ICS July Blog Hop Let's Get Punchy

 
Welcome to the ICS July Blog Hop as we showcase punches with our theme "Let's Get Punchy". Our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their ideas and projects to help you get creative with your punches. There are so many options to explore to help you create your own beautiful creations. 

For my card, I chose to create a pretty Christmas card design for Christmas in July, focusing on the 2" & 2 3/8" Circle Punches to show how versatile they are for creating sentiments. In addition, I chose to use the Bough Punch to add some foliage to the sentiment to step it up. I paired these punches with the new Online Exclusive products, Greetings of the Season stamp set and coordinating Season of Green & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper to create a stepped up clean and simple design. I love how the Gold accents and Gold embossing take this design to the next level.

Products Used:

Greetings of the Season stamp set (item #164325)

2" Circle Punch (item #133782)

2 3/8" Circle Punch (item #16354)

Bough Punch (item #157711)

Season of Green & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper 

(item #164324)

Mossy Meadow Cardstock (item #133676)

Garden Green Cardstock (item #102584)

Old Olive Cardstock (item #100702)

Gold Foil Sheets (item #132622)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Wow Embossing Powders (item #165678)

Pecan Pie 3/8" Center Stripe Ribbon (item #162744)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Mini Glue Dots (item #103683)

Measurements:

Mossy Meadow Cardstock

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

Sentiment Circle punched out with the 2" Circle Punch

Garden Green Cardstock

2 Large Leaves punched out with the Bough Punch

Old Olive Cardstock

3 Small Sprigs punched out with the Bough Punch

Gold Foil Sheets

Medium Circle punched out with the 2 3/8" Circle Punch

Season of Green & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

I love making Christmas cards in July because there is no pressure or stress like there is around the holidays. With the new products just added to the Online Exclusives this month, it was a perfect opportunity to showcase a couple of them while showing how punches can help to create fun clean and simple card designs. The card front was created using one of the designs from the Season of Green & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper and I just love how there are hints of Gold that give the card an elegant feel. I used the 2" Circle Punch for the sentiment and heat embossed the image from the new Greetings of the Season stamp set with Gold embossing powder onto the Mossy Meadow cardstock to make it pop. I layered it onto a larger circle of Gold Foil punched out using the 2 3/8" Circle Punch and I love how this creates a beautiful frame for the sentiment. I added two pieces of the Pecan Pie Center Striped Ribbon to the center of the card front using Mini Glue Dots and added the focal circles to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals. I arranged the Old Olive and Garden Green foliage pieces that I punched out using the Bough Punch, tucking them underneath the circles to hide the stem. I love how this beautiful Christmas card turned out and I can't wait to try some of the other designs and sentiments to create a stack ready for the holidays. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore using punches to create your own wonderful projects. One of my favorite things about punches is how quick and easy it is to create projects using them. As you can see from my card design, it is a great way to mix and match to create your own beautiful designs. 

Now it's time to visit Janey's blog and see what she has to share with us. Just click on the Next button to visit her blog. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you like 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. 

Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
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Ink. Stamp. Share. July Showcase Blog Hop

Today I am taking part in the Ink. Stamp. Share. July Showcase Blog Hop and I love taking part in this blog hop as it gives me an opportunity to explore and create with new products. Our wonderful Design Team members will be sharing what they are currently working on to help inspire you to get creative this Summer. 

I recently ordered the new Delightfully Eclectic Designer Series Paper and I wanted to create a clean and simple card with one of the designs. This pretty daisy pattern felt like the perfect background for a Summer card design and I paired it with one of the sentiments from the Layering Leaves stamp set and the coordinating Bough Punch. The Parakeet Party leaves add a wonderful pop of color and the Gold embossing for the sentiment helps step up this simple design.  I love creating cards that let the designer series paper do all the hard work to create beautiful designs. 

Products Used:

Layering Leaves stamp set (item #161277)

2 3/8" Circle Punch (item #161354)

Bough Punch (item #157711)

Delightfully Eclectic Designer Series Paper (item #161640)

Thick Basic White Cardstock (item #159229)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Parakeet Party Cardstock (item #159259)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallic Embossing Powders (item #155555)

White 3/8" Glittered Organdy Ribbon (item #156408)

Festive Pearls (item #159963)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Thick Basic White Cardstock

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

Delightfully Eclectic Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

Basic White Cardstock

Large Circle punched out with the 2 3/8" Circle Punch

Parakeet Party Cardstock

2 each of the leaves & buds punched out with the Bough Punch

This pretty card is so simple to create and works well for a variety of occasions. I love that the Layering Leaves stamp set has a variety of sentiments to choose from to help you create beautiful cards. I chose to use Thick Basic White cardstock for the card base to help make the designer series paper card front pop. I heat embossed the sentiment onto the circle die cut for a touch of elegance and added it to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals over a piece of the pretty White Glittered Organdy Ribbon. I added the die cut leaves and buds underneath the circle before I attached the circle to the card front. I love how the Parakeet Party cardstock looks with the Petal Pink background and white daisies. To finish off the design, I added several Gold Pearls from the Festive Pearls for a touch of bling. This simple layout would work well with so many of the designs in the Delightfully Eclectic Designer Series Paper pack and is a great way to create a stash of cards suitable 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 create your own beautiful cards using products from the new 2023-2024 Annual Catalog. It's so much fun to mix and match products to create new designs. Make sure to take advantage of the Bonus Coupons you can earn when placing a qualifying order in July and redeem in August. It's a great way to stretch your creative budget. 

Please take the time to visit with my fellow Design Team members as they share their wonderful projects with you. Just click on the links in the Roll Call List below to find your way. We would appreciate 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

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Tricia Butts
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Paper Pumpkin Possibilities June Blog Hop Welcome Inn

Welcome to the Paper Pumpkin Possibilities June Blog Hop as we showcase alternative project ideas with the Welcome Inn Kit. Our talented Design Team members are excited to share their wonderful ideas and projects to help inspire you to think outside the box. 

Sadly, my Paper Pumpkin kit did not arrive in time for this blog hop, so I had to get a little creative with my alternative card design. I recently ordered the Welcome Inn Dies, which are a special Add-On for the June Welcome Inn Paper Pumpkin Kit, and I decided to pair them with the Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper, which just happens to coordinate perfectly with this month's kit. I hope that my card design will show you that there are even more possibilities available to you, after you have used up all the supplies in this month's kit. The Countryside Inn Suite Collection in the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog offers coordinating products to help you stretch your kit even further. Also, don't forget, as a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you can order the Welcome Inn Dies as an Add-On from my Online store while supplies last. 

Products Used:

Welcome Inn Dies (item #163192) Add-On

Welcome Inn Designer Series Paper (item #161467)

Countryside Corners Dies (item #161471)

Timeless Arrangements Bundle (item #161526)

Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder (item #161600)

Bough Punch (item #157711)

Boho Blue Cardstock (item #161724)

Lost Lagoon Cardstock (item #133679)

Pecan Pie Cardstock (item #161717)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Pecan Pie Classic Ink Pad (item #161665)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

Linen Thread (item #104199)

Rustic Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots (item #159082)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Sponge Daubers (item #133773)

Measurements:

Boho Blue Cardstock

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

Large Matte Layer die cut with the Countryside Corners Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Focal Layer die cut with the Countryside Corners Dies

Pecan Pie Cardstock

Sentiment Label die cut with the Timeless Arrangements Dies

Lost Lagoon Cardstock

2 Leaves die cut with the Welcome Inn Dies

1 Bud Sprig punched out with the Bough Punch

Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 4" x 5 1/4"

3 Vases die cut with the Welcome Inn Dies 

Normally when I create my alternative cards, I focus on using the exclusive stamp set included in the kit, to create my design. Because I don't have the kit, I had to come up with a new plan for my design and focus on how I could use the Welcome Inn Dies to show their versatility. I also decided to show how you can create a masculine card design using the dies with the Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper, to provide even more options for you to try. For the vases, I used the basic patterns on the reverse sides of the floral designs to create a masculine feel to my design. I chose to use Boho Blue cardstock for the card base and the matte layer to help provide contrast for the Night of Navy designer series paper card front layer. The background of the focal layer has been embossed with the new Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder to add texture and I gently added Pecan Pie Classic ink over the raised embossed areas to bring out the detail and give it a distressed, aged look. I layered the embossed layer on onto the Boho Blue matte layer and adhered the two outside vases to the embossed layer. To add some additional texture, I wrapped a piece of Linen Thread around the focal layer twice, tying a knot towards the right side. Using Stampin' Dimensionals, I added the center vase to the focal layer and added the die cut leaves and bud sprig so that the stems are hidden underneath the vase. 

For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image from the Timeless Arrangements stamp set onto Pecan Pie cardstock with White embossing powder and then die cut the label using the coordinating Timeless Arrangements Dies. I adhered the label to the center vase and added two small Rustic Metallic Dots to embellish. To assemble the finished card, I adhered the designer series paper card front to the Boho Blue card base and then added the focal layer with Stampin' Dimensionals, making sure to center it on the card front. I love the detail that the patterns on the vases adds to the card design and the wonderful texture that gives this design a rustic feel to it that is perfect for a masculine design.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card will help inspire you to create your own wonderful designs with the elements in this wonderful kit as well as the Add-on Dies and coordinating products from the Countryside Inn Suite in the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog. The Welcome Inn Dies coordinate with the stamp set in the Welcome Inn Paper Pumpkin Kit and are available to order here while supplies last (must be an Paper Pumpkin subscriber).

Now it's time to visit Melva's blog and see what alternative ideas she has to share with us this month. 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 how our projects inspired you. 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. 

Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
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Kylie Bertucci's International Highlights June Winners Blog Hop

 

I am so excited to be a part of this month's International Highlights Winners Blog Hop and want to thank all of you who voted for my card design this month (click here to view) to help me finish in the Top 10. I can't wait to share with you the card I created for today's hop.

For my card design today, I wanted to create a design that would work well as a masculine Thank You card. It can be challenging to design cards for the men in our life and when I looked at the images and sentiments in the new Layering Leaves stamp set, I felt like it would be a great fit for this style of card. I paired this stamp set with the Elegant Eucalyptus 3D Embossing Folders to add some subtle texture to the design and embossed the sentiment with Gold embossing powder to step up the card.  The colors I chose to use include Gray Granite, Pebbled Path, Lost Lagoon and Basic White. I feel that this card has a simple elegance to it that helps make it a wonderful masculine card.

Products Used:

Layering Leaves stamp set (item #161277)

Bough Punch (item #157711)

Elegant Eucalyptus 3D Embossing Folders (item #159170)

Gray Granite Cardstock (item #146983)

Pebbled Path Cardstock (item #161722)

Lost Lagoon Cardstock (item #133679)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Gray Granite Classic Ink Pad (item #147118)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Festive Pearls (item #159963)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Gray Granite Cardstock

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

Pebbled Path Cardstock

Front Panel - 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" Embossed with the Elegant Eucaplytus 3D Embossing Folders

Basic White Cardstock 

Sentiment Panel - 2" x 3 1/4"

Lost Lagoon Cardstock

2 Large Leaf Sprigs heat embossed with Gold embossing powder and punched out with the Bough Punch

2 Small Buds punched out with the Bough Punch

1 Leaf Sprig with the Bough Punch

For my card design, I chose to use neutral colors for my card base and background layer and added touches of Lost Lagoon and Gold embossing to help make the design pop. For the card base, I stamped the front with the dots background image using Gray Granite Classic ink to create a tone-on-tone design that adds some texture to the background. I embossed the Pebbled Path cardstock panel with the embossing folder so that the leaves trailed down vertically on the panel and added another layer of subtle texture. I heat embossed the sentiment with Gold embossing powder onto the center of the Basic White panel and also heat embossed one of the leaf images twice onto Lost Lagoon cardstock before punching them out with the Bough Punch. I also punched out 2 of the small buds and one of the leaves using the Bough Punch to use to embellish the card design. I arranged the different leaves and buds onto the Pebbled Path cardstock layer and attached them with adhesive. I added the sentiment panel with Stampin' Dimensionals to add some dimension and then finished off the design with several of the pale green Festive Pearls to embellish the sentiment label. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my Thank You card will inspire you to create your own beautiful cards to share with family and friends to let them know how much you appreciate them. Creating cards for the men in our lives doesn't have to be complicated and there are so many options in the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog to help you get creative.

Please take the time to visit with Kylie Bertucci and the other Top 10 Winners participating this month, by clicking on the links in the Roll Call List below. 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

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Tricia Butts
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