The Joy Of Sets December Blog Hop Christmas

Welcome to The Joy Of Sets December Blog Hop with our theme of Christmas Music. This will be our last Joy Of Sets Blog Hop and I am sad to say goodbye, but I hope that you will enjoy all our wonderful projects that we have to share. You will have an opportunity to visit with talented paper crafters as they share their ideas inspired by their favorite Christmas music.

My Christmas music inspiration is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer as it is a family favorite and I have wonderful memories of my children singing this song at school concerts for the holidays. The sweet little reindeer image in the Warm & Toasty stamp set was perfect for my card design and I combined it with the beautiful Cherry Cobbler and White striped paper from the Classic Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper and the Wonder of The Season Ribbon Combo Pack. I love the combination of Cherry Cobbler, Shaded Spruce and Whisper White with just a touch of Gold to step up the design. The whimsical feel of this card reflects the fun theme of the song and the feeling of happiness spending time with family during the holidays. 

Products Used:

Warm & Toasty stamp set

Curvy Christmas stamp set

Classic Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper

Layering Ovals Dies

Stitched So Sweetly Dies

Wonder Of The Season Ribbon Combo Pack

Cherry Cobbler Cardstock

Shaded Spruce Cardstock

Whisper White Cardstock 

Gold Embossing Powder

Basic Rhinestone Jewels

Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Cinnamon Cider Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Measurements:

Cherry Cobbler Cardstock Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" 

(Scored at 4 1/4")

Shaded Spruce Cardstock Layer - 5 1/4" x 4"

Classic Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper Layer - 5" x 3 3/4"

Shaded Spruce Cardstock - for scalloped oval die cut 

and sentiment die cut

Whisper White Cardstock - for oval die cut

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that my card design inspires you to explore your own favorite Christmas music to create your own wonderful projects. 

Now it's time to visit Libby's blog and see what she has to share with us and what Christmas music she chose to inspire her project. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List to find your way. 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 our last blog hop.  

December 2020 Blog Roll

Angie McKenzie

Annette Ball

Narelle Fasulo

Pia Gerhardt

Tricia Butts

Libby Fens

Fiona Whitehead

Susan Webster

JoAnn Pollock

Gez Carpenter

Mo Rootes

Jill Chapman

Ilise van Vliet

Sue Allen

Brenda Nelson

Allie Gomez

Linda A. Moore

It has been a pleasure to be a part of this wonderful blog hop and I want to say a big thank you to Fiona Whitehead and Angie McKenzie for all their hard work and the time they have invested to make this blog hop a success. I have enjoyed hopping with all these wonderful ladies and being inspired by their beautiful projects. While I am saying goodbye to The Joy Of Sets Blog Hop, I will be taking part in a new and exciting blog hop beginning in the New Year and I hope you will join us for more inspiration and fun ideas. Thank you for being a part of this wonderful creative journey. 

Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
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GSF September Blog Hop Fancy Fold

Welcome to the GSF September Blog Hop as we showcase Fancy Fold card designs to help inspire you. You will be visiting with talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world as they share their amazing projects and ideas using current Stampin' Up! products. 

 Today I decided to try creating a Double Easel Card and I was inspired by a design created by fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, Lyssa Zwolanek. Her card design had a Fall theme but I decided to create a fun and frosty Christmas card using products from the new August-December 2020 Mini Catalog. I love the non-traditional colors in the Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper (item #153512) and I created my color combination from the colors used in this paper pack. To decorate this fancy fold card design, I chose to use the Warm & Toasty stamp set (item #152615) and the Snowflake Wishes stamp set (item #153444) to create this wonderful Winter themed Christmas card. 

 Products Used:
Warm & Toasty stamp set (item #152615)
Snowflake Wishes stamp set (item #153444)
Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper (item #153512)
In The Woods Die Set (item #151809)
Misty Moonlight cardstock (item #153081)
Balmy Blue cardstock (item #146982)
Highland Heather cardstock (item #146986)
Thick Whisper White cardstock (item #140272)
Whisper White cardstock (item #100730)
Stampin' Blends Markers - Balmy Blue Combo, Highland Heather Combo, Seaside Spray Light
Color Lifter (item #144608)
Basic Rhinestones (item #144220)
Seal Adhesive (item #152813)

 Measurements:
Card base - 4 1/4" x 11" Misty Moonlight cardstock 
(scored at 5 1/2")
Layer 1 - 4" x 9 3/4" Thick Whisper White cardstock 
(scored at 2 1/4" & 4 1/2")
Designer Series Paper - 1 piece  5" x 3 3/4", 2 pieces 2" x 3 3/4"
Stamping layers - Whisper White cardstock 2 pieces 2 1/4" x 4"
Matte layers - 1 Balmy Blue cardstock 1 piece 2 1/2" x 4 1/4" 
                       1 Highland Heather cardstock 
                       1 piece 2 1/2" x 4 1/4" 
Inside layer - Whisper White cardstock 5 1/4" x 4"

This card design is very simple to create. The background piece for the front panel was sponged using Sponge Daubers and Balmy Blue and Highland Heather Classic Ink Pads. The snow layers in the background were die cut with a die from the In The Woods Die set. I fussy cut the skating polar bear and colored both bears using Stampin' Blends Markers and softened the coloring around the edges of the bears with the Color Lifter. The combination of both stamp sets gave me a wider range of sentiments and snowflake images to decorate my card. This is such a fun design and I love this color combination. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that you enjoy my card design and I hope it inspires you to try creating your own Fancy Fold card. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore and this fold is great for creating cards for special occasions. 

Now it's time to visit Jan's blog and see what wonderful Fancy Fold design she has to share with us. Just click on the Next button below or use the Roll Call List to find your way. 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.

Blog Hop Roll Call

1. Amanda Farlinger

2. Jenn Curtis Charles

3. Libby Dyson

4. Tricia Butts

5. Jan Musselman

6. Rachel Macleod

7. Lisa Ann Bernard

8. Kimberley Anne Morris

9. Marieke Bart

10. Barbara Welch

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 place your order via my Online Store and have it shipped directly to you. 

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Tricia Butts
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3D Paper Trimmer July Blog Hop Christmas In July

It's time to hop along with the 3D Paper Trimmer July Blog Hop as we showcase this month's theme, Christmas In July, creating projects with our Paper Trimmer. You will be visiting with talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world as they share their beautiful ideas and projects. 

 For my Christmas In July card design, I chose to use the new Warm & Toasty stamp set (item #152615) from the new August-December 2020 Mini Catalog, to create this fun Easel design. I paired the images in this stamp set with the Old Olive and Real Red Designer Series Paper from the Regals 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #153073) to create a festive feeling to my card design.

 I was inspired by an Easel card design created by Ronda Wade for her Creating For Christ Facebook group and tweaked the measurements to create my own design. To start with I used Thick Whisper White cardstock to create the card base. I cut at 1 1/2" from each end of the front of the card base, along the 5 1/2" side, up to the fold in the card base. This will create three separate pieces to the front of the card. I then scored the middle section at 2 1/8" and burnished the score line with my Bone Folder to create a mountain fold. 

To decorate the side strips, I cut two pieces of Real Red Designer Series Paper at 2 3/8" x 4 1/8" and attached them to the strips with adhesive. I also cut two pieces of Old Olive Designer Series Paper at 2 3/8' X 2" and attached them to the two sections of the middle strip, above and below the score line. I adhered the two side strips down to the bottom of the Whisper White card base with adhesive. 

For the focal design, I stamped the reindeer image from the Warm & Toasty stamp set using Early Espresso Classic ink onto a scrap of Thick Whisper White cardstock and colored the image with Stampin' Blends Markers. I fussy cut out the image and attached it to an Old Olive cardstock oval die cut using the Layering Ovals dies (item #151771) and layered it onto a slightly larger Real Red scalloped oval die cut using the same die set, using Stampin' Dimensionals. 

I created the smaller sentiment label using the Lovely Labels Pick A Punch (item #152883) with Whisper White and Real Red cardstock and heat embossed the sentiment with Gold embossing powder. I attached it to the bottom of the center panel with Stampin' Dimensionals and then added the oval focal image above it, attaching it to the lower half of the center panel with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals. Using two small Gilded Gems, I embellished the sentiment label. 

For the other sentiment, I used the Layering Ovals Dies with Old Olive and Whisper White cardstock and heat embossed the sentiment with Gold embossing powder. I attached it to the card base with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals so that it props up the easel portion of the card. I love this cute card design and how it lies flat to make it easy to mail. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that my sweet easel Christmas card will help inspire you to get an early start on your own Christmas designs. The new August-December 2020 Mini Catalog is full of wonderful products to help you with your Holiday creations. 

Now it's time to visit Jo's Blog and see what wonderful project she has to share with us. 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. 

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Tricia Butts
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