Dreamy Snowflake Card ~ Color Dare #721

Are you ready for a new Color Dare Challenge? This week we are showing you a two color palette to get you started. You must use both colors and they need to be a very close match to those shown in our graphic. Also in the graphic are listed the Free colors you can use with the challenge colors.

Make any paper project you like. When you're ready to join our challenge use the link below.

Direct link to Color Dare #721

My card started with the idea of using the All Wrapped Up DSP to bring in the Peaceful Pine color. I love this pattern with the green background and silver leaves. The strips are 1" x 4-1/4"  with a mat 1-1/4" x 4-1/2". 

I wanted a tone on tone look with the Hydrangea Hue CS. To keep that look but add some depth, I inked the edges of the mat ink Hydrangea Hue ink. 

The Dreamy Snowflake Bundle brought in more of a winter theme. The large snowflake is stamped in both colors with the smaller flake popped up. The punched circle is also popped up to accommodate the ribbon. A few small snowflakes & Rhinestones add some pretty sparkle to the design. 

Inside the card I kept the theme going with some snowflakes and a nice greeting. Sweet and simple with lots of space for a message.

Now it's your turn to create and share using our challenge colors. We can't wait to see how you're inspired! Have fun!

Michelle Loncar

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New September Kits!

September  brings us two new kits that are really fantastic! One is a 3D decor project and the other is a very pretty card kit.

Merry Manor Kit

Tiny house, big Christmas cheer. Get into the Christmas spirit with the Merry Manor Kit, a nostalgic project that brings a festive home together piece by piece. From garland-trimmed windows to charming trees and storybook details, every element helps create a cozy scene full of seasonal warmth. Follow the included instructions, then add your own creative touches to make it feel merry and bright. It’s a project to enjoy with loved ones as you count down to Christmas.

DETAILS 
- Makes 1 house 
- Size: 8" x 9-1/2" (20.3 x 24.1 cm) 
- Colors: Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake, Pretty Peacock, Real Red, Shaded Spruce
- A glue gun is required to complete this project (not included)

Kit includes one of each item listed below. 
- Step-by-step instructions 
- Foil, tissue paper, gold embellishments

Floral Promenade Kit

When words matter most, let your cards do the talking with the Floral Promenade Kit. Watercolor-style florals, printed card bases, and precut sentiments come together for cards that feel warm, thoughtful, and truly heartfelt. It’s an easy, meaningful way to send comfort, care, and love when it really counts.

DETAILS 
- Makes 10 cards: 5 each of 2 designs 
- Folded card size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" (10.8 x 14 cm) 
- Colors: Basic Black, Crushed Curry, Gorgeous Grape, Kraft, Melon Mambo, Old Olive
- Sentiments printed in English, French, and German 

Kit includes one of each item listed below. 
- Floral Promenade Stamp Set 
- Clear stamp block 
- Barely Blush Classic Stampin’ Spot 
- Step-by-step instructions 
- 10 envelopes 
- Precut paper pieces, embellishments 
- Adhesive

I told you they were great kits! Which one will you get? Both?!! Wonderful idea! You can use them yourself OR give them as gifts!

Michelle Loncar

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What's Up Wednesday ~ More Black Card Drama

Ok, one more card in the dramatic black and foil style. I'm sure I'll have others down the line, but the three I've shared so far are my first ones. 

I wanted to try out our new Reverse Plate with the Hot Foil system. I love this plate and the fact you can use both the positive and negative hot foil images. No waste!

This card featured the new Buffalo Check hot foil die in the background and the lustrous leaves as my focal image. You can see the beautiful detail in the leaves and gold foil. Creating a spray of leaves in the upper corner draws in your eyes and then they shift to the sentiment also gold foil. This tie the sentiment is done with the Reverse Plate. You can tell by the way the letters are in black surrounded by the gold foil. 

This is a copper version of the design. This time I used leaves from the positive and negative hot foil images. The Reverse plate created the leaves with black lines and mostly copper. I love the leaves together!

This is the Buffalo Check Hot Foil die. It's a full 4" x 6" in size! I knew as soon as I saw it I NEEDED it! 

Once again the Lustrous Leaves set catches my attention. The dark images are the Hot Foil dies. The other is for die cutting. The larger leaves are grouped into one die each and can be die cut to get all 5 leaves at once! The smaller leaves are individual images to hot foil. 

This is the Reverse Plate. It's a smooth plate that doesn't create an image itself. You create your "sandwich" (once hot) with first your left over hot foil piece (save those "scraps" from your first pass). This time you'l be creating the image that has a lot of the foil on it. 

Back to the sandwich. 

Above you see a photo with the "scrap" foil from my first pass with the Buffalo Check die. Now I'm going to use it to make another hot foil piece so it's not wasted. 

Place the Reverse Plate die on the hot foil heater and heat it. It takes about 5 minutes. When it beeps place the hot foil scrap COPPER SIDE DOWN (face down). Lay your CS on top of the foil. Next is the green plat then the clear plate. Let it sit on the heater like this for about 15 seconds. Now unhook the cord and run it through the Stamp Emboss Machine cranking the handle slowly. 

I think about cranking like this. It's like the turtle and the rabbit. when hot foiling I'm a turtle when cranking. when die cutting I'm a rabbit and crank faster.

Once you've put it through the embossing machine gently peel the clear layer of the foil off.  If you notice some "unfinished" areas as you're peeling, stop, lay the clear layer back down, place the sandwich on the heater again for 20-30 seconds then crank it through the machine again. When you peel the clear layer this time it should be foiled perfectly! Now you can use it as you like.

I hope this helps regarding the Reverse Plate. I really love it and am so happy to have it in my stash. Now I won't have any wasted foil! Plus I get twice the images!

Thanks for stopping by.

Michelle Loncar

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Dramatic Nature's Symphony Card

Still in my dramatic black card style, I have another to share this time using copper and black. 

The card base is black but I used a smaller piece of black CS as a popped up layer on the card front. This layer is where I did the design.

I started by doing some heat embossing in the upper left area. I used Clear Powder on the black. This gives a shiny look to the image but still keeps it as a background feature. 

The copper leaves were die cut from Textured Metallic paper. It's a pack of 3 metals: Gold, Copper and Tungsten (dark gray). 

The leaves are glued to the card front with a small sentiment as the anchor at the top. It also served to cover the end of the branch and keep your eyes from roaming off the top of the card.  The sentiment is copper foiled and from the Sweetly Sentimental set. I love this set because you make a bunch of sentiments all at once. I keep them in a container handy to use at a moments notice.

The final touch are s few Glossy Garden Dots that also help guide your eyes around the card. 

Thanks for stopping by. I have one more black drama card to share tomorrow. See you then!

Michelle Loncar

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Autumn Opulence Card ~ Atlantic Hearts Sketch 699

Welcome to this week's sketch from our team at Atlantic Hearts. use our sketch to get your project started. Do what you like with it: change shapes, rotate, flip.....we just need to be able to see our sketch in your design.

Our sketch goes live on Monday and our blog opens for entries on Wednesday. Enter as often as you like! Most of all, have fun!

I have a million things going on right now as I get ready for vacation. When you need to create a project but are tight on time, this idea helps a lot!

I have the Autumn Opulence Designer Series Paper pack with the die cuts. Perfect! After choosing the papers to use all I had to do was pick out the die cuts. Quick and easy!

I added the Softly Woven embossing folder to create texture on the Basic Beige layer. I LOVE this embossing folder! The sentiment piece was a bit long for my dimensions so I just snipped the ends. The sentiment is the only stamping I did on this card. 

The die cuts are tucked behind the popped up sentiment with the pumpkin die cut also being popped and the others glued to the card front. A few gems later and the card is done!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

What do you think about our sketch? It's pretty easy to work with and I know you'll want to show us how it inspires you! We can't wait to see what you create. Have fun!

Michelle Loncar

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Floral Card ~ Color Dare #720

Welcome to our Color Dare Challenge! Every Friday we give you a new palette of colors to spark your creativity. For this challenge you must use at least 3 of the colors shown in the graphic. Your colors must be a very close match to those in the graphic. We give you some Free colors to use with the challenge colors. They are listed at the bottom of the graphic. 

Make any paper craft you like. When you're ready to join our challenge, use the direct link below the graphic. 

Direct Link to Color Dare #720

I got out my pack of Artisan Sketched Garden DSP so I could use the challenge colors to color the images. After coloring with Stampin' Blends I fussy cut out the images. 

Once I started to assemble the card layers, I decided there needed to be texture. I added that element by die cutting the layer under the flowers. I also embossed that layer, too. To add some depth I popped up the middle vase of flowers with Stampin' Dimensionals. 

Here is a close up of all the pretty details in the design. I used all 4 challenge colors in the flowers and left the rest of the image uncolored. You don't always need to color the entire image!

Don't you love the texture from the embossing folder? I know I'll be using this folder on a lot of projects!

The small sentiment is one of our new Hot Foil bundles. You can make a bunch of sentiments all at once and die cut the out, too! I hav a plastic case I keep them in for quick and easy access. 

I had a piece of the DSP left over but it wasn't long enough to go across the bottom of the white CS on the inside. So I cut it into a 2" square then cut it diagonally. The triangles work great for the corners and add a detail other than just a plain inside. It also brings the polka dot theme to the inside, too!

Now it's your turn to create using our challenge colors! Remember to make your colors a close match and don't add extra colors to your palette. Most of all, have fun!

Michelle Loncar

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Craft Class ~ Advent-ures in Christmas

 

Our newest Stampin' Up! Craft Class, Adventures in Christmas,  will teach you how to decorate a 24-box advent calendar and assemble it to fit your space. 

This Craft Class is presented by our Stampin' Up! Art Department. It will. be available for streaming September 17th at 2:00pm (MT) / 3:00pm (CT). You will view the class in an exclusive Facebook group. The invite to the group will be emailed to you before class. 

Class price is $30 and uses the Advent Treat Boxes (#168534). The class will be available for purchase before and after it streams on September 17th. 

This will be a fun class to do yourself, with your kids or grandkids! 

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator 

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