Tricia's Stamping Creations: Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper

Thursday, April 1, 2021

We Create April Blog Hop The Animal Kingdom

Welcome to the We Create April Blog Hop as we showcase projects with the theme "Animal Kingdom". I love animals and love creating projects featuring animals, so I am so excited about this month's theme. You will love the amazing projects that our fabulous Stampin' Up! Demonstrators have to share with you.

One of my favorite animal stamp sets from the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog is the Wildly Happy stamp set (item #149408). I just love the beautiful images and the fonts for the sentiments that help you to create wonderful baby cards. Today I paired the foxes image with one of the designs from the Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper (item #152492) to create this organic card design. This card would work well for either a boy or girl or as a way to congratulate a couple who have just announced they are pregnant and don't know the gender of the baby.

Products Used:

Wildly Happy stamp set (item #149408) Retiring

Layering Ovals Dies (item #151771) Retiring

Classic Label Punch (item #141491) Retiring

Subtles 3 D Embossing Folder (item #151775) Retiring

Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper (item #152492) Retiring

Shaded Spruce Cardstock (item #146981)

Soft Sea Foam Cardstock (item #146988))

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Shaded Spruce Classic Ink Pad (item #147088)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

White Embossing Powder (item #109132)

Cajun Craze Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154879)

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154893)

Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154902)

Basic Rhinestone Jewels (item #144220)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Shaded Spruce Cardstock

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

Matte Layer - 3 1/4" x 5 1/4"

Scalloped Ovals die cut with Layering Ovals Dies

Sentiment Label punched with the Classic Label Punch

Soft Sea Foam Cardstock

Background Layer - 5 1/4" x 4" Embossed with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder

Basic White Cardstock

Ovals die cut with Layering Ovals Dies

This card is simple to create and is really all about layers. The different layers of paper and color help to add texture and dimension to the design without adding a lot of bulk. I combined the Cajun Craze and Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers to create areas of light and shade when coloring the stamped image. I used the Light Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Marker to add a shadow around the foxes. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the For You image onto a scrap of Shaded Spruce cardstock and used the Classic Label Punch to punch it out. I layered it onto the oval sentiment and I love the contrast between the Basic White and Shaded Spruce labels. As you may have noticed, I used a lot of products that are retiring from the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog to create this card design. So many of these products are favorites of mine and I love using them to create my card designs and I will be sorry to see them go.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hop that my card design will help inspire you to explore this wonderful theme and all the amazing animals products that Stampin' Up! has to offer. I love the way that Stampin' Up!'s products coordinate to help create beautiful cards without the stress.

Now it's time to visit Jeanna's wonderful blog to see what she has to share with us this month. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop. Please 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. Remember to take advantage of the Last Chance Product Sale and stock up on your favorite retiring products before they disappear.

Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

ICS August Blog Hop Punch Me Out

It's time to join the ICS August Blog Hop as we showcase punches with this month's Punch Me Out theme. You will be visiting with Stampin' Up! Demonstrators as they share their creative ideas and projects using punches to help inspire you.

One of my favorite things about punches, is being able to create beautiful sentiment labels quickly and simply. For my card today, I paired the Everyday Label Punch (item #144668) with the Label Me Fancy Punch (item #151297) to create a a lovely sentiment label to compliment my design. I love the way these two versatile punches layer together and they can both be found in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog.

I really love this technique for creating triangles with designer series paper to create a fun background design, so I decided to try it with the lovely Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper (item #152492). I started with Shaded Spruce cardstock for the card base and added a layer of Whisper White cardstock for the background to the designer series paper.

For the designer series paper layer, I cut a 5" x 3 3/4" piece of Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper and cut it diagonally from corner to corner in both directions to create four triangles. I flipped two of the opposite triangles to create the pattern for the card design and adhered them to the Whisper White cardstock layer.

To create the sentiment label, I punched out one label with the Label Me Fancy Punch from Whisper White cardstock and another label from Shaded Spruce cardstock with the Everyday Label cardstock. I heat embossed the sentiment from the Seaside Notions stamp set (item #149278) onto the Whisper White label with Gold Embossing Powder and attached the label to the Shaded Spruce label to frame it. I added the label to the center of the card design with Stampin' Dimensionals and embellished it with Basic Rhinestones for a touch of bling. I love how this simple sentiment label design adds an elegant touch to this card design.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that my card design will help you to explore the world of punches and all the wonderful ways you can create with them. There are so many great options to try.

Now it's time to visit Charmane's wonderful blog and see what she has to share with us this month. Just click 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 enjoyed about our projects. I hope that you enjoy our blog hop.

If you live in the U.S. and do not already 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 at your convenience and have it shipped directly to you.