Kylie Bertucci's Monthly International Blog Highlights April 2021

Welcome to Kylie Bertucci's Monthly International Blog Highlights for April as we share our card ideas with the theme of Thank You. You will have the opportunity to visit talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world as they share their amazing card designs to help inspire you. 

Today's card design features some of my favorite retiring products from the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog. I love the Butterfly Gala stamp set (item #148580) and the coordinating Butterfly Duet Punch (item #148523) for creating Spring themed cards and I chose to use one of the designs from the Playing With Patterns 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #152490) to create this pretty Thank You card. There were so many beautiful patterns to choose from that would work well with this stamp set and punch to create a variety of cards for all occasions. 

Products Used:

Butterfly Gala stamp set (item #148580) Retiring

Butterfly Duet Punch (item #148523) Retiring

Layering Ovals Dies (item #151771) Retiring

Playing With Patterns 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #152490) Retiring

Calypso Coral Cardstock (item #122925)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154881)

Mango Melody Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154888) Retiring

Whisper White 5/8" Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon (item #146912) Retiring

Basic Rhinestone Jewels (item #144220)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Calypso Coral Cardstock

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

Basic White Cardstock

Layer 1 - 5 1/4" x 4"

Sentiment Oval die cut with Layering Ovals Dies

Butterfly images stamped with the Butterfly Gala stamp set and punched out with the Butterfly Duet Punch

Playing With Patterns Designer Series Paper

Background Layer - 5" x 3 3/4"

This clean and simple card design works well for a variety of occasions and is easy to create. The stamp images in this stamp set are easy to line up and punch out and there are wonderful sentiments to choose from. I colored the large butterfly image with both the Light and Dark Calypso and Light and Dark Mango Melody Stampin' Blends Markers and for the two smaller butterflies I used just the Mango Melody Stampin' Blends Combo Pack. I added Basic Rhinestones for a touch of bling and the Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon adds a pretty soft touch to the design. These retiring products are only available while supplies last or until May 3rd, 2021, so now is the perfect time to order them and add them to your collection.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that my Thank You card will help inspire you to explore creating your own wonderful card designs to send to family and friends. Please take the time to visit the talented Demonstrators listed in below to see their amazing creations. 

I would love it if you would take the time to vote for my card design as part of April's International Blog Highlights. Just click the button below to vote for my card. You can vote for up to 5 cards, so please share the love with my fellow Demonstrators and don't forget to visit each day over the next week to vote. Thank you so much for your support. 

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Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
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2020 Kre8tors July Blog Hop Color Challenge

Welcome to the 2020 Kre8tors July Blog Hop and this month we have a wonderful color challenge to share with you. Our theme this month is Tropical Nights and the colors for this challenge are Basic Black, Basic Gray, Rococo Rose, Night of Navy and So Saffron. We have been challenged to use at least one of these colors to create our project. I am so excited to see what this talented group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators creates this month. 

For my card, I chose to use all the colors to create this clean and simple design. This card features the Painted Poppies Bundle (item #153827) for the main design and I used the sentiment from the Butterfly Gala stamp set (item #148580). 

 To create this card design, I started with a Basic Gray cardstock card base and added a layer of Whisper White cardstock for the focal layer. I stamped the poppies from the Painted Poppies stamp set, towards the center of the cardstock, using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them using So Saffron and Rococo Rose Stampin' Blends Markers.

 I wanted to create a soft water color look for the background, so I used the Night of Navy Watercolor pencil from the Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 (item #149014) to lightly color around the poppies to create a soft background. I then used a Blender Pen and smoothed out the pencil marks to create a subtle background. 

To create the border, I attached a 1" x 5 1/4" strip of Basic Gray Designer Series Paper from the Neutrals 6"x6" Designer Series Paper pack (item #152485) to the left side of the Whisper White cardstock layer. I added a piece of Silver 3/8" Metallic Edge Ribbon (item #144213) along the side of the designer series paper strip. I attached the card front to the card base with adhesive.

To complete the card design, I heat embossed the sentiment from the Butterfly Gala stamp set onto Basic Black cardstock with White Embossing Powder. I die cut the sentiment using one of the labels from the Painted Labels Dies and attached it to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. For a touch of bling, I added two small Basic Rhinestones to finish off the card design.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that my card design helps inspire you to explore using these wonderful colors in your creative projects. There are so many great options with Stampin' Up!'s amazing coordinating products to spark your creativity. 

Now it's time to visit Sandra's blog and see what she has created with this color challenge. Just click the Next button below 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 what you enjoyed about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop. 

Roll Call List

Melissa Tennison (USA)

Tricia Butts

Sandra Roberts (UK)

Nicole Mahler

Libby Fens

Tracie St-Louis - Ottawa, Canada

Jo Blackman

Su Mohr

Annette Elias - De kijkkast - NL

Jacqui Lawrence UK

Susan Simpson

Annette Ball - Canada

Ximena Morales

Cheryl Taylor(UK)

Jan Musselman - USA

Laura Mackie (UK)

Michelle Bryant

Janey Backer (USA)

Sharon Dalton

Ann Krucek - USA

Anastasia Radloff

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Tricia Butts
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Welcome to April's ICS Blog Hop with our theme this month being It's a Spring Thing! We are celebrating the new season with our wonderful Spring themed projects to help inspire you. I hope that you enjoy what we have to share with you this month.

 Today I have paired the amazing Butterfly Gala Bundle (item #150599) with the beautiful Gingham Gala 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #148554) to create this pretty Spring card. I just love how they work together.

 I chose to use Highland Heather cardstock for the card base and added 3 strips measuring 1" x5 1/4" and attached them to the front of the card. I chose to use the large gingham pattern but you could easily use the smaller design on the reverse if you prefer. 

For the focal image, I stamped the sentiment from the Butterfly Gala stamp set onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock die cut with the Rectangle Stitched Framelits dies (item #148551) with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and layered this piece onto a piece of Highland Heather cardstock that I die cut with one of the larger rectangle dies. 

The butterflies were stamped onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and I colored them using Lemon Lime Twist and Melon Mambo Classic inks and the Melon Mambo Stampin' Write Marker for detail on the smaller butterflies. For a touch of bling, I added Basic Rhinestones to the bodies of the butterflies to finish off the card design. 

The beauty of creating this card design with these products is that you can recreate this card in any of the beautiful colors featured in the Gingham Gala 6"x6" Designer Series Paper. I will warn you though, that this paper pack and the Butterfly Gala Bundle are extremely popular, so you should place your order soon to get them before the disappear. If you live in the U.S. and do not already have a demonstrator, I would be happy to help you with your creative projects.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to create your own Spring projects. Now it's time to visit Candy's blog and see what she has to share this month. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog. I hope that you enjoy the rest of our blog hop today.

Candy

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Tricia Butts

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