Kylie's Demonstrator Training Blog Hop October 2019

Welcome to Kylie's Demonstrator Training Program's Monthly Blog Hop. This is our first hop for the new training year and I am excited to participate with all these amazing, talented Stampin' Up! demonstrators as we share our creative projects to help inspire you. I hope that you will enjoy our blog hop today. 

 Today's card design has a wonderful "back to nature" feel to it using the beautiful Nature's Beauty stamp set (item #150528) from the 2019 Holiday Catalog. This amazing stamp set has a special meaning as it is part of Stampin' Up!'s Making a Difference program, with $3 from every stamp set sold going to designated Mental Health Organizations globally. Mental Health has always been something very important and personal for me and my family, so this stamp set has special meaning. 

 I wanted to create a card design that would be suitable as either a masculine or feminine card, so I paired the Nature's Beauty stamp set with the lovely Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper (item #149500) from the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog. The designs in this paper pack have a wonderful organic feel and I love the texture and variety of patterns available. I chose this leaf background design for my card as it gave me a feeling of peace which I thought worked well with the stamp set. 

The card base was created using Early Espresso cardstock and I added the layer of designer series paper to create the background for the card front. I stamped the deer image using Versamark ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock and heat embossed it with Copper Embossing powder. I die cut the image using the Stitched Nested Labels Dies (item #149638) and layered it onto a larger piece of Early Espresso cardstock die cut from the same set of dies. 

To add some texture to the card design, I added a piece of 5/8" Burlap Ribbon (item #140487) to the designer series paper, fraying the ends for a more rustic look. I attached the focal image over the top of the burlap ribbon with Stampin' Dimensionals to add dimension to the design. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set (item #151331) with Copper Embossing powder onto a scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock. I punched it out using the Classic Label Punch (item #141491) and added a matte to frame this label by punching out another label from Early Espresso cardstock and cutting it in half. I attached each half to the back of the Very Vanilla Label using Snail Adhesive so that the ends extended past the sentiment label. To add a touch of bling, I colored two Basic Pearls with the Light Old Olive Stampin' Blends Marker and attached them to the sentiment. Using Stampin' Dimensionals, I attached the sentiment to the card front below the focal image. 

This card design can be used for a variety of occasions and I love the peaceful feeling to this design. I hope that you have enjoyed my ideas today and perhaps inspired you to create your own projects.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. Please take time to hop along and visit the other demonstrators taking part in this blog hop by clicking on the links in the list below. 

1.	Kylie Bertucci - Australia
2.	Margriet Siekman -Netherlands
3.	Danielle Bennenk - Mrs. Brightside
4.	Kylie Swain - Australia
5.	Julie Kight - USA
6.	Libby Dyson - Libby Stampz, Australia
7.	Diane Evans - Canada
8.	Angélique Nederpel - de Stempelkeuken
9.	Jo Hopkins - USA
10.	Tatiana Tobin - Australia
11.	Bonnie Sanche - Canada
12.	Andre Gordon ~ New Zealand
13.	Kurstan del Rosario - USA
14.	Chris Buob, USA
15.	Ellen Liefting, the Netherlands
16.	Karen Henderson, UK
17.	Melva Peters - Canada
18.	Julie Brown - USA
19.	Leonie Stuart - Australia
20.	Narelle Fasulo - Australia
21.	Liz Yuille - UK
22.	Mary Jo Snyder - USA
23.	Lisa McDonough - Canada
24.	Deb Macdowell - Australia
25.	Melinda Whittington - Australia
26.	Sue Allen
27.	Dianne Endersby - UK
28.	Corine van Wijk-The Netherlands
29.	Michele Jutrisa - Australia
30.	Karen Logeman USA
31.	Anne Marie Hile - USA
32.	Kate Bolt. UK
33.	Rick Adkins - USA
34.	Teri Schultz - US
35.	Teresa Cameron - Australia
36.	Cheryl Hamilton- USA
37.	Laurie Bradshaw -USA
38.	Sandra Mastello - Australia
39.	Kelli Metzler - USA
40.	Jessie Holton - Australia
41.	Helen Jennings UK
42.	Michelle Wells - Australia
43.	Rebecca-Jo Unwin- Australia
44.	Jennifer Kirk - Canada
45.	Mandy Witherby - Australia
46.	Sarah Hardy- UK
47.	Cathy Peck - USA
48.	Nature Gibner - Canada
49.	Tricia Butts USA
50.	Christy Gridley - USA
51.	Lori Willcox - Canada
52.	Candice Fields - USA
53.	Alejandra Gomez - USA
54.	Rhonda Kleiman-USA
55.	Ange McKay, North Shore Stamper, Canada
56.	Jessica Brigden - USA
57.	Kerrin Shannon - Art For The Mind - Australia
58.	Janet Raangs-van Wijk- The Netherlands
59.	Jessica Borg - Australia
60.	Colleen Vassos-Canada
61.	Maryanne Mott - USA
62.	Gillian Long - Canada
63.	Valerie Smith - USA
64.	Cheryl McInerney- Australia
65.	Helen Chapman - UK
66.	Kim Heath - Australia

(Linkup closed)

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. 

Until Next Time
Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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