Hope you had the Happiest of Days!

I carried over my color scheme and basic layout from yesterday’s card to create a happy and whimsical card from the stamp set “Happiest of Days.”

Happiest of Days - Bubbles & Fizz Designer Series Paper - Up North Stampin' - Mary Hanson - Stampin' Up!

Don’t you love the bright colors?  The card base is made from Bermuda Bay card stock covered with a 5 1/2″ by 4 1/4″ panel of “Bubbles and Fizz” Designer Series Paper.  The yellow layer is a panel from the Tutti-Frutti Cards and Envelopes, a free offering from the Sale-A-Bration brochure when you spend over $50 in SU! product.

I stamped the presents and sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and proceeded to have some fun coloring with my new Stampin’ Blends markers.  I added some Wink of Stella to put a sparkling touch on the fun little gifts!  Which one do you like the best?

Happiest of Days - Close Up - Mary Hanson - Up North Stampin'

The 3/8″ chevron ribbon in Bermuda Bay and a couple of Tutti Frutti Adhesive Backed Sequins finished off my card.  So fun, and these colors — yummy!  Shop with me by clicking on the products below or by selecting the “Let’s Shop” button above!

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Waterfront Stamp Set: Not Just for Mountains Anymore!

I had fun with a CASE’d card by Amy Koenders that features the fun ‘sherbet’ colors!  This is a feel-good card that brings me right out of this dreary winter weather to the beach.  Which little cabana are YOU in?  I think I’m in the Peek-A-Boo Peach one!

Waterfront - Beach - Bubbles and Fizz Designer Series Paper - Mary Hanson - Up North Stampin'

Hard to believe that this card is created from the very same stamp set that created this one:

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Both the beautiful watercolored mountain scenes and the beach scenes are made from the Water Front stamp set, found in the 2018 Occasions catalog:

Waterfront stamp set

The stamping was so fun — I built the beach scene using the stamps above on a piece of scalloped Whisper White card stock, actually ‘contraband’ left over from the January Paper Pumpkins.  Any white panel will do, or a circle shape works great, too!  I mounted the scene on a panel of card stock from the Sale-A-Bration Tutti Frutti cards and envelopes, and then onto the card base made from the Bubbles and Fizz Designer Series Papers.  Cute!

I embellished the card with some Pool Party baker’s twins and a couple of the Tutti Frutti Adhesive-Backed Sequins — boy, do I love those!  So bright and sparkly, and they STICK on their own!

And there you have it —  a fun beachy scene on a cold and snowy winter night!  I hope you had a great holiday weekend!

Waterfront - Beach - Bubbles and Fizz Designer Series Paper - Mary Hanson - Up North Stampin'

Mary

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A Blank Slate with Petal Passion DSP & Stampin’ Blends!

What happens when you take a beautiful piece of black and white paper, add Stampin’ Blends, and your imagination?  A WHOLE LOT OF FUN, that’s what!

Petal Passion Designer Series Paper - Stampin' Blends - What a Day - Petal Passion Embellishments - Mary Hanson - Up North Stampin'

I LOVED working with the new Stampin’ Blends in four different colors to color in a part of this beautiful floral design.  And yes, I left some black and white on purpose — is it bothering anyone?  haha These papers are gorgeous works of art:

Petal DSP

I know what you mean! The Blends are new alcohol-based markers that come in two shades — a light and a dark — of 12 different Stampin’ Up! markers.  The shades blend beautifully, and make coloring fun again!

Blends All

I mounted the Designer Series Paper panel on a card base of Rich Razzleberry, and added some ribbon (a little stripe left over from the Holiday Catalog).  The sentiment is from the new Stamp Set  and a bow made from the 3/8″ Basic Black Shimmer ribbon — beautiful.  I finished the project with a Petal Passion Embellishment.

Embellishments

Think of all the ways this paper could be colored with those beautiful Stampin’ Blends!  Is it time for you to try them?  Why not?  Let’ s Go Shopping by clicking on the Button above!

Petal Passion Designer Series Paper - Stampin' Blends - What a Day - Petal Passion Embellishments - Mary Hanson - Up North Stampin'

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