Around the World on Wednesday--Sketch Challenge!

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Hello friends and welcome to Around the World on Wednesday, a fun Blog Hop with amazing Stampin’ Up! creators from ‘Around the World’! I am so proud to be in a Hop with so many amazing designers!

This month, we have a sketch challenge! I always love a sketch challenge to see how people interpret the sketch!

I will admit, I did stick pretty true to the original sketch and I focused on the Joy of Christmas suite with a twist on the DSP!

I decided to use the new DSP which is an Online Exclusive called Shining Christmas, instead of the DSP included in the suite. One side of the DSP has a glossy appearance and the other side is more matte.

The two primary colors in the DSP are Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow, so I decided to focus on Mossy Meadow as my base and first layer. I did some background stamping with the large image from the Joy of Noel stamp set in Mossy Meadow ink.

I added a side strip of the holly leaves pattern from the Shining Christmas DSP and used a retired die to add a scallop strip in Cherry Cobbler as an accent.

Instead of 4 separate squares (as shown in the sketch) I chose to just cut one larger piece of DSP in a Cherry Cobbler X pattern. I used this as the base to add all of my other elements.

I stamped out the same image as the background in Momento ink and used my Stampin’ Blends in Mossy Meadow, Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler to color the image. I added some Wink of Stella to the berries as well.

One of my favorite dies sets is the Christmas Classics —I LOVE the label die with the greenery! You can easily snip the greenery separate from the label tot use as accents pieces, which I have done here on my card in Old Olive. I tucked it behind my colored image.

Happy Holidays is stamped from the Christmas Classics stamp set with a little bit of the Black & Very Vanilla Large Check Ribbon.

TOP TIP: If the ribbon feels to big or wide for your project—cut it in half! By doing so on this card, it felt more on scale with the sentiment.

I wanted a little bling so I took some Basic Rhinestones and gave them a quick wash of color with the Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blend so they would have the perfect color.

I can’t wait to see what the other members of the Team have designed using this sketch! Please make sure to hop all the way around so you don’t miss any fabulous ideas!

Next up on the Hop is Theresa McEntee from the United States, I know you will love what she has made!

 
 
 

Create with Connie and Mary-Evergreen!

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Hello friends! This week our theme is EVERGREEN or ‘all the greens’… I am happy to say that I did use three greens on my project including one of our new upcoming In Colors!

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This week I wanted to create a scrapbooking page to feature some of my favorite greens and my favorite subject, my adorable Frenchie Hawkins. Wherever I go he is close by my side, whether its laying under my craft table or staring at me while I am in the bathroom (dog lovers get this, in fact it’s not even weird anymore!!). I recently got some cute pictures of him that I wanted to scrapbook.

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This scrapbook page is a mashup of January to June Catty products and brand NEW stuff being released in the Annual Catalogue in May! So exciting! I love all of the little details I was able to incorporate into my page.

I always try to incorporate some background stamping and I chose one of the dandelion images from the Garden Wishes stamp set. The image is stamped in Mossy Meadow to create that tone on tone stamping as that is the color of my 12 x 12 card stock.

I also chose two of the patterns from the Dandy Garden 6x6 Stack to add a little pattern to my layout.

 

I always like to add little areas of interest to my scrapbook pages. I added a small piece of the new Open Weave Evening Evergreen ribbon underneath my photo with the word “Handsome” trimmed from a sentiment in the Handsomely Suited stamp set.

A few die cut shapes from the Dandy Wishes Dies add some fun texture and I even die cut one from the new Evening Evergreen In Color. I added a cute little Bumblebee trinket too (coming out in the new Annual Catty).

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I decided to add in some grey tones to this page too as to me Mossy Meadow has a grey base and they pair so well together. I ran a strip of the Basic Grey card stock through the Pinewood Planks 3D (at an angle for a twist) and added an Old Olive scallop edge from the Scalloped Contours dies (also new and upcoming!!).

The sentiment “Love You Much” is from another new set called Pansy Patch. I love the mix of fonts in this short sentiment. I added a bit of grey twine from the Well Suited Suite behind the sentiment and stamped it in Old Olive ink on a bitty piece of Old Olive card stock.

I isolated the word “True Friend” using my Basic Grey Stampin’ Write marker from the Garden Wishes set

I isolated the word “True Friend” using my Basic Grey Stampin’ Write marker from the Garden Wishes set

I am a sucker for a great ribbon and I was so happy to see this awesome Smokey Slate Textured Ribbon in the upcoming Annual Catalogue. And I couldn’t resist adding one of the little Ladybug Trinkets onto the page. The second photo is also matted with Smokey Slate to bring in another grey tone to the page.

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This little area is my favorite on the page! I cut several of the dandelion shapes from the Dandy Wishes Dies in Evening Evergreen, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive and Bumblebee (to carry that yellow across the page). I let the stems hang off the page and trimmed away the excess. And I had to add another cute Ladybug Trinket! It was really easy to assemble these shapes using my Tombow glue! Definitely a craft room must have!

If you want some more green inspiration, check out my blog post from Friday (yesterday). I created an amazing card featuring the new upcoming Evening Evergreen color.

I hope this page inspires you to use some of your favorite greens in your Stampin’ collection! I love that we have 11 different green tones to choose from. Isn’t that AMAZING?

I hope this page inspires you to use some of your favorite greens in your Stampin’ collection! I love that we have 11 different green tones to choose from. Isn’t that AMAZING?

I can’t wait to see what the other members of the Design Team have created this week and to see what green shades they really love! You can hit BACK to see what Melissa has designed and NEXT to see what Connie has created for us. And as always—please feel free to leave a comment!