Hi Stampers, today will be my last card for several weeks.   All my craft supplies are packed up and movers will soon load the truck for our move from Vancouver Washington to Union Kentucky.    Today for our hop we have a sketch challenge.  I decided to use the Beauty of Friendship Bundle for my card.  After playing with this set, I can visualize so many cards from this bundle along with the gorgeous Beauty of the Earth DSP

The sketch:

Stampin’ Up Beauty of Friendship:

The recipe:

Card base: Merry Merlot 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Mat: Misty Moonlight 4 x 5-1/4

DSP: Beauty of the Earth 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Sentiment mat: Merry Merlot

Sentiment: Basic White  die cut with the Stitched Rectangle from the Beautiful Trees Dies

The details:

• Die cut the tree using the die from the Beautiful Trees dies 3 times with Early Espresso card stock
• Glue the 3  trees together with liquid glue (this gives dimensional to the tree)
• Die cut two birds in Misty Moonlight using the die from the Beautiful Trees Die set

The Sentiment:

• Stamp the Thinking of You sentiment from the Beautiful Friendship stamp set in Merry Merlot
• Die cut the sentiment out with the coordinating die from the Beautiful Trees die set
• Adhere a piece of Merry Merlot card stock to the sentiment and trim around the edges to get your mat

Putting your card together:

• Attach your DSP to the Misty Moonlight mat
• Wrap some White Bakers Twine around this mat and adhere with glue dots
• Attach this matted stack to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Glue your stacked trees to the front of the care with liquid glue
• Attach your sentiment to the front of the tree with Dimensionals

 Finishing details:

• Adhere the two Misty Moonlight birds to the tree and sentiment piece with a Mini Dimensional
• Add a small Rhinestone Jewel to the birds for the eyes
• Make a double White Bakers Twine Bow and attach it to the left of the sentiment with a glue dot and you are done

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:

Akiko Sudano:

Karen Ksenzakovic:

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 $50.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 8 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 punch challenge, that is, we needed to make a card using a punch.  I decided to get some use out my Tailored Tag punch for my share today.   I teamed up the punch with the Sweet Symmetry DSP and the combination made a fun card.

Punch Challenge:

Disclaimer:

After finishing my card, preparing the photos and blog all was good, until I saw my mistake and did not have time to reshoot the photos.  The two right hand side partial cuts are solid green.  I guess the glue was not dry when I cut the overhang off and the DSP must have come off.  Those places that are solid green should have some DSP on the top.  I did fix it on my card but was too late to reshoot in time for the blog.  Sorry about that.

Stampin’ Up! Tailored Tag and Sweet Symmetry:

The recipe:

Card base: Basic White 5-1/2 x 8,  scored at 4-1/4

Mat: Night of Navy 5-1/2 x 4-1/4

The details:

• Using your Tailored Tag Punch, Punch out 12 tags using the Sweet Symmetry DSP
• Punch out 36 more Tailored Tags Punch shapes with Stampin Up solid card stock
• Layer three solid Tailored Tags Punch shapes together with liquid glue and for the top layer, glue on one of the Sweet Symmetry DSP Tailored Tag shapes (this will add dimension to the card)
• Punch out 4 Basic White Tailored Tag Punch shapes  and glue 3 of them together

Putting the card together:

• Take the Night of Navy mat and lightly score a horizonal and vertical line through the middle of the card (this will help you place that first tag in the center of the card)
• Adhere your layered shapes onto the Night of Navy mat starting with the middle shape
• Fill in the mat with the remaining tags using the white layer in the bottom right for your sentiment
• After the full tags are one, cut off the tags that overhang from the card.  Use these scraps to fill in the small pieced on the edges
• After the edges are filled in, trim the overhanging piece off (I used my big Carl trimmer of this since I was cutting through 4 layers of card stock)
• Adhere your Bumble Bee ribbon around the art piece and glue the art piece to your Basic White card front

The sentiment:

• Stamp you sentiment onto the 4th Basic White tag with Black Tuxedo Memento Ink (I used the sentiment from the Inspired Thoughts stamp set)
• Adhere your sentiment to the Basic White tag with Dimensionals (this covers up part of the ribbon

Finishing details:

• Add a Bumble Bee Ribbon bow to the left of the sentiment
• Add some From the Heart Embellishments here and there on the front of the card for added sparkle and you are done

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:

Akiko Sudano:

Karen Ksenzakovic:

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 $50.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 8 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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H Stampers, today for our hop we have a color challenge.    Usually when there is a color challenge I look for a beautiful piece of DSP to inspire me in my design.  This week I did not have any DSP to start as my jumping off point so, I had to get creative and just go for it with this group of colors.  We could use at least 3 colors, choosing from Blushing Bride, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Real Red and Basic  Gray.  I used all but the Basic Gray for my card today.  I also used the adorable All Squared Away Bundle and it made this color challenge so fun  relatively fast too.  I  know I will be using this set again and again. (oh the possibilities!!)

The color challenge:

Stampin’ Up! All Squared Away:

The recipe:

Card base: Real Red 8-1/2 x 7, scored at 3-1/2

Mat: Basic White 8-1/4 x 3-1/4

DSP panel: In Good Taste 8-1/8 x 3-1/8

Sentiment:  Basic White 1/2 x 3-5/8  (Punched with the Banners Pick A Punch)

The details:

• Stamp each square design from the All Squared Away stamp set onto Basic White card stock as follows:
• Polka Dot: Blushing Bride, Swirly lines: Bermuda Bay, Dashes: Daffodil Delight, Loops: Real Red

• Die cut each square floral design from the All Squared Away dies in Basic White card stock
• Lay each Basic White square die cut onto the stamped square image using liquid glue
• After the die cuts are dry, using your trimmer, cut around the die cut to make 4 colored squares

More details:

• Die cut the extra floral pieces from the All Squared Away dies as follows:
• Pointed flower: Blushing Bride sponged with Blushing Bride
• Tiny flowers: Bermuda Bay sponged with Bermuda Bay
• Round flower; Daffodil Delight sponged with Daffodil Delight
• Tulip: Bermuda Bay sponged with Bermuda Bay
• Adhere each flower to the corresponding flower from the die cut with a Mini Dimensional

Putting the card together:

• Adhere your In Good Taste DSP to the Basic White mat
• Wrap a piece of Red Playful Pets Ribbon around the panel and adhere with a glue dot on each end
• Attach this panel to the front of the Real Red card front with Dimensionals
• Attach your 4 square to the card front with Dimensionals

Finishing touches:

• Stamp the sentiment onto the sentiment piece using the saying from the All Squared Away stamp set in Memento Tuxedo  Black Ink
• Add the sentiments that you stamped to the left hand side of the card with glue dots
• Add a Playful Pets red ribbon to the left hand side of the card front and on top of the sentiment
• Add medium and small Basic Pearls to the center of each flower and you are done

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:

Karen Ksenzakovic:

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 $50.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 8 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 has been few weeks since I have participated in our team blog hop.  We are moving to Kentucky and my card making had to take a back seat while we took care of some moving projects and travel. I am back and so excited to finally get to play with all my new products from the current catalog.  Today is a sketch challenge and I decided to ink up the Sweet As A Peach stamp set.  The DSP is gorgeous and the coordinating dies makes this card fun and easy to do.  Join our hop and do stop by all of our creative teams blogs to see what they created.  Happy Stamping!

The sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Sweet As A Peach:

The recipe:

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

DSP strips: You’re A Peach (blue dot DSP)  2- 1 x 5-1/2

DSP panel” You’re A Peach (floral) 3 x 5-1/2

Circle: Basic White die cut with the Layering Circle Die

Circle mat: Balmy Blue die cut with the scallop Layering Circle Die

Sentiment: Basic White 5/8 x 2-1/2

The details:

• Stamp 2 large peaches from the Sweet As A Peach stamp set with Calypso Coral Ink onto Basic White card stock
• Stamp 2 leaf images from the Sweet As A Peach stamp set with Pear Pizzazz Ink onto Basic White card stock
• Die cut the peaches and leaf clusters out with the Peach Dies
• Stamp the flower cluster in Pale Papaya Ink and dab some Calypso Coral Ink here and there onto the stamped image for some added depth, stamp this onto Basic White card stock
• Die cut the flowers out with the coordinating Peach dies
• Die cut some of the small leaves out with the Peach dies with Pear Pizzazz  Ink.
• Sponge with edges of the leaves with the touch of Pear Pizzazz  Ink with your sponge dauber

Putting the card together:

• Adhere your two blue DSP You’re A Peach strips to each side of the Basic White card front
• Adhere your floral 3 x 5-1/2 panel to the front of the card
• Adhere your Basic White circle to the Balmy Blue Scallop mat
• Attach this matted circle to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Attach your peaches to the left side of the matted circle, the top one is attached with a glue dot and the bottom one is attached with Dimensionals
• Adhere your leaf stems to each peach with a glue dot
• Attach the three small stamped flowers around the peaches with glue dots and one with a Dimensional
• Tuck the small Pear Pizzazz leaves under and around the three flowers

The sentiment:

• Stamp your Happy Birthday sentiment from the Sweet As A Peach stamp set with Tuxedo Memento Ink onto your Basic White sentiment piece
• Punch the end with the Banner Pick A Punch
• Attach your sentiment with a Glue Dot and a Dimensional

Finishing touches:

• Adhere a Pale Papaya In-Color Jewels to the center of the flowers and here and there onto the art piece for added sparkle
• Tie a double White Bakers Twine bow  and attach it to the left side of the art piece with a glue dot

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:

Akiko Sudano:

Karen Ksenzakovic:

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 $50.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 8 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 hop we had a color challenge.  We could pick at least 3 of the new gorgeous in-colors from the annual catalog.  We could choose from Fresh Freesia, Polished Pink, Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent and Pale Papaya.  The colors are so beautiful I ended up using all 5!!! The colors were a breeze to incorporate into a wreath made with the Lovely You stamp set.  Enjoy my card today and don’t forget to stop by the rest of our creative team to see what they designed for you today.

The color challenge:

Stampin’ Up! Lovely You:

The recipe:

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

Scallop mat: Soft Succulent die cut with the Scalloped Contour Dies

Art piece: Basic White 3-1/4 x 4-5/8

The details:

the art piece

• Trace a circle onto your Basic White art piece panel (this gives you an outline for your wreath placement)
• Stamp the tiny multi leaved image from the Lovey You stamp set in Evening Evergreen around your pencil line circle
• Fill in with the triple leaf stamped image from the Lovely You stamp set with Soft Succulent and 2nd generation soft succulent  overlapping with the first set of leaves
• Stamp the small flower image from the Lovely You stamp set in Fresh Freesia around the stamped leaf images in the wreath
• Emboss the art piece with the Timeless Texture Embossing Folder to give it dimension

More details:

• Stamp the largest single flower image from the Lovely You stamp set in Polished Pink onto a piece of Basic White card stock
• Fussy cut your 4 flower out with scissors
• Punch out 5 Pale Papaya flowers using the die from the Hydrangea Die
• Sponge the edges of the Pale Papaya flowers with a sponge dauber and more Pale Papaya Ink

The sentiment:

• Stamp you sentiment with versa mark ink using the Many Messages stamp set
• Sprinkle White Emboss Powder over the inked image and heat set with your heat tool
• Die cut the sentiment out using the coordinating Messages Die

Putting the card together:

• Attach the art piece to the Soft Succulent mat with Dimensionals
• Attach the matted art piece to the card base with Dimensionals
• Adhere the sentiment to the right side of the wreath with Dimensionals
• Attach the 4 Polished Pink flowers, 2 with Glue Dots and 2 with Dimensionals to the front of the wreath
• Attach your Pale Papaya Hydrangea blooms with glues dot to the front of the wreath

Finishing touches:

• Glue and Soft Succulent Ribbon to the left side of the wreath
• Adhere some Fresh Freesia and Polished Pink In-Color Jewels to the wreath here and there for added sparkle
• Adhere a Polished Pink Jewel to the center of each Pale Papaya Hydrangea flower
• Adhere a tiny pearl to the center of each of the Polished Pink flowers and you are done

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:

Akiko Sudano:

Karen Ksenzakovic:

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 $50.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 8 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 inked and and colored flowers from  the new Flowers of Friendship stamp set.  I love any stamp set with a punch and this one is a great one.  Flowers of Friendship has a few flower sizes and several leaves too, all in one punch.  I paired the stamped images with the Hand-Penned DSP and the combination was beautiful.  Enjoy our hop today and please visit all the other talented card makers from our team to see what they created.

The sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Flowers of Friendship:

The recipe:

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

Mat: Highland Heather 4 x 5-1/4

DSP panel: Hand Penned 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Thin scallop mat: Highland Heather die cut with the Scallop Contour Dies

Thin panel: Basic White 2 x 3-5/16 embossed with the Timeless Textile EF

Sentiment and DSP panel: 1 x 2-1/4

The details:

The flowers

• Stamp and the floral images from the Flowers of Friendship stamp set with Black Memento Tuxedo Black ink as follows into Basic White card stock
• 3 large flowers  2-Highland Heather and 1-Daffodil Delight colored with your Stampin Blends
• 1 small flower and color with your Daffodil Delight Stampin Blend
• Color the centers of the flowers with Daffodil Delight Stampin Blend
• Leaves: 4 large leaves and 4 small leaves and color with your Mint Macaron Stampin Blends
• After all the flowers and leaves are stamped and colored, punch them out with the coordinating Flower and Leaves Punch

The sentiment:

• Stamp your sentiment onto the 1 x 2-1/4 Basic White panel using the sentiment from Flowers of Friendship stamp set
• Glue the sentiment onto the 1 x 2-1/4 piece of DSP, off set just a bit with your choice of adhesive

Putting the card together:

• Adhere the DSP panel to the Highland Heather mat
• Attach this panel to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Adhere the Basic White embossed panel to the Highland Heather Scalloped panel
• Attach this to the left hand side of the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Attach the sentiment to the bottom right side of the small thin panel with Dimensionals

Adding the flowers:

• Adhere your two large flower to the top left of the thin panel with glue dots
• Attach the extra Highland Heather flower on top of the first Highland Heather flower with a Dimensional
• Adhere the small Daffodil Delight flower to the bottom left of the sentiment with a glue dot
• tuck in the leaves hear and there around the flower with glue dots
• Adhere three Mint Macaron Genial Gems to the front of the card and you are finished

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:

Akiko Sudano:

Karen Ksenzakovic:

Julie Johnson:

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 $50.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 8 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.

Hi Stampers, today for out hop we have a theme challenge called “Things With Wings”  I thought of birds, dragonflies and then butterflies. I decided to ink up the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set.  I also used my new blending brushes, the combination of the butterflies and blending brushed worked out great.  Enjoy all the cards that our team created today.

The theme:

Stampin’ Up! Butterfly Brilliance:

The recipe:

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

Mat: Polished Pink 4 x 5-1/4

Art piece: Basic White 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Circle and Mat: Polished Pink and Basic White die cut the the Layering Circle Dies

Sentiment: Basic Black: 5/8 x 3-1/2

The details:

• Using your Blending Brushes blend ink onto your art piece with the following colors:
• Polished Pink, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, and Bermuda Bay
• Mount your art piece onto the Polished Pink mat
• Die cut the solid butterfly image from the Brilliant Wings Die from Basic Black card stock
• Die cut the detailed butterfly from the Brilliant Wings Die from Basic White
• Take our die cut detailed white butterfly and put some Polished Pink ink toward the center of the butterfly with your Blending Brush
• Adhere your black butterfly to your white butterfly with liquid glue
• Adhere your Polished Pink scallop mat to the Basic White die cut circle from the Layering Dies

The sentiment:

• Punch tails to each end of the sentiment piece with the Pick a Banner Punch
• Stamp the Thank You from the Sweet Strawberry stamp set with Versa Mark Ink
• Sprinkle with White Embossing Powder and heat set the sentiment with a heat gun

Putting your card together:

• Wrap a piece of Polished Pink ribbon around your matted art piece
• Adhere your matted art piece to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Glue your Basic White circle to the Polished Pink scallop mat
• Attach the matted circle to the left hand side of the card front with Dimensionals
• Adhere your butterfly to the top of the matted circle with glue dots
• Attach your sentiment with a glue dot onto the circle

Finishing touches:

• Add a Polished Pink bow to the left hand side of the circle
• Add some Matt Black Dots to the front of the card along with some Polished Pink In-Color Gems and you are done

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:

Akiko Sudano:

Karen Ksenzakovic:

Julie Johnson:

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 $50.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 8 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 inked up the brand new stamp set coming soon in the annual catalog.   The Hand-Penned stamp set is going to be a favorite of mine.  I love the loose feel of the inked images that bring on a fun casual flair in the card design.  Oh and the possibilities with the beautiful Hand-Penned DSP is gorgeous too.

The sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Hand-Penned:

The recipe:

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

Mat: Basic White 5-1/4 x 4

Mat: Hand- Penned DSP 5-1/8 x 3-7/8

Scallop circle mat: Gorgeous Grape die cut with the Layering Circle Die

Sentiment: Basic White Stitched Shape Die (largest)

Strips: Gorgeous Grape: 1/2 x 4-1/2

Strip: Hand Penned DSP 1/2 x 4-1/2

The details:

• Stamp the floral image from the Hand-Penned stamp set onto a piece of Basic White card stock with Black Tuxedo Memento Ink
• Stamp the fill in images from the Hand-Penned stamp set as follows:
• Largest flower: Highland Heather Ink
• Medium and small flowers: Daffodil Delight Ink
• Tiny flowers: Blushing Bride Ink
• Leaves: Garden Green Ink, some second generation and some full strength to give variation in color
• Die cut the floral image out using the Penned Flower Dies
• Die cut a few extra leaves from Garden Green card stock using the Penned Flower Dies

The sentiment:

• Stamp the sentiment in Black Tuxedo Memento Ink onto the Stitched Shape Circle die cut
• Attach the sentiment to the Gorgeous Grape scallop die cut with Stampin Seal

Putting the card together:

•  Adhere your DSP mat to the Basic White mat with Stampin Seal
• Attach this to the front of the card with Stampin Seal
• Attach the sentiment piece to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Adhere your 1/2 strips to the front o the sentiment with Glue Dots
• Now put the floral piece onto the front of the card attaching it to the right hand side of the sentiment piece with Dimensionals
• Tuck a few of the Garden Green die cut leaves to the floral spray for added dimension

Finishing details:

• Add some Pearl Basic Jewels to the center of each flower
• Add a few more Pearls here and there on the front of the card and you are done

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:

Karen Finkle:

Karen Ksenzakovic:

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 $50.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 8 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, today for our hop we have a color challenge.  We had five yummy colors to choose from and my choice from the 5 were Petal Pink, Poppy Parade and Mossy Meadow.  I decided to use the Blossom In Bloom Bundle as it was feeling a tad neglected and it needed some inky love, so it was used for my share today.  I just might try this card in more color combos and see what I come up with.

The color challenge:

Stampin’ Up! Blossom in Blooms:

The recipe:

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

Mat: DSP Fine Art Floral 4-1/4 x 5-1/2

Mat: Basic White die cut with the largest Stitched Rectangle Die

Sentiment: Basic White die cut with the small Stitched Rectangle Die

Sentiment mat: Poppy Parade

The details:

• Die cut the background die from the Many Layered Blossom die in Basic White card stock
• Using your Blender Brushes color the die cut piece as follows:
• Leaves: Mossy Meadow
• Flowers: Petal Pink and Poppy Parade
• Die cut the thin outlined detailed die from the Many Layered Blossom die in Basic White card stock
• Adhere your thin outlined die cut to the colored background layered die cut with liquid glue
• Die cut two Poppy Parade small flowers and two coordinating thin Basic White layered dies flowers
• Adhere these two layers together
• Emboss the Basic White Stitched Rectangle Die cut with the Tasteful Textile EF

Putting your card together:

• Adhere your DSP panel to the front of the card
• Adhere you embossed Basic White panel to the front of the card
• Glue your floral die cut flowers to the front embossed panel with Glue Dots

The sentiment:

• Stamp your sentiment from the Blossom in Blooms stamp set onto Basic White card stock with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
• Die cut the sentiment with the Stitched Rectangle Die
• Crop a piece of Poppy Parade cards stock to mat the sentiment
• Adhere the sentiment to the Poppy Parade mat
• Attach to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Adhere the two small flowers to the front of the card, one by the sentiment and one in the top left side of the floral spray

Finishing details:

•  Add a few Opal Rounds here and there to the front of the card and you are done

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:

Akiko Sudano: 

Karen Ksenzakovic:

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 $50.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 8 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,  I took a few weeks off when we visited Kentucky.  We are being transferred to the Blue Grass state from the PNW and went back to look for housing.  It was a fun and exciting trip.  We found a house and will now pursue getting our home sold in Vancouver WA for the BIG move in a few months.  I am glad to be back creating and have a card using the Art Gallery Bundle.  Today was a sketch challenge and the Art Gallery set worked out perfectly, I even used the Gilding Flakes to enhance my card.  Have fun on our hop!

The sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Art Gallery:

The recipe:

Card base: Gray Granite 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Mat: Basic White Die cut with the largest Stitched Rectangle Die

DSP panels: Fine Art Floral DSP die cut with the 3rd largest Stitched Rectangle Die

Circle: Basic White Stitched Shape Circle Die

Circle mat: Gray Granite die cut with the Layering Circle Die Scallop

The details:

• Stamp your flower image using the two stamps from the Art Gallery Stamp set as follows:
• The large solid flower image stamp in Pumpkin Pie Ink onto Basic White card stock
• Stamp over the Pumpkin Pie image with the layering floral image in Poppy Parade Ink
• Stamp the leaf image in Pretty Peacock ink onto Basic White card stock
• Die cut the flower and leaf with the Floral Gallery Dies

Gilding Flakes:

• Lightly trace your circle die with a pencil onto a piece of Basic White card stock
• Adhere strips of Tear and Tape to the traced circle image
• Peel off the backing of the Tear and Tape to expose the adhesive
• Lay Gilding Flakes on to the adhesive and rub the flakes into the exposed adhesive
• Burnish the Flakes until they are smooth ( I used my fingers then a clean stencil brush)
• Die cut the Gilded piece with your Stitched Shape Circle die

Putting the card together:

• Attach the Basic White mat to  the front of the card base with Stampin Seal
• Adhere your two DSP panels to the White mat, off setting each panel just a bit
• Adhere your gilded circle to the Gray Granite Scalloped circle
• Adhere your matted circle to the front left of the card front with Dimensionals
• Adhere your leaf to the circle with glue dots
• Attach your flower head to the circle with Dimensionals

The sentiment:

• Stamp the sentiment from the Art Gallery stamp set with Black Tuxedo Memento Ink onto Basic White card stock
• Punch the sentiment out with the Classic Label Punch
• Attach the sentiment to the gilded circle with glue dots

Finishing details:

• Add a Fine Art Floral Ribbon bow to the flower stem
• Attach a few Pretty Peacock Butterfly gems to the front of the card and you are done!

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:

Akiko Sudano: 

Karen Ksenzakovic:

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 $50.00 in Stampin’ Up! products that you order through me. (before shipping and tax)  Collect 8 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