I love the new Stampin’ Up! In Colour Pretty Peacock! I am fascinated by these birds too – but their call is something else…. Anyway – August’s classes will feature this card using the Royal Peacock set. (Well, except for the Christmas Card Class…)

I think that you can line up the tail accents in any way you please, really…at least that’s the way I chose to do it LOL. The bird itself is stamped in Pretty Peacock ink, and the accent is stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder. I added the Detailed Trio Punch in the corners that allows the background Pretty Peacock Cardstock to show through. The top strip is the Pretty Peacock sheet from the Noble Peacock Specialty Designer Series Paper, and the bottom one is a Gold Foil Sheet strip, to tie in with the Gold Embossing. You can purchase the Royal Peacock stamp set on its own, or in a discounted bundle that includes the Detailed Peacock Dies.

I had the chance to see a peacock up close when I visited the Het Loo Palace in the Netherlands – they’re so beautiful but soooooo noisy. The biggest revelation for me was that they actually do fly – we saw a few up in the trees on the palace grounds! Here’s one of my favourite shots from that day – definitely a pretty peacock.

The foil accent on the Noble Peacock Specialty Designer Series Paper seems to come closest to the colour on this peacock’s body, don’t you think? Using strips of the paper as accents also helps to make your paper last a little longer. If you’d like to get a sampling of (almost all of) the Designer Series Papers in the Annual Catalogue, I have a few spots left in the Paper Share. For $55 (plus postage if required), you’ll get a 6″ x 12″ piece of each of the Designer Papers in the image below.

If you’d like to take part, you can contact me for more information and payment details! In the meantime, I’m off to prep for the upcoming Christmas Card Class – the first one is Monday, August 26th at 1pm or 7pm – ho ho hope to see you in class soon. (sorry, couldn’t resist!)