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Kylie's Demonstrator Training Blog Hop - September 2020 Beautiful Autumn

Thank you for joining us for our Stampin' Up!^(R) Demonstrator Monthly Team Blog Hop! We are so happy that you could join us today for this blog hop for ideas and creative inspiration. We are a group of Stampin' Up!^(R) Demonstrators from around the world that are taking part in training that is helping us to build a successful Stampin' Up!^(R) business and reach some goals we have set. We really appreciate your support.

You may be starting here or have come from another blog - either way you can find the link list at the bottom of the post so that you can see every blog post and idea today.

To make this card, I started with a bunch of scraps that I found in my crafting room. Are you like me and you can't throw away those strips of cardstock leftover after you've cut your cardstock? Do you ever wonder what to do with those leftover strips of cardstock? Here's an easy project you can make to use up those scraps! It made a beautiful background for my card. The colors of those scrap strips I used informed the colors for my card. I think it turned out great! You can also see this technique on page 125 of the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog.

Here's the card I made for today's blog hop - because the colors of my scraps were fall colors, I decided to use the Beautiful Autumn bundle from the 2020 Fall Mini Catalog. I love this bundle because it comes with three punches that coordinate beautifully with the stamps in the stamp set. Scroll down to see the video demonstrating how I made this card.

 

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Here is the video demonstrating how I made my project for this blog hop.

 

To make this card, I started with a bunch of cardstock strips that I had leftover from various projects. I took a piece of Whisper White cardstock that was 4 7/8" x 3 1/2". Add adhesive to the piece of Whisper White cardstock, I used Stampin' Seal Plus adhesive because it is super strong. Add the cardstock strips to the piece of Whisper White until it is covered with the cardstock strips.

I picked a cardstock base that was the same color as some of the strips of cardstock I had. I have a cardbase of Cajun Craze that is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". I embossed a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock (5 3/8" x 4 1/8") using the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. Adhere the embossed layer to the cardbase.

I cut a label from the Tasteful Labels dies using Night of Navy cardstock, another color from the scraps that I used to make the background. I stamped the sentiment from the Beautiful Autumn stamp set onto Whisper White and cut it out with another label die from the Tasteful Labels dies. The Tasteful Labels dies and Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder are part of the Tasteful Touches Suite, which is amazing.

I stamped the leaf and acorn images from the Beautiful Autumn stamp set in Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Old Olive ink and punched them out using the coordinating punches. Before adhering the bigger label using dimensionals, I added a zigzag of metallic ribbon from the Basket Weave & Metallic Ribbon combo pack that coordinates with the Beautiful Autumn bundle. They are all part of the Gilded Autumn Suite, which includes some fantastic Designer Series Paper, Brushed Metallic Paper and Acorn Trinkets. 

I put the card together, adding the punched elements to the sentiment and tucked behind the sentiment. 

I love how this card turned out! The Gilded Autumn suite is amazing and I love those punches!

Thanks for checking out my card and the blog hop!

Need some supplies? I would so appreciate having your business!  I would love to help inspire your creativity – and when you support my online store it helps me bring more amazing videos to you! AND I love to reward my customers – check out my fabulous VIP Rewards program. It includes all kinds of perks and inspiration for you (you can check out the program here!) You can order from my online store by clicking on the product images below. Be sure to use the current Hostess Code from the upper right-hand corner of my blog.  If your order is over $150, DON’T use the code – you’ll still get all the perks PLUS Stampin Rewards from Stampin Up!  If you have questions, feel free to email me at [email protected].

 

Today's Supplies:

• Beautiful Autumn stamp set
• Autumn Punch pack
• Beautiful Autumn bundle
• Gilded Autumn suite
• Metallic Ribbon
• Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder
• Tasteful Labels dies
• Tasteful Touches bundle
• In Good Taste suite
• Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
• Cajun Craze cardstock
• Night of Navy cardstock
• Crushed Curry cardstock
• Old Olive cardstock
• Soft Suede cardstock
• Whisper White cardstock
• Cajun Craze ink
• Soft Suede ink
• Old Olive ink
• Stampin' Seal Plus
• Multipurpose Liquid Glue
• Mini Glue Dots
• Stampin' Dimensionals

Simple Stamping with Forever Fern Stamp Set and Easy Watercolor Background

Hello! Thanks for checking out my blog today! 

I tried my hand at making a watercolor background for a simple stamping card and I think it turned out pretty great for a first try. Watercoloring is something I definitely need to practice as it's not super intuitive to me. But this background is nothing fancy and super easy to create and it adds some great interest to your card. First, I made a simple card, using just stamps, ink, and paper. Then, I stepped it up a little bit, adding some Designer Series Paper and some gold metallic trim.

Here's the simple stamping card:

And here's the stepped up card:

You can watch the YouTube video demonstrating the technique and making the cards here:

 

For these projects, start by making the watercolor backgrounds. They can dry while you work on some other parts of the projects. Cut one sheet of Fluid 100 watercolor paper in half - each sheet is 5" x 7" so you'll have two, 3 1/2" x 5" pieces of paper. You can use any watercolor paper that you have - you'll find a link to the Stampin' Up^(R) Fluid 100 watercolor paper below. Using Pear Pizzazz and Pretty Peacock ink, add ink to the paper in a random way with water painters.  Be sure to use plenty of water! Stampin' Up's new water painter pens are awesome! They come in a pack of three and the pens have different sized tips. I used my Heat Tool to dry the water color before adding the second color.

While the water colored backgrounds finish drying, fold a half sheet (5 1/2" x 8 1/2") piece of Just Jade cardstock in half. Stamp a leaf image from the Forever Fern stamp set onto the left side of the card base (on the fold side) using Just Jade ink. You could also stamp the inside of your card and adhere it to give your background a little more time to dry. The inside of the card is a piece of Whisper White cardstock that is 5 1/4" by 4". Stamp a leaf image on the lower right corner in Pear Pizzazz ink. Then stamp the "bean" image (I don't know what else to call them - they look like beans to me) in Just Jade ink on top of it. Adhere the white stamped piece into the inside of the card base.

On your first watercolored background, stamp a leaf image a couple of times positioned with the leaves going toward the top of the layer in Pear Pizzazz ink, with the bottom of the images just below center (you'll cover this with the sentiment), and one  time with the leaves going toward the bottom of the layer. Stamp the "bean" image in Pretty Peacock ink in the same manner.

Using a piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock that is 1" x 3 1/2", stamp the sentiment in Versamark Ink and emboss with white embossing powder. (For a truly "simple stamping" card, you could stamp the sentiment using a darker ink, like Pretty Peacock, or stamp it on a Whisper White strip of the same size). Stamp leaf images around the outside of the sentiment to add some more interest on the sentiment layer.

Adhere the watercolored/stamped layer to a Shaded Spruce layer (3 5/8" x 5 1/8"). Add the sentiment to the watercolored layer using dimensionals. Adhere to the card base a little to the right of center so that the stamped left edge of the cardbase is shown.

For the stepped up version, instead of stamping the edge of the cardbase, adhere a strip of the Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper that is 1" x 5 1/2". Stamp the watercolored layer, as before and adhere the layer to the Shaded Spruce layer. Before adhering the sentiment, adhere some gold trim from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack using Stampin' Seal or Stampin' Seal plus, where you'll place the sentiment. Adhere the sentiment over the gold trim with dimensionals. Stamp a couple of leaf images in Pear Pizzazz ink and a couple of "bean" images in Pretty Peacock ink on a scrap of Whisper White cardstock. Cut the images out using the coordinating dies from the Forever Flourishing dies. Cut some sprigs from Shaded Spruce cardstock. Adhere the die cut images under the sentiment and gold trim. You could also add some sequins or gems to this version.

Need some supplies? I would so appreciate having your business!  I would love to help inspire your creativity – and when you support my online store it helps me bring more amazing videos to you! AND I love to reward my customers – check out my fabulous VIP Rewards program. It includes all kinds of perks and inspiration for you (you can check out the program here!) You can order from my online store by clicking on the product images below. Be sure to use the current Hostess Code at the upper right corner of my blog. If your order is over $150, DON’T use the code – you’ll still get all the perks PLUS Stampin' Rewards from Stampin' Up!  If you have questions, feel free to email me at [email protected].

 

Today's Supplies:

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine: https://bit.ly/2F5i7mM
Forever Greenery Suite: https://bit.ly/35cAkcP
Forever Fern stamp set: https://bit.ly/3k70bqX
Forever Flourishing dies: https://bit.ly/3bLOVxf
Forever Fern bundle: https://bit.ly/3345D6V
Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack: https://bit.ly/334z7Se
Forever Greenery DSP: https://bit.ly/2DCvx9b
Just Jade cardstock: https://bit.ly/3jSZe57
Shaded Spruce cardstock: https://bit.ly/324KEkX
Whisper White cardstock: http://bit.ly/30BSGzC
Pear Pizzazz cardstock: https://bit.ly/3jV7Msg
Fluid 100 Watercolor paper: https://bit.ly/35cQ27D
Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad: https://bit.ly/3h583qY
Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad: https://bit.ly/3lYAnif
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin' Pad: https://bit.ly/3i2SNvU
Versamark ink pad: https://bit.ly/35cwxMq
White Stampin' Emboss Powder: https://bit.ly/3h8IBk6
Heat Tool: https://bit.ly/2Fgx19j
Dimensionals: https://bit.ly/3kVSGEr
Multipurpose Liquid Glue: https://bit.ly/2FzoJty
Stampin' Seal +: https://bit.ly/2R0L99l
Water Painters: https://bit.ly/2R2tUof