As we get closer to the end of the 2016-2017 Annual catalog and the 2017 Occasions catalog the anticipation of new products is making everyone very excited. Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators have a perk of being able to see and order select products early. Those of us that went to the OnStage event in April were able to order a selection of items in April and now all demos can order from a larger selection in May. But guess what there are a few items that customers can get this month too! It’s the Eastern Palace Suite – and there are two special bundles available that include brand new products, new In-Colors and Free products!

I’ve been playing with this bundle and have discovered that it is going to be a very versatile set with a ton of possibilities! The combination of the stamps and the thinlit dies will create so many different designs. I want to sit down and see just how many combinations I can create with the dies alone. That will be another post. For today I want to show you that the stamp set images and the Designer Paper work so well together. You can stamp the images on the paper in the colors that you want and change/enhance the look of it.

Here I took the Designer Paper (left photo) and stamped on it with two of the images in the stamp set and two of our new In-Colors – Lemon Lime Twist and Tranquil Tide. The star image in the large spaces and the little diamond in the small spaces.

I used the stamp piece to create this triangle box project.

I used the Eastern Palace Thinlit dies to create the Dapper Denim flower. You can fill this box with treats to give to someone special. Use ribbon to tie it shut – no adhesive needed. Here is a diagram of the box – which is basically just a card with some extra score lines.