Creating patterned paper with Forever Fern

**updated with product links**

It’s been too hot to spend much time outside today so I enjoyed a relaxing couple of hours creating my own patterned paper using the wonderful new set Forever Fern.

Dandelion Wishes in Vases

I can’t believe I’ve never put Dandelion Wishes and the Vases Builder Punch together!

I’ve used one of my favourite colour combos for this card, Highland Heather, Balmy Blue and Coastal Cabana.

Morning Star with Honey Bees

I’ve combined the old with the new today using some retiring sets with the new Ornate Border Dies and the soon to be release Forever Greenery dsp.

I’m loving using greens at the moment and the ink colours I chose match the beautiful dsp. The trailing ivy is stamped using garden green and shaded spruce, the morning glory flower is so saffron.

Returning to Forever Fern

Just a quick post to show you a couple of cards created today using the new Forever Fern bundle but this time, not in green.

I have used two of the new in colours, Misty Moonlight paired with Seaside Spray and Magenta Madness with Purple Posy, Coastal Cabana and Blushing Bride.

This set really does make it easy to create a beautiful card with just a few stems, stamped or die cut and a sentiment.

Is it on your wish list? Product links will be posted here 3rd June when this lovely set becomes available.

Back soon x

Forever Fern coming soon

My preorder arrived today after an agonising wait. I am lucky enough as a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator to get an advance copy of the annual catalogue and a chance to order selected items early.

There are some wonderful new products in the catalogue but the one that caught my eye first was the Forever Fern bundle and the coordinating dsp.

I thought I was more of a ‘blues’ girl but these greens are gorgeous. The new green is Just Jade and it’s a lovely soft mid green colour. It goes really well with Soft Sea Foam and Pretty Peacock.

The card I’ve made is a real off the cuff creation, I haven’t even used any of the leaf stamps. In addition to the new products, I have used the rope die from Smooth Sailing, Stitched Shapes dies, Classic Label Punch and my favourite embellishment linen thread.

Watch out for more creations using this set over the next couple of weeks and if you like it as much as I do, it will be available 3rd June, I will post product and catalogue links then.

Thanks for looking x

Morning Star with Stitched Labels

I would love to be playing with new Stampin’ Up! goodies this weekend but my pre order isn’t coming until Tuesday, oh well, something to look forward to next week.

Instead I set myself a little challenge of making some cards with one retiring stamp set and one retiring die set, ok I did cheat a bit and use the Stitched Rectangles.

The sets I chose are both retiring at the end of this month. Morning Star, currently available at the bargain price of £6.40! and Stitched Labels which has been reduced to £23.25.

Saying Thanks with Ornate Borders

I've only had the Ornate Thanks bundle for a couple of weeks but I have used it loads and I love it. It is one of the new sets in the soon to be available annual catalogue but was released early.

Today's cards pair it with the Medium Daisy Punch and are made quite simply using a single colour. I have used highland heather for one card and mint macaron for the other. The dsp is retiring at the end of this month and may well be sold out already but there will be new patterns in the same colours in the new catalogue.

Beautiful You meet Painted Poppies

Today's card combines the old with the new, I will be sorry to see Beautiful You retire and I will REALLY miss Peaceful Poppies dsp. I am happy to see that Painted Poppies will carry over and there are some wonderful new products coming out in June that I can't wait to share with you.

Watch out for a link to the new annual catalogue which I will share from 3rd June. If you are in the UK and would like a paper copy please do let me know.