"Because I Care" is one of this years Level 1 Hostess Stamp Sets. Anyone who places a $150 order or collects $150 worth of orders (before tax & shipping) can select this stamp set for FREE! 
I stamped the main flower image in Marina Mist onto Whisper White Cardstock. It is layered on Daffodil Delight and Marina Mist Cardstock. I tied a piece of Pretty In Pink Satin Ribbon around the panel and put in two strips of 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon. The sentiment is from the same stamp set. The criss cross paper on the left is actually a specialty paper found in the Summer Mini catalog out right now. The various 12x12 papers are embosed with designs. When you put ink on the paper the embossed area repells the ink and shows the white embossing. You can roll ink, sponge ink, spritz ink, dag ink, dribble ink, spray the paper with smooch, or cover it in any other way with a water soluable solution. You can put as much or as little as you like. Use a clean tissue or clean sponge to help wipe off the unneeded ink and make the white shine. I used a Stampin' Spounge. I cut my spounges into smaller pieces for various colors.
I stamped the main flower image in Marina Mist onto Whisper White Cardstock. It is layered on Daffodil Delight and Marina Mist Cardstock. I tied a piece of Pretty In Pink Satin Ribbon around the panel and put in two strips of 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon. The sentiment is from the same stamp set. The criss cross paper on the left is actually a specialty paper found in the Summer Mini catalog out right now. The various 12x12 papers are embosed with designs. When you put ink on the paper the embossed area repells the ink and shows the white embossing. You can roll ink, sponge ink, spritz ink, dag ink, dribble ink, spray the paper with smooch, or cover it in any other way with a water soluable solution. You can put as much or as little as you like. Use a clean tissue or clean sponge to help wipe off the unneeded ink and make the white shine. I used a Stampin' Spounge. I cut my spounges into smaller pieces for various colors.Be sure to book your workshop and earn your very own "Because I Care" Hostess Stamp Set. You can pick from clear or wood mount. Want to stock up on all these wonderful new colors, order $150 online at My Stampin' Up! Website and you can select this as your Hostess Free Stamp Set.
Products Used:
Stamp Sets: Because I Care (Hostess Exclusive)
Cardstock: Pretty In Pink, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Presto Patterns Specialty DSP
Ink: Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight
Punches: 1/2" Circle, Oval, Large Oval, Scalloped Oval
Other Accessories: Dimensionals, Pretty In Pink Satin Ribbon, Marina Mist 1/8" Taffeta, Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta, Stampin' Spounges
For the card I embossed the front base with the new Finial Press Embossing Folder. I simply put the front only into the embossing folder and ran it through the Big Shot. The "Vintage Vogue" stamp set has been one of my favorites since it came out in the Occassions Mini Catalog. I was very glad that it carried over and is in the new Idea Book & Catalog. This stamp set has so many uses. One of my favorite types of cards to make is one with a use for everything. I used one of the sentiments from the stamp set, but you could just as easily put any sentiment on this card. I cut the flower out with my paper snips and mounted it on a dimensional. I then tied a piece of the New 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon (Daffodil Delight) onto a ribbon slide from the Silver Hodgepodge Hardware Kit. It is again mounted onto the flower with a dimensional..JPG)
The New Color Coach (#121620) ....
The back shows two color combinations for each color. With 40 colors plus 5 In Colors, that is 90 wonderful new color combinations to get your creativity started.
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For the first card, I used the "Tropical Party" stamp set and the "Island Oasis" Designer Series Paper again. I stamped each of the images onto Whisper White cardstock and cut them out with my paper snips. I mounted them on a square of whisper white punched with the ticket corner punch and matted onto Pumpkin Pie cardstock. The striped squares are from the Island Oasis DSP. The other side has small palm trees in various colors coordinating to the DSP. The palm branch is adhered directly to the white square. The flowers are up on dimensionals to give the card a little something. The sentiment is from my favorite saying set, "Teeny Tiny Wishes". This stamp set is perfect for year round cards. I could have just as easily put "Happy Birthday" or "Thank you" on this card..JPG)
The second card uses the Punched Posies" Stamp Set. The color combination came from the NEW COLOR COACH (will talk about that tomorrow). It features Pacific Point (returning In Color), Melon Mambo (returing In Color) and Pumpkin Pie. All of these colors are part of the New Brights Color Collections. I randomly stamped the images onto a piece of Whisper White in order to make my own designer paper. The sentiment again comes from "Teeny Tiny Wishes". It was punched out with the small oval punch and layered onto cardstock punched with the oval punch and scallop oval punch. The bottom edge was done with the scallop trim edge punch. A quick piece of Pumpkin Pie 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon tied around the middle and done. 
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The colors used are carry overs from the old Color Families to the NEW Color Collections. In each catalog below the name of the Designer Papers it lists the names of the colors used. This makes creating your projects all that more easy. The Designer Series Paper "Island Oasis" lists Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Rose Red, and Old Olive. I used Rose Red for the base of my card and main image mat. The So Saffron strip was punched with the Scallop Edge Punch. Using Stampin' Write Markers, I colored in the Coconut drink stamp from the "Tropical Party" Stamp Set before stamping it onto Whisper White cardstock. I cut out the flower with my paper snips and mounted it using a dimensional. A quick piece of Pumpkin Pie ribbon tied around the piece of "Island Oasis" Designer Paper and we are done.
