STAMPIN' UP! BUILDER BIRDCAGE - POP OF PINK

Happy New Year!  I had grand plans to spend lots of time in my craft room over the Christmas/New Year period, but that didn't happen.  An out-of-the-blue Summer storm brought more rainfall than our drains (and swimming pool) could hold.  As a result, the bottom storey of our house was flooded ... we were ankle-deep in water, with nowhere for it to go.  My craft room is downstairs, so I was dreading what I'd find when I went in there.  After a bit of disaster management, we had industrial fans and dehumidifiers running for 5 days straight (24 hours a day ... rather headache-inducing), to dry out the floors and walls.   (This wasn't conducive to creating!)  Thankfully, the damage to my craft room is isolated to skirting boards and walls - all my lovely new cabinetry appears to be unscathed.

Last night I made a card with the new Builder Birdcage stamp set - one of my must-haves from the new Occasions Catalogue.  How cute is this?!

I have listed below all the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card; if you would like to buy them for yourself, just click on one of the thumbnail images, to be taken to my online store.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  I am looking forward to sharing more creations with new products in the coming weeks and months!

Product List

Builder Birdcage Photopolymer Stamp Set [142891] $30.00	Birthday Blossoms Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139471] $33.00	Clear Block A [118487] $7.00	Clear Block C [118486] $12.00	Clear Block D [118485] $14.00
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] $12.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.00	Pop Of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper [141648] $22.75	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $7.00
Pop Of Pink Designer Washi Tape [141649] $14.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $15.00	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $8.75	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $8.75	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [126948] $11.50	Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $50.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $58.00	Metallic Enamel Shapes [141678] $12.25
Melon Mambo Thick Baker's Twine [141689] $6.25	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $17.00	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026] $13.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Glue Dots [103683] $8.00

JAI #324: STAMPIN' UP! BIRTHDAY BLOSSOMS "HELLO" CARD

I am a bit off-kilter, with some big changes happening in my personal life, at the moment, and wasn't able to get my Design Team sample ready ahead of this week's Just Add Ink challenge.  But, I'm pleased to say I have spent some time in my "happy place" this afternoon, and I've managed to put together a card inspired by this gorgeous pic Trish chose for our challenge:

I could've sworn those sweet little flowers were pink, but they're decidedly purple on my monitor, as I look at them now.  Never mind, I've gone with pink!

Here is the colour combination I have used, on my card:

Blushing Bride

Crumb Cake

Whisper White

Pear Pizzazz

It's time for me to build up a stash of "just because" cards; this is the first in what I hope will become a good collection.

I coloured the flowers and leaves with blender pens, to give a softly unstructured look.  The slightly twirly twine that I've used on top of the Blushing Bride ribbon is a new product, coming out 1st September.  It's called Kraft Rope Trim; I've separated the rope, as it was too thick (three times this thickness) for my project.  Anything that Stampin' Up! releases in Kraft, or Crumb Cake,  I have to have!  Apart from the rope trim, I have listed below all the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card.  If you would like to buy them for yourself, just click on one of the thumbnail images, and you will be taken direct to my online store.

Thanks for visiting my blog today!  Make sure you check out the beautiful work of the Just Add Ink Design Team members, for this week's challenge.

Product List

Hardwood Wood-Mount Stamp Set [133032] $35.00	Birthday Blossoms Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139471] $33.00	Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set [138946] $30.00	Clear Block C [118486] $12.00	Clear Block D [118485] $14.00
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $14.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287] $14.00	Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack [138437] $38.50	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975] $11.50
Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [131172] $11.50	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [126957] $11.50	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180] $11.50	Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Layering Squares Framelits Dies [141708] $58.00
Pansy Punch [130698] $28.00	Blushing Bride 3/8" (1 Cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon [141692] $15.75	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00	Blender Pens [102845] $17.00	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $17.00