Welcome to another Artisan Design Team Blog Hop. On this hop, we are focusing on the Country Lane Suite on pages 42-43 in the 2018 Holiday Catalog.
It was love at first sight when I saw this incredible suite of products. It was like Stampin' Up! created it just for me. If you asked me to pick just one product from the entire catalog, the Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (#147906) would be it. I started with a Basic Black top-folding card base, added a layer of Basic Black cardstock embossed with the Tin Tile folder and then adhered it to the card base for stability. Next, I added some splatters with Bright Copper Shimmer Paint (#147045). I also used the Copper Shimmer Paint and a sponge dauber to add some color to a Chicken Wire Element (#147807).
I stamped the greeting from the Country Home stamp set (#147678) with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on Crumb Cake cardstock and cut it with a square die from the Stitched Shapes Framelits (#145372).
Here comes to fun part...I used the cap from the Take Your Pick Tool (#144107) and a Stampin' Pierce Mat (#126199) to shape flowers punched with the Four-Petal Flower punch (#147041). I am fairly certain that it wasn't one of the intended purposes of the Take Your Pick Tool, but it worked well. To get this look, I punched the flowers from colored cardstock, spritzed lightly with water, and then pressed the cap into the petals at a 45 degree angle until the petals had the desired shape. After everything was completely dry I stacked the petals by off-setting them and using hot glue to adhere them. Finally, I added some Linen Thread (#104199) to some True Gentleman Buttons (#145596) and hot glued them to the flower centers. Finally, I tucked in some springs die cut with the Petals & More Thinlits (#145655) to add some filler.
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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)
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