Simple Sunflower Card ~ Color Dare #668

It's Friday.....yea! How about a new color challenge from our Design Team at Color Dare? We get the creative process started by giving you the colors to design with. You take it from there! 

The challenge gives you red and yellow for the colors to create with. In addition, we give you some free colors IF you want to use those, too. Black, White, Neutrals (gray, brown) and gold metallic are your free choices. Do not add any other colors to your palette. If you combine our challenge with others be sure your colors meet our rules.

This card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest. It just spoke to me and I knew this was a good design for this challenge. Using our Sunflower 3D embossing folder I ran through a strip of the yellow CS. I trimmed it down to two pieces 2" x 2-1/2" and matted in red. The red leaves add a nice touch and bring in more of the red. 

I was deciding if I should use some embellishments of some kind when I instead went with stamping a simple sentiment in the middle. The sunflower pieces are so pretty I didn't feel the need for anything else.

Inside the card I stamped a sentiment but wanted more. I had some leftover embossed yellow CS just laying there waiting to be used. I trimmed it at an angle then added a thin red border before adding it to the card. Simple but pretty!

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I love the Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder! Because it's 3D the pattern is deeply embossed and so full of detail. It lends itself to all kinds of techniques. I think it's a must have item!

Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder

For this project I only needed to use the small leaves. However, this set of dies coordinates with other Impression Abloom products to make gorgeous paper crafts. Click on the link and you'll see a drop down menu with the other products in this line.

Impressions Abloom Dies

The Simply Said stamp set is a go to item for me when deciding on a sentiment. As you can see there are  sentiments that cover a variety of occasions. I use this set so often! It's definitely a must-have!

Simply Said Stamp Set

A few more basics:

• Cardstock: Basic White, Real Red, Daffodil Delight
• Ink: Real Red

How about giving our color challenge a try? It's fun and we love seeing how you use our colors. Have fun!

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator 

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Painterly Pear Card

Here is s sweet look for you to re-create. It's simple but has a lot of detail for your eyes to roam over.

Using paper from the Painter Pear Suite pick out 3 different patters, cut them to about 5-1/2" x 3/4". Tear about a 1/2" off each end. Place them in the middle of the card front making sure the ends are uneven.

Use a circle die of some kind. I used the Spotlight on Nature dies. Die cut a circle in a coordinating color to back the focal image. Pop it up on Stampin' Dimensional foam. 

For the pear I wanted both a yellow and green look to it. I first inked in Darling Duckling then rolled the edge on the Old Olive ink pad. Finally, I stamped the image. This is called Stamp Rolling or Rock and Roll. I adhered the die cut pear to the circle and added a die cut stem at the top. 

As an accent I used the Metallic Textured Rub-Ons to add some interest. All you have to do is cut out the section you want to use, peel off the backing and place it where you want the design. For my card I just tucked it under the circle a bit. Once in place rub all over the design a few time with your fingers, bone folder or a flat object. Gently peel off the paper to see your pretty design! 

Painterly Pears Suite
Products also available individually 

Metallic Texture Rub-ons

Spotlight on Nature Dies

A few more products for this card:

• Cardstock: Basic White, Petal Pink
• Ink: Darling Duckling, Old Olive
• Drusy Gems
• Stampin' Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by. Come back often for more inspiration, ideas and information. Have a great day.

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator 

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What's Up Wednesday ~ New Products Available Now!

It's here!  Our Sept. - Dec. 2025 MINI CATALOG is LIVE. You're going to love all the new products now available. Fall and Christmas themed products are at hand and you're going to want to start that wish list right away. Come here often to see posts using new products and the ideas I'll be sharing. 

If that's not exciting enough..... NEW ONLINE EXCLUSIVES also are live today! Can you believe all this crafting fun at once?!! Go. Go. Go check it out!

Check it out online here.

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator 

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Simple Christmas Card ~ Team Challenge

 Wow! It's already September and time to start thinking about all those Christmas card we need to make! This card is a Throwback design to my early days as a CTMH Consultant in 1996!!! I love this design and it's stayed in my mind all this years. Every so often I recreate it and love it every time. 

With different stamp sets and products at hand it always looks and turns out a little different, but that's the fun of stamping. The idea is to create a snowy hill with fir trees in the distance. Then up front you have one beautiful tree that show off a pretty gold star. The colors have changed a bit over the years as the very first one I made was dressed in teal and bright pink. Today I decided to go with traditional colors. It looks great in any colors!

First you need to tear a piece of scrap paper with a curve for the hill. This will be your mask for stamping the tip of the tree image. After stamping the sentiment in the upper right as a guide for positioning the trees going down the hill, I inked the tip of the tree and stamped on the CS and mask. I varied the height of the trees and worked my way down the hill. I did the same masking for the larger version of the tree since the full image would be too tall for my space. 

Now glue the white stamped layer to your card base. I lined the outside edge of the white layer with post-it notes to protect the red CS while I applied the embossing paste. I carefully smeared the Shimmery embossing paste under the trees to "ground them" and create the look of snow. Keep smearing the paste around to your liking but don't cover the entire area. Kind of think of it like you're just creating the snow drifts.

Once finished with the snow, add a drop of glue to the top of the large tree. Using the Take Your Tip tool with the putty tip, pick up a gold star and place it at the top of the tree. 

That's it! Now just give the paste a little drying time. Don't forget to clean your palette knife! The paste dries faster than you might think.

Not sure if you can see the shimmer of the paste or not. Trust me it's there and looks beautiful!

Ornamental Christmas
Available Sept. 3rd.

Shimmery White Embossing Paste

Gold Shaker Stars

Take Your Pick Tool

A few more goodies from my stash:

• Cardstock: Basic White, Real Red
• Ink: Garden Green, Real Red
• Tools: Palette Knife, Fine Tip Glue

I hope you like this throwback card. I think it's fun and easy and a great design for making a lot of cards at once.

Thank for stopping by!

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator 

Images©Stampin' Up

#showandtellwithmichelle #cardmaking #teamchallenge #christmascards #ornamentalcharistmas

Floral Charm Card ~ Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 645

Welcome to a new sketch challenge from our Design Team at Atlantic Hearts. Every Monday we go live with a new sketch to inspire you. I'm on Team A and we do the sketches with odd numbers. Our blog opens for entries on Wednesday. We can't wait to see how you use our sketch in your project! You can do what you like with it as long as we can see the sketch in your project. Have fun! 

I kept my design pretty true to the sketch itself. It just seemed to work best for what I planned to use as supplies. Last Friday I shared a card I made using flowers I had colored that were on my desk. This is another, completely different look, using more of those same flowers! I like getting my desk cleaner. haha

Using the DSP from the suite, I picked out the ones I felt went best with my flowers. I pu7lled in a couple other colors from the pack to use as accents. I love how the braided trim looks and adds so much eye appeal and texture.

The flowers were colored with Stampin' Blend markers then die cut. This is a beautiful cute of products. When you buy the suite you get a 10% discount on the price. You can also buy the products individually if you like. 

The inside of the card is dressed up a bit, too. Again, just laying on my desk were a couple of things that would look good on the inside. Use those leftover strips of paper and extra images to make the inside pretty, too.

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Floral Charm Suite

Some basic supplies also used:

• Cardstock: Basic White, Blackberry Bliss Two-Tone, Mossy Meadow
• Ink: Tuxedo Black
• Stampin' Blends Markers: Old Olive, Timid Tiger
• Petal Pink Braided Trim
• Charming Shimmer Faceted Dots

Thank you for stopping by. Why not give our sketch challenge a try? It gets you started with a design so all you have to do is decided on the rest of your supplies. We can't wait to see what you create!

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator

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Charming Day Card ~ Color Dare #667

How are you today? It's Friday so that means our Design Team at Color Dare has a new color challenge for you. Use at least 3 colors shown in the graphic seen below. There are Free colors to use in addition to the 3 from the graphic. Do not add any extra colors beyond that. Make any paper craft you like. When you're ready to join our challenge, Click Here.

For my project I decided to go easy and use some already colored flowers I had on my desk. The flowers were colored with Stampin' Blend Marker and fit the rules of the challenge so I was good to go. I kept the design simple and used the colors again for the background. I like how the Glimmer Paper adds a sparkly touch and the strip along the side a foiled touch. So much texture!

The flowers are popped up on foam for two reasons: first, it gives some extra dimension and second, it's a good way to stick something to glitter paper. I completed the design with a sentiment and some gems.

On the inside of the card I used cardstock for white space to write on. I added some more glimmer paper and another small flower ready to go. 

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Charming Day Stamp Set
Coordinates with other products!

Pastel Ombre Glimmer Paper

Flower Garden Foils

A few basic supplies used:

• Cardstock: Basic White, Lemon Lolly
• Ink: Tuxedo Black
• Stamin' Blends: Petal Pink, Strawberry Slush, Granny Apple Green, Old Olive
• Rhinestone Basic Jewels
• Stampin' Dimensionals

Now it's your turn to give our color challenge a try! How will you use the colors? We can't wait to find out! Have fun!

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator 

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#showandtellwithmichelle #colordare #colorchallenge #cardmaking

Winter Scene Card ~ Team Challenge

 Hello! Today I'm sharing another project for our August Team Challenge. This challenge is to create a project with a Winter or Snow theme. Since I just got my order from our upcoming September Online Exclusives I was all set to create for this theme! 

I love using blues with snow/winter. Misty Moonlight is such a pretty shade of blue and pairs well with white and the glittery accents I've used.

I knew I wanted to use our Shimmery White Embossing Paste for the snowflakes so I used several of the dies to create a stencil. This time I used cardstock for the stencil but I think I'll make a new one using a piece of window plastic to make it last.

The image is simply stamped in Misty Moonlight ink in die cut circle. This circle is then layered on a die cut Glimmer paper a bit larger. Because it's harder to stick anything to glimmer paper I popped up the white circle with Stampin' Dimensionals. It sticks well and adds dimension. 

The addition of a bow and some Rhinestones finished the look. The photo doesn't really do it justice.

This is the stencil I created. Using a palette knife all you have to do is smear a bit of the embossing paste across the openings of the stencil. Scrape off the excess and gently peel up the stencil. Now you have a pretty, sparkly embossed image. Just let it dry for a bit then add to your project. It's a great way to accent your other details.

Winter Scenes
Available Sept. 3rd

Snowflake Kisses Dies
Available Sept. 3rd

Simply Said

Shimmery White Embossing Paste

Misty Moonlight Ribbon
Available Sept. 3rd

Peaceful Garden Glimmer Paper
Available Sept. 3rd

A few more fun supplies to use:

• Cardstock: Basic White, Misty Moonlight
• Ink: Misty Moonlight
• Rhinestone Basic Jewels
• Tools: Palette Knife, Stampin' Dimensionals

Do you like this look? I love all the shimmer achieved in different ways! Thanks for stopping by!

Michelle Loncar 

Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator 

Images©Stampin'Up

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