Demonstrator Training October Blog Hop

Welcome to the Demonstrator Training Blog Hop, organized by Kylie and Bruno Bertucci, to help us share our projects to help inspire you. Our theme each month is Thank You and/or Congratulations and you will have the chance to visit with talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world and see their amazing projects. 

I love creating clean and simple Thank You cards to send to customers to show my appreciation. One of my favorite ways to do this is with designer series paper as the focal image for my card design. For today's card design, I chose to use one of the beautiful designs from the All About Autumn 6"x6" Designer Series Paper which can be found in the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog. I wanted the photo realistic image to be the focus of this beautiful card, so the only thing I added was a sentiment that I created using the Autumn Leaves Bundle. I love how card has a simply Wow factor to it without a lot of fuss. 

Products Used:

Autumn Leaves Bundle (item #162186)

All About Autumn 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #162178)

Early Espresso Cardstock (item #119686)

Crumb Cake Cardstock (item #120953)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins (item #161627)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Early Espresso Cardstock

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

Sentiment Label die cut with the Autumn Leaves Dies

Crumb Cake Cardstock

Small Sentiment Label die cut with the Autumn Leaves Dies

All About Autumn Designer Series Paper 

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

Creating clean and simple cards with designer series paper is really just as it sounds. It's a great way to use up your beautiful paper and let the designs shine as the main focus of the card design. For this particular card, I chose to create a landscape design to make the most of the beautiful Fall leaves for the background. The sentiment has been heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder onto the Early Espresso sentiment label and attached to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. For the smaller sentiment, I stamped the sentiment using Versamark and Early Espresso Classic ink and then heat embossed it using Clear Embossing Powder to give it a glossy finish. I attached the label to the bottom of the larger sentiment, towards the right side. To complete the card design, I added several of the Gold Adhesive Backed Sequins for a touch of bling. One of the things I love about this card design is that it is relatively flat and ready to mail out with normal postage.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will provide you with some new ideas to help you create your own beautiful projects to send to family and friends. Sending "paper hugs" is a great way to let people know that you are thinking of them.

Please take a moment to hop along and visit the other Demonstrators participating today by click on 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 and how we inspired you. 

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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Stamping Inkspirations October Blog Hop Sketch Challenge

Today we are hopping along with the Stamping Inkspirations October Blog Hop. This month we have a Sketch Challenge and our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to create your own projects with today's sketch. There are so many different ways to interpret sketches using the products that you have in your own crafting stash.

For my interpretation of this card sketch, I chose to create a Fall themed card design using the Autumn Leaves Bundle and coordinating All About Autumn 6"x6" Designer Series Paper. I chose to use the Fall Leaves design from the designer series paper to create the strips for my background. I love how it adds texture and dimension to the card design. This sketch is a wonderful way to showcase the beautiful designs in this pretty pack of paper. 

Products Used: 

Autumn Leaves Bundle (item #162186)

Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder (item #162189)

All About Autumn 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #162178)

Copper Clay Cardstock (item #161721)

Early Espresso Cardstock (item #119686)

Early Espresso Classic Ink Pad (item #147114)

Copper Clay Classic Ink Pad (item #161647)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Festive Pearls (item #159963)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Sponge Daubers (item #133773)

Measurements:

Copper Clay Cardstock 

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

Large Leaf die cut with the Autumn Leaves Dies

Early Espresso Cardstock

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4" Embossed with the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder

Sentiment Label stamped & die cut with the Autumn Leaves Bundle

All About Autumn Designer Series Paper

3 Strips - 1" x 5 1/4"

This beautiful card has all the elements for a perfect Fall themed design. For my color palette, I chose to use Copper Clay and Early Espresso to compliment the designer series paper and I added Gold accents to step up the design. To create the card front, I embossed the Early Espresso card front with the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder to add some texture. I attached the three strips of designer series paper to the card front, leaving a small space between each strip to create a thin border. For the focal image, I die cut the large leaf from Copper Clay cardstock using the Autumn Leaves Dies and then I heat embossed the sentiment from the Autumn Leaves stamp set using Versamark and Early Espresso ink combined with Clear embossing powder. I sponged the edges of the leaf die cut with Copper Clay Classic ink using a Sponge Dauber. I attached the leaf to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals, towards the center. For the small sentiment, I heat embossed the image with Gold embossing powder onto Early Espresso cardstock and used a die from the Autumn Leaves Dies to die cut it out. I attached it to the Copper Clay leaf below the large sentiment. To finish off the design, I added several Gold pearls from the Festive Pearls to the sentiment and the top right side of the embossed card front. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to give this sketch challenge a try and create your own beautiful design. There are so many wonderful options to explore.

Now it's time to visit Danielle's blog and see what she has created with today's sketch. Just click the Next button to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List below to find your way. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know how our projects inspired you. I hope you enjoy today's blog hop. 

Roll Call List

Angie McKenzie  ●  Leonie Stuart  ●  Aurélie Fabre 

  Karen Henderson  ●  Jan Musselman  ●  Shel Anderson

Judith Patterson  ●  Mo Rootes  ●  Teri West

Chris Smith  ●  Annette Ball  ●  Vickie Littlewood

Tricia Butts  ●  Danielle Kassing

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Tricia Butts
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ICS October Blog Hop All About Autumn

Welcome to the ICS October Blog Hop and this month we are celebrating All About Autumn. Here in Colorado we are enjoying the cooler weather and beautiful colors that we often associate with this time of year. Our Design Team is excited to share their projects and ideas to help get you in the spirit of the season and help you create your own beautiful projects to celebrate.

All around our neighborhood the leaves on the trees are changing and it is a beautiful sight. I wanted to capture some of that color in my card design to share with you today. I chose to use the Autumn Leaves Bundle that I recently ordered from the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog. I love the versatility of this beautiful stamp set and coordinating dies and it was so much fun layering the different shapes and colors to come up with this beautiful Fall card design.  

Products Used:

Autumn Leaves Bundle (item #162186)

Deckled Circles Dies (item #162286)

Leaf Fall 3D Embossing Folder (item #159847)

Pecan Pie Cardstock (item #161717)

Early Espresso Cardstock (item #119686)

Very Vanilla Cardstock (item #101650)

Crushed Curry Classic Ink Pad (item #147087)

Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink Pad (item #147086)

Old Olive Classic Ink Pad (item #147090)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Sponge Daubers (item #133773)

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack (item #155475)

Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins (item #160387)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Pecan Pie Cardstock

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

Medium Circle die cut with the Deckled Circles Dies

Early Espresso Cardstock

Two Branches die cut with the Autumn Leaves Dies

Sentiment Label stamped & die cut with the Autumn Leaves Bundle

Very Vanilla Cardstock

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

1 Large Leaf stamped & die cut with the Autumn Leaves Bundle

2 sets of Small Leaves stamped & die cut with the Autumn Leaves Bundle

Today's card design is full of texture and layers. I chose to emboss the Very Vanilla card front with the Leaf Fall 3D Embossing Folder to add subtle texture to the background of the card design. I love the warmth of Very Vanilla cardstock and often use it for Fall designs as it works well with this color palette. I die cut a medium sized circle with the Deckled Circles Dies to create the base for the focal design for my card. I adhered the two "branches" to the circle to add some texture and detail to the design. These branches are actually the veins and stems for the leaves die cut with the coordinating dies. To create the focal leaf, I inked up the large leaf image with Crushed Curry Classic ink and then added some Pumpkin Pie Classic ink around the edges of the stamp using a Sponge Dauber, before stamping it onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock. I then die cut it out with the coordinating die. For the green leaves, I stamped the double leaf image twice onto Very Vanilla cardstock using Old Olive Classic ink and die cut the out with the coordinating die. I cut apart one set of the leaves using Paper Snips and then adhered the leaves to the back of the Pecan Pie circle so that the top of the leaves appeared behind the branches. I added the large leaf to the center of the circle using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up and then adhered the circle to the card front. For the sentiment, I combined two of the sentiment images onto the label and heat embossed them with Gold embossing powder. I looped some Crumb Cake Baker's Twine behind the sentiment label and adhered it to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. To finish off the design, I added several Gold Adhesive Backed Sequins to coordinate with the Gold embossing. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will inspire you to create your own beautiful projects to celebrate the Fall season. There are so many wonderful options to explore in the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog.

Now it's time to visit Janey's blog and see what she has created to celebrate Fall. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog and continue along our blog hop. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know how our projects inspired you.

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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