Coast to Coast Creators Hop - Sketch Challenge

      Fourteen of the month so you know what that means! It's team blog and Insta hop day! This month we are working off a sketch to create with whatever products we have in our stash.

I decided to play with a new stamp set from the upcoming January - April Catalogue as well as some DSP from the Saleabration offerings. 

In addition to the sketch, my inspiration was to keep it to a simple card (my son says I never have any "basic" cards) and also to have it be suitable for a masculine birthday. I followed it almost to the letter but I couldn't fit the cake image on the square die cut so I had to change it up to a circle.

The DSP is Azure Afternoon so I used my colour coach and added in Balmy Blue, Pebbled Path, Smoky Slate and Daffodil Delight. The cake is coloured with Stampin Blends and I did a bit of blending on the edge of the die cut. The greeting is Pebbled Path. I stamped a small image from the stamp set both in Azure Afternoon and Balmy Blue on the two square diecuts. This One More Year stamp set is going to be a definite favourite as I create a stack of birthday cards to start the year out.

And as always, don't forget to make the most of your Basic White layer if it will be covered with DSP like I have done here for multiple die cuts. It's also nice to always have a stack of die cuts on the ready whether in Basic White or other colours.

Here is a look at the stamp set. You will want to add it to your wish list!

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Coast to Coast Creators Hop: Anything BUT red, green, silver or gold

     Fourteen of the month so you know what that means! It's team blog and Insta hop day! This month we are sharing holiday projects created without the use of red, green, silver or gold.

I had a few ideas for this hop and then it became the day before the hop was due so I went with something a bit easier which was to focus on our amazing DSP!  I sure hope Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock are not considered green! I view them more in the blue family so hoping everyone else does as well!

The Sentimental Christmas DSP has this stunning pattern, among others so this card almost made itself! I made it into a fun fold just to up the ante a bit. (Don't forget $4 from every pack of this DSP sold goes to Children's literacy organizations.)

I started with a Lost Lagoon card base of 4 1/4" x 11" which I then scored at both 2 3/4" and 5 1/2". I then cut a piece of the DSP that was 4" x 5", cut it into two pieces each 2 1/2" wide and adhered these to the two panels that fold on the left. The third piece of DSP is 4" x 3" and rounds out the feel of the card when it is folded flat.

Next I layered Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock pieces that were cut with the Radiating Stitches Dies. These are adhered together and then added to the card front with Dimensionals on the left hand side only. For the Basic White layer, I used the Everyday Details Dies and stamped the greeting in Pretty Peacock from the Christmas Labels stamp set. 

The final bit of flourish was another die cut of the same DSP using the Spotlight on Nature dies as well as the Cream 1/4" ribbon which I coloured with my dark Pretty Peacock Stampin' Blends Marker.

I made a second card as well which is much simpler but I'll share as well. It includes more of the coloured ribbon, a die cut and greeting from the Christmas Labels Bundle as well as some embellished snowflakes from the Adhesive-Backed Snowflake Assortment.

For two cards that I whipped up within an hour, I'm pretty happy with the end result. I'l likely make a couple of more of the same!

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Coast to Coast Creators Hop: Gratitude

    Fourteen of the month so you know what that means! It's team blog and Insta hop day! This month we are sharing projects created around the idea of Gratitude as we have just celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada.

I went down to my craft room with the inspiration to use two of the preorder items from the November Online exclusives release.  I had recently received both the Gold Twisted Thread and the Brushed Silver and Gold Specialty Foil.

I then remembered I had saved a design I'd seen on Instagram with a circle and some gold. Thanks to @vickiboucher for furthering my inspiration and leading me to grab my Brushed Gold Cards and Envelopes.

Next I added the idea of this beautiful Grateful script for the Iconic Imagery stamp set. I had the black die cut circle on my desk and decided that would look striking with the gold and so out came the white embossing powder. I layered this on the brushed gold specialty paper also die cut with the Spotlight On Nature dies.

After that I knew I wanted to keep it really simple and just looked through my sets for a couple of stunning dies to tuck behind the circles. I used both Thoughtful Wishes Dies as well as Flowers of Beauty Dies to layer behind the focal point. I cut the dies in multiple pieces so that I could layer them with the bits I wanted showing and avoid having the majority of the die hidden behind the circles. 

Last but not least was the addition of a smattering of gold gems from the Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gems. I'm really smitten with the final look and will make a few more to use up the rest of my Brushed Gold Cards.

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Fun fold with More than Autumn Bundle from Stampin’ Up!

I had such a great response to the first version of this fun fold I shared that I knew I had to recreate it with a video.  Switched up the products I worked with but it turned out just as great!

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