Crafty Challenge March Blog Hop Color Challenge

 It's time to start off a new week with the Crafty Challenge March Blog Hop. This month we have a Color Challenge using the following colors: Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Berry Burst, Crushed Curry and Garden Green. Our Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to create your own beautiful projects using these pretty colors which are perfect for Spring. 

When I saw the colors for this month's color challenge, I was drawn to the cup image in the Everyday Details Bundle. I thought it would be perfect for coloring with Watercolor Pencils and luckily most of the challenge colors are available in the two sets of Watercolor Pencils that Stampin' Up! offers. I found this beautiful striped pattern in the Les Shoppes Designer Series Paper which made the perfect background for my card design and features Flirty Flamingo and Calypso Coral with Basic White to create an almost wallpaper background. I loved the sentiment and coordinating dies from the Thoughtful Expressions Bundle and they added just the right balance to this card design. 

Products Used:

Everyday Details Bundle (item #162865)

Thoughtful Expressions Bundle (item #162822)

Stylish Shapes Dies (item #159183)

Les Shoppes Designer Series Paper (item #161322)

Calypso Coral Cardstock (item #122925)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Berry Burst Classic Ink Pad (item #147143)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Blender Pens (item #102845)

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 1 (item #161700)

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 (item #149014)

Gold & Silver 1/8" Trim Combo Pack (item #161633)

Festive Pearls (item #159963)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Calypso Coral Cardstock 

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

Large Circle die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies 

Matte Sentiment Label die cut with the Thoughtful Expressions Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Detailed Circle die cut with the Everyday Details Dies

Sentiment Label die cut with the Thoughtful Expressions Dies

Les Shoppes Designer Series Paper 

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4" 

For this card, I wanted to keep the design clean and simple with the main focus being the combination of Flirty Flamingo and Calypso Coral with accents using the other colors to color the cup image. I used a Blender Pen to add a touch of Berry Burst Classic ink to color the flower and add shadows to the base of the cup and the inside rim. I also used the Blender Pen to gently smooth out the coloring using the Watercolor Pencils to add a softer look. I die cut the image out the one of the detailed circle dies from the Everyday Details Dies and layered it onto a larger Calypso Coral circle that I die cut out with the Stylish Shapes Dies. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image with Gold embossing powder and die cut it out with the coordinating die from the Thoughtful Expressions Dies before layering it onto a slightly larger label die cut from Calypso Coral cardstock using the same set of dies. To help step up the design, I added two pieces of ribbon around the bottom of the designer series paper card front and attached them to the back before adding it to the card base. I attached both the focal circle and the sentiment label to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop them up. To complete the design, I added several of the Gold Pearls to decorate the sentiment label and the center of the flower. The finished card is a wonderful combination of all five colors to create a lovely clean and simple design. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. Hope that my card design will help provide you with fresh ideas to use these beautiful colors to create your own wonderful projects. Whether you choose to use just a couple, or all five of them together, the possibilities are endless.

Please take a moment to journey along our blog hop and see all the other wonderful projects being shared this month. 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 like 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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Kylie Bertucci's August Monthly International Blog Highlights

Welcome to Kylie Bertucci's August Monthly International Blog Highlights as we share projects and ideas with the theme "Thank You". Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world are taking part in this wonderful blog hop and I hope you will take the time to visit their blogs and be inspired by their amazing projects.

My card design today features the Les Shoppes Designer Series Paper to create a masculine Thank You card design. At first glance, you wouldn't think that this designer series paper would be an obvious choice for this style of card. As I looked through the various patterns, I came across a geometric pattern in shades of gray that I thought would be perfect. I paired it with the Stylish Shapes Dies and Nested Essentials Dies to continue the geometric design for my card and used neutral colors for my color palette. I used Copper embossing powder to help step up the design and I love the finished design.

Products Used:

Layering Leaves stamp set (item #161277)

Stylish Shapes Dies (item #159183)

Nested Essentials Dies (item #161597)

Les Shoppes Designer Series Paper (item #161322)

Basic Gray Cardstock (item #121044)

Basic Black Cardstock (item #121045)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Copper Clay 3/8" Textured Ribbon (item #161629)

2023-2025 In Color Dots (item #161620)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Basic Gray Cardstock

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

Basic Black Cardstock

Card Front - 5" x 3 3/4"

Sentiment Label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies

Les Shoppes Designer Series Paper

6 Squares die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

To create this card design, I die cut six squares using the second smallest square die from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I arranged them so that the patterns were pointing in random directions to create more interest and then adhered them to the Basic Black card front, leaving a space down the center. I added a piece of Copper Clay Textured Ribbon across the center of the card front to add a pop of color. The sentiment was created by heat embossing the image with Copper embossing powder onto the Basic Black label. I love the shape created using the Nested Essentials Dies and the sentiment from the Layering Leaves stamp set fit perfectly. I added the sentiment label to the center of the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals, over the Copper Clay Ribbon. Using Stampin' Dimensionals, I adhered the card front to the Basic Gray card base to add dimension to the design. To complete the design, I added several Copper Clay Dots to the card front.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will inspire you to create your own beautiful cards to send to family and friends. Thank you cards are a wonderful way to show the people in our life how much we appreciate them.

Please take the time to vote for my card design as part of this month's International Blog Highlights. Simply click the Vote button below and click on the heart for my card design (#17) to vote for my card. You can vote for up to 5 cards each day over the next week, so please share the love with my fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrators. We would also 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

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
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