PINK PIROUETTE RETURNING JULY 2010

I'm so excited that Pink Pirouette is coming back to the SU! family of colors. I love that shade of Pink and it goes so well with so many other colors. At Convention 2 years ago, I made this adorable little card holder using the stamp sets Eastern Blooms, Priceless, and Flight of the Butterfly.
These cards and envelopes are so easy and quick to make. Think teacher and secretary gifts as it is that time of the year.
The words in this set are wonderful and I love how they squiggle like in this pattern.
I added a little tangerine tango to this butterfly's daisy pattern. This is another returning color. Yeah!
SU! sells these note cards and envelopes in packages pre-scored and ready to be stamped. Such a convenience for us busy stampers - item 107311 $5.95 for a package of 20!!! And while I made the pink pirouette container from a pattern, you could easily die cut it from the Big Shot Die Fancy Favor #115965 $39.95.

Pink Pirouette and Tangerine Tango return July 1st 201o, but many of my stamping buddies already have these colors since they were in colors a few years ago. You can certainly get a jump on the new idea book and start using them again now!

GREAT CARD BY CATHY WEIR

A TRULY PRICELESS CARD

This is another great card we made at the Holiday Blues Class at Amanda's.
Cathy Weir taught this card - the easel card. I think this is one of the coolest cards. It pops open and then stands up on it's own like an easel (see next photo). Cathy used My Digital Studio to create the sentiment. She wanted a large Happy New Year so she printed this one out. Here Cathy is showing Dawn some of the different embellishments she printed out using her new MDS!
This is the side view showing how the card pops up like it is on an easel. I love it Cathy!
In this photo I included the stamped envelope. MDS is really great when you want to add something to a card or project and you don't have the stamp set, or you want to change the size.Cathy also gave us a mini tutorial to show us some of the great things you can do with MDS, including printing on vellum!
The stamp set Cathy used was the PRICELESS stamp set (this is one of the best ones in the main idea book). It coordinates really well with the butterfly punch. Cathy printed using MDS on the vellum and then embossed before the ink dried. Isn't this the coolest technique?