Waves of Inspiration for the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today is the Crafty Collaborations Crafty Challenge Blog Hop, and I'm hopping along with a talented group of demonstrators from all across the globe. Our challenge today was to design a card following the sketch below. 

Here is my card, and, as you can see, I chose to turn the sketch sideways.

For my card I am using the Waves of Inspiration which is a new stamp set that will appear in the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog coming out May 1st. Stampin' Up! has released it early, but only for the month of March. It also comes as a bundle with gorgeous dies, designer paper, foil papers, and beautiful Bermuda Bay rhinestones, but on this card, I just used the stamp set.

Instead of adding all the measurements here, at the end of my blog will be a link to a free tutorial download.

I heat embossed the beautiful wave in white embossing powder on a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock.

The palm trees are from the Paradise Palms stamp set. I stamped them in VersaMark and heat embossed them with black embossing powder. The circles were cut with Layering Circles dies.

A small piece of the beautiful designer series paper is peeking out from behind the wave. The sentiment is from the Paradise Palms stamp set and is also heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I hope you like my card. Click on the box below to download a free tutorial.

Thanks so much for checking out my blog. Please take a minute to visit the other demonstrators' blogs and check out their awesome projects.

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New Horizons Rock by the Lake Card for Share it Sunday Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Crafty Collaborations Share it Sunday Blog Hop. A very talented group of demonstrators are sharing some great projects with you. Make sure you visit their blogs. Their links are below.

I'm sharing another card made with the New Horizons Designers Series Paper, one of my most favorite papers Stampin' Up! has designed.

To alter the designer series paper, I stamped the trees from Grassy Grove in Evening Evergreen on the left shore of the lake. 

I cut a "rock" with a die from Horizon Dies out of Sahara Sand cardstock. I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black ink with the woodgrain stamp from On the Horizon. The Evening Evergreen grass is also cut with a die from the Horizon Dies.

The birds were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink with a stamp from On the Horizon.

I used the leftover strips from the designer series paper to decorate the inside.

The card base is Night of Navy 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" folded in half. I cut a Night of Navy frame with the Stitched Rectangle dies and adhered over the designer series paper that was adhered to the card front.

I hope you like my card and will give it a try. I have provided links to all the products below.

Please take a minute to visit the blogs of the other demonstrators and check out their awesome projects.

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Horizon Dies [157778] $33.00	Grassy Grove Cling Stamp Set (English) [157836] $24.00
On The Horizon Cling Stamp Set (English) [157770] $23.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $35.00
Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $8.75	New Horizons 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157768] $11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $9.75	Evening Evergreen 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155574] $8.75
Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121043] $8.75	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00
Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $7.50

Calming Camellia for Kylie's International Highlights Winners Hop

Hello and welcome to Kylie Bertucci's International Winners Blog Hop! Today I'm joining Kylie Bertucci and a group of very talented demonstrators for a blog hop around the world. I'm so excited to be participating in the Top Ten International Highlights Winners Blog Hop! I earned this honor with my card, Beauty of Friendship, Thank you so much for voting for me.

This card I'm showcasing is a quick and simple thank you card. You'll be amazed at how quick you can put a card together with our Heart and Home Memories and More Cards and envelopes. I really hadn't paid much attention to this set until this week, and I really love it.

My focal point is the Calming Camellia stamp set that is a free Host Set when you place a $300 order during Sale-A-Bration. I stamped the camellia in Misty Moonlight on a 3 1/2" x 4 1/4" piece of Basic White. The largest die in the Stitched So Sweetly die set was used to cut the camellia out. Tasteful Textiles Embossing Folder was used to add some interest to this piece. A Misty Moonlight bow was added to this piece.

The card base in this card set is Misty Moonlight and White striped. It makes a 4 1/4" x 6 1/4" card, but I decided to cut it down to a 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" card and mounted it to a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" Thick Basic White piece. The reason I did this was to give the stripes a white border.

Another piece in this card set is this woodgrain piece. It is actually a notecard, but I cut it in half to use on my card front.

The sentiment, from Grassy Grove, was stamped in Misty Moonlight on a Basic White scrap and cut with the smallest Stitched So Sweetly die.

Wouldn't you just love to receive or send this thank you card? If you would like to duplicate this card, the supplies I used are listed below with links to my store.

Please take a minute to check out the projects from the other Top 10 Winners!

January and February are Sale-A-Bration months!! What does that mean, you ask? Well, I'm glad you asked, because it means that for every $50 increments in your order, you can receive free Sale-A-Bration items, like the designer series paper I used today. There are special products available when your order is $100!

Wait, there's more! If you would like to join my team or become a discount shopper, Stampin' Up! has added an extra incentive. Along with receiving $125 for $99 (no shipping fee, just tax added), you also will receive 2 extra stamp sets of your choice from any current stamp sets. Wow!! So, click here to join my team!

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Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $9.75	Heart & Home Memories & More Cards & Envelopes [157958] $10.00
Calming Camellia Host Cling Stamp Set (English) [158117] $24.00	Grassy Grove Cling Stamp Set (English) [157836] $24.00
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $7.50	Tasteful Textile 3 D Embossing Folder [152718] $9.00
Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $32.00	1/8'' (3.2 Mm) Cotton Ribbon Combo Pack [158140] $9.00

Fancy Fold Box Card for the Stamping with Friends Birthday Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome to the Stamping with Friends Fancy Fold Birthday Blog Hop! Today I'm hopping with a talented group of demonstrators from around the world. Fancy-fold, birthday card is the theme for our hop today. Let's take a look at the card I'm sharing today.

My card is a box or diorama card constructed with the Grassy Grove Bundle and New Horizons Designer Series Paper.

You can see the box form in the view below.

The back piece was stamped with the grass stamp, leaving a large area for your sentiment.

For free, complete instructions (this card is very easy to put together), click on the box below. I know you would love to make this card yourself, so I have listed all the supplies below with a link to my store.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Please take a minute to check out the cards made by this awesome group of demonstrators.

Roll Call
Tricia Butts
Betty Bickford
Sue Vine

Karen Egan
Mo Rootes (UK)
Lorraine Tierney
Vickie Littlewood
Candi Suriano
Robbie Susan Chandler-Florida, USA
Carol Brown
Diane Evans
Kristie Wilson
Melva Peters
Kelly Taranto
Linda Moore

January and February are Sale-A-Bration months!! What does that mean, you ask? Well, I'm glad you asked, because it means that for every $50 increments in your order, you can receive free Sale-A-Bration items, like the designer series paper I used today. There are special products available when your order is $100!

Wait, there's more! If you would like to join my team or become a discount shopper, Stampin' Up! has added an extra incentive. Along with receiving $125 for $99 (no shipping fee, just tax added), you also will receive 2 extra stamp sets of your choice from any current stamp sets. Wow!! So, click here to join my team!

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Grassy Grove Bundle (English) [157845] $56.50	Grassy Grove Cling Stamp Set (English) [157836] $24.00
Grove Dies [157844] $39.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $9.75
New Horizons 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157768] $11.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00