BLOG HOP : STAMPIN' UP!'S AUTUMN-WINTER MINI

Today I am taking part in a blog hop with eight friends, who are fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrators.  We want to give you some ideas for using the gorgeous products in our recently-released Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue from Stampin' Up!  There are so many great stamps, dies and accessories in this Mini; it's pretty exciting!  The Mini catalogue runs through until the end of July.

You may have come from Ros Davidson's blog, to start today's 'tour'.  If not, don't worry - you can just click on the next person's name at the bottom of each blog post you come to, and soon enough you'll have 'hopped' around all nine of our blogs.  Please make sure you leave us some comment love, so we know you've been!

I have a couple of cards to show you, using the new Love & Laughter stamp set.  I've paired it with Stampin' Up!'s luxurious Mocha Morning Specialty Designer Series Paper, to create two elegant (I hope you agree!) wedding cards.


I used a Basic Black card base for this first card.  Although it's not really obvious in the photo, the strip of black paper along the top of the card is the flocked paper from Mocha Morning.  The sweet little gold-embossed flowers are one of the stamps in the set, and I think add a lovely touch.  How gorgeous is the wedding dress of sentiments, embossed in black?

Stamps: Love & Laughter

Card: Basic Black, Brushed Gold, Very Vanilla

DSP: Mocha Morning Specialty Designer Series Paper

Ink: Versamark inkpad

Other: Black embossing powder, Gold embossing powder, Very Vanilla satin ribbon, Basic Black 1/8" taffeta ribbon, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Basic Pearls, 1" and 1 3/4" Circle punches, mini glue dots

On my second card, I've used two of the sentiments from Love & Laughter, along with a new Labels Collection Framelits die.  LOVE these dies - there are 6 dies, all the same shape, but in graduating sizes, in the set.

To make this card, I simply punched out, with various sized circle punches, some papers from the Mocha Morning pack.  I adhered them to a piece of Very Vanilla card, then put the card in my Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, and ran it through the Big Shot.  I sponged some Crumb Cake ink over the embossed areas.  I rather like the 'weathered' (let's call it 'vintage') look that resulted from the paper cracking a little, when embossed.  A seam binding bow, and some of Stampin' Up!'s beautiful gold brads (why haven't I used these before?!), finish the card.

Stamps: Love & Laughter

Card: Very Vanilla, Brushed Gold, Basic Black

DSP: Mocha Morning Designer Series Paper

Ink: Versamark inkpad, Crumb Cake stampin' pad

Other: Gold embossing powder, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Labels Collection Framelits die, Very Vanilla Seam Binding, Metallic Brads, Mat Pack & Paper Piercing tool,  1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, stampin' dimensionals, sponge dauber, mini glue dots, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder

The next stop on the blog hop is the home of Amanda Hill who lives in Western Australia, and makes gorgeous scrapbook pages.  Be sure to click on Amanda's name to see what she has come up with, using new products.

Here is a comprehensive list of all participants in today's blog hop:

Ros Davidson

http://www.rosdavidson.typepad.com

Christine Blain  (that's me!)
http://www.christineblain.blogspot.com

Amanda Hill
http://amandasscrapandcraft.blogspot.com.au

Tina Gillespie
http://scissorspapercard.blogspot.com

Nikki Sadler
http://www.inkyart.com.au

Di Dunk
http://www.stampartbydi.typepad.com

Alisha Watson
http://www.ratherbstamping.blogspot.com.au/

Kathryn Mangelsdorf
http://klm55.blogspot.com/

Sue Madex
http://www.madexcreations.com