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Global Design Project #GDP131: Theme Challenge

Our theme challenge this week at Global Design Project is Easter.

I am totally in love with the Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper. With Sale-a-bration ending soon, I just had to make a card featuring this beautiful cardstock. The single-sided design of the cardstock makes it the perfect choice for creating card bases. This particular card is a standard 5.5"x4.25" size, but if you trim your card bases to 4" wide, you can get three great card bases out of  one 12"x12" sheet with a few leftovers as well. The packaging says that the the flowers and dots sheets are rose gold, but honestly, it pairs fabulously with our copper foil sheets and copper thread.

For the focal point, I fussy cut several flowers/leaves from the dsp and colored them with Daffodil Delight and Old Olive ink using sponge daubers. It really doesn't get much easier than this!

Can you believe that I almost didn't play along with our GDP project this week because I don't have a current Easter stamp. I love Easter, so I decided to use the Labeler Alphabet stamp set to create a custom sentiment.

We would love to have you play along with us this week. Be sure to check out what the other talented designers/players have created for this fun challenge at the Global Design Project Challenge Blog.

 

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Have a blessed day!

Global Design Project #GDP130: Sketch Challenge

It's time for another great sketch challenge this week at Global Design Project.

I am really in love with the Sweet Soiree Suite but I just haven't had much of chance to use it until now. I have had a bit of a flare up with carpal tunnel, so I was looking for a way to make a great card with as little impact as possible. The gorgeous designer series paper makes this sketch a breeze.

The coordinating embellishment kit was the perfect choice to create the focal image. I love all the layering pieces that come in the kit.  The only stamping is the sentiment  from the Cake Soiree stamp set.

I needed to mute the Calypso Coral card layer, so I added a piece of vellum cardstock on top to create a softer look.

We would love to have you play along with us this week. Be sure to check out what the other talented designers/players have created for this fun challenge at the Global Design Project Challenge Blog.

I WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR STAMPIN' UP! DEMONSTRATOR

If you are in the United States and need a demonstrator, then you can order your supplies in my online store here.

 

2018 Artisan Design Team Blog Hop Featuring Picture Perfect Party Suite

Welcome to another 2018 Artisan Design Team Blog Hop. I am so excited to be associated with this amazing group of sixteen Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the globe.  On this hop, we are focusing on the Picture Perfect Party Suite. This suite of products really is perfect for planning your next big birthday bash.

Rosettes are super popular right now...especially big rosettes. I created this wall hanging by combining several different sizes of rosettes with the Picture Perfect party DSP and coordinating cardstock. I used Stitched Shape Framelits for the centers and the sentiment if from the Picture Perfect Birthday Stamp Set.

 

 

I also added skewers to some of them to create fun cupcake toppers.

 

I purchased some noisemakers from the dollar store and reworked them using the same DSP. I also filled Clear Tiny Treat Boxes with matching jelly beans to give as favors. To create this fun bow, I used spray starch and ironed the ribbon and then I sewed it with matching thread. I also used a 1" circle punch and punched several different colors of cardstock. I stitched them end-to-end with a sewing machine for a fabulous garland/embellishment.

 

 The Artisan Design Team will be hopping at least once a month, so be sure to check back often. Elizabeth Price is next on our blog hop so be sure to head on over and check out what she and the the rest of the Artisan Design Team team have in store by clicking on the button below.

 

 

2018 Artisan Design Team

Cathy Caines - In The Cat Cave (Canada)
Charlet Mallet - Painted Orange (USA)
Connie Collins - Constantly Stamping (USA) <- you are here
Elizabeth Price - Seeing Ink Spots (USA)
Emma Goddard - Coastal Crafter (UK)
Jennifer Frost - Jennifer Frost (Australia)
Jenni Pauli - Paulines Papier (Germany)
Jessica Winter - kunterbuntestempelwelt (Austria)
Kayla Macaulay - Love, Kayla (Australia)
Kim McGillis - Kim McGillis Papercrafting (Canada)
Lauren Alarid - Crafty Little Peach (USA)
Linda van Wely-Zwolle - Stampin with Liz Design (The Netherlands)
Rhoda MacPherson - Pretty Creative (UK)
Sarah Lancaster - Pirouette Papercraft (France)
Susan Wong - Stampin Susan (New Zealand)
Sylwia Schreck - Stempel Einfach (Germany)

The Stampin' Up! Facebook Page is where our Corporate Blog posts are showcased.

 

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SUPPLIES FOR THIS PROJECT:

Picture Perfect Birthday - 145519

Whisper White Cardstock - 100730

Picture Perfect Party Cardstock Pack - 145560

Basic Black Cardstock - 121045

Berry Burst Cardstock - 144243

Pool Party Cardstock - 122924

Silver Foil Sheets - 132178

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Ink Pad - 144083

Fresh Fig Classic Stampin' Ink Pad - 144082

Stitched Shapes Framelits - 145372

1 " Circle Punch - 119868

Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine - 143263

Clear Tiny Treat Boxes - 141699

Berry Burst 1/2" Finley Woven Ribbon - 144133

Sweet Soiree Ready Shreddie - 145562

 

 

Global Design Project #GDP128: CASE Challenge

This week at the Global Design Project challenge blog we are CASEing this beautiful card by Steffi Helmschrott. 

 
I love everything about Steffi's card, so I didn't want to stray too far from her original design. I am not sure what the dimensions are on her card, but my card is a 6"x6" piece of Crumb Cake cardstock folded in half to form a 3"x6" card base. I embossed a 2 3/4"x5 3/4" piece of Whisper White cardstock using the SAB Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder from the Blossoming Basket Bundle. This is the late-release bundle that you can get for free with a $100 purchase (US$). I absolutely LOVE this bundle!

I stamped and fussy cut the basket from the coordinating Blossoming Basket Stamp Set included in the bundle. To make things easier, I cut off the handle and then added it back later on. I also stamped and colored the largest center three additional times and fussy cut those as well. Next I colored everything with Stampin' Blends Markers and then "reassembled" the basket. I cut some greenery with the Sweet Cake Framelits Dies (#145617) to replace the greenery that I removed from the original stamped image.

 

I decided not to use a sentiment. Instead I added the adorable little tag included with the stamp set. Finally, I colored some pearls with Stampin' Blends Markers and added them randomly around the image to complete the card.

 

We would love to have you play along with us this week. Be sure to check out what the other talented designers/players have created for this fun challenge at the Global Design Project Challenge Blog.

I WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR STAMPIN' UP! DEMONSTRATOR

If you are in the United States and need a demonstrator, then you can order your supplies in my online store here.

Have a blessed day!