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Friday, December 1, 2023

Global Stamping Friends December Blog Hop The Card's In The Mail

Welcome to the Global Stamping Friends December Blog Hop and this month it's all about getting those cards in the mail. As cardmakers, we all love making cards, but we aren't always the best and sending them out to the people we care about. Our small but mighty Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to not only create your own beautiful cards, but to also mail them out to family and friends.

This time of year, it can be easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and sometimes we forget to check in with the people in our lives who may be struggling. For some people, the holidays are a time of loneliness and remembering those they have lost. So I thought I would share a clean and simple card design featuring the beautiful Meandering Meadows 6"x6" Designer Series Paper, that you can create to send to people to let them know that you care and that they are not alone. I love the impressionistic feeling of the designs in this pretty paper pack and I chose one that gave me a feeling of peace and serenity. I paired it with Thick Basic White Cardstock for the card base to try and create the look of the cards you often see in the Art Museum gift shops with reprints of famous art designs. A simple sentiment has been embossed with Gold to step up the design but not overwhelm it. This way, the person receiving it could display it on their mantle or shelf as a reminder that they are loved.

Products Used:

Very Best Occasions stamp set (item #159871)

Double Oval Punch (item #154242)

Meandering Meadows 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #162735)

Thick Basic White Cardstock (item #159229)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Festive Pearls (item #159963)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Thick Basic White Cardstock

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

Basic White Cardstock

Oval Sentiment Label punched out with the Double Oval Punch

Meandering Meadows Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

This beautiful clean and simple card design is easy to duplicate with any of the designs in this paper pack. The secret to getting the best card front is to look at the design and determine if it works best as a portrait or landscape card front. Once you have decided that, you can then cut the card front accordingly to 5 1/4" x 4 to suit the orientation you have chosen. You could choose to heat emboss your sentiment directly onto the card front before attaching it to the card base to simplify the design even further. I chose instead to heat emboss the image with Gold embossing powder onto a scrap of Basic White cardstock and punched it out with the Double Oval Punch. I attached it to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up and then added some Gold Festive Pearls to finish off the design. I love the feeling of peace this card design gives me when I look at it and I hope that the person receiving it will feel that too.

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 cards and send them out to the people you love. It's a wonderful thing to send happy mail to people to help brighten their day. The Meandering Meadows 6"x6" Designer Series Paper is one of new products just recently added to the Online Exclusives and is available to order from my Online Store.

Now it's time to visit Kimberley's blog and see what she has to share with us this month. Just click on the Next button to visit her blog. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you like about our projects. I hope you enjoy our blog hop.

Roll Call List

Kimberley Anne Morris

Jan Musselman

Tricia Butts

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Tricia Butts
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We Create December Blog Hop Merry Wishes

Let's start the month of December off with some Merry Wishes. This month the We Create Blog Hop will be sharing projects with the theme "Merry Wishes" to help you with your last minute holiday projects. I hope that you will inspired to get creative for the holiday season.

Today's Christmas card is another version of the Book Binding Fold I shared here last weekend. This time I chose more traditional Christmas colors, including the Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper. I love the watercolor look of this beautiful paper and I chose to use Shaded Spruce for the card base and sentiment circle with a touch of Gold embossing. The ribbon is the Real Red & Gold Dotted Ribbon that is available from the Online Exclusives while supplies last. I thought it added a wonderful festive touch.

Products Used:

Very Best Occasions stamp set (item #159871)

Joy of Noel stamp set (item #161959)

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

Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper (item #161958)

Shaded Spruce Cardstock (item #146981)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallic Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Festive Pearls (item #159963)

Real Red & Gold 3/8" Dotted Ribbon (item #162353)

Tear & Tape Adhesive (item #154031)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Shaded Spruce Cardstock

Card Base - 4 1/4" x 11" (Scored at 5 1/2" & 6 3/4")

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

Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper

Front Panel - 4"x4"

Side Strip - 1" x 4"

Basic White Cardstock

Inside Layer - 4"x4"

I love how using different paper designs can transform a card into something completely differently. For this card design, I used the red and green print for the card front and the reverse wood grain side for the side panel. I love the botanical feel of these designs and how they looked with Shaded Spruce. To step up the design, I heat embossed the sentiment with Gold embossing to add a touch of elegance and the Real Red & Gold Dotted Ribbon adds a wonderful pop of color and texture to the design. For a touch of bling, I used the Red Festive Pearls to create the holly berries on the sentiment.

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 Christmas cards to send to family and friends to celebrate the season. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore.

Now it's time to visit Libby's blog and see what she has to share with us. Just click on the Next button below to see her wonderful ideas. 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 the rest of our blog hop.

Roll Call List

Kimberley Anne Morris

Tricia Butts

Libby Fens

Until Next Time

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Tricia Butts
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Sunday, November 26, 2023

Share It Sunday November Blog Hop

Welcome to the Share It Sunday November Blog Hop as we share what projects we have been creating. Our Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas and hopefully you will see something that will inspire you to get creative and play with paper, stamps and ink to create your own wonderful projects.

Lately I have been working on Christmas cards and projects for the holidays. I recently had my first in person card class at my studio and we had so much fun creating the card I am going to share with you today. I love sharing how to create simple fun fold designs and this Book Binding Fun Fold is easy to create and has so many wonderful options for decorating to personalize it for any occasion. I chose to use the beautiful Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper as a pretty non-traditional color option for Christmas.

Products Used:

Very Best Occasions stamp set (item #159871)

Joy Of Noel stamp set (item #161959)

Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper (item #162133)

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

Blueberry Bushel Cardstock (item #146968)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Blueberry Bushel Classic Ink Pad (item #147138)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

White 1/2" Iridescent Ribbon (item #161955)

Festive Pearls (item #159963)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Blueberry Bushel Cardstock

Card Base - 4 1/4" x 11" (Scored at 5 1/2" & 6 3/4")

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

Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 4"x4"

Side Panel - 1" x 4"

Basic White Cardstock

Inside Panel - 4"x4"

The Book Binding Fun Fold is simple to create and is a wonderful way to step up your cards. I chose to use one of the designs from the Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper and used both sides to decorate the front panels. For the side strip, I used the Blueberry Bushel design and for the main panel, I chose the pretty print that coordinates perfectly. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image with White embossing powder onto Blueberry Bushel cardstock and punched out with the 2 3/8" Circle Punch. To create the "spine" of the book fold, I added 2 strips of Tear & Tape Adhesive on either side of the narrow panel of the card base and then added a piece of Iridescent Ribbon and tied a knot on the front. I then removed the backing from the adhesive strips and adhered it down to create the binding for the card design. For the inside panel, I stamped the small berry branch twice and colored the berries with Blueberry Bushel Classic ink using a Blender Pen. To finish off the design, I added Silver Festive Pearls for a touch of bling.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my pretty fun fold design will help spark your creativity and inspire you to create your own beautiful Christmas cards. There are so many wonderful options to explore in the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog.

Please take a moment to visit with the other Design Team members and view their wonderful projects, by clicking on the links in the Roll Call List below. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you enjoyed about our projects.

Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
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Sunday, November 19, 2023

Stamptastic Friends November Blog Hop CASE A Stamptastic Friend

Welcome to the Stamptastic Friends November Blog Hop and this month we are CASEing a Stamptastic Friend. In case you are not familiar with the term CASE, it stands for Copy And Share Everything or Copy And Selectively Edit, and it's a wonderful way to spark your creativity. Our Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas inspired by one our fellow Stamptastic friends that will hopefully help inspire you to give it a try.

For my card design, I decided to CASE my friend, Ginny Harrell, and create a beautiful Winter themed card design based on the card she created in this blog post here.

I love the simple layout of this beautiful card design and thought it would be perfect for the idea that I had in mind. My favorite color is blue, so I had fun picking out two blues that I thought would look perfect together for my design. To CASE Ginny's card, I chose to use the layout, textured background and emboss resist technique to create my card. I hope you enjoy what I came up with for my CASE.

Products Used:

Beary Cute stamp set (item #162016)

Very Best Occasions stamp set (item #159871)

Chic Dies (item #158815)

Nested Essentials Dies (item #161597)

Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder (item #162026)

Azure Afternoon Cardstock (item #161719)

Blueberry Bushel Cardstock (item #146968)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Azure Afternoon Classic Ink Pad (item #161663)

Blueberry Bushel Classic Ink Pad (item #147138)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

White 1/2" Iridescent Ribbon (item #161955)

Basic Rhinestone Jewels (item #144220)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Blueberry Bushel Cardstock

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

Strip - 2" x 5 1/4"

Sentiment Label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies

Azure Afternoon Cardstock

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4" Embossed with the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder

Basic White Cardstock

Strip 1 - 1 3/4" x 5 1/4"

Strip 2 - 1 1/2" x 5 1/4" Emboss resist with the Beary Cute stamp set

Snowflakes die cut with the Chic Dies

I had so much fun CASEing Ginny's beautiful card design and chose a Winter Wonderland theme for my card. When I think of Winter, I think of snowy days and pretty snowflakes. For the background of my card front, I chose the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder to add some subtle detailed texture to the design. I love heat embossing, so I had to recreate the emboss resist technique that Ginny used to creat my focal panel. I chose the snowflake images from the Beary Cute stamp set and heat embossed them with Clear embossing powder. Using a Blending Brush, I applied Azure Afternoon and Blueberry Bushel Classic inks to help bring out the detail in the embossed snowflakes to make them pop. I layered the focal panel onto a layer of Basic White cardstock and then attached it to the strip of Blueberry Bushel cardstock to frame the main design. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image from the Very Best Occasions stamp set onto a Blueberry Bushel label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies. I added a piece of the pretty White Iridescent Ribbon to the back of the sentiment label to help step up the design and added three snowflakes that I die cut with the Chic Dies to complete the card. For a touch of bling, I added some Basic Rhinestone Jewels to the centers of the snowflakes. I love how this card design turned out and I hope I did justice to Ginny's beautiful card. It was the perfect inspiration.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to try CASEing as a way to get creative and try something new. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore.

Please take a moment to visit with my fellow Stamptastic Friends and see who they have chosen to CASE and how their projects turned out. Just click on the links in the Roll Call List to journey along our blog hop. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you enjoyed about our projects.

Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
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Saturday, November 18, 2023

Stamping Inkspirations November Blog Hop Color Challenge

It's time to hop along with the Stamping Inkspirations November Blog Hop and this month we have a fun color challenge to share. Our Design Team has been challenged to use 3-5 colors from the image below to create our project. The colors for this Color Challenge are Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake and Azure Afternoon. I am excited to see what projects and ideas everyone has to share this month.

For my card design, I chose to use all the colors to create a cute and fun birthday card featuring the new Furriest Friends Bundle from the Online Exclusives. I just love all the adorable animal images and today I decided to use the cute bear for my card. I paired it with the Azure Afternoon Striped Designer Series Paper pattern from the Brights 6"x6" Designer Series Paper pack. For the coloring, I pulled out my Watercolor pencils to give the bear and soft, fluffy look.

Products Used:

Fluffiest Friends Bundle (item #162850)

Very Best Occasions stamp set (item #159871)

Deckled Circles Dies (item #162286)

Double Oval Punch (item #154242)

Brights 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #161643)

Crumb Cake Cardstock (item #120953)

Granny Apple Green Cardstock (item #146990)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 1 (item #161700)

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 (item #149014)

Blender Pens (item #102845)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Crumb Cake Cardstock

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

Basic White Cardstock

Medium Circle die cut with the Deckled Circles Dies

Bear image stamped and die cut with the Fluffiest Friends Bundle

Sentiment Label punched out with the Double Oval Punch

Granny Apple Green Cardstock

Grass die cut with the Fluffiest Friends Dies

Scalloped Oval punched out with the Double Oval Punch

Azure Afternoon Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x4"

This cute card was so much fun to create and I love how the colors from this color challenge worked together to create a bright and cheerful design. I chose to use Crumb Cake for my card base to help ground the design. I love the Azure Afternoon diagonal striped designer series paper for the background, which gave the feeling of blue skies in the background. I added a Deckled Circle in the bottom left corner and trimmed the edges flush with the card front. I added a piece of Granny Apple Green grass that I die cut with the Fluffiest Friends Dies to add some texture to the design. For the bear, I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the bear using the Early Espresso Watercolor pencil to give his fur a more realistic look. I colored the honey pot with the Granny Apple Green Watercolor Pencil and the honey with the Crushed Curry Watercolor Pencil. I carefully blended the colored areas using a Blender Pen to help smooth out the pencil lines and give the image a watercolor look. I attached the bear to the corner using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop him up. For the sentiment, I stamped the Happy Birthday image from the Very Best Occasions stamp set, using Tuxedo Black ink onto Basic White cardstock and punched it out using the Double Oval Punch. I layered it onto a Granny Apple Green scalloped oval that I punched out using the Double Oval Punch and then added it to the top right corner with Stampin' Dimensionals. I decided not to add any bling to this card design, choosing to keep it clean and simple.

Now it's time to visit Mo's blog and see what she has to share with us. Just click on the Next button below to find your way or use the Roll Call List. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you enjoyed about our projects.