Beautiful Branches

Here are a couple more cards made with the Thoughtful Branches Bundle.  I made one a thank you and the other one a lovely sympathy card.  The layer of Designer Series Paper is from By the Shore DSP.  You would never know from the picture in the catalog that these beautiful papers were included!  I absolutely LOVE them!

The thank you sentiment is from Thoughtful Branches and I'm not quite sure where the sympathy one came from.  It might be from a retired set.  My craft room is a bit of a disaster right now and I can't find the set I used!  The inside was the same piece of DSP and I stamped the sentiment directly on the paper for a lovely effect.

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Thoughtful Branches Bundle

The Thoughtful Branches Bundle is a hit sensation with images popping up all over the internet!  Here is another image to share.  This is one of the cards we made at Stamp Club this month.  It is so very clean and simple, but has quite an impact!  I'd definitely call it a WOW card.  I used the Thoughtful Branches stamp set for the sentiment and the Beautiful Branches Thinlits to cut out this lovely tree.

In this card you see positive and negative images used together to create the dramatic tree image.  The new Foam Adhesive Strips were used around the tree to pop up the Very Vanilla layer.  These strips are a little thicker than our regular Dimensionals, and that gave it just enough depth to really see the contrast.

I was inspired by Kylie Bertucci's card.  You can see her original card here.  As you can see, I made a couple subtle changes when creating my card.  I used Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, and Very Vanilla cardstock for my card; and added a lovely soft touch with Mint Macaron 3/8" Sheer Linen Ribbon and 1/4" Gold Natural Trim.

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Thoughtful Branches Bundle

The Thoughtful Branches Bundle is now available but only until August 31st, so place your order soon!  This is one card I made with the bundle and I used the sentiments from Here for You.  There are some great sentiments in that set that are on the more casual side.  Sometimes that is just the perfect message you want to convey with a card!

Here I wanted to send a little "pick me up" message and I thought the tree with the lone apple did the trick.  I loved that there was a matching die to cut out my little apple, too!  I could have fussed more and added extra details, but the card was for a man, so I figured simple was better.

I CASED this idea from a card made by Susan Itell.  You can see her original card here.

What do you think of this lovely set?  We will be using this set on Friday for Stamp Club this month to make a couple more cards with totally different looks.  Check back to see them soon!

Bonus Days are Here!

Stampin' Up! is offering you a $5 coupon for every $50 increment you order from July 7 - 31.  You will receive the coupon via email, but be sure to save it carefully, as lost coupon codes cannot be duplicated.  These coupons can be spent on any product in our current catalog from August 2 - 31, 2016.  There is no limit on the number of coupons you may use.

To shop online, go directly to my online store HERE and when you have finished shopping, click on "view shopping bag."  You will see a box in the lower left corner.  Please paste Host Code CCXEDAVS into the box and click "apply."  Then I will enter your name into a drawing for a FREE gift!  Good luck!

This coincides beautifully with the special offer of the Thoughtful Branches Bundle.  This beautiful bundle is available only from August  2 - 31, 2016.  You may, of course, order just the stamp set or just the Thinlits, but ordering the bundle saves you 10% and you are going to want both the stamp set and the matching Thinlits for sure!

#144328  Thoughtful Branches Bundle   $52

#143539  Thoughtful Branches Stamp Set  $27

#143538  Thoughtful Branches Thinlits Dies  $31