New In Colors and Naturally Gilded Specialty DSP

 Hi Friends!

One of the perks of being an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator is being able to order early when there is a new product launch. With the new 2023-2024 Annual Catalog beginning May 2, a selection of products became available for preorder this month, including the new set of In Colors. 

I happen to love this collection of colors, and I'm excited to use them with my supply of stamp sets. 

I also recently ordered an online exclusive product - the Naturally Gilded Specialty Designer Series Paper. It's even more lovely in person! You get 2 sheets each in White and Silver, Vanilla and Gold, and White and Rose Gold. This DSP is great for ink blending - with a little ink and a blending brush, you can add some color to the background and the foil shines right through. 

Here's a card I made with a piece of the Naturally Gilded DSP in Vanilla and Gold that I blended with some Wild Wheat and Copper Clay inks. I attached this piece to a card base of Pretty Peacock (another new color!). I stamped some images from the Nature's Prints stamp set in Copper Clay, Wild Wheat and Pretty Peacock and attached those to a Very Vanilla panel die cut from the Scalloped Contours Dies. For added sparkle and shine, I punched the images from the Bough Punch in the Gold Metallic Specialty Paper. Finally, the sentiment comes from the Season of Chic stamp set in Copper Clay on a piece of Wild Wheat cardstock.

Here's another card I made with the Vanilla and Rose Gold color of the DSP. I blended this with new color Lemon Lolly and Calypso Coral. I layered this on a Copper Clay cardstock mat and attached it to a piece of the retiring Country Gingham DSP in Petal Pink on a Copper Clay card base. The flower die cut is from the Meadow Dies which I cut out in Basic White. I used my Sponge Daubers to add Lemon Lolly and Copper Clay ink to the die cut image. Finally I stamped the sentiment from the Go To Greetings stamp set on Basic White punched from the Double Oval punch with a bottom layer of Copper Clay.

I just had to play with one more new-to-me stamp set, Bottled Happiness. I stamped the flowers in Boho Blue and the leaves in Pebbled Path. The bottle is stamped with Moody Mauve ink, stamped off once, and then the bottle detail is stamped in Moody Mauve at full strength. I stamped the sentiment from in Pebbled Path. I layered the white panel on a Pebbled Path cardstock mat, which I adhered to a layer of Boho Blue on a Pebbled Path card base. This made a nice, flat card that would be easy to mass-produce and mail.

What do you think of the new In Colors? Will you be adding them to your collection when they become available on May 2?

Happy stamping!

Michelle