Welcome to very special Artisan Design Team Blog Hop. Today we are promoting the new Share What You Love Suite. Half of the team is sharing projects made with the Just Getting Started Bundle, while the other half of the team is sharing the Gotta Have It All bundle. My projects are made with the Just Getting Started Bundle and are designed with the new crafter in mind. This bundle includes: the Love What You Do Stamp Set, Grapefruit Grove Ink Pad, Old Olive Ink Pad, Very Vanilla 8-1/2 X 11” Cardstock, Very Vanilla Note Cards & Envelopes, and a Clear Block E. This early release bundle is available to demonstrators now thru April 30 and to customers May 1-31, 2018. The North American product code for the Just Getting Started Bundle is #149524 and is $57 in the US.
I have been a demonstrator for 18 years, so I have to admit, making projects with only the items in the above kit was a bit of an exercise for me, but it was also fun. We were allowed to use a paper cutter, scissors, adhesive, and dimensionals, so that was a big help. With the limited supplies, I had to fall back on some basic stamping techniques on my projects.
This card was made by stamping the dot from the Love What You Do stamp set included in the kit. This stamp set is amazing and has beautiful images and sentiments. There are two stamp pads included in the bundle: Old Olive and the new In-Color, Grapefruit Grove. Did you notice the new design on the stamp pads? The new case design is slightly smaller and made to easily stack...that way you have more room on your stamp table...and who doesn't need more space? I stamped the medium size background stamp several times around the edges of a Very Vanilla cardstock square to create a panel to place behind the sentiment.
For this next card I used the direct-to-paper technique and dragged an Old Olive stamp pad across the card base. For the panel, I stamped the leaves in full strength and then again to achieve the lighter color leaves. This technique is called "stamping off" and it gives you more versatility with your stamp pads.
For my last card I stamped the small floral cluster from the set several times along the edge of the card base. The top panel is narrower and offset to one side.
Finally, to mix things up a bit, I created a bag-a-lope using the free envelopes included in the kit. I used the direct-to-paper technique to color some cardstock and then cut thin strips to create my own shreddies.
I hope I have given you some great ideas! I can't wait to see what the rest of the team came up with. My friend Elizabeth Price is next on our blog hop so be sure to head on over and check out what she and the the rest of the Artisan Design Team team have in store by clicking on the button below.
Cathy Caines - In The Cat Cave (Canada)
Charlet Mallet - Painted Orange (USA)
Connie Collins - Constantly Stamping (USA) <- you are here
Elizabeth Price - Seeing Ink Spots (USA)
Emma Goddard - Coastal Crafter (UK)
Jennifer Frost - Jennifer Frost (Australia)
Jenni Pauli - Paulines Papier (Germany)
Jessica Winter - kunterbuntestempelwelt (Austria)
Kayla Macaulay - Love, Kayla (Australia)
Kim McGillis - Kim McGillis Papercrafting (Canada)
Lauren Alarid - Crafty Little Peach (USA)
Linda van Wely-Zwolle - Stampin with Liz Design (The Netherlands)
Rhoda MacPherson - Pretty Creative (UK)
Sarah Lancaster - Pirouette Papercraft (France)
Susan Wong - Stampin Susan (New Zealand)
Sylwia Schreck - Stempel Einfach (Germany)
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