Hi Stamping Friends!
Today, I'm sharing another pair of cards from my Sand & Sea LIVE Class, this time featuring that gorgeous, shimmery, Pearlescent Specialty Paper! You can create one of these cards, too, when you earn a FREE LIVE Class Kit with your qualifying order. Here's how…
Create Pretty Shell-Themed Cards In Soft, Subtle Colors!
Featuring the Sand & Sea Suite
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when you place a minimum $35 order with Too Cool Stamping
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Earn A FREE 5-Card Class Kit—Simply place a minimum $35 order at my Online Store using HOST CODE FJKVCQAC to qualify! I'll send you all the pre-cut cardstock and accents you'll need to create the 5 projects I demonstrated during the April 16, 2021, LIVE Class! Images that are stamped, then die-cut, will not be pre-cut. Offer ends April 21, 2021, and kits will mail on April 26, 2021. One kit per person, per order. United States only.
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Pretty Pearlescent Seashells Background Cards
The Pearlescent Specialty Paper is sure to bring a touch of shimmery elegance to your hand-stamped projects! I love the look of it on these Sand & Sea cards and I'm thrilled that Stampin' Up! is carrying over this amazing paper into the upcoming Annual Catalog! Yippee! Let's take a closer look…
Background Basics—I embossed a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Pearlescent Specialty Paper with the Seashells 3D Embossing Folder, then mounted it onto a Thick Very Vanilla card base. BEAUTIFUL!!! Next, I stamped a Friends Are Like Seashells sentiment in Melon Mambo ink onto the top of a 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" piece of Sand & Sea Designer Series Paper. I love that paper…it reminds me of a beach sunset! I layered the DSP onto a 2-5/8" x 3-5/8" piece of Melon Mambo, then wrapped some Linen Thread around the layers and tied it into a knot, fraying the ends. The piece is popped up onto the card front with Dimensionals.
Sweet Seashells—I stamped three shells from the Friends Are Like Seashells stamp set onto scraps of Very Vanilla cardstock. The largest shell was inked and Melon Mambo and stamped off once. The sand dollar was stamped in Sahara Sand and the smaller shell was stamped in So Saffron. The sand dollar has it's own die in the Seaside Seashells Dies. The other two can be partially cut out with the larger background die from that set; you just have to trim away some of the excess pieces from the die-cut. I popped up each of the shells onto the card front.
Finishing Touches—Then, I finished up by adding a few Opal Rounds, which looks like beautiful sea glass! So lovely!
Two Cool—The second card features a horizontal orientation and starts with the same Pearlescent background. This time, I used a different section of the same pattern of DSP for a slightly different color combo of Melon Mambo and Seaside Spray. I think this one looks like the beach at dusk. Your LIVE Class Kit will have supplies for either this card or the first card, depending on which part of the DSP ends up in your kit.
Sweet Sentiment—I stamped the Friends Are Like Seashells sentiment in Misty Moonlight this time.
Sweet Shells—The large shell is stamped in stamped-off Melon Mambo, the sand dollar in Sahara Sand and the starfish in either Seaside Spray (already sold out) or stamped-off Misty Moonlight.
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The Official Annual Catalog Last Chance List Is Here!
Hurry—Items Are While Supplies Last Thru May 3!
Dozens of Items Discounted Up To 40% Off!
Stampin' Up! is clearing out dozens of stamps, papers, embellishments and tools to make room for the awesome new products in the upcoming 2021-2022 Annual Catalog! Many of the items are now On Sale at discounts up to 40% off or more! Items may sell out quickly, so don't wait to order, especially for In Colors, Designer Series Papers & embellishments!
Mini Catalog Last Chance Items List Released, Too!
These Retiring Items Will May Be Discounted June 1!
The January-June Mini Catalog ends on June 30 and Stampin' Up! is giving us a sneak peek of what will be leaving for good. There are no discounts now, but on June 1 some of these items may be going on sale for the Mini Catalog Last Chance Product Sale! Although these items are not yet in the scary "while supplies last" status, we will likely see product availability limited as we get closer to June.
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