May 2021 Monthly Blog Hop

 Hi, and welcome to this month's blog hop!

Thank you for joining us for our Stampin' Up!® Demonstrators Monthly Team Blog Hop!  We are so happy that you could join us today for ideas and creative inspiration.

We are a group of Stampin' Up! ®  Demonstrators from around the world who 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.  Don't miss a single one!  

Our theme is Thank You. 

My Thank You card uses the products in the Pansy Petals Suite.

The Pansy Petals Suite is fast becoming a favorite among stampers all around the globe.  Count me as one of them!  It's new this year, and can be found in the just released NEW 2021-2022 Annual Catalog.

Stamp sets used:

• Pansy Patch, Hand-Penned Petals (filler leaves), Sweet Ice Cream (filler dots).

Card Details:

• Card base:  Basic White CS, 8 1/2" X 5 1/2", fold at 4 1/4".
• Calypso Coral CS layer:  5 3/8" x 4 1/8".
• DSP layer:  Pansy Petals DSP (soft succulent gingham), 5 1/4" x 4".
• Piece of white CS for stamping:  2 3/4" x 4".
• Using the smaller pansy stamps and Calypso Coral Ink, randomly stamp pansies all over.  For the "beard" I used Cajun Craze Ink. 
•  Filler dots are from Sweet Ice Cream set and stamped in Pale Papaya ink. 
•  Filler leaves are from Hand-penned Petals set, stamped in Soft Succulent Ink.
• Sentiment:
• I used a label cut-out from the April Paper Pumpkin Kit, (you could use Basic White CS 3" x 3/4"), stamped with Thank You from the Pansy Patch stamp set in Soft Succulent ink.
• I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere all the layers to the card base.  I used Stampin' Dimensionals for the sentiment piece.
• I added one of the new In Color Jewels (soft succulent color) to the sentiment piece.

Here's another version, showing how to "step-it-up" using some dies.  

I used the same color palette (calypso coral and cajun craze for flowers, soft succulent for leaves and stamped sentiment)

The dies I used:

• Pansy Dies, Scalloped Contours Dies, Stitched Rectangles Dies.

Details:

• Card base:  Soft Succulent CS, 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", fold at 4 1/4".
• Layers glued on front of card base:
• Basic White DSP:  cut using the largest die from Scalloped Contours Dies.
• Calypso Coral CS layer:  4 3/4" x 3 7/16" (just under 3 1/2") to glue on top of the scalloped white layer.
• DSP layer:  again, the gingham from Pansy Petals DSP, 4 5/8" x 3 5/16" (just over 3 1/4").
• Focal design:
• Stamp 1 large and 2 smaller pansies with Calypso Coral and Cajun Craze on to a piece of white CS; die-cut using Pansy Dies.
• Die cut 1 large and 2 smaller leaves from Soft Succulent CS, using Pansy Dies. (The dies also emboss veins on the leaves - so pretty!)
• Using the 2nd smallest die from Scalloped Contours Dies, cut a scalloped piece of white CS.  The pansies will be adhered to this scalloped piece.
• Stamp sentiment with Soft Succulent ink on another piece of white CS; die cut this using small die from Stitched Rectangles Dies.
• Assemble:
• Using Stampin Dimensionals, adhere the pansies on top of the white scalloped die-cut piece.
• Tuck and glue the leaves around the pansies and the sentiment piece on top of leaves.
• Use more dimensionals to adhere to card front.
• Add an In Color Jewel to sentiment piece.

One final version - cut the large scalloped piece from Calypso Coral CS and adhere to a white CS card base.

I hope you enjoyed the cards.  Do you have a favorite of the three I've shared, today?  I would love to hear what you think.

Do you need a Demonstrator?  If you live in the USA, I'd love to be yours!  Click the Contact Me at top of blog, and I'd be happy to send you a copy of the new Annual Catalog.  Check out the Catalog now, just click the Catalog Image in the right-hand panel for a PDF version.

Now it's time to hop to the next Demonstrator in our International Blog Hop. See the list below.

 Have fun looking at all the creative projects from some very talented stampers.  

Take care!   ~JULIE ❤

 

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