Stamptastic Friends December Blog Hop Gift Wrap

Welcome to the Stamptastic Friends December Blog Hop as we showcase gift wrapping ideas to help you with your last minute preparations for the holidays. Can you believe that Christmas Eve is just one week away? Don't worry, our Design Team has some wonderful ideas and projects to help inspire you to get creative.

When it comes time to wrap the Christmas presents, I find I am always looking for gift tags at the last minute. Sometimes it's because I can't find the left over tags from last year and other times it is because we have simply run out. One of my favorite things to do with left over Christmas designer series paper, is to use it to create simple gift tags to have on hand when I need them. Today I created two tags using scraps from the Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper along with the Beary Cute stamp set. As you can see, they are fun and festive and simple to make.

Products Used:

Beary Cute stamp set (item #162016) Retiring

Joy of Noel stamp set (item #161959) Retiring

Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper (item #162015) Retiring

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Balmy Blue Cardstock (item #146982)

Balmy Blue Classic Ink Pad (item #147105)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

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

Measurements:

Basic White Cardstock

2 Pieces - 2" x 8" (Scored at 4")

Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper

2 Pieces - 1 3/4" x 3 3/4" 

Fox & Deer fussy cut with Paper Snips

Balmy Blue Cardstock

Sentiments heat embossed and fussy cut with Paper Snips

These cute gift tags are so much fun to create and a great way to use up your scraps of designer series paper. I added the designer series paper piece to the front of the tag and added the fussy cut animal that can be found on one of the sheets of this paper pack. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image with White embossing powder onto Balmy Blue cardstock and fussy cut them out to create two separate pieces, so that they fit easily on the tag. I adhered them the sentiments to the tag to complete the design. For the tie, I used a piece of Tahitian Tide Baker's Twine and wrapped it around the spine of the tag and tied a knot at the top and then another knot to create the loop. For the inside of the tag, I stamped the To/From image from the Joy of Noel stamp set onto the inside of the tag with Balmy Blue Classic ink and then stamped snowflakes from the Beary Cute stamp set to embellish the inside. This style of tag is very easy to mass produce and you can create a wide variety of designs just by using up your scraps. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my tags will help inspire you to get creative and come up with your own wonderful ideas to create fun and festive tags for your gifts. There are so many wonderful options to explore.

Please take a moment to visit with my fellow Design Team members and visit their blogs by using 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. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop. 

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. 

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Tricia Butts
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Stamptastic Friends November Blog Hop CASE A Stamptastic Friend

Welcome to the Stamptastic Friends November Blog Hop and this month we are CASEing a Stamptastic Friend. In case you are not familiar with the term CASE, it stands for Copy And Share Everything or Copy And Selectively Edit, and it's a wonderful way to spark your creativity. Our Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas inspired by one our fellow Stamptastic friends that will hopefully help inspire you to give it a try. 

For my card design, I decided to CASE my friend, Ginny Harrell, and create a beautiful Winter themed card design based on the card she created in this blog post here. 

I love the simple layout of this beautiful card design and thought it would be perfect for the idea that I had in mind. My favorite color is blue, so I had fun picking out two blues that I thought would look perfect together for my design. To CASE Ginny's card, I chose to use the layout, textured background and emboss resist technique to create my card. I hope you enjoy what I came up with for my CASE.

Products Used:

Beary Cute stamp set (item #162016)

Very Best Occasions stamp set (item #159871)

Chic Dies (item #158815)

Nested Essentials Dies (item #161597)

Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder (item #162026)

Azure Afternoon Cardstock (item #161719)

Blueberry Bushel Cardstock (item #146968)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Azure Afternoon Classic Ink Pad (item #161663)

Blueberry Bushel Classic Ink Pad (item #147138)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

White 1/2" Iridescent Ribbon (item #161955)

Basic Rhinestone Jewels (item #144220)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Blueberry Bushel Cardstock

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

Strip - 2" x 5 1/4"

Sentiment Label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies

Azure Afternoon Cardstock

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

Basic White Cardstock

Strip 1 - 1 3/4" x 5 1/4"

Strip 2 - 1 1/2" x 5 1/4" Emboss resist with the Beary Cute stamp set 

Snowflakes die cut with the Chic Dies

I had so much fun CASEing Ginny's beautiful card design and chose a Winter Wonderland theme for my card. When I think of Winter, I think of snowy days and pretty snowflakes. For the background of my card front, I chose the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder to add some subtle detailed texture to the design. I love heat embossing, so I had to recreate the emboss resist technique that Ginny used to creat my focal panel. I chose the snowflake images from the Beary Cute stamp set and heat embossed them with Clear embossing powder. Using a Blending Brush, I applied Azure Afternoon and Blueberry Bushel Classic inks to help bring out the detail in the embossed snowflakes to make them pop. I layered the focal panel onto a layer of Basic White cardstock and then attached it to the strip of Blueberry Bushel cardstock to frame the main design. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image from the Very Best Occasions stamp set onto a Blueberry Bushel label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies. I added a piece of the pretty White Iridescent Ribbon to the back of the sentiment label to help step up the design and added three snowflakes that I die cut with the Chic Dies to complete the card. For a touch of bling, I added some Basic Rhinestone Jewels to the centers of the snowflakes. I love how this card design turned out and I hope I did justice to Ginny's beautiful card. It was the perfect inspiration. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to try CASEing as a way to get creative and try something new. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore.

Please take a moment to visit with my fellow Stamptastic Friends and see who they have chosen to CASE and how their projects turned out. Just click on the links in the Roll Call List to journey along our blog hop. We would love 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

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
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New Catalog Blog Hop September-December 2023 Mini Catalog

It's time to explore the new September-December 2023 Mini Catalog (often called the "Holiday Catalog"). This catalog is full of amazing new products and our Design Team can't wait to share their projects and ideas to help inspire you.

One of my favorite new bundles in the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog is the Beary Cute Bundle. I love that the Beary Cute Punch coordinates with two of the designer series paper packs in this catalog - Beary Christmas and A Walk In The Forest, and both packs have bear images that can be punched out with this cute punch. For my card design today, I decided to create a masculine birthday card with the A Walk In The Forest Designer Series Paper to show that the products in this catalog can be used for so much more than the holidays. 

Products Used:

Beary Cute Bundle (item #162023)

Deckled Circles Dies (item #162286)

Tailor Made Tags Dies (item #155563)

A Walk In The Forest Designer Series Paper (item #162377)

Pretty Peacock Cardstock (item #150880)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

Brushed Metallic Dots (item #156506)

Linen Thread (item #104199)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Mini Glue Dots (item #103683)

Measurements:

Pretty Peacock Cardstock

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

Large Circle die cut with the Deckled Circles Dies 

Sentiment Tag die cut with the Tailor Made Tags Dies

A Walk In The Forest Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

Background Circle die cut with the Deckled Circles Dies

Bear punched out with the Beary Cute Punch

Tree fussy cut with Paper Snips

For this fun birthday card, I chose to punch out one of the brown bears from one of the sheets from the A Walk In The Forest Designer Series Paper and also fussy cut out one of the Pretty Peacock pine trees and a circle background using the Deckled Circles Dies. I layered the background circle onto a slightly larger Pretty Peacock circle also die cut with the Deckled Circles Dies. To create the scene, I attached the pine tree to the background circle with Stampin' Dimensionals and then added the brown bear so that it overlapped the pine tree. For the card front, I chose a coordinating design from one of the other sheets in the paper pack and adhered it to the Pretty Peacock card base. I attached the Pretty Peacock circle to the card front, centering it slightly towards the top. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image from the Beary Cute stamp set with White embossing powder onto a Pretty Peacock cardstock tag die cut using the Tailor Made Tags Dies. I attached it to the card front below the focal circle with Stampin' Dimensionals. To complete the card design, I added a double bow tied with Linen Thread and several Brushed Metallic Dots to the pine tree. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will inspire you to get creative with the wonderful new products in the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog. As part of Stampin' Up!'s Making A Difference, for every pack of A Walk In the Forest Designer Series Paper (item #162377) sold, Stampin' Up! will donate $3 to a variety of charities throughout their global community, including the Marine Toys For Tots in the United States. Please help us support this wonderful charity and make a difference in so many children's lives.

Please take the time to visit the Design Team's blogs by using the Roll Call List below. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us 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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We Create September Blog Hop Jogging My Memory

Welcome to the We Create September Blog Hop as we explore the theme "Jogging My Memory". Our Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas inspired by this month's theme. With so many possibilities, I wonder what wonderful creations they will come up with.

For my card design, I chose to focus on memories from my early Christmases here in the United States. As a girl who was used to hot Summer Christmases, it was quite an adjustment getting used to the cold and snow those first few years. I remember my first Christmas in Alaska and how beautiful everything was covered with snow, a true White Christmas. Whenever I see the Coca Cola Christmas commercials with the polar bears looking up at the Northern Lights, I think of those special memories. So, when I saw the Beary Cute stamp set in the new September-December 2023 Mini Catalog, I knew that I wanted to create a card that reflected those memories. The beautiful snowflakes falling onto the card front are created with one of the new Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks with Balmy Blue Classic ink. I love how this clean and simple Christmas card has captured those wonderful memories from long ago.

Products Used:

Beary Cute stamp set (item #162016)*

Deckled Circles Dies (item #162286)*

Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks (item #162331)*

Inked & Tiled Punch Pack (item #161167)

Balmy Blue Cardstock (item #146982)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Balmy Blue Classic Ink Pad (item #147105)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

Blending Brushes (item #153611)

Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins (item #160387)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

 *Products from the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog       available September 6th, 2023

Measurements:

Balmy Blue Cardstock

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

Deckled Circle die cut with the Deckled Circles Dies

Sentiment Label - 3/4" x 5" Strip. Ends punched with the Inked & Tiled Punch Pack

Basic White Cardstock

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

To create this beautiful card design, I used the snowflakes mask from the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks to create a soft and pretty background. I used Balmy Blue Classic ink with a Blending Brush to layer color over the mask. For the focal image, I heat embossed the bear image with White embossing powder onto a circle of Balmy Blue cardstock that I die cut using the new Deckled Circles Dies. I repeated the process with the sentiment and used the cross style punch from the Inked & Tiled Punch Pack to create the decorative ends for the sentiment strip. I attached both the focal circle and the sentiment to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop them up. For a touch of bling, I added several blue sequins from the Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins to give the snow a little sparkle. 

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. Memories can be a wonderful source of inspiration to help spark your creativity.

Now it's time to visit Kimberley's blog and see what she has created this month. Just click on the Next button below to visit her blog. 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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