ICS April Blog Hop Farewell 2022-2024 In Colors

It's time to say farewell to the retiring 2022-2024 In Colors as our theme for the ICS April Blog Hop. Our Design Team members will be showcasing projects created with at least one of these beautiful colors - Parakeet Party, Sweet Sorbet, Orchid Oasis, Starry Sky and Tahitian Tide. I must admit, these have been some of my favorite colors to use over the past 2 years and I will miss them when the retire at the end of April. 

For my card design today, I just had to use my favorite color, Orchid Oasis and I paired it with Starry Sky to create this beautiful monochromatic birthday card. To help step up the design, I chose to use the Orchid Oasis Textured Specialty Paper to add a soft shimmer to the design and I die cut the card front with one of the Two Tone Flora Dies to create this wonderful, detailed design. This card design features some of my favorite retiring products, including the Go To Greetings stamp set and the Tailor Made Tags Dies. They are perfect for creating cards for a variety of occasions and a greet staple in your stamping tool kit. 

Products Used:

Go To Greetings stamp set (item #158763) - Retiring

Two Tone Flora Dies (item #159181) - Retiring

Tailor Made Tags Dies (item #155563) - Retiring

2022-2024 In Color Textured Specialty Paper (item #161747) 

- Retiring

Starry Sky Cardstock (item #159263)

Tahitian Tide Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #159221) 

- Retiring

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555) - Retiring 

Orchid Oasis 1/8" Metallic Woven Ribbon (item #159199) - Retiring

Iridescent Pearls Basic Jewels (item #158987)

Mini Glue Dots (item #103683)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Starry Sky Cardstock 

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

Sentiment Tag die cut with the Tailor Made Tags Dies

Orchid Oasis Textured Specialty Paper

Card Front - 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" die cut with the Two Tone Flora Dies

This pretty birthday card is all about the beautifully detailed card front created using one of the Two Tone Flora Dies. By layering the Orchid Oasis card front onto the Starry Sky card base, it brings out all the wonderful detail of the floral images to create an elegant card design. I love the soft shimmer the Orchid Textured Specialty Paper adds to the card to help make it extra special. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the birthday sentiment from the Go To Greetings stamp set, using Silver embossing powder onto the Starry Sky tag. To step up the card design, I added a simple bow created with the Orchid Oasis Metallic Woven Ribbon to the sentiment tag and several Iridescent Pearls that I colored with the Dark Tahitian Tide Stampin' Blends Marker. I love how this card design turned out and I think it's the perfect way to say goodbye to one of my favorite colors. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help you to see just how beautiful these retiring In Colors are and encourage you to snap up these amazing products before they disappear. Also, don't forget to check out the Last Chance Retiring Products Sale to take advantage of discounts up to 60% on select products. 

Now it's time to visit Joni's blog and see what she has created with the retiring In Colors. Just click on the Next button to visit her blog. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what liked about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop. 

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Tricia Butts
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Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge Week 10 Starry Sky

It's time to check out Week 10 of the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge and this week we are creating with the beautiful Starry Sky, one of the 2022-2024 In Colors. I love this dark blue as an alternative to Night of Navy and I can't wait to share with you the card design I have created.

For today's card design, I chose to use the new Happy Little Things Bundle, which is one of the new Online Exclusives released this week. I love the sentiments in this stamp set and the coordinating dies make it simple to die cut the smaller sentiments to add as an accent. I paired it with the Nested Essentials Dies to create the focal sentiment label and I used one of the designs from the 2022-2024 In Colors 6"x6" Designer Series Paper to create a fun, bold background. This card design would work well as a masculine card and could be used for birthdays, graduations and so much more to help celebrate a special day.

Products Used:

Happy Little Things Bundle (item #163710)

Nested Essentials Dies (item #161597)

2022-2024 In Color 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #161645)

Starry Sky Cardstock (item #159263)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Starry Sky Classic Ink Pad (item #159212)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

2022-2024 In Color Pearls (item #161621)

Starry Sky 1/8" Metallic Woven Ribbon (item #159198)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Starry Sky Cardstock

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

Large Sentiment Label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies

Small Matte Label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Small Sentiment Label stamped and die cut with the Happy Little Things Bundle

Small Matte Label die cut with the Happy Little Things Dies

Starry Sky Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

This clean and simple card design focuses on the sentiments from the Happy Little Things stamp set. I chose to use the large outline image for the Celebrate sentiment to heat emboss it onto Starry Sky cardstock using Silver Embossing powder to make it pop. I used the Nested Essentials to die cut the sentiment label and then layered it onto a slightly larger Basic White cardstock label also die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies. For the small sentiment, I stamped the image onto Basic White cardstock using Starry Sky Classic ink and then die cut it out with the smaller of the two dies from the Happy Little Things Dies. I then layered it onto the Starry Sky label die cut with the larger banner die. For the embellishments for this design, I added two pieces of the Starry Sky Metallic Woven Ribbon around the center of the polka dot card front, spacing them about 1/2" apart and attaching them to the back of the card front, before attaching the layer to the card base. I added both sentiments using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop them up. To complete the design, I added several Starry Sky Pearls to both sentiment labels for a touch of subtle bling. So there you have it. A wonderful card design featuring a beautiful dark blue that I hope you will love as much as I do. Let me know what you think in the comments.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design helps you to see the versatility of this beautiful blue and how it can be used to create a bold yet simple design that works for so many occasions. Don't forget to check out the wonderful Starry Sky products available from my Online Store by clicking here. As one of the 2022-2024 In Colors, Starry Sky will be retiring April 30th and will be available while supplies last as we get closer to that date. For this reason, I recommend that you stock up on any products in this color or any of the other 2022-2024 In Colors to avoid missing out. 

I hope you will take the time to visit our Monochromatic Insta Hop today and see all the amazing projects created to showcase Starry Sky. Just click here to visit my Instagram and visit the other Stampin' Demonstrators to see their beautiful projects. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. 

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Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge Week 8 Sweet Sorbet

It's time to celebrate Friday with the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge. It's Week 8, which means our Challenge Color this week is Sweet Sorbet, one of the 2022-2024 In Colors. I love this beautiful, vibrant red and I am excited to share with you the card I created with this fun color.

For today's card design, I decided to bring out an old favorite from the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog. The Hello Ladybug stamp set and coordinating Ladybug Builder Punch are perfect for showcasing this bright red and I had so much fun creating this clean and simple card design. I also used the Stylish Shapes Dies, one of my go-to favorites to create this layout and used one of the designs from the 2022-2024 In Colors 6"x6" Designer Series Paper to create a fun, cheerful background. There is something so amazing about the combination of black, white and red that I love and it works so well for this card design.

Products Used:

Hello Ladybug stamp set (item #157693)

Ladybug Builder Punch (item #157698)

2022-2024 In Color 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #161645)

Basic Black Cardstock (item #121045)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Sweet Sorbet Classic Ink Pad (item #159216)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

2022-2024 In Color Pearls (item #161621)

2022-2024 In Color Baker's Twine Pack (item #159195)

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals (item #144108)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Basic Black Cardstock

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

Large Circle die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Sentiment Matte Label die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Ladybug Body punched out with the Ladybug Builder Punch

Sweet Sorbet Polka Dot Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

Basic White Cardstock

Medium Circle die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Sentiment Label die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Ladybug Wings punched out with the Ladybug Builder Punch

This clean and simple card is easy to create a bright and cheerful card design. When I first thought about creating a card design with Sweet Sorbet, I thought it would be perfect to use with the Hello Ladybug stamp set. The black, white and Sweet Sorbet color combination was the perfect fit and I couldn't wait to get started. I wanted to find a way to really make the Sweet Sorbet pop, so I decided to use Basic Black cardstock for the card base and the accent layers. I die cut a Basic Black circle to frame the Basic White focal circle to help it stand out against the Sweet Sorbet polka dot designer series paper. I punched out the body with the Ladybug Builder Punch and added it to the center of the Basic White circle. For the wings, I stamped the wing image with Sweet Sorbet onto Basic White cardstock and then stamped the dots image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the wings. I then punched it out with the Ladybug Builder Punch and added it to the back of the ladybug body. For the sentiment, I stamped the image with Sweet Sorbet Classic ink onto the Basic White label and then layered it onto the Basic Black matte label. I wapped a piece of the Sweet Sorbet Baker's Twine around the card front twice and tied a knot on the left side. I attached the sentiment label over the top of the twine with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals and added the focal image above it with Stampin' Dimensionals. For a touch of bling, I added two of the Sweet Sorbet Pearls to the sentiment label to finish off the design. Isn't it just the cutest card? What do you think about Sweet Sorbet? Is it a yay or a nay color for you? I would love to know what you think. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that this fun, cheerful card design will encourage you to give Sweet Sorbet a second look. It really is a beautiful red and works well for so many occasions. With Stampin' Up!'s wonderful coordinating products, it takes the stress out of creating your own fun projects. To see the range of Sweet Sorbet products, click here.

Please take a look at all the amazing projects created using Sweet Sorbet as part of this week's Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Instahop on Instagram. Just click here to get started. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. 

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Tricia Butts
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Stamping With Friends February Hot Air Balloon Birthday

Welcome to the Stamping With Friends February Blog Hop as we celebrate birthdays. It is one of the most popular cards that people send and there are so many wonderful possibilities to explore with this theme. Our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to create your own beautiful designs to send to family and friends. 

For my birthday card today, I decided to showcase the Hot Air Balloon Bundle to show it's versatility. I paired it with the coordinating Lighter Than Air 6"x6" Designer Series Paper to create the balloon and used the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder to create the texture for the background layer. I love how bright and cheerful this card design looks and it is sure to help brighten someone's special day. 

Products Used:

Hot Air Balloon Bundle (item #162755)

Perennial Postage Dies (item #162607)

Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder (item #154317)

Lighter Than Air 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #162747)

Tahitian Tide Cardstock (item #159261)

Flirty Flamingo Cardstock (item #141416)

Thick Basic White Cardstock (item #159229)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Tahitian Tide Classic Ink Pad (item #159210)

2022-2024 In Color Baker's Twine Pack (item #159195)

Basic Rhinestone Jewels (item #144220)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Mini Glue Dots (item #103683)

Measurements:

Thick Basic White Cardstock

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

Basic White Cardstock

5 Clouds die cut with the Hot Air Balloon Dies

Sentiment Label die cut with the Hot Air Balloon Dies

Tahitian Tide Cardstock

Card Front - die cut with the Perennial Postage Dies

Flirty Flamingo Cardstock

Banner Label die cut with the Hot Air Balloon Dies

Lighter Than Air Designer Series Paper

Balloon die cut with the Hot Air Balloon Dies

For my card design, I wanted to create a stepped up clean and simple birthday card. I love that the Hot Air Balloon Bundle had what I needed to create a fun design and I chose to use one of the designs from the Lighter Than Air Designer Series Paper to create the pattern for the balloon. The sentiment from the Hot Air Balloon stamp set fits perfectly on the coordinating die and made it easy to layer with the banner die. For the background, I chose to use the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder to add texture to the Tahitian Tide cardstock layer that I die cut out using the Perennial Postage Dies. I added some clouds to create the look of the sky and I love the contrast between the white clouds and the Tahitian Tide background. The banner label and basket for the balloon were die cut from Flirty Flamingo cardstock and I added a Tahitian Tide Baker's Twine bow and some Basic Rhinestones to finish off the design. Isn't this card so cute and fun? I think it would look great in a wide variety of colors so that you could personalize it to suit the person you are giving it to. Why not give it a try.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my birthday card will help inspire you to create your own beautiful designs to share with family and friends. Everyone deserves to receive a beautiful card on their birthday to make them feel special.

Please take a trip along our blog hop and visit the other Design Team members to see their amazing projects. Just click on the links in the Roll Call List below to visit their blogs. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects.

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Tricia Butts
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Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge Week 7 Parakeet Party

Welcome back for another week of the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge. We are already up to be Week 7 and this week we have been challenged to create a card using Parakeet Party, one of the 2022-2024 In Colors. This wonderful, vibrant green was a fun challenge to work with and I hope you like the card design I came up with.

When I was looking at ideas to showcase this bright green, I decided to use the Jungle Pals stamp set and coordinating Jungle Pals Dies, both Sale-a-bration products that you can earn free with a qualifying order. I also paired them with products from the Zoo Crew Suite Collection from the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog to create a fun and whimsical birthday card. To add some texture to the design, I used one of the designs from the 2022-2024 In Color 6"x 6" Designer Series Paper. I wanted to keep the design clean and simple and showcase how to create layers of color with this bold and pretty green.

Products Used:

Zany Zoo Bundle (item #161315)

Jungle Pals stamp set (item #162950) Level 1 Sale-a-bration Reward

Jungle Pals Dies (item #162973)

Nested Essentials Dies (item #161597)

Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper (item #161304)

2022-2024 In Color 6"x6" Designer Series Paper

Parakeet Party Cardstock (item #159259)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Parakeet Party Classic Ink Pad (item #159208)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Parakeet Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #159220)

Blending Brushes (item #153611)

Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins (item #161627)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Parakeet Party Cardstock

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

Grass die cut with the Jungle Pals Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Alligator image stamped and die cut using the Jungle Pals stamp set and Jungle Pals Dies

Sentiment Label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies

Parakeet Party Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper

Singing Turtle image die cut using the Zany Zoo Dies

I am always looking for ways to create fun, cheerful birthday cards that will help to brighten someone's special day. When I saw the cute images in the Jungle Pals stamp set, I just knew I had to use it for this card design. Parakeet Party is the perfect color for the alligator and I used the Parakeet Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack to color the image and add some subtle shading. I also used the Stampin' Blends Markers to add some color to the grass along with blending some Parakeet Party Classic ink onto the Parakeet Party cardstock to add some depth and texture to the die cuts. The adorable singing turtle is actually one of images in the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper and I die cut it out with one of the coordinating dies from the Zany Zoo Dies. The sentiment label was die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies from Basic White cardstock and I stamped the sentiment and music notes images with Tuxedo Black ink onto the label. For the card front, I chose one of the designs from the 2022-2024 In Color 6"x6" Designer Series Paper, and I love how it adds texture to the background of the card. I added the label to the center of the card front and then layered the grass along the bottom of the label. I used Stampin' Dimensionals to pop up the alligator and turtle on top of the layer of grass to add some dimension to the card design. To finish off the card, I added several Silver Sequins for a subtle touch of bling. Don't you just love how cute this card is? So have I convinced you to give Parakeet Party a try on your next project. Let me know what you think.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to give Parakeet Party a second look and explore creating your own beautiful projects using the wonderful coordinating products that Stampin' Up! has to offer. The Jungle Pals stamp set (Level 1) and Jungle Pals Dies (Level 2) can both be earned for free with a qualifying order during Sale-a-bration, which ends February 29th. 

Please take the time to visit Week 7's Monochromatic Insta hop and see all the amazing projects created with Parakeet Party. Just click Here to visit my Instagram and get started. Please let us know what you think about our projects by leaving us a comment. We appreciate your feedback. 

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Tricia Butts
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