Kylie's Winners Hop - Quite Curvy Thank You Card

Hello everyone!! Big thanks go out to all of you who voted for my card, and helped me achieve second place in Kylie Bertucci’s International Highlights. Because of that, I am able to participate in Kylie’s International Highlights Top Ten Winners Hop.

Stampin’ Up! is releasing a special bundle called the Quite Curvy Variety Bundle. It’s AMAZING!! There are four parts—two stamp sets (Quite Curvy and Curvy Christmas), Curvy Dies, and Classic Christmas Designer Series Paper. These will all be available to customers starting November 3! 

The cards in the Winners Hop are thank you cards, so I decided to use a sentiment (“you’re one in a million”) from the Quite Curvy stamp set. I stamped this on a 5-1/4" x 3-1/4" piece of Soft Suede cardstock with Memento black ink, then embossed it with one of the Meadow Moments embossing folders. Next, I positioned two of the Curvy Dies (the leaves and dotted border) and ran it through my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. The orange layer is actually various colours of ink refill drops (Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Mango Melody, and Melon Mambo) added to wet Shimmery White cardstock, which measured 5-1/4" x 3-1/2". Check out one of my recent blog posts (October 5, September 28, 27, or 14) for more details about this method. After the watercolour layer is very dry (using a heat tool speeds the process), I cut it with one more of the Curvy Dies—the flourish curved die, being sure to leave a wide enough border to show through the leaf cut-outs of the Soft Suede layer. 

The So Saffron card base (5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4") was embossed with our Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. I adhered the Soft Suede layer to the watercolour layer with Seal, and then glued that to the embossed So Saffron layer. The thank you sentiment (from Blossoms in Bloom) was stamped on a 2-3/4" x 1/2" piece of So Saffron using Memento, and added to a 3" x 3/4" strip of Brushed Metallic cardstock, bannering the right edges, which was then popped up with Dimensionals. 

The two leaves were cut with our Stitched Leaves Dies—each leaf is cut and embossed with two dies at the same time. One leaf is cut from the Brushed Metallic cardstock, and the other is cut from the watercoloured Shimmery White cardstock piece. I used the beautiful gold trim from Forever Greenery Trim Combo pack to tie a bow (I love how the ends fray!), which is added to the card with a glue dot. Three Pumpkin Pie Holiday Rhinestones finish off the card.

You’ll definitely want to get these Curvy Celebrations products!!

Thanks for stopping by! I’d love it if you would leave a comment. Please be sure to check out the incredibly Talented Top Ten Winners’ blogs!

Designer Series Paper Sale!

Be sure you don’t miss this sale! We have fifteen of our beautiful Designer Series Papers (including eight from our recent mini holiday catalogue!) on sale for just nine more days (until October 31). Each of them is 15% off during this amazing promotion!! All, with the exception of In Good Taste, are on sale for $13.39 (regularly $15.75). In Good Taste is a double-sized pack of Designer Series Paper—it is $24.65 (usually $29.00). If you live in Canada, I would love to be your demonstrator! Click on the papers you like below and add them to your cart in my online store. Use October’s Host Code (VMGDJN9X) and receive a gift from me. Remember... the sale ends October 31, at 10:50 pm Pacific Time.

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Product List

Artistry Blooms Designer Series Paper [152495]	Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper [152492]	In Good Taste Designer Series Paper [152494]	Peony Garden Designer Series Paper [152483]	Playful Pets Designer Series Paper [152489]
Playing With Patterns 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152490]	Whale Of A Time 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152460]	Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper [153492]	Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper [153487]	Trimming The Town Designer Series Paper [153491]
‘Tis The Season 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [153489]	Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper [150432]	Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper [153512]	Magic In This Night Designer Series Paper [153517]	Plaid Tidings 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [153527]

West Coast Creators Blog Hop - October 2020

 

Welcome to the West Coast Creators October blog hop!! Stampin' Up! is releasing a brand new bundle, available to customers on November 3rd. It's called Curvy Celebrations, and it's pretty awesome! I had to try out these new curvy dies, and I thought I'd make a quick Christmas card. I was inspired by a beautiful card that Lori Willcox made, showing how to make a Northern Lights background with just one ink colour! This card was made by sponging Night of Navy ink over Pear Pizzazz cardstock. I stamped the trees from our Curvy Christmas stamp set in Mossy Meadow, then cut the curved, perforated edge with the Curvy Dies. I cut a piece of silver foil to attach just under the edge, so you can see it through the holes, to add a little more sparkle. Stars were added to the sky with a Stampin' Chalk Marker, and three Rhinestone Basic Jewels finished off the card front.

The curvy layer was adhered to a slightly larger Pear Pizzazz layer, popped up with Dimensionals. The sentiment, from Curvy Christmas, was stamped in Night of Navy ink.

I attached Pear Pizzazz layers to a Night of Navy card base with Stampin' Seal.

There is another stamp set--not a Christmas one--that also coordinates with the Curvy Dies. It's called Quite Curvy, and is full of curvy sentiments, birds, and leaves. Customers are able to order this gorgeous product bundle starting November 3rd.

Please have a look at our talented West Coast Creators demonstrators' cards! I'd love it if you would leave a comment before you do. Thanks for stopping by!!

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Campology Northern Lights Card

Update: Thanks so much for voting! My card came in second place, just behind the incredibly talented Lori Willcox. Here is the link to see the cards:  Top Ten International Highlights

Hello everyone! I am participating again in Kylie's October International Blog Highlights, and would like to ask for your vote again, please! If you like my card, please click on the link below, and vote for me by clicking on the top right corner of the thumbnail of my card (which is card #29), until you see the heart turn red. 

If you have checked out my blog recently, you will know that I am on a watercolour background kick! This card, and the similar ones below, follow the same trend. I was trying to create a Northern Lights effect on this card. What do you think? I hope that I sort of captured what I was trying to achieve. 

You can see some of the sparkle from the Shimmery White cardstock in this close-up.

It's funny, whenever I make a watercolour background—almost every time—I really don't like the background at first. I remember doing 20 cards for a team swap one time. I was almost in tears, and was ready to throw them all out! I was SO disappointed in the results! This time was no exception... I liked only one of the four that I made. I have learned to walk away, and wait until the next day to look at them. They always seem to look better in the morning! The background in the card above was the one I liked the least, but once I stamped on it, it turned out to be the one I like the best. Go figure, hey? Below are two of the other cards that I made using the backgrounds I created all at the same time.

It's kind of funny that all three of these cards were made with the same ink refill colours—Balmy Blue, Granny Apple Green, Pacific Point, and Night of Navy—yet they all look so different! I started by spritzing Shimmery White Cardstock a few times on the back (to discourage curling), and on the front until it was quite wet. Then I added drops of ink refill to the wet paper, using a Water Painter, until the colours blended on their own.

I stamped the trees, from our Campology stamp set, in Memento black ink, and then sponged the bottom of the cardstock with Memento, as well. The Thank You sentiment is from Blossoms in Bloom.  Each card front was matted on Basic Black with a thin border. The top two cards were mounted on a Pacific Point card base, and the bottom card was layered on a Just Jade card base. To finish the card, I added three Rhinestone Gems.

If you like my card, please vote for me by clicking on this link--then click the top right corner of the thumbnail of card #29 until the heart turns red:

See the Top Ten International Highlights Cards

Thanks very much for stopping by, and thanks for taking the time to vote!!