ANOTHER CARD FROM CAROL'S CLASS - PEDALING PAST

I promised more cards using the set Pedaling Past and so here you go. This is another one of the cards we made at Carol's on Friday night. The colors in this card aren't brand new but the stamp set and the designer paper is. I used Pumpkin Pie card stock for the card base because it coordinates with this awesome travel paper from the SU! summer mini catalog called Travel Journal. The colors in the dsp are pumpkin pie, bashful blue and night of navy. I embossed the card stock and the dsp with the new Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, exclusive to SU! I also want to point out that the centers of the wheels are vintage brads. This is such a great embellishment for the bicycle stamped on a Big Shot die cut scallop circle that is "popped off" the card with dimensionals. The ribbon is bashful blue taffeta. Check out our new Idea Book because SU! has added lots of great new taffeta ribbon.

Here is a tip - if you brush the embossed images with white craft ink, they really pop off the page. I did that with the card above.

Now one of the really cool stamps in the stamp set Pedaling Past is this border stamp. I stamped it twice - once above the thinking with you and once below it. I just turned it different directions. I would get this stamp set for the border stamp alone, but the bikes in the set and the sentiment - enjoy the journey - are really what also sells the set. By the way...they sentiment is from the Curly Cute stamp set - which is another great new SU! stamp set in the New Idea Book that is very versatile. By the way, this is the envelope for the card, but you could stamp something very similar on the inside of the card. I know I would find this "Happy Mail" if it came stamped like this to my house!
Lastly, since we focused on the New Color Coach at this class, I wanted to show you how well these colors really go together. And what is really nice, is that this card would work for a male or female so that if you wanted to send a thinking of you, happy birthday, best wishes, good luck, happy retirement or just a note...this is a great card. There is also a tricycle in the set so you can make a child's card, and there is a bicycle built for two if you need to do an anniversary or wedding card. And there is a great Thank You sentiment also.


At only $14.95 (#120069) for clear mount or $19.95 for wood mount, this is a great set to own.

PEDALING PAST

As promised, here is a card using stamps from Pedaling Past from the SU! Summer Mini catalog.

I used daffodil delight, peach parfait and poppy parade card stock and the brand new dsp Greenhouse Gala. These were embossed using SU! exclusive embossing folders for the Big Shot - including the BRAND NEW one Vintage Wallpaper. I colored the images using stampinwrite markers including the new IN COLOR markers. I also brushed new color ink with sponge over the images and I added NEW rhinestones to the thank you sentiment. The ribbon is BRAND NEW also and is Poppy Parade color.

I'm going to give this card to my Jenny Craig wt. loss coach Robbin. She has been so inspirational to me and has been sending me a card each week for the last several weeks to encourage me on my weight loss journey and I feel that like riding a bike, once you learn how to do it you won't forget, you just have to use it to get results.

BRAND NEW SU! ELEGANT LINES EMBOSSING FOLDER and NEW LEVEL 1 HOSTESS SET - Punch Potpourri

I just received this new embossing folder in my SU! order. It is BRAND NEW and EXCLUSIVE to Stampin Up! called Elegant Lines. It is definitely a MUST HAVE from the NEW SU! IDEA book. It is very delicate and very nicely detailed. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to order it.

Here is what I did to create the card:

First, I embossed the so saffron card stock above using the folder. Next I added the satin ribbon. Then I stamped the butterfly from Punch Potpourri (a level 1 hostess set NEW this book) with NEW IN COLORS - peach parfait and poppy parade. The flowers are punched using the boho blossoms punch. I stamped them using poppy parade ink and then colored them in with peach parfait stampin write marker.
The sentiment is perfect on this card - Enjoy the journey! It is from the summer mini stamp set with the bicycles called Pedaling Past. The above picture shows a close up and includes a closer photo of how I added the NEW SU! rhinestones to the card as well. These rhinestones and the new pearls are certainly going to be a hit with SU! fans. As far as the Pedaling Past stamp set - I haven't really used it yet and that is my next goal. I hope to have some cards done with that set soon. It is another one of those great stamp sets that has a lot of potential. In any case, I wanted to really showcase the elegant lines embossing folder. If you look in your new Idea book, you will see a few samples and Ideas on how else you can use this embossing folder.