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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September Product of the Month: Luxe Foliage

Luxe Foliage

September Product of the Month

The Luxe Foliage Designer Series Paper is perfect for all your holiday needs and beyond, with shimmering foil and beautifully-designed details perfect for creating glimmering layers or fussy cutting shining images. Whether you’re making cards for a friend or planning a Cardsgiving celebration, this paper is sure to be the star of the show.

The Product of the Month is exclusive and available for only $5 with a qualifying order of $75 (before tax/ship out discounts). With our New catalog and Online Exclusives launch I'm sure your shopping list will qualify you for the Product of the Month!

Available while supplies last, so don't be left out from adding this gorgeous paper to your supplies.

Michelle Loncar

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What's Up Wednesday ~ Hot Foil Fall Leaves

Welcome to my blog! What's Up Wednesday is a post where I do a technique driven project with more steps and descriptions. Ready for this one? Let's go!

I was in a mood for drama when creating this card. Using Fall/Autumn colors against black really makes everything pop and catch your eye! 

I started with hot foiling the leaves in gold on white CS. Next came the stencils and colors for the leaves. There are a total of 5 stencils in the Bundle. Three give the leaves their beautiful color, one is for the veins and one with small leaves sprinkled along two sides. A blending Brush and ink will give you beautiful leaves for any season but especially Fall! This is a great stencil pack!

Available Sept. 1st

Here is a photo of what comes in the Lustrous Leaves Bundle. You'll have the stencils I mentioned plus dies for cutting and hot foiling. 

After stenciling I used a black marker to color the white around the leaves. I didn't want the white showing on the dramatically black card! I wanted the edges to "disappear" into the surroundings. Next I used the die to cut all the leaves at once. I love that!  

A new die set we have is the Tile Garden dies with a wonderful collection of squares with different borders. Think Spotlight on Nature dies but with square shapes! The sentiment is hot foiled in gold on black CS with the Sweetly Sentimental set. 

I decided to turn the square for a point up look. I popped it up on Dimensionals and tucked the leaves underneath. The sentiment was added to the middle of the square and some new gold dots were added. 

I kept the inside simple with plenty of room for a custom message when I use the card. One of the leaves in the corner was added. Note: this leaf was not colored in black around the edges because it is on white CS. 

Here is another version of the same look. This time I used Everyday Arches for the sentiment layer with a different sentiment. 

How's that for a dramatic look? Is this a style that would work for you? If black is too much for you it would still work with other colors for the base. Use your creativity and try options that suit you.

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator 

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Coming September 1st:

Tile Garden Die

Gold Adhesived-backed Dot

Available now:

Stampin' Up!'s 12 Days of Creativity Advent Calendar

Let the countdown begin with Stampin’ Up!’s 12 Days of Creativity Advent Calendar, a festive favorite that you and your customers will want to enjoy as part of your seasonal celebrations. 

Item: 12 Days of Creativity Advent Calendar (#168589)

Price: $99 USD. This calendar comes with $130 worth of Exclusive products!

Includes: Exclusive dies, paper, coloring tools, cards and envelopes, embellishments, and more—plus, a bonus stamp set!

Click here to order yours now as there is only a limited number available! 

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator 

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Dreamy Snowflakes Card ~ Color Dare Challenge #719

Each Friday we give you a new palette of colors to create with. For this challenge you must use all 3 colors shown in the graphic. We also add some Free colors to use with the challenge colors. Make sure your colors are a very close match to the ones seen in the graphic. 

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

Direct link to Color Dare #719

I'm using a design inspired by one seen made by The Crazy Stamp Lady. It's a simple design that shows off pattern paper and images well. With the release of our NEW Sept. - Dec. catalog I used the NEW Dreamy Snowflake Bundle for this card and paired it with the All Wrapped Up DSP and Dreamy Snowflake Embossing Folder.

The panel feature on the right is a pretty way to use DSP and use as an anchor spot for the focal image and sentiment. The snowflake layer is popped up on Dimensionals to add depth to the design. The embossed background carries the snowflake theme through the design.

I used strips of DSP 1" x 2-1/4". The light colored mat is 4-1/4" x 2-1/2". the dark colored mat is 4-1/2" x 2-3/4". Hope that helps if you want to give this design a try!

I had some fun on the inside of the card, too. The images in this set are just too cute not to use them here, too! 

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

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator 

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Foiled Christmas Card

As promised here is another Christmas card in the Hydrangea Hue, White and Silver theme. Right now this is one of my favorite color combo's for Christmas!  

Click here to see Card 1 in this color theme.

This card is a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" base in white. I've also used Hydrangea Hue DSP and CS as well as Vellum and Silver Foil. 

This time the foiling is more subtle as it creates the dots in the background. It kind of reminds me of snowflakes. 

The Poinsettia is die cut then I used the Impression Plate for deeper detail. It really makes such a difference! Adding some Vellum die cut leaves is a nice touch without the design getting too busy looking. I use glue dots to stick the flower petals together but before that I crease the petals a bit for dimension. 

Once again I used a sentiment from the Ephemera pack. It's a quick and easy way to get a pretty sentiment and I love the variety in the pack. 

I hope this color combo caught your eye. I currently have one more ready to share next era, though I'm sure there will be more in these colors in the future!

Thanks for stopping by! Come back often for more ideas and inspiration.

Have a great day!

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator 

MichelleLoncar.stampinup.net

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