Happiness Abounds - New Catalogue Blog Hop - Crafty Collaborations

 Hi Everyone,

Today I am hopping with the Crafty Collaborations Group and we are showing off the New Annual Catalogue. I've used a couple of the lovely new In-Colours (Starry Sky, Orchard Oasis and Parakeet Party) and the fabulous new Happiness Abounds stamp set and Glossy Dots. I've also used the Beautiful Shapes dies, I just love those hexagon dies.  Let me show you how I made it.

Materials

1 piece of starry sky card stock 5 7/8" x 8 1/4", scraps for the sentiments

2 pieces of basic white card 3 7/8" x 5 5/8" and scraps for the sentiments

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Beautiful Shapes dies

Happiness Abounds stamp set

Starry Sky ink

Parakeet Party ink

Blender Pen

Glossy Dots

Trimmer

Simply Scored

Bone Folder

Multipurpose Adhesive

Dimensionals

Take Your Pick Tool

Instructions

On the long side score the starry sky card at 4 1/8" and fold and burnish to make the card base.

Randomly stamp the large flower and some of the tiny flowers on one of the pieces of basic white in starry sky and then add some leaves in parakeet party (see picture). I haven't got the Stampin' Blends yet, so I dipped a block in the starry sky ink pad and then picked up the ink with my Blender Pen and coloured parts of the large flowers and the tiny flowers. Then I repeated the process with the leaves and the parakeet party.

I then placed the largest and smallest of the hexagon dies on this stamped piece and die cut them.  Adhere this piece to the card front and where the hexagons have been cut out, add the die cuts on dimensionals so they are lifted up (see picture).

Stamp the sentiments on the scraps of white and then layer them up on the scraps of starry sky as in the picture and add to the card front with dimensionals.

Stamp another sentiment on the remaining piece of white and more flowers if you like and adhere to the inside of the card.  Add some Glossy Dots to the centre of the large flowers and sprinkle some smaller ones as you want.

I hope that you like my card using new products, I can't wait to show you more.  Please click on the links below to see what everyone else has chosen from the new Annual Catalogue.

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Happy Crafting,

Karen X

Product List

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

Simply Scored

[122334]

Bone Folder

[102300]

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Beautiful Shapes Dies

[158046]

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]