Dragonfly Garden – Luv 2 Stamp Group Blog Hop

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Welcome to the Luv 2 Stamp Group Blog Hop!

We hope you enjoy our Nature Theme!

We are excited to share projects with you again this year. We hope to inspire you to create beautiful new projects using Stampin’ Up! products.

Once you are done with each post, scroll down to the bottom and you will see a list of Blog Hop participants, you can click on their name to go to their post, or you can click the next button to go to the next post in line. Happy crafting!

July is world watercolor month so I decided to create my card with watercoloring and the Dragonfly Garden Stamp set. I still have the Stampin’ Up! Water Painter I bought years ago so I finally purchased a new set. I love these Water Painters! I used all three brush tips on my card. If you’ve never used them I highly recommend giving them a try.

I started stamping the flower image from the Dragonfly Garden stamp set on a piece of Masking Paper and fussy cut it out. Then I stamped the same image a piece of the Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and used the Making Paper to stamp the images several more times. The Masking Paper helped with stamping the image over top of stamped images so make it look like a full field of wildflowers.

To paint my nature scene, I used the ink in the inkpad lids. The wide tipped brush was great for painting the blue sky, the medium brush tip was great for painting some of the spaces between the flowers and the fine brush tip was excellent for painting the flowers, leaves and stems.

I adhered the watercolor paper to a piece of Rich Razzleberry cardstock, then adhered the it to the Basic White cardbase.

I stamped the sentiment on a piece of Vellum cardstock with StazOn Ink and punched it with the Lasting Label Punch. I adhered the label to the card with Mini Glue Dots. I stamped the dragonfly image on a piece of watercolor paper and painted it. Then punched it out with the Dragonfly punch. I adhered it over the edge of the label with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. Last, I added a few of the Brushed Brass Butterflies.

For more inspiration from the Luv 2 Stamp Group Blog Hop Team, click on the image below to visit the talented Kimberly Mull. Don’t forget to continue following links on each blog to see everyone’s projects!

Dragonfly Garden Card Measurements

  • Basic White Thick Cardstock Cardbase: 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, score in half at 4-1/4″
  • Rich Razzleberry Cardstock: 4″ x 5-1/4″
  • Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper: 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″

I hope you enjoyed my project. I’d love to be your Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator! All the Stampin’ Up! supplies used to make my card are available in my online store. Simply click any of the product photos below!

Happy Stamping!

Sweet Sunflowers Paper Pumpkin Kit

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Here comes the sun(flower) for a crafting experience you won’t forget! The Sweet Sunflowers Paper Pumpkin Kit has so much in store—elegant watercolor designs hand-crafted by our in-house artists, TWO Classic Stampin’ Spots for a Two-Step stamping experience, and the all-new twist technique to make your floral designs come alive with depth and detail! 

And the August Paper Pumpkin Kit includes the Gold Foil Honeycomb Sheets as a FREE gift that will add the perfect golden accent to any card or project!

The Sweet Sunflowers Paper Pumpkin Kit includes:

  • All the supplies you need to create 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs; and coordinating envelopes.
  • An all-occasion stamp set to express words of gratitude, friendship, greetings and beautiful wildflower designed images.
  • Specialty Vellum honeycomb shape pre-cut pieces.
  • 2 Classic Stampin’ Spots (Crushed Curry and Soft Suede) for a Two-Step stamping experience with a twist!
  • Paper pieces and embellishments with watercolor designs and images.
  • Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • FREE GIFT: 8 Gold Foil Honeycomb Sheets

Subscribe to the August Paper Pumpkin Kit between July 11 – August 10, 2022 to receive the Sweet Sunflower Paper Pumpkin Kit! Click the button below to subscribe.

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When you Prepay for a 3 month, 6 month or 12 month Paper Pumpkin subscription, you also get to select Sale-a-Bration gifts!!  AND if you subscribe for 12 months, you also earn $22 in Free Products of your choice (with Hostess benefits) in addition to your Sale-A-Bration gifts!! How cool is that?! *This offer is only available during Sale-A-Bration from July 1-August 31, 2022.

Happy Stamping!

Demonstrator Training Program Blog Hop – July Customer Thank Yous

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Thank you for joining us for our Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator Training Program Monthly Blog Hop! We are so happy that you could join us today for this blog hop for ideas and creative inspiration. We are a group of Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from around the world that are taking part in training that is helping us to build a successful Stampin’ Up!® business and reach some goals we have set. We really appreciate your support.

You may be starting here or have come from another blog – either way you can find the link list at the bottom of this post so that you can see every blog post and idea today.

This month my Customer Thank You cards feature the Sweetest Cherries Bundle. It’s a fun bundle to create with, and add in the Full basket dies for more fun!

I started with a piece of Parakeet Party cardstock and using Parakeet Party ink stamped the leaf image from the Sweetest Cherries bundle. Then, adhered it to a piece of Basic White cardstock and then added it to the Starry Sky cardbase.

I punched the cherries in Sweet Sorbet cardstock, and the stems in Early Espresso cardstock. The leaves are punched with Parakeet Party cardstock, then I stamped the leaf pattern in Parakeet Party and set them all aside.

Using the Full Basket dies, I die cut the basket in Crumb Cake cardstock and the cloth triangle in Basic White cardstock. I used Mini Glue dots to adhere the cloth triangle to the basket. Before adhering the basket to the card, I placed it where I wanted it to be on the card and used the Mini Glue Dots to add the cherries. leaves and stems. Then I added Mini Glue Dots to the basket to adhere it to the card.

I added an Adhesive Sheet on a scrap of Basic White and Starry Sky cardstock, then die cut the “Thanks” with the Amazing Thanks Dies. Adhesive Sheets make it was easy to add the Starry Sky “Thanks” the basic White base and then to card.

If you haven’t tried Adhesive Sheets I highly recommend them for die cutting especially intricate dies. It’s so much easier to add them to your project when you don’t have to try to put glue on the back to adhere them.

On the inside of card I stamped a cherry, leaf and stem.

I created a second card in Tahitian Tide with the “Thanks” at the bottom of the card, I couldn’t decide which way I liked it better, what do you think?

As mentioned at the top, this is a blog hop so make sure you ‘hop’ around to all the amazing projects on this hop! Click on the links below to visit them.

Sweetest Cherries Thank You Card Measurements:

  • Starry Sky cardbase: 4-1/4″ x 11″, score in half at 5-1/2″
  • Basic White layer: 2-1/2″ x 4-1/4″
  • Parakeet Party layer: 2-1/4″ x 4-1/4″

I’d love to be your Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator. All the Stampin’ Up! supplies used to make my card are available in my online store. Simply click any of the product photos below!

Happy Stamping!

Rainbow of Happiness – Inspirations In Ink Blog Hop

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Welcome to the monthly Inspirations In Ink Blog Hop! This month’s theme is all about In Colors. You may be starting here or have come from another blog – either way you can find the link list at the bottom of this post so that you can see every blog post and idea today. I hope you enjoy all our In Color Blog Hop Projects!

Sweet Sorbet and Starry Sky are one of my favorite In Color combinations and are featured in my project. Rainbow of Happiness is one of the Bundles in the Jan-June Mini Catalog that I will miss so I wanted to use it in my project before it retires on June 30th.

To create my card I started with the Sweet Sorbet cardbase from the Tea Boutique Cards & Envelopes. I die cut several of the rainbow stripes in Sweet Sorbet and Starry Sky 6″x 6″ DSP Assortment. Then, I adhered them to a piece of Basic White cardstock and die cut the cardstock with the 2nd largest rectangle in the Deckled Rectangles Dies.

I used the Cloud Punch to punch out a Basic White Cloud and a Vellum Cloud. Then snipped the Vellum Cloud in half and adhered it to the back of the Basic White Cloud with Mini Glue Dots. I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach it to the rainbow.

The label is die cut with the Tailor Made Tags dies. I used Masking Paper to cover up “World” and stamped the sentiment in Sweet Sorbet. Then masking the stamp again stamped “World” in Starry Sky.

I tied a piece of Starry Sky Metallic Woven Ribbon to the top of the tag and then attached it to the Basic White layer with Mini Glue Dots.

To put all the layers together, I adhered a piece of the Lovely Layers Vellum with Multipurpose glue to the cardbase. Then added the Basic White layer with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added a few of the Iridescent Jewels to the front of the card and stamped some hearts to the inside of the card.

As mentioned at the top, this is a blog hop so make sure you ‘hop’ around to all the amazing projects on this hop! Click on the links below to visit them.

Rainbow of Happiness In Color Card Measurements:

  • Tea Boutique Cards & Envelopes Cardbase 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ score in half at 4-1/4″
  • Lovely Layers Vellum 3-3/4″ x 5″

I’d love to be your Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator. All the Stampin’ Up! supplies used to make my card are available in my online store. Simply click any of the product photos below!

Happy Stamping!

Speedy Recovery – Luv 2 Stamp Group Blog Hop

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Welcome to the Luv 2 Stamp Group’s 2022 Blog Hop!

We hope you enjoy our New Annual Catalog Theme!

We are excited to share projects with you again this year. We hope to inspire you to create beautiful new projects using Stampin’ Up! products.

Once you are done with each post, scroll down to the bottom and you will see a list of Blog Hop participants, you can click on their name to go to their post, or you can click the next button to go to the next post in line. Happy crafting!

My project features the Speedy Recover Stamp set. I love how the flower stamp works so well with the Awash In Beauty DSP. This easy fun fold starts with a note card from the Note Card & Envelopes. Score the front panel of the card at 1-3/4″ and fold it back.

Cut 2 pieces of Awash In Beauty DSP to 1-1/2″ x 4-3/4″ and adhere to the the front panel and the inside of the front panel. Cut another piece of Awash In Beauty DSP to 3-1/4″ x 4-3/4″ and adhere to the inside of the cardbase. I used the same pattern for both of the 1-1/2″ x 4-3/4″ pieces of DSP but you could choose 3 different patterns to show of the pretty paper.

Next, I die cut 2 of the largest circles from the Basic Shapes Dies. For the front label I stamped the flower image with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and colored in the image with Stampin’ Blends. Then I stamped the greeting. To create the wrap around the flowers, I stamped the same flower image a second time on a scrap of Basic White Cardstock in Rich Razzleberry. Then, I snipped out just the wrap and adhered it over top of the stamped image on my label.

Be sure when adhering the label to the front of the card you only want to add adhesive to one side of the label so the card will open. You don’t want to make a mistake and put adhesive on the entire label or your card won’t open.

Adhere the second circle to the inside of the card right behind the front label so when the card is closed you don’t see it. To finish up my card I added a few Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels to my card. Below are a few other variations of my card.

For more inspiration from the Luv 2 Stamp Group Blog Hop Team, click on the image below to visit the talented Patty Bennett. Don’t forget to continue following links on each blog to see everyone’s projects!

Sending Well Wishes Card Measurements:

  • Basic White Cardbase: Use a Note Card from the Note Cards & Envelopes pack which measures 5″ x 7″, scored in half at 3-1/2″
  • Awash In Beauty DSP: (2) 1-1/2″ x 4-3/4″
  • Awash In Beauty DSP: 3-1/4″ x 4-3/4″
  • Basic White Cardstock Scrap for Labels

I hope you enjoyed my project. I’d love to be your Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator! All the Stampin’ Up! supplies used to make my card are available in my online store. Simply click any of the product photos below!

Happy Stamping!

Sending Good Thoughts by Paper Pumpkin

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Set sail across the ocean with the Sending Good Thoughts Paper Pumpkin Kit! With beautifully designed nautical imagery, a fun message in a bottle motif, and sentiments that are “shore” to please, this month’s kit is full of warmth and fun.

The Sending Good Thoughts kit includes:

  • Supplies to create 9 cards, 3 each of 3 designs, & 9 coordinating envelopes.
  • Nautical-themed cards for those who need a loving message in a bottle!
  • An exclusive Sending Good Thoughts Photopolymer Stamp Set
  • Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Spot®
  • Printed dry-embossed card bases
  • Printed envelopes
  • Printed die cuts
  • Twine
  • Mini glue dots
  • Dimensionals

We also have a special game for you to play—take part in the Sea if You Know Paper Pumpkin quiz and subscribe to the Sending Good Thoughts Paper Pumpkin Kit to be entered to win a 1-month prepaid Paper Pumpkin code! Anyone can play to discover features of the Sending Good Thoughts kit!

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Subscribe to the July Paper Pumpkin Kit between June 11 – July 10, 2022 to receive the Sending Good Thoughts Paper Pumpkin Kit! Click the button below to subscribe.

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