Beautiful Moments

Today I want to share a card I made using the Beautiful Moments from the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog.  I absolutely adore this image of the woman standing in a field of flowers.  I imagine that she is thinking about a loved one or a memory, so the sentiment “Thinking of You” struck me as being perfect.

Here's how to make it:

Cut and Score with your Paper Trimmer:

• Seaside Spray - 8.5" x 5.5" - scored at 4.25"
• Plaid Tidings - 4" x 5.25"

Stamp Using the Beautiful Moments Stamp Set:

• In Memento Tuxedo Black, the image of the woman on a 4.5” x 3” piece of Whisper White
• In Memento Tuxedo Black, the sentiment “Thinking of You” under the image of the woman, placing it fairly close to the bottom of the image so that it will all fit in the die cut

Color Using Stampin’ Blends:

• Light & Dark Cinnamon Cider
• Light & Dark Melon Mambo
• Ivory
• Dark Just Jade
• Dark Soft Sea Foam
• Dark Highland Heather

Die Cut Using Stitched Nested Labels:

• 2nd largest Stitched Nested Label - from a piece of Seaside Spray cardstock
• 3rd largest Stitched Nested Label - the colored image of the woman and “Thinking of You” sentiment

Assemble the Card:

• Fold your scored Seaside Spray card base at the 4.25” score line and burnish with your bone folder
• Adhere the Plaid Tidings DSP to the card front 
• Adhere the Seaside Spray Stitched Nested Label to the center of the Plaid Tidings DSP
• Using Stampin’ Dimensionals, adhere the Stitched Nested Label with the image of the woman and “Thinking of You” sentiment 
• Add 3 of Pacific Point sequins from the Whale of a Time sequins

Colors Used Today:

Melon Mambo

Seaside Spray

Whisper White

Products Used Today:

InKing Royalty - Christmas in July

Welcome to InKing Royalty's July Blog Hop! During this year's blog hops, we are enjoying a year of celebrations. This month's projects celebrate Christmas in July. Demonstrators have been able to order new products from the upcoming August-December Mini Catalog, so prepare yourself for a gorgeous mix of new products, products available in the Annual Catalog and returning favorites. What fun! We are excited to share our creations with you today! After you read my post, I hope you'll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.

Some of my favorite products from last Christmas have come back this year!  I just love the metallic shine in the Brightly Gleaming DSP and I chose it to be the focus of today's project:

Here's how to make it:

Cut and Score with your Paper Trimmer:

• Thick Very Vanilla - 8.5" x 5.5" - scored at 4.25"
• Brightly Gleaming DSP (Pretty Peacock with copper foil) - 4" x 5.25"
• Brightly Gleaming DSP (Stripes) - 4" x 1.75"

Stamp with the Christmas Gleaming set on Very Vanilla:

1. In Night of Navy - the large ornament with a diamond pattern on it
2. In Pretty Peacock - the small ornament
3. In Memento Tuxedo Black - two of the Holly clusters

Stamp with Christmas Gleaming Set on Copper Foil scrap:

• "Merry Christmas" using Black StazOn - you will want to use StazOn so that the ink dries quickly and doesn't smear

Color with Stampin' Blends:

• Holly Clusters: Light & Dark Old Olive, Light & Dark Real Red
• Large Ornament: Light Pretty Peacock for the diamond shapes
• Both Ornaments: Light Smoky Slate for the "hangers"

Punch Shapes:

• Using the Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack, punch out both stamped ornaments
• Using the Sprig punch, punch out two sprigs from Copper Foil paper

Fussy Cut:

• Both Holly clusters
• Around the "Merry Christmas" to create a copper frame around the stamped sentiment

Assemble the Card:

• Fold your scored Thick Very Vanilla card base at the 4.25" score line and burnish with your bone folder
• Adhere the 4" x 5.25" of Brightly Gleaming to the card front
• Adhere the layer of striped DSP
• Arrange your Holly clusters and ornaments where you want them, lift up a tiny edge of the Holly Cluster and apply a small amount of Multipurpose Liquid Glue (on both clusters)
• Remove your ornaments and place Stampin' Dimensionals on the back of the larger one (you can also put some Multipurpose Liquid Glue under the inner-portion of the Holly clusters where the ornament will be covering if you would like)
• Adhere your large Ornament to the card front using the Stampin' Dimensionals
• Place Stampin Dimensionals on the left side of the smaller Ornament and a small amount of Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the right where it will overlap the already raised large Ornament
• Place Stampin Dimensionals on the right side of the sentiment and a small amount of Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the left where it will overlap the already raised large Ornament
• Put a small amount of Multipurpose Liquid Glue where the two sprigs meet on the Copper Foil Sprigs, slide them under the raised ornaments

Here is a close up of the elements, so you can see the added interest that using Stampin' Dimensionals creates:

I love Christmas and making Christmas Cards to send to my family & friends - usually I don't get them all done in time to arrive before Christmas, but this year I've started preparing in July and I am so excited!!!

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you'll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Lynn Kolcun at Avery's Owlery. There's lots of inspiration to be found in this group - and you don't want to miss it!

Thank you for hopping along with us. If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide:

1. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
2. Ann Murray at Murray Stamps Ink
3. Janneke Dijkstra-de Jong at Happy Stampin
4. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
5. Linda Krueger at The Stamp Coach
6. Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
7. Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
8. Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
9. Joanne Brown at Stamping with JoJo  YOU ARE HERE
10. Lynn Kolcun at Avery's Owlery
11. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
12. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
13. Sheryl Sharp at Sharp Notes by Sheryl
14. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping

For every $50 spent in July, you'll receive a $5 coupon to redeem in August!

Today's Colors:

Pretty Peacock

Old Olive

Night of Navy

Real Red

Very Vanilla

Products Used Today:

Candy Hearts Blog Hop - In Colors 2020-2022

Welcome to the Candy Hearts Blog Hop for July! Today we are sharing projects featuring the new 2020-2022 In Colors. After reading my post, I hope you will hop to the next person on the list below. Be sure to hop around to see ALL the great projects the Candy Hearts have created for you. We have a special guest with us today. The amazing and talented Brian King of stampwithbrian.com is joining us, and I'm sure he has something wonderful to share with us. 

I have been excited about this particular blog hop for a while now; the 2020-2022 In Colors are absolutely beautiful!!  Look at these 5 gorgeous colors:

There were so many ideas swirling in my head for using these colors.  Then I received my Demonstrator pre-order from the new August-December 2020 Mini Catalog and the options expanded even more!!  I decided to celebrate Christmas in July with a stunning Poinsettia in Magenta Madness and Just Jade.  Paired with it are two specialty Designer Series Papers - Plush Poinsettia and Forever Gold.  I think I found the "wow" factor right here! I think you'll be amazed by how simple this card is to put together.

Here's how to make it:

Cut and Score with your Paper Trimmer:

• Just Jade - 8.5" x 5.5" - scored at 4.25"
• Plush Poinsettia - 4" x 5.25"
• Pop out one of the floral-edged shapes from the Forever Gold Specialty DSP (it really doesn't matter what shape the center is, as it will be covered - but you want to have foliage peeking out from either side of your Poinsettia

Stamp with the Poinsettia Petals set:

• 1 each of the 3 Poinsettia petal clusters in Magenta Madness on Magenta Madness cardstock (I used 2 pieces of 4.25" x 5.5" cardstock and had plenty left over)
• 2 of the large Poinsettia leaf outlines and one of the smaller in Just Jade on Just Jade (I again used a piece of 4.25" x 5.5" cardstock)
• That's all the stamping for this card!

Die Cut with Poinsettia Dies:

• All 3 Petal Clusters
• All 3 Leaves

Shape Your Flowers:

• You will need:
• Stylus tip on the Take Your Pick tool
• Stampin' Pierce Mat
• Lie one die-cut petal cluster at a time face down on the Stampin' Pierce Mat
• Using your Stylus, begin making small circles from the outer edge of the petal in toward the center where all connect.
• Use only one hand, if your die cut shape begins to move on the mat, allow it to move naturally, as the paper is doing this in order to take the curvature and this movement prevents ripping as well as provides a more realistic dimension
• Once you have done this to the back of all 5 petals, turn your cluster over and gently press down with the stylus at the base of each petal, so the center where they connect lies lower than the curved petals
• Repeat for the other 2 petal clusters
• Do the same for your leaves, but work from the end furthest from you toward the end closest to you, flip over and gently press down on the end that is where the leaf "starts" - you will eventually be tucking this flattened are in under the Poinsettia

Assemble your Poinsettia:

• Add a small amount of Multipurpose Liquid glue to the center of the middle-sized Poinsettia Petal cluster
• Place this on top of the largest petal cluster, with the petals offset from one another
• Add a small amount of Multipurpose Liquid glue to the center of the smallest Poinsettia Petal cluster
• Adhere this on top of the middle-sized petal cluster, again offsetting the petals
• Take a Beaded Pearl and use the brush end of the Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blend to color the pearls yellow, set aside

Assemble the card:

• Fold your scored Just Jade card base at the 4.25" score line and burnish with your bone folder
• Adhere the panel of Plush Poinsettia DSP to your card base; you will want to use small strips of Tear & Tape on the backs of the leaf designs ONLY.  It is very important not to use adhesive on the translucent areas of the vellum, as the tape will be visible and your card will not have a clean look to it
• Adhere the Forever Gold Specialty DSP piece to the Plush Poinsettia using Multipurpose Liquid Glue
• Adhere the assembled Poinsettia to the center of the Forever Gold Specialty DSP, again using Multipurpose Liquid Glue
• Put a small amount of Multipurpose Liquid Glue at the base of each Just Jade leaf (one at a time) and carefully tuck them under the Poinsettia.  I used tweezers to push down on the cardstock for a few seconds under the Poinsettia to allow the glue to set without crushing the shaped petals
• Place a small amount of Multipurpose Liquid Glue (about the size of one of the pearls you colored yellow) in the center of the Magenta Madness Poinsettia, adhere the Beaded Pearls to this drop of glue.  You will need to hold it for 15-20 seconds, I used my tweezers to firmly push the pearl cluster into the glue

And just like that, we're done!  This non-traditional Christmas Card is sure to "wow" any receipient!

Thank you for hopping with the Hearts today! Be sure to hop around to all the stops. You do not want to miss any of the creativity in this talented group of stampers!

1. Candy Ford of Stamp Candy
2. Brian King of Stamp with Brian
3. Linda Krueger of The Stamp Coach
4. Joanne Brown of Stamping with JoJo  YOU ARE HERE

Today's Colors:

Just Jade

Magenta Madness

Whisper White

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