Stampin’ Up! Lasting Lily and Botanical Butterflies Sneak Peek

Happy Saturday, my peeps!  Did y’all brave the elements – and the crazy crowds! – to hit the Black Friday sales?  I sure didn’t!  We stay pretty hunkered down on Black Friday – I hate the traffic and Wayne has zero tolerance for them (cars or people!).  So…we stay home and shop the old fashioned way.

Online! LOL!

You guys did a little Online Extravaganza shopping yesterday, I saw!  Yeah!  There’s still today left for the Paper & Embellishments sale and then we’ll segue over into two days of Phase 2: Stamps & Kits!  Then there’s two more days after THAT (Tools & Ink)!  And – of course, thru the whole event, I’m offering Double Peppermints.  So…it’s a most wonderful time….of the YEAAAAAAR!

Now – on a slightly different tack, my card for today features some new goodies that will be available starting on 3 Jan 19 with the Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalogs!  Lasting Lily is a wonderful 16-stamp set in the Sale-A-Bration flyer – that you’ll be able to pick up for free with a $100 purchase!  And I tapped into the wonderful Hold on to Hope stamp set and Cross of Hope Framelits from the Annual Catalog.  Take a look-see:

I started this one with some Daffodil Delight paper from the new Gingham Gala 6″ x 6″ DSP (coming 3 Jan in the Occasions catalog).  I cut an oval (3 1/4″) with my Stitched Shapes Framelits and then matted it on Granny Apple Green for the card front.  I used Liquid Glue to mat the panel – and didn’t use glue around the edges of the oval (so I could stick elements inside later!).

For the flowers, I inked the beautiful Lillies in the Lasting Lily set with Grapefruit Grove and used my Stamparatus to stamp them on Whisper White.  I added stems in Lemon Lime Twist, with some sponged Garden Green.  To do that – I inked the image with the Lemon Lime Twist as “usual”, then I used a Sponge Dauber to add some Garden Green to the edges.

I also inked and stamped some leaves.  Then I fussy cut everything.

I put Stampin’ Dimensionals under the flowers and stuck the stems inside the oval, with a little Liquid Glue on them.  I added the leaves with Liquid Glue, too.

I cut the pretty detailed cross with the Cross of Hope Framelits die from Gold Foil and adhered it with Liquid Glue (sliding one arm under one of the flowers).

The sentiment, from Lasting Lily, is stamped in Granny Apple Green ink on Granny Apple Green card stock and cut with the Pretty Label Punch.  I added “faux stitches” with my Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Write Marker.  Then I added Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back and used them to wind loops of Gold Metallic Thread, then popped the sentiment onto the card front.

I used the new Butterfly Duet Punch (2019 Occasions Catalog) to punch a flurry of butterflies from one of the DSP designs in the new Botanical Butterfly DSP (available with a $50 purchase in the 2019 Sale-A-Bration Catalog) and then adhered them hither-and-yon with Liquid Glue.  I added a Share What You Love Artisan Pearl and the card front was done.

On the inside, I did a double liner.  Both sentiments, one from Lasting Lily and the other from the Hold on to Hope stamp set, are stamped in Granny Apple Green, then I added a “splatter” image from Lasting Lily in stamped-off-once Grapefruit Grove.  Then I stamped the butterfly from Hold on to Hope in Full-strength Grapefruit Grove.

I used Liquid Glue to adhere both panels to Granny Apple Green mats and into my Grapefruit Grove card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

My Whisper White Medium Envelope got a stamped-off-once “splatter” in Grapefruit Grove and a couple of full-strength butterflies on the front…

…and more Daffodil Delight paper from the Gingham Gala 6″ x 6″ DSP on the envelope flap.

Et Voila!  I hate having to make these kinds of cards – but I’m always grateful to have the right tools when I do need them.  Lasting Lily is going to be a wonderful set for these sorts of cards as well as cards of appreciation (thanks to the variety of sentiments!).  I know it’ll be one that you’re going to want to have in your tool box come January! Hope you like!

I’m just assuming you’ve already GOT the Hold on to Hope stamp set and the Cross of Hope Framelits!  If not – you can pick them up right now in the Annual Catalog!

TTFN

P.S.  Stamp-N-Storage has a great Small Business Saturday sale going on now!  Check it out below!! 🙂

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