Hi Stampers, today for our hop we have a sketch challenge.  The sketch was the perfect design to use the flowers from  True Love DSP.  I colored in the flowers  using the new Blending Brushes, did some fussy cutting and voila, the card  was done.

The sketch:

Stampin’ Up! True Love DSP Card:

The recipe:

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

Back Panel: Whisper White 5-1/4 x 4, embossed with the Tasteful Textile Embossing Folder

DSP panel: True Love 5-1/4 x 2-1/8

The details:

• Color in a cluster of Daisies from the True Love DSP using Calypso Coral Ink and your Blending Brush, keeping the color darker in the center and lighter on the edges
• With your Blending Brush and Daffodil Delight Ink color the tips of some of the petals
• Color in the leaves with Granny Apple Green Stampin Blends
• Fussy cut your flower cluster out with our paper snips

The sentiment:

• My sentiment came for the Many Messages stamp set
• Ink up your sentiment with versamark ink into Black card stock
• Sprinkle White Embossing Powder over the sentiment and then heat emboss with your heat tool
• Die cut the sentiment out with the coordinating Message Die

Putting the card together:

• Adhere your DSP panel to the embossed Whisper White panel
• Wrap a piece of Calypso Coral ribbon from the Ornate Garden Ribbon Combo Pack around the card where the two papers meet at the seam
• Attach this panel to the front of the card with Stampin Seal
• Attach your flower cluster to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Attach your sentiment to the front of the card with Dimensionals

More details:

• Add a Calypso Coral bow to the left of the sentiment
• Add some Gold Glitter Enamel Dots 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:

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! Hydrangea Haven:

The recipe:

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

Mat: Gorgeous Grape 4 x 5-1/4

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

DSP backgound: Hydranea Hill 3-7/8 x 3

The details:

making the flower cluster:

• Stamp the small hydrangea cluster image from the Hydrangea Haven stamp set in black Tuxedo Memento Ink onto a piece of Whisper White card stock
• Color in the leaves with your Old Olive Stampin Blends
• Color in the flower with your Highland Heather  Stampin Blends (this is just so a bit of color shows through after you adhere the die cut flowers)
• Die cut the inked and colored flower cluster with the coordinating Hydrangea Die
• Tiny flowers: Die cut a  row of each of the tiny flowers in Misty Moonlight, Soft Sky, Highland Heather and Purple Posy
• Sponge the edges of the tiny hydrangea petals with a  sponge daubler as follows
• Seaside Spray and Misty Moonlight flowers: sponge with your sponge dauber in Misty Moonlight
• Highland Heather and Purple Posy flowers: sponge with your sponge dauber in Highland Heather
• Die cut the outline leaf using the die from the Hydrangea Dies in Old Olive Ink.  Snip the leaves off the stem
• Stamp the solid double leaf image from the Hydrangea Haven stamp set in Old Olive Ink and them die cut the leaves out with the coordinating die
• Curl up the edges of the tiny flower to give them a 3-D look and with liquid glue attach the tiny flowers to the stamped and colored  flower head

Art piece:

• Die cut the Whisper White panel with the die from the Curvy Dies, I cut two from this panel
• Adhere the 3-7/8 x 3 panel of DSP to the back of the pieces of the Curvy Die Whisper White panel (this panel will be longer that the finished 5-1/8 piece
• After the DSP panel is attached trim each end of the Whisper White panel until you have a finished length of 5-1/8  I cut portions off the top and the bottom

The sentiment:

• Ink up your sentiment from the Quite Curvy  stamp set in Black Tuxedo Memento Ink into the top portion of the Whisper White art piece

Putting the card together:

• Glue the art piece to the Gorgeous Grape panel Mat
• Attach this panel to the front of the Highland Heather card front with Dimensionals
• Attach your flower cluster  to the card front, right side of the card with Dimensionals
• Attach your stamped leaves to the left and right side of the flower cluster with a glue dots
• Adhere your Old Olive outlined die cut leaves around the flower cluster with glue dots

Finishing touches:

• Add a Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon bow to the right side of the flower cluster with a Glue Dot
• Adhere some Rhinestones to the center of each small hydrangea petal and a few around the edges of the flower cluster and you are done

Card inspiration:

Here is the card that inspired my “Alternate” look.  My alternate look was all about using the same color palate and changing up the design, enjoy

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 color challenge using at least 3 out of 5 color choices.  The colors we could pick from were, Purple Posy, Highland Heather, Seaside Spray, Misty Moonlight and Old Olive.    When I looked to see what might go with the beautiful combination my selection went right to the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper.  This paper had all the colors in our challenge and because the colors are so gorgeous I might have used more than three, (hehe)

The color challenge:

Stampin’ Up! Hydrangea Haven:

The recipe:

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

Mat: Basic Black 4 x 5-1/4

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

Sentiment: Basic Black

The details:

making the flower:

• Die cut the following pieces from the Hydrangea Dies as follows:
• Solid flower and leaf combo: Old Olive Ink
• Outline leaf: Old Olive
• Solid flower (from the solid leaf and flower die) Hydrangea Hill DSP (I die cut only the head of the flower from this die instead of the whole image)
• Tiny flowers: A row of each in Misty Moonlight, Soft Sky, Highland Heather and Purple Posy
• After you die cut all the components, sponge the edges of the die cuts as follows:
• Old olive solid leaf: sponge in Old Olive
• Seaside Spray and Misty Moonlight flowers: sponge with your sponge dauber in Misty Moonlight
• Highland Heather and Purple Posy flowers: sponge with your sponge dauber in Highland Heather
• Glue your DSP flower head to the Old Olive solid flower head (the one that is attached to the leaves
• Attach the leaf outline to the solid stem and leaves
• Curl up the edges of the tiny flower to give them a 3-D look and with liquid glue attach the tiny flowers to the DSP flower head

Art piece:

• With some lightweight tape attach your Whisper White art piece to the back of the Polka Dot Mask, turn your mask over and…
• Use your Stampin’ Up! Blender Brush and lightly blend some Highland Heather Ink on top of the mask, keeping it heavy on the left side of the panel and then gradually fading out as you get toward the center of the art piece.

The sentiment:

• Ink up your sentiment from the All Thing Fabulous stamp set in Versamark Ink onto Basic Black card stock
• Sprinkle with White Embossing Powder, shake off the excess and heat set with your heat tool
• Trim the sentiment down with your paper trimmer

Putting the card together:

• Glue the art piece to the Basic Black Mat
• Attach this panel to the front of the Highland Heather card front with Dimensionals
• Attach your flower to the card front with Dimensionals
• Attach your sentiment with Mini  Dimensionals

Finishing touches:

• Add a Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon bow to the stem of the hydrangea with a Glue Dot
• Adhere some Rhinestones and Pastel Pearls 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: 

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 sketch challenge.  Using new products for the first time is so enjoyable.  Today I opened the Wrapped Bouquet stamp set and coordinating Wrapped Flowers Dies to make my card.  This set brought back so many memoires from my childhood.  Our neighbor had a gorgeous flower garden, she would wrap beautiful, colorful bunches of flowers in newspaper and share her bounty with all of us.

Here is the sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Wrapped Bouquet:

The recipe:

Card base: Poppy Parade 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Mat: Whisper White 4 x 5-1/4 embossed with the Tasteful Textile EF

Thin panel: Fine Art Floral 2-1/2 x 4-1/2

3-Die cut: Whisper White Stitched So Sweetly Die cut (3-1/4 x 2)

The details:

• Stamp the floral image from the Wrapped Bouquet stamp set in Old Olive Ink onto a scrap piece of Whisper White card stock
• Color in your flowers with your light and dark Stampin Blends as follows:
• Daisies: Mango Melody
• Poppies: Poppy Parade
• Small flowers: Highland Heather
• Die cut the flower bunch out with the Wrapped Flowers Dies
• Die cut some extra leaves from the  Wrapped Flowers Dies in Old Olive and Mossy Meadow card stock
• Stamp the news print image from the Wrapped Bouquet stamp set in Tuxedo Memento Black ink onto Whisper White card stock
• Die cut the news print image out using the die form Wrapped Flowers Die set
• After you die cut the image out, stamp the other side of the die cut once again with the newsprint image from the Wrapped Bouquet stamp set
• Sponge the edge of the news paper with a touch of soft Suede Ink
• Fold your news paper and tuck your floral bunch down in the newsprint holder and adhere together with a glue dot
• Tuck your extra leaves throughout the bouquet and adhere with glue dots

The sentiment:

• Stamp the “For You” sentiment in Poppy Parade Ink onto a piece of Whisper White card stock using the sentiment from the Wrapped Bouquet stamp set
• Die cut the sentiment out with the coordinating die from the Wrapped Flowers Die set

Putting the card together:

• Adhere your embossed Whisper White panel to the front of the card with Stampin Seal
• Adhere your Fine Art DSP panel to the right side of the Embossed panel
• Glue all three of the Whisper White Stitched So Sweetly Dies together with liquid glue and adhere to the left side of the card front
• Attach your art piece on top of the Whisper White Stitched So Sweetly stacked die cuts with Dimensionals

Finishing details:

• Attach your sentiment to the bouquet with a glue dot
• Adhere a double Linen Thread bow on the top of the sentiment
• Add some Pearls here and there on the front of the card for added detail 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: 

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! Sweet Strawberry:

The recipe:

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

Embossed panel: Whisper White 4-1/4 x 5-1/2

Berry Delightful DSP 4-1/4 x 5-1/2

Sentiment: Basic Black  3/4 x 6 (to be trimmed down later)

3 Extra panels of 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 Whisper White card stock (optional)

The details:

• Emboss the  4-1/4 x 5-1/2 Whisper White panel with the Tasteful Textiles EF
• Cut your Berry Delightful panel in two pieces with a diagonal cut about 1/3 from the top (keep the smaller portion for another card)
• After your DSP panel is cut at the diagonal place  this panel on top of an additional piece of  4-1/4 x 5-1/2 Whisper White card stock, glue together and cut the extra part off at the diagonal (again keep this small extra pieces, they wont go to waste)
• Repeat this process 3 times to build up the DSP layer for added dimension to the card  (this part is optional) The card would still be lovely without this extra step
• Stamp the leaf and strawberry outline stamp from the Sweet Strawberry stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink onto a piece of Whisper White card stock
• Stamp the solid leaf to fill in the image with Granny Apple Green Ink from the Sweet Strawberry stamp set
• Stamp the solid Strawberry to fill in the image with Poppy Parade Ink from the Sweet Strawberry stamp set
• Punch the berry and stem  out with the Strawberry Builder Punch
• Glue the stems to the berries

The sentiment:

• Stamp your sentiment  from the Sweet Strawberry stamp set onto the Basic Black sentiment strip with Versamark Ink
• Sprinkle White Embossing Powder over the image, shake off the extra powder and heat set with your heat gun

Putting the card together:

• Adhere your embossed panel to the front of the card with Stampin Seal
• Attach your stacked diagonal panel to the front of  the card with Stampin Seal
• Adhere your sentiment  to the embossed panel right at the edge of the diagonal cut with Stampin Seal
• Trim off the extra part of the sentiment strip  that hangs over the edges of your card with your paper snip
• Adhere your strawberries to the left side of the card with Dimensionals

Finishing details:

• Sprinkle a few Rhinestones to the front of the card and you are done.

Extra card:

Remember I said to save that extra bit of DSP that was cut off at the diagonal?  Here is another card I made using the leftover cut from the  Berry Delightful DSP. I also used all the extra pieces of Whisper White that were cut off the top of the Whisper White stack from the card above to layer the diagonal panel on this card.

More designs:

Here are a few more designs, all made the same way but using different papers.  I love all the different ways these paper work and coordinate together.  Have fun creating.

Card inspiration:

Here is the card from our Thursday Blog Hop that inspired todays “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 hop we have a theme of  ” Sale- A- Bration”  There are so many wonderful products in the Sale- A- Bration catalog and my favorite is the Berry Blessing stamp set with the coordinating designer series paper, Berry Delightful.  I made a set  from each paper and love each and every one of them.  Today I am showcasing the blueberry design and will blog some of the other designs in the future.

The theme:

Stampin’ Up! Berry Blessing:

The recipe:

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

Embossed panel: Whisper White 4-1/4 x 5-1/2

Berry Delightful DSP 4-1/4 x 5-1/2

Sentiment: Basic Black  1/2 x 6 (to be trimmed down later)

3 Extra panels of 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 Whisper White card stock (optional)

The details:

• Emboss the  4-1/4 x 5-1/2 Whisper White panel with the Tasteful Textiles EF
• Cut your Berry Delightful panel in two pieces with a diagonal cut about 1/3 from the top (keep the smaller portion for another card)
• After your DSP panel is cut at the diagonal place  this panel on top of an additional piece of  4-1/4 x 5-1/2 Whisper White card stock, glue together and cut the extra part off at the diagonal (again keep this small extra pieces, they wont go to waste)
• Repeat this process 3 times to build up the DSP layer for added dimension to the card  (this part is optional) The card would still be lovely without this extra step
• Stamp the leaf and berries outline stamp from the Berry Blessing stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink onto a piece of Whisper White card stock
• Stamp the solid leaf to fill in the image with Granny Apple Green Ink from the Berry Blessing stamp set
• Stamp the solid Blueberry to fill in the image with Pacific Point Ink from the Berry Blessing stamp set
• Fussy cut the blueberries out with your paper snips

The sentiment:

• Stamp your sentiment of your choice (I used the sentiment from the Sweet Strawberry stamp set) onto the Basic Black sentiment strip with Versamark Ink
• Sprinkle White Embossing Powder over the image, shake off the extra powder and heat set with your heat gun

Putting the card together:

• Adhere your embossed panel to the front of the card with Stampin Seal
• Attach your stacked diagonal panel to the front of  the card with Stampin Seal
• Adhere your sentiment  to the embossed panel right at the edge of the diagonal cut with Stampin Seal
• Trim off the extra part of the sentiment strip  that hangs over the edges of your card with your paper snip
• Adhere your fussy cut blueberries to the left side of the card with Dimensionals

Finishing details:

• Add a Whisper White Bakers Twine bow from the Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack
• Sprinkle a few Rhinestones to the front of the card and you are done.

Extra card:

Remember I said to save that extra bit of DSP that was cut off at the diagonal?  Here is another card I made using the leftover cut from the Blueberry Berry Delightful DSP. I also used all the extra pieces of Whisper White that were cut off the top of the Whisper White stack from the card above to layer the diagonal panel on this card.

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, I have been working on some Valentines Cards and got out the Arrange A Wreath set.  This is great for so many seasons and Valentines is one of those.  I used products from Sale- A- Bration, the Mini Catalog, and the Annual Catalog to make my card today, Enjoy.

Stampin’ Up! Arrange a Wreath:

The recipe:

Card Base: Rococo Rose 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Mat: Whisper White 4 x 5-1/4

DSP: Oh So Ombre in Rococo Rose 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

The details:

Die cuts:

• Die cut the following pieces from the Wreath Builder Die:
• Berry Wreath: Rococo Rose Love You Always Foil Sheet
• Leaf die: one in Rococo Rose and one in Whisper White
• Love heart: one in Whisper White and one in Rococo Rose Foil
• 2 small hearts in Rococo Rose Foil

Stamped images:

• Stamp the following using the images from the Arrange A Wreath stamp set
• Leaves: 3 from Granny Apple Green Ink
• 2 hearts in Rococo Rose Foil
• 3 flowers: one in Rococo Rose Ink and 2 in second generation stamping in Rococo Rose Ink
• Die cut these images out using the dies from the Wreath Builder Dies

The sentiment:

• Remove the tiny LOVE letters from each die cut hearts and save the Rococo Rose Foil letters
• Take a small piece of Whisper White card stock and run a strip of  Stampin Seal across the paper strip
• Place this tiny piece of paper underneath the white heart so the part with the Stampin Seal is underneath the LOVE letters
• Take the LOVE letters in the Foil and insert them into the negative space on the white heart so the LOVE is now in Rococo Rose foil.  Trim off any extra of the white strip of paper if  it was bigger than the width of the heart

Putting the card together:

• Attach the Oh So Ombre DSP to the Whisper White mat
• Attach this panel to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Attach the Foil Berry wreath, followed by the White leaf wreath and lastly the Rococo Rose wreath
• Attach the LOVE sentiment with Dimensionals to the right lower part of the wreath
• Adhere the small flowers and leaves with Glue Dots
• Finish by putting the the small foil and stamped hearts onto the front of the card

Finishing touches:

• Place a large pearl in the center of each flower
• Add some small Resin Hears from the Snail Mail Suite
• Adhere a White bow from the Flowers for Every Season Combo Ribbon Pack and you are done

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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! Ice Cream Corner:

The recipe:

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

DSP panel: Ice Cream Corner DSP 5 x 3-5/8

Mat: Bermuda Bay 3-1/8 x 4-1/2

Small DSP panel: Ice Cream Corner die cut with the Stitched Rectangle Die that measures approx. 3 – 4-3/8

Circle: Whisper White die cut with the Stitched Circle Die (second largest)

Circle scallop mat: Bermuda Bay die with the Layering Circle Die

Sentiment: Whisper White 1 x 4 (we will be cutting this down) Punched with the Banner Triple Punch

The details:

• Punch the ice cream cone, cone using the Ice Cream Corner DSP
• Run the cone through the Tasteful Textiles EF for added dimension
• Stamp your ice cream using the stamp from the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set as follows:
• One each of Blackberry Bliss, Bermuda Bay, and Terra Cotta Tile
• On the Terra Cotta Tile, add Terra Cotta Tile sprinkles using the image from the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set
• Add Wink of Stella onto each scoop and let dry
• Die cut the tiny flower that is on top of the cone in Bermuda Bay  card stock and the die from Budding Blooms die set (or any tiny flower will do)

The sentiment:

• Punch the end of the sentiment piece with the Banner Triple Punch
• Stamp the sentiment from  the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set in Versafine Ink
• Then stamp again directly into the Cinnamon Cider Ink
• Sprinkle the sentiment with Clear Embossing Power and heat set with your heat gun

Putting the card together:

• Adhere your DSP Ice Cream Corner panel to the front of the card
• Adhere the small DSP panel from Ice Cream Corner DSP to the Bermuda Bay mat
• Adhere this panel to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Glue the White circle to the Bermuda Bay Scalloped mat and attach to the left side of the card

The ice cream cones:

• Attach the cone to the Whisper White circle with Dimensionls
• Attach each scoop of ice cream to the cone with a Glue Dot on the bottom and a Dimensional at the top of each scoop
• Proceed until each scoop is adhered
• Attach the tiny Bermuda Bay flower  to the top scoop of ice cream
•  Tuck your sentiment under the cone and attach your sentiment with Glue Dot to the cone (trim down your sentiment to approx.. 3-3/4 long

Finishing touches:

• Add a Cinnamon Cider Ribbon to the left of the circle art piece
• Adhere some Rhinestones here and there on the front of the card for added sparkle
• Add one last Rhinestone to the center to  the flower and you are done

Card inspiration:

Here is the card from our 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.

These are the products I used to make my card:

Hi Stampers, Today we have a sketch challenge.  I was excited to use the new Ice Cream Corner Suite to make my card for today.  I was thinking of all the flavors of ice cream that I love and had flavors for the scoops I created for my cone.  How about Berry Cobbler, Caribbean Ice, and Mint Delight?  I am not sure it there are any flavors out there like that but they sound yummy to me.

The sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Ice Cream Corner:

The recipe:

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

DSP panel: Ice Cream Corner DSP 5-1/2 x 4-1/4

Mat: Blackberry Bliss 3-1/8 x 4-1/2

Small DSP panel: Ice Cream Corner die cut with the Stitched Rectangle Die that measures approx. 3 – 4-3/8

Circle: Whisper White die cut with the Stitched Circle Die (second largest)

Circle scallop mat: Blackberry Bliss die with the Layering Circle Die

Sentiment: Whisper White 1/2 x 3 (we will be cutting this down) Punched with the Banner Triple Punch

The details:

• Punch the ice cream cone, cone using the Ice Cream Corner DSP
• Run the cone through the Tasteful Textiles EF for added dimension
• Punch 3 more cones from Whisper White card stock and glue all three layers together finishing off with the DSP punched cone
• Stamp your ice cream using the stamp from the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set as follows:
• One each of Blackberry Bliss, Bermuda Bay, and Old Olive
• On the Old Olive, add Old Olive  sprinkles using the image from the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set
• Add Wink of Stella onto each scoop and let dry
• Die cut the tiny flower that is on top of the cone in Bermuda Bay and Old Olive card stock and the die from Budding Blooms die set (or any tiny flower will do)

The sentiment:

• Punch the end of the sentiment piece with the Banner Triple Punch
• Stamp the sentiment from Itty Bitty Birthday with Black Tuxedo Memento Ink

Putting the card together:

• Adhere your DSP Ice Cream Corner panel to the front of the card
• Adhere the small DSP panel from Ice Cream Corner DSP to the Blackberry Bliss mat
• Wrap a piece of Blackberry Bliss Stiped Ribbon around this panel
• Adhere this panel to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Glue the White circle to the Blackberry Bliss Scalloped mat and attach to the right side of the card

The ice cream cones:

• Attach the cone to the Whisper White circle with liquid glue
• Attach each scoop of ice cream to the cone with a Glue Dot on the bottom and a Dimensional at the top of each scoop
• Proceed until each scoop is adhered
• Glue your two Bermuda Bay flowers together and attach to the top scoop of ice cream
• Snip the Old Olive flower apart and tuck those under the flower as leaves
• Attach your sentiment with Glue Dot to the cone (trim down your sentiment to appox. 1-3/4)

Finishing touches:

• Add a Blackberry Bliss Stiped Ribbon to the left of the circle art piece
• Adhere some Rhinestones here and there on the front of the card for added sparkle
• Add one last Rhinestone to the center to  the 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: 

Akiko Sudano: 

Karen Ksenzakovic:

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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

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

I had a scrap of the True Love DSP left over from my blog hop card and this is how I came up with my card today.  I just did not want to waste that beautiful paper and used the odd piece that was left over for another offset card design.

Stampin’ Up! True Love Card:

The recipe:

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

Front Panel: Whisper White 4-1/4 x 5-1/2

Offset panel: True Love DSP Cut offset  any dimension works  Mine is 2-1/4″ across the top and 3-1/4″ across the bottom

Offset panel mat: Basic Black

Sentiment: 1/2 x 6 (to be cut down to fit later)

The details:

• Emboss the Whisper White panel with the Tasteful Textile EF
• Adhere this panel to the front of the card
• After you cut your offset DSP lay the corners 1/8″ inside the upper left corner of a piece of Basic Black card stock
• Take this to your trimmer and trim the  other two side to match the edges of the top corner trim
• Adhere your offset panel to the right top side of the card front with Dimensionals
• Die cut 3 sets of the sentiment “Hello” (this was a die from a Pinkfresh Studio Die) or other sentiment of your choice in Basic Black card stock
• Glue 3 layers together to make the letter strong and have some dimension
• Adhere the sentiment to the offset panel  on the front of the card

The sentiment:

• Stamp the sentiment of your choice with Versamark ink
• After you stamp with the Versamark go directly into your Melon Mambo ink and stamp the sentiment and then onto your Whisper white sentiment piece
• Sprinkle the sentiment with Clear Embossing Powder and heat set with your Heat Tool
• Lay your sentiment under the offset panel and trim to fit the offset panel

More details:

• Stamp your daisy 2 time in Melon Mambo Ink onto Whisper White card stock using the stamp from Daisy Lane
• Punch both daisies out with the coordinating punch
• Adhere the bottom daisy to the front of the offset panel
• Layer the second daisy on top of the first one using a Dimensional
• Die cut  the leaves from Pear Pizzazz card stock.  (I use the die from the Wild Rose Die Set )
• Tuck the leaves under the daisy with glue dots
• Finish the card off by adhering some Magenta Madness Enamel dots onto the front of the card for added bling

Card 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.

These are the products I used to make my card:

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