Stampin' Up! Catching Butterflies

 Color Challenge

For this challenge, I decide to use the Sunshine and Rainbows Designer Series Paper because it had 2 of the three colors in the challenge. 

I used the Mint Macaroon for the card base and for the dress.

When I cut the paper the orientation was different than what I had visualized so I decided to use what I cut and make a second card. I used the new Naturals Collections Alcohol Ink markers so I could experiment with different skin tones.

If you would like to see other cards created with this color combination check them out at The Paper Players

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Happy Stampin'

Order these Stampin' Up! products to make this card:

Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337] $8.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $9.75	Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131197] $8.75
Sunshine & Rainbows 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158126] $0.00	Catching Butterflies Cling Stamp Set (English) [158108] $0.00	Layering Diorama Dies [155565] $29.00
Natural Tones Stampin’ Blends Collection [160940] $45.00	So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154905] $9.00	Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154889] $9.00
Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154889] $9.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00

Stampin' Up Someone Special

Stampin' Up! Someone Special for the Color Throwdown.

I've been doing a lot of sketch challenges so I think its time for a Color Throwdown Challenge. I picked this color combo from  The Color Throwdown 

I love the combination of blues and pink but I knew I did not want to do a baby card. For my colors, I choose Stampin' Up! Night Of Navy, Seaside Spray and Blushing Bride.

I love the SomeoneSpecial Stamp Set! And I am so excited that this week it was part of the Coordination Product Release so there is a great set of dies to coordinate with it. BUT they are limited to while supplies last.  I paired Someone Special with Under My Umbrella.

I started by stamping some raindrops for a background on the seaside spray cardstock.

And then I created a scene on a piece of Whisper White card stock that I die cut with the rectangle dies.

The grass and the flowers are from Someone Special the Umbrella and raindrops are from Under my umbrella. I ran the Umbrella piece through the die-cutting and embossing machine in the Subtles embossing folder because the umbrella looked a little flat and i wanted to give it a little bit of texture.

I love both of these stamps sets and I know I will be making a lot of carf with both or them 

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Products I used to create this card:

Special Someone Photopolymer Stamp Set [151643] $17.00	Special Day Dies [153587] $29.00	Under My Umbrella Bundle (English) [153786] $30.50
Under My Umbrella Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [151518] $16.00	Umbrella Builder Punch [151293] $18.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $9.75
Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $8.75	Seaside Spray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150883] $8.75	Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131201] $8.75
Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131198] $8.75	Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad [150085] $7.50	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $7.50
Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $7.50	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $7.50	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad* [119670] $5.95
Many Marvelous Markers [147154] $123.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $35.00	Stamparatus [146276] $49.00
Stamparatus Deluxe Foam Mat (Imperial) [150866] $6.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Whisper White Medium Envelopes [107301] $7.50

Stampin' Up! Botanical Bliss Fun Fold

 Stampin' Up! Botanical Bliss Fun Fold Card

Every month the demonstrator group for the upline I am in has a challenge on the private Facebook group, Proverbial Stampers. I love the challenges because they push me out of my comfort zone and challenge me to try new color combinations. And there is the added incentive that one project will be chosen as the winner. The winner gets Happy Mail from Connie. I love Happy Mail because it also contains a little Stampin' Up! goodie.

Granny Apple Green and Highland Heather are two of my favorites from the new core color collection. I love them but I never would have paired them with Balmy Blue. 

I used the Botanical Bliss stamp set with the coordinating Botanical Tags Thinlits Dies. When I ordered this set I intend to make bookmarks like the ones featured in the annual catalog.

But once I started playing witht the set I decided they would make a great gate fold card.

I used the leaf stamp and Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin INk to create a watermark effct on the front of the gates.  I used some birds that I had left over from another card. THey are Costal Cabanna, because I was out of Balmy Blue carrdstock after complete a large batch of party invitations for a friend.

I used the Balmy Blue Classic Stampin Ink and the aqua painter to create a blue sky for the background that shows throught he gates. My Balmy Blue bird is sitting on a branch of leaves cut from the Granny Apple Green card stock.

This is a beautiful set and the frame-lits are very verstile. I am already visulizing an old gate with black crows for Halloween.

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Stampin' Up Products Used to Create this Card:

Product List

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990] $8.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.75	Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986] $8.50
Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131297] $8.50	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $7.50	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $7.50
Aqua Painters [103954] $17.00	Botanical Bliss Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146612] $19.00	Wonderful Moments Photopolymer Stamp Set [147529] $26.00
Botanical Tags Thinlits Dies [146824] $27.00	Botanical Bliss Clear-Mount Bundle [148333] $41.25	Spot Of Tea Framelits Dies [146821] $26.00
Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $35.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $10.00