This Bumblebee Monochromatic Dragonfly Garden Card is one that uses some of the new spring products coming in January but that Demonstrators got to preview, purchase, and use during the Stampin’ Up! OnStage At Home “Convention” this weekend. Virtually, online, of course! But that was easier than traveling to Salt Lake City, although nothing beats an in-person Stampin’ Up! event!

I decided to make a card using the Dragon Garden Stamp Set and the Dandy Garden 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper and maybe even the Dragonflies Punch. These are all coming in the January – June 2021 Mini Catalog.

After choosing the piece of designer paper I liked, I used Bumblebee Cardstock for the card base. After finding that I could punch out a dragonfly right on the designer paper, I decided to use that Bumblebee-colored dragonfly and make it all a monochromatic card. I stamped the stalks of flowers in Bumblebee Ink as well as the little dragonflies and then I didn’t have to color anything! The greeting is also in the stamp set and I punched it out with the 2″ Circle Punch.

The punched dragonfly from the designer paper was popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals® as was the greeting. I also added a bit of the Bumblebee 2020-2022 In Color Ribbon. Pretty easy card to put together!

I’m not much into bugs since I see too many live ones where I live in “the tropics”, but this designer paper is pretty cute and I think the whole Dandy Garden Suite will be a popular one. There are even tiny little Ladybug Trinkets you can purchase in the Suite!

I haven’t gotten to watch every minute of OnStage yet but I can catch up on the videos. I just LOVE to watch the stamping demonstrations by other demonstrators and get so many new ideas! Having this virtual event was the next best thing to being there!