Friday, March 15, 2024

Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge Week 11 - Poppy Parade

Welcome to the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge and for Week 11 we are showcasing Poppy Parade, from the Brights Collection. This beautiful bold red is a very powerful color and I wanted to make sure I created a card design that showed the beauty of this color without being overwhelming.
For my card design, I chose to use the new Latte Love Bundle, one of the new Online Exclusives just released this month. For my color combination, I chose to pair Poppy Parade with Basic, Black, Basic White and a touch of Pecan Pie to help balance out the design. I love the contrast between these colors and how they all work so well together. 
Products Used:
Latte Love Bundle (item #163461)
Deckled Circles Dies (item #162256)
Stylish Shapes Dies (item #159183)
Brights 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #161643)
Poppy Parade Cardstock (item #119793)
Basic Black Cardstock (item #121045)
Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)
Pecan Pie Classic Ink Pad (item #161665)
Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)
Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154958)
Iridescent Pearls Basic Jewels (item #158987)
Blending Brushes (item #153611)
Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)
Measurements:
Basic Black Cardstock
Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")
2 Medium Circles die cut with the Deckled Circles Dies
Poppy Parade Designer Series Paper
Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"
Basic White Cardstock
Coffee Cups stamped and die cut with the Latte Love Bundle
Sentiment Label die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies
Even though I am not a coffee drinker, I couldn't resist using the Latte Love Bundle to create this fun card design. I love the way to coffee cups look colored in with the Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers and how they pop against the Basic Black circles that I used to frame them. For the "coffee" part of the cups, I stamped the images with Pecan Pie Classic ink to create the look of a latte and I blended some of the Pecan Pie ink to tone down the Basic White edges for the bottom cup of coffee. For the background, I used one of the designs from the Brights 6"x6" Designer Series Paper to add some texture and dimension to the design. I love how this design pops against the Basic Black card base and circles to tie it all together. For the sentiment, I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Basic White cardstock and die cut it out with one of the banner dies from the Stylish Shapes Dies. To complete the card design, I colored two of the Iridescent Pearls with the Dark Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Marker to add a touch of bling to the sentiment label. I love how this card turned out and how it showcases this beautiful, vibrant red. What do you think about Poppy Parade? Do you love this beautiful red as much as I do? Let me know in the comments.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will inspire you to Poppy Parade and all the wonderful options available. Stampin' Up!'s coordinating products make mixing and matching different papers, inks and accessories to help take the stress out of creating. 
Please visit this week's Monochromatic Insta Hop over on Instagram to see all of the amazing projects created with Poppy Parade. You can start here with my design. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you enjoyed about our projects.

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Tricia Butts
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Inspire. Create. Share. March Blog Hop Spring Is Coming

It's time to hop along with the Inspire. Create. Share. March Blog Hop and this month we are showcasing Spring projects to help you get ready for the new season. It's hard to believe that Spring is almost here and our wonderful Design Team members are excited to share their projects and ideas to help inspire you to get creative. 
Often when you think of Spring, you think of pretty florals and soft pastel colors. So I thought I would combine these two elements to create a soft and pretty card design using the Enduring Beauty Bundle. For the background, I used one of the new Fun Patterns Embossing Folders to add some texture. Recently I learned a new technique called Etching, so I decided to try it with this card and I love how it added depth and dimension to the floral design. The overall design has a modern, artistic feel to it that I think works well for Spring. 
Products Used:
Enduring Beauty Bundle (item #162674)
Go To Greetings stamp set (item #158763)
Timeless Arrangements Dies (item #161525)
Fun Patterns Embossing Folders (item #163790)
Soft Sea Foam Cardstock (item #146988)
Bubble Bath Cardstock (item #161718)
Basic Black Cardstock (item #121045)
Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)
Bubble Bath Classic Ink Pad (item #161664)
Fresh Freesia Classic Ink Pad (item #155611)
Soft Sea Foam Classic Ink Pad (item #146988)
Parakeet Party Classic Ink Pad (item #159208)
Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)
Versamark Pad (item #102283)
Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)
Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker (item #162481)
Festive Pearls (item #159963)
Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)
Blending Brushes (item #153611)
Measurements:
Soft Sea Foam Cardstock
Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4)
Matte Layer - 5 1/4" x 4"
Basic Black Cardstock 
Layer 1 - 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"
Sentiment Label die cut with the Timeless Arrangements Dies
Bubble Bath Cardstock
Card Front - 5" x 3 3/4" cut into 3 pieces
2 pieces- 1 1/2" x 3 3/4" & 1 piece - 2" x 3 3/4"
Basic White Cardstock
Floral image stamped, colored & die cut with the Enduring Beauty Bundle
The Enduring Beauty Bundle is perfect for creating beautiful Spring cards for a variety of occasions. There are so many different ways you can mix and match the stamp set, masks and coordinating dies to get creative. I chose to use all three to create my Spring themed card. I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Basic White cardstock and used the masks to color the images. For the flowers I used Bubble Bath and Fresh Freesia Classic ink pads and for the leaves I chose Soft Sea Foam and Parakeet Party ink pads. I applied the color to the masks using blending brushes to give the stamped image a soft and pretty look. For the etching on the images, I used the Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker to add small lines to add depth and texture. I love the artistic feeling that this technique adds to this image. I used the coordinating Enduring Beauty Dies to die cut the image to create the focal point for my card design. For the background layer, I cut a piece of Bubble Bath cardstock measuring 5" x 3 3/4" into three separate pieces and then embossed them using one of the Fun Patterns Embossing Folders. I love the delicate detail it adds to the background without being overwhelming. I attached the three pieces to a piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock and then layered it onto the Basic Black cardstock that helps to frame the layers and make it pop against the Soft Sea Foam card base. I heat embossed the sentiment from the Go To Greetings stamp set with Gold embossing powder onto Basic Black cardstock and used one of the Timeless Arrangements Dies to die cut the label. I added the sentiment to the bottom right corner of the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals and added the floral image so that the leaves slightly overlap the sentiment, also using Stampin' Dimensionals. For a touch of bling, I added several Gold Pearls to coordinate with the Gold embossing. I love how this design turned out using these products to create a fresh and pretty card for Spring. 
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to create your own beautiful projects to celebrate Spring. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore.
Now it's time to visit Joni's blog and see what she has created for Spring. Just click on the Next button to visit her blog. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

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Tricia Butts
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Around The World On Wednesday March Blog Hop Color Challenge March Blues

 
Welcome to the Around the World On Wednesday March Blog Hop and this month it's all about the March Blues. We have been challenged to use Pool Party, Balmy Blue, Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy to create our projects this month. My favorite color is blue, so I am very excited to play with these beautiful colors. Our Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to create your own beautiful projects.
For my card, I wanted to combine all of the colors to create a fun and festive design that would also be a great masculine card. When I saw the sample for the Happy Little Things Bundle, I knew I wanted to CASE it using these beautiful colors. I did make a few adjustments to create my own version of this design and I love how it turned out. For the banners, I used a combination of designer series paper and embossed cardstock to create the banners behind the sentiment to add some texture and depth to the design. The sentiment has been colored using Stampin' Blends Markers in the colors to add a pop of color to the Basic White label. I must admit, as much as I love these blues, I don't think I would have thought to combine them all together but thanks to this challenge, I can now say, I love how they look on this card design.
Products Used:
Happy Little Things Bundle (item #163710)
Nested Essentials Dies (item #161597)
Fun Patterns Embossing Folders (item #163790)
Subtles 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item $161644)
Neutrals 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #161641)
2023-2025 In Color 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #161646)
Night of Navy Cardstock (item #100567)
Boho Blue Cardstock (item #161724)
Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)
Night of Navy Classic Ink Pad (item #147110)
Night of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154891)
Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #153108)
Boho Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #161659)
Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154830)
Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154894)
Tinsel Gems Three Pack (item #161624)
Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)
Measurements:
Night of Navy Cardstock
Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")
Large Label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies
Boho Blue Cardstock
Layer 1 - 5 1/4" x 4"
1 Banner die cut with the Happy Little Things dies 
Basic White Cardstock
Card Front Layer - 4 3/4" x 3 1/2"
Sentiment Label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies
Banners in Pool Party, Balmy Blue & Misty Moonlight Cardstock - 
1 Each
Banners in Pool Party, Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight, Boho Blue & Night of Navy Designer Series Paper - 1 Each
The banners are the star of this card design and are the perfect way to add a variety of colors as well as a little texture. I embossed the cardstock banners using one of the new Fun Patterns Embossing Folders, which are a new addition to the Online Exclusives. It adds just a little bit of texture without being over the top. I alternated them with the striped designer series paper banners in each of the colors and attached them behind the Night of Navy Label. For the sentiment label, I stamped the sentiment with Night of Navy Classic ink and then colored in the letters using Dark Pool Party, Light Balmy Blue, Light Boho Blue, Light Misty Moonlight and Light Night of Navy Stampin' Blends Markers. I attached the sentiment label to the Night of Navy label and then attached it to the Basic White layer with Stampin' Dimensionals. I then layered it onto the Boho Blue layer and finally attached it to the Night of Navy card base. To complete the card design, I added several Misty Moonlight Gems for a touch of bling. As you can see, it's a great clean and simple card design that would work well for a variety of celebrations. 
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will inspire you to create your own wonderful projects using these beautiful blues. They are so much fun to mix and match. Stampin' Up! has a wide variety of coordinating products to help take the stress out of creating fun projects. 
Now it's time to visit Theresa's blog and see what she has created for this challenge. Just click on the Next button below to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List to find your way. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects.

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Tricia Butts
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Saturday, March 9, 2024

Stamping Inkspirations March Blog Hop Technique Challenge - Etching

Welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations March Blog Hop and this month we have a Technique Challenge to share with you. We will be sharing projects created using the Etching technique to help inspire you. Our Design Team is looking forward to showing you all the wonderful possibilities using this technique.
I must admit, I had not heard of this technique before this month's challenge, so I was a little nervous about how to approach using this technique. I was fortunate enough to watch this video on You Tube by Debbie Yeomans that shared how to use this technique using line images. When I looked through the stamp sets that I had, I couldn't find an image that I thought would work well for this technique, so I instead chose to use one of the beautiful images from the Nature's Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper as my focal design. This beautiful paper can be found in the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog and it is part of the Nature's Sweetness Suite Collection. I also used the Notes of Nature stamp set, which is also part of this suite, to add the sentiment and detail with Gold embossing. I love the simple elegance created using this technique with Watercolor Pencils and the way it adds a touch of color to the design. I have discovered that Etching is a lot of fun and can be very relaxing and therapeutic. I hope my card design will help inspire you to give it a try. 
Products Used:
Notes of Nature stamp set (item #162630)
Nature's Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper (item #162616)
Pecan Pie Cardstock (item #161717)
Watercolor Pencils Assortment 1 (item #161700)
Versamark Pad (item #102283)
Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)
Festive Pearls (item #159963)
Measurements:
Pecan Pie Cardstock
Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")
Nature's Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper 
Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"
This beautiful card design has a simple elegance to it and once you learn the basics to this technique, you will find that there are so many wonderful ways to use it to create your projects. Etching is a way to add texture and in this case color as well, using small lines to the image. I wanted to add color to the focal image and I love that this technique gave me the ability to a hint of color using Watercolor Pencils to add the etched lines. For the leaves, I chose to use Old Olive, the the seed pods I chose to use Pecan Pie and for the small blossoms I chose to use Daffodil Delight. As you can see, this small lines give the different elements of the image depth and dimension and help them to come alive. I didn't want to overpower the simplicity of this design, so I chose to heat emboss the sentiment with Gold embossing powder towards the bottom right of the card front and then added some Gold splatter detail that I also heat embossed. The stamp images from the Notes of Nature stamp set coordinated perfectly with this image to help me complete the design. I layered the card front onto a Pecan Pie card base and added Gold Pearls to the center of the flowers to finish off the design. 
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will inspire you to try this wonderful technique. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore to create your own beautiful projects. Etching is a great way to add texture, depth and dimension to your designs and even a hint of color if you choose. As I have discovered, there really is no right or wrong way to do this technique. Just have fun and enjoy the experience. 
Now it's time to visit Leonie's blog and see what she has created with this month's technique challenge. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List to find your way. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

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Tricia Butts
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Friday, March 8, 2024

Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge Week 10 Starry Sky

It's time to check out Week 10 of the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge and this week we are creating with the beautiful Starry Sky, one of the 2022-2024 In Colors. I love this dark blue as an alternative to Night of Navy and I can't wait to share with you the card design I have created.
For today's card design, I chose to use the new Happy Little Things Bundle, which is one of the new Online Exclusives released this week. I love the sentiments in this stamp set and the coordinating dies make it simple to die cut the smaller sentiments to add as an accent. I paired it with the Nested Essentials Dies to create the focal sentiment label and I used one of the designs from the 2022-2024 In Colors 6"x6" Designer Series Paper to create a fun, bold background. This card design would work well as a masculine card and could be used for birthdays, graduations and so much more to help celebrate a special day.
Products Used:
Happy Little Things Bundle (item #163710)
Nested Essentials Dies (item #161597)
2022-2024 In Color 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #161645)
Starry Sky Cardstock (item #159263)
Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)
Starry Sky Classic Ink Pad (item #159212)
Versamark Pad (item #102283)
Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)
2022-2024 In Color Pearls (item #161621)
Starry Sky 1/8" Metallic Woven Ribbon (item #159198)
Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)
Measurements:
Starry Sky Cardstock
Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")
Large Sentiment Label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies
Small Matte Label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies
Basic White Cardstock
Small Sentiment Label stamped and die cut with the Happy Little Things Bundle
Small Matte Label die cut with the Happy Little Things Dies
Starry Sky Designer Series Paper
Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"
This clean and simple card design focuses on the sentiments from the Happy Little Things stamp set. I chose to use the large outline image for the Celebrate sentiment to heat emboss it onto Starry Sky cardstock using Silver Embossing powder to make it pop. I used the Nested Essentials to die cut the sentiment label and then layered it onto a slightly larger Basic White cardstock label also die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies. For the small sentiment, I stamped the image onto Basic White cardstock using Starry Sky Classic ink and then die cut it out with the smaller of the two dies from the Happy Little Things Dies. I then layered it onto the Starry Sky label die cut with the larger banner die. For the embellishments for this design, I added two pieces of the Starry Sky Metallic Woven Ribbon around the center of the polka dot card front, spacing them about 1/2" apart and attaching them to the back of the card front, before attaching the layer to the card base. I added both sentiments using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop them up. To complete the design, I added several Starry Sky Pearls to both sentiment labels for a touch of subtle bling. So there you have it. A wonderful card design featuring a beautiful dark blue that I hope you will love as much as I do. Let me know what you think in the comments.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design helps you to see the versatility of this beautiful blue and how it can be used to create a bold yet simple design that works for so many occasions. Don't forget to check out the wonderful Starry Sky products available from my Online Store by clicking here. As one of the 2022-2024 In Colors, Starry Sky will be retiring April 30th and will be available while supplies last as we get closer to that date. For this reason, I recommend that you stock up on any products in this color or any of the other 2022-2024 In Colors to avoid missing out. 
I hope you will take the time to visit our Monochromatic Insta Hop today and see all the amazing projects created to showcase Starry Sky. Just click here to visit my Instagram and visit the other Stampin' Demonstrators to see their beautiful projects. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. 
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Tricia Butts
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