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It’s that time of year… when Stampin’ Up! needs to make room for the great new products coming with the new Annual Catalogue. Over that last few weeks I’ve been showing off the retiring 2020-2022 In Colours. Even though I’m excited for the new Annual Catalogue, I’m sad to see the retiring products go. This week it’s time to say goodbye Magenta Madness! The last of the In Colours. Last week I featured Cinnamon Cider. You can check that out here.

While I love using pink, this shade has been a bit tricky for me. I’ve mostly used it for Valentine’s cards, but for this card I wanted to do something different. Thankfully I remembered the Little Ladybug stamp set from the January-June Mini Catalogue. This is such a cute set and Magenta Madness is a great colour for a ladybug! I also used it for the flowers and did some tone on tone stamping for the ladybug’s spots. The other main colour for this card is Basic Black of course. Then I added some Just Jade for the leaves.

Basic Black was an obvious choice because of the ladybug’s body. But I love how it coordinates with strong colours like Magenta Madness. It really helps it pop without making the card feel like too much. I used some Basic Black cardstock to create a thin border and then used Tuxedo Black Memento ink for the phrase.

Once I punched the ladybug using the coordinating Ladybug Builder Punch, I popped it up with a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to finish it off I added a few Polished Dots to the centre of the flowers.

This is such a cute set and I can’t wait to get crafting with it some more! Don’t wait to grab Magenta Madness, or some of the other retiring products, before it’s goodbye Magenta Madness forever. Lots has already sold out and once it’s gone, its gone. Head over to my online shop before it’s too late!

It’s time for another Fancy Fold Design team blog hop! This month we’re taking on the Impossible Card! And don’t worry the name makes it sounds more difficult than it really is. Once you have the measurements this is a fun and simple card to re-create. Dawn Griffith, a US demonstrator, has a good video and she shares the measurements. You can check that out here.

For my design I wanted to show off the Vellum Layering Designs from the January-June Mini catalogue. So for my base colour I went with something darker to really help the design pop. I thought that Just Jade, which is retiring once supplies run out, would work well. It’s a deeper green, but not too dark. For my other colour I chose Petal Pink. A nice soft colour to compliment the Just Jade and it’s a nice Spring colour combination.

To add some layers on top of the vellum I added a strip of Just Jade cardstock to keep the card base still and then some of the Meadows dies pieces. I had to trim a few of the pieces, but that’s easy enough to do. It was a little tricky getting these into place because I adhered the die cut pieces to the vellum before I adhered the vellum to the card base. But I wanted to make sure that I didn’t have glue showing.

The phrase came from the In the Moment stamp set. And the flowers came from the Dahlia Days stamp set. Then I added a few of the smallest Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the centres of my flowers. Gotta add some bling! Here’s my card…

To keep going on this month’s Impossible Card blog hop, check out Mette Nordling Shaw’s card here.

In last month’s blog hop we made a Pop-Up card. You can check mine out here and then keep hopping around the world. I hope you enjoy this month’s blog hop!

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Goodbye Magenta Madness

The Impossible Card