Global Stamping Friends April Blog Hop A Fond Farewell

It's April, which means it's time to say a Fond Farewell to our favorite retiring products with the Global Stamping Friends April Blog Hop. Our small but mighty Design Team will help you prepare to say goodbye to the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog and January-April 2024 Mini Catalog and inspire you to get creative with products you may have missed. 

Today I decided to showcase some of my favorite retiring products from the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog that you may have forgotten about. I chose to use one of the designs from the beautiful Masterfully Made Designer Series Paper to create the background for my card design and paired it with the retiring Sending Dies and coordinating Sending Smiles stamp set for the sentiments. I love the way that Berry Burst and Blackberry Bliss look together to create this pretty birthday card. I added a touch of bling with the retiring Iridescent Rhinestones, which I am sad to see go, as they are one of my favorite embellishments. 

Products Used: 

Sending Smiles stamp set (item #158701) Retiring

Sending Dies (item #161597) Retiring

Nested Essentials Dies (item #161597)

Masterfully Made Designer Series Paper (item #161192) Retiring

Blackberry Bliss Cardstock (item #133675)

Berry Burst Cardstock (item #144243)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555) Retiring

Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels (item #158130) Retiring

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals (item #144108)

Measurements:

Black Berry Bliss Cardstock 

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

Large Sentiment Label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies

Small Sentiment Label die cut with the Sending Dies

Berry Burst Cardstock

Detailed Sending Sentiment die cut with the Sending Dies

Masterfully Made Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

This beautiful clean and simple card is all about the designer series paper background. I love the look of the torn paper strips that add wonderful texture and detail. I wanted the sentiment labels to really pop against the background, so I chose to use Blackberry Bliss for the large and small labels to coordinate with the card base. I die cut the detailed Sending sentiment using the Sending Dies from Berry Burst cardstock and I heat embossed the sentiment on the smaller sentiment label with Silver embossing powder to make it pop. (Note that while the Metallics embossing powders are listed as retiring, they will return in a new configuration in the new catalog and with a new item number due to a change in manufacturer.) To finish off the card design, I added Iridescent Rhinestones for a touch of bling. This pretty birthday card is a great example of how you can mix and match retiring products to create beautiful projects. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to give the retiring catalogs a second look and check all the amazing products we are saying goodbye to. You never know what you might find that you just can't live without. Remember that all retiring products are available only while supplies last until April 30th. 

Now it's time to visit Kimberley's blog and see what she has created this month. Just click on the link 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. I hope you enjoy our little blog hop.

Roll Call List

Kimberley Morris

Tricia Butts

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

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Tricia Butts
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Around The World On Wednesday January Blog Hop Sketch Challenge

Welcome to the Around the World January Blog Hop as we start off the New Year with a Sketch Challenge. Our amazing Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help spark your creativity for 2024. With the launch of the new January-April 2024 Mini Catalog and 2024 Sale-a-bration Catalog, there are so many possibilities to explore.

With today's sketch, I decided to create several different layers to create the look I wanted for my finished card design. I chose to use the beautiful Stippled Roses stamp set from the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog and paired it with the coordinating Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper that you can earn free during Sale-a-bration with a qualifying order. 

When I first saw the Stippled Roses stamp set, I thought it would be perfect for creating a vintage style card design. I chose to use Gold embossing powder for the focal image and the sentiment to give that worn, antique feeling. The beautiful designs in the Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper also fit with this theme, I cut two card fronts from the same sheet and then cut them both in half diagonally (in the same direction). I then flipped one of the pieces from one card front to match up with the opposite side of the other card front, to give the two design background. (This actually gives you enough to create two complete card fronts with this design.) I realized after I had cut the designer series paper that my diagonal was going in the opposite direction than the sketch, so I just flipped the sketch so that the banner and bow would be on the opposite side to the sketch. In the end, I think I like how it worked out better with the mistake. 

Products Used:

Stippled Roses stamp set (item #162657)

Nested Essentials Dies (item #161697)

Sending Dies (item #159271)

Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper (item #162975)

Pebbled Path Cardstock (item #161722)

Gray Granite Cardstock (item #146983)

Petal Pink Classic Ink Pad (item #147108)

Soft Sea Foam Classic Ink Pad (item #147102)

Gray Granite Classic Ink Pad (item #147118)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

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

Small Blending Brushes (item #160518)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Mini Glue Dots (item #103683)

Measurements:

Pebbled Path Cardstock

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

Banner die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies 

Sentiment Label die cut with the Sending Dies

Gray Granite Cardstock

Focal Layer - 4 1/2" x 3 1/4"

Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper 

2 pieces - 5 1/4" x 4" both cut diagonally (one half flipped over to line up with the other half)

It's difficult to photograph this card design because the Gold embossing catches the light and makes it hard to see all the detail. For the main focal panel, I heat embossed the large roses image onto the Granite Gray cardstock and then added soft color to the center of the roses with Petal Pink Classic ink and Soft Sea Foam Classic ink to the leaves, using the Small Blending Brushes. I wanted the edges of the panel to appear worn and aged, so I added Gray Granite Classic ink around the edges of the panel with a Small Blending Brush. For the background layer, I attached the pieces of designer series paper to the Pebbled Path card base, leaving a small gap between the diagonal seam to allow the Pebbled Path cardstock to show through. I attached the focal panel to the center of the card base with Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up and add dimension to the design. I die cut a banner from Pebbled Path cardstock using the Nested Essentials Dies and added it to the right side of the focal panel, attaching it with Stampin' Dimensionals along the top edge to the card base. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image with Gold embossing powder onto Pebbled Path cardstock and then die cut it with the long thin sentiment die from the Sending Dies set. I attached the sentiment to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals along the bottom of the focal image towards the right side. To complete the card design, I tied a small bow with the Gold 1/8" Trim and attached it to the banner with Mini Glue Dots. I love how this card turned out and I think it is a good interpretation of this month's sketch.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to give this Sketch Challenge a try and see what you can create. It's a wonderful way to help spark your creativity and step outside your comfort zone using products you already own. Just think of all the creative possibilities to explore. 

Now it's time to visit Theresa's blog to see what she has created with this month's Sketch Challenge. Just click on the Next button to visit her blog or use the Roll Call list to find your way along our blog hop. 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

Ximena Morales - DE

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Mikaela Titheridge - UK

Tina Zinck-MacDonald - CA

Annette Ball - CA

Angie McKenzie - US

Kelly Taranto - US

Shel Anderson - CA

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert - US

Chris Smith - US

Tricia Butts - US

Theresa McEntee - US

Bree Renwick - US

Cheryl Hamilton - US

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Until Next Time

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Tricia Butts
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We Create August Blog Hop Let's Recycle

Welcome to the We Create August Blog Hop and this month our theme is "Let's Recycle". Our Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you. There are so many options to explore and ways to recycle things around us to create fun projects. 

For my card design today, I chose to use the scraps and strips of cardstock I had left over from cards I have made over the past couple of months. Each month I create cards for blog hops as well as card swaps and challenges, so I accumulate quite a lot of thin strips of cardstock when I cut card fronts and layers for my designs. I also had some flower die cuts and circles that I have kept in a bag that were from a swap that I participated in. Rather than throwing away these scraps and left over pieces, I like to recycle them and use them to create strip cards. This card design features strips of approx. 1/4" wide in colors of Misty Moonlight, Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon and Moody Mauve that I had left over from cutting card fronts. The focal design was created using left over die cuts created using the Sending Smiles stamp set and coordinating Sending Dies along with a Basic White 2 3/8" Circle Punch from a swap. I love how these scraps combined to create a beautiful new card design instead of ending up in the trash. 

Products Used:

Layering Leaves stamp set (item #161277)

Sending Smiles stamp set (item #158701)

Sending Dies (item #159271)

2 3/8" Circle Punch (item #161354)

Lost Lagoon Cardstock (item #133679)

Misty Moonlight Cardstock (item #153081)

Pretty Peacock Cardstock (item #150880)

Moody Mauve Cardstock (item #161723)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Lost Lagoon Classic Ink Pad (item #161678)

Boho Blue Classic Ink Pad (item #161650)

Daffodil Delight Classic Ink Pad (item #147094)

Tinsel Gems Three Pack (item #161624)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Lost Lagoon Cardstock

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

1/4" Strips for card front

Pretty Peacock Cardstock

1/4" Strips for card front

Misty Moonlight Cardstock

1/4" Strips for card front 

Moody Mauve Cardstock

1/2" Strips for card front

Basic White Cardstock

Layer 1 - 4 1/4" x 4"

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4" trimmed to 5" x 3 3/4" once strips are adhered to card front

Circle punched out with the 2 3/8" Circle Punch

Flowers stamped and die cut (left over from previous card design)

This design was a fun experiment with different colored strips to create a colorful background for my card. I started by arranging the strips on my Basic White cardstock card front until I was happy with the order of colors. I chose colors from my stash of cardstock strips that I thought would work well together but would have a variety of contrasts. Once I was happy with the order, I adhered the strips to the card front, leaving a small amount of white space between the strips to add to the design. Once I had finished creating the card front design, I trimmed it to the finished size of 5" x 3 3/4" and then adhered it to another piece of Basic White cardstock measuring 5 1/4" x 4" to create a clean white border around the edge of the card front. I then attached these layers to the Lost Lagoon card base with Stampin' Dimensionals. For the focal design, I stamped the sentiment from the Layering Leaves stamp set using Lost Lagoon Classic ink and attached the circle to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. The flowers that I chose to use were left over from a card swap I created recently and I chose to use two of them to decorate the sentiment circle. The flowers were stamped using Boho Blue and Daffodil Delight Classic inks using the Sending Flowers stamp set and they have been die cut with the coordinating Sending Dies. I attached the flowers, one at the top left and the other towards the bottom right of the circle. To complete the design, I added several Misty Moonlight Gems from the Tinsel Gems Three Pack to add a touch of bling. The wonderful thing about creating strip cards with left overs from your cards, is that each card will have a unique design and feel to it. It's a fun and creative way to recycle your left over supplies to create beautiful cards.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to recycle your scraps of cardstock to create your own beautiful projects. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore and each card design can be a unique work of art to share with family and friends. 

Now it's time to visit Cheryl's blog and see what she has created. Just click on the Next button below to visit her blog. 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
Kimberley Morris
Tricia Butts
Cheryl Curtis

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Tricia Butts
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We Create May Blog Hop May Flowers

Let's celebrate the beginning of a new month with the We Create May Blog Hop, as we showcase the theme, "May Flowers". Our wonderful Design Team members will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to create your own beautiful floral cards to celebrate Spring. 

For my card design today, I wanted to create a pretty birthday card using the Sending Smiles stamp set and coordinating Sending Dies. I also wanted to showcase some of the new and returning colors that will be in the new 2023-2024 Annual Catalog to create my design. Misty Moonlight is one of my favorite colors and I am so happy it is returning, along with Lost Lagoon, another returning favorite. I paired them with the new 2023-2025 In Color, Boho Blue, which is perfect for Spring flowers and looks beautiful with Daffodil Delight. This card design would look beautiful with so many different color combinations and I can't wait to explore more color combinations. 

Products Used:

Sending Smiles stamp set (item #158701)

Sending Dies (item #159271)

Misty Moonlight Cardstock (item #153081)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Boho Blue Classic Ink Pad (item #161650)

Lost Lagoon Classic Ink Pad (item #161678)

Daffodil Delight Classic Ink Pad (item #147094)

Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo (item #153108)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels (item #158987)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Misty Moonlight Cardstock

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

Thin Sending Sentiment die cut with the Sending Dies

Sentiment Label die cut with the Sending Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Card Front die cut with the Scalloped Contours Dies

Outline Sending Sentiment Layer die cut with the Sending Dies

3 Flowers stamped and die cut with the Sending Dies

This clean and simple card design is simple to create with the Sending Smiles stamp set and coordinating Sending Dies. I love that I can stamp the flowers and die cut them out and the Sending Sentiment layers beautifully to add a simply Wow factor to your card design. I love how the Misty Moonlight card base frames the focal design and makes it pop. I stamped the leaves and stems with Lost Lagoon Classic ink onto the Scalloped Rectangle layer and added the Boho Blue die cut flowers with Stampin' Dimensionals to give them some dimension. I attached the Sending die cut sentiment with Stampin' Dimensionals to the card front and added the heat embossed sentiment to the card front. To embellish the card, I added two small Iridescent Pearls to the sentiment label and colored one of the small pearls with the Dark Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Marker to create the dot for the "i" in Sending. This is such a simple card to create and has a lovely fresh Spring feel to it. I love this color combination of Misty Moonlight, Boho Blue, Lost Lagoon and Daffodil Delight and look forward to using these colors together more in the future. 

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 floral cards to send to friends and family. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore. 

Now it's time to visit Kimberley's blog and see what she has created to share with us. Just click the Next button to visit her blog. 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
Kimberley Morris
Tanya Harvey

 Tricia Butts

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

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Tricia Butts
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We Create April Blog Hop April Showers

Welcome to the We Create April Blog Hop as we celebrate Spring with our April Showers theme. Our wonderful Design Team members will be sharing their projects and ideas to help get you excited about creating projects for Spring.

For my Spring themed card, I decided to use the beautiful Awash In Beauty Designer Series Paper, which is sadly retiring soon. The designs in this paper pack are perfect for Spring cards of all occasions and make wonderful clean and simple designs. I wanted to showcase this pretty paper as much as possible, so I chose to keep the embellishments to a minimum and chose a smaller sentiment that wouldn't overwhelm the design of the card. I love how this card gives the feeling of having a glimpse into a lovely garden full of colorful flowers. 

Products Used:

Happiness Abounds stamp set (item #159238) Retiring

Sending Dies (item #159271)

Awash In Beauty Designer Series Paper (item #158973) Retiring

Merry Merlot Cardstock (item #146979) Retiring 

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush (item #141897)

2021-2023 In Color Opal Rounds (item #159185) Retiring

Brushed Brass Butterflies (item #158136) Retiring

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals (item #144108)

Measurements:

Merry Merlot Cardstock 

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

Sentiment Label die cut with the Sending Dies

Awash In Beauty Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

To create this card design, I chose to use Merry Merlot for the card base, as I really liked the way it made the floral design pop. I added the layer of designer series paper to the card front and colored the flowers with Clear Wink of Stella to add a touch of sparkle. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image from the Happiness Abounds stamp set with Gold embossing powder onto the Merry Merlot sentiment label. This wonderful stamp set is retiring and I will miss the wide range of sentiments and the beautiful fonts that make it a great every day stamp set. I added the sentiment to the card front with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals towards the bottom right side. To finish off the card design, I added several Polished Pink Opal Rounds and several Brushed Brass Butterflies. This card layout would work well for a variety of occasions and there are so many beautiful designs in the Awash In Beauty Designer Series Paper that would make pretty cards to send to friends and family. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to create your own Spring projects and explore the wonderful possibilities available. Remember that retiring products are available while supplies last, so place your order soon to avoid disappointment. 

Now it's time to visit Tanya'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. I hope you enjoy 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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