Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge Week 30 - Gray Granite

Happy Friday everyone. It's Week 30 of the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge. This week we are showcasing Gray Granite from the Neutrals Collection. This wonderful gray is so versatile and perfect for masculine card designs. With all the heat we have been experiencing lately, I decided to create a Fall card design to remind me that cooler weather will soon be here.

Today's card clean and simple card design features the Autumn Leaves stamp set and coordinating Autumn Leaves Dies to create a masculine design. I love the texture in the images in this stamp set and the wonderful detail in the dies. To add some subtle texture to the background, I used the Leaf Fall 3D Embossing Folder. For a pop of color, I added Copper leaves to step up the design. 

Products Used:

Autumn Leaves stamp set (item #162179)

Autumn Leaves Dies (item #162185)

Leaf Fall 3D Embossing Folder (item #159847)

Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (item #163772)

Gray Granite Cardstock (item #146983)

Very Vanilla Cardstock (item #101650)

Gray Granite Classic Ink Pad (item #147118)

Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154886)

Pearl Basic Jewels (item #144219)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Gray Granite Cardstock

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

Large Leaf die cut with the Autumn Leaves Dies

Very Vanilla Cardstock 

Card Front - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Embossed with the Leaf Fall 3D Embossing Folder

Large Leaf die cut with the Autumn Leaves Dies

Copper Texture Specialty Paper

2 Medium Leaves die cut with the Autumn Leaves Dies

Creating masculine cards is something that I enjoy and I love the challenge of coming up with something new and different. Gray Granite is a great color for masculine designs and I wanted to show how you could create a clean and simple design that wasn't too drab and dreary. I love the detail in the images in the Autumn Leaves stamp set and I used the largest leaf image to create a tone on tone leaf stamping Gray Granite Classic ink onto Gray Granite cardstock. I then repeated the process by stamping the image with Gray Granite Classic ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock to create a lighter tone for the second leaf. For the background, I embossed the Very Vanilla card front with the Leaf Fall 3D Embossing Folder to add subtle texture. The Copper leaves add a pop of color and a touch of elegance that helps lift the design. I stamped the sentiment with Gray Granite Classic ink onto the sentiment label and added several Basic Pearls that I colored with the Dark Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Marker to coordinate with the card design. I added the sentiment with Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up and add dimension to the card. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore adding Gray Granite to your projects. This wonderful neutral is so versatile and works well for projects all year round. 

Please take the time to visit this week's Monochromatic Insta Hop to see the amazing projects featuring Gray Granite. You can get started by click here. 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
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Stamping With Friends July Online Exclusives Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stamping With Friends July Online Exclusives Blog Hop as we showcase the amazing products available online only in the Online Exclusives including new products just released this month. Our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help spark your creativity to create your own beautiful creations.

For today's card design, I decided to showcase the new Greetings of the Season stamp set with the coordinating Season of Green & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper to create an elegant Christmas card design. Instead of using green and gold for my color combination, I chose to use Night of Navy, Very Vanilla and Gold to show how you can customize the beautiful paper to create your own unique designs. For the sentiment, I used the Spotlight on Nature Dies to create the focal design and I just love the intricate detail around the edge of the circle die cut. In addition, I used several of the Gold Adhesive Snowflakes, which can also be found in the Online Exclusives, to help finish off the card design. 

Products Used:

Greetings of the Season stamp set (item #164325)*

Spotlight on Nature Dies (item #163580)

Season of Green & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper 

(item #164324)*

Night of Navy Cardstock (item #100867)

Very Vanilla Cardstock (item #101650)

Boho Blue Classic Ink Pad (item #161650)

Night of Navy Classic Ink Pad (item #147110)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Wow Embossing Powders (item #165678)

Night of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154891)

Blending Brushes (item #153611)

Adhesive Backed Snowflake Assortment (item #162129)*

Rhinestone Basic Jewels (item #144220)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

*Online Exclusive Products

Measurements:

Night of Navy Cardstock 

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

Large Detailed Circle die cut with the Spotlight on Nature Dies

Very Vanilla Cardstock

Layer 1 - 5 1/4" x 4"

Season of Green & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 3 3/4" x 5"

I love using designer series paper to make beautiful clean and simple card designs, especially when I can color it to create my own special backgrounds. For this card design, I chose to transform it by first applying Boho Blue Classic ink using a Blending Brush to add a soft, even coverage of color. Next, I added Night of Navy Classic ink with a blending brush to create a subtle two tone look to the background and then used a tissue to wipe off the excess ink from the gold embossed background. For the focal image, I heat embossed the sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamp set with Gold embossing powder onto the Night of Navy detailed circle die cut and added it to the center of the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals. I attached the card front to the Very Vanilla cardstock layer and then attached it to the Night of Navy card base with Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up. To complete the card design, I added several Gold Adhesive Backed Snowflakes to the card front. I then colored several Basic Jewels using the Dark Night of Navy Stampin' Blends Marker and added them to the centers of the Gold Snowflakes. I love the simple elegance of this card design and how the blended color changes the look of the designer series paper. Just think of all the wonderful options available to you with this fun technique. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore the wonderful products available in the Online Exclusives. There are so many great ways to mix and match different products to come up with your own unique projects.

Please take the time to check out the amazing projects created by our Design Team members 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 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
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Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge Week 29 - Night of Navy

Welcome to Week 29 of the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge. This week we are showcasing Night of Navy from the Neutrals Collection. I love this beautiful dark blue and would have to be one of my go-to colors, especially when creating masculine cards. There is something so crisp and clean about this color and it works so well with so many other colors as well as by itself. 

For today's card design, I chose to use the Adventurous Sky Bundle and paired it with the new Everday Greetings stamp set from the Online Exclusives. Did you know that this new stamp set also coordinates with the new Greetings of the Season Dies? I love that Stampin' Up! has given us even more options to create sentiments for our projects, throughout the year. For the background, I chose to use one of the designs from the Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper and I love how the subtle pattern adds texture to the design. The sentiment banner reminds me of when I used to see small planes pull advertising banners behind them as they flew across the sky and we used to squint to see what they would say. This clean and simple masculine card has a feeling of nostalgia that is sure to make someone smile when they receive it.

Products Used:

Adventurous Sky Bundle (item #163447)

Everyday Greetings stamp set (item #165084)

Greetings of the Season Dies (item #164112)

Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper (item #161467)

Night of Navy Cardstock (item #100867)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Night of Navy Classic Ink Pad (item #147110)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Wow Embossing Powders (item #165679)

Night of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154891)

Blender Pens (item #102845) 

Iridescent Pearls Basic Jewels (item #158987)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Night of Navy Cardstock

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

Sentiment Label die cut with the Greetings of the Season Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Layer 1 - 5 1/4" x 4"

Airplane image stamped and die cut with the Adventurous Sky Bundle

Banner Label die cut with the Greetings of the Season Dies

Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5" x 3 3/4"

Creating masculine cards can be challenging, so I thought this week's color challenge would be a great opportunity to create a celebration card that would be perfect for the guys in your life. I love the images in the Adventurous Sky Bundle and the sentiments in the new Everyday Greetings stamp set are so versatile and have wonderful fonts that work great for this type of card. To help make the designer series card front pop, I added a layer of Basic White cardstock to frame it and attached them to the Night of Navy card base to create the framework for my design. I stamped the plane image using Night of Navy Classic ink onto Basic White cardstock and die cut it out using the coordinating dies. I used a Blender Pen to gently blend the ink from the line art image to give the image some soft color that adds to the vintage feel of the design. I attached the plane image to the center of the card base using Stampin' Dimensionals. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image using White embossing powder onto the Night of Navy label and then adhered it to the center of the Basic White banner label. I added the sentiment to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals, making sure to center it below the plane image. To cover the holes in the labels, I added Iridescent Pearls for a touch of bling without being too over the top. I colored one of the pearls with the Dark Night of Navy Stampin' Blends Marker and added it to the Basic White banner label to create a contrast that mirrors the look of the plain pearl on the Night of Navy label. I love the clean and simple look of this card design and how well all the elements came together. As you can see, there are a variety of products available to help you create your own monochromatic design.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore using Night of Navy in your projects. It is such a beautiful blue and so versatile, perfect for so many occasions. 

Please take a moment to check out this week's Monochromatic Insta Hop and see all the amazing projects showcasing Night of Navy. Just click here to visit my Instagram to get started. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you like 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
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New At SU July Blog Hop Make It Metallic Greetings of the Season

Welcome to the New At SU July Blog Hop and this month's theme is all about Metallics. It's amazing how a little Gold, Silver, Copper etc. can step up even the simplest design to take it to the next level. Our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their ideas and projects to help inspire you to explore adding a metallic touch to your projects.

I love using metallics to add a touch of elegance to my card designs. For today's card design, I chose to create a stepped up clean and simple Christmas card using Gold accents with a variety of products. The new Season of Green & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper is perfect for this style of card, with the beautiful gold elements incorporated into the holiday themed designs in this pretty pack of paper. I chose to use one of the foliage patterned designs with touches of gold to give it a classically elegant look. In addition, I used Gold Foil sheets, Gold Trim and Gold Sequins as well as Gold embossing to create a beautiful card that is quick and simple to put together. It is a great example of how you can create simply beautiful cards for the holidays.

Products Used:

Greetings of the Season Bundle (item #164113)

Season of Green & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper 

(item #164324)

Garden Green Cardstock (item #102584)

Thick Basic White Cardstock (item #159229)

Gold Foil Sheets (item #132622)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Wow Embossing Powders (item #165678)

Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins (item #161627)

Gold & Silver 1/8" Trim (item #161633)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Thick Basic White Cardstock

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

Garden Green Cardstock 

Layer 1 - 5 1/4" x 4"

Sentiment Oval stamped & die cut with the Greetings of the Season Bundle

Season of Gold & Green Specialty Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5" x 3 3/4"

Gold Foil Sheets

Large Label die cut with the Greetings of the Season Dies

For today's card design, I wanted the designer series paper to be the star of the show and have the other gold elements coordinate to bring out the gold detail in the background design. I chose to use Gold Foil to create the large label to frame the sentiment and I heat embossed the sentiment onto the Garden Green label. I used a piece of Gold Trim to thread through the tag hole and tie a knot to create a simple accent. I used Stampin' Dimensionals to pop up the Garden Green cardstock label onto the larger label, making sure to center it on the larger label. I attached the labels to the center of the designer series paper card front and then adhered it to the Garden Green cardstock layer. To complete the assembly of the card, I attached the card front layers to the card base using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up. To finish up the design, I added several Gold Sequins for a touch of bling that fits with the classically elegant design. As you can see, Stampin' Up! offers a wonderful range of coordinating products that helps take the stress out of creating while adding that Wow factor to your projects.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore adding metallics to your projects to help step up your designs. Stampin' Up! has so many options to help you create beautiful designs using your choice of metallics. 

Please take time to visit our Design Team to see their amazing projects by using the links in the Roll Call List below. 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
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Stamping Inkspirations July Blog Hop Christmas In July Color Challenge

   Welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations July Blog Hop and this month we have a Christmas in July Color Challenge to help spark our creativity. Our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to explore using one of the color challenge options to create your own beautiful projects. Let the fun begin. 

For this month's challenge, I chose to use the above image featuring the following color combination: Old Olive, Poppy Parade, Peach Pie, Basic Beige and Balmy Blue. I thought this color combination would be perfect to use with the new Filled With Cheer stamp set which has just been released as part of the new Online Exclusives products. Interesting fact about this fun Christmas themed stamp set is that it coordinates with the Filled With Fun Dies to give you even more options. 

Products Used:

Filled With Cheer stamp set (item #164362)

Filled With Fun Dies (item #163560)

Spotlight On Nature Dies (item #163580)

Stylish Shapes Dies (item #159183)

Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder (item #162026)

Balmy Blue Cardstock (item #146982)

Poppy Parade Cardstock (item #119793)

Basic Beige Cardstock (item #164511)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Basic Beige Classic Ink Pad (item #163806)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Wow Embossing Powders (item #165678)

Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154830)

Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154958)

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154892)

Peach Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #163827)

Pecan Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #161674)

Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154843)

Color Lifter (item #144608)

Adhesive Backed Snowflake Assortment (item #162129)

2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems (item #163781)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Balmy Blue Cardstock

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

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4" embossed with the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder

Basic White Cardstock

Background Layer - 5 1/4" x 4"

Real Red Cardstock

Sentiment Label die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Basic Beige Cardstock

Snow Globe base die cut with the Filled With Fun Dies

For my card design today, I wanted to CASE the sample shown above that can be found in the Online Exclusives when you search for the Filled With Cheer stamp set. I love the idea of a snow globe, especially as it is 100+ degrees here in Colorado and the thought of cold, snowy weather sounds really good right now.  To create the opening for the snow globe, I used one of the Spotlight on Nature Dies to die cut a large circle from the Balmy Blue card front layer. I then embossed the cardstock with the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder to add some texture and detail to the design. To create the scene for the snow globe, I lightly drew a pencil line around the inside of the circle onto the Basic White cardstock layer to help me position the stamp image. I stamped the snowman scene using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the images using Stampin' Blends Markers. I did add Pecan Pie to my color palette from one of the other challenge images to customize my colors to fit the design. I used Pecan Pie to color the sled, Old Olive to color the tree, Poppy Parade for the ornaments, scarf and headband, Peach Pie for the carrot nose and star and Basic Black for the hat and buttons. To help the snowman stand out a bit more, I used Light Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Marker to color around the outline and the detail lines in the snow and then blended it with the Color Lifter to soften it. 

For the base of the snow globe, I stamped the cart image using Basic Beige Classic ink onto Basic Beige cardstock and die cut it out with the coordinating die from the Filled With Fun Dies. I turned it upside down and attached it across the bottom of the circle to create the base. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image using Gold embossing powder onto the Poppy Parade sentiment label and attached to across the top of the base so that it covers the bottom part of the circle opening. To assemble the card, I attached the Basic White stamped layer to the card base and the attached the Balmy Blue card front over the top using Stampin' Dimensionals, making sure to line it up over the base so that the edges are covered. To complete the design, I added several Gold snowflake Adhesive Backed Sequins and then added Peach Pie Shimmer Gems in the centers to give them some added sparkle. I love how fun this Christmas card design is and I can't wait to try other versions using different images.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help spark your creativity and encourage you to try these beautiful colors when creating your own wonderful projects. There are so many options to explore and it's a great excuse to get a jump start on your holiday projects. 

Now it's time to visit Angie's blog to see what she has created for this month's color challenge. 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. 

Roll Call List

Angie McKenzie  ●  Aurélie Fabre

Jan Musselman   ●  Mo Rootes

   Leonie Stuart  ●  Karen Henderson  ●  Annette Ball

Judith Patterson  ●  Tricia Butts

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Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
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Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge Week 28 - Crumb Cake

It's time for Week 28 of the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge and this week we are showcasing Crumb Cake from the Neutrals Collection. Crumb Cake is one of my favorite neutrals to use and I can't wait to share with you what I created for this week's challenge. I hope you like what I created.

For this week's challenge, I wanted to give you a Sneak Peek of a new bundle from the upcoming September-December 2024 Mini Catalog. I recently took part in a Stampin' Up! event called Creativity Now that was exclusive to Stampin' Up! Demonstrators and I had the opportunity to order the new Winterly Tree Tops Bundle. This bundle has a wonderful combination of images and sentiments that makes it perfect for all occasions and I thought it would be perfect for my card design today. I paired it with one of the patterns from the Neutrals 6"x6" Designer Series Paper and used the Stylish Shapes Dies to create focal layers and sentiment label. A touch of gold helps to give this design an elegant look and step up this clean and simple design.

Products Used:

Winterly Tree Tops Bundle Sneak Peek

Stylish Shapes Dies (item #159183)

Neutrals 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #163773)

Gold Foil Sheets (item #132622)

Crumb Cake Cardstock (item #120953)

Very Vanilla Cardstock (item #101650)

Crumb Cake Classic Ink Pad (item #147116)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Iridescent Foil Gems (item #162842)

Blending Brushes (item #153611)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Crumb Cake Cardstock

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

Very Vanilla Cardstock

Layer 1 - 5 1/4" x 4"

Small Circle die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Bird image stamped and die cut with the Winterly Tree Tops Bundle

Sentiment Label die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Gold Foil Sheets

Medium Circle die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Crumb Cake Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5" x 3 3/4"

This pretty card design is simple to create and is a wonderful way to help brighten someone's day. Crumb Cake is a wonderful, soft neutral tone which makes it perfect for both masculine and feminine designs. I love the way the designer series paper adds texture and detail to the background that coordinates with the beautiful bird image from the Winterly Tree Tops Bundle. I stamped the image with Crumb Cake Classic ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock and used a Blender Pen to blend the ink color to create a soft, vintage feel to the image. I used the coordinating dies to die cut the bird image. For the background circle, I applied a soft layer of color around the edges using a Blending Brush to add the Crumb Cake Classic ink. I adhered the small circle to the center of the Gold Foil circle and then added the die cut bird to the Very Vanilla circle using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image using Gold embossing powder onto the Very Vanilla banner label. I assembled the card by layering the designer series paper card front to the Very Vanilla cardstock layer and then added the focal circle to the center of the card base and the sentiment label to the bottom right side, trimming off the point so that the edge is flush with the designer series paper card front. I attached the card front to the card base using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up and add dimension to the card design. To complete the card, I added several Iridescent Foil Gems for a touch of sparkle. I love the soft elegance of this card design and I think it would work well for a variety of occasions. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore using Crumb Cake to create your own beautiful projects. This soft neutral is so versatile and Stampin' Up! has a wonderful range of coordinating products to help take the stress out of creating. 

Please take a moment to visit this week's Monochromatic Insta Hop to see all the amazing projects showcasing Crumb Cake over on Instagram. Just click here to get started. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I can't wait to see you all again next week when we share Week 29's color challenge.

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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