Playing with new goodies

When I met Sarn last weekend, I also got my Stampin' Up order - so of course, have had to have a little play:

I got a freebie SU paper pack with the order too, some with really bold designs on one side and more repetitive designs on the other side. And they all mix and match really well. But, the bit that sort of blew me away even more is below:

I totally love Craftwork Cards sentiments and guess what, a couple of SU punches are just perfect to use with them (I always thought the oval sentiments looked a bit lonely without backings, but no longer!). I'm so tickled with this discovery, and I think it's one to share - and I have a ton of oval sentiments from Craftwork Cards. The plain oval and scalloped oval SU punches are on the left - I'd also been using an old style SU butterfly punch which is in shot.The new SU punches fold flat and are brilliant for storing.

I used:

- 6" x 6" square white card stock

- SU papers from the Pocketful of Posies pack

- butterflies punched from a different sheet in the pack - see what I mean about mix and match, the red is perfect with the tulip on the backing paper. The bold design of the backing paper seemed to want a bold and rounded butterfly rather than a delicate one

- Sentiment by Craftwork Cards, mounted onto a plain oval and then a scalloped one

- and a Josy Rose nail head in the centre of each butterfly

So, remember that Sarn at Stamping for Pleasure is always on hand to offer advice and obviously would be delighted to place a Stampin' Up order for you. She ain't a pushy demonstrator so I'm doing a little bit of pushing for her today :)

Oh, and I ain't on commission either :)

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