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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Demonstrator Training February Blog Hop Thank You

Welcome to the Demonstrator Training February Blog Hop as we showcase Thank You and Congratulations cards to help inspire you. Our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas using current Stampin' Up! products to help spark your creativity.

For my card design today, I thought I would use the new Thoughtful Expressions Bundle to create a pretty Thank You card. I chose to use the embossing folder from the Softly Sophisticated Bundle, which is a Level 2 Sale-a-bration Reward you can earn free with a qualifying $100 order. I love the delicate detail and texture this embossing folder adds to the background. The beautiful floral image is just one of the wonderful designs in the Thoughtful Expressions stamp set and I love the variety of layering shapes in the Thoughtful Expressions Dies. The sentiment is from the Go To Greetings stamp set, one of my favorite sentiment stamp sets because it has a wonderful range of sentiments in different sizes and fonts that works well for a variety of occasions.

Products Used:

Thoughtful Expressions Bundle (item #162822)

Softly Sophisticated Bundle (item #162947) Sale-a-bration Level 2 Reward

Go To Greetings stamp set (item #158763)

Crumb Cake Cardstock (item #120953)

Moody Mauve Cardstock (item #161723)

Very Vanilla Cardstock (item #101650)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Moody Mauve Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #161660)

Bubble Bath Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #161675)

Lost Lagoon Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #161680)

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154883)

Sheer Ribbon Combo Pack (item #161635)

Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins (item #160387)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Crumb Cake Cardstock

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

Label die cut with the Thoughtful Expressions Dies

Very Vanilla Cardstock 

Floral image stamped and die cut with the Thoughtful Expressions Dies

Focal Layer die cut with the Thoughtful Expressions Dies

Sentiment Label die cut with the Thoughtful Expressions Dies

Moody Mauve Cardstock

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

This pretty card design is all about the layers to add depth and dimension to the design. I stamped the floral design onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored in the image using Stampin' Blends Markers before die cutting it out with the coordinating die. I layered it onto a Very Vanilla cardstock label die cut with the Thoughtful Expressions Dies, using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up. I then added it to the slightly larger Crumb Cake label die cut with same dies. The card front has been embossed with the Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder and attached to the Crumb Cake card base. I added a piece of the Bubble Bath Sheer Ribbon behind the Crumb Cake label in a zig zag and then attached the label to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals, towards the left side. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image from the Go To Greetings stamp set with Gold embossing powder onto a Very Vanilla cardstock label and attached it to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. To finish off the design, I added several Gold Sequins for a touch of bling. I love the soft and pretty look of this card design and how well these colors work together.

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 Thank You cards to send to family and friends. There are so many wonderful options to explore. The Softly Sophisticated Bundle is just one of the amazing Sale-a-bration products you can earn free with a qualifying order. Remember that Sale-a-bration ends February 29th, so make to place your order soon to avoid missing out. 

Please take a moment to visit with my fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world as they share their projects to help inspire you. Just click on the links in the Roll Call List to visit their blogs. We would 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
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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