Reno Trip - Pampered Pets

Playful Pets Suite Collection

Today’s focus was using the adorable Playful Pets Suite Collcection.  This Suite includes the Designer Series Paper (DSP), Dies, set of Two trims, and the cutest trinkets that include both a dog bone and a heart.

 

My 1^st. card was CASED from Sam Drummond, a UK Demonstrator, and is as cute as can be!  This card design is called a Double Z Card, named for the two folded pieces of cardstock that fit together like a “Z”.  I used the paw print & hearts DSP as my background. The adorable dog was stamped on Whisper White cardstock & colored her using our SU Blends alcohol pens in both light and dark Smoky Slate.  Next I die cut the dog with the die included in the Die set- yeah, no fussy cutting!  I also stanped & fussy-cut the food bowl.  The red bow is made with the coordinating ribbon from the Suite.

My 2^nd card features one of the cats in the Designer Series Paper (DSP) that I fussy cut with my paper snips; this one is a precious, sweet kitty wearing one of the little heart shaped trinkets "around" her neck.  The little fish & heart paper is a perfect match along with the strip with the wording: jump, love, meow, love, purr, etc.  I also cut the mouse and ball of yarn peeking out on the bottom right of the card.  The 3 white hearts were rescued from the paw print die used on the card below!

My 3rd Card: is another of the cats from the DSP and more of the fish & heart DSP.  This time I used the little 3-paw print die and backed them with some Real Red card stock.  The Real Red ribbon is part of the Suite Collection.  My sentiment is taken from a retired Beautiful You stamp set.

Here is are pictures of everything that comes in the Playful Pets Suite Collection:

                         

Sun Valley, Nevada Week & New Catalog Suites

My Sun Valley, Nevada "Week-long Vacation" begins with 3 days of fun with my dear friend and Stampin' Up Guru at her house catching up, baking cookies, hanging pictures in her new studio, planting flowers in pots for her new, gorgeous patio and just hanging out.  Oh, and then there's her 800 square foot studio where I am set up with my own workspace! And next there's my brand new Stampin' Up Suites".  These are complete Collections featured in the New 2020-21 Inspire Create Share Catalog that launched on June 3^rd.  These Suites include the stamp sets & coordinating dies, Designer Series Papers and all accessories to coordinate – all together in one neat package which also includes a 10% savings.  Of course, one can purchase everything individually.  

I dabbled a bit Monday and Tuesday with the super cute sea-themed "Whale of a Time" Suite, Item # 152470:

 

 These Designer Series Papers have all kinds of sea critters and even some under water scenes!

My 1^st. Card:

I wanted something special to send to my Mom, who continues to recover from not only a mild stroke a little over a month ago, but now also a nasty fall that tore muscles & ligaments!  Unfortunately, there are too many miles that separate us between Oregon and Southern California so we don't get to see each often enough.  So, I created this cute card - I saw this "tilted to the side" design by another Demonstrator and gave it a try.  I love how the insides peek through to the front.  I found the "I Miss Your Face" idea from Stampin' Up's brand new 2020-21 Catalog & CASED the idea into my own design.  PS-the new catalog launches on August 1st! 

The card front was so fun to put together with all the layers!  The full sentiment on the inside lets my parents know we miss not only them but we miss their faces! (and hugs too!)

 My 2^nd. Card: Same Suite, different look…

I used one of the underwater scenes again, this cut piece being the left-over cutting mistake from my first attempt at my first card.  Of course, there are never mistakes in card making, just new opportunities to make something better!  I used a couple of the white cut-outs, adhered together and added to that a cut-out of a different piece of DSP from the Whale papers.  I did a bit of shading with Pretty Peacock to add some depth, 3 layers on the large whale punched from the DSP and several other fussy-cut critters from the sea to create this card,  It was tricky to cut those tiny fish and the seahorse!

 

My 3^rd. Card:

More left-over DSP from previous cards and while sitting on my workspace, I realized I could cut each diagonally to salvage the DSP, fit them together on a piece of Night of Navy cardstock that I'd already used to cut out the “miss you” letters, c& created this fun card!  Isn't that embossed piece of Pretty Peacock cardstock gorgeous?  That's the new embossing folder - love it!  I fussy cut the turtle and popped him up on Dimensionals while using my bone folder to shape his legs to curl some.  There are a few Iridescent Pearls on the embossed piece and the lower left corner from the "Magic in the Night Suite - they work perfectly with the Whale colors!

 

So – which card do you like the best?

 

I would love to be your Demonstrator, contact me and we will connect and get you started making your own gorgeous cards and projects!