Hi Stampers, today we had a color challenge of Basic Gray, Basic Black and White, WHOA, what to do with those colors?  The Classic Garage Designer Series Paper worked beautifully.  I had my paper all cut and my card designed when I realized that the paper though in the Spring Catalog until the end of the month has already sold out, (bummer)  Please enjoy my share and know that ANY paper will work for this design.  You will see another example on my Alternate Monday blog this next week.  As a group we also decided we could add one accent color to help make the color challenge well,  more colorful.  I chose Tranquil Tide because I wanted to use is one more time before it retires and the end of the month too.

Here is the color challenge:

Stampin’ Up! Classic Garage:

Here is the recipe:

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

Mat: Tranquil Tide 4 x 5-1/4

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

DSP: Classic Garage

Sentiment: Whisper White 5/8 x 4-1/4 punched with the Triple Banner Punch

Here are the detail:

• Cut strips of all the different DSP papers you want to use. I cut mine at 1/2, and 5/8 but feel free to use any size you wish or not measure at all.
• Glue your strips of DSP paper onto the Whisper White art piece in any design you choose.  (I did 3 different patterns)
• The strips will hang over the edge.  When your are done gluing, turn your card over and cut along the back side of the mat to trim all the pieces to size
• Stamp your sentiment in either black our your accent color, I used Tranquil Tide
• Stamp your sentiment on the card front or tag, depending on your design.
• Add a ribbon knot and  Classic Garage embellishment and you are done, How easy is that!

Here is another version of the same card:

And another design:

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:

Shelage 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, today we have a sketch challenge and I wanted to use a stamp set that is retiring because I just purchased it not too long ago and  have not even inked it up yet.  I love the bird in this image and hope you enjoy my share for  the hop.  Thank you to my dear friend Jeanne Chase for the inspiration for my little bird.

Here is the sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Better With You:

Here is the recipe:

Card base: Bermuda Bay 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Mat: Mango Melody 4 x 5-1/4

Mat: Whisper White 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

DSP: Wood Textures 3-1/4 x 4-1/2

Circle: Whisper White Circle Stitched Shaped Framelit

Sentiment: Whisper White 5/8 x 4-3/4 punched at each end with the Triple Banner Punch

Here are the details:

the bird:

• Stamp your bird image in Versa Mark ink onto a piece of watercolor paper
• Emboss with black Embossing Powder and heat set with your heat gun
• Using your Aqua Painter and drops from your re-inker paint the bird as follows:
• Head and feathers: Bermuda Bay
• Body and some feathers: Mango Melody and darkened a bit with Pumpkin Pie
• Branch: Soft Suede and Early Espresso
• Fussy cut your bird out after he dries

More details:

• Adhere your DSP mat to the Whisper White mat
• Adhere this panel to the Mango Melody Mat
• Wrap a piece of Linen Thread around the matted stack and attache to the front of the card with dimesional
• Adhere your circle to the card front with dimensionals
• Attach your bird to the circle with green glue
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• Add your stamped sentiment to the bottom of the  card
• Add a double Linen Thread bow to the right of the art piece
• Color in some Rhinestones with your Bermuda Bay Blender Pen and add these along with a few Pearls to the front of the card

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 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, Today I decided to shake it up a bit and do a fancy fold pocket card.  With the color challenge of Pear Pizzaz, Highland Heather and Sahara Sand, I inked up the First Frost stamp set to create my pocket card.  I did get the folds and cuts from a card I saw in Pinterest.  Thank you Ana Marie for the great directions in making this folded card.

Here is the color challenge:

Stampin’ Up! First Frost Pocket Card:

Here is the recipe:

Pocket base:  Pear Pizzazz 7-1/4 square

DSP: Natures Poem 6 inch square cut into diagonals

Belly Band: Pear Pizzazz 1-1/4 x 9-1/4

Belly Band strip: Sahara Sand 1/2 x 9-1/4

Insert: Sahara Sand3-3/8x 5-1/8

Sentiment panel: Whisper White3-1/4 x 5

Here are the details:

• With your envelope punch board cut and score all 4 side of the Pear Pizzazz panel following the measurements for a 3.5 x 5 inch card
• Fold and burnish all sides
• Cut off the small top triangle of the card
• Adhere two diagonal pieces of DSP to the pocket card front and cut off the excess paper at the ends of the DSP
• With the diagonal piece that fits on the bottom of the envelop, cut off 5/8 from the long end and adhere to the bottom triangle of the envelops cut off the excess tips
• Adhere the pocket together
• Wrap your belly band around the card making the seam on the right front (your flowers will hide the seam)

More details:

• Stamp your florals onto a piece of Whisper White card stock using your Highland Heather ink
• Die cut the florals out with the matching die
• Die cut a Sahara Sand floral cluster
• Die cut a Pear Pizazz leaf cluster
• Adhere the two leaf clusters to the front of the pocket with glue dots
• Adhere the two flowers to the top of the leaf clusters
• Add a polka dot bow and a few Highland Heather Gingham Gala Sequins

The Insert:

• Stamp some Sahara Sand clusters onto the Whisper White insert
• Stamp some flowers in Highland Heather
• Add your sentiment
• Mount the art piece to the Sahara Sand mat
• Insert into the pocket

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, Today for the hop we have a sketch challenge and I decide to use the beautiful Floral Romance DSP for my card today.  I also tucked in a piece of the Beautifully Detailed Laser Cut Specialty Paper, oh what a sweet touch it added to the card.

Here is the sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Floral Romance:

Here is the recipe:

Card base: Mossy Meadow 5-1/2 x 8-1/2. scored at 4-1/4

Mat: Whisper White 5-1/4 x 4

DSP mat: Floral Romance 5-1/8 x 3-7/8

DSP panel 3 x 3-7/8

DSP panel 2 x 3-7/8

Strip of the Specialty Laser Cut Paper

Sentiment: Whisper White Stitched Shape Circle

Here are the details:

• Mount your DSP panel to the White mat
• Mount your two small DSP panels to the front of the large DSP mounted panel
• Adhere a strip of the Specialty Laser Cut Paper to the right of the small pi9ece of DSP
• Wrap a piece of Petal Pink/Whisper White Ribbon around the matted panels
• Adhere this stacked panel to the front of the card with dimensionals

More details:

• Stamp your sentiment using the Rooted Stamp Set in tuxedo Memento Ink
• Mount your sentiment to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Add a bow to the left side of the stitched circle
• Add some Sequins and pearls and your are finished

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, 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.

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! 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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