I was really amazed to see some of the pretty items in Stampin' Up's new catalog! Here are a few of my favorites:
Let's do a tour of the new catalog together, OK? Grab your catalog, or download one from my online store here: http://su-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/catalogs/2021-2022-Annual-Catalog/AC_21-22_en_US.pdf
Get a cup of coffee, tea, or whatever; make sure to have some paper and a pen so you can write down what items you want to order, and let's go through it page by page! This is the fun part; and afterwards pick out what you have to order right now, and order them in my online store (this is the hardest part, narrowing it down to what you want right now!) https://marynoble.stampinup.net/
· Page 4: Take note of the ICONS at the bottom of the page and their meanings!
· Page 10&11: The “tree topper” stamp can also be used as a shrub.
· Page 12: The seahorse and fish dies do NOT completely cut out the image. However, you can “free them” as a separate fully cut piece with a few snips from your scissors.
· Page 16: Take note of “reversible” stamps – they are intended to be stamped using both sides of the stamp.
· Page 17: The sunflower detail die cut was used as an accent piece behind the greeting.
· Page 18: Genius!! The size of any chosen month’s “calendar of days” is the exact width of our ink pads! So, no masking required to stamp one month of days!
· Page 25: Note that the “Painted Labels” die-cut from DSP is the focal point of the card—not used only as a label!
· Page 25: You can use the piercing end of your Take Your Pick Tool to pierce the stitches on the stitching border stamp—makes them look real!
· Page 26: Showcases a nice technique—Faux Torn Edge
· Page 26: Like the card technique at the top of the page which is 4 separate pieces of cardstock glued down and then run through embossing folder.
· Page 28: Run the Ombre Gift Bags through your die-cutting machine inside an embossing folder for texture!
· Page 28: Bottom right – use a light-colored DSP as a label on which to stamp.
· Page 29: Note that some of the dies cut out some of the shapes in the DSP.
· Page 30: Top – the long label extends beyond the end of the die-cut label…thinking “outside of the box”!
· Page 34: A piece of vellum makes a nice subtle layer on a card!
· Page 34: Small stamps (the chef hats) stamped repeatedly can make a nice border.
· Page 34: The cutting board die also adds woodgrain texture to the die-cut piece! Nice!
· Page 35: Take note of the top tip.
· Page 39: Note that ANY stamp, stamped all over a piece of cardstock, can make a nice background layer.
· Page 40&41: For the heart card on pg. 41, the sentiment didn’t fit inside the punched heart shape. But, by “thinking outside of the box”, the full sentiment can still be used!
· Page 41: Love the “over-ripe” bananas compared to the “just right” bananas! LOL
· Page 43: Note that on the black & white card, a small snippet of the wide mesh metallic ribbon was used to accent!
· Page 43: On the 3x3 card, they used the FULL SIZE “Stitched Greenery” texture die (pg. 167) on a SMALL PIECE of cardstock. Just because the die can work on a full card size piece, don’t forget that it can be used equally as well on small accent pieces!
· Page 44: The separate “accent heads” of the cats are interchangeable on each cat image; i.e., you can have either a cheetah/leopard or a tiger!
· Page 44: The long foliage piece/stamp can be used either “hanging down” or “growing up from the ground”.
· Page 44: Some of the dies cut out some of the big cats in the DSP.
· Page 44: Note the ribbon on the treat box – it is white ribbon colored with Cajun Craze Stampin’ Blends marker.
· Page 44: Thinking outside the box – a green tiger?! An albino tiger!!
· Page 44: Like both sample cards that use strips of DSP as a background technique. Note that they used an odd # of strips.
· Page 47: All of the dies have stitching texture on them!
· Page 47: Note the steps taken to make the Old Olive cap to look “worn” – especially at the front of the brim!
· Page 48: The slim tag has nice layers and makes good use of the bricks stamp.
· Page 48: Make your own striped DSP with Stampin’ Blends or Stampin’ Write Markers!
· Page 48: For triple-time “layered stamping”, use a piece of DSP as your middle layer!
· Page 50: Frenchie’s million $ stamp set was designed from a photo she took while camping!
· Page 51: Good use of the layering dies and use of the nautical rope die for textured stripes background!
· Page 52: The die-cut leaves can be used as the top of the tree or as a pile of leaves beneath the tree.
· Page 52: Think outside the box – white trees!
· Page 54: Good use of scraps!
· Page 58: Good use of the SU! mask as a “mermaid scales” background!
· Page 58: Note on the pirate tag – the small tag tied onto the larger tag!
· Page 59: On the left: cute layered onesies on hangers!!
· Page 59: On the right: they used one stamp of a onesie, but it looks like 3 different outfits by using different colors of ink and different added accents!
· Page 61: They used the layering circles dies to cut out DSP jar toppers!
· Page 61: Technique – add shading to the peach stamps using sponge daubers direct to the stamp after inking up the stamp in the lighter color.
· Page 62: You can get an ombre effect on ribbon using the Stampin’ Blends markers.
· Page 63: The “Biggest Wish” stamps may be used alone or in pairs.
· Page 64: Use Stampin’ Blends or Stampin’ Write markers to make striped dsp.
· Page 67: Cut a sentiment apart into separate words or phrases.
· Page 68: Top right boxes: embossed with gold and silver embossing powder to create a fancy border along bottom of gold metallic box lid.
· Page 68: Bottom center card: white embossing powder on top of Very Vanilla card – I wouldn’t have thought of doing that!
· Page 68: Bottom right card: use only a portion of the large lace stamp to create a nice accent in the corners.
· Page 69: Top – a good tip to share for ANY of our tag punches!
· Page 70: Top left box – make your own tassel using any of our Baker’s twine.
· Page 70: Top left box – always a good design technique: to pick one “object” in a group-image stamp, cut it out and pop it up on the original stamped image using dimensionals.
· Page 70: Middle card – flowers are stamped on light-colored DSP…forget about doing that!
· Page 71: Top – just one of several samples throughout the catalog showing 3 versions, from simple to “stepped up”!
· Page 71: Stepped up card shows great use of “tone-on-tone” die-cuts PLUS texture to create visual interest.
· Page 72: Top left card – how did they do the shadows behind the stamped, cut floral images??
· Page 72: Middle right card with Bumblebee trinkets – LOL!! Bumblebee “pilot sky-writers”!!
· Page 72: Nice use of shimmer vellum – build the peony using it for a soft, elegant flower.
· Page 74: Another nice sample of using plain vellum for a subtle layer behind a focal point.
· Page 75: The 3x3 card – I like the heart punched out of the “Expressions in Ink” foiled DSP.
· Page 77: Top left small card – oh my!! Someone LOVES to fussy cut! Check out the word “beautiful”!!!
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Page 78: Top
left card – cut out the middle flower petal and pop it up with
dimensionals! Nice touch!
Page 78: Top right card – love the
two-tone coloring on all of the flowers.
· Page 79: The crinkled seam binding ribbon is perfect for coloring with Stampin’ Blends. Note on the stepped up card that they only colored one edge of the ribbon for a two-tone effect!
· Page 79: Stepped up card – they used blends or blending brushes on scallop die-cut for a nice light-colored label background.
· Page 80: LOVE all of these samples!!
· Page 80: Bottom left card: back hanging foliage is stamped on background; all other plants are die-cut. (That same technique was used on bottom right card.) The plant hanger was altered by snipping off parts of it (as shown top right on pg. 81). They also die-cut a label out of DSP and stamped direct to DSP there.
· Page 80: Top right card – technique: emboss a full background piece and then cut it into strips and stagger them for visual interest.
· Page 80&81: Some of the dies cut out some of the images.
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Page 80:
Bottom right card – stamp direct onto DSP background; love the “wire”
basket into which one of the die-cut pots fits!
Page 82: Tip – note the comment in
middle of page about “mirror image stamping” using the silicone craft mat.
· Page 82: Bottom left card – stamp a scene; cut it into 3 panels and adhere them “haphazardly” onto card front.
· Page 82: 3x3 card – get any size “postage stamp rectangle” punched shape you want! Attach a post-it note “handle” to a punched rectangle; put it back into the punch and re-punch to desired size(s).
· Page 85: 3x3 card: They die-cut a card-front Basic Borders dies shape, and then cut it down into smaller pieces for a layered, stitched background.
· Page 85: Paper airplane – don’t forget the emboss resist technique! Great technique to show off the new blending brushes!
· Page 85: Cute two-layers tag! Repeat stamping of a sentiment always makes a nice background. Have images extend BEYOND the sides of the tag for visual interest!
· Page 85: Bottom right card – HA! A giraffe who’s feeling a little “green around the gills”!!
· Page 86: Top left card – another good use of scraps for a “strip background”
· Page 86: Top right card – use the “negative” portion of a DSP die-cut label to make a frame around a stamped image.
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Page 87: Top
left card – make a textured background piece using your Stampin’ Trimmer or
Simply Scoring Tool to make “scored lines” in a repeating pattern.
Page 87: Cut a window in the ombre gift
bag – place die inside bag, blade up – secure it in place with post-it
note. Stamp and/or heat-emboss on the
ombre gift bags.
· Page 88: Top left card: love the tone-on-tone Evening Evergreen sprigs peeking out from behind the center panel.
· Page 94: Top left card – two tone leaves! Ink up stamp in lightest color ink then use sponge dauber to add darker ink direct to stamp.
· Page 95: Top left ombre bag – another nice sample of stamping/heat-embossing direct to the bag. Cute two-layer tag in 2 different size layers!
· Page 95: Top center card – love that the focal point piece is SMALLER than the die-cut image and cut apart sentiment.
· Page 98: Top middle card – another die-cut label that has been colored using blending brushes. They “colored” the flowers using only the splatter stamp!
· Page 100: Bottom middle card – layer two white circles, with top one popped up, for a nice focal point!
· Page 101: REMEMBER! “Etched in Nature” is currently not orderable due to quality issues!!
· Page 106: Top left card – like the “cross-hatch” texture die used sporadically on background
· Page 106: Top right card – stamping direct to DSP again!
· Page 107: Not sure which image is correct for the stamps’ directional orientation – note that the tall, angle-roof birdhouse is facing left in the stamp images but is facing right on top right card. Same situation with the other tall birdhouse – could have both been stamped using mirror-image technique, but seems unlikely?
· Page 114: Top right card: wow! Lots of detail work in that flower, it seems! Technique – stamp an image all over the card background. Then die-cut a large stitched-rectangle out of it and pop it up using dimensionals for visual interest.
· Page 116: Bloom HYBRID embossing folder is designed for you to cut the flowers and emboss in one pass through the die-cutting machine. Other embossing folders should NOT be used in this way unless labelled HYBRID. (Top middle sample on pg. 156 shows the negative frame from die-cutting the 3 flowers from embossed background.)
· Page 118: See tip to get multiple colors on the Spiral Dye stamp.
· Page 119: Set includes 2 Angel Policy stamps you may use if you wish to sell your cards.
· Page 120: oh my! What a lot of work!
· Page 144: Hinge-step stamping is shown using Stamparatus.
· Page 152: Ink added on top of embossed background (Thanks & Hello folder) with blending brushes is a nice effect!
Tour created by Shannon West, Stampin’ Up demonstrator 5/2021
https://marynoble.stampinup.net/
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