Tricia's Stamping Creations: Kre8tors January Blog Hop Free For All

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Kre8tors January Blog Hop Free For All

It's time to welcome back the Kre8tors Blog hop after taking a break over the past year. The Design Team is eager to share their current projects with you all and to start us off, our theme this month is "Free For All". This is a great opportunity for us to share with you what we love to help inspire you to get creative for the New Year.

For my card design today, I have created a fun Valentine's card using the Nuts & Bolts stamp set. I just love these adorable robots and I think they are perfect for masculine cards. I paired it with the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder to add texture to the background. This fun card design would work well for a birthday card or an anniversary card.

Products Used:

Nuts & Bolts stamp set (item #157650)

Oceanfront stamp set (item #157862)

Sweet Hearts Dies (item #157623)

Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder (item #149643)

Heart Punch Pack (item #151292)

Tailored Tag Punch (item #145667)

Basic Gray Cardstock (item #121044)

Smoky Slate Cardstock (item #131202)

Real Red Cardstock (item #102482)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Smoky Slate Classic Ink Pad (item #147113)

Poppy Parade Classic Ink Pad (item #147050)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Sponge Daubers (item #133773)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Basic Gray Cardstock

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

Sentiment Label punched out with the Tailored Tag Punch

Smoky Slate Cardstock

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4" Embossed with the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder

Basic White Cardstock

Two Hearts punched out with the plain heart from the Heart Punch Pack

Real Red Cardstock

6 small hearts die cut with the Sweet Hearts Dies

This cute card is simple to create with just a few easy steps. The embossed Smoky Slate adds texture to the background and I sponged it with Smoky Slate Classic ink using a Sponge Dauber to add a distressed look. I stamped the robot images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Basic White cardstock and then stamped over the images with the rectangle background image from the Oceanfront stamp set. I punched each robot out with the plain heart punch to create the focal images. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image with Silver embossing powder onto the Basic Gray label I punched out using the Tailored Tag Punch. I attached the sentiment to the center of the embossed card front with Stampin' Dimensionals and then added the hearts to the bottom left and top right corners, also with Stampin' Dimensionals. to finish off the card design, I added six of the small Real Red cardstock hearts in groups of three to embellish the card.

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 and projects to give to family and friends. It's amazing the difference a handmade gift can make in someone's life.

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

Roll Call List

Melissa Tennison (US)

Angie McKenzie (US)

Sandra's Stamp & Craft Studio (UK)

Libby Fens (US)

Jo Blackman (UK)

Sue McDonald "Frankiesuestampin" (UK)

Tricia Butts (US)

Jacqui Lawrence (UK)

Jan Musselman - iHeartCards2 (US)

Tracie St-Louis - For The Love of Stamping (CA)

Susan Simpson - Craftyduckydoodah! (UK)

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.