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Friday, November 2, 2018

GSF November Circles Blog Hop

It's time to hop with the Global Stamping Friends (aka GSF) October Blog Hop and this month our theme was circles. You will be visiting Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all over the world as they share their projects to help inspire you with your own creations. You may have just visited Rachel's blog or perhaps you are starting here with me. I hope that you will enjoy the projects we have to share today.

My card design today features circles as an accent to the new Snowfall Thinlets dies (item #149692), which are part of November's exclusive Snowflake Showcase. These amazing dies along with two stamp sets and a variety of coordinating products, are only available for November 1st-30th, or while supplies last.

For my card design I used Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Whisper White and Silver for my color combination. I created the large detailed snowflake using the largest snowflake die and die cut it from the Balmy Blue layer of cardstock. I punched out circles from Night of Navy cardstock using the 1 3/4" Circle Punch and the 2 1/4" Circle Punch. The larger circle I layered behind the center of the large snowflake and the smaller circle I attached to the center of the top of the snowflake with Stampin' Dimensionals. I die cut the center star snowflake design using one of two of the medium sized dies that layer together to create this beautiful, intricate design, and attached it to the center of the Night of Navy 1 1/4" circle.

The sentiment is from the Timeless Tidings stamp set, one of my favorite sets for Christmas sentiments in the 2018 Holiday Catalog, and I heat embossed it with Silver embossing powder along the bottom of the Whisper White cardstock layer.

For a touch of bling, I added Basic Rhinestones to the center and various points of the snowflake. I just love the way this clean and simple Christmas card looks and the way the silver pops against the Night of Navy. This card design would be great for creating multiples to send out to family and friends.

I hope that you have enjoyed my Christmas card design and I hope that it will inspire you to try the new Snowfall Thinlets dies. They are so beautiful and there are so many wonderful ways to create with them. I will be sharing more ideas here in the future.

Now it's time to visit Jan's blog and see what she has to share with us this month. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog. I hope that you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

Jan

Until Next Time.

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Tricia Butts
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Thursday, November 1, 2018

We Create Gratitude Blog Hop

Welcome to the We Create Gratitude Blog Hop as we celebrate being thankful for the people in our lives. We have Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all over the world, sharing their wonderful ideas and projects to help inspire you. You may have just visited Anastasia's blog or perhaps you are starting your journey with me. I hope that you will enjoy the projects we have to share with you.

My card design is a Fall themed card featuring the Country Lane Designer Series Paper (item #147804) from the 2018 Holiday Catalog and I have combined it with the wonderful leaf thinlets from the Seasonal Layers Thinlets dies (item #143751) in the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog.

I created the card base from Cajun Craze cardstock and added a layer of Early Espresso cardstock as a matte for the layer of Country Lane Designer Series Paper. The design on this paper reminds me of Indian Corn and I just love the way the shades of Crushed Curry worked with these colors.

To create the leaf element, I die cut the solid leaf from Cajun Craze cardstock and layered the detailed leaf die cut from Copper Foil on top. I heat embossed the sentiment from the Painted Harvest stamp set (item #144783) with Copper embossing powder onto a strip of Crushed Curry cardstock and layered it onto a strip of Early Espresso cardstock. To embellish the sentiment panel, I used the 1/4" Copper Trim to wrap around the panel and added a small bow to the stem of the leaf.

This card design would be perfect as a Thanksgiving card or just as a way to show someone that you appreciate them. The design works well as a masculine card and you could change the sentiment to use it for a variety of other occasions.

I hope that you have enjoyed my card design and I hope that it inspires you to create your own cards of gratitude to share with the people you love. It's amazing the difference a simple card can make it someone's life. Now it's time to visit Julie's blog and see what she has to share with us this month. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog. I hope that you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.