Christi's Creative Crew: Happy Thoughts

Because we featured the Art Gallery stamp set in our Make & Take for the team meeting last week (you can see that post HERE)

I decided to play (big time) with this stamp set and make samples to inspire my team

Inspired by Mary Brown

Inspired by Cindy Elam

Inspired by Pree

Inspired by Jenny Shaw

Inspired by Jill

Inspired by Susan Levasseur

Inspired by Sue Vinci

Inspired by Joanne Cantrell

Inspired by Patti Dolan

Inspired by Jenny Morse

Inspired by Theresa McEntee

Inspired by Lorri Heiling

Inspired by an Esty ad

Inspired by Sandy McCullough

Inspired by Bianca

Inspired by an Etsy ad

Inspired by Libby

Inspired by Jackie Bolhuis

This one is a note card size

Inspired by Teah Woodward

This next card is called a Tri-Fold Window Fold Card inspired by Lisa Curcio

I hope you enjoyed this tour of the Art Gallery Stamp Set and found some inspiring ideas

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One of the new products in the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog is the Dandy Laser-Cut Paper (154300)

Sometimes items like this get over looked so I wanted to pull it out and see what I could come up with

It's kind of hard to see in the photo because they are all white pieces.

And there are so many more options than what I came up with because you can color each piece with your Stampin' Blends or sponge daubers. In fact, you can use some of the pieces as a mask and double your pleasure.

However - this is what I came up with

Card #1 - I left the sentiment off becasue I'm not sure what I will be using it for yet. I also added one of the small sprigs to make it look fuller. I also added and extra layer with a scalloped circle (Layering Circles Dies #151770) in Mossy Meadow and a stitched circle for the sentiment. (Stitched Shapes Dies #152323). All popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Card #2 - This front piece made me think of the fence that Mr. McGregor may have had up to keep Peter Rabbit out of his garden. I was looking through my bin of extras and found this cute FABLE FRIENDS (retired) bunny and even the Crushed Curry "happy" die cuts (Well Written Dies #151816) which I actually layered 3 on top of each other to make it stand out.

Card #3: I LOVE the Seaside Spray card stock color and HOPING that Stampin' Up! will bring this color into the main color families line-up next time they do a color re-vamp. I pulled in the HAPPY THOUGHTS Stamp Set (#154507) for the sentiment. This is where I took a little liberty...I found a VersaMark Marker at a local craft store so that I could use it for just the "happy thoughts" portion so that I could heat emboss it with white embossing powder onto black card stock. Then I stamped the full image using Memento Black Ink onto Basic White (new product that replaces Whisper White #159276), and I cut the words apart as seen. The little flowers are from Sweet Strawberry Stamp Set and punched with the coordinating Strawberry Builder Punch (#154239) AND the beauty is that you can buy the stamp set and punch as a bundle and save 10% (#156214)

Card #4 - I am using the Dandy Garden 6x6 Designer Paper again (#154297) I have seen many examples using this piece and I'm wishing that I could buy just this piece in bulk. I embossed it with my new favorite Embossing Folder PAINTED TEXTURE 3D (#154317). I'm using the same HAPPY THOUGHTS Stamp Set, but this time I stamped the sentiment in black before I embossed it, then I stamped it a second time with Bumblebee ink onto scrap Basic White and fussy-cut the "happy thoughts" to pop it up using the MINI STAMPIN' DIMENSIONALS (#144108).

I pulled in my DRAGONFLY GARDEN Stamp Set (#154411) and coordinating DRAGONFLIES PUNCH (#154240) to stamp the dragonfly. BONUS: Purchase the stamp set and punch as a bundle and save 10% (#156224). Optional: there are dragonflies on some of the designer paper that you can punch out and use on your card.

Card #5: This particular piece of designer paper is a "WHAT?" - way too 'out-there' for me - however - using the dragonfly piece on the front really tones it down, and as I laid this piece on all the different patterns, I really fell for this one the best. Another dragonfly is added onto the front. It's so nice to have cards that have no sentiment on the front so that I can use it for whatever occasion comes up.

Card #6: Other than the Seaside Spray card (#3), this card is my favorite. I actually had this cute little turtle from BACK ON YOUR FEET (#149385) all ready to go in my left-over stash, and it was already colored and mounted onto an Old Olive scalloped circle (Layering Circles Dies #151770). I used the MESSAGES DIES (#154422) for the sentiment. This is such a great one piece die but you get a multitude of cut outs. Check it out: Awesome, right!!??

There is a stamp set that bundles with the Messages Die - Many Messages Bundle (#156222)

This stamp is ONE STAMP with many words that match up exactly to the one piece die. HOWEVER - what I ended up doing is cutting my words apart so now I have individual word stamps and I can use them with any of the die openings available.

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