Hi Stampers, Today for our hop we have a sketch challenge.  Slimline cards are all the rage right now and I thought this sketch worked wonderfully to try out a slimline design.  I paired the new design with the Autumn Greetings stamp set and I am delighted how the card went together.

The sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Autumn Greetings:

The recipe:

Card base: Whisper White 8-1/2 x 7, scored at 3-1/2

One extra card front: Whisper White 8-1/2 x 3-1/2

Mat: Crumb Cake 6-1/8 x 3-1/4

DSP panel:  Plaid Tidings 6 x 3-1/8

Sentiment: Whisper White 7/8 x 4-3/4 punched on the end with the Banner Triple Punch

The details:

• Stamp the floral image from the Autumn Greeting stamp set onto Whisper White card stock with Tuxedo Memento Black Ink
• Color the image with your Stampin Blends as follows:
• Large flowers: Mango Melody
• Oak leaves: Granny Apple Green touched with a bit of light pumpkin pie
• Maple Leaves: Old Olive touched with a bit of light Cajun Craze
• Dahlia: Blackberry Bliss
• Wheat: Daffodil Delight touched with a bit of Mango Melody
• Eucalyptus: Crumb Cake
• Berries: Cajun Craze touched with a bit of Real Red
• Pumpkin: Pumpkin Pie
• When you have the image colored you can cut it  out with the Autumn Essentials Dies (I did not have the die so I fussy cut the image out)

The sentiment:

• Stamp your Autumn Greetings sentiment using the saying from the Autumn Greetings stamp set
• I inked the image first in Versa Mark then right into my Blackberry Bliss Ink
• Put Clear Heat Emboss Powder over the sentiment and then heat set the image with your heat tool

Putting the card together:

• Wrap a piece of Bumblebee In Color Mini Ribbon around the card front panel
• Attach this panel to the front of the card
• Adhere the DSP panel to the Crumb Cake mat
• Attach the Crumb Cake/DSP panel to the front of the card centering it
• Attach your floral image to the front left of the card with Dimensionals
• Tuck your sentiment on the front of the card with Glue Dots

Finishing details:

• Adhere a Bumblebee bow to the top of the left hand side of the floral image with a Glue Dots
• Add a few of the Artistry In Bloom Mango Melody Sequins here and there on the front of the card and you are finished

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:

Akiko Sudano:

Karen Ksenzakovic:

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 $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’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! Birds and Branches Christmas Card:

The recipe:

Card base: Highland Heather 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Panel: Snowflake Spendor DSP 4 x 5-1/4

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

Sentiment Whisper White 5/8 x 3-1/2

The details:

• Stamp 3 birds from the Birds and Branches stamp set in Pacific Point and Highland Heather
• (Stamp the wing/body stamp in Pacific Point and then in second solid stamp in Highland Heather
• Die cut the birds out using the Birds and More Die Set
• Die cut your snowflakes using the So Many Snowflakes dies as follows:
• Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper: 2 small the one large snowflake
• Highland Heather card stock: 1 medium snowflake
• Whisper White card stock: 1 small snowflake

The sentiment:

• Stamp the sentiment using the saying from Poinsettia Petals stamp set  on the the 5/8  sentiment piece with Pacific Point Ink

Preparing the art piece:

• Take three circle dies from the Layering Circle dies and arrange them onto the Whisper White art piece
• The circles I used measure approx. 1-3/8, 1-5/8 and  1-7/8
• Die cut the circles out
• Emboss the art piece with the Subtle  EF
• Adhere your sentiment to the art piece below the middle left circle with Glue Dots

Putting the card together:

• Adhere the Snowflake Splendor DSP to the card front
• Adhere the art piece to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Attach a bird to the bottom left hand circle opening
• Cut the middle bird down so he fits in the middle circle and attach him inside the circle with a Glue Dot
• Cut the top bird down so he fits in the top circle and attach him inside with a Glue Dot
• Stack your large Balmy Blue, medium Highland Heather and small Whisper White snowflake together with glue dots
• Place this stack of snowflakes to the right side of the bottom circle opening
• Add a small Balmy Blue snow flake to the middle and upper circle with Glue Dots

Finishing touches:

• Add a Blue Adhesive Gem  to the center of each snowflake
• Add a few more Blue Adhesive gems on the card front along with a few Basic Rhinestones for added sparkle

Design inspiration:

Here is the card from the Thursday Blog Hop that inspired the “Alternate” look

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.

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Hi Stampers, today for our hop we have a theme challenge.  We could choose “birds or animals” as the inspiration for our card.  Birds and Branches fit the bill and I decided to make it into a Christmas card by using some of the new Heartwarming Hugs DSP to add to the Christmas theme.

The theme:

Stampin’ Up! Birds and Branches Christmas Card:

The recipe:

Card base: Real Red 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Panel: Heartwarming Hugs DSP 4 x 5-1/4

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

Sentiment Whisper White 1/2 x 3-1/2

The details:

• Stamp 3 birds from the Birds and Branches stamp set in Real Red
• (Stamp the wing/body stamp in real red and then in second generation stamping stamp the solid body stamp in real red)
• Die cut the birds out using the Birds and More Die Set
• Stamp the holly leaves and berries using the images from the Poinsettia Petals stamps set as follows:
• Large holly leaves: stamp in Mossy Meadow Ink onto Old Olive card stock
• Small holly leaves: stamp in Mossy Meadow Ink onto Mossy Meadow card stock
• Stamp the berry stem in Mossy Meadow Ink, stamp the berry centers in Real Red Ink onto Whisper White card stock
• Die cut the holly leaves and the berries using the Poinsettia Dies
• Die cut the small leaves in Mossy Meadow card stock using the Birds and More Die Set

The sentiment:

• Stamp the sentiment using the saying from Itty Bitty Christmas on the the 1/2 sentiment piece with Black Tuxedo Memento Ink

Preparing the art piece:

• Take three circle dies from the Layering Circle dies and arrange them onto the Whisper White art piece
• The circles I used measure approx. 1-3/8, 1-5/8 and  1-7/8
• Die cut the circles out
• Emboss the art piece with the Subtle  EF
• Adhere your sentiment to the art piece below the middle left circle with Glue Dots

Putting the card together:

• Adhere the Heartwarming Hugs DSP to the card front
• Adhere the art piece to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Attach the a large and small holly leaf to the left of the bottom circle opening
• Attach a bird to the holly with a Dimensional
• Cut the middle bird down so he fits in the middle circle and attach him inside the circle with a Glue Dot
• Cut the top bird down so he fits in the top circle and attach him inside with a Glue Dot
• Attach a small and large holly leaf to the top right circle
• Tuck in your berries with Glue Dots on the bottom circle cluster and the top circle cluster (on the top one, I cut the holly into pieces)
• Tuck in the small Mossy Meadow leaves here and there on the front of the card

Finishing touches:

• Add some Rhinestones on the front of the card here and there to add some extra sparkle
• Attach a small Linen Thread bow to the top right hand group of holly an you are finished

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:

Akiko Sudano:

Karen Ksenzakovic:

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 $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’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! Wonder of the Season meets Poinsettia Petals:

The recipe:

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

Panel: Brushed Metallic in Gold 4-1/4 x 5-1/2

Mat: Real Red 4 x 5-1/4

Scrappy Strip panel: Real Red 3 x 5-1/4

Sentiment: Whisper White die cut using the Tasteful Textures Die

The details:

• Cut diagonal strips of the Wonder of the Season DSP
• Cut  diagonal strips of the Brushed Metallic Gold DSP
• Using your 3 x 5-1/4 piece of Real Red card stock glue the strips of DS to the front of the panel (leaving a tiny space between each strip) The strips will hang off the edge of the paper
• After your strips are all glued on, turn the panel over and using your paper trimmer, trim all the strips flush with the card panel
• Emboss the the 4 x 5-1/4 Real Red panel with the Tasteful Textile EF
• Adhere your scrappy strip panel to the Real Red embossed panel

The flower:

• Stamp the medium and small poinsettia images from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set onto Vellum with your Versa Mark Ink
• Emboss the images with Gold Embossing Powder and heat set with your heat gun.
• Die cut the images out with the Poinsettia Dies
• Adhere the two layers of poinsettias together with a glue dot
• Die cut 3 berry stems using the die from Poinsettia Dies and your Brushed Metallic DSP

The sentiment:

• Stamp your sentiment from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set with Real Red Ink
• Die cut the sentiment out using the  Tasteful Texture Die

Putting the card together:

• Adhere the gold panel to  the front of the card
• Attach the scrappy strip panel to the Real Red embossed panel
• Wrap a piece of the gold cord around the panel where the two papers meet
• Adhere your sentiment to the right hand side of the card, on top of the gold cord with Stampin Seal
• Adhere your poinsettia with glue dots
• Tuck in the berry stems under the poinsettia and adhere with glue dots

Finishing touches:

• Adhere a Beaded Pearl to the center of the flower
• Add a gold cord  bow to the left of the sentiment adhering it to the Gold Cord that is wrapped around the card panel

Card inspiration:

Here is the card from our Thursday Blog Hop that inspired my ” Alternate” look

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 blog hop we have a sketch challenge.  I used the fun scrappy strip technique with the Wonder of the Season DSP for the background of my card and The Poinsettia Petals Bundle worked beautifully to add some glamor to the card to finish off the look.

The sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Wonder of the Season meets Poinsettia Petals:

The recipe:

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

Panel: Brushed Metallic in Gold 4-1/4 x 5-1/2

Mat: Shaded Spruce 4 x 5-1/4

Scrappy Strip panel: Shaded Spruce 3 x 5-1/4

The details:

• Cut diagonal strips of the Wonder of the Season DSP
• Cut  diagonal strips of the Brushed Metallic Gold DSP
• Using your 3 x 5-1/4 piece of Shaded Spruce DSP glue the strips of DS to the front of the panel (leaving a tiny space between each strip) The strips will hang off the edge of the paper
• After you strips are all glued on, turn the panel over and using your paper trimmer, trim all the strips flush with the card panel
• Emboss the the 4 x 5-1/4 Shaded Spruce panel with the Dainty Diamonds EF
• Adhere your scrappy strip panel to the Shaded Spruce panel

The flower:

• Stamp the medium and small poinsettia images from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set onto Vellum with your Versa Mark Ink
• Emboss the images with White Embossing Powder and heat set with your heat gun.
• Die cut the images out with the Poinsettia Dies
• Adhere the two layers of poinsettias together with a glue dot
• Die cut 3 leave using the die from Poinsettia Dies and your Brushed Metallic DSP

The sentiment:

• Stamp your sentiment from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set with Shaded Spruce Ink onto Whisper White card stock
• Die cut the sentiment out using the Stitched Rectangle Die

Putting the card together:

• Adhere the gold panel to  the front of the card
• Wrap a piece of the gold cord around the scrappy strip panel
• Attach the scrappy strip panel to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Adhere your sentiment to the right hand side of the card, on top of the gold cord
• Adhere your poinsettia with glue dots
• Tuck in the leaves under the poinsettia and adhere with glue dots

Finishing touches:

• Adhere a Beaded Pearl to the center of the flower
• Add some Basic Pearls here and there on the front of the card and you are done

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:

Karen Finkle:

Akiko Sudano:

Karen Ksenzakovic:

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 $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 color challenge using the fall colors of Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla and Mint Macaron.   I have been playing with the Autumn Goodness set a lot lately and just could not resist inking it up again with the Gilded Autumn DSP as my color inspiration, what a perfect combination.

The colors:

Stampin’ Up Autumn Goodness:

The recipe:

Card base: Mint Macaron 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

Panel: Brushed Metallic 5-1/4 x 4

DSP panel: Gilded Autumn DSP 5-1/8 x 3-7/8

Small DSP strip:  Gilded Autumn DSP 2-3/4  x 3-1/2

Sentiment: Very Vanilla 3/4 x 2-3/4 punched with the Banner Triple Punch

The details:

• Stamp the wheelbarrow and pumpkin images from the Autumn Goodness stamp set onto Very Vanilla card stock using Black Tuxedo Memento Ink
• Color in your images as follows with your Stampin Blends as follows:
• Wheel borrow: Early Espresso
• Pumpkins: Cajun Craze
• Apples: Real Red
• Corn: Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie
• Leaves: Mint Macaron
• Die cut the wheelbarrow and pumpkins out using the Autumn Wheelbarrow Dies
• Die cut the picket fence in Very Vanilla card stock using the Autumn Wheelbarrow Die
• Run the picket fence through your Pinewood Planks EF to add to the wood look
• Sponge the edges of the picket fence with Early Espresso Ink
• Die cut the wheel in Basic Black card stock using the  Autumn Wheelbarrow Dies and attach to the wheelbarrow with Liquid Glue

The sentiment:

• Stamp the sentiment using the saying from Gather Together stamp set in Early Espresso Ink

Putting the card together:

• Attach the DSP panel to the Brushed Metallic panel with Stampin Seal
• Attach the small strip of DSP to the front of this panel
• Attach the stacked pane to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Adhere your picket fence to the front of the card with liquid glue
• Attach your wheelbarrow to the right hand side of the card with Glue Dots
• Attach the pumpkins to the top of the wheelbarrow with Dimensionala
• Adhere your sentiment to the left have side of the card with Dimensionals

Finishing touches:

• Adhere a double Metallic Trim bow from the Forever Greenery Combo Pack to the right hand side of the pumpkins
• Adhere some Gold Metallic Pearls to the pumpkins and one of the sentiment and you are done

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:

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, 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! Snowflake Wishes:

The recipe:

Card base: Pacific Point  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

Panel: Silver Metallic  5-1/4 x 4

DSP panel: Snowflake Splendor 5-1/8 x 3-/78

DSP strip: Snowflake Splendor 3 x 3-3/4

Art piece: Whisper White  die cut with the Stitched So Sweetly die

The details:

• Die cut your snowflakes using the So Many Snowflake Dies as follows:
• Whisper White snowflakes: 2 small and 1 extra small
• Pacific Point snowflakes:  1 medium
• Silver Metallic: 1 large
• Stack your large silver, medium pacific point, and small white snowflake together with white glue

The sentiment:

• Stamp your sentiment from the Snowflake Wishes stamp set with Versa Mark Ink onto your Whisper White Stitched So Sweetly art piece
• Sprinkle Silver Emboss Powder over the image and heat set with your heat gun

Putting the card together:

• Adhere the Brushed Metallic panel to the front of the Very Vanilla card front
• Adhere the DSP mat to the Metallic panel
• Adhere the small strip of Snowflake Splendor DSP to the front of the card
• Attach the Whisper White  Stitched Stitched So Sweetly art piece to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Attach your snowflakes to the the art piece with Glue Dots

Finishing touches:

• Add some Blue Adhesive Backed Gems to the center of the snowflakes and your are done

Card inspiration:

Here is the card from our Thursday Blog Hop that inspired my “Alternate” Monday card today:

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 sketch challenge for our hop.  Autumn Goodness was such a fun set to use with the sketch.  I paired the Autumn Goodness stamp set with the  Gilded Autumn DSP and I think the combination worked perfectly.   Autumn Goodness and Gilded Autumn Suite are me favorite fall items from the mini catalog.  What is your favorite fall themed set from the mini catalog?

The sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Autumn Goodness:

The recipe:

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

Panel: Brushed Metallic (gold) 5-1/4 x 4

Mat: Gilded Autumn DSP 5-1/8 x 3-7/8

DSP strip: Gilded Autumn 3 x 3-3/4

Art piece: Very Vanilla  die cut with the Stitched Shaped largest oval die

Sentiment: Very Vanilla punched with the Classic Label Punch

The details:

• Stamp your wheelbarrow and floral image from the Autumn Goodness stamp set with Tuxedo Memento Black Ink onto Very Vanilla card stock
• Color in the image with your Stampin Blends as follows:
• Wheel barrow: Soft Suede
• Large flowers: Pumpkin Pie shaded with light Cajun Craze
• Small flowers: Cajun Craze
• Leaves: Mint Macaron
• Die cut your image out the Autumn Wheelbarrow dies
• Die cut your wheelbarrow wheel out with Basic Black card stock and the die from Autumn Wheelbarrow dies

The sentiment:

• Stamp your sentiment from the Autumn Goodness stamp set with Versa Mark Ink onto Very Vanilla card stock
• Sprinkle Gold Emboss Powder over the image and heat set with your heat gun
• Punch the sentiment out with the Classic Label Punch

Putting the card together:

• Adhere the Brushed Metallic panel to the front of the Very Vanilla card front
• Adhere the DSP mat to the Metallic panel
• Adhere the small strip of Gilded Autumn DSP to the front of the card
• Attach the Very Vanilla Stitched Oval art piece to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Attach your wheel to the wheelbarrow with liquid glue then attach the wheelbarrow to the art piece with glue dots
• Attach your floral bouquet to the top of the wheelbarrow with Dimensionals

Finishing touches:

• Attach the sentiment to the right bottom part of the art piece on top of the legs to the wheelbarrow with glue dots
• Attach a double Metallic Thread bow from the Forever Greenery Ribbon pack to the right side of the floral bouquet
• Add some Gold Metallic Pearls here and there to the floral bouquet and your are done

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:

Eva Dobilas:

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

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! Life is Beautiful:

( the photograph picked up the iridescence of the snowflake sequins and turned them pink in the picture, rest assured they are just a glittery white on my card)

The recipe:

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

Mat: Pool Party 4 x 5-1/4 embossed with the Tasteful Textile EF

DSP panel: Snowflake Splendor 4 x 2-3/8

Art piece: Whisper White  die cut with the rectangle Stitched die (3 x 4-3/8)

Sentiment: Whisper White die cut with the Stitched Rectangle Die

Inside: Whisper White 4 x 5-1/4

The details:

the art piece

• Stamp the tree from the Life is Beautiful stamp set in Gray Granite Ink to the left hand side of the art piece
• Ink the circle dot image from Life is Beautiful on the tree branches  as follows:
• Stamp the first set of dots  in Pool Party Ink
• Stamp the dots a second time in 2nd generation Pool Party Ink off set from the first stamping

The sentiment:

• Stamp the sentiment  from the Snowflake Wishes stamp set in Versa Mark Ink
• Sprinkle Silver Emboss Powder on the sentiment and heat emboss the image
• Attach the sentiment to the bottom part of the art piece

Putting the card together:

• Attach your DSP to the bottom of the embossed Pool Party panel
• Wrap a piece of Snowflake Splendor Ribbon around the panel on the seem between the two panels of paper
• Attach this panel to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Adhere your art piece to the  front of the card with Dimensionals

Finishing touches:

• Adhere some Silver sequins from the Sequins for Everything pack to the tree foliage and a few down by the sentiment
• Adhere some Snowflake Adhesive Backed Sequins to the tree foliage
• Adhere a few Snowflake Sequin to the foliage too
• Attach a Snowflake Splendor bow  to the left hand side of the art piece and you are done

Card inspiration:

Here is the card from our Thursday Blog hop that inspired the “alternate” look

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These are the products I used to make my card:

Hi Stampers, today we have a new challenge.  Instead of a color or sketch challenge we have a theme challenge.  Today we could make a card using leaves or trees.  The Life is Beautiful stamp set was a great choice to make a card with a tree theme.

The theme:

Stampin’ Up! Life is Beautiful:

The recipe:

Card base: Cajun Craze 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Mat: Blackberry Bliss 4 x 5-1/4 embossed with the Pinewood Planks EF

DSP panel: Plaid Tidings 4 x 2-3/8

Art piece: Whisper White  die cut with the rectangle Stitched die (3 x 4-3/8)

Sentiment: Whisper White 1/2 x 3-3/8

Inside: Whisper White 4 x 5-1/4

The details:

the art piece

• Stamp the tree from the Life is Beautiful stamp set in Soft Suede Ink to the left hand side of the art piece
• Ink the leaves as follows:
• Stamp the first set of leaves in Pumpkin Pie Ink
• Stamp the leaves a second time in 2nd generation Pumpkin Pie Ink off set from the first stamping
• Stamp the leaves in Crushed Curry Ink
• Stamp the leaves again in 2nd generation Crushed Curry off set from the other stamping
• Color in the bird house from the Life is Beautiful stamp set with ink to rubber as follows:
• Birdhouse: Blackberry Bliss
• Birds: Pumpkin Pie
• Birdhouse string: Soft Suede
• Stamp the birdhouse image onto the art piece

The sentiment:

• Stamp the sentiment  from the Beautiful Autumn stamp set in Versa Mark Ink
• Sprinkle Gold Emboss Powder on the sentiment and heat emboss the image
• Attach the sentiment to the bottom part of the art piece

Putting the card together:

• Attach your DSP to the bottom of the embossed Blackberry Bliss panel
• Wrap some Metallic Thread from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pac three times around the panel in the seem between the two panels of paper
• Attach this panel to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Adhere your art piece to the  front of the card with Dimensionals

Finishing touches:

• Adhere some Gold and Orange sequins from the Sequins for Everything pack to the tree foliage and a few down by the sentiment
• Attach a double Metallic bow from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack to the left hand side of the art piece and you are done

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:

Eva Dobilas:

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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