I had so much fun at a recent craft retreat run by the lovely Chrissi Graham and Sharni Haines called Soiree By The Sea focused on using the Country Woods Suite.
This was an in person retreat but was also offered with an at home option, which was amazing. Sometimes I feel a bit burnt out creatively and love to just follow along with something pre-designed and attend craft classes and retreats myself. Chrissi & Sharni hosted a beautiful event and had a gorgeous package full of amazing goodies. Today I am sharing the project I made in Sharni’s beautiful class making a product sampler with the Stampin’ Up! Country Woods collection.
I had never made a product sampler before, so I had a load of fun trying something new!

the beautiful basket of at home goodies

Check out that gorgeous bundle of goodies that came with all the class supplies, pillow gifts, product giveaways and just lovely goodness. Chrissi & Sharni went above and beyond with organising this retreat and so much beautiful prep.

my finished country woods product sampler

Here is a look at the finished product sampler. I love this idea of making a full 12×12″ page but ‘blocking’ it into shapes and using each as a feature of the product from a suite but having it all come together as a coordinating page. What a great way to not only showcase products but also to make a gorgeous home decor piece.

I can’t wait to feature this page in my craft room in a shadow box. It’s a great way to make a gorgeous piece for your craft room or home and I can’t wait to make a bit of a feature wall in my craft room with other pieces like the Happy Houseplants Kit.

the colour combo

This is an overlook of most of the gorgeous colours featured in the product sampler. There is also a touch of Old Olive and Mossy Meadow that you can see in some of the elements.

some close ups of the detail on the product sampler

These pictures show some close ups of the finished project. There is A LOT of dimension on this project which fits perfectly as it doesn’t have to be posted and is a display piece. I love working with dimension and different textures and projects like this are perfect for doing this!

Be sure to go and follow Chrissi & Sharni’s pages above because I am pretty sure they plan on running another one next year (if you are in Australia).
I have some more projects from the retreat to share, so stay tuned. x

There are two upcoming amazing events with The Stamping Lounge run by myself, Maheswari Rajaguru and Rochelle Laird-Smith. We will be running an online class using the brand new Stampin’ Up! Gingerbread Man Bundle and we also have our next Virtual Retreat quickly approaching that is open for registration now featuring the Stampin’ Up! Elegant Pine Snowflake Suite of products. Click the images or links to find out more and enrol OR sign up to The Stamping Lounge membership to get our monthly classes which are included in the membership.

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supply list

Product List

Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163393] $21.75	Country Birdhouse Bundle (English) [163401] $81.75	Country Flowers Bundle (English) [163411] $92.50	Sketched Butterflies Cling Stamp Set (English) [163490] $46.00	Spotlight On Nature Dies [163580] $61.00
Sending Love Dies [162879] $61.00	2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems [163781] $15.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $15.75	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $19.25	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154894] $19.25
Peach Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [163827] $19.25	Petunia Pop Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [163828] $19.25	Pretty In Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [163824] $19.25	Melon Mambo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153112] $19.25	Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad [161648] $15.75
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $15.75	Petunia Pop Classic Stampin Pad [163811] $15.75	Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad [163807] $15.75	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $15.75	Peach Pie Classic Stampin Pad [163810] $15.75
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $15.75	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $14.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $20.25	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] $20.25
Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $20.25	Pretty In Pink A4 Cardstock [163794] $20.25	Petunia Pop A4 Cardstock [163802] $20.25	Peach Pie A4 Cardstock [163800] $20.25	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $19.75