Hi Stampers, today for our hop we have a sketch challenge.  I inked up another “new to me” stamp set that I have been wanting to use.  I decide on the Color and Contour Bundle to create the card for todays hop.  Make sure you stop off and see all of the other cards created by our talented team.

The Sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Color and Contour:

The Recipe:

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

Mat: Hand Penned DSP die cut with the largest Scallop Contour Die

Small Panel: Basic White die cut with the Scallop Contour Die

Sentiment: Mint Macaron Die cut with the Meadow Dies

The Details:

• Stamp 2 daisies and 4 leaves from the Color and Contour stamp set in Tuxedo Memento Black Ink onto Basic White card stock
• Color in the two flowers  and 4 leaves with your Stampin Blends as follows:
• Flowers: Daffodil Delight and Highland Heather
• Centers of flowers: Dark Daffodil Delight and shaded with Calypso Coral
• Leaves: Mint Macaron and darkened a bit with Just Jade
• Die cut the daisies with the Scallop Contour Dies
• Fussy cut the leaves with you paper snips
• Die cut the sparkly berries from the Bedazzling DSP from the Sale A Bration catalog using the die from the  Poinsettia Dies
• Die the the butterfly from the Bedazzling DSP using the die from the Natures Thoughts Dies

The Sentiment:

• Stamp the sentiment onto Mint Macaron card stock using the sentiment from the Beautiful Friendship stamp set with Versamark Ink
• Sprinkle Silver Embossing Powder onto the sentiment and heat set it with your heat gun.
• Die cut the sentiment with the Meadows Dies

Putting The Card Together:

• Attach the Large Hand Penned DSP scallop panel to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Attach the small Basic White scallops panel to the middle of the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Adhere the Highland Heather flower to the left of the white panel with glue dots
• Adhere the Daffodil Delight flower off set a bit with Dimensionals
• Tuck in the Bedazzling Berries and leaves with liquid glue
• Adhere your sentiment with a glue dot on the left and a dimensional on the right side (this keeps the sentiment level)

Finishing Touches:

• Add three Rhinestones to the White panel
• Adhere the butterfly to the right on the sentiment with a glue dot 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.

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Happy Monday Stampers, Its Alternate Monday time!

What is Alternate Monday???  This 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! Gorgeous Leaves:

The Recipe:

Card base: Very Vanilla 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Card front: Very Vanilla 4-1/4 x 5-1/2, embossed with the Brick and Mortar EF

Angled DSP: Be Dazzling

Sentiment strip: Blackberry Bliss 5/8 x 5-1/2 (some will be cut off after gluing to card)

The Details:

• Die cut a variety of leaves form the Intricate Leaves Die as follows:
• Blackberry Bliss: solid maple leaf
• Rich Razzzleberry: intricate maple leaf
• Cinnamon Cider: solid round and intricate 3 pronged leaves
• Early Espresso: 3 branches

The Sentiment:

• Stamp the word grateful from the Sparkle of the Season stamp set with Versamark Ink onto the Blackberry BlissDSP strip
• Sprinkle the image with Silver Embossing Powder
• Shake off the excess and heat set with your heat tool

Putting the card together:

• Adhere the embossed panel to the card front
• Adhere the Be Dazzling piece to the left, top of the card front
• Attach the sentiment to the bottom of  the Be Dazzling panel with liquid glue ( the sentiment should be to the right of the card. Cut off the extra form the edges with your snips)
• Arrange your branches and leaves to the left hand side of the card and attach with liquid glue

Finishing Details:

• Make a double Linen Thread bow and attach to the leaf cluster with a glue dot
• Adhere 3 Rhinestones to the card front
• Stamp the maple leaf from the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set on the inside of the card and on the envelope and you are done.

Another version:

I had so much fun I made a third card and could not decide which one to showcase. Which one do you like best?

Card Inspiration:

Here is the card 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:

Hi Stampers,  Today for our hop we have an “Autumn/Harvest” theme.  Fall is my favorite time of year and I love making fall cards to give out as we celebrate this season of gratitude and thankfulness.  Today my card uses the Gorgeous Leaves Bundle.  To add some sparkle to the card I also snuck in a piece of the Be Dazzling DSP from the Sale A Bration catalog.   This paper has so much sparkle and the more the better in my book.  Enjoy my share today and please do stop by our other creative team members blogs to see what Autumn card they created.

The Theme:

Stampin’ Up! Gorgeous Leaves:

The Recipe:

Card base: Very Vanilla 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Card front: Very Vanilla 4-1/4 x 5-1/2, embossed with the Brick and Mortar EF

Angled DSP: Be Dazzling 4-1/2 x 2 cut at an angle

Sentiment strip: Rich Razzleberry  5/8 x 5-1/2 (some will be cut off after gluing to card)

The Details:

• Die cut a variety of leaves form the Intricate Leaves Die as follows:
• Blackberry Bliss: solid maple leaf, intricate maple leaf
• Rich Razzzleberry: long intricate leaf
• Cinnamon Cider: solid round and intricate round leaves
• Early Espresso: 3 branches

The Sentiment:

• Stamp the word grateful from the Sparkle of the Season stamp set with Versamark Ink onto the Rich Razzleberry DSP strip
• Sprinkle the image with Silver Embossing Powder
• Shake off the excess and heat set with your heat tool

Putting the card together:

• Adhere the embossed panel to the card front
• Adhere the Be Dazzling piece to the top of the card front
• Attach the sentiment just below the Be Dazzling panel with liquid glue ( the sentiment should be to the right of the card. Cut off the extra form the edges with your snips)
• Arrange your branches and leaves to the left hand side of the card and attach with liquid glue

Finishing Details:

• Make a double Linen Thread bow and attach to the leaf cluster with a glue dot
• Adhere 3 Rhinestones to the card front
• Stamp the maple leaf from the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set to the inside of the card and on the envelope 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:

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, Well it is time to start my Alternate Monday share again.

What is Alternate Monday???  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 Little Stockings Card:

The Recipe:

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

Mat: Cherry Cobbler 4 x 5-1/4

DSP panel: Sweet Stockings 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Thin mat: Cherry Cobbler: :cut to fit around the Stocking Die

Embossed piece: Basic White die cut from the Stocking Die and them embossed with the Tasteful Textile EF

Die cut stockings of your choice from the piece of Sweet Stocking DSP and the coordinating die from the Stocking Dies

The Details:

• Stamp the dog, candy cane, gift, and Santa hat onto Basic White card stock with Black Tuxedo Memento Ink
• Color in the images with your Stampin Blends as follows:
• Cherry Cobbler: hat, candy cane and strips on package
• Old Olive: ribbon on package
• Cinnamon Cider: puppy
• After you color in your images use the  coordinating dies from the Stocking Dies to die cut the images out
• Die cut the holly, berries and star with the Jolly Felt using he dies from the Stocking Dies

The Sentiment:

• Stamp the “Sending Lots of Love” sentiment from the Sweet Little Stocking stamp set with Black Tuxedo Memento Ink
• Die cut the sentiment using your paper trimmer to 3/8 x 3

Putting the card together:

• Adhere the DSP to the Cherry Cobbler mat and attach to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Adhere the Embossed piece to the Cherry Cobbler mat and attach to the right, front of the card with Dimensionals
• Attach your two stocking to the embossed panel with liquid glue
• Attach the dog on to  the left stocking with Dimensionals glue the Santa hat to his head with glue
• Attach your package and candy cane inside the right hand side stocking with liquid glue
• Attach the sentiment to the bottom of the embossed panel with Dimensionals

Finishing Touches:

• Glue the felt holly and berries to the Santa hat on the puppy and the right hand side of the right stocking
• Attach a Bumblebee felt star to the left hand side stocking and you are done

Kitty Version of the same card:

Here is another card done the same way but using different DSP a the cat instead of the dog.  Which one do you like best?

Inspiration card:

Here is the card from the Thursday Blog hop that inspired today ‘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 I inked up another “new to me stamp set” that I had purchased and had not used.  The Art in Bloom set is wonderful and that coordinating embossing folder is amazing.  We had a sketch challenge for our hop and this set along with some gorgeous Beauty of the Earth DSP worked wonderfully together.  Make sure you stop by all the members of our talented team and see what they created.  Enjoy the hop!

The Sketch:

Stampin’ Up! Art In Bloom:

The Recipe:

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

Mat: Misty Moonlight 4 x 5-1/4

DSP panel: Beauty of the Earth 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Thin mat: Misty Moonlight: 2-3/8 x 4-5/8

Embossed piece: Basic White 2-1/4 x 4-1/2 Emboss with the Bloom Hybrid EF

The Details:

• Stamp the two flower images from the Art in Bloom stamp set onto Basic White card stock with Black Tuxedo Memento Ink
• Ink the flowers using the solid image from the Art in Bloom stamp set with 2nd generation Misty Moonlight Ink
• Die cut the flowers out with the Blooms Dies
• After the flowers were inked and die cut, I put them into the Bloom Hybrid EF and embossed the flowers for added dimension
• Die cute some Mossy Meadow leaves from the die from the Blooms dies
• Stamp the large leaf image from the Art in Bloom stamp set with Old Olive Ink
• Stamp the center of the leaves with the solid leaf stamp with 2nd generation Old Olive and them die cut the Old Olive leaves out with the Blooms Die

The Sentiment:

• Stamp the “Thinking of You” sentiment from the Beauty of Friendship stamp set with Black Tuxedo Memento Ink
• Die cut the sentiment using the die from Taste of Label Die set

Putting the card together:

• Adhere the DSP to the Misty Moonlight mat and attach to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Adhere the Embossed piece to the Misty Moonlight mat and attach to the right, front of the card with Dimensionals
• Attach your large flower to the embossed panel with a Dimensional
• Attach the smaller flower to the right of the large flower with glue dots or liquid glue
• Tuck in and attach the Mossy Meadow and Old Olive leaves in clusters underneath the flowers
• Attach your sentiment with Dimensionals at the bottom of the flowers

Finishing Touches:

• Tuck in some gold leaves from the Expressions of Ink Ephemera Pack around the leaves and flowers
• Add a gold bee to the embossed panel for the last 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:

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.

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Hi Stampers, Today we have a color challenge using, Bumblebee, Soft Succulent, Calypso Coral, Misty Moonlight and Crumbcake.  I pulled out the Nature’s Harvest Bundle from the mini catalog and the beautiful coordinating DSP, Harvest Meadow.   My colors of choice for my share today use Bumblebee, Soft Succulent, and Calypso Coral. One of my favorite perennials is the cone flower (Echinacea) and I could not resist to ink this flower up for our hop.  Make sure you also stop by our other creative team members to see what they created using all these wonderful colors for our Thursday blog hop.

The Color Challenge:

Stampin’ Up! Nature’s Harvest:

The Recipe:

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

Mat: Harvest Meadow DSP 4 x 5-1/4

Thin mat: Basic White 2-1/4 x 5-1/4

Embossed panel: Soft  Succulent 2 x 5-1/4 Embossed with the Timeworn Type EF

Sentiment:  Basic White. Stitched So Sweetly Die cut

The Details:

The Flowers:

• Stamp the cone flower image onto a piece of Watercolor Paper with Versmark Ink
• Sprinkle Black Embossing Powder over the inked image, shake off excess powder and heat emboss with your heat gun
• I used my ink refills, water and an Aqua Painter to color in my flowers and leaves as follows
• Flower: Bumble Bee
• Centers: Calypso Coral
• Leaves: Soft Succulent
• After you water color your flowers, let them dry then die cut them out using the Harvest Dies
• In the mean time die cut the wheat from a piece of Soft Succulent card stock using the Harvest Dies

The Sentiment:

• Die cut the sentiment piece from Basic White card stock using the Stitched So Sweetly Die (second to largest rectangle)
• Stamp the sentiment with Tuxedo Memento Black ink (I use the sentiment from the Beauty of Friendship stamp set

Putting the Card Together:

• Adhere the DSP mat to the front of the card with Stampin Seal
• Attach the Soft Succulent embossed panel the Basic White mat
• Adhere this matted strip to the front center of the card front
• Attach your sentiment piece to the front of the panel with Dimensionals
• Attach your wheat to the sentiment piece with liquid glue
• Attach your cone flowers on top of the wheat with liquid glue

Finishing Touches:

• Add a double Gold Simply Elegant Trim bow to the flower bundle
• Adhere 3 Gold Brushed Metallic Dots to the sentiment piece and you are finished

Another Color:

I made another card using another color as the background.  This one was Bumblebee.  Which one is your favorite?

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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Hello Stampers, today for our hop I am using the Pansy Patch Stamp Set and matching Pansy Dies.  Because of our move to Kentucky, I did not get to ink up any of the new stamp sets that I purchased from the annual catalog.  So until my order comes with all the new products from the Mini Catalog, I thought I would use all my “new to me sets”  until then.  I loved cutting out all the papers and adhering the pansies together with a touch of ink blending to give the flowers some real depth.  Enjoy the hop and make sure you stop by and visit all the members of our talented team to see what they created with the sketch challenge

Sketch Challenge:

Stampin’ Up! Pansy Patch:

The Recipe:

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

Card front: DSP Pansy Petals 5-1/2 x 4-1/4

Banner: DSP Pansy Petals 5-1/2 x 2-1/2

Sentiment Piece: Basic White die cut with the Scallop Contour Dies

The Details:

Making the Pansy:

• Using the Pansy die, die cut the following piece for the the flower:
• Body of pansy: Basic white
• Rim of color for body of pansy: Fresh Freesia
• Two large back petals: Fresh Freesia
• Rim of color for the two back petals: Blackberry Bliss
• Background leaves: Soft Succulent
• Top layer of leaves: Evening Evergreen
• Center of flower:  Pale Papaya
• Using your Blender Brushes blend some Fresh Freesia ink on to the petals of the flowers to deepen the centers
• Glue you pansy and leaves together

The Sentiment:

• Stamp your sentiment from the Pansy Patch stamp set onto the Basic White die cut in Blackberry Bliss ink

Putting The Card Together:

• Attach the Checked DSP Pansy Petals paper to the the 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 piece of Pansy Petals DSP
• Wrap a piece of Fresh Freesia Ribbon around this panel
• Attach the panel to the front of the Basic White card base
• Attach your sentiment with Dimensionals to the front of the card
• Attach your pansy and leaves with Dimensionals to the left of the sentiment piece

Finishing Touches:

• Add a Fresh Freesia bow to the left of the pansy flower
• Adhere a sequin from the Expressions of Ink Ephemera Pack to the sentiment 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:

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, Well so much has happened since I last shared with our blog hop group.  We sold our house in Vancouver Washington, packed up the house along with all my craft supplies and hit the road across country July 10.  We landed in Union Kentucky on the 14th and proceeded to start settling in.  We waited and waited and waited for the moving company to bring my craft supplies.   (there is a shortage of labor and trucks right now)  On Monday August 3 the truck  arrived and I received my supplies.  It took a few days to unload and set up my new temporary space but boy does it feel wonderful to be back.  It might take me a few days to get the creative juices flowing, but I am excited to start sharing with all of you again.

The Theme:

A small disclaimer:  Most of my stamp sets seems to be florals this time around with a critter not to be found.  With the stamp sets that I had to choose from I could use birds or butterflies.   Neither fall into the critter category so this one is a stretch.  Use your imagination, today my winged beauty is called a critter (LOL)

Stampin’ Up! Brilliant Wings:

The Recipe:

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

Mat: Magenta Madness 4 x 5-1/4

DSP: Expressions of Ink Die cut with the largest Stitched Rectangle Die

The Details:

• Die cut one each of the medium, small and extra small butterflies from the Brilliant Wings Dies from Basic White card stock
• Punch out some gold embellishments from the Expressions of Ink Ephemera Pack

The Sentiment:

• Stamp the word HELLO from the Biggest Wish stamp set in Magenta Madness onto Basic White card stock
• Stamp the word FRIEND off set an on top of the word hello with VersaMark Ink
• Sprinkle some Gold Embossing Powder over the friend, shake off the excess and then heat emboss with your heat gun
• Die cut the sentiment with the Stitched Rectangle Die

Putting the Card Together:

• Adhere you DSP panel to the Magenta Madness mat with Stampin Seal
• Attach this panel to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Attach your sentiment to the bottom right side of the card with Dimensionals
• Adhere your 3 butterflies to the front of the card with a dab of liquid glue

Finishing Details:

• Tuck in a few of the gold leaves from the Expressions of Ink Ephemera Pack under the butterflies with liquid glue
• Add a a sequin from the Expressions of Ink Ephemera Pack to the butterflies head
• Add a few more sequins on the front of the card for added sparkle 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:

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, today will be my last card for several weeks.   All my craft supplies are packed up and movers will soon load the truck for our move from Vancouver Washington to Union Kentucky.    Today for our hop we have a sketch challenge.  I decided to use the Beauty of Friendship Bundle for my card.  After playing with this set, I can visualize so many cards from this bundle along with the gorgeous Beauty of the Earth DSP

The sketch:

Stampin’ Up Beauty of Friendship:

The recipe:

Card base: Merry Merlot 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Mat: Misty Moonlight 4 x 5-1/4

DSP: Beauty of the Earth 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Sentiment mat: Merry Merlot

Sentiment: Basic White  die cut with the Stitched Rectangle from the Beautiful Trees Dies

The details:

• Die cut the tree using the die from the Beautiful Trees dies 3 times with Early Espresso card stock
• Glue the 3  trees together with liquid glue (this gives dimensional to the tree)
• Die cut two birds in Misty Moonlight using the die from the Beautiful Trees Die set

The Sentiment:

• Stamp the Thinking of You sentiment from the Beautiful Friendship stamp set in Merry Merlot
• Die cut the sentiment out with the coordinating die from the Beautiful Trees die set
• Adhere a piece of Merry Merlot card stock to the sentiment and trim around the edges to get your mat

Putting your card together:

• Attach your DSP to the Misty Moonlight mat
• Wrap some White Bakers Twine around this mat and adhere with glue dots
• Attach this matted stack to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Glue your stacked trees to the front of the care with liquid glue
• Attach your sentiment to the front of the tree with Dimensionals

 Finishing details:

• Adhere the two Misty Moonlight birds to the tree and sentiment piece with a Mini Dimensional
• Add a small Rhinestone Jewel to the birds for the eyes
• Make a double White Bakers Twine Bow and attach it to the left of the sentiment with a glue dot 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:

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, today we have a punch challenge, that is, we needed to make a card using a punch.  I decided to get some use out my Tailored Tag punch for my share today.   I teamed up the punch with the Sweet Symmetry DSP and the combination made a fun card.

Punch Challenge:

Disclaimer:

After finishing my card, preparing the photos and blog all was good, until I saw my mistake and did not have time to reshoot the photos.  The two right hand side partial cuts are solid green.  I guess the glue was not dry when I cut the overhang off and the DSP must have come off.  Those places that are solid green should have some DSP on the top.  I did fix it on my card but was too late to reshoot in time for the blog.  Sorry about that.

Stampin’ Up! Tailored Tag and Sweet Symmetry:

The recipe:

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

Mat: Night of Navy 5-1/2 x 4-1/4

The details:

• Using your Tailored Tag Punch, Punch out 12 tags using the Sweet Symmetry DSP
• Punch out 36 more Tailored Tags Punch shapes with Stampin Up solid card stock
• Layer three solid Tailored Tags Punch shapes together with liquid glue and for the top layer, glue on one of the Sweet Symmetry DSP Tailored Tag shapes (this will add dimension to the card)
• Punch out 4 Basic White Tailored Tag Punch shapes  and glue 3 of them together

Putting the card together:

• Take the Night of Navy mat and lightly score a horizonal and vertical line through the middle of the card (this will help you place that first tag in the center of the card)
• Adhere your layered shapes onto the Night of Navy mat starting with the middle shape
• Fill in the mat with the remaining tags using the white layer in the bottom right for your sentiment
• After the full tags are one, cut off the tags that overhang from the card.  Use these scraps to fill in the small pieced on the edges
• After the edges are filled in, trim the overhanging piece off (I used my big Carl trimmer of this since I was cutting through 4 layers of card stock)
• Adhere your Bumble Bee ribbon around the art piece and glue the art piece to your Basic White card front

The sentiment:

• Stamp you sentiment onto the 4th Basic White tag with Black Tuxedo Memento Ink (I used the sentiment from the Inspired Thoughts stamp set)
• Adhere your sentiment to the Basic White tag with Dimensionals (this covers up part of the ribbon

Finishing details:

• Add a Bumble Bee Ribbon bow to the left of the sentiment
• Add some From the Heart Embellishments here and there on the front of the card for added sparkle 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:

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:

Product List