Time Out for Timeless Elegance, Card 2

I have another card for you today, using our gorgeous Timeless Elegance DSP.  This one features some wonderful touches of gold.  

I kept the design very simple, to let the elements just shine on their own.

When you add the gold touches to an already simple but elegant card, it just bumps it up that much more. 

Once again, I have a card that could be used for many different occasions.  My stash is getting filled out very nicely!

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Watermelon Crumb Cake

No, I've not invented a new food but I do have a great new color combo... Watermelon Wonder and Crumb Cake.  I also have another beautiful new stamp set to share with you.  This one is called You've Got This.  It has a large, gorgeous flower, a couple of text stamps and a wonderful, large background stamp.  And, to bump it up a notch... I have 2 versions of this card!

Here is Version One:

Here is Version Two:

In both cards, I've used the same design, along with some little speckles stamped for added texture.  They are from our Awesomely Artistic stamp set.  So, which version do you like the best?  I hope you'll give this color combo a try with some of your next projects.  As I've explored using the new In Colors, I've enjoyed seeing how they look with our other  colors.  A color can change a lot, depending on how you use it.

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Watercolor Wings with New In Colors... 2 Ways

Sometimes, it's fun to try to 'CASE' a card you see that you like.  This one was inspired by someone's photo of a display board from Stampin' Up's Australian Convention.  I don't want to ever copy exactly and don't think I could.  Once my creative juices get flowing, things start to change pretty fast.  I'll share my cards and then explain a bit about them. 

The photo I saw had In Colors DSP for the banner strip.  I didn't have mine (yet) so I decided to go with silver foil paper on 1 of each color and our new Corrugated Paper on 1 of each color.  I love this new paper.  It comes in white and Kraft.

Here are the 2 variations.  I wasn't sure if, on the card in the photo, they used vellum for the tiny butterfly, but decided that's what I'd like on mine.  After stamping and cutting out the large butterflies, I spritzed them with some of my shimmer concoction.  They have a nice shimmer coming through behind the vellum.  You have to see it in real life.

I also added a tiny bit of stamping on the card base, using 2 of the little stamps that came with the Watercolor Wings stamp set.

I love our new little Blossom Accents.  I used the Bitty Banners framelits for the 'Just for You' strip and then cut one end off straight, then attached it under the blossom.

I added a strip of our new Dotted Lace trim over each of the banners, to show off how pretty it is.  These cards were quite time consuming, but I love the results.  I used a lot of product, so I hope I didn't forget anything.

I must confess that, with all my intense work time I've had in my studio lately, that I'm having trouble choosing a favorite stamp set and a favorite new In Color.   The party is this Sunday, so I have to decide this week.  I thought I knew right away but, after working with so many lately, I just love them all.  Ok, I'll think hard and choose... by Sunday afternoon.  Yikes!

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