NEW AT SU-THOUGHFUL EXPRESSIONS-SIMPLE & STEPPED UP!

Welcome! This month on our New at SU Blog Hop we are featuring some of our lovely products from the January-April Spring Mini Catalog! However, we are going a step further! We are giving you stepped-up options! Sometime ya wanna go crazy & create, but other times ya just want something easy! Well this group of international independent Stampin' Up! demonstrators will give you tons of options!!!

I am sharing with you 3 options with the same stamp set. Very simple, a bit more, then lots of product & detail. Just some ideas!!! See how you can step up your products!

Card #1:

Very simple. No layers (well there is a layer of white but only because the     Stampin' Blends bleed through!) This card is simply stamped with the     Thoughtful Expressions stamp set & colored with Blends. You can eliminate the top layer by using colored pencils, markers, whatever you have on hand. Or just leave it uncolored! It's a beautiful bird either way! Just some simple             Adhesive Backed Cork Rounds adorn the card, but you could go without if you'd like.

Card #2:

This card is slightly stepped up! The bird is stamped & colored, but this time it is die cut with the coordinating Thoughtful Expressions Dies. The background is embossed with the Painted Texture embossing folder. Same card, just die cut, embossed & some Linen Thread. 

Card #3:

Now this card is fully stepped up!! Added Perennial Lavender DSP, ribbon and sentiment shapes! It uses a lot more product, but it is still basically the same card-just fully stepped up!!!! It is blinged up with some Purple Fine Shimmer Gems! Gotta have some bling! It's all "wrapped up" with the beautiful Crinkle Ribbon-which actually you can get in our Sale-a-Bration Catalog for FREE with a qualifying purchase of $50!

So 3 cards-same layout, just each having a different level & amount of product!  A.K.A. stepped up!!!! This Thoughtful Expressions bundle is absolutely beautiful & so very versatile!

Now please go take a trip around the world & visit the other blogs in our hop! They are listed below! We love comments, so feel free to give some positive feedback. Enjoy your trip!

Happy Stampin'!!!

INSPIRE, CREATE, SHARE BLOG HOP-ADORNING HEARTS

Hello "lovelies"!! Welcome to this month's Inspire, Create, Share Blog Hop! We are featuring "love" for ya! All kinds of love-Valentines, anniversary, wedding-whatever! Hope you are feeling "loved" after hopping through our Stampin' Up! independent demonstrators!!!! (heehee)

Here's my card:

So I went with a card that could be used for just about any of the occasions listed above-and then some! This Adorning Hearts bundle is so much fun!!! I have had a blast creating crazy Valentine's cards for my grandkids, but I wanted to take a break from the red & do something that would be good for an "older kid"! lol 

I pulled out the Poetic Expressions DSP and used the colors as my inspiration! Now the golds are not really the same, but I don't think it distracts.  

The lovely gold leaf heart and the sentiment are stamped using the            Adorning Hearts stamp set and then embossed with Gold Embossing powder! The little pink heart is die cut using the Adorning Hearts Dies! 

The lovely background shape is cut using the Thoughtful Expressions Dies! I love how they have the really cool stitching along the edges! The                     Distressed Gold 12x12 Specialty DSP really adds to the elegance of the card. 

It is finished off with a few Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels. 

I love how this came out! I do have a wedding we will be attending in a couple of months, so I think this will have a home!

Tricia is up next!!! Now hop over to her blog by clicking on her name here or the icon below! Then keep hopping! You're sure to feel the "love"!!!                      Happy Valentine's Day 💕 btw!!!

Happy Stampin'!!! 

If you are not working with a Stampin' Up! demonstrator already I'd love to share all our amazingness with you!! You can contact me HERE!  

You can find all the items above at my online store HERE! 

You can find Paper Pumpkin HERE!