FF0012 Friendship Day and/or Yellow

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friendship card

It’s time for the Festive Friday Challenge, where every challenge is a party! For FF0012, we are celebrating Friendship Day with a Yellow twist. You can create a card to celebrate Friendship Day, which happens to be August 5, or you can create a card or project that has the color yellow, or you can combine both! Whatever way you decide to create is fine with us! We would love to have you play along!

Friendship Card

friendship Card

Colors of the Day – Card 1
Colors of the Day – Card 2
The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips

I actually created two cards using the same layout.  The first card features a fun pattern from the Delightfully Detailed Memories & More Pack, while the second card features a floral pattern from the Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper.

Friendship Card

Both of them use a sentiment from the Eastern Beauty stamp set.  “Cheater” bows and rhinestones are the only embellishments.  After all, with papers this pretty,  there is no need to add a lot of extras.

friendship card

I love the bold design of the first card, and the feminine elegance of the second.

friendship cardThis layout is perfect for any paper and coordinating ribbon, and it is definitely quick and easy.  I know I will be creating several more of these for my friends using the gorgeous papers Stampin’ Up! offers.

The Challenge Twists

As mentioned earlier, Festive Friday is a challenge with twists.  If you do not wish to create a Friendship Day project, you could create a card or project featuring the color yellow.  We offer alternatives for every challenge.  Plus, if you play along with us, you will be earning Fest Points which can be redeemed for items such as tutorials (including the tutorial for today’s card), retired Stampin’ Up! products, design team cards, and even a spot as a Guest Designer! But remember:  To earn Fest Points, you need an account on the challenge site. Just click on login/register on the challenge site to get started.

To see all of the inspiration our Design Team has created for you, head on over to Festive Friday Challenges!

Would you like to create your own card?  If you enjoyed today’s card, and would like to create your own easy ice cream card,  the supply list is located below.  Clicking on a product takes you right to my store.  Be sure to use this month’s Host Code.  Online orders over $50 (before tax and shipping) will receive a little gift from me IF you use the Host Code.  If your order is $150 or more, please do not use the Host Code.  You will automatically receive the gift from me, as well as your own Host Rewards.

July:  KGHTWDME

Are you in search of a specific retired stamp set? I just might have it on my list of  Retired Sets for Sale.

As always, if you have a question about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Until next time…

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Price: $110.00

On the CASE: Botanical Bliss Friendship Card

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friendship card

Nicole and I are back On the CASE. Our mission: To work through current Stampin’ Up! catalogs, breaking down gorgeous samples step-by-step, just for you! CASE means to Copy and Share with Everyone, and that is exactly what we do. We hope you enjoy the cards we CASE and the free tutorials included in our posts.  Today’s edition features a CASE of Botanical Bliss’s elegant friendship card.

Botanical Bliss
Friendship Card
Annual Catalog Page 20

friendship card

Botanical Bliss was one of the first bundles I placed on my Annual Catalog Wish List, and one of the first ones I purchased. There were  two reasons why.  One reason was the “friend” sentiment which was included in the set.  The gorgeous tags which could be created with the Botanical Tags Thinlets were the second reason.  This elegant friendship card features both the sentiment and one of the thinlit die cuts.  Enjoy!

friendship card

Colors of the Day
Stamps and Papers and Inks … Oh, My!

Stamps: Botanical Bliss (Bundle includes Botanical Tags Thinlits Dies)
Paper:  Soft Sea Foam Cardstock (Two pieces: 2-1/2″ x 2-1/2″),  Whisper White Cardstock (3-1/4″ x 2-1/2″), Gold Glimmer Paper (scraps), Share What You Love Designer Series Paper (2″ x 4″), Delightfully Detailed Memories & More Card Pack (4″ x 6″), Whisper White Large Memories & More Cards & Envelopes
Ink: Mint Macaron, Tranquil Tide, VersaMark
Other:  Big Shot, Botanical Tags Thinlits dies,  Stitched Shapes Framelits,  Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Embossing Buddy, Banner Triple Punch, SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals

“On the CASE” Notes
Your Step-by-Step Guide

1.  Ink the flower image from Botanical Bliss with Mint Macaron, and stamp off once. Randomly stamp onto the lower left side of the 4″ x 6″ Mint Macaron Delightfully Detailed Memories & More card.  Repeat several  times on the lower left and upper right side of the card.

Adhere to the front of a 4″ x 6″ Whisper White Memories and More card base.

friendship card

2.  Use the Banner Triple Punch to create a banner from the designer paper.  Adhere to the card base as shown using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

friendship card

3.  Use an Embossing Buddy to dust a piece of Whisper White cardstock. Ink the vine image with VersaMark, and heat emboss with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Stamp the “friend” sentiment in Tranquil Tide.  Die cut out using the second largest Oval Stitched Shapes framelit.

friendship card
4.  Die cut two Gold Glimmer Paper vines.

friendship card

5. Die cut two Soft Sea Foam flowers.

friendship card

6.  Adhere the flowers and vines as shown.  Add the oval, popping it up on dimensionals.

friendshhip card

How Hard Was It to Crack This CASE

Today’s card involves heat embossing, die cutting, and stamping off.  None of these techniques are difficult…merely time consuming.   Difficulty Level:  3 out of 5

#SUontheCASE

Nicole and I hope our projects today inspire you to try CASEing the catalog, too! We’ll be “on the case”, looking for the hashtag #SUontheCASE on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+ & Pinterest). If we find one of your projects, we’ll share it, like it, repost it – we’ll do it all!On the CASE: Picnic with YouNow head on over to Nicole at  Pixel Maven’s Retreat to see the CASE file she has been working on.  Nicole always writes the BEST tutorials!  What she has CASED is fabulous…and you will be delighted!

Ready to get On this CASE?  If you enjoyed today’s card, and would like to try your hand at creating your own CASE,  the supply list is located below.  Clicking on a product takes you right to my store.  Be sure to use this month’s Host Code.  Online orders over $50 (before tax and shipping) will receive a special little somethin’-somethin’ from me IF you use the Host Code.   If your order is $150 or more, please do not use the Host Code.  You will automatically receive the gift from me, as well as your own Host Rewards.

July: KGHTWDME

As always, if you have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away. Until next time…

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Price: $110.00

Stamp Review Crew: Tropical Chic Edition

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Tropical Chic

It’s time for the Stamp Review Crew: Tropical Chic Edition! If this is your very first visit to one of our hops, the Stamp Review Crew is a group of international Stampin’ Up! demonstrators whose mission is to do a blog hop on the first, third and fifth Mondays of each month. Our hops are unique because each of us features the same stamp set used in a variety of ways, giving you loads of inspiration for that set. The hops are archived at the Stamp Review Crew blog. You will be able to click through each hop at any time, going directly to the posts for that hop whenever you want. This week we are featuring the Tropical Chic stamp set. If you are following along in order, you have just arrived from my good friend,  Mike Funke.  After visiting me, you will continue to the next stop, the talented Charlet Mallett.

Tropical Chic Thank You Card

Tropical Chic Thank You

There’s no doubt about it … Tropical Chic is one of my favorite sets from the new Annual Catalog.  The coordinating paper, with its lush colors, imparts the feeling of being in a tropical rain forest.  With the coordinating dies, no fussy cutting is needed. I hope you enjoy today’s card.

Colors of the Day
The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips

The Leaf Cut-Out Die makes creating a background as easy as a tropical breeze.  I layered the Granny Apple Green panel over a simple Gray Granite dotted pattern from the Tropical Escapes Designer Series Paper pack for a quick and easy background that packs a punch.

Tropical Chic Thank YouA cluster of Blushing Bride blossoms, a Granny Apple Green leaf, and Shaded Spruce die cuts provide a striking focal point.

Tropical Chic Thank You

The simple dotted designer paper is the perfect canvas on which to stamp the sentiment, don’t you think?

Tropical Chic Thank YouI was so smitten with this set that I had to CASE one of the catalog samples for one of my On the CASE cards.

Tropical Chic Thank You

You can find the step-by step tutorial on how to create this card HERE.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card.  If would like to try your hand at creating your own Tropical Chic thank you card,  the supply list is located below.  Clicking on a product takes you right to my store.   You will receive a little somethin’-somethin’ from me IF you use the Host Code.   If your order is $150 or more, please do not use the Host Code.  You will automatically receive the gift from me, as well as your own Host Rewards.

July: KGHTWDME

Of course, if you ever have a question about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Now hop along to Charlet Mallett to see what she has in store for you!  If you get lost along the way, you can find a list of all the hoppers at The Stamp Review Crew.  Until next time…

Stamp Review Crew: High Tide EditionStamp Review Crew: High Tide Edition

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