Moved Nicole

Welcome to the first hop of August with the Color Fusers Design Team!  This month we are featuring a super gorgeous color combination of Cherry Cobbler, Watermelon Wonder and Smokey Slate.  Be sure to click on the links below to visit all the blogs for tons of fabulous inspiration! For my card, I held out and waited for my latest order to arrive before starting.  You'll see why when I show you the gorgeous card made with the new THOUGHTFUL BRANCHES BUNDLE that will be available for you to order starting TOMORROW! This is such a gorgeous stamp set and coordinating die cuts.  I have so many ideas floating around in my head and not enough time to try them all!  For starters, here's a clean and simple idea with our three gorgeous colors for August. Isn't this just wonderful!  The die cuts are just amazing, love that you can make a tree and a flower with one die cut! I stamped Cherry Cobbler on Watermelon Wonder then die cut the flower.  I added another layer of color underneath...

Did you know that today is a special day??  It' the first day that you can order from the BRAND NEW 2016-2017 Stampin' Up! Catalog!!!  Yep, I'm excited....can you tell? This is such an amazing catalog....my wish list is literally a mile long!  I even splurged today and placed an order with 2nd day air so I'll have it Friday!  Can't wait to start working with NEW PRODUCTS!!!  Speaking of new, here's a card for today that combines new and old, well not too old, PARTY WITH CAKE has been released in the new catalog too! Isn't this so much fun!!  I used a NEW designer paper, a NEW stamp set and a NEW punch! I started out with the idea to use a favorite new color combination of WATERMELON WONDER and DAPPER DENIM.  Since this card is all about celebrating, I added in a fun paper design from the new POP OF PINK Specialty Designer Series Paper. I created a fun extended greeting by combining die cut negatives from the PARTY POP UP thinlits and sentiments from CON...