Tricia's Stamping Creations: July 2018

Saturday, July 28, 2018

Ink & Share July Blog Hop Masculine

Welcome to Ink & Share's July Blog Hop as we explore the world of masculine designs. It is often a challenge to come up with cards for the men in our lives and today we will be sharing projects to help inspire you. You may have just visited Vicki's blog or this may be your first stop. I hope that you enjoy the creations we have to share with you today.

The two cards I have to share with you today are created with two different suites to give you two very different styles of cards.

My first card features the Nature's Poem Suite which features the Rooted in Nature Bundle and the Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper. I love the organic feel of this suite and the images in the Rooted in Nature stamp set are wonderful for creating masculine cards. The large tree has been stamped and then die cut with the coordinating Nature's Roots Framelits dies to create the focal point and the large tree trunk stamped image creates texture for the background on the circle die which has been cut using the Stitched Shapes Framelits dies. The 5/8" Burlap Ribbon adds texture to the card design and provides a nice contrast with the designer series paper. I heat embossed the sentiment using Copper embossing powder to finish off the design.

For this card I used a combination of Tranquil Tide and Crumb Cake for a more classical feel to this card design, choosing the colors from the Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper coordinating colors.

My second card design has a more playful feel to it and is a fun card to create. I used the Animal Outings bundle to stamp and die cut the various animals as well as the sentiment. I used the Everyday Label to punch out the sentiment, which has been stamped with Call Me Clover Classic ink onto Crumb Cake cardstock. I used a strip of the 2018-2020 In Color 6"x 6" Designer Series Paper for a pop of color.

I love the combination of Call Me Clover and Pineapple Punch from the new 2018-2020 In Colors and the bright, fun feel it brings to the card design.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that my card designs will help inspire you to try creating your own projects for the men in your life. Now it's time to visit Deb's Blog and see what she has to share with you this month. Just click the Next button to visit her blog or use the Blog Hop Roll Call list below to find your way.

Deb

Ink & Share July Roll Call

Jacqueline Bobeldijk-Schilder

Vickie Kerr

Tricia Butts

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Tricia Butts
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Friday, July 20, 2018

SBTD July Blog Hop Card Re-Do

It's time to hop with the SBTD Blog Hop for July and this month we have been challenged to re do one of our earlier card designs. You may have just visited Susan's blog or perhaps you are starting your journey with me. I hope that you will enjoy our projects and help you to see that everything old can be new again with a make over.

It was an interesting journey down memory lane and the card that I chose to remake is one of my earliest cards that I made as a new demonstrator with Stampin' Up! I had attended a card class with my Upline and we created this card and I loved it so much that I created my own version for a card class. As you can see, this card featured pastels and a lot of these colors no longer are in Stampin' Up!'s current color families.

For my remake, I chose colors that were more vibrant and I added a touch of gold to my design. I chose Night of Navy cardstock for my card base and added a layer of Mango Melody cardstock. For my designer series paper, I used the Garden Impressions 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #146289) and chose to contrasting patterns and attached them to the Mango Melody cardstock with Snail adhesive. I used the Gold 3/8" Metallic Edge Ribbon (item #144146) around the middle of this layer, hiding the seam line.

The stamp set I chose is Abstract Impressions (item #147513) and I stamped the flowers using So Saffron Classic ink and the leaves with Soft Sea Foam Classic ink onto a piece of So Saffron cardstock. The sentiment has been heat embossed with Gold embossing powder. I die cut the flower die from the Springtime Impressions Thinlets dies (item #146326) from Gold Foil and then fussy cut out a solid flower from Night of Navy cardstock by tracing around the small flower die and then layered them together and attached them to the corner with a Mini Stampin' Dimensional. To add a touch of bling, I added Basic Rhinestones to the center of the stamped flowers and the die cut flower. Then I layered it onto a piece of Mango Melody cardstock.

To put it all together, I used Stampin' Dimensionals to attach the layers and add dimension to the card design. I really love the new color combination and it was fun to take an old card design from my past and give it a fresh new look.

I love the Garden Impressions Suite with it's amazing products and the Garden Impressions Designer Series Paper coordinates beautifully with the Abstract Impressions Bundle (item #148348, when you order the Abstract Impressions stamp set and Springtime Impressions Thinlets dies together as a bundle you can save 10%).

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today and I hope that you have enjoyed my project. Now it's time to visit Lyndsay's blog and see what she has to share with us this month. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog or you can use the Blog Hop Roll Call list below if you get lost along the way. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. Your feedback is appreciated.