Here Together

As if the world wasn’t crazy enough with COVID-19, now we have the situation in Ukraine. There’s only so much I can do all the way over here in Canada, but I want to do what I can to show my support. My munchkins coloured a banner of peace in the Ukrainian colours that we’ve hung up. And I decided to use the Here Together stamp set to create a special card.

This card design was inspired by one of the phrases from this new stamp set; “Every Act of Kindness Changes the World”. It’s especially true now and so I chose the images to go with it. I wanted the two hands forming a heart as the focus and then I scattered a few hearts around them. Then I added the rays in the Ukrainian colours above and below the hands; Daffodil Delight for the yellow and Pacific Point for the blue.

I coloured the hands with two of the new sets of Stampin’ Blends; light and medium combo packs. The hearts I coloured with Real Red Blends. Since I wanted to pop up the hands I coloured them on a separate piece of Basic White cardstock and then cut them out. The coordinating dies will also make this even easier if you don’t like to fussy cut. Then I used some Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop up the hands and phrase which I cut out using the Stitched Rectangles dies. Here’s the card…

Here Together with Ukraine

I’m not sure how much of the All Together suite is going to be carried over into the new Annual catalogue other than the Stampin’ Blends. It’s all available until May 2nd for sure, stay tuned for more information. In the meantime check out another project I made using the Here Together stamp set and Blends here. And if you want to get it all while you still can, head over to my online shop!

All Together

One of the great things about being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator are the sneak peeks at new products. And the chance to purchase them before they’re officially released of course. So this week I’m sharing something new that’s coming this Tuesday. It’s the All Together suite of products. And the special thing about this suite is that Stampin’ Up! is releasing a whole new set of skin tone Stampin’ Blends just for it! Along with all the new Blends there’s a new pack of black and white Designer Series Paper, a new stamp set and coordinating dies.

While I would love to get it all, my budget said otherwise. So for now I have the Here Together stamp set and the Light Stampin’ Blends. I’ll definitely be adding to my blend collection with my next order. In the meantime I wanted to do a little something with what I have.

I really wanted the image to be the main focus so I decided to have some Designer Series Paper for my background. For this card I used one of the designs from the Sale-a-bration Sunshine and Rainbows DSP. Then I pulled the Melon Mambo from the design and used that colour to stamp the phrase. The image was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and then I coloured them with my new Stampin’ Blends.

To make them pop even more I cut out both the image and phrase using the Stitched So Sweetly dies and popped them up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. And of course I added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels for a little something extra! Here’s the finished card…

All Together

I love the new All Together suite and am looking forward to seeing more diversity in everyone’s creations! This suite is available starting on Tuesday until May 2nd. In the meantime check out this post using some of the other Stampin’ Blends. And here’s my online shop for when you’ve got your list all set to go.