Picture Perfect Tide

Hi there!  Been taking care of business today but wanted to share the card I made for my daughter and son-in-law's upcoming anniversary.  They were married on the beach in Florida, which is why I chose to use a soft color palette and watercolor background.  Love the starfish image from Picture Perfect.  It's a new set in the 2016 Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalog and definitely a keeper.  The coral image is from By the Tide -  another favorite set of mine.  (Can you tell I love all things beachy? lol)  A couple of other new items used from the Occasions Catalog are the Number of Years stamp set and coordinating Framelits called, Large Numbers.  There are other images in the stamp set besides numbers, which makes it a versatile set.  It can be purchased as a bundle to save you some dough!  That's always a plus.

Need to get to bed.  Still haven't caught up on sleep from the crop last weekend.  Thank you for stopping by to visit today!

Lotus Blossom

Hi there!  Well I'm back today with a beautiful stamp set called, Lotus Blossom.  This set can be yours for FREE with a $50 Stampin' Up! purchase (before s/h and tax) during Sale-a-Bration.  This little 3x3 note card was received by each customer who placed an order with me in December.  (Forgot to post it back then)  The stamping process is opposite of what we are used to doing.  The darkest color is stamped first (Rose Red was used here).  The next layer is Strawberry Slush, with Pink Pirouette as the final layer.  This is a photopolymer set so it really sticks to the clear block!  There are tabs on the flower images to aide in the positioning of each layer.  (It helps that the stamps are clear, too!)  Just make sure the tabs point in the same direction and you'll have no problem stamping a perfect image.
Some retired Modern Medley Designer Series Paper was used for the background of the note card and for the envelope (shown below).  The Envelope Punch Board was used to make the envelope.  Boy, and to think I almost didn't get one of those!  I use it all of the time.

By the way, Stampin' Up is releasing four new Sale-a-Bration freebie products on March 1st.

Stay warm and have a great weekend.  Thank you for visiting today!