Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge Week 42 - Gorgeous Grape

In case you were wondering what happened to Week 42 of the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge, never fear, it is here at last. My husband had to have shoulder replacement surgery last Thursday and getting into a new routine with after surgery care has meant that my creative schedule was thrown into chaos. While my project did go live as part of the Insta Hop last Friday as scheduled, I wasn't able to get it posted to my blog until now. I hope that you will love what I came up with and that it was worth the wait.

Gorgeous Grape is such a beautiful purple and I wanted to create something out of the box that would showcase its versatility. So I decided to create a fun Halloween themed card design to get into the spirit of the season. For this spooky design, I chose to use the Playful Ghosts stamp set from the Online Exclusives and paired it with the sentiment and background image from the Potions & Spells stamp set. I just love the background pattern created using one of the Gorgeous Grape designs from the Regals 6"x 6" Designer Series Paper. To color in my cute little Vampire ghosty, I used Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen. Isn't he just adorable?

Products Used:

Playful Ghosts stamp set (item #164366)

Potions & Spells stamp set (item #164355)

Nested Essentials Dies (item #161597)

Regals 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #163774)

Gorgeous Grape Cardstock (item #146987)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Wow Embossing Powders (item #165679)

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 1 (item #161700)

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 (item #149014)

Blender Pens (item #102845)

Glossy Dots Assortment (item #158827)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Gorgeous Grape Cardstock'

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

Sentiment Label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Ghost image stamped and fussy cut with Paper Snips

Gorgeous Grape Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

Halloween cards are so much fun to create and I love the variety of images available in the Playful Ghosts stamp set. The cute little Vampire ghost caught my eye and I thought he would be perfect for my card design. I chose to use Watercolor Pencils for something a little different and I love using this coloring medium as an alternative to Stampin' Blends Markers, which are my usual go-to favorite coloring tool. Using a Blender Pen helps smooth out the pencil lines created and gives me the ability to add light and dark shades of the Gorgeous Grape sections. For the background, I chose to use one of the Gorgeous Grape designs and I love the texture it adds to this card design. It makes me think of old fashioned wallpaper that you might find in a spooky old house. For the sentiment label, I used one of the dies from the Nested Essentials Dies and heat embossed the sentiment and background image with Basic White embossing powder to help make them pop. To finish off the card design, I added several Gorgeous Grape Glossy Dots for a touch of bling. I just love how this Halloween card turned out and I can't wait to try some of the other images to create different variations of this design. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore using Gorgeous Grape in your future creative projects. This beautiful purple is so versatile and so much fun to create with.

Please take the time to visit Week 42's Monochromatic Insta Hop to see all the amazing projects featuring Gorgeous Grape. There are so many inspiring ideas to choose from. Just click here to get started. We would love 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
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Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge Week 35 - Basic Gray

Welcome to Week 35 of the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge as we showcase Basic Gray from the Neutrals Collections. This wonderful dark Gray is so versatile and I had so much fun creating my card to showcase this beautiful gray.

For my card, I chose to create a sweet design that would help brighten someone's day. I chose to use the Hearts & Hugs Bundle and paired it with the Everyday Details Dies to create a fun clean and simple card. I used one of the designs from the Neutrals 6"x6" Designer Series Paper to add texture and detail to the background. For the focal image, I used Watercolor Pencils to add soft color and used a Blender Pen to smooth out the pencil lines. The Flirty Flamingo hearts add a wonderful pop of color.

Products Used:

Hearts & Hugs Bundle (item #163667)

Everyday Details Dies (item #162864)

Neutrals 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #163773)

Basic Gray Cardstock (item #121044)

Flirty Flamingo Cardstock (item #141416)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Basic Gray Classic Ink Pad (item #149165)

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 1 (item #161700)

Blender Pens (item #102845)

Iridescent Pearls Basic Jewels (item #158987)

Measurements:

Basic Gray Cardstock 

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

Basic White Cardstock

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

Large Circle die cut with the Everyday Details Dies 

Basic Gray Designer Series Paper

3 strips - 1/4" x 4"

Flirty Flamingo Cardstock

2 small hearts die cut with the Hearts & Hugs Dies

I love creating clean and simple card designs using designer series paper. For this card design, I chose to use one of the designs from the Neutrals 6"x6" Designer Series Paper to created a striped background. I adhered the three strips of designer series paper to the Basic White card front, making sure to space them evenly. For the focal design, I stamped the sentiment and focal image using Basic Gray Classic ink onto the Basic White detailed circle die cut with the Everyday Details Dies. I colored the image using Watercolor Pencils - Basic Gray for the body and Calypso Coral for the ears, nose, hands and feet. Using a Blender Pen I smoothed out the pencil lines to give the image a softer look. I attached the circle to the center of the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up. To complete the card design, I added several Iridescent Pearls and three of the Flirty Flamingo hearts that I die cut out with the Hearts & Hugs Dies. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design helps you to see the versatility of Basic Gray and encourages you to explore using it in your future projects. There are so many options available to help spark your creativity.

Please take the time to visit this week's Monochromatic Insta Hop to see all the amazing projects showcasing Basic Gray. Just click here to get started. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you will join us next week to see what color we will be creating with in week 36.

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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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. 

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Tricia Butts
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Stamping Inkspirations March Blog Hop Technique Challenge - Etching

Welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations March Blog Hop and this month we have a Technique Challenge to share with you. We will be sharing projects created using the Etching technique to help inspire you. Our Design Team is looking forward to showing you all the wonderful possibilities using this technique.

I must admit, I had not heard of this technique before this month's challenge, so I was a little nervous about how to approach using this technique. I was fortunate enough to watch this video on You Tube by Debbie Yeomans that shared how to use this technique using line images. When I looked through the stamp sets that I had, I couldn't find an image that I thought would work well for this technique, so I instead chose to use one of the beautiful images from the Nature's Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper as my focal design. This beautiful paper can be found in the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog and it is part of the Nature's Sweetness Suite Collection. I also used the Notes of Nature stamp set, which is also part of this suite, to add the sentiment and detail with Gold embossing. I love the simple elegance created using this technique with Watercolor Pencils and the way it adds a touch of color to the design. I have discovered that Etching is a lot of fun and can be very relaxing and therapeutic. I hope my card design will help inspire you to give it a try. 

Products Used:

Notes of Nature stamp set (item #162630)

Nature's Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper (item #162616)

Pecan Pie Cardstock (item #161717)

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 1 (item #161700)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Festive Pearls (item #159963)

Measurements:

Pecan Pie Cardstock

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

Nature's Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper 

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

This beautiful card design has a simple elegance to it and once you learn the basics to this technique, you will find that there are so many wonderful ways to use it to create your projects. Etching is a way to add texture and in this case color as well, using small lines to the image. I wanted to add color to the focal image and I love that this technique gave me the ability to a hint of color using Watercolor Pencils to add the etched lines. For the leaves, I chose to use Old Olive, the the seed pods I chose to use Pecan Pie and for the small blossoms I chose to use Daffodil Delight. As you can see, this small lines give the different elements of the image depth and dimension and help them to come alive. I didn't want to overpower the simplicity of this design, so I chose to heat emboss the sentiment with Gold embossing powder towards the bottom right of the card front and then added some Gold splatter detail that I also heat embossed. The stamp images from the Notes of Nature stamp set coordinated perfectly with this image to help me complete the design. I layered the card front onto a Pecan Pie card base and added Gold Pearls to the center of the flowers to finish off the design. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will inspire you to try this wonderful technique. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore to create your own beautiful projects. Etching is a great way to add texture, depth and dimension to your designs and even a hint of color if you choose. As I have discovered, there really is no right or wrong way to do this technique. Just have fun and enjoy the experience. 

Now it's time to visit Leonie's blog and see what she has created with this month's technique challenge. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List to find your way. 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

Angie McKenzie  ●  Jan Musselman

Tricia Butts  ●  Leonie Stuart   ●   Mo Rootes

Karen Henderson  ●  Aurélie Fabre  ●  Rebecca-Jo Unwin

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Tricia Butts
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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.

Angie McKenzie  ●  Leonie Stuart

Tricia Butts   ●   Mo Rootes

Aurélie Fabre  ●  Danielle Kassing

Karen Henderson  ●  Teri West

Judith Patterson  ●  Jan Musselman

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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