We Create September Blog Hop Jogging My Memory

Welcome to the We Create September Blog Hop as we explore the theme "Jogging My Memory". Our Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas inspired by this month's theme. With so many possibilities, I wonder what wonderful creations they will come up with.

For my card design, I chose to focus on memories from my early Christmases here in the United States. As a girl who was used to hot Summer Christmases, it was quite an adjustment getting used to the cold and snow those first few years. I remember my first Christmas in Alaska and how beautiful everything was covered with snow, a true White Christmas. Whenever I see the Coca Cola Christmas commercials with the polar bears looking up at the Northern Lights, I think of those special memories. So, when I saw the Beary Cute stamp set in the new September-December 2023 Mini Catalog, I knew that I wanted to create a card that reflected those memories. The beautiful snowflakes falling onto the card front are created with one of the new Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks with Balmy Blue Classic ink. I love how this clean and simple Christmas card has captured those wonderful memories from long ago.

Products Used:

Beary Cute stamp set (item #162016)*

Deckled Circles Dies (item #162286)*

Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks (item #162331)*

Inked & Tiled Punch Pack (item #161167)

Balmy Blue Cardstock (item #146982)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Balmy Blue Classic Ink Pad (item #147105)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

Blending Brushes (item #153611)

Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins (item #160387)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

 *Products from the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog       available September 6th, 2023

Measurements:

Balmy Blue Cardstock

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

Deckled Circle die cut with the Deckled Circles Dies

Sentiment Label - 3/4" x 5" Strip. Ends punched with the Inked & Tiled Punch Pack

Basic White Cardstock

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

To create this beautiful card design, I used the snowflakes mask from the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks to create a soft and pretty background. I used Balmy Blue Classic ink with a Blending Brush to layer color over the mask. For the focal image, I heat embossed the bear image with White embossing powder onto a circle of Balmy Blue cardstock that I die cut using the new Deckled Circles Dies. I repeated the process with the sentiment and used the cross style punch from the Inked & Tiled Punch Pack to create the decorative ends for the sentiment strip. I attached both the focal circle and the sentiment to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop them up. For a touch of bling, I added several blue sequins from the Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins to give the snow a little sparkle. 

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 projects. Memories can be a wonderful source of inspiration to help spark your creativity.

Now it's time to visit Kimberley's blog and see what she has created this month. Just click on the Next button below to visit her blog. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked 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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