Gillybean Crafting : Kylie's Demonstrator Training Monthly Blog Hop (Aug 2020)

So excited to be hopping again this month! I'm anticipating lots of holiday themed blogs with all the amazing new items from the August - December Mini Catalogue so I decided to choose one of my non-holiday stamp sets to play with - Life Is Beautiful.

When I saw this stamp set, it instantly reminded me of Sheltering Tree which was one of my favourite retired Stampin' Up!® sets. So of course, adding this new one to my cart was a no-brainer! Similar to the retired set, it offers the possibility of creating a card for each of the four seasons and has beautiful fonts for all of its classic greetings.

I went with a fall themed card as that is the season soon to be upon is and I am so pleased with how my card turned out.

The jumping off point for this card was the piece of DSP form the World of Good specialty paper pack. I loved that it has a weathered outdoor feel to it already (which I added to by curling up the corners). I kept with the earth tones and layered another design from the same paper pack underneath it before placing it all on a Merry Merlot card base (embossed with the Scripty EF). I also made a second version of this card that has all the same elements except for the layering DSP is Bumble Bee vs Cinnamon Cider.

The tree is stamped using Early Espresso. Although very

subtle, I went for a two step process with the leaves. First I stamped them twice across the branches using Cajun Craze. Then I switched to Merry Merlot ink and stamped the again but in three spots. I also used clear embossing powder to heat emboss the Merlot leaves. Adding another dimension to the leaves, I added some of the hexagon shaped Sequins for Everything in both red and orange.

Lastly, I stamped the greeting in Merlot and again embossed with clear embossing powder. To finish it off, I added three of the Gold Faceted Gems. I hope you like this card as much as I liked designing it.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog. Be sure to 'hop' to as many of the others as you can!

You will be so inspired by all the amazing designs!

1.	Kylie Bertucci - Australia
2.	Julie Kight - USA
3.	Beth McCullough - USA
4.	Tatiana Tobin - Australia
5.	Karen Henderson, UK
6.	Mary Bush - Stampin' In The Sand - USA
7.	Susan E Schultz, Sea Ranch Creations, USA
8.	Tracy Bish - Australia
9.	Jessie Holton - Australia
10.	Ellen Liefting the Netherlands
11.	Narelle Fasulo - Australia
12.	Gillian Long - Gillybean Crafting, Canada
13.	Libby Dyson- Australia
14.	Diane Evans - Canada
15.	Melva Peters - Canada
16.	Sue Allen - Australia
17.	Kylie Bowers - Australia
18.	Alejandra Gomez - Creating with Allie - USA
19.	Helen Chapman - UK
20.	Bonnie Sanche - Canada
21.	Julie Brown - USA
22.	Kylie Swain - Australia
23.	Deb Macdowell - Inkstability
24.	Sue Vine - MissPinksCraftSpot - Australia
25.	Krissi Hannahs- USA
26.	Shelly Wadge - Australia
27.	Maheswari Rajaguru - Australia
28.	Helen Jennings - Love-a-Duckie (UK)
29.	Jennifer Kirk - Canada
30.	Kristie Strum - Tygress Den - USA
31.	Melinda Whittington
32.	Ginny Duncan - Canada
33.	Nancy Hoetker - Australia
34.	Alice Tomal - Australia
35.	Michele Jutrisa - Australia
36.	Sandra Mastello - Australia
37.	Kylie Page \| Stampers Workshop - Australia
38.	Tracy Held- Australia
39.	Marika Laforge - Canada
40.	Rhonda Kleiman-USA
41.	Jessye ChanceyHigginbotham- Designs By Chance -USA
42.	Tricia Butts - USA
43.	Pamela Sadler - USA
44.	Kim Kroeker - Canada
45.	Chris Smith - USA
46.	Angel Shaver--USA
47.	Kelley Pitts, USA
48.	Elly Rijnvis - Netherlands
49.	Dianne Endersby - UK
50.	Teresa Brown Australia
51.	Christy Gridley - USA
52.	Jill Goddard - Australia
53.	Theresa McEntee USA
54.	Kayla McCreadie - Australia
55.	Trudy Collis - Australia