Technique Tuesday October Blog Hop Punches

It's time to get out the punches and have some fun with the October Technique Tuesday Blog Hop. Punches are so versatile and they are a great way to step up your projects. Our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to get creative with your punches and see what you can creative with them. 

One of my favorite suites in the new September-December 2023 Mini Catalog is the Beary Christmas Suite Collection. I love that the Beary Cute Bundle has a punch and coordinating stamp set, plus the punch also coordinates with several of the designs in the Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper. So of course, I had to use this suite to create my card design today. In addition to the Beary Cute Punch, I also used the Decorative Circle Punch for the background for the bear and the star punch from the Inked & Tiled Punch Pack to create the decorative ends for the sentiment label. This is such an easy card to create and I love how the designer series paper sets the scene for this holiday card. 

Products Used:

Beary Cute Bundle (item #162023)

Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper (item #162015)

Inked & Tiled Punch Pack (item #161167)

Decorative Circle Punch (item #159174)

Balmy Blue Cardstock (146982)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins (item #162029)

Balmy Blue 3/8" Sparkle Ribbon (item #162030)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Balmy Blue Cardstock

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

Decorative Circle punched out with the Decorative Circle Punch

Sentiment Label - 7/8" x 4" Ends punched with the star punch from the Inked & Tiled Punch Pack

Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper

Card Front = 5 1/4" x 4"

Bear with sweater punched out with the Beary Cute Punch

This pretty Christmas card is easy to assemble and needs just a few simple supplies. I chose the designer series paper for the background and attached a piece of Balmy Blue Sparkle Ribbon around the top of the card front, attaching it to the back. I then attached the card front to the Balmy Blue card base. I punched out the bear from one of the designs of the Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper and attached it to the Balmy Blue decorative circle with Stampin' Dimensionals and then attached it to the bottom right corner of the card front. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image with White embossing powder onto the Balmy Blue cardstock strip and then used the star punch from the Inked & Tiled Punch Pack to create the decorative ends. I attached the sentiment label to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals, centering it over the top of the ribbon. To complete the card design, I added two of the small, clear Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins to the sentiment label. I love how this card design turned out and how each one of the punches I used help to create the finished design.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help spark your creativity and inspire you to explore the many wonderful ways you can create with punches. There are so many possibilities to help you combine different punches to create your projects.

Please take the time to visit the other Design Team members to see their wonderful projects by clicking on links in the Roll Call List below. We would appreciate it if you would let us how our projects inspired you. I hope that 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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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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ICS June Blog Hop Punch A Bunch

It's time to hop along with the ICS June Blog Hop as we showcase the wonderful punches in the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog and Online Exclusives products. There are so many wonderful options to choose from to help you get creative. Our talented Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help spark your creativity to help you create your own beautiful projects.

For my card design, I decided to use the Inked & Tiled Bundle which has two geometric shaped punches. I must admit, when I first saw this bundle in the catalog, I wasn't sure what to make of it. Then I started seeing other Demonstrators show how the two punch shapes interlocked and my brain went into overdrive. I had so much fun creating this pretty floral card design and working on the "puzzle pieces" to create the design. The floral images and sentiments in the coordinating stamp set are wonderful and I am officially a fan of the Inked & Tiled Bundle. I hope you will be too. 

Products Used:

Inked & Tiled Bundle (item #161168)

Stylish Shapes Dies (item #159183)

Lost Lagoon Cardstock (item #133679)

Pretty Peacock Cardstock (item #150880)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Lost Lagoon Classic Ink Pad (item #161678)

Petal Pink Classic Ink Pad (item #147108)

Calypso Coral Classic Ink Pad (item #147101)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Festive Pearls (item #159963)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Lost Lagoon Cardstock

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

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4" stamped with the leaves image using Lost Lagoon Classic ink and punched out 6 with the X Punch

Pretty Peacock Cardstock

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

Sentiment Label die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4" stamped with the floral images and punched out 6 with the Star Punch

The focus of the card design is the interlocking pieces that create an almost quilted look for the background. I stamped the leaves onto a Lost Lagoon card front with Lost Lagoon Classic ink and then punched out 6 of the X style punch. For the alternate pieces, I stamped a Basic White card front with the different floral images using Petal Pink, Calypso Coral and Lost Lagoon and then punched out 6 of the star style punch. I arranged the pieces onto the Pretty Peacock cardstock piece and adhered them so that there was a gap between each of the pieces. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image with Gold embossing powder onto the Pretty Peacock label and attached it to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals towards the bottom right corner. I attached the card front to the Lost Lagoon card base with Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up. To finish off the card design, I added two small Gold pearls from the Festive Pearls, on either side of the sentiment. I love the watercolor look that the stamped images creates on the cardstock to create a soft and pretty design. This was a fun design to create and I can't wait to experiment more with these punches. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design has inspired you to explore the wonderful world of punches and all the options they have to offer. 

Now it's time to visit Joni's blog and see what she has to share with us. Just click on the Next button to visit her blog to see her wonderful projects. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you think 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
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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