Tricia's Stamping Creations: Abstract Impressions Bundle

Monday, April 1, 2019

Kylie's International Blog Highlight April

Welcome to Kylie's International Blog Highlights for April. This month our theme is Encouragement and I decided to design a Spring card to brighten someone's day. I hope that you will enjoy my card and that it inspires you to create your own card to share with someone special.

For today's card design I chose to use the beautiful Abstract Impressions Bundle (item #148348) from the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog and I paired it with several retiring colors from the 2017-2019 In Color Collection. I love the way that Berry Burst, Fresh Fig and Powder Pink work together to create this pretty Spring card.

This clean and simple card design features the large floral thinlet die from the Springtime Impressions Thinlets dies that are a part of the bundle. I love all the detail in this die and it fits perfectly on a card front as the main focal image. I used Berry Burst cardstock for this die cut and it stands out beautifully against the Powder Pink cardstock background.

The sentiment is from the Abstract Impressions stamp set from the bundle. I stamped the sentiment onto the Powder Pink cardstock layer using Berry Burst Classic ink. Assembling the layers of this card is very simple. I used a layer of Fresh Fig cardstock between the layer of Powder Pink cardstock and the Berry Burst cardstock card base to create a thin frame for the main panel.

To finish off this simple card design, I added Basic Rhinestones to the center of some of the flowers of the die cut and used Clear Wink of Stella for a touch of shimmer.

The 2017-2019 In Color Collection will be retiring soon and we will have to say goodbye to these beautiful colors. Now is the perfect time to stock up on your favorite products in your favorite colors before they disappear. Visit my Online Store to place your order by clicking the link below.

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Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that my clean and simple card design will give you ideas for your own projects this Spring. I would appreciate it if you would click the link below and vote for my card as part of Kylie's International Blog Highlight for April.

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Tricia Butts

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Friday, July 20, 2018

SBTD July Blog Hop Card Re-Do

It's time to hop with the SBTD Blog Hop for July and this month we have been challenged to re do one of our earlier card designs. You may have just visited Susan's blog or perhaps you are starting your journey with me. I hope that you will enjoy our projects and help you to see that everything old can be new again with a make over.

It was an interesting journey down memory lane and the card that I chose to remake is one of my earliest cards that I made as a new demonstrator with Stampin' Up! I had attended a card class with my Upline and we created this card and I loved it so much that I created my own version for a card class. As you can see, this card featured pastels and a lot of these colors no longer are in Stampin' Up!'s current color families.

For my remake, I chose colors that were more vibrant and I added a touch of gold to my design. I chose Night of Navy cardstock for my card base and added a layer of Mango Melody cardstock. For my designer series paper, I used the Garden Impressions 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #146289) and chose to contrasting patterns and attached them to the Mango Melody cardstock with Snail adhesive. I used the Gold 3/8" Metallic Edge Ribbon (item #144146) around the middle of this layer, hiding the seam line.

The stamp set I chose is Abstract Impressions (item #147513) and I stamped the flowers using So Saffron Classic ink and the leaves with Soft Sea Foam Classic ink onto a piece of So Saffron cardstock. The sentiment has been heat embossed with Gold embossing powder. I die cut the flower die from the Springtime Impressions Thinlets dies (item #146326) from Gold Foil and then fussy cut out a solid flower from Night of Navy cardstock by tracing around the small flower die and then layered them together and attached them to the corner with a Mini Stampin' Dimensional. To add a touch of bling, I added Basic Rhinestones to the center of the stamped flowers and the die cut flower. Then I layered it onto a piece of Mango Melody cardstock.

To put it all together, I used Stampin' Dimensionals to attach the layers and add dimension to the card design. I really love the new color combination and it was fun to take an old card design from my past and give it a fresh new look.

I love the Garden Impressions Suite with it's amazing products and the Garden Impressions Designer Series Paper coordinates beautifully with the Abstract Impressions Bundle (item #148348, when you order the Abstract Impressions stamp set and Springtime Impressions Thinlets dies together as a bundle you can save 10%).

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today and I hope that you have enjoyed my project. Now it's time to visit Lyndsay's blog and see what she has to share with us this month. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog or you can use the Blog Hop Roll Call list below if you get lost along the way. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. Your feedback is appreciated.