Today's Create With Connie & Mary Saturday Blog Hop theme is PICK ME UPs (well wishes, thinking of you, etc.), and I'm using mainly Last Chance products to remind you to grab these things while you can!

The Hues of Happiness Suite on pages 108 and 109 of the annual catalog made this theme so easy! The only stamping involved was the greeting....everything else was die cut. Well, except for the center of the rose that was fussy cut for more dimension. 😉

I have to admit that I am gutted that the Stitched Rectangles Dies are retiring. I use them on practically everything. I don't know how I'm going to manage without them! Also sad to see Pear Pizzazz going away. It was such a lovely medium green. *sigh* But I know there are new colors coming for me to fall in love with, so there's that, LOL.

That's all for today - see you next Saturday! Up next is Libby Fens at Libby Stamps. Or click the "back" button to go back to Lori at Loritamarie Crafts.

Stampin' Up! products used:

• Stamps: Happiness Abounds Bundle*
  
• Paper: Basic White, Pear Pizzazz*, and Mossy Meadow Cardstock, Hues of Happiness DSP*
  
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
  
• Accessories: Stitched Rectangles Dies*, Hive 3D Embossing Folder*, Gold Shimmer Ribbon*, Glossy Dots Assortment*
  

* Retiring May 1st, available while supplies last