Framed Violets Card ~ Color Dare #718

 Hello and welcome to a new color challenge from our team at Color Dare. Each Friday we give you a new palette of colors to inspire your creativity. Use our challenge colors to make any paper craft you like. Make sure your colors are a close match. More details are in the graphic seen below.

When you're ready to join our challenge use the link below. 

The purple steered me toward the Framed Violets set. I love Violets! Pairing the colors with a sketch and it came together nicely. 

Once I had the flowers colored with ink and a water painter I die cut the flowers and the oval. Next up wad the pieces behind the oval. The sizes are ad follows:  3/4" x 4-3/4" CS, 1" x 4" CS,  2" x 3" DSP. 

The sentiment is from our new Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies withy Gold Foil. I do a bunch at once and keep them in a container so they are ready to go!

A few Dots for accents and the front is done!

Here is what the inside looks like. I wanted to bring in the DSP to the inside so I kept it simple. Since it's a notecard I add a sentiment. I'll write a custom message when I use it.

This is the finished project. I glued a piece of the DSP to the envelope flap for a pretty surprise when they go to open it. Fun, right?

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Here is the sketch I used. I like the simple lines of the design. 

Now it's your turn to create and share! We love to see how our color challenge inspires you! Have fun!

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator 

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Slimline Pretty Poinsettia Card

The other day I decided to create some Christmas cards with the Pretty Poinsettia Bundle. Now if you know me you've heard me say more than one time that I LOVE to make Christmas cards in non-traditional colors. I do like traditional colors but I really like non-traditional colors, too! Lets take a look at this one in Hydrangea Hue. 

Sticking with the Hydrangea Hue, White and Silver theme I came up with this beauty. The silver is a Hot Foil design and the leaves on the right are die cut from silver paper. 

The background is mostly stamped then hot foiled. On the right end you can see the embossed section that adds a fun texture. 

The Pretty Poinsettia Bundle has the stamp set and dies. The extra fun part about the dies is that they are designed so when you use our Impressions Plate after die cutting it gives an even deeper impression of the die. Take a close look at the flower petals and you'l see what I mean.

Using the Impressions Plate is easy. You die cut the normal way. After that flip over the die with the CS in place, lay the Impressions Plate on top and run it through again. Now you have the deep image! By the way, it's called an Impressions Plate but it's actually a rubber mat kind of thing. 

I alternated white and Hydrangea Hue leaves for my flower because I wanted to create a better contrast with the flower and background. The touch of silver leaves carries the silver from one endow the card to the other.

The flower was put together using Mini Gluer Dots in the center. Play around either the way you layer the petals to ge the look you want. I actually added 2 layers of the 2nd largest petal for s fuller look.

The Rhinestones add a nice touch of sparkle and the ribbon gives your eyes a stopping place on the left end. 

I hope you enjoyed seeing one of my favorite Christmas cards for this coming season. I have a few more in this color theme I'll share soon.

Michelle Lonar

Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator 

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What's Up Wednesday ~ Strawberry Card

 I didn't plan it this way but it fell into place perfectly so I'm going with it. Last week on What's Up Wednesday I showed you a technique for using the Simple Leaf Punch. Today I have a different technique using that same punch that will surprise you!

I can't claim I came up with this idea myself. that credit goes to my fellow demonstrator Liz Wheeler. As soon as I saw her card I knew I needed to give it a try! Thanks for the inspiration, Liz!

Do you see what I saw when I looked at this card? I saw the cute strawberry as my mind was telling me we don't have a strawberry stamp like that! As I looked harder I realized it was made using the Simple Leaf Punch! How very clever!

This photo shows the two images I used to create the strawberry. Do you see a strawberry now? The larger leaves can be punched out with the coordination Simple Leaf Punch. The small leaves need to be fussy cut. Don't worry about the stems as they aren't seen in this design.

In this photo you can see the layers I built with the elements. The middle leaf is glued directly to the card front. The berry and other two leave are popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals foam. This multi layer look gives a nice depth to the design. The red bow accents the berry and covers the ends of the leaves you don't want seen. 

The DSP used is 2026-2028 Gingham Gallery. Each side has a tone on tone plaid with one side being a larger and the other side a smaller version. I liked the smaller side for this design because it reminded me of a berry basket. The Perennial Postage Dies also add to the feeling of the berry basket with the notches. 

The sentiment is from our Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies. I used gold foil to go with the warm tone of the colors. The fun part about this die is you get a bunch of sentiments all at once! I keep the rest of them in a craft box ready to go at a moments notice. A few gold accents ties in with the gold of the sentiment. 

What do you think of this surprising use of the Simple Leaf Punch? Thanks again, Liz Wheeler, for the inspiration. I had a lot of fun making this card and re-living the memories of all those times my daughters and I went strawberry picking. 

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator 

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Hot Foil Pretty Poinsettia Card 3

This is the third card of three in Christmas card color them of Hydrangea Hue, White and Silver. I'm sure there will be more in the future so stay tuned!

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Once again I've used the same elements to create a card each time giving it a different look from the last. This card is 3-1/2" x 5" in a white base. 

This time I used a stamped then hot foiled piece of Hydrangea Hue along the left edge of the card base. I layered a torn piece of white CS then a torn piece of the DSP. 

The sentiment is from the same Ephemera pack as the other cards. This time I used a Blending Brush to soften the white space with a touch of Hydrangea Hue ink. A die cut leaf anchors the popped up sentiment layer. I added some sparkle with Rhinestones to go along with the Hot Foil Swiss Dots background. 

How fun! All three cards in this series share the same colors yet all three had entirely different looks. It's fun to experiment with the same items!

Be on the look out for more ideas in this color theme. I'm sure there will be more coming soon as well as other non-traditional Christmas colors for cards.

Have a great day!

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator 

MichelleLoncar.stampinup.net

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Glow of Harvest ~ Aug. Product of the Month

Ready for more Glow of Harvest? I sure am!

As I've mentioned before, this is our August Product of the Month. With a qualifying order of $75 this gorgeous Paper Pack is yours for only $5! You get 12 sheets of 12" x 12" single side pattern paper. The colors are beautiful AND it has a pearlized finish that makes it extra pretty!

This card also features many in our New Hot Foil dies. The Lustrous Leaves and Reverse Hot Foil Dies and Copper Foil will be available Sept. 1st, so this is a sneak peek!

I trimmed off 1-1/4" off the card front base to show the inside of the card where I hot foiled the bricks from the Echoes of Detail set. 

I let the Lustrous Leaves DSP do the heavy lifting for me by hot foiling the leaves directly to the DSP. This created Fall colored leaves in one easy step! Well, 2 easy steps when you count die cutting out the leaves. A few of the leaves are popped up with Dimensionals to give some depth to the design.

Once I laid out the leaves on the card front it looked a bit plain with just the leaves so I used the Swiss Dots Hot Foil die before adhering the leaves and it's perfect to fill in the blank space but not overpower.  By the way, I'm using tone on tone CS which means I layered Early Espresso CS on top of the same color. Look closely in the photo and you can see how it looks.

 Finally, a sentiment was added by using the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil die and the NEW (coming Sept. 1st) Reverse Hot Foil Die. This special die allows you to use the "scrap" foil left over. Here's what I did. I used the Sweetly Sentimental die and hot foiled. I got the letters in hot foil. Next I used that scrap piece to hot foil again. This time the letters are the CS color surround by the hot foil.  Not waste! Isn't that great!

Here's the inside of the cards. I had a leftover leaf so of course it went n the inside! The inside is just waiting for a custom message I'll add when I use the card. 

Glow of Harvest 
Product of the Month August 2026

If you're new to Hot Foiling the look qt this video to see how easy it is!

CLICK HERE to see our Hot Foil products. More will be coming Sept. 1st!

I hope you enjoyed seeing how this card went together. I sure enjoyed making it!

Have a crafty day!

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator 

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Lily of the Valley Card ~ Color Dare #717

 Welcome to our new color challenge from our Team at Color Dare. Every Friday we give you a new palette of colors to inspire your creativity. Please follow the guidelines listed on the graphic seen below. Make sure your colors are a very close match to those in the graphic.

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

I love the dainty look of how my card turned out. I used a card from our Basic White Note Cards & Envelopes. They are a bit smaller in size (3-1/5" x 5") and are a fun size to work with when designing.

The Velvet Meadow DSP gave mr a sheet perfect for this color challenge. I layered it with Melon Mambo CS for a bold look. The small floral is a perfect size for the die cut frames. I colored it with Stampin' Blend markers. The green was brought out in the leaves and a few gems. The sentiment was stamped then punched out. I trimmed it down so the size fit the length of the sentiment. Oh....the flowers are popped up with Dimensionals for a bit of depth in the design

I also added some fun by embossing the flap of the envelope with the coordinating embossing folder. It adds such a nice touch and surprise when the receiver goes to open the envelope.

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Are you ready to give our color challenge a try? How are our colors speaking to you? We can't wait to find out! Have fun creating!

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator 

MichelleLoncar.stampinup.net

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Glow of Harvest Card ~ August POTM, Paper Sale & Double Rewards!

I LOVE our August Product of the Month! The soft look of the colors and patterns and the pearlized finish....WOW! 

for this card I kept it simple and let the paper speak for me. I used 3 of the 6 patterns on the front. A simple sentiment that was made with our Hot Foil System was a perfect way to send a wish to someone. Wrapping some twine behind the popped up sentiment makes it look like a bow. I finished with a few gems. Like I said....simple. 

See below for info on how you can triple dip to make the most of our special offers.

I mentioned this paper pack is our August Product of the Month. This is a fantastic program where you can get an exclusive product t for only $5 with a qualifying order of $75 or more. 

This month we are also offering a SALE on select Designer Series Paper (DSP) and Cardstock. It's a great time to get something new or stock up on papers, and cardstock. 

PLUS, August 19-21 you can get Double Rewards! Be sure to sign up for our Stampin' Rewards program if you haven't already so your order counts for Double Rewards. Rewards can be used on your next order or saved up to use on a future order!

Go ahead and triple dip to make the most of all the wonderful offerings! 

Have fun shopping!

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator 

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