Kylie Bertucci's International Blog Highlights December 2023

Is anyone else wondering where the year has gone? It's hard to believe it's December already and we are having our last International Blog Highlights for 2023. I am excited to see all the amazing projects and ideas that my fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrators will be sharing today with the theme "Thank You". There are so many different things in our life to be thankful for and sending a handmade card is just one small way we can show our appreciation to the people we care about.

Here in Colorado the weather is getting chilly and we have already had snow several times over the past month. So I thought I would use this as my inspiration for my Thank You card today. I chose to use one of the designs from the A Walk In The Forest Designer Series Paper, which is retiring soon, and combined it with the Season of Chic stamp set and coordinating Chic Dies. I love combining silver and blue to create Winter themed cards, so this was the perfect excuse to play with this combination and come up with this beautiful design. I chose Balmy Blue from the designer series paper and used the new Silver Adhesive Backed Glimmer Paper (available in the Online Exclusives) to create sparkly snowflakes that coordinate with the Silver embossing for the sentiment and the Silver Trim that I used to tie a bow on the White Iridescent Ribbon. 

Products Used:

Season of Chic stamp set (item #158810)

Chic Dies (item #158815)

Tailor Made Tags Dies (item #155563)

A Walk In The Forest Designer Series Paper (item #162377) - Retiring

Silver & Gold Adhesive Backed Glimmer Paper (item #162288) - Retiring

Thick Basic White Cardstock (item #159229)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Balmy Blue Classic Ink Pad (item #147105)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins (item #162029)

White 1/2" Iridescent Ribbon (item #161955)

Gold & Silver 1/8" Trim (item #161633)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Thick Basic White Cardstock

Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Basic White Cardstock 

Sentiment Tag die cut with the Tailor Made Tags Dies

Silver Adhesive Backed Glimmer Paper

2 Large and 2 Medium Snowflakes die cut with the Chic Dies

This pretty Thank You card captures the feel of a snowy Winter with the sparkly snowflake die cuts and the frosty look of Balmy Blue for the card front and background for the embossed sentiment. To create the sentiment tag, I stamped the swoosh background image with Balmy Blue Classic ink once in the center of the tag at full strength and then I did second generation stamping to stamp the same image above and below to create an almost ombre look. I then heat embossed the Thanks sentiment using Silver embossing powder over the darkest area so that it would really pop. I added a piece of White Iridescent Ribbon to the tag through the hole and then tied a piece of Silver trim around it to create a bow. To assemble the card, I attached the designer series paper card front to the card base and then added the Silver Glimmer snowflakes to card front. Using Stampin' Dimensionals, I added the sentiment tag to the center of the card front, positioning it over parts of the snowflakes. To finish off the design, I added some of the White Adhesive Backed Sequins for a little more sparkle. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to get create and make your own beautiful Thank You cards to send out to family and friends. Don't forget to take advantage of the Last Chance Sale and save up to 60% off retiring products from the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog. In addition, if you order the A Walk In The Forest Designer Series Paper, Stampin' Up! will donate $3 from every pack sold to the Marine Toys For Tots as part of the Make A Difference program. 

I would love it if you would take a moment to vote for my card as part of the December International Blog Highlights by clicking the Vote button below and clicking on the small heart for my card (#15). You can vote for up to 5 cards each day over the next week, so please share some love with my fellow Demonstrators and their wonderful projects. We would also love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our cards. 

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you. 

Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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Global Stamping Friends December Blog Hop The Card's In The Mail

Welcome to the Global Stamping Friends December Blog Hop and this month it's all about getting those cards in the mail. As cardmakers, we all love making cards, but we aren't always the best and sending them out to the people we care about. Our small but mighty Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to not only create your own beautiful cards, but to also mail them out to family and friends. 

This time of year, it can be easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and sometimes we forget to check in with the people in our lives who may be struggling. For some people, the holidays are a time of loneliness and remembering those they have lost. So I thought I would share a clean and simple card design featuring the beautiful Meandering Meadows 6"x6" Designer Series Paper, that you can create to send to people to let them know that you care and that they are not alone. I love the impressionistic feeling of the designs in this pretty paper pack and I chose one that gave me a feeling of peace and serenity. I paired it with Thick Basic White Cardstock for the card base to try and create the look of the cards you often see in the Art Museum gift shops with reprints of famous art designs. A simple sentiment has been embossed with Gold to step up the design but not overwhelm it. This way, the person receiving it could display it on their mantle or shelf as a reminder that they are loved. 

Products Used:

Very Best Occasions stamp set (item #159871)

Double Oval Punch (item #154242)

Meandering Meadows 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #162735)

Thick Basic White Cardstock (item #159229)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Festive Pearls (item #159963)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Thick Basic White Cardstock

Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Basic White Cardstock

Oval Sentiment Label punched out with the Double Oval Punch

Meandering Meadows Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

This beautiful clean and simple card design is easy to duplicate with any of the designs in this paper pack. The secret to getting the best card front is to look at the design and determine if it works best as a portrait or landscape card front. Once you have decided that, you can then cut the card front accordingly to 5 1/4" x 4 to suit the orientation you have chosen. You could choose to heat emboss your sentiment directly onto the card front before attaching it to the card base to simplify the design even further. I chose instead to heat emboss the image with Gold embossing powder onto a scrap of Basic White cardstock and punched it out with the Double Oval Punch. I attached it to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up and then added some Gold Festive Pearls to finish off the design. I love the feeling of peace this card design gives me when I look at it and I hope that the person receiving it will feel that too. 

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 cards and send them out to the people you love. It's a wonderful thing to send happy mail to people to help brighten their day. The Meandering Meadows 6"x6" Designer Series Paper is one of new products just recently added to the Online Exclusives and is available to order from my Online Store. 

Now it's time to visit Kimberley's blog and see what she has to share with us this month. 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 like about our projects. I hope you enjoy our blog hop. 

 

Roll Call List

Kimberley Anne Morris

Jan Musselman

Tricia Butts

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Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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We Create December Blog Hop Merry Wishes

Let's start the month of December off with some Merry Wishes. This month the We Create Blog Hop will be sharing projects with the theme "Merry Wishes" to help you with your last minute holiday projects. I hope that you will inspired to get creative for the holiday season.

Today's Christmas card is another version of the Book Binding Fold I shared here last weekend. This time I chose more traditional Christmas colors, including the Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper. I love the watercolor look of this beautiful paper and I chose to use Shaded Spruce for the card base and sentiment circle with a touch of Gold embossing. The ribbon is the Real Red & Gold Dotted Ribbon that is available from the Online Exclusives while supplies last. I thought it added a wonderful festive touch.

Products Used:

Very Best Occasions stamp set (item #159871)

Joy of Noel stamp set (item #161959)

 2 3/8" Circle Punch (item #161354)

Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper (item #161958)

Shaded Spruce Cardstock (item #146981)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallic Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Festive Pearls (item #159963)

Real Red & Gold 3/8" Dotted Ribbon (item #162353)

Tear & Tape Adhesive (item #154031)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Shaded Spruce Cardstock 

Card Base - 4 1/4" x 11" (Scored at 5 1/2" & 6 3/4")

Sentiment Circle punched out with the 2 3/8" Circle Punch

Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper

Front Panel - 4"x4"

Side Strip - 1" x 4"

Basic White Cardstock

Inside Layer - 4"x4"

I love how using different paper designs can transform a card into something completely differently. For this card design, I used the red and green print for the card front and the reverse wood grain side for the side panel. I love the botanical feel of these designs and how they looked with Shaded Spruce. To step up the design, I heat embossed the sentiment with Gold embossing to add a touch of elegance and the Real Red & Gold Dotted Ribbon adds a wonderful pop of color and texture to the design. For a touch of bling, I used the Red Festive Pearls to create the holly berries on the sentiment. 

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 Christmas cards to send to family and friends to celebrate the season. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore.

Now it's time to visit Libby's blog and see what she has to share with us. Just click on the Next button below to see her wonderful ideas. 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.

Roll Call List

Kimberley Anne Morris

Tricia Butts

Libby Fens

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Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
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Paper Pumpkin Possibilities November Blog Hop Warm Wishes

Welcome to the Paper Pumpkin Possibilities November Blog Hop as we showcase the Warm Wishes Kit. Our wonderful Design Team is excited to share their alternative projects and ideas to help inspire you to think outside the box and create your own beautiful projects. This beautiful holiday themed kit is filled with so many possibilities and I hope you will enjoy our blog hop this month.

I have been feeling under the weather this week, so I wanted to share a quick and easy project using the exclusive stamp set from this kit, to show that you don't need a lot of supplies or a lot of time to create fun alternative projects for the holidays. Gift Tags are always in demand at our house at this time of year, so I like to make up a batch of clean and simple designs that we can use as needed. Today's tags feature Shaded Spruce, Cherry Cobbler and Blueberry Bushel cardstock and I die cut the tags using the Tailor Made Tags Dies. To step them up a bit, I heat embossed the image and sentiment and added some trim to finish them off. I love how the embossing pops against the different colored cardstock. Which one is your favorite?

Products Used:

November Paper Pumpkin Kit Warm Wishes

Tailor Made Tags Dies (item #155563)

Blueberry Bushel Cardstock (item #146968)

Cherry Cobbler Cardstock (item # 119685)

Shaded Spruce Cardstock (item #146981)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

Gold & Silver 1/8" Trim (item #161633)

For the Shaded Spruce Tag, I used Silver embossing powder to heat emboss the door image and sentiment and added some Silver Trim for the hanger. I love how Silver looks with Shaded Spruce, which is one of my favorite Christmas greens.

Cherry Cobbler is my favorite Christmas red, especially for elegant, vintage style projects. I paired this tag with Gold embossing and Gold Trim for the hanger. It's amazing how a little embossing can transform a simple tag.

For my last tag, I chose to use Blueberry Bushel cardstock with White embossing for the sentiment and image. I love the icy Winter theme of this color combination and the Silver Trim helps step it up. Blueberry Bushel is a wonderful blue for Christmas and I am so happy we have it back in our core collection. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my project will help inspire you to explore the wonderful possibilities with this kit and create your own beautiful projects.

Please take a moment and visit with my fellow Design Team members by clicking on the links in the Roll Call List below. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you enjoyed about our projects. Thanks for taking the time to hop along with us.

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you. 

Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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Kylie Bertucci's International Highlights Winners Blog Hop November 2023

Today I am honored to be taking part in Kylie Bertucci's International Blog Highlights Winners Blog Hop for November. I am so grateful to all of you who voted for my card design this month, which you can see in this post. 

You will have the opportunity to visit with the Top 10 Winners and see what they have created with the theme "Thanks" to help inspire you to get creative. 

Over the past few days we have had cold, snowy weather and I managed to get sick with the latest virus going around. So I decided to create a clean and simple Thank You card using the beautiful Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper. The design I chose reminds me of how it looks here in Colorado in the Winter months and I love the colors in this pretty paper. For the sentiment, I chose to use the Charming Sentiments stamp set and die cut it out using the coordinating Sentiment Silhouettes Dies to step up the card design. A little ribbon and bling and you have a beautiful Thank You card to send to brighten someone's day.

Products Used:

Charming Sentiments stamp set (item #159985)

Sentiment Silhouettes Dies (item #158733)

Nested Essentials Dies (item #161597)

Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper (item #162133)

Misty Moonlight Cardstock (item #153081)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Lost Lagoon Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #161680)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

White 1/2" Iridescent Ribbon (item #161955)

Tinsel Gems Three-Pack (item #161624)

Mini Glue Dots (item #103683)

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals (item #144108)

Measurements:

Misty Moonlight Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Sentiment - stamped & die cut using Charming Sentiments stamp set & Sentiment Silhouettes Dies

Matte Layer - die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies

I love the designs in the Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper and the hardest part was choosing which design to use for my card. In the end, I chose one of the soft botanical prints for the card front and layered it onto a Misty Moonlight card base. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image with White embossing powder and die cut it out with the coordinating die. I popped it up with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals and attached it to the Misty Moonlight label to frame it. To add a pop of color, I used the Light Lost Lagoon Stampin' Blends Marker to color a piece of White Iridescent Ribbon and attached it behind the Misty Moonlight label with Mini Glue Dots and then attached it to the card front with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals. To complete the card design, I added several Misty Moonlight Gems for a touch of bling. I love using designer series paper to create beautiful card designs. It's the perfect way to create lovely clean and simple cards. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to create your own wonderful cards to send to family and friends.

Please take a journey along our blog hop today by clicking on the links in the Roll Call List, to view the other wonderful projects shared by the November winners. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you enjoyed about our projects.

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you. 

Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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