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! Dashing Deer and Beautiful Blizzard:

Here is the recipe:

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

Mat: Silver Foil 4 x 5-1/4

Stamped mat: Whisper White 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Sentiment: 1/2 x 3-1/4

Square Scallop: Pool Party cut with your Layering Square Framelits

Art Piece: Whisper White cut with your Layering Square Framelits

Here are the details:

• Stamp your Large White mat with the snowflake stamp from the Blizzard Thinlits Die
• Adhere your stamped mat to the Silver Foil mat
• Adhere this panel to the front of the card base

More Details:

• Stamp your deer onto the Whisper White die cut square with Versa Mark and heat emboss with Silver Embossing Powder
• Run your stamped square through the Big shot with the Softly Falling Embossing Folder
• Mount the square to the Pool Party Scallop Square
• Mount this panel to the front of the card base with dimensionals

More Details:

• Stamp your sentiment in Pool Part Ink and mount to the bottom of the art piece
• Make a double Pool Party Bakers Twine Bow
• Die cut several Whisper White snowflakes from the Blizzard Thinlits Die
• Mount the snowflakes to the front of the card with glue dots
• Adhere the bow to the bottom left snowflake
• adhere rhinestones to the center of the other snowflakes

Here is my card inspiration:

Here is the card from the Thursday Blog hop, you can see it here:

As you can see this card looks so different yet the layout is the same only turned from horizontal to vertical.  It is amazing how different they look by the color and paper that your use.

Can I help you?

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

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

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

These are the products I used to make my card:

 Product List

Hi Stampers,  Today for our hop we have a color challenge.  The colors are just right for another Christmas card a using Garden Green, Poppy Parade and Whisper White.  They are also in the Santa’s Workshop DSP.  Today I let my paper do all the work.  This would be a fast card to make several of.  Enjoy the hop.

Here is the color challenge:

Stampin’ Up! Santa’s Workshop:

Here is the card recipe:

Card base: Garden Green 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

Mat: Whisper White 5-1/4 x 4

DSP panel: Santa’s Workshop 5-1/8 x 3-7/8

Oval: Garden Green Layering Oval Framelit

Art piece: Santa’s Workshop DSP cut with the oval Layering Oval Framelits

Sentiment: Whisper White 1 x 4 punched with the Triple Banner Punch

Here are the details:

• Adhere your DSP to the Whisper White mat
• Adhere the stacked panel to the card front
• Adhere your Santa’s Workshop oval to the Garden Green scalloped mat
• Adhere your oval panel to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Stamp your sentiment from the Beautiful Blizzard  stamp set using the ink to rubber technique and Garden Green and Poppy Parade Stampin Write Markers
• Adhere the sentiment the oval art piece

More details:

• Using the Blizzard Thinlits Die cut out some Whisper White snowflakes and attach them to the front of the card
• Top the large snowflake with a Garden Green Bakers Twine bow
• Top each of the other snowflakes off with Rhinestones

The Inside:

Here is our team:

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

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

Amy Koenders:

Shalegh Freemantle:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Julie Johnston:

Can I help you?

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

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

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

These are the products I used to make my card:

 Product List

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

Stampin’ Up  Another Beautiful Baubles:

Here is the card recipe:

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

Mat: Joyous Noel Copper Glimmer Paper 4 x 5-1/4

DSP: Joyous Noel 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Here are the details:

The ornament:

• Stamp the ornament image into a piece of Whisper White card stock using Vera Mark Ink
• Heat emboss your image with Copper Embossing Powder
• Die cut the image with your Layering Circle Framelits
• Die cut the small oblong ornament using the Copper Glimmer paper

More Details:

• Die cut the large doily and the solid doily from the Detailed Baubles Framelits out of Whisper White card stock
• Glue the detailed doily onto the solid doily
• Mount your die cut ornament in the center of the doily with dimensionals
• Adhere your DSP to the Copper Glimmer paper mat
• Adhere the panel to the front of the card base
• Adhere your doily and ornament art piece to the front of the card

Even more details:

• Loop some Copper Metallic Thread to the top of your ornament with a glue dot
• Adhere your Gray Granite bow to the top of the ornament with a glue dot
• Punch some small Glimmer Paper dots with a paper punch and adhere the tiny dots to the ornament
• Adhere your oblong Glimmer Paper ornament to the front of the card with glue dots
• (as you can see parts of my ornament is solid, I actually filled in the ornament with the pieces that die cut out.  This gave me a solid portion to adhere it to the embossed ornament without the glue dots showing

The inside:

Here is my card inspiration:

Here is the card from the Thursday Blog hop, you can see it here:

Can I help you?

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

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

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

These are the products I used to make my card:

 Product List

Hi Stampers, Today we have a sketch challenge. This sketch was a fun one because it fits wonderfully with the Beautiful Baubles Bundle.  Oh, say that three time in  a row, (LOL)  It was fun to color with my Stampin Blends to make the ornament unique.

Here is the sketch:

Stampin’ Up Beautiful Baubles:

Here is the card recipe:

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

Mat: Cherry Cobbler 4 x 5-1/4

DSP: Festive Farmhouse 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Here are the details:

The ornament:

• Stamp the ornament image into a piece of Whisper White card stock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Color the image with your Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive Stampin Blends
• Pat some Wink of Stella in some of the White portions of your ornament for added sparkle
• Die cut the ornament with your Layering Circle Framelits

More Details:

• Die cut the large doily and the solid doily from the Detailed Baubles Framelits out of Whisper White card stock
• Glue the detailed doily onto the solid doily
• Mount your die cut ornament in the center of the doily with dimensionals
• Adhere your DSP to the Cherry Cobbler mat
• Adhere the panel to the front of the card base
• Adhere your doily and ornament art piece to the front of the card

Even more details:

• Die cut a Cherry Cobbler scallop circle using your Layering Circle Framelits
• Die cut a Whisper White circle using your Layering Circle Framelits
• Stamp the word Peace in Cherry Cobbler Ink onto the Whisper White Circle
• Glue your sentiment to the scalloped mat
• Adhere the sentiment to the front of the card with dimensionals and a glue dot
• Add some rhinestones to the ornament
• Adhere a double bow using the Festive Farmhouse Cotton Twine

Here is our team:

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

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

Amy Koenders:

Shalegh Freemantle:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Julie Johnston:

Can I help you?

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

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

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

These are the products I used to make my card:

 Product List

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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! Beautiful Baubles:

Here is the card recipe:

Card base: Tranquil Tide 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

Mat: Copper Glimmer Paper 5-1/4 x 4

DSP: Joyous Noel 5-1/8 x 3-7/8

Small mat: Copper Foil 4-5/16 x 3-1/16

Art piece: 4-1/4 x 3

Here are the details:

• Die cut your ornament using the die from Detailed Baubles die set in Copper Glimmer Paper
• Die cut your circle using the Layering Circle Framelits in Copper Foil
• Stamp your sentiment in Tranquil Tide onto the Whisper White card stock art piece
• Glue your ornament layer onto the copper circle
• Adhere your Joyous Noel DSP onto the Copper Glimmer Paper
• Adhere your art piece onto the Copper Foil mat
• Adhere the stacks together
• Wrap a piece of Tranquil Tide Velvet Ribbon around the mat stack
• Adhere the stack to the front of the card with dimensionals

More details:

• Glue your ornament to the art piece
• Add a bow to the front of the card
• For added bling add some copper dots from the Copper Joyous Noel Glimmer paper using the negative piece left from the die cut ornament

Here is the design inspiration:

Here is the card from the Thursday Blog Hop, you can see it here:

Can I help you?

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

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

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

These are the products I used to make my card:

 Product List

Hi Stampers, today we have  our combined hop with  our group from Canada.   Because this is a combined hop we have a sketch and a color challenge.  We can do one or both of the challenges.  Today I am combining both the sketch and color challenge for you.  We will be using Merry Merlot, Copper and Tranquil Tide along with a fun sketch.

Here is the color challenge:

Here is the sketch challenge:

Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Baubles:

Here is the card recipe:

Card base: Tranquil Tide 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

Mat: Merry Merlot 5-1/4 x 4

DSP: Joyous Noel 5-1/8 x 3-7/8

Small mat: Copper Foil 4-5/16 x 3-1/16

Art piece: 4-1/4 x 3

Here are the details:

• Stamp two clusters of ornaments in Versa Mark and Heat Emboss with Copper Embossing Powder onto the Whisper White art piece and a scrap of Whisper White paper
• Color in the images on the embossed scrap paper with your Stampin Write Markers  in Merry Merlot and Tranquil Tide inks
• The lighter green ornaments are colored in using the Blender Pen and Tranquil Tide ink
• Die cut the images out with the coordinating die
• Adhere the ornaments onto the art piece with dimensionals
• Stamp a few star images in Versa Mark and heat emboss with Copper Emboss Powder around the art piece here and there
• Stamp your sentiment in Merry Merlot
• Adhere your art piece to the Copper Foil mat

More details:

• Adhere your Merry Merlot mat to the DSP panel
• Adhere your art piece to the stacked panel
• Wrap and piece of  Merry Merlot and Copper Ribbon around the stacked panel
• Adhere the stack to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Add a bow to the front of the card
• For added bling add some copper dots and stars die cut from the Copper Joyous Noel Glimmer paper using the negative piece left from the die cut ornament
• The tiny snowflakes were cut from the Blizzard Thinlits die from the Copper Joyous Noel Glimmer paper

Here is our team:

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

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

Amy Koenders:

Shalegh Freemantle:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Karen Finkle:

Julie Johnston:

Sandi MacIver:

Eva Dobilas:

Can I help you?

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

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

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

These are the products I used to make my card:

 Product List

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

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

Here is the card recipe:

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

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

Panel: Santa’s Workshop 5-1/8 x 3-7/8

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

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

Here are the details:

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

More Details:

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

Even more details:

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

The inside:

Here is the card inspiration:

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

Can I help you?

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

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

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

These are the products I used to make my card:

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

Here is the sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Swirly Bird meets Toil and Trouble:

Here is the card recipe:

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

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

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

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

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

Here are the details:

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

More Details:

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

Even more details:

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

Here is our team:

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

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

Amy Koenders:

Shalegh Freemantle:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Julie Johnston:

Can I help you?

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

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

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

These are the products I used to make my card:

 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.

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

Stampin’ Up! Toil and Trouble:

Here is the recipe:

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

Here are the details:

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

More details:

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

Here is the card inspiration:

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

Can I help you?

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

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

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

These are the products I used to make my card:

 Product List