Circle Sayings thank you cards

 Hello, welcome to my blog,

My name is Alison & I am an independent Stampin' Up® demonstrator in Melbourne, Australia. I love creating cards & gifts for my loved ones & this blog will show you how to create something special for those you love. If this is your first time here, thanks for visiting, I hope you enjoy what I have to share with you. If you're a returning visitor, thank you so much for supporting me! 😍

This week's cards are created using the lovely Circle Sayings stamp set. The set comes with lots of semi-circle images & sentiments & is complimented with a 2 3/8" (6cm) punch. The set goes really well with other stamps & embossing folders that I already have in my stash so I decided to make 2 cards using retired By the Bay DSP, Seashells embossing folder & the new Twisted Rope embossing folder. I hope you like them.

I chose beachy, earthy colours for both of the cards & different layouts. 

The first card is all about the shells. The base is Coastal Cabana, the matte is By the Bay DSP & the circles are Night of Navy, Crumb Cake & Basis White. I used the Stylish Shapes dies for the circles & embossed them with the Seashells embossing folder. The sentiment is stamped in Crumb Cake then coloured with lots of earthy, beachy toned blends. To add some bling and a sandy effect I added Wink of Stella to the embossed circles.

This card is a very simple layout. On a Night of Navy card base I added a matte embossed with the Twisted Rope embossing folder then a strip of By the Bay DSP. I loved this pattern as it has holographic strips running across it & the image reminds me of waves crashing in the ocean. 😁

The sentiment & image are both stamped in Blueberry Bushel & punched with the co-ordinating punch. I looped some Starry Sky woven metallic ribbon behind then mounted with dimensionals. A really pretty card with minimal work or fuss.

Stampin' Up® has a number of ways to purchase their lovely products. You can look through their physical catalogue or browse through the Annual catalogue online using this link but there are also some products that are only available exclusively online that don't appear in any catalogues. These products are called the Online Exclusives & will not appear in any catalogues. Click here for the online exclusives. Stampin' Up® will be adding more product items to the online store in July. We don't know yet what is going but we have been able to have a sneak peek at what is coming in andIf you would like a copy of the catalogue please send me a message at craftedbyalison@gmail.com or on my Facebook page, craftedbyalison. 

HOT NEWS: 

1. Just a reminder that Stampin' Up® launched their new Annual Catalogue on May 2nd! If you would like one then send me a message at craftedbyalison on Facebook or email me at craftedbyalison@gmail.com.
2. As mentioned in previous blogs, Stampin' Up® have announced that they have had a 'colour refresh' which includes not only the new In Colours range but a change up of the regular colours in the range. There are also some old, previously retired colours returning so if you held on to a favourite colour but are running low, here's your chance to grab some more. 
3. Don't forget the Online Exclusive products that are available now! Check out my online shop here. There will be more products introduced to the online store in July which means that some products may be gone. We haven't been advised of retiring products so if you see something you like in the online store, get in quick in case it goes! As we transition to the new online platform there may be some gremlins so if you have any problems, please contact me directly so that I can help you work out any issues.

If you would like to purchase any of my creations that I feature in my blogs they can be found in my FaceBook shop at craftedbyalison or you can order something unique. 

If you would like me to send you a copy of the new Annual catalogue then please message me via my FaceBook page, Crafted by Alison or send me an email at craftedbyalison@gmail.com.

In the previous weeks blogs I posted the pics of some of the cards that were created during the Online Stamping Retreat I attended in April. I will share another one next week.

My next blog is on Wednesday where I will feature blending & silhouette stamping. In next week's Sunday blog I will share some more lovely cards created using the Oceanfront stamp set.  I hope you can join me for both of those.

Well, that's it for another week. I hope you enjoyed this post & come back for more next week. Til next time, take care & keep creating! XX Alison.