PPP October Blog Hop Winter Woods

Welcome to the PPP October Blog Hop as we showcase the Winter Woods October Kit. Isn't this kit just amazing? You will be visiting with Stampin' Up! Demonstrators as they share their wonderful alternative project ideas to help inspire you. I hope that you enjoy our creations.

 My alternative card design features the wonderful stamp set included in this month's kit. I just love the snowflake image and the sentiments are so beautiful. I heat embossed the snowflake image multiple times with the Shimmer White Embossing Powder onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock to create a sparkly background. I attached this layer to the front of one of the cards from the Silver Foil Edged Cards and Envelopes Pack (item #147900) using Stampin' Dimensionals to raise it up. 

 To create the sentiment label, I heat embossed the image from the stamp set in the kit onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock and heat embossed it with the Shimmer White Embossing Powder. I die cut the sentiment using one of the dies from the Frosted Bouquet Dies (item #151800) and layered it onto a die cut from the excess shimmer cardstock left over from the trees in the kit. I attached the two layers together with Snail adhesive and attached it to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. I added the small snowflake embellishments from the kit to the corners of the sentiment using a Mini Glue Dot that I cut into quarters so that it was small enough to fit behind each snowflake. The final touch was to add Basic Rhinestones that I colored with the Dark Night of Navy Stampin' Blends Marker to the center of the embossed snowflakes to add a little bling. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that my alternative card idea helps you to see the amazing possibilities with this kit. This clean and simple card design has a classic elegance that I love and would be simple to mass produce as your main Christmas card design to send to family and friends. If you live in the U.S. and do not already have a demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you.

Now it's time to visit June's blog to see what she has created for us this month. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog. 

June

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Tricia Butts
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Ink. Stamp. Share October Blog Hop Color Challenge

Welcome to the Ink. Stamp. Share October Blog Hop as we share our project ideas with this month's Colour Challenge. We have been challenged to create a project using three of the following colors: Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry, Petal Pink, Mint Macaron and Purple Posy. We may also use Whisper White or Very Vanilla in our designs. You will be visiting with Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world as they share their ideas to inspire you. I hope that you enjoy our blog hop this month.

For this color challenge, I chose to use Petal Pink, Mint Macaron and Purple Posy to create a non-traditional Christmas card. I chose to use the #Elfie stamp set (item #150509) from the 2019 Holiday Catalog and combined it with the Winter Knit 3D Embossing Folder (item #150645) to add texture to the background.

 To create my card design, I used Mint Macaron cardstock to create my card base. I added a layer of Purple Posy cardstock that I embossed using the Winter Knit 3D Embossing Folder. Using a Sponge Dauber, I gently rubbed Purple Posy Classic ink over the raised areas of the embossing to enhance the detail. 

 The focal image was created by stamping the elf image onto Whisper White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the image using Purple Posy Light and Dark, Mint Macaron Light and Dark and Petal Pink Light and Dark Stampin' Blends Markers. I used the Color Lifter Stampin' Blend Marker to lighten the coloring on the face. 

Using the Layering Ovals Dies (item #141706), I die cut the image and then die cut a larger oval from Purple Posy cardstock and a larger scalloped oval die cut from Mint Macaron cardstock. I attached the layers using Snail Adhesive. I colored a piece of the Gold 3/8" Metallic Edge Ribbon (item #144146) using the Light Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Marker and attached it to the card front with Snail Adhesive. Using Stampin' Dimensionals, I attached the focal image over the ribbon onto the card front. 

To complete the card design, I stamped the sentiment using Versamark ink onto a scrap of Whisper White cardstock and heat embossed it with Gold Embossing powder. I then punched out the sentiment using the Classic Label Punch (item #141491). To create the matte for the sentiment, I punched out another label from Mint Macaron cardstock and cut it in half. I then attached each piece to the back of the sentiment and attached the sentiment to the card front with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals. To embellish the sentiment, I colored two of the small Basic Pearls using the Dark Purple Posy Stampin' Blends Marker and attached them to the label. 

This sweet card is a fun, non-traditional twist for a Christmas card design and could also be used as a Baby's First Christmas card or to celebrate the arrival of a new baby during the holidays. There are so many wonderful images and sentiments in this stamp set to provide you with a variety of options for the holidays. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that my card design will inspire you to try this color combination or explore your own as you create your projects. If you live in the U.S. and do not already have a demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you. 

Now it's time to visit Sue's blog and see what she has to share with us this month. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

Sue

October 2019 - Roll Call List

Sandra Roberts

Cindy Mitchell-Clark

Gez Carpenter

Deb Naylor

Rebecca Jo-Unwin

Tricia Butts

Sue Allen

Liz Yuille

Margriet Siekman

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Tricia Butts
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Joy Of Sets October Blog Hop Same Stamp Set Three Ways

Welcome to the Joy of Sets October Blog Hop and this month we are sharing how we can use one stamp set three different ways. I have chosen to use the fun Birds of a Feather stamp set (item #150571) from Stampin' Up! that can be found in the 2019 Holiday Catalog. This stamp set can be used for a variety of occasions throughout the holidays, so I decided to create three cards to showcase this versatility.

 As you can see from the photo above, I have created a Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas card to showcase this stamp set. I have used Stampin' Blends Markers to color the stamped images to give them a bright and cheerful look. I have also used the Layering Circles Dies to die cut the circles and mattes for the birds and the smallest die from the Stitched Rectangles Dies for the sentiments.

 This cute little pirate duck is perfect for creating fun Halloween projects. I chose to use Basic Black cardstock for the card base and used a piece of Grapefruit Grove Designer Series Paper for the background. To embellish this card design, I added a piece of Basic Black 3/8" Scalloped Edge Ribbon and heat embossed the sentiment with Whisper White Shimmer Embossing Powder.

 For my Thanksgiving card, I used the cute turkey image and chose to use Crushed Curry cardstock for the card base and added a piece of Terracotta Tile Designer Series Paper for the background. I heat embossed the sentiment with Copper Embossing Powder and added a piece of Gold 3/8" Metallic Edge Ribbon under the sentiment to embellish the card design.

My final card design features the adorable little Santa chick and I chose to use Real Red cardstock for the card base and added a layer of Blueberry Bushel Designer Series Paper for the background. I embossed the sentiment using Silver Embossing Powder and added Basic Rhinestones to the corners for a touch of bling. The bow was created using 3/8" Real Red Cotton Ribbon to finish off the design.

Each of these cards follows the same basic layout and similar supplies but gives you the ability to customize the card to suit the occasion. I hope that you have enjoyed my card designs and that they inspire you to create your own projects by playing around with different colors and supplies to add variety to your projects.

Now it's time to continue our blog hop with Rochelle's blog. Please click on the Next button to visit her blog and see her amazing projects. Thank you for taking the time to hop along with us this month.

Rochelle

Shannon

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Tricia Butts
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SBTD October Blog Hop Leaves

Welcome to SBTD's October Blog Hop as we share projects created using our theme of Leaves. Whether you are celebrating Fall like we are here in the U.S. or Spring like they are in the Southern Hemisphere, it is fun to experiment with different color combinations to reflect the seasons. You will be visiting with Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world as we share our creative ideas to help inspire you. 

 I love the colors of Fall so I decided to focus on them for my card design. For the card base, I used the Gold Foil Edge card base with matching envelope (item 147901 set of 20 cards & envelopes) and added a layer of Cajun Craze as a matte to the focal layer.

 Using a piece of Whisper White cardstock, I used the large leaf image from the Gather Together stamp set (item #150589) from the 2019 Annual Catalog to emboss two of the corners using Gold Embossing powder. I then embossed the other two corners with the leaf image from the Colorful Seasons stamp set (item #143726) from the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog using the Copper Embossing powder. 

To color the leaves, I used the Watercolor Pencils (item #141709) and Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 (item #149014). I blended the colors together using a Blender Pen to give them a smooth watercolor look. The leaves were colored with a mix of Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight and Cherry Cobbler. The background for the leaves was created using the Coastal Cabana Watercolor Pencil and I smoothed it out using the Blender Pen to give it a watercolor look.

 The sentiment was created by heat embossing the sentiment from the Gather Together stamp set with Gold embossing powder onto a scrap of Cajun Craze cardstock. I punched it out using the Tailored Tag Punch (item #145667) and attached it to the card front with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals. I added two of the Gold Metallic Pearls (item #146282) to embellish the sentiment label to finish off the card design.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that my card design will help provide you with some ideas to help you create your own Fall projects. If you live in the U.S. and do not already have a demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you. 

Now it's time to visit Susan's blog and see what she has to share this month. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog. I hope you will enjoy the rest of our blog this month.

Susan

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Tricia Butts
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