Tricia's Stamping Creations: Springtime Impressions Thinlets dies

Friday, July 20, 2018

SBTD July Blog Hop Card Re-Do

It's time to hop with the SBTD Blog Hop for July and this month we have been challenged to re do one of our earlier card designs. You may have just visited Susan's blog or perhaps you are starting your journey with me. I hope that you will enjoy our projects and help you to see that everything old can be new again with a make over.

It was an interesting journey down memory lane and the card that I chose to remake is one of my earliest cards that I made as a new demonstrator with Stampin' Up! I had attended a card class with my Upline and we created this card and I loved it so much that I created my own version for a card class. As you can see, this card featured pastels and a lot of these colors no longer are in Stampin' Up!'s current color families.

For my remake, I chose colors that were more vibrant and I added a touch of gold to my design. I chose Night of Navy cardstock for my card base and added a layer of Mango Melody cardstock. For my designer series paper, I used the Garden Impressions 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #146289) and chose to contrasting patterns and attached them to the Mango Melody cardstock with Snail adhesive. I used the Gold 3/8" Metallic Edge Ribbon (item #144146) around the middle of this layer, hiding the seam line.

The stamp set I chose is Abstract Impressions (item #147513) and I stamped the flowers using So Saffron Classic ink and the leaves with Soft Sea Foam Classic ink onto a piece of So Saffron cardstock. The sentiment has been heat embossed with Gold embossing powder. I die cut the flower die from the Springtime Impressions Thinlets dies (item #146326) from Gold Foil and then fussy cut out a solid flower from Night of Navy cardstock by tracing around the small flower die and then layered them together and attached them to the corner with a Mini Stampin' Dimensional. To add a touch of bling, I added Basic Rhinestones to the center of the stamped flowers and the die cut flower. Then I layered it onto a piece of Mango Melody cardstock.

To put it all together, I used Stampin' Dimensionals to attach the layers and add dimension to the card design. I really love the new color combination and it was fun to take an old card design from my past and give it a fresh new look.

I love the Garden Impressions Suite with it's amazing products and the Garden Impressions Designer Series Paper coordinates beautifully with the Abstract Impressions Bundle (item #148348, when you order the Abstract Impressions stamp set and Springtime Impressions Thinlets dies together as a bundle you can save 10%).

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today and I hope that you have enjoyed my project. Now it's time to visit Lyndsay's blog and see what she has to share with us this month. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog or you can use the Blog Hop Roll Call list below if you get lost along the way. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. Your feedback is appreciated.

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Tricia Butts
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Saturday, May 26, 2018

Ink & Share Blog Hop New Catalog Sneak Peek

Welcome to May's Ink & Share Blog Hop and this month we are featuring New Catalog Sneak Peeks from the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog that launches June 1st. You may have just visited Lisa's wonderful blog or perhaps you are starting your journey here with me. I hope that you will enjoy the projects that we share today and help you get excited about this amazing new catalog.

There is so much to love in the new 2018-2019 Annual Catalog and I chose to feature the gorgeous butterfly die cut from the new Springtime Impressions Thinlets dies combined with two of the fabulous new 2018-2020 In Colors. I also chose to use the Love What You Do stamp set that you can order now as part of the Share What You Love Bundles special promotion.

I chose Grapefruit Grove cardstock for the card base and I added a layer of Very Vanilla cardstock to stamp my design. The intricate butterfly was cut from Grapefruit Grove cardstock and I added a touch of Clear Wink of Stella to make it shimmer.

I stamped the sentiment and the floral from the Love What You Do stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and stamped the large background stamp in Pineapple Punch Classic ink to create the background behind the butterfly. I stamped the smaller background stamp in Grapefruit Grove Classic ink to add color to the flowers for a watercolor look. To decorate the butterfly, I added Basic Rhinestones for a little bling.

To finish off the card I added a border around the Very Vanilla cardstock using the fine tip of a Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker. This was a fun card design to create and I can't wait to try using the other new In Colors with this design. Did you know that you can order the new 2018-2020 In Color Bundle (item #147153) as an early release? It's a great way to experiment with these wonderful new colors and you can save 10% when you purchase

the bundle.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today and I hope you will try out the new In Colors with your projects. Now it's time to visit Sandra's blog and see what she has to share with us this month. Please click the Next button below to visit her blog or use the Blog Hop Roll Call List below if you get lost.