October 1 is World Card Making Day and this year Stampin’ Up! hosted a live virtual crafting event! I was so excited to set aside time in my studio to create with people all over the world.
Stampin’ Up! provided three card templates featuring three different bundles – one from the Annual catalogue, one form the mini July-December 2022 mini and the last from a NEW bundle called Warm Welcome. You can check out the bundles and the supplies for the cards we created here.
The first card featured the Cottage Rose bundle which I do not own however that did not stop me from crafting along! I grabbed the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set and dies and used the same supplies to create a similar card. I LOVE how this one turned out and I would have never tried these colours together on my own.
The next card featured the new Warm Welcome bundle which I also do not own yet. This one was a little more tricky to come up with an alternative but I decided on the Dragonfly Garden stamp set and punch. It was fun to use the Blending Brushes to add Fresh Freesia and Mint Macaron inks to the dragonflies and then use the coordinating punch to add them to my card front.
The last card featured the Cottage Wreath bundle which I did purchase for this event. I took advantage of the registration bonus which was a FREE package of Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels with the purchase of one of these bundles. We used those pearls on every card, colouring them on the first two cards using Stampin’ Blends!
This last card used water painters to create a watercolour background on Shimmery White cardstock and then we die cut the wreath and bow for the card. I think this was the first time I had ever done this technique and I will for sure be doing it again!
All in all it was a fun event and I ended up with three cards ready to share with others to celebrate World Card Making Day!
During the live event it was announced that there will be FREE shipping on October 4 for orders over $100 CAD!
Don’t forget when you shop with me this month to use the host code UGPWPNR6 to receive your Loyalty Reward with any order of $50 or more. This month’s reward is a FREE single roll of ribbon of your choice!
