SUO100 Celebrating Our First 99 Challenges :-)

Hi Stampers! 

Wow!!  We are celebrating our 100^th SU-Only Challenge and we love for you to choose one of our past 99 Challenges and participate in our “Celebrating our First 99 Challenges" and this card also qualifies for the Paper Players Tic Tac Toe Challenge (Birthday, Patterned Paper, Pearls) :-) 

I decided to use the SUO70 Butterflies theme for my card and I cannot wait to see what you decide to choose:-)    Stop by and check out our Design Team projects and hope to see your project in the gallery!

I love using My Digital Studio (MDS) images and coloring them with our Stampin’ Blendabilites™ so I decided to use several retired stamp images that are still currently available in MDS- again, love using MDS for cards!!

To create this project:

In My Digital Studio (MDS), open a blank 8.5 x 11 custom page and insert the French Foliage script image (enlarge a bit), flowers from Touch of Nature (re-sizing each to different sizes), sentiment from Feeling Sentimental and butterflies from Wonderful Wings (re-sizing the images).  Print the images out onto Whisper White cardstock (I use a Kodak inkjet-works great for MDS and cardmaking)..

Cut the French Foliage script image out using the Big Shot™ with the Window Frames Collection Framelits™ cutting a frame the same size from Basic Black cardstock.  Cut the frame in half and mount behind the script image background.

 Using the Stampin’ Blendabilities™ , color the flowers using the Coastal Cabana, Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight Collections , color the butterflies with the Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Coastal Cabana Collections and carefully “fussy-cut” the images.  Add a few highlights using the Chalk Marker.   

Use the 1” Square Punch to punch out the squares from the Back to Black Designer Series Paper (DSP) and mount onto the 5 ½” square Basic Black card base.  

Cut a White Tea Lace Paper Doily in half, adhering half of the doily to the lower part of the frame and mount the second half behind the right hand side of the frame.

Mount the frame onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.  Add a strip of Rich Razzleberry cardstock to cover the edge of the paper doily, mount the sentiment layer using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add the Antique Brad to the corner. 

Adhere the flowers and butterflies to the card front and add the Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Wonderful Wings, Touch of Nature, Feeling Sentimental, French Foliage (all MDS versions)

Ink: Printer Ink- Basic Black, Blendabilities™ Collections- Rich Razzleberry, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie; Chalk Marker

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Back to Black DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Window Frames Collection Framelits™, Hexagon Punch, Pearls, Antique Brad, White Tea Lace Paper Doily

Thanks again for stopping by - I hope you have a chance to join in on our “Blast from the Past” Challenge!  Have a blessed week!!

SUO70- Friendly Butterflies

Hi Stampers! 

The SUO70Challenge is Anything Butterflies and we welcome all entries using Stampin’ Up! Only products!  So pull out those butterfly stamps,  punches, embosslits, dies and as in my case, My Digital Studio to create a project and come share with us!!

I decided to use My Digital Studio along with some of the new 2013-2015 In-Colors to create another card- I love the Swallowtail stamp brush and the fact that you can "re-size" the image! 

To create this “hybrid” card:

Using My Digital Studio (MDS), insert the Swallowtail image onto your 8.5 x 11 blank page and re-size into three different sizes.   Also insert the sentiment from Friendly Words and print out onto Whisper White cardstock. 

Carefully cut out each butterfly by hand and use a Sponge Dauber with the 2013-2015 New In-Colors (Coastal Cabana and Crisp Cantaloupe) along with So Saffron to pounce color onto the butterflies.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Apothecary Accents Framelit™ to create the label detail from Whisper White and Basic Black (cut the Basic Black layer in half vertically to layer behind the frame).  Emboss with the Big Shot™ and soon to be retired Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder (I will miss this one so much!). 

Using the Big Shot™, position an Oval Framelit™ over the sentiment and a piece of Basic Black cardstock and cut both at the same time.  Adhere the sentiment to the Basic Black layer allowing a bit of the black to show as a frame. 

Use the Big Shot™ along with the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock. 

Using Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Ink, repeatedly stamp the floral image from Bloomin’ with Kindness onto a piece of Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock. 

Layer the embossed/stamped pieces onto a piece of Basic Black and layer again onto the Whisper White card base.  Add a scrap strip of Basic Black cardstock to hide the seams of the Crisp Cantaloupe and Coastal Cabana layers.  

Add the Antique Brads to the focal layer (use the 1/16” Hand Held Punch or Paper Piercer Tool to punch the holes for the brads).  Position the sentiment and focal layer onto the  card and add the butterflies/pearls to finish off the card.   

Stamp Sets:  Bloomin’ with Kindness, Swallowtail (MDS), Friendly Words (MDS)

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, So Saffron

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Fancy Fan and Lacy Brocade Textured Impression ™Embossing Folders, Oval and Apothecary Accents Framelits™, Sponge Daubers, Antique Brads, Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope can come join us for the SUO70 Butterflies Challenge!!