New At SU October Blog Hop Sketch Challenge Heartfelt Hexagon

Welcome to the New At SU October Blog Hop and this month we have a Sketch Challenge to help spark your creativity. Our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas using products from the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog to help inspire you to create your own wonderful projects with this sketch.

For my card, I wanted to create a pretty floral design combining the new Heartfelt Hexagon Bundle with the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks. I had recently created a project using Shimmery White Embossing Paste colored with Balmy Blue ink and I used the left over paste on a piece of Basic White cardstock for a future project. Today as I was working out my design, I realized that it would make the perfect background for my card design. For the flowers I went with pretty pinks and the leaves are bright green and I love how they pop against the Balmy Blue background. A little Gold embossing for the sentiment and I was able to create a pretty card design using the sketch for today's challenge. 

Products Used:

Heartfelt Hexagon Bundle (item #162889)

Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks (item #162331)

Foursquare Decorative Masks (item #161285)

Balmy Blue Cardstock (item #146982)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Bubble Bath Classic Ink Pad (item #161664)

Fresh Freesia Classic Ink Pad (item #155611)

Daffodil Delight Classic Ink Pad (item #147094)

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Ink Pad (item #147145)

Parakeet Party Classic Ink Pad (item #159208)

Balmy Blue Ink Refill (item #147168)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Shimmery White Embossing Paste (item #145645)

Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins (item #160387)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104330)

Palette Knives (item #142808)

Measurements:

Balmy Blue Cardstock

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

Strip - 1" x 4"

Basic White Cardstock

3 Flowers created with the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks

5 Leaves created with the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks

Sentiment Label stamped and punched out with the Heartfelt Hexagon Bundle

Sometimes when I design cards, I have a set design in mind. Today's card was more of an organic flow as I started with the embossed background and worked forward from there to come up with the finished design. To create the background, I mixed a couple of drops of Balmy Blue ink with some Shimmery White Embossing Paste and applied it over the mask from the Foursquare Decorative Masks onto a piece of Basic White cardstock. Note: the embossing paste dries very quickly, so make sure to clean your masks and palette knives as soon as you are finished with some warm soapy water to remove any traces of the paste before it hardens.

I loved being able to transform these flowers from traditional sunflowers to soft and pretty pink daisies using the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks. I used a combination of Bubble Bath and Fresh Freesia to create the petals and Daffodil Delight and Lemon Lime Twist for the centers. For the leaves, I used a combination of Lemon Lime Twist and Parakeet Party. I fussy cut the flowers and leaves ready to arrange them on the card front. I stamped small leaves using images from the Heartfelt Hexagon stamp set onto the embossed card front using Parakeet Party Classic ink. I attached the Balmy Blue cardstock strip across the front of the card front and then attached the card front to the Balmy Blue card base. For the sentiment label, I stamped and heat embossed the image with Gold embossing powder and punched it out with the coordinating Heartfelt Hexagon Punch. I added the sentiment to the Balmy Blue strip with Stampin' Dimensionals and then added the flowers and leaves around it to create the final design. To complete the card, I added some Balmy Blue Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins for a touch of bling. 

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 to share with family and friends. There are so many wonderful options to explore in the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog.

Please take the time to visit with the Design Team and their wonderful projects by clicking on the links in the Roll Call List. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you enjoyed 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

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Tricia Butts
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