Monday, March 15, 2021

Kylie's Demonstrator Support Program Blog Hop March 2021

 


Thank you for joining us for our Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator Training Program Monthly 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!® Demonstrators from around the world that are taking part in training that is helping us to build a successful Stampin' Up!® 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 this post so that you can see every blog post and idea today.

Our them is Thank You cards for our customers this month and I was inspired by the beautiful Love You Always Specialty Designer Series Paper.  


I chose the Rococo Rose Specialty DSP and paired it with a card base of Rococo Rose, Basic Black DSP, Silver Foil Sheets and the stunning Metallic Mesh Ribbon. The sentiment is heat embossed with a silver foil layer.

I like to begin with all my supplies in front of me - I've cut out 12 dies from the center of 12 black pieces of cardstock cut at 5 3/8" X 4 1/8". The hole will be hidden by the designer series paper so this is a great way to conserve cardstock. Using my Stamparatus made it super easy to do 12 sentiments.

After stamping with Versamark Ink I heat embossed with white embossing powder. I adhered these to silver foil I'd cut out with the larger die.

I then adhered my basic white cardstock, cut at 5 1/4" X 4" to a layer of black cut at 5 3/8 X 4 1/8" and adhered to the inside of my Rococo Rose cardbase - cut at 5 1/2" X 8 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4".

I am bow challenged! But I love bows, especially in the Metallic Mesh Ribbon! My solution is to make it a little easier for myself by attaching a strip of the ribbon, then threading a piece under and tying the bow. Here's how it looks, step by step.

Here I've got 4 cards to finish, what a pretty stack of cards to send to my customers this month.

I hope you are enjoying your hop today! 

Blog Links:


1. Kylie Bertucci - Australia  
2. Susan Elise Schultz - Sea Ranch Creations - USA  
3. Sara Sayers - KISS Kreative (UK)  
4. Beth McCullough - Stamping Mom - USA  
5. Sandie from Stamp With Sandie UK  
6. Melissa Faust - Stamp with Melissa - USA  
7. Terri Brumagim - Crafts A Latte - USA  
8. Barry & Jay Soriano - Mitosu Crafts UK  
9. Shelly Wadge - Australia  
10. Cheryl Hurst  
11. Diane Evans  
12. Mary Ann Curtis - USA  
13. Helen Jennings - Love-a-Duckie (UK)  
14. Julie Brown USA  
15. Mo Rootes - UK  
16. Brenda Liesse-USA  
17. Sharon Wojciechowski - PBJStamping - Canada  
18. Julie Kight - USA  
19. Alejandra Gomez - Creating with Allie - USA  
20. Nancy & Kayla - Stamping Before Anything Else-USA  
21. Lorraine Tierney  
22. Deb Macdowell - Inkstability - Australia  
23. Nancy Reynolds - Stampin' With Nutsy, USA  
24. Lesley Seabrook Canada  
25. Julie Petrie - USA  
26. Cheryl Hamilton  
27. Karen Henderson - UK  
28. Tatiana Tobin - Australia  
29. Theresa Tucker - USA  
30. Melva Peters - Canada  
31. Laurie Bradshaw USA  
32. Krissi Hannahs-StampWithKrissi-USA  
33. Sandra Mastello - Australia  
34. Tracy Held - Australia  
35. Bonnie Sanche - Canada  
36. Ann Alexander - Bellestampin with Ann - Australia  
37. Jennifer Blaschak-Card Zen by Jen- USA  
38. Sue Vine - MissPinksCraftSpot - Australia  
39. Kristie Strum - The Tygress Den - USA  
40. Michele Jutrisa - Australia  
41. Leonie François - Prulleke - the Netherlands  
42. Kelley Pitts, Create With Kelley, USA  
43. Wendy Porter, The Laptray Crafter, UK  
44. Wendy Fee - Canada  
45. Christy Gridley - Christy's Stamping Spot - USA  
46. Theresa McEntee USA  
47. Gloria Hendrickson - USA  
48. Rose Coleman- Canada  
49. Judith Patterson - USA  
50. Angie McKenzie - USA  
51. Teah Woodward - US  
52. Suzie Jewell - USA  
53. Michele Miller - Australia - mmmstampintime  
54. Alison Carter  
55. Teresa Brown Australia  
56. Caroline Nathan - Australia  
57. Pauline Bennetts - Australia  

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If you live in the USA and need a demonstrator I'm here for you. 

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Monday, March 1, 2021

Butterfly Bouquet Blog Hop March 2021



 


Thank you for hopping along with us! There are so many beautiful cards created by talented Stampin’ Up! ® Independent Demonstrators around the world. I hope you enjoy yourself and get inspiration to use with this amazing new set! 


My card is a Slide and Lock Gatefold friendship card. I watched both Karen Titus and Lisa Curcio on YouTube explain this fold and decided to give it a try. This card is not as difficult as it looks. 

I began with Mint Macaron Cardstock, 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" (1/2 sheet of cardstock) score at 2 1/8" from each side. This has the edges meeting in the middle of the card. Because the sliding mechanism runs up the middle holding the two sides together it's a good idea to make sure there is a tiny gap between the two sides. You can see the gap in the picture above. Normally a gatefold should meet perfectly, so this is the exception to the rule.

The mechanism that slides on and off the card is made of 4 pieces of 3" X 3" white cardstock. Two of the squares are scored in half and folded; glue these to the top and bottom pieces, make sure the fold is in the middle. The mechanism slides down the middle of the gatefold card to lock it in place. 

I decided to begin by getting all my elements ready: the mechanism, the focal piece to adhere to the mechanism, front side pieces, and the pieces for the inside of the card. 

The Butterly Bijou Designer series paper has a design that can be cut out with one of the dies from the Brilliant Wings Die Set. I used the matching die for the largest butterfly and cut one from vellum.



I used the Frost White shimmer paint to 'pearlize' two strips of Mint Macaron Card Stock before running it through the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder. I learned this technique from Susan Levasseur of WOW NOLA Creations.  I also pearlized one of the sides from the Butterfly Bijou DSP and the vellum butterfly.


I cut strips from the Natural Touch Specialty Paper for the inside and the two sides. I took a picture of the cardstock I used.




All that was left was to stamp the sentiments and assemble all the pieces. Here is the focal element to adhere to the front of the slide and lock mechanism before I adhered the pearlized vellum butterfly.



I hope you have enjoyed my card; please let me know if you've tried it.



I hope you are inspired by all of our cards and that you enjoy the the remaining blogs.

Blog Hop Links:

1. Kylie Bertucci - Australia  
2. Narelle Fasulo - Australia  
3. Barry & Jay Soriano - Mitosu Crafts UK  
4. Sara Sayers - KISS Kreative (UK)  
5. Diane Evans - Canada  
6. Jason Loucks - United States  
7. Laurie Bradshaw USA  
8. Shelly Wadge - Australia  
9. Deb Macdowell - Inkstability - Australia  
10. Cheryl Hurst - Australia  
11. Nancy Reynolds - USA  
12. Melissa Faust - Stamp with Melissa - USA  
13. Theresa McEntee/Theresa's Treasures-USA  
14. Maryanne-USA  
15. Maheswari Rajaguru- Australia  
16. Ange McKay, North Shore Stamper, Canada  
17. Karen Henderson - UK  
18. Lorraine Tierney- ChatnCraft with Lorraine (US)  
19. Mary Ann Curtis - USA  
20. Christy Gridley - Christy's Stamping Spot - USA  
21. Melva Peters - Canada  
22. Alejandra Gomez - Creating with Allie - USA  
23. Julie Brown - USA  
24. Rachel Tessman - USA  
25. Tracy Held - Australia  
26. Tina Hewett - Tina's Creative Studio - Australia  
27. Kristie Strum - The Tygress Den - USA  
28. Angie McKenzie - USA  
29. Lori Willcox - Canada  
30. Sue Vine - MissPinksCraftSpot - Australia  
31. Kylie Page | Stampers Workshop - Australia  
32. Ann Alexander - Bellestampin with Ann - Australia  
33. Elaine Sewell UK  
34. Helen Speakman -The Rooftop crafter UK  
35. Zahra Premji, My Pretty Inkspirations, Canada  
36. Suzie Jewell - USA  
37. Jan Farring - USA  
38. Wendy Fee - Wendy's Little Inklings - Canada  
39. Julie Petrie - USA  
40. Susan Edwards USA  
41. Genevieve Ko- Stampin4fun (Canada)  
42. Amy Cook - Cards by A Cook - Canada  
43. Jennifer Kostiuk - Jenn's Pretty Crafty - Canada  
44. Helen Jennings  
45. Theresa Tucker USA  
46. Teah Woodward - US  
47. Mandy Witherby  

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If you live in the USA and don't have a demonstrator I'd be happy to help with your stamping needs. If you have questions about the techniques I used please feel free to contact me.


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