Shimmer Butterflies - Stampin' Up!® Butterfly Flight Hot Foil Dies

   I've not been sharing much lately but I have been creating!  I haven't gotten into a good routine this summer so it seems blogging has fallen off a bit but I've been designing for class and some other projects so the stamp room hasn't been neglected if you were worried about that!

  The Hot Foil system has been playing a part in a lot of my projects lately as I get used to this new technique and incorporate it into my crafting.  I was looking for inspiration yesterday and saw the Tic Tac Toe challenge and when I saw "butterflies" as one of the board choices I knew where my card was going!

   I decided to play the top row of the board so along with Butterflies I'm doing "sparkle" and "ribbon/twine".  So I went all in on the sparkle element by hot foiling the Butterfly Flight hot foil die onto a piece of Barely Blush Shimmer Vellum.  I wasn't sure it would work as I hadn't foiled vellum yet and honestly have not paid much attention if others had already tried it.  If it didn't work then I would have moved on to plan B but let me tell you how cool it looks!  The sparkle is beautiful on the vellum and the gold butterflies are just so elegant.

  Look at that!!  And it's even prettier in person!  So really the only hard part of this card was finding enough spots to add my adhesive to get the vellum to adhere to the Basic White thick card front.  I knew I would have space under the sentiment label but other than that there really isn't any place beside the backside of the butterfly bodies.  It worked ok and I just very lightly dotted glue on those spots.  The corners were a bit of a problem so again I lightly dotted a bit of glue there and thankfully it worked and you can't see it at all.

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All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Prayers & Promises

Ink: Basic Gray

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Sunset Shimmer Specialty Paper

Hot Foil: gold foil, Butterfly Flight dies

Accessories: Filled With Sweetness dies, dimensionals, white & gold baker's twine (retired), Iridescent Faceted rhinestones (retired)

Hot Foil Summer - Stampin' Up!® Summer Happiness

  Need a bright, fun summer card?  I've got just thing today!  I'm having a lot of fun with the Summer Happiness bundle with all of it's cute images and many possibilities and I used it to design this card for a recent shoebox swap event with my downline. We enjoyed a few hours of chatting and card making and I got to show them the new Hot Foiling system.  I used them as guinea pigs to see how hot foiling would work in a class setting and they were happy to help!

 I was inspired by this card by fellow demonstrator Melissa Faust.  I loved the stamped strips showing off the images.  I changed out the colors using a set from the Paper Players challenge from last week. And added the hot foil sentiment using the Classic Greetings hot foil dies.

 The foil is really a fun accent and I can see lots of possibilities, the hard part is choosing which foil color to use!

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All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Summer Happiness (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green

Paper: Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Azure Afternoon, Basic White

Hot Foil: Classic Greetings hot foil dies, gold foil

Accessories: Summer Happiness dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals

Stitched Plaid Birthday - Stampin' Up!® Stitched Stocking

   The super talented CAS Colours & Sketches Design Team is back today with another great clean and simple challenge!  Our colors are courtesy of Joanne and she has a winner with this trio!  

  Petal Pink, Calypso Coral and Lost Lagoon!   I had a bunch of ideas right away but landed on a simple what I like to call a "4 square" layout.  I think I pull this basic sketch out at least once every six months.  I find it perfect for small images.  I decided to use the new Stitched Stocking bundle and threw in a bit of the new hot foiling as well.

  Keeping it clean and simple with a Basic White thick card base, then a layer of Basic White tied with a bit of retired Lost Lagoon Soft Cording.

  A Stitched Shape square die cut is the base for the 3 little stamped squares in our colors.  I stamped each one with the little windowpane plaid stamp from the Stitched Stocking stamp set (yes it's a Christmas set but I love making these seasonal sets good for more than just one season!).  I die cut each square with the coordinating die and added a little detail by running my scoring stylus around the inside of the die before removing the cardstock.  It gives the die cut a little bit of puffy detail. Subtle details like this are a wonderful way to elevate a clean and simple design without adding more layers.

  The sentiment is from the Cutest Crew stamp set and it the perfect size for my 4th square.  It's embossed in gold.  And check out that hot foiled butterfly!  I've made a few cards using the new Stampin' Up!® hot foiling system but I hadn't used the Butterfly Flight bundle yet.  The smallest butterfly was the perfect size this this design. 

  So perfectly shiny!  I used the coordinating masks to get the challenge colors in just the right spots.  Once it was die cut I folded the wings up just a bit and adhered it with mini dimensionals. I found the little butterfly is the perfect way to use up smaller scraps of foil because you know I can't throw out something that could come in handy someday!  I don't want to waste a bit of that shiny goodness!

  I can't wait to see what you do with these colors so be sure to share your creation in our challenge gallery.  Remember to keep it clean and simple; lots of open space and uncluttered.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Stitched Stocking (Online Exclusive), Cutest Crew (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Lost Lagoon, Versamark

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Lost Lagoon

Accessories: Stitched Stocking dies (Online Exclusive), Stitched Shapes dies, Butterfly Flight Hot Foil bundle, gold foil, dimensionals, Lost Lagoon soft cording (retired), gold embossing powder

Flourished Fern - Stampin' Up! Fern & Flora Dies

 I was cleaning up my stamping desk and found a piece of Moonlit Flora DSP that seemed like it needed to be used on a card right away.  I hadn't used the Hot Foil Flourish & Frames dies yet so I wanted to try them out.  I wanted to see how the hot foil would look on the DSP.

  I started with a Mossy Meadow card base, then a layer of Berry Burst.  I used the largest frame hot foil die to add a gold frame in the center of the DSP.  I didn't quite it centered but was able to hide it a bit by adding the die cut fern and the sentiment label.  

  The gold frame is really an elegant way to accent the DSP isn't it?  The repeating shape in the die cut label is perfect for the sentiment from the Sending Salutations set.

 The little bitty flowers are added to the fern and edge of the label for a final touch.

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All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Sending Salutations

Ink: Peaceful Pine

Paper: Mossy Meadow, Berry Burst, Moonlit Flora DSP, Basic White, Peaceful Pine

Hot Foil: Frames & Flourishes Hot Foil dies, Gold foil

Accessories: Fern & Flora dies, dimensionals

Stitched Christmas - Stampin' Up!® Stitched Stocking Dies

 Now that I've got my hands on some new Stampin' Up!® Christmas products I've been thinking a bit more about my seasonal cards.  I haven't done much with the Stitched Stocking bundle....yet.  I see a lot of possibilities with this fun bundle and the I think it will be a big hit with some quilters I know.  For my card today I used some of the dies to create a stack of 3 Christmas images.

  It was a tight squeeze but I fit them all!  I started with a Peaceful Pine card base.  I think this green is a great one for Christmas and I definitely plan to pair it more with Cherry Cobbler.  I embossed a piece of Basic White with the retired Beautiful Pattern embossing folder for a great quilt-like texture. 

  Next I die cut the tree, star and gift and then cut the accent pieces mixing the colors so that each finished square had 2 different colors. The "ornaments" on the tree are the little holly berries and the ribbon on the package is just trimmed from a second die cut in Golden Glow and adhered on.

  The berries/ornaments are colored in clear Wink of Stella, I added a Peaceful Pine In Color dot to the star and the ribbon on the gift is covered with Golden Glow shimmer brush.

  I partially inked up the sentiment leaving off the smaller writing on the Merry Christmas greeting and stamped it on the rounded rectangle that is the cuff of the stocking.  It's popped up on dimensionals over a piece of Peaceful Pine Bordered Ribbon.  The new mini Christmas buttons are super cute and I used one of the white ones here then topped it with a Cherry Cobbler bakers twine bow.

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All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Stitched Stocking (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Peaceful Pine

Paper: Basic White, Peaceful Pine, Golden Glow, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: Stitched Stocking dies (Online Exclusive),  Beautiful Pattern embossing folder (retired), dimensionals, Wink of Stella, Peaceful Pine Bordered Ribbon, Golden Glow Shimmer Brush, Mini Christmas Buttons, 2026-2028 In Color Dots

Summer Washi - Stampin' Up!® Summer Happiness

 While our current hot, humid and smoky weather isn't screaming summer fun I've been having fun in my stamp room with the new Summer Happiness bundle and coordinating washi tape!  I used these Online Exclusive product for my June customer thank you cards!  The washi made for a quick background panel!

  I used colors that are in the washi tape for the rest of my card elements.  The base is Petal Pink and the sentiment circle is Coastal Cabana.

  The washi tape is adhered to a panel of Basic White so that the images will pop against the card base.  You can add the washi directly to the card front it would just be muted.  Just depends on the look you're going for.

  I stamped the sunglasses and cherries in Memento black and then colored them in with Blends.  The sentiment and images are popped on dimensionals with a little Secret Sea Faux Linen flag peeking out. The retired Petal Pink Dear Dots add a bit of texture to the sentiment circle.

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Summer Happiness (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Memento Black

Blends: Petal Pink light & dark, Strawberry Slush light and dark, Lost Lagoon light

Paper: Petal Pink, Basic White, Coastal Cabana

Accessories: Summer Happiness washi tape (Online Exclusive), Summer Happiness dies (Online Exclusive), Spotlight on Nature dies, dimensionals, Faux Linen ribbon, Dear Dots (retired)

Woodland Bear - Stampin' Up!® Woodland Wishes

   I love when seasonal sets can be used out of season!  It really makes you feel that you're getting more bang for your buck when you can use a Christmas stamp set in July to make a non-Christmas card.  I'll have both boys away at school this fall so I've got to beef up my college kid card stash.  The little bear in the Woodland Wishes set was calling my name!

  Thanks to Freshly Made Sketches for the fun square layout to show off this chubby little guy!  I pulled out some scraps from the retired Autumn to Remember Scrapbooking Workshop kit and coordinating Sweet Days of Autumn DSP as the colors seemed to be just what I had in mind!

  The card base is Basic White thick, then a layer of Cajun Craze, then the Sweet Days of Autumn DSP.  The Bear is stamped in Memento and then colored with Blends.  He's cute out with a Stylish Shape square die and is backed with a layer of Cajun Craze.  The square is popped on dimensionals.

  For the narrow strip I used another scrap and trimmed the ends.  The sentiment is from the Reason to Celebrate stamp set and is stamped in Memento and punched out with a retired 3/4" circle punch.  I layered the sentiment over a baker's twine bow.

  To finish off this boy friendly card I added a few of the leftover wood grain heart accent pieces from the kit.  

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Woodland Wishes (Online Exclusive), Reason to Celebrate

Ink: Memento Black

Blends: Pecan Pie light & dark, Ivory

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Cajun Craze, Autumn to Remember DSP

Accessories: Stylish Shapes dies, dimensionals, wood accents (retired), Copper Clay baker's twine (retired)

Summer Fun Birthday W-Fold - Stampin' Up!® Summer Happiness

 

  Welcome to the New at SU! July blog hop!  We are a group of international Stampin' Up!® demonstrators who gather each month to showcase new projects to help inspire you in your own papercrafting!  This month we are featuring Fun Fold Birthday cards!  To follow the hop all around see the link list at the bottom of my post.

  There are so many fun folds out there it can be hard to choose one but I decided to go with one I had never made before.  The W-fold card is a great one to make when you have a lot of images you want to show off as I did with the Summer Happiness bundle!  All it takes is 3 score lines (besides the card base center fold) and you're in business.

 The front of the card hides the fun of the inside!  I used the Paper Medley DSP for the background and the card base is Basic Beige.  The card base is 4 1/4" x 11" scored at 5 1/2" so the card flips up to open.  I created a belly band to hold the card closed and used the flowers from  the Summer Happiness set to accent the birthday sentiment from the Balloon Festoon set and is embossed in black.  

  When you take off the belly band you get to the fun inside!  On a fun pop up element you get 4 different spots to show off all of your images and more sentiments!

I added another pattern of Paper Medley DSP on the inside.  The pop up element is a 1" x 11" strip of Basic Beige and is scored at 2 3/4", 5 1/2" and 8 1/4".  The strip is adhered to the top and bottom of the card leaving the middle free to fold open and closed.  See I told you it was easy!  Now for the fun of creating the pop up squares!

  I used Basic White for the base of the squares which are 2 1/4".  You could go slightly larger if needed or change the squares to rectangles for a larger area to work with.  The DSP squares are 2"x2" and make a nice background for the fun summer images.  The sentiment on the sunglass panel is from the Football Fan stamp set.  

  It was fun mixing and matching the different images and dies from this bundle.  I kept to the color palette shown in the DSP; Basic Beige, Calypso Coral, petal Pink and Darling Duckling for a cohesive look for each square.  The sentiment here is from Banner Sayings.

  Some of the elements are highlighted with Wink of Stella which doesn't show well on the photos.  I also used dimensionals to pop some of the images up.  The belly band is helpful to keep the card closed and get it in the envelope.  I would definitely add extra postage to this one or send it in a larger envelope!

   I really enjoyed creating this easy fun fold and showing off so much of a single bundle on one card!  I hope you keep this easy fun fold in mind especially when you can't decide which image to focus on!  You don't have to with the W-Fold!

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All of the current supplies used for this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.  

Stamps: Summer Happiness (Online Exclusive), Balloon Festoon, Banner Sayings, Football Fan (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Memento Black, Darling Duckling, Calypso Coral, Mossy Meadow

Blends: Calypso Coral light & dark, Darling Duckling light & dark, Petal Pink light & dark, Mossy Meadow light

Paper: Basic Beige, Basic White, Paper Medley DSP, Calypso Coral, Petal Pink

Accessories: Summer Happiness dies (Online Exclusive), Spotlight on Nature dies, black embossing powder, Wink of Stella, 2026-2028 In Color Dots