Blooms and Butterflies Color Challenge No. 18

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I must admit that I thought this challenge was going to be easy but it wasn’t.  Everything goes with black, right?  I was having a hard time trying to figure out how the colors will blend as I didn’t think Cherry Cobler and Soft Sky goes well together  (at least that’s my opinion).   I made a couple of cards, but in the end I was not happy.  I then went through all of my stamp sets (which isn’t a huge collection) and decided to come up with this design.  Although this is quite simple, I am happy the way this card turned out.

I am not an expert yet on photography and I am really stumped on why the soft sky card stock is looking like Coastal Cabana and Pool Party.

I used Cherry Cobler Embossing Powder (Item No. 122949) to emboss the little heart (the heart is from Create a Cupcake stamp set – Item No. 121982).  I wanted a winter theme for my card and kept the colors to a minimum.  As you all may know by now, I am not a huge fan of busy colors and so I always try to keep my color scheme very simple.

For the sentiment and the Flowers, I used the following Stamp Sets:

Morning Meadow Stamp Set – Item No. 129678

For the Birds Stamp Set– Item No. 126407

White Embossing Powder – Item No. 109132

Basic Rhinestone (Used on the Butterfly and the Flowers) – Item No. 119246

The “snow” was stamped using the sprinkles from the Create A Cupcake Stamp Set (Item No. 121982).

I used Vellum Card Stock to stamp my small Butterfly and embossed it with the white embossing powder, then punched it out with the Bitty Butterfly Punch (Item No. 129406).

I hope you all like this card.

Paper Wreath for All Occasions

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So easy to make for any occasion. Took an inspiration from Pinterest but made it my own style.

Blooms and Butterflies Color Challenge No. 17

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Blooms and Butterflies Color Challenge No. 17

I was so excited to join this challenge because I basically had all the card stock that was required. I must admit, however, that this challenge was quite difficult for me because my least favorite color of all time is bright yellow. I decided to use Daffodil Delight as my card base. I had the whole week trying here and there to come up with a good design and it wasn’t easy. So this is what I finally put together. I hope you like the card.

Materials Used for this Card:

Daffodil Delight – 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 (Item No. 119683)
Pumpkin Pie – 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 (Item No. 105117)
Early Espresso – 5 1/4 x 4 (Item No. 119686)
2 Paper Die-cuts from the Thankful Tablescape Kit (Item No. 133463)
2 leaves using Vellum Card Stock (Item No.101856) heat-embossed using
Gold Embossing Powder (Item No. 109129) with the
Magnificent Maple Stamp Set (Item No. 131868)
Early Espresso Classic Stampin Pad – 126974
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin Pad – Item No. 126945 (to sponge the leaves
and give it more color)
Wood grain Embossing folder
Antique Brad (Item No. 117273)
Tombow multi-adhesive glue (Item No. 110755)
Best of Autumn Stamp Set for my sentiment (Item No.134390)
Whisper White Card Stock
Gold Embossing Powder (Item No. 109129)
Linen Thread also from the Thankful Tablescape Kit

Treat Basket For Your Little Ghouls & Goblins

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This is a cute little project that you guys can make for your kids; or give as gifts to adults. I was trying to use up the Halloween designer series paper that I acquired over the summer. I will be making a lot of these cute little baskets to give to my daughter’s friends at school, and some of her teachers.

The materials I used are:

Card Stock – cut a 6 x 6
Designer Series Paper – you need 6 pieces measuring 1 7/8 x 1 7/8

Basket handle (Wisteria Wonder card stock) – 1 piece cut at 3/4 inch X 8 inches
Decorative paper (spiderweb) basic black card stock cut at – 1 inch. by 8 inches

Decorative Scallop circle card stock punched at 2 inches
Witch stamped on 1 1/2 inch. circle

Halloween Hello Stamp Set – Stampin Up – Item No. 131721

Decorative Label Punch – Stampin Up – Item No. 120907

Sticky Strip
Adhesive

You should put Hershey’s kisses or Chocolate covered raisins to make it look like “witch poop”. The sentiment reads:

THEIR BROOMS FLY SO FAST
THEY DIP AND THEY SWOOP
BUT IF THEY GET SCARED
THEY LEAVE YOU WITCH POOP!

HAPPY CRAFTING!

Halloween Card – Flying Witch

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This card was inspired by a fellow demonstrator, Tami White. Although our cards are done differently, the design is the same. I thought of sharing this because the card is so easy to make – plus it is very unique in a way because this is not the typical orange and black Halloween colors. I really love this card and I hope you do as well.

Spooky Halloween Easel Card

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I wanted to make a card that does not involve using a Big Shot. Since I still don’t have a Big Shot (not getting it until this Christmas), I thought of making this card by just using a punch and vellum to create a “window”. It turned out really cute! This card is so unique that the person you give it to will absolutely be thrilled! I gave it to a friend and she was so pleased that she wanted me to film a video tutorial so she can make a couple for her son’s teachers, and use it to decorate her table. I found my LED tea light from the Dollar store. You can get two pieces for a dollar and this card will be a great gift and pretty inexpensive. You can make these for any occasion just by changing the image, the color of the card stock and the sentiment.

Materials used:

(All measurements in “Inches”)

Card Base:

Basic Black Cardstock – Item No. 121045
(Size used here on this video is: 5 ½ x 4 1/4)

Frame:

Whisper White Card Stock – Item No. 100730
(Cut at 5 3/8 x 4 1/8)

Basic Black Card Stock – (cut at 5 ¼ X 4)

Vellum Card Stock for the Window: cut at 2 ½ X 4 inches (you can trim this later)

Inside of the Card – Witches Brew Designer Series Paper (Pack comes 12 sheets in 12 x 12 – double-sided print – it’s really beautiful!) – Item No. 132185

Best of Halloween Stamp Set – Item No. 134381 (used the Owl and the trick-or-treat stamps)

Decorative Label Punch – Item No. 120907

Stampin Dimensionals – 104430

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Blooms & Butterflies Color Challenge No. 15

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I had so much fun making this card.  This is my very first participation for the Blooms and Butterflies Color Challenge – and this is Color Challenge No. 15.

I am a new Stampin Up Independent Demonstrator and still trying to increase my collection of Stampin Up products – from card stock, to DSPs, punches and stamp sets.  Since I didn’t have any Wild Wasabi card stock, I had to replace it with Gumball Green.  I apologize if this is quite a disappointment to some of you.  Please know that I live overseas 10 months out of the year, and it is not very easy for me to get the supplies delivered to me overseas.  I either have to get it shipped here (which cost a fortune), or hoard my supplies every time I have the chance to go back home in Orlando.  Anyway, I hope you like the card.

The materials I used are as follows:

Card Base:

Wisteria Wonder – 4 1/4 X 5 1/2

Elegant Eggplant – 4 1/8 x 5 1/4

Replaced the Wild Wasabi with Gumball Green – 4 x 5 1/8

Stamps Used:

Mixed Bunch – Stamped on Elegant Eggplant and Wisteria Wonder

Happy Day – Heat Embossed using Stampin’ Up!’s Silver Embossing Powder

Punches Used:

Punch Blossom

1 inch Circle Punch

Extra Large and Large Oval Punches to create the Bow (I cut the ovals in half and adhered it to the base)

Other Supplies Used:

Basic Pearl to accent the Bow

Stampin Dimensionals

Tombo Glue

Black Staz On

Versamark Ink