Oh…today is the first day of the NEW CATALOG!!!  Soon…very soon, I’ll be able to put my first order in…ribbon, and paper and stamps OH MY!!!  I can hardly wait!  And how do you say EXPEDITED ORDER!!!  Yep…gotta get that new stuff to me RIGHT AWAY!  Oh…in case you haven’t heard…Stampin’ Up! is offering a weekly special through the month of July.  If you are on my email list, you will receive a weekly email about the special.  And now for the card…

Isn’t this just the cutest?  As you all know I’m part of the FREAKS…and amazing group of swappers!  This is the card I made for our recent swap.  I chose to use new Animal Stories set.  Now there is ADORABLE paper that goes along with it but I decided to use another paper - Razzledazzle Lemonade - that we could preorder.  So here’s what I did…the base of the card is Old Olive.  I am finding that Old Olive is a perfect add-in color with the new in-colors.  Two of the patterns of dsp are layered onto a piece of soft suede.  I paper pierced around the edge of the card before layering onto the card front.  I used a little piece of soft suede under the one paper to finish it off.  I made the leaves with the SU Sizzlits die and then added the stems with an old olive marker (it’s old olive paper).  I stamped the owls once in dusty durango and once in soft suede, cut them out and layered them onto a curry 1 3/8” circle on a Bermuda Blue scallop circle (holes punched on the ‘petals’).  I stamped “hi there” from Fundamental Phrases using Rich Razzleberry on a piece of whisper white and punched out with the new Modern Label punch.  I then sponged around the edges using Bermuda Bay.  You have GOT to get this punch - FABULOUS!!!  To get the rich razzleberry layer in the back, I used the new dies that go with the movers and shakers die.  SOOO great with several of our punches!  It is finished off with two brads from the vintage brad collection.  Oh…and guess what?  Did you notice?  NO RIBBON!  I tried…really I did but just couldn’t get it worked in there - LOL!!!

So…welcome to the new catalog year!  For those of you who pre-ordered, your catalogs are ready for pick-up.  Thanks to all of you who have already been by to get them.  Hope you are enjoying them!  My friend Lisa and I are doing a little stamping today so I’ll have some things to post.  I’m also working on projects for my July and August FREAK blog hop!  You won’t want to miss those!

Happy new catalog and as always…HAPPY STAMPIN’!