Hi Stampers, today we have a color challenge of Cherry Cobbler, Shaded Spruce and Gold. My Perfectly Plaid stamp set  and Wrapped In Plaid paper saw the love this week.   The Wrapped in Plaid paper is my favorite out of the whole holiday catalog and the stamp set is just adorable too.  I love the feel of traditional Christmas colors and this fits the bill beautifully.

The sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Perfectly Plaid:

The recipe:

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

Mat: Cherry Cobbler 5-1/4 x 4

Embossed mat: Whisper White 5-1/8 x 3-7/8 Embossed with the Hammered Metal EF

Accent panel: Wrapped In Plaid DSP  2-1/4 x 3-7/8

Art Piece: Whisper White die cut Stitched Shaped Die (largest one)

Art piece mat: Gold Glimmer paper with the Layering Circle die

The details:

the art piece

• Stamp your sentiment in Cherry Cobbler in the upper right corner of the art piece with the saying from the Perfectly Plaid stamp set
• Stamp your tree images onto a piece of Whisper White card stock with Shaded Spruce ink
• Punch your two stamped tree images out with the Pine Tree Punch
• Punch one more tree out of Gold Glimmer Paper with the Pine Tree Punch
• Adhere your art piece to the gold scallop circle
• Adhere your trees to the left side of the art piece using dimensionals for the top tree to make it pop up a  bit

Putting the card together:

• Adhere your embosses panel to the Cherry Cobbler mat
• Wrap some Whisper White Linen Thread around the stacked panels
• Adhere this to the card front with dimensionals
• Adhere the art piece to the front of the card with dimensionals

Finishing touches:

• Color some Rhinestones with your dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin Blend
• Add the colored rhinestones and some Gold Metallic Pearls to the right side of the art piece and one on top of the top tree
• Add a double Whisper White Bakers Twine bow to the left of the trees

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:

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

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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! Let It Snow:

The recipe:

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

Mat: Real Red 5-1/4 x 4

Top piece of DSP: Let It Snow 5-1/8 x 3

Bottom piece of DSP: Let It Snow 5-1/8 x 1-1/2  (there will be an overlap where the papers meet at the seam)

Sentiment: Whisper White 1 x 1-7/8 punched with the Triple Banner Punch

The details:

• Die Cut a Large Real Red Scallop Circle from the Layering Circle Die
• Die cut your snowman art piece from the Let It Snow DSP with the largest Stitched Shaped Dies
• Adhere your art piece to the Real Red scallop mat
• Stamp your sentiment in Shaded Spruce using the sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set

More details:

• Adhere your two DSP panels onto the Real Red mat
• Wrap a piece of Real Red Curly Ribbon around the card at the seam
• Adhere this panel to the front of your card with Dimensionals
• Adhere the circle art piece to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Adhere your sentiment to the right hand side of the card front
• Add a few Real Red Glitter Dots  from the Toile Tidings Glitter Pack and a few Rhinestones to the front of the card

The inside:

The inspiration:

Here is the card from the Thursday Blog Hop that inspired today’s creation for Alternate Monday:

You can see this 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.

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Hi Stampers, Today our team had a sketch challenge.  The Christmas Gleaming Bundle has been sitting on my shelf for a few weeks now and I just had to get it inky today.  This is a beautiful bundle and the paper is gorgeous.  Enjoy our hop and do stop buy and visit all the team members that made cards today.

The sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Christmas Gleaming:

The recipe:

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

Mat: Night of Navy 5-1/4 x 4

Top piece of DSP: Brightly Gleaming 5-1/8 x 3

Bottom piece of DSP: Brightly Gleaming 5-1/8 x 1-1/2  (there will be an overlap where the papers meet at the seam)

Sentiment: Very Vanilla 5/8 x 4 punched with the Triple Banner Punch

The details:

• Stamp the large ornament in Versa Mark Ink, then stamp right way in Night of Navy Ink onto Very Vanilla card stock
• Sprinkle Clear Emboss Powder over the image and heat set with your heat tool
• Stamp the small ornament and repeat the above directions only ink up the image in Mossy Meadow onto a piece of the Brightly Gleaming DSP
• Punch out the images with the Gleaming Ornament Punch Pack
• Stamp your holly images from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set in Tuxedo Memento Black Ink
• Color the images using your Stampin Blends
• Leave are Mossy Meadow and the berries are Night of Navy
• Fussy Cut your holly out with your paper snips  (on the small ornament I only used one leaf )
• Stamp your sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set in Night of Navy Ink

More details:

• Adhere your two DSP panels onto the Night of Navy mat
• Adhere this panel to the front of your card with Dimesioansls
• Adhere your sentiment to the right hand side of the card front (over the seam)
• Adhere your large holly leaf with dimensoinals
• Adhere your large ornament with glue dots (I just tucked it under the leaf)
• Adhere you small ornament with dimensionals
• Adhere your single holly leaf with dimensionals
• Add a large clear Rhinestone
• Color a few other Rhinestones with your dark Night of Navy Stampin Blend and add them to 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, 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! Toile Tidings Bi Fold Card:

The recipe:

Card base: Real Red 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored at each end at 2-1/8 to create the bi-fold card base

DSP panel: Toile Tidings 2 x 5-3/8  (you need to cut two of these panels)

Belly Band: Real Red 1-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored at each end at 2-1/8

Belly band mat: Toile Tidings 1-3/8 x 8-3/8  scored at each end at 2-1/8

Inside panel: Very Vanilla 4 x 5-1/4

Scallop circle: Real Red Glimmer Paper

Embossed circle: Very Vanilla Layering Stitched circle die (the largest one) embossed with the Pinewood Planks EF

The details:

the art piece:

• Stamp your cardinal  image using the Toile Christmas stamp set with Tuxedo Memento Black ink onto Very Vanilla card stock
• Stamp the branch image from the Toile Christmas stamp set with Tuxedo Memento Black in onto Very Vanilla card stock
• Color in your bird image with your Real Red Stampin Blends
• Color in your branch with Mossy Meadow (leaves), Real Red (berries) and the stem in Soft Suede (branch)
• Die cut both the bird and branch with the Christmas Cardinal Die
• Glue your branch onto the art piece
• Adhere your bird to the art piece with dimensionals

Details:

• Adhere your Toile Tidings panels to the front flaps of your card front
• Glue your Toile Tidings belly band mat to the Real Red belly band
• Adhere the right side of the belly band to the right side of the card flap, wrap your belly band around the card then adhere the left side of the belly band to the left side of the front card flap
• Adhere the art piece to the left side of the front belly band only (this will insure that your card will open

More details:

• Stamp your sentiment from Toile  Christmas onto a piece of Very Vanilla card stock using your black and real red Stampin Write Markers
• Die cut your sentiment using the Christmas Cardinal Dies
• Adhere the sentiment to the art piece
• Punch several Real Red Glimmer dots with a small paper punch and glue onto the art piece and on top of some of the berries

The inside:

Here is my inspiration:

Here is the card from the Thursday blog hop that inspired my “Alternate Monday” card

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 color challenge using, Real Red, Garden Green and Very Vanilla.  The Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper was a great jumping off point.  I then thought, hmm the Toile Christmas stamp set would be a great pairing but wanted to do something different since I have already shared a few cardinal cards with you.  What popped into my head was a favorite from last year that I did not use that much but dearly love, Dashing Deer.  Combining these two was great as they work so well together.  Enjoy our hop and make sure you see all the other beautiful cards our team created today.

The color challenge:

Stampin’ Up! Toile Tidings and Dashing Deer:

The recipe:

Card base: Real Red 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored at each end at 2-1/8 to create the bi-fold card base

DSP panel: Toile Tidings 2 x 5-3/8  (you need to cut two of these panels)

Belly Band: Real Red 1-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored at each end at 2-1/8

Belly band mat: Toile Tidings 1-3/8 x 8-3/8  scored at each end at 2-1/8

Inside panel: Very Vanilla 4 x 5-1/4

Scallop circle: Real Red Glimmer Paper

Embossed circle: Very Vanilla Layering Stitched circle die (the largest one) embossed with the Hammered Metal EF

The details:

the art piece:

• Die cut your deer image using the Detailed Deer Dies in Real Red card stock
• Die cut a small flower in the Real Red Glimmer paper and a solid flower in Garden Green card stock using the dies from the Detailed Deer die set
• Adhere the art piece circle to the Red Glimmer paper scallop circle
• Glue your Real Red deer onto the top of the art piece
• Cut your solid Garden Green flower in half and use as leaves for the neck piece on the deer
• Adhere your Real Red Glimmer paper flower to the deer’s neck just above the leaves

Details:

• Adhere your Toile Tidings panels to the front flaps of your card front
• Glue your Toile Tidings belly band mat to the Real Red belly band
• Adhere the right side of the belly band to the right side of the card flap, wrap your belly band around the card then adhere the left side of the belly band to the left side of the front card flap
• Adhere the art piece to the left side of the front belly band only (this will insure that your card will open

More details:

• Stamp your sentiment from Itty Bitty Christmas onto a piece of Very Vanilla card stock
• Die cut your sentiment using the Rectangle Stitched Dies
• Adhere the sentiment to the art piece
• Make a small Real Red Cotton Ribbon and attach it to the left side of the art piece
• Add a few Gold Pearls to the art piece and you are done

Here is our team:

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

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

Amy Koenders:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Eva 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 have a sketch challenge.  I decided to use my brand new “So Many Stars Bundle” and get into the holiday spirit.  This set is amazing and has so many sizes of star dies that you can layer and create with.  The Designer Series Paper “Wrapped In Plaid” is my favorite paper this season and of course it had to be used on my card today too.

The sketch:

Stampin’ Up! So Many Stars:

The recipe:

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

Panel: Wrapped in Plaid 4-1/4 x 5-1/2

Strip: Wrapped in Plaid 3/4 x 5-1/2

Circle: Whisper White die cut with the largest die from Layering Stitched Dies

The details:

• Adhere your Wrapped in Plaid DSP panels to the front of the card
• Stamp your sentiment onto the Whisper White Circle using the saying from So Many Stars in Cherry Cobbler Ink
• Mount your circle onto the front of the card
• Wrap a piece of Shaded Spruce Gold Ribbon around the front of the card and on top of the Whisper White Circle

More details:

• Die cut your large plaid star using the Wrapped in Plaid DSP and the Stitched Star Dies
• Die cut 4 more stars using the same die as the plaid star in Cherry Cobbler card stock
• Glue the 4 red stars together and then glue the plaid star on top of the stack  (this give some dimension to the large star)
• Die cut two detailed stars with  Gold Glimmer Paper and the Stitched Star Dies
• Die cut two small stars and two tiny stars with  Gold Glimmer paper and the Stitched Star Dies
• Die cut one small plaid star with the Wrapped In Plaid DSP
• Mount your thick large star to the left of the sentiment piece with liquid glue
• Mount all the other stars around and under the large plaid star

• Add a Shaded Spruce Bow to the front of the card
• Color in some small Rhinestones with your Cherry Cobbler Stampin Blend and adhere them around 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 we have a color challenge using good old Halloween colors of Pumpkin Pie, White and Black.  What a great combination for a card using the Monster Bash Designer
Series Paper and a fun fold at the same time.    The paper is amazing but by adding the pumpkins from the Gather Together Stamp set combines two great products into one fun card.

The color challenge:

 Stampin’ Up! Monster Bash:

The recipe:

card base” Basic Black 8-1/2 x 11, scored at 5-1/2 and 4-1/4 then cutting the card in a diagonal to make two cards

Mat: Monster Bash DSP 5-1/2 x 4 cut at a diagonal to get two pieces

Scallops: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White using the Layering Circle Dies and Layering Stitched Dies

Inside mat: Whisper White 5-1/4 x 4

The details:

the art piece:

• Die cut a Black and Pumpkin Pie Scallop Circle
• Die cut a Whisper White Stitched Layering Die Circle (second largest)
• Stamp the sentiment using the Itty Bitty Greeting “Trick or Treat” onto the art piece
• Stamp the splatter using the image from Gather Together Stamp Set with Smokey Slate Ink
• Adhere the art piece to the Pumpkin Pie mat and then adhere this to the Black mat with dimensionals
• Attach the art piece to the top flap only of the card front
• Stamp the pumpkin images from the Gather Together Stamp Set in Tuxedo Momento Ink
• Color the pumpkins using your Pumpkin Pie Stampin Blends
• Color the stems with the Soft Suede Stampin Blends
• The leaf image is stamped in Old Olive using the image from Rooted In Nature and then fussy cut into small clusters
• Adhere the large pumpkin with a glue dot and the two attached pumpkins with dimensionals
• Adhere the leaves with glue dots to the stems of the pumpkins

More detail:

cutting the card base:

• Take your 8-1/2 x 11 card stock
• On the landscape side score at 5-1/2
• On the portrait side score at 4-1/2
• Using your trimmer, place the card stock in the cutter so the diagonal ends are in the cutting grove to slice a diagonal cut through the entire card stock  You will end up with 2 card bases when you are done
• Cut the mat at the diagonal and glue them to the diagonal flaps
• Fold  the flaps inward to made the cover for the card

More details:

• Add a black basic black 3/8 inch scalloped edge ribbon bow at the bottom
• Adhere a few Monster Bash Enamel Shapes to the art piece

The inside:

• Stamp the sentiment from Gather Together Stamp set and mount to the  inside of the card and your are done.

Here is our team:

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

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

Amy Koenders:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

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! Bird Ballad:

The Recipe:

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

Mat: Bird Ballad 5-1/2 x 4-1/4

Art piece: Whisper White 4 x 2-3/4

Art piece mat: Pool Party 4-1/8 x 2- 7/8

Scollop trim: Whisper White 2-1/2 x 4-3/4 cut with the Budding Blooms Dies

The Details:

the bird and branch:  (thank you Patty Bennett for the inspiration on coloring my birds)

• Stamp the bird and branch images from the Bird Ballad Stamp Set onto the Whisper White art piece with Tuxedo Momento Ink
• Color your birds using your Stampin Blends as follows
• Orange birds,  Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight
• Blue birds: Pool Party and Daffodil Delight
• Color your branch with Stampin Blends as follows:
• Leaves: Old Olive
• flowers: Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight
• Branch: Soft Suede
• Stamp and the leaf image and one each of each of the flower images from the Bird Ballad Stamp Set
• Color them in as follows:
• Large Flower: Calypso Coral
• Small Flower: Pool Part
• Leaves: Old Olive
• When you finish coloring in your flowers and leaves, fussy cut them out with your paper snips

More Details:

putting the card together:

• Adhere your Bird Ballad DSP panel to the front of the card base
• Adhere the art piece to the Pool Party mat and adhere to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Tuck the scallop Whisper White trim under the matted art piece
• Adhere your large flower with dimensionals to the bottom left hand side of the art piece and then tuck in the leaf and tiny flower with a glue dot
• Stamp your sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings onto a piece of Whisper White Card Stock and punch it our with the Classic Label Punch
• Attach your sentiment to bottom right side of the art piece, letting it overhang just a bit.
• Add some rhinestones for added sparkle

Card Inspiration:

Here is the card from my Thursday Blog Hop that inspired today’s “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 $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 we have a sketch challenge for our hop.  The weather is changing here in the Pacific NW with lots of rain so this inspired me to create a fall card.  Inking up the Toile Christmas worked perfectly when my cardinal was colored with the female bird in mind.    I used my bird guide book to help me  decide on coloring, as I have never seen a cardinal up close.

The Sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Toile Christmas:

The Recipe:

Card base: Old Olive 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

Mat: Old Olive 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 Embossed with the Layered Leaves EF

Vellum mat: So Saffron  4-7/8 x 2-5/8

DSP panel: Come To Gather DSP 4-3/4 x 2-1/2

Wood grain panel: Come To Gather DSP 4-3-1/4

The Details:

the bird and branch:

• Stamp the bird and branch images from the Toile Christmas Stamp Set onto a scrap piece of Whisper White card stock with Tuxedo Momento Ink
• Color your bird using your Stampin Blends as follows
• Bird body, wings, beak and head: Pumpkin Pie Stampin Blends
• Use the Color Lifter Stampin Blend to add highlight to the breast and wings
• Color your branch with Stampin Blends as follows:
• Leaves: Old Olive
• Berries: Pumpkin Pie
• Branch: Soft Suede
• Die cut your bird and branch out with the Christmas Cardinal Dies
• Die cut 3 (each) curly cues out with the Christmas Cardinal Dies in So Saffron Card Stock and So Saffron Vellom
• Layer the two different paper curly cues together with white glue forming 3 pieces

More Details:

putting the card together:

• Adhere your embossed Old Olive mat to the front of the card base
• Adhere the DSP panel to the So Saffron Vellum and adhere to the front of the card
• Adhere the wood grain DSP panel on top of the matted panel to the front of the card
• Attach your branch to the front of the card with glue dots
• Attach your bird to the front of the card with dimensionals
• Tuck your curly cues under the branch with liquid glue
• Color in a few Rhinestones with your Dark Pumpkin Pie Stampin Blend and add to the front of the card
• Stamp your sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings onto a piece of Whisper White Card Stock and punch it our with the Classic Label Punch
• Attach your sentiment to the bird with glue dots and you are done!

Here is our team:

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

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

Amy Koenders:

Mary Deatherage:

Kristi Gray:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Karen Finkle:

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.

Toile Christmas:

The recipe:

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

Mat: Toile Tidings DSP  5-1/4 x 4

Stitched Die panel: Real Red(approx) 3 x 4-1/4

Stitched Die panel art piece: Very Vanilla (approx) 2-5/8 x 4

The details:

the art piece:

• Stamp your bird  image from the Toile Christmas Stamp Set onto a piece of Very Vanilla card stock with Black Tuxedo Momento Ink
• Color in your bird as follows:
• Bird body and wings: Real Red Stampin Blends
• Beak: Mango Melody Stampin blends
• Die cut your bird using the Christmas Cardinal Die
• Stamp the branch image from the Toile Christmas Stamp Set onto your Very Vanilla art piece with Black Tuxedo Momento Ink
• Color in your branch as follows”
• Berries: Real Red Stampin Blends
• Leaves: Garden Green Ink Pad your a Blender Pen
• Branch: Soft Suede Blender Pens
• After your branch image is colored in, run the art piece through the Subtle EF and mount to the Real Red Stitched mat

Putting the card together:

• Wrap a piece of Lace Ribbon around the Toile Tidings DSP mat
• Adhere this mat to the front of the card with snail
• Mount your art piece to the bottom of the card with  dimensionals
• Adhere your bird to the art piece with dimensionals

Finishing touches:

• Add a lace bow to the right side of the art piece next to the birds tail
• Add some small Rhinestone into the cluster of berries

The inspiration:

Here is the card from the Thursday blog hop that inspired today’s card. Note that the panels are all the same only turned to landscape mode instead of portrait.  It makes the card look so different and gives it a great “Alternate” look.  You can see the card here:

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These are the products I used to make my card: