Around The World On Wednesday September Blog Hop It's A Wonderful Day In The Neighborhood

Welcome to the Around The World On Wednesday September Blog Hop as we explore our favorite places in the world around us. Whether it is a special place in our local neighborhood or a favorite place we have visited, we will be sharing projects and ideas to reflect our connections with these locations. 

It's so hard to pick just one favorite from all the places I have visited, so in the end I decided to focus on one of my favorite places in the state of Colorado - the Rocky Mountains. There is something so peaceful and soothing about the mountains, no matter the season. For my card design, I created the look of the mountains as they are now, getting ready to change from Summer to Fall. For my design, I chose to use Mountain Air and Grassy Grove stamp sets and I added some texture with the new Leaf Fall 3D Embossing Folder. Do you love the leaf label? It is a new product in the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog and is perfect for the changing seasons. This card design would work well for a variety of occasions and would make a beautiful masculine card design. 

Products Used:

Grassy Grove stamp set (item #157836)

Mountain Air stamp set (item #151610)

Leaf Fall 3D Embossing Folder (item #159847)

Thick Very Vanilla Cardstock (item #144237)

Very Vanilla Cardstock (item #101650)

Crumb Cake Cardstock (item #120953)

Evening Evergreen Classic Ink Pad (item #155576)

Mossy Meadow Classic Ink Pad (item #147111)

Soft Suede Classic Ink Pad (item #147115)

Crumb Cake Classic Ink Pad (item #147116)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Linen Thread (item #104199)

Leaf Label & Amber Gem Combo Pack (item #159969)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Thick Very Vanilla Cardstock

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

Crumb Cake Cardstock

Layer 1 - 5 1/4" x 4"

Very Vanilla Cardstock

Card Front - 5" x 3 3/4"

This beautiful scenic card design was created by layering stamp images from the Mountain Air stamp set for the mountains and the Grassy Grove stamp set for the trees and foreground foliage. The combination of greens and browns add depth and dimension to the design to create a late Summer/ early Fall landscape that reminds me of the Rocky Mountains. For the sentiment, I used one of the Leaf Labels and heat embossed the sentiment with Copper embossing powder. I also used several of the amber gems to embellish it and add a warm glow to the card design. The background layer was embossed with the Leaf Fall 3D embossing folder after stamping to add texture to the card. The Linen Thread on the left side of the card front completes the design and adds a rustic feel to it. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore this wonderful theme to create your own beautiful projects. There is so much inspiration around us that we can use to jump start our creativity. 

Now it's time to visit Teri's wonderful blog and see what beautiful projects she has created with this month's theme. Just click on the Next button below to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List to find your way. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop. 

Roll Call List

Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Danielle Kassing - NL

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Mikaela Titheridge - UK

Angie McKenzie - US

Wendy Lee - US

Chris Smith - US

Tricia Butts - US

Teri West - US

Cheryl Hamilton - US

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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3D Paper Trimmer August Blog Hop Vacation

Today we are hopping along with the 3D Paper Trimmer August Blog Hop and this month our theme is vacation. You will be visiting with talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world as they share their ideas and projects to help inspire you. 

 One of our favorite places to go on vacation is the Rocky Mountains. Living in Colorado, we are so lucky that we can be there in an hour and enjoy the beautiful scenery, fresh air and enjoy the great outdoors. This year we have not been able to visit our favorite spots due to the pandemic and just recently the terrible wildfires that are burning in several areas of our wonderful mountains. So I thought I would share this fun fold card design as a reminder that one day we will be able to return and again enjoy these majestic mountains. 

 Products Used: (can be located in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog)
Mountain Air Bundle (item #153820) Save 10%
includes the Mountain Air stamp set (item #151610) and 
coordinating Majestic Mountains Dies (item #151608)
Stitched So Sweetly Dies (item #151690)
Beautiful Moments stamp set (item #151677)
2019-2021 In Color 6"x6" Designer Series Paper - Pretty Peacock
Braided Linen Trim (item #147808)

Measurements:
Night of Navy cardstock card base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
- Score at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4"
Pretty Peacock Woodgrain Designer Series Paper
- 1 7/8" x 5 1/4" and 2 1/8" x 5 1/4"
Very Vanilla cardstock layer (inside)
- 5 1/4" x 4"

This simple Z Fold is easy to assemble and fun to create. The focal layer was created using the Stitched So Sweetly Dies and I stamped the images from the Mountain Air stamp set using Night of Navy, Sahara Sand and Pretty Peacock Classic ink pads. The sky was sponged using Sponge Daubers and Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo and Calypso Coral Classic ink pads. I added the grass to the bottom of the design using a Blender Pen and Pear Pizzazz Classic ink pad. The sentiment is from the Beautiful Moments stamp set and was heat embossed using Gold Embossing Powder onto a label die cut from Very Vanilla cardstock using a die from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. The detailed tree image was die cut from Night of Navy cardstock using a die from the Majestic Mountains dies and attached to the left side of the focal image with adhesive. This card would be great for a masculine card and works for a variety of occasions. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that my card design inspires you to explore creating your own beautiful projects with this fun theme. There are so many wonderful products available from Stampin' Up! to help you unlock your creativity. 

Now it's time to visit Jo's wonderful blog and see what she has created for 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 you enjoy the rest of 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 and have it shipped directly to you. 

Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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