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French Maid Minion Card – A Blooms and Butterflies Color Challenge No. 22

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The Blooms & Butterflies Team was given a task to create a card using the colors Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray and Daffodil Delight. It is indeed very challenging. I have made a Minion Card before and it is my most pinned creation on Pinterest. I thought the color combination will be perfect to create a French Maid Minion Card. So here it is.  I have made some adjustments to the card.  I noticed on the photo that the glue dots were showing a little bit so I managed to tuck it in, and also fixed the Minion’s hair so it doesn’t show.

Materials used:

Basic Black Card Stock (Item No. 121045)
Basic Gray Card Stock (Item No. 121044)
Smoky Slate Card Stock (Item No. 131202)
Daffodil Delight Card Stock (Item No. 119683)
Whisper White Card Stock (Item No. 100730)
Soft Suede Card Stock (Item No. 115318)
Window Sheets (Item No. 114323)
Signo White Gel Pen (Item No. 105021)
1 3/4 Circle punch (Item No. 119850)
1 3/8 Circle Punch punch (Item No. 119860)
1 inch Circle punch (Item No. 119868)
Edgelits — Adorning Accents (Item No. 125595)
Banners Framelits Dies (Item No. 132173)
Love You to the Moon Stamp Set (Item No. 133143)
Designer Series Faceted Buttons (Item No. 127555)
Stampin Dimensionals (Item No. 104430)
Mini Glue Dots (Item No. 103683)
Stampin Trimmer (Item No. 126889)
Round Plate to trace the round edge of the card

I hope you enjoyed this video. If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message.. Craft with your loved ones and create some memories. Happy crafting!

Valentine/Spring Wreath Using Stampin U’s Spiral Flower Die

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Create some beautiful flowers using the new Stampin Up’s Spiral Flower Die. I love this die so much; I’ve been making a lot of projects with it. This is definitely a must-buy! If you do a lot of scrapbooking, card-making, even use it for home decor, this is the one die that you need to get.

Materials used:

Spiral Flower Die – Item No. 129379
Melon Mambo Card Stock – Item No. 115320
Pistachio Pudding Card Stock – Item No. 130020
Old Wreath
Hot Glue

Valentine’s Waterfall Card Tutorial

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This is a tutorial on how to make a “waterfall” card. I think this will be a unique card to give for Valentine’s day and the possibilities are endless. I think anyone who gets this card will be very glad and would think you made a lot of effort into making him or her feel special.

Materials Used:

Basic Black cardstock (Item No. 121045) — 2 pieces cut at 4 ¼ by 5 ½ (base and back cover), 1 piece cut at 1 by 4 ¼ for the band, 1 piece cut at 2 inches by 9, 4 pieces cut at 2 by 2.

Modern Medley DSP (Item No. 126926) — 1 piece at 4 inches by 5 ¼

Whisper White cardstock (Item No. 100730) — 4 pieces cut at 1 ¾ by 1 ¾

Glimmer Brads (Item No. 121003) — 2 pieces

Basic Black Stamp Ink (Item No. 126980)

Tombow liquid glue (Item No. 110755)

Sticky Strip (Item No. 104294)

1 inch. Circle punch to cut the tab (Item No. 119868)

Ribbon of your choice for the pull out tab

Expressions Thinlits Die (Item No. 132171) — used the word “LOVE”

I hope you enjoyed this video. If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message.. Do some crafting and create some memories. Happy crafting!

Christmas Ornament Card

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Materials used:

Pool Party Card Stock (Item No. 122924)
Basic Gray Card Stock (Item No. 121044
Christmas Collectibles Stamp Set (Item No. 131775) with the matching Ornament Punch (Item No. 132152) (save 15% if you order it together)
Joyful Christmas Stamp Set (Item No. 131805)
Silver Embossing Powder
Encore Metallic Silver Pad (Item No. 132142)
Foam Adhesives
Silver Ribbon 1/8” (Item No. 132137)
Basic Rhinestone (Item No. 119246
Tombow Mono-Multi Glue

THE GRINCH PILLS

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If you would like to order the products shown on this video and avail the discounted rate through a demonstrator website (also earn some stampin rewards and free stuff), please click on the link above and it’ll take you to my Stampin’ Up! Online store.

Materials Used:

Card Base is Whisper White Card Stock – Item No. 100730 – 4 1/4 X 5/12
Border – Cherry Cobler – Item No. 119685 – 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 (2 pieces)
Seasons of style Designer Paper Stack – Item No. 132181 – 3 7/8 X 5 1/4

The Grinch Punch Art is made out of XL Oval Punches, Scallop Punch, Owl Builder Punch. (If you would like to see a tutorial on how I made the Grinch Punch Art, please send me a message and I will be glad to film a video tutorial.

Sweet Treat Cups – Item No. 116802
Red Ribbon
Stampin Dimensionals – 104430

I hope you enjoyed this video. If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message.. Do some crafting and create some memories. Happy crafting!

Cute Pumpkin Treat Holder with a Black Cat

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This is a cute and inexpensive treat basket to make to give as gifts to your little ones, work colleagues, or anyone special in your life. You can also make these as a treat for your “young” guests on Thanksgiving by just changing the cat into a fall-theme image (acorns, leaves, etc.)

Supplies Needed:

For the Pumpkin Piece:

2 Circle Tangerine Tango Cardstock cut at 4 ½ inches in diameter (Item No. 111349) and scored at ¾ inch each

For the Pumpkin Handle:

1 inch wide and 6 inches long Soft Suede Card Stock (Item No. 115318)
1/8” Mini Brads to attach it to the pumpkin (Item No. 122941)

For the Leaves:

2 leaves on a Green Cardstock stamped using Pistachio Pudding Stamp Ink (Item No. 131177) using the leaf image from the Wonderfall Stampset (Item No. 128087) .

For the Black Cat:

2 Extra Large Oblong Basic Black Cardstock (Item No. 121045) punched using the Extra Large Oval Punch (Item No. 119859)

1 Large Oblong Black Cardstock punched using the Large Oval Punch (Item NO. 119855).

2 Basic Black Triangular shapes for the Ears

1 White Gel Pen to draw the Face and whiskers (Item No. 105021)

Googly Eyes

2-Way Glue Pen (Item No. 100425)

Sticky Strip (Item No. 104294)

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

Blooms & Butterflies Color Challenge No. 15

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BB Challenge No. 15BB15

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