Tricia's Stamping Creations: Country Lane Designer Series Paper

Thursday, November 1, 2018

We Create Gratitude Blog Hop

Welcome to the We Create Gratitude Blog Hop as we celebrate being thankful for the people in our lives. We have Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all over the world, sharing their wonderful ideas and projects to help inspire you. You may have just visited Anastasia's blog or perhaps you are starting your journey with me. I hope that you will enjoy the projects we have to share with you.

My card design is a Fall themed card featuring the Country Lane Designer Series Paper (item #147804) from the 2018 Holiday Catalog and I have combined it with the wonderful leaf thinlets from the Seasonal Layers Thinlets dies (item #143751) in the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog.

I created the card base from Cajun Craze cardstock and added a layer of Early Espresso cardstock as a matte for the layer of Country Lane Designer Series Paper. The design on this paper reminds me of Indian Corn and I just love the way the shades of Crushed Curry worked with these colors.

To create the leaf element, I die cut the solid leaf from Cajun Craze cardstock and layered the detailed leaf die cut from Copper Foil on top. I heat embossed the sentiment from the Painted Harvest stamp set (item #144783) with Copper embossing powder onto a strip of Crushed Curry cardstock and layered it onto a strip of Early Espresso cardstock. To embellish the sentiment panel, I used the 1/4" Copper Trim to wrap around the panel and added a small bow to the stem of the leaf.

This card design would be perfect as a Thanksgiving card or just as a way to show someone that you appreciate them. The design works well as a masculine card and you could change the sentiment to use it for a variety of other occasions.

I hope that you have enjoyed my card design and I hope that it inspires you to create your own cards of gratitude to share with the people you love. It's amazing the difference a simple card can make it someone's life. Now it's time to visit Julie's blog and see what she has to share with us this month. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog. I hope that you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

Julie

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Tricia Butts
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Friday, September 14, 2018

SBTD September Blog Hop Fall Florals

It's time to hop with the SBTD (Stampers By The Dozen) Blog Hop and this month our theme is Fall Florals. Now that September is here, we begin to see the leaves change color as Fall approaches and the flowers change from bright summery colors to warm, rich Autumn tones. I hope that you will be inspired by the projects in this blog hop and be encouraged to create your own Fall projects.

My card today does not feature what you would think of as traditional Fall colors. I chose to use Blackberry Bliss and Mint Macaron for my card design, colors from the Country Lane Designer Series Paper pack (item #147804) in the new 2018 Holiday Catalog. I just love the way these two colors look together. The card base was created from Blackberry Bliss cardstock and I added a layer of Mint Macaron cardstock that I embossed with the Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (item #143706) to add a touch of texture.

Next I added a piece of one of the papers from the Country Lane Designer Series Paper cut to 3"x4" and attached it to the Mint Macaron layer. I embossed a 1"x4 1/4" strip of Blackberry Bliss cardstock with the Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Folder and attached a piece of 3/16" Braided Linen Trim to the strip. I then attached this strip to the card front, covering the seam line.

For the sentiment, I punched out a circle from Whisper White cardstock with the 2" Circle Punch. Using the floral image from the Country Home stamp set (item #147678) I inked up the image with Mint Macaron Classic ink and stamped off once on a scrap of paper before stamping the image onto the circle. I then stamped the sentiment with Blackberry Bliss Classic ink over the top of the floral image, centering it in the circle. I layered the Whisper White circle onto a Blackberry Bliss cardstock circle punched with the 2 1/4" Circle Punch and attached it to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. To finish off the card, I colored three small Basic Pearls with the Dark Blackberry Bliss Stampin' Blends Marker (item #147910) and attached them to the sentiment.

This clean and simple card design can be recreated using any of the beautiful paper designs in the Country Lane Designer Series Paper pack along with the coordinating cardstock to create beautiful Fall cards. You could create a variety of designs as a gift set for someone special.

Thank you for visiting my blog today. I hope you have enjoyed my card and I hope it helps inspire you to create your own Fall cards. Now it's time to visit Courtenay's blog and see what she has to share this month. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List to find your way.