Stampin' Up!'s new catalog is online today and what an awesome catalog. We have such a variety of styles in the sets in this catalog. I love it! My catalogs haven't arrived yet but should be here any day so be patient and I'll get them to you as soon as I can. It's worth the wait!! We have so many new products in this one as well...many more Big Shot dies, including Textur Plates and Embosslit Dies that emboss and cut out the design all at once. So cool!! A Cutter Bee Circle Cutter, amazing chipboard, Crocheted Flowers, Designer Hardware, Rubons, and a pack of paper called Taste of Textiles, a polka dot vellum and several earthtone papers that have a texture feel to them. Now on to this card: This set is a new one in our catty and one that, as a demo, I could preorder a while back and play with before the catalog came out. It is a cute whimsical set. This is one of the cards we made in our card class Friday night. My two bees on the left got closer than I meant for them to but that's okay I guess...maybe bees don't always fly spaced out. The base for this card is Whisper White and I used the tearing ruler for the red and yellow because when I tear, it ain't pretty and sometimes that's okay but I wanted a more controlled tear for this page. Yeah, who thought you would need control when ripping paper. The Summer Sun and Real Red cardstock add a lot of color to this card. I first stamped the flowers before putting the torn cardstock down. They are colored with our Real Red and Summer Sun markers to match the cardstock. I stamped the bees in Stazon black and then stamped again on Whisper White cardstock and colored them in using the Summer Sun marker for the body, Bashful Blue marker for the wings and Blush and Pretty in Pink markers for the face. Then I cut out the main body parts chopping off the extending arms and legs (ouch!) and, using a pop dot for each bee, positioned the bees over the prestamped bees that had arms and legs and I didn't have to cut minute pieces going around the extremities. Much easier! The tag at the bottom is Bashful Blue cardstock punched on each end with the small hole of my Cropadile and ribbon tied in each hole, then popped up on pop dots to attach. All in all I think it is a cute little card. I will have many samples from this set I am sure! Off to work on taxes. Ugh!
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