Hello and welcome to our Global Stamping Friend Extraordinary Blog Hop - celebrating the new January to June Mini Catalogue! Last weekend demonstrators from all over the world gathered together at Onstage to learn and see new products coming in January. We are sharing projects either showcasing new product or swaps from Onstage.

On Saturday I attended Onstage Local in Toronto, Ontario - it was a lot of fun! I was lucky to bring home the new Forever Blossoms stamp set and a package of new Country Club designer series paper. Both of these items will be in the January-June Mini Catalogue on January 3, 2020. One of my favourite reasons to attend Onstage is receiving new product before anyone else!


To colour in the flower image I used a Blender pen with Crushed Curry and Garden Green ink. Those 2 colours can be found in the Country Club designer series paper along with Night of Navy, Poppy Parade, Basic Black and Whisper White. I squeeze my ink pads to transfer colour to the lid, then use the Blender Pen to pick up the ink from the lid. Make sure to wipe your Blender pen on a scrap piece of paper to clear off any ink before using another colour or putting it away.

To finish off the card the main image is die cut using the Stitched Nested labels then popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals, a piece of Crushed Curry was embossed using the Stylish Scroll embossing folder (found in the Holiday Catalogue), a section of Basic Black Scalloped Edge ribbon and a few Gold Metallic pearls to finish off the card.

Thank you for stopping by! Click the Next button below to head over to Tricia's blog and her great project! ~ Amanda

I had fun creating this swap card for November's Team Meeting. For this card I used the beautiful Feels Like Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper. One side of this designer series paper is silver foil while the other is beautiful photographic images.

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Thank you for stopping by! ~ Amanda

We created this card at last month's Cards & Chocolate event. I cased this card from one I saw on Pinterest but the photo I saved doesn't have anyone's name on it - thank you to the one who gave me inspiration! The Buffalo Check is a perfect pairing to the Merry Moose bundle. The moose might be my most used stamp set right now!

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~ Amanda

These penguins in the Playful Penguins stamp set are adorable! Made this card for a special little guy celebrating a birthday a few months ago. Don't you love his little bow tie?

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~ Amanda

The above photo is a mood board challenge that Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine had near the end of September. Last week they shared the winners with some of the submissions for the challenge and my card, although not the winning one, was posted! It put a big smile on my face to see my card and scrapbook page shared on their page!!


There are so many elements on this card! The balloons and the stars stood out the most from the mood board. And since the moose is my new favourite stamp and punch it just had to be used on this card!

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~ Amanda