Hi Stampers, It’s Alternate Monday day.  That means I am sharing a card taken from the blog hop that I participate in each Thursday. I am taking either the sketch or color challenge and making a second card that is close to or similar to the posted card from the hop.  I want to inspire you to get different looks for your card by mixing it up a bit by color and design.  Today I used the same layout, with a twist and changed the colors to give the card an “Alternate” look.

Stampin’ Up! Santa’s Workshop and Swirly Bird:

Here is the card recipe:

Card base: Coastal Cabana 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

Mat: GArdern Green S 5-1/4 x 4

Panel: Santa’s Workshop 5-1/8 x 3-7/8

Strip: Bright DSP Coastal Cabana 1 x 4-7/8

Flag punched piece: Santa’s Workshop 1-3/4 x 5 punched at both end with the Triple Banner Punch

Here are the details:

• Adhere your DSP panel to the Garden Green mat
• Adhere your Coastal Cabana strip to the DSP stack
• Wrap a  piece of the Poppy Parade Ribbon around the middle of the stacked panel
• Attach your Santa’s Workshop punched piece on top of the Coastal Cabana and ribbon
• Attach the stacked panel to the front of the card base

More Details:

• Stamp some  leave from the Harvest stamp set onto Whisper White card stock in Garden Green ink, punch then out
• Stamp some leaves in Garden Green onto Coastal Cabana card stock
• Punch the leaves out and sponge the Coastal Cabana leaves in Garden Green ink
• Snip the leave cluster apart with your snips
• Die cut the large swirly wreath from Coastal Cabana paper
• Die cut the medium swirly wreath with Garden Green card stock
• Glue your wreaths onto the front of the card
• attach your leaves with glue dots and dimensionals to add some height

Even more details:

• Add some Santa’s Workshop Enamel Shape dots to the top of the leaf cluster and around the wreath here and there
• Adhere your Poppy Parade bow to the top of the wreath

The inside:

Here is the card inspiration:

Here is the card from the Thursday Blog Hop.  You can see it here:

Can I help you?

Do you need product to make this card and need a demonstrator? I would be happy to answer any questions or assist you.  You can either click the “shop with me button” which directs you to my online store or click the “contact me” button for further help.  Happy Stamping, Kristi

My Customer loyalty program & my way of saying THANK YOU for choosing me as your Demonstrator.

• Earn a Butterfly for each $25.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 20 Butterflies and earn  free product valued at $30.00
• Current Butterfly Club members also receive all Stampin’ Up! catalogs for free!
• Butterflies are calculated per order and cannot be combined with other orders made within the same month.

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Hi Stampers, Today for our blog hop we have a sketch challenge for you.  I decided to use the last of my Toil and Trouble Designer Series Paper for my card today.  As I was trying to figure out what else to use (I don’t have the matching stamp set and dies) I decided to use some old favorites.  With all the beautiful NEW products that come out, we tend to forget about  the ones that have been sitting  on our shelves. If you are like me and you don’t own everything, every once in awhile we have to go through our stash for  some old favorites. I did that today with Swirly Bird.  Enjoy the hop!

Here is the sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Swirly Bird meets Toil and Trouble:

Here is the card recipe:

Card base: Gorgeous Grape 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

Mat: Black Foil S 5-1/4 x 4

Panel: Toil and Trouble 5-1/8 x 3-7/8

Strip: Bright DSP Granny Apple Green 1 x 4-7/8

Flag punched piece: Toil and Trouble 1-3/4 x 5 punched at both end with the Triple Banner Punch

Here are the details:

• Adhere your DSP panel to the Black Foil mat
• Adhere your Granny Apple Green strip to the DSP stack
• Wrap a  piece of the Black Glitter Ribbon around the middle of the stacked panel
• Attach your Toil and Trouble punched piece on top of the green strip and ribbon
• Attach the stacked panel to the front of the card base

More Details:

• Stamp some  flowers from the Swirly Bird stamp set onto Whisper White card stock as follows
• 1 large Gorgeous Grape flower,
• 2 small Gorgeous Grape flowers, one full strength and one stamped with second generation stamping
• 2 small Pumpkin Pie flowers, one full strength and one stamped with second generation stamping
• 1 large Pumpkin Pie flower
• 4 Granny Apple Green small leaves
• 2 Granny Apple Green  small leaves using second generation stamping
• Die cut the large swirly wreath with your Black Foil paper
• Die cut the medium swirly wreath with Pumpkin Pie card stock
• Glue your wreaths onto the front of the card
• attach your flowers with glue dots and dimensionals to add some height

Even more details:

• Add a  Spider Trinket to the top of the cluster of flowers
• Adhere your Black Glitter bow on top of the flowers and Spider Trinket
• Add some Wink of Stella to the flowers if desired

Here is our team:

Alright, on with the hop!  Click the button below to hop over to see what the rest of the team created for you today:

And just in case you get lost along the way, here is a list of the team members involved in the hop today:

Amy Koenders:

Shalegh Freemantle:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Julie Johnston:

Can I help you?

Do you need product to make this card and need a demonstrator? I would be happy to answer any questions or assist you.  You can either click the “shop with me button” which directs you to my online store or click the “contact me” button for further help.  Happy Stamping, Kristi

My Customer loyalty program & my way of saying THANK YOU for choosing me as your Demonstrator.

• Earn a Butterfly for each $25.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 20 Butterflies and earn  free product valued at $30.00
• Current Butterfly Club members also receive all Stampin’ Up! catalogs for free!
• Butterflies are calculated per order and cannot be combined with other orders made within the same month.

These are the products I used to make my card:

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Hi Stampers, It’s Alternate Monday day.  That means I am sharing a card taken from the blog hop that I participate in each Thursday. I am taking either the sketch or color challenge and making a second card that is close to or similar to the posted card from the hop.  I want to inspire you to get different looks for your card by mixing it up a bit by color and design.  Today I used the same layout, with a twist and changed the colors to give the card an “Alternate” look.

I realized when I was making my product list that is card does not use any ink or stamp set!  I think this might be a first!!!!!!

Stampin’ Up! Toil and Trouble:

Here is the recipe:

• Card base: Pumpkin Pie 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4
• Mat: Mango Melody 5-1/4 x 4
• DSP: Toil and Trouble 5-1/8 x 3-7/8

Here are the details:

• Die cut the words BOO onto the Toil and Trouble DSP with the Large Letters Framelits (save all the pieces)
• Adhere your DSP with the Die cut words cut out onto the Mango Melody mat
• Wrap a piece of Black Glittered Ribbon around the matted art piece
• Adhere the panel to the card front
• Take the cut out letters and adhere foam adhesive strips to the back and place them into the cut out (the center of the B and O’s are  glued directly to the mat)
• Die cut or fussy cut the witches hat
• Adhere  the hat to the left hand side of the card on top of the ribbon with dimensionals
• Adhere a Spider Trinket
• Add a Black Glittered bow to the left of the hat

More details:

• Punch out some Mango Melody and Pumpkin Pie Stars with any punch or die you have
• Add a Spider Trinket to the right side of the last “O” and add two stars
• Add additional stars wherever you like

Here is the card inspiration:

Here is the card from my Thursday Blog Hop.  You can see the card here:

Can I help you?

Do you need product to make this card and need a demonstrator? I would be happy to answer any questions or assist you.  You can either click the “shop with me button” which directs you to my online store or click the “contact me” button for further help.  Happy Stamping, Kristi

My Customer loyalty program & my way of saying THANK YOU for choosing me as your Demonstrator.

• Earn a Butterfly for each $25.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 20 Butterflies and earn  free product valued at $30.00
• Current Butterfly Club members also receive all Stampin’ Up! catalogs for free!
• Butterflies are calculated per order and cannot be combined with other orders made within the same month.

These are the products I used to make my card:

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Hi Stampers, today we have a color challenge for you using Old Olive, Cajun Craze and Blackberry Bliss.   I looked at the  Designer Series Paper, Natures Poem and thought, perfect choice for our hop.  Then another idea came to me, do a card using the Eclipse Technique!  This is such a great combo for a fall card!  Enjoy the hop.

Here is the color challenge:

Stampin’ Up! Rooted in Nature:

Here is the recipe:

• Card base: Whisper White 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4
• Mat: Old Olive 5-3/8 x 4-1/8
• Mat: Blackberry Bliss 5-1/4 x 4
• DSP: Natures Poem 5-1/8 x 3-7/8

Here are the details:

• Die cut the words FALL onto the Natures Poem DSP with the Large Letters Framelits (save all the pieces)
• Mat your Old Olive panel to the card front
• Adhere your DSP with the Die cut words cut out onto the Blackberry Bliss mat
• Wrap a piece of Blackberry Bliss Natures Twine around the matted art piece
• Adhere the panel to the card front on top of the Old Olive mat
• Take the cut out letters and adhere foam adhesive strips to the back and place them into the cut out (the center of the A is  glued directly to the mat)

More Details:

• Stamp some leaves from the Rooted in Nature stamp set onto Whisper White card stock as follows:
• Tiny leaf cluster: Cajun Craze, Large triple leaf:  Old Olive, Ruffled Leaf: Blackberry Bliss
• Adhere  a cluster to the left hand side of the card on top of the twine with dimensionals
• Add a Blackberry Bliss bow on top of  the leaf cluster

More details:

• Adhere a few Old Olive leaves to the “L”
• Color large pearls with your Cajun Craze Stampin Blends
• Color some small pearls with your Blackberry Bliss Stampin Blends
• Adhere the pearls here and there on the front of the card near the leaf clusters

Here is our team:

Alright, on with the hop!  Click the button below to hop over to see what the rest of the team created for you today:

And just in case you get lost along the way, here is a list of the team members involved in the hop today:

Amy Koenders:

Shalegh Freemantle:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Julie Johnston:

Can I help you?

Do you need product to make this card and need a demonstrator? I would be happy to answer any questions or assist you.  You can either click the “shop with me button” which directs you to my online store or click the “contact me” button for further help.  Happy Stamping, Kristi

My Customer loyalty program & my way of saying THANK YOU for choosing me as your Demonstrator.

• Earn a Butterfly for each $25.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 20 Butterflies and earn  free product valued at $30.00
• Current Butterfly Club members also receive all Stampin’ Up! catalogs for free!
• Butterflies are calculated per order and cannot be combined with other orders made within the same month.

These are the products I used to make my card:

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Hi Stampers, It’s Alternate Monday day.  That means I am sharing a card taken from the blog hop that I participate in each Thursday. I am taking either the sketch or color challenge and making a second card that is close to or similar to the posted card from the hop.  I want to inspire you to get different looks for your card by mixing it up a bit by color and design.  Today I used the same layout, with a twist and changed the colors to give the card an “Alternate” look.

Stampin’ Up! Joseph Coat and Lovely As A Tree:

Here is the recipe:

Card base: Very Vanilla 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

Mat: Very Vanilla 5-1/4 x 4 Embossed with the Woodland EF

Art piece mat: Mango Melody 4-1/8 x 3-1/4

Art piece: Very Vanilla 4 x 3-1/8

Sentiment: Very Vanilla 3-1/4 x 3/4

The Details:

The art piece and Joseph Coat technique:

• using your sponge daubers with Pumpkin Pie, Mango Melody and Daffodil Delight Inks, rub random circles all over the front of the art piece, smudging the colors together so there are no hard edges
• With your Vera Mark ink, stamp the tree image onto the art piece with all the color rubbed on it
• Sprinkle clear embossing powder over your stamped image and then heat set with your heat gun
• With another sponge Dauber cover the entire image including the trees in Early Espresso Ink.  (The ink will resist the tree image that has been heat embossed with the clear emboss powder)
• After a few coats of Early Espresso ink, take a clean paper towel and rub the excess ink off the trees
• Mount your art piece onto the Mango Melody mat
• Wrap a piece of the Ivory Tea Room Ribbon around the base of the art piece

More details:

• Mount your embossed panel to the card front
• Mount your matted art piece to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Stamp your sentiment from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set using your  Early Espresso Ink
• Mount your sentiment with dimensionals to the front of the card
• Make some loops of the Copper Thread and adhere to the left side of the sentiment piece
• Add a Ivory Tea Room bow and a Leaf Trinket to the left side of the sentiment

Here is the card inspiration:

This is the card from my blog that inspired my Alternate Monday card today.  You can see it here:

Can I help you?

Do you need product to make this card and need a demonstrator? I would be happy to answer any questions or assist you.  You can either click the “shop with me button” which directs you to my online store or click the “contact me” button for further help.  Happy Stamping, Kristi

My Customer loyalty program & my way of saying THANK YOU for choosing me as your Demonstrator.

• Earn a Butterfly for each $25.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 20 Butterflies and earn  free product valued at $30.00
• Current Butterfly Club members also receive all Stampin’ Up! catalogs for free!
• Butterflies are calculated per order and cannot be combined with other orders made within the same month.

These are the products I used to make my card:

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Hi Stampers, Today we have a sketch challenge.  I had an idea to use the Joseph Coat technique  along with the Winter Woods stamp set to give my card a true fall feeling.  Well, after 4 attempts I found the color combination that I was happy with.  How fun it was to play and experiment.  I have not used this technique in a few years and thought it was time to try it again. I hope you try it too!  You can use it on so many stamp sets from fall leaves to dragonflies and flowers.  Give it a try and let me know what you create.

Here is the sketch:

I flipped my sketch from vertical to horizontal to take advantage of the Winter Woods stamp set

Stampin’ Up! Joseph Coat and Winter Woods:

Here is the recipe:

Card base: Very Vanilla 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

Mat: Very Vanilla 5-1/4 x 4 Embossed with the Pinewood Planks EF

Art piece mat: Pumpkin Pie 4-1/8 x 3-1/4

Art piece: Very Vanilla 4 x 3-1/8

Sentiment: Very Vanilla 3-1/4 x 3/4

The Details:

The art piece and Joseph Coat technique:

• using your sponge daubers with Pumpkin Pie, Mango Melody and Daffodil Delight Inks, rub random circles all over the front of the art piece, smudging the colors together so there are no hard edges
• With your Vera Mark ink, stamp the tree image onto the art piece with all the color rubbed on it
• Sprinkle clear embossing powder over your stamped image and then heat set with your heat gun
• With another sponge Dauber cover the entire image including the trees in Early Espresso Ink.  (The ink will resist the tree image that has been heat embossed with the clear emboss powder)
• After a few coats of Early Espresso ink, take a clean paper towel and rub the excess ink off the trees
• Mount your art piece onto the Pumpkin Pie mat
• Wrap a piece of Braided Trim around the base of the art piece

More details:

• Mount your embossed panel to the card front
• Mount your matted art piece to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Stamp two leaves from the Colorful Seasons stamp set, one in Daffodil Delight and one in Pumpkin Pie.  Die cut the leaves with the matching die
• Stamp your sentiment from the Country Home stamp set using your Stampin Markers in Early Espresso and Pumpkin Pie
• Mount your sentiment with dimensionals to the front of the card
• Add a Braided Trim bow and your leaves to the left side of the sentiment

Here is our team:

Alright, on with the hop!  Click the button below to hop over to see what the rest of the team created for you today:

And just in case you get lost along the way, here is a list of the team members involved in the hop today:

Amy Koenders:

Shalegh Freemantle:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Julie Johnston:

Can I help you?

Do you need product to make this card and need a demonstrator? I would be happy to answer any questions or assist you.  You can either click the “shop with me button” which directs you to my online store or click the “contact me” button for further help.  Happy Stamping, Kristi

My Customer loyalty program & my way of saying THANK YOU for choosing me as your Demonstrator.

• Earn a Butterfly for each $25.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 20 Butterflies and earn  free product valued at $30.00
• Current Butterfly Club members also receive all Stampin’ Up! catalogs for free!
• Butterflies are calculated per order and cannot be combined with other orders made within the same month.

These are the products I used to make my card:

 Product List

Hi Stampers, It’s Alternate Monday day.  That means I am sharing a card taken from the blog hop that I participate in each Thursday. I am taking either the sketch or color challenge and making a second card that is close to or similar to the posted card from the hop.  I want to inspire you to get different looks for your card by mixing it up a bit by color and design.  Today I used the same layout, with a twist and changed the colors to give the card an “Alternate” look.

Here was the sketch:

Stampin’ Up Falling for Leaves:

Here is the recipe:

Card base: Basic Black 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Mat: Whisper White 3-5/8 x 4-7/8

Panel: Bright DSP in Mango Melody 3-1/2 x 4-3/4

Thin strip mat: Basic Black  1-1/2 x 4-1/4

Thin strip: Granny Apple Green 1-3/8 x 4-1/4 ,(stamped with the leaf image in versa mark ink)

Sentiment: 3/4 x 2 (with a flag cut on the right side)

The details:

The art piece:

• Stamp the detailed leaf image onto a piece of Whisper White card stock
• Add Black Emboss powder to the stamped image and then heat seat with your heal tool
• Color in  the details on the leaf image with your Granny Apple Green and Mango Melody Stampin Markers
• Die cut the leaf with the matching die

More details:

• Adhere your Mango Melody DSP to the Whisper White mat
• Adhere this panel to the front of the card with snail
• Adhere the Granny Apple Green panel to the Basic Black mat
• Wrap a piece of White Bakers Twine 3 times around the panel and adhere to the front of the card
• Attach your leaf image to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Stamp your sentiment and attach to the leaf
• Attach a few stands of the black sequin trim to the sentiment
• Make a bow using  White Bakers Twine and attach to the sequin trim
• Add some Rhinestones colored with a black sharpie to the front of the card

Here is the card inspiration:

Here is the card from the Thursday Blog Hop.  You can see it here:

Can I help you?

Do you need product to make this card and need a demonstrator? I would be happy to answer any questions or assist you.  You can either click the “shop with me button” which directs you to my online store or click the “contact me” button for further help.  Happy Stamping, Kristi

My Customer loyalty program & my way of saying THANK YOU for choosing me as your Demonstrator.

• Earn a Butterfly for each $25.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 20 Butterflies and earn  free product valued at $30.00
• Current Butterfly Club members also receive all Stampin’ Up! catalogs for free!
• Butterflies are calculated per order and cannot be combined with other orders made within the same month.

These are the products I used to make my card:

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Hi Stampers, Today for our blog hop we have a color challenge and a sketch challenge all rolled into one.  On the third Thursday of every month we hop with our fellow stamper Sandi MacIver and her team in Canada.  The Falling For Leaves stamp set worked perfectly with both the color challenge and the sketch.

Here is the color and sketch challenge:

Stampin’ Up Falling for Leaves:

Here is the recipe:

Card base: Granny Apple Green 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Mat: Basic Black 3-5/8 x 4-7/8

Panel: Wood Textures DSP 3-1/2 x 4-3/4

Thin strip mat: Mango Melody  1-1/2 x 3-5/8

Thin strip: Basic Black 1-3/8 x 3-5/8

Sentiment: 3/4 x 3-1/4 (with a flag cut on the right side)

The details:

The art piece:

• Stamp the detailed leaf image onto a piece of Whisper White card stock with Versa Mark Ink
• Add Black Emboss powder to the stamped image and then heat seat with your heal tool
• With two sponge daubers, randomly sponge the leaf image with Granny Apple Green and Mango Melody Inks
• Die cut the leaf with the matching die

More details:

• Adhere your Wood Texture DSP to the black mat
• Adhere this panel to the front of the card with snail
• Adhere the Black panel to the Mango Melody mat
• Wrap a piece of braided trim around the panel and adhere to the front of the card
• Attach your leaf image to the front of the card with dimensionals

Even more details:

• Make a bow using the Braided Twine and White Bakers Twine and attach to the stem of the leaf with a glue dot
• Add some pearls to the front of the card
• Stamp your sentiment with Black Ink and attach to the bottom of the card

Here is our team:

Alright, on with the hop!  Click the button below to hop over to see what the rest of the team created for you today:

And just in case you get lost along the way, here is a list of the team members involved in the hop today:

Amy Koenders:

Shalegh Freemantle:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Julie Johnston:

Sandi MacIver:

Eva Dobilas:

Can I help you?

Do you need product to make this card and need a demonstrator? I would be happy to answer any questions or assist you.  You can either click the “shop with me button” which directs you to my online store or click the “contact me” button for further help.  Happy Stamping, Kristi

My Customer loyalty program & my way of saying THANK YOU for choosing me as your Demonstrator.

• Earn a Butterfly for each $25.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 20 Butterflies and earn  free product valued at $30.00
• Current Butterfly Club members also receive all Stampin’ Up! catalogs for free!
• Butterflies are calculated per order and cannot be combined with other orders made within the same month.

These are the products I used to make my card:

 Product List

Hi Stampers, It’s Alternate Monday day.  That means I am sharing a card taken from the blog hop that I participate in each Thursday. I am taking either the sketch or color challenge and making a second card that is close to or similar to the posted card from the hop.  I want to inspire you to get different looks for your card by mixing it up a bit by color and design.  Today I used the same layout, with a twist and changed the colors to give the card an “Alternate” look.

Stampin’ Up! Tropical Chic:

Here is the card recipe:

Card base: Whisper White 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Mat: Basic Black 3-7/8 x 4-1/8

DSP panel: Tropical Escape  3-3/4 x 4

Art piece: Whisper White 2-3/4 x 5

Art piece mat: Basic Black 2-7/8 x 5-1/8

Here are the details:

the art piece:

• Stamp your flower cluster in Blushing Bride Ink onto the art piece using the Tropical Chic stamp set
• Stamp 3 extra large flowers in Blushing Bride Ink onto a piece of scrap Whisper White card stock and die cut the flowers out
• Stamp your leaves in Granny Apple Green Ink
• Stamp one fan leaf onto Whisper White card stock using Granny Apple Green Ink, thumped around the edges with Shaded Spruce, die cut it out
• Stamp the splatters in Black Ink using the splatter stamp from Heart Come Home stamp set
• (Don’t worry that your stamped images are overlapping as the cut out flowers will cover up the overlap)
• Mount your art piece onto the black mat
• Wrap a piece of Granny Apple Green Ribbon around the art piece with glue dots
• Adhere your large die cut flowers with dimensionals over the stamped images
• Adhere your fan leaf with glue dots

More details:

• Die cut the  sentiment using Basic Black card stock and the Celebrat You Thinlits die and adhere to the bottom  of the art piece
• Mount your Tropical Escape panel into the Black mat
• Mount your DSP panel to the front of the card
• Mount your art piece to the front of the card with dimensionals

Even more details:

• Add a Granny Apple Green bow to the front of the art piece
• Add a wood flower from the Tropical Elements tied with a white bakers twine knot
• Adhere some small pearls from the Share What You Love pack

Here is the card inspiration:

Here is the card from the Thursday Blog Hop that inspired my card today.  You can see it here:

Can I help you?

Do you need product to make this card and need a demonstrator? I would be happy to answer any questions or assist you.  You can either click the “shop with me button” which directs you to my online store or click the “contact me” button for further help.  Happy Stamping, Kristi

My Customer loyalty program & my way of saying THANK YOU for choosing me as your Demonstrator.

• Earn a Butterfly for each $25.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 20 Butterflies and earn  free product valued at $30.00
• Current Butterfly Club members also receive all Stampin’ Up! catalogs for free!
• Butterflies are calculated per order and cannot be combined with other orders made within the same month.

These are the products I used to make my card:

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Hi Stampers, Today I am sharing a card from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set.  It was fun to get out a stamp set that has not seen any ink for awhile and  it fit perfectly with our sketch challenge too.  I am trying to use all the new colors with my cards because they are so yummy.  Today I used Granny Apple Green and Lovely Lipstick.

Here is the sketch:

I turned my sketch vertical.  It is amazing how that changes the look.   I love those little tweaks that make each card unique

Stampin’ Up! Happy Birthday Gorgeous:

Here is the card recipe:

Card base: Whisper White 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Mat: Basic Black 3-7/8 x 4-1/8

DSP panel: In Color 6 x 6 Lovely Lipstick 3-3/4 x 4

Art piece: Whisper White 2-3/4 x 5

Art piece mat: Basic Black 2-7/8 x 5-1/8

Here are the details:

the art piece:

• Stamp your flower cluster in Lovely Lipstick Ink onto the art piece
• Stamp 3 extra large flowers and two small flowers in Lovely Lipstick  Ink onto a piece of scrap Whisper White card stock and fussy cut the flowers out
• Stamp your leaves in Granny Apple Green Ink
• Stamp the seed pod flowers in Lovely Lipstick Ink
• (Don’t worry that your stamped images are overlapping as the cut out flowers will cover up the overlap)
• Dilute some Memento Black Ink with water and dip a small paint brush into the diluted ink. Tap the paintbrush lightly over the stamped images to get some tiny black splatters
• Mount your art piece onto the black mat
• Wrap a piece of Lovely Lipstick Ribbon around the art piece with glue dots
• Adhere your small  fussy cut flowers with glue dots over the stamped images
• Adhere your large cut out flowers with dimensionals over the stamped images

More details:

• Stamp the sentiment at the bottom of the art piece with Memento Black Ink
• Mount your Lovely Lipstick DSP into the Black mat
• Mount your DSP panel to the front of the card
• Mount your art piece to the front of the card with dimensionals

Even more details:

• Add a Lovely Lipstick bow to the front of the art piece
• Add a large Lovely Lipstick Glitter Dot
• Adhere some small Rhinestones to eh front of the card and you are done

The inside:

Here is our team:

Alright, on with the hop!  Click the button below to hop over to see what the rest of the team created for you today:

And just in case you get lost along the way, here is a list of the team members involved in the hop today:

Amy Koenders:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Julie Johnston:

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These are the products I used to make my card:

 Product List