Playing with New Products!

I now I’ve been away for a while – there is just a lot of “stuff” going on in my life. All good. But lots of it. However, I’m back on track now. Today I started playing with new products from the brand new 2014-2015 Catalog!! It’s SO much fun. I guess it’s because there are SO many great additions to the catalog. Take a look at this card.

Let’s start with the stamps… The flowers – don’t you just love them???? They’re from Bloom with Hope, one of the new hostess sets. Its retail value is $37.95 (for wood, or $27.95 for clear), but you can purchase it for $23 (or $17) when you host a party for $150. Makes me wonder why more people don’t host parties. But I digress.

The flower design is just perfect for those alcohol markers that are coming sometime soon (i.e. Blendabilities), but since they’re not yet here, I did something a little different. And easy! I used my Blender Pens and Coastal Cabana ink to color the petals of the flowers. Then I drew on a few lines with the Coastal Cabana Stampin’ Write Marker. I know many of you don’t like to “color” because you think you don’t like the results. But take a close look at my flowers. It doesn’t need to be perfect to be pretty!

Moving on…. the sentiment is from A Dozen Thoughts. I think this is soon becoming my go-to stamp set for sentiments!

Focusing on the new…. The Coastal Cabana Thick Baker’s Twine is the cutest!  It’s similar to our regular Baker’s Twine, but 3 times as thick. Love it!

Of course, I made good use of my “old” products. I used the Bitty Butterfly Punch to make the small butterfly. I just sponged the edges of her wings and colored in her body! I used the Hexagon Punch to make the banner notches. And what card is complete without some Candy Dots in a corner?

I just LOVE playing with new products! Don’t you?