Hi Stampers, well my title was a mouth full.  We had a color challenge and I used two wonderful sets to make my card.  One of my favorites, Tropical Chic and a new favorite, Butterfly Gala.  With the colors, Call Me Clover, Calypso Coral and Pineapple Punch, this was a very bright card, perfect for your cloudy spring weather in the Pacific NW.

Here is the color challenge:

Stampin’ Up! Tropical Chic and Butterfly Gala:

Here is the recipe:

Card base: Calypso Coral 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

Mat: Basic Black 5 x 3-3/4

Mat: Subtle Paper Pack using Calypso Coral 4-7/8 x 3-5/8

Art piece: Whisper White Rectangle Stitched Framelits

Here are the details:

Directions for the art piece details:

• Stamp your sentiment onto the Whisper White Stitched Framelit
• Stamp your leaves as follows: Stamp one Philodendron leaf onto the Whisper White Stitched Framelit on the left side of the art piece with Call Me Clover Ink
• Stamp two more Call Me Clover leaves onto a piece of scrap Whisper White card stock and die cut them out
• Die cut two Pineapple Punch card stock ferns
• Stamp your Butterflies onto a scrap piece of Whisper White card stock with Tuxedo Memento Ink
• Color them as follows:
• Wings: Calypso Coral Stampin Blends, Tips: Pineapple Punch Stampin Write Marker
• Punch our your butterflies with the matching punch

More details:

• Mount your DSP mat to the Black mat
• Mount this panel to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Wrap and piece of Calypso Coral ribbon around the art piece
• Mount the art piece to the card from with dimensionals
• Adhere the two yellow ferns
• Adhere the two philodendron leaves one with a glue dot the top one with a dimensional
• Adhere your butterflies with glue dots
• Add a few Happiness Blooms Enamel dots and some pearls

Here is the 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:

Shelagh Freemantle:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Eva Dobias:

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, 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! Just Because:

Here is the recipe:

Card base: Old Olive 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Mat: Whisper White 4 x 5-1/4

DSP: Wood Grain DSP 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Frame: Whisper White made with the Stitched Rectangle Framelits

Art Piece: Whisper White Stitched Rectangle Framelit 2-1/4 x 3-1/2

Here are the details:

• Stamp your image onto the Rectangle art piece with tuxedo Memento Black Ink
• Color in the image as follows with your Stampin Blends
• Flower Pot : Cajun Craze, Leaves: Granny Apple Green and Old Olive

 More details:

• Mount you Wood Grain DSP to the Whisper White mat
• Mount the frame to the Wood Grain DSP
• Wrap a piece of Linen Thread around the panel
• Mount this panel to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Mount your matted art piece to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Add a matching bow to the left side of the card
• Pop a Granny Apple Green Sequin to the right side of the art piece and your are done

Here is the card inspiration:

Here is the card from my blog hop on Thursday that inspired my design for today’s share

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, I received this hostess set last week  and thought, this would be perfect for the sketch challenge today.  It was fun coloring the images and so easy too, as there was not a huge amount of coloring to do.  This card could be made in your favorite color so the combinations are endless.  I might just try a few more colors  and see what I might come up with.

Here is the sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Just Because:

Here is the recipe:

Card base: Pool Party 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Mat: Calypso Coral 4 x 5-1/4

DSP: Subtle Paper Pack in Pool Party 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Tiny mat: Pool Party 2-3/4 x 4-1/8

Art Piece: Whisper White Stitched Rectangle Framelit 2-5/8 x 3-15-16

Here are the details:

• Stamp your image onto the Rectangle art piece with tuxedo Memento Black Ink
• Color in the image as follows with your Stampin Blends
• Vase and inside of the frame: Pool Party, Leaves: Granny Apple Green, Flowers: Calypso Coral
• Mount your art piece onto the small Pool Party Mat

 More details:

• Mount you Pool Party DSP to the Calypso Coral mat
• Wrap a piece of Calypso Coral ribbon around the panel
• Mount this panel to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Mount your matted art piece to the front of the card with demensionals
• Add a matching bow to the left side of the card
• Pop a Happiness Blooms Enamel Dot in Calypso and a Pearl to the right side of the art piece and your are done

Here is the 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:

Shelagh Freemantle:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Eva Dobias:

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 hop we had a color challenge using the bright Lemon Lime Twist, Grapefruit Grove and Daffodil Delight.  With these colorful color choices I decided to use the Butterfly Gala stamp set and matching punch for my card.

Here is the color challenge:

Stampin’ Up Butterfly Gala:

Here is the recipe:

Card base: Lemon  Lime Twist 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Mat: Grapefruit Grove 4 x 5-1/4

DSP: 3-7/8 x 5-1/8 (disclaimer, I used a retired paper.)  I made my cards ahead of schedule and forgot that Sale a Bration ended ) So sorry for the mistake.  This paper is from the Botanical Butterfly DSP

DSP Gingham Gala 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Sentiment: Whisper White 1/2 x 3-1/4 punched at the end with the Triple Banner Punch

Here are the details:

• Stamp your butterflies with Black Memento Ink onto a scrap piece of Whisper White card Stock
• Color your butterflies with your Stampin Blends using, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green
• Color in the details on the wings with your Grapefruit Grove Stampin Write Marker
• Punch out the butterflies

More details:

• Cut your Gingham Gala DSP across the bottom at a diagonal (any angle is good)
• Adhere the diagonal piece to the the Lemon Lime Twist DSP
• Mount this to the Grapefruit Grove card stock
• Wrap a piece of Lemon Lime Twist Ribbon around the seam where the two papers meet
• Adhere this panel to the card front with dimensionals
• Attach your butterflies with glue dots along the ribbon

• Stamp your sentiment in Black Ink and attach to the left side of the card toward the top
• Add a few rhinestones and Happiness Blooms Enamel dots and you are done

Here is the 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:

Shelagh Freemantle:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Julie Johnston:

Eva Dobias:

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! Hanging Garden

Here is the recipe:

Card base: Soft Suede 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

Mat: Calypso Coral 5-1/4 x 4

DSP mat  Needlepoint Nook 5-1/8 x 3-7/8

Tiny mat: Soft Suede 4-1/2 x 2-7/8

Rectangles: Whisper White cut from the Stitched Rectangle Framelits (1-3/8 x 2-3/4)

Here are the details:

Left side basket panel:

• Stamp your hanging basket stamp  in Tuxedo Black ink
• Color in the image as follows with your  Stampin Blends,
• Basket: Crumb Cake and Soft Suede, Leaves are Granny Apple Green, Old Olive and Mossy Meadow

Middle panel:

• Stamp your sentiment in Tuxedo Black ink using the verse from Part Of My Story (Sale A Bration)

Right side basket panel:

• Stamp the hanging basket in Tuxedo Black Ink
• Color in the basket with your Stampin Blends as follows:
• Basket: Crumb Cake and Soft Suede
• Leaves in Granny Apple Green,Old Olive and Mossy Meadow
• Flowers in Calypso Coral

More Details:

• Adhere your DSP panel to your Calyp0s Coral mat
• Wrap a Grapefruit Grove Natures Twine bow around the panel
• Adhere this panel to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Adhere your three rectangles to the tiny Soft Suede mat
• Attach this panel to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Add a Grapefruit Grove bow
• Add two Happiness Blooms  Calypso Coral Enamel Dots to the left panel

Here is my card inspiration:

Here is the card from the blog hop on Thursday that inspired today’s Alternate Monday card.  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’s hop is a special day, a very wonderful, encouraging and generous person is celebrating her birthday today.  Happy Birthday to our amazing team leader Amy Koenders.  Our cards today are all birthday cards to honor this amazing person, AMY!     May your day be filled with joy as you celebrate.

Here is the sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Varied Vases:

Here is the recipe:

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

Mat: Pool Party 5-1/4 x 4

DSP mat 5-1/8 x 3-7/8

Tiny mat: Basic Black 4-1/2 x 2-7/8

Rectangles: Whisper White cut from the Stitched Rectangle Framelits (1-3/8 x 2-3/4)

Here are the details:

Left side vase panel:

• Stamp your tall vase, leaves and floral  in Tuxedo Black ink
• Stamp an extra short vase on a scrap piece of Whisper White Card Stock
• Color in the vases with your Pool Party Stampin Blends
• Color the flowers with your Calypso Coral Stampin Blends and the leaves in your Granny Apple Green Stampin Blends
• Punch the shore vase out and mount it to the right side of the tall vase with dimensionals

Middle panel:

• Stamp your sentiment in Tuxedo Black ink using the verse from Picture Perfect Birthday

Right side vase panel:

• Stamp the medium vase, tulips and leaves in Tuxedo Black Ink
• Color in the vase with your Pool Party Stampin Blends
• Stamp an extra tulip onto a piece of scrap Whisper White card stock
• Color your tulips with your Rich Razzleberry Stampin Blends and your leaves with your Granny Apple Green Stampin Blends
• Punch out the extra tulip and mount i twith a dimensional

More Details:

• Adhere your DSP panel to your Pool Party mat
• Wrap a double Pool Party /Silver Bakers Twine bow around the panel
• Adhere this panel to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Adhere your three rectangles to the tiny black mat
• Attach this panel to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Add a double Pool Party bow
• Add one rhinestone to the tiny vase and you are done

Here is the 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:

Shelagh Freemantle:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Julie Johnston:

Eva Dobias:

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 hop we had a color challenge with Berry Burst, Old Olive and Crushed Curry.  I had some, never been used Needlepoint Nook DSP and thought that the colors were perfect for this challenge.  I do not have the coordinating stamp set that matches the paper so I had to put my thinking cap on and figure out what to do. I came up with this idea (with the help of Pinterest and Bonnie ONeill) and thought that the paper will do most of the work with just a touch of fussy cutting to complete the card.

Here is the color challenge:

Stampin’ Up! Needlepoint Nook:

Here is the recipe:

Card base: Old Olive

Mat: Whisper White

Diagonal panel: Berry Burst and Needlepoint Nook DSP 5-1/8 x 3-7/8

Sentiment piece: Whisper White Stitched Shapes (circle) and  an Old Olive Layering Scallop Circle Framelits

Here is the recipe:

the sentiment

• Stamp the sentiment onto the Whisper White Stitched Circle Framelit
• Mount it to the Old Olive Scallop Circle
• Fussy cut some of the flowers from the Needlepoint Nook DSP and attach to the edge of the sentiment piece
• Stamp the leaf image from the Rooted Stamp Set in Old Olive Ink then die cut them out to add foliage to the little flower bouquet
• Add some Rhinestones to the sentiment piece

the card front

• Take your two panels, one Needlepoint Nook and one Berry Burst and cut them in half diagonally
• Run the Berry Burst panel through your Big Shot using the Country Floral EF
• Attach the two diagonal panels to the Whisper White mat
• Adhere a Berry Burst Ribbon diagonally over the seam of the two papers

More Details:

• Attach your matted panel to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Attach your matted sentiment piece to  the front of the card with dimensionals
• Add a Berry Burst bow and your are finished

Another option:

I did two cards and could not decide which one to highlight for the blog.  Which one do you like the best?

Here is the 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:

Shelagh Freemantle:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Eva Dobias:

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! Painted Season:

Here is the recipe:

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

Mat: Poppy Parade 5 x 3-7/8

DSP: Painted Season 4-7/8 x 3-3/4

Sentiment: Whisper White  Stitched Rectangle Framelits

Lace piece: Whisper White from the Petals and More Framelit Dies

Here are the details:

• Stamp your leaves and flowers onto Whisper White card stock as follows
• Flower: Poppy Parade, Large leaves: Call Me Clover, Small leaves: Granny Apple Green
• Stamp your sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto the rectangle framelit

More details:

•  Adhere your DSP onto the Poppy Parade mat
• Wrap a piece of Call Me Clover ribbon around the panel
• Attach this panel to the card front with dimensionals
• Attach your sentiment to the card front with dimensionals
• Adhere the lace piece to the sentiment
• Attach your flower and leaves with glue dots
• Finish your card with some Call Me Clover Enamel Dots and a bow

Here is the card inspiration:

You can see that I changed the position from vertical to horizontal and used DSP instead of the embossing folder for my background.  Which one to do you like best?  If I had to pick, I would choose this card as my favorite as is brighter and I like cards that pop!

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:

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.

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Hi Stampers, today for our hop we have a sketch challenge.  I decide to let the beautiful County Floral Embossing Folder from Sale-A-Bration take center stage for my card design.  It is a wonderful folder and really adds so much texture to the card.

Here is the sketch:

I let my Embossing Folder do most of the work in the sketch, the embossed images were all the background flowers for the design.

Stampin’ Up! Painted Season with the Country Floral Embossing Folder:

Here is the recipe:

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

Mat: Poppy Parade 4 x 5-1/4

Embossed panel: Whisper White 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Sentiment: Whisper White Stitched Circle Framelit

Polka dot strip: Brights Paper Pack in Poppy Parade 5/8 x 4 punched with the Triple Banner Punch

Here are the details:

• Stamp the floral images from the Painted Season Stamp set as follows onto a piece of Whisper White card stock:
• Floral in Poppy Parade and Petal Pink Inks
• Large leaves in Granny Apple Green Ink
• Small leaves in Call Me Clover Ink
• Die cut all the flowers and leaves with the coordinating dies

More details:

• Adhere your embossed panel to the Poppy Parade mat
• Attach this to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Add some loops of White Bakers Twine and Silver Metallic Thread to the card front
• Adhere your Poppy Parade DSP strip
• Adhere your stamped sentiment on top of the strip with dimensionals and over the top of the loops
• Adhere your florals with glue dots except the pink flower, it is attached with a dimensional
• Add your double White Bakers Twine bow and some Rhinestones and your card is complete

Here is the 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:

Shelagh Freemantle:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Julie Johnston:

Eva Dobias:

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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