The Spot Challenge #137 - Color Challenge with Real Red, Mossy Meadow and Pear Pizzazz.. So Christmasy!

 Hi There.  Hope your week is off to an oh so awesome start!  This week over at The Spot, we have a perfect Color Combo for a Christmas Card.  If you are like me at all, you still have Christmas Cards to make so come on over and join us for a fun color combo!

Here's what I came up with today.. with the help of a few products of course.. lol

I absolutely Love this color combo and the beautiful Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper is absolutely perfect!  I started with an A2 cardbase of Pear Pizzazz Cardstock.  I cut a 4" x 5 1/4" Panel of one of the patterns of this beautiful DSP and backed it with a thin mat 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" of Mossy Meadow.  I ran some of the gorgeous Pear Pizzazz and gold ribbon from the All The Trimmings Combo Pack and tied it into a bow on the right side of my card front.  I attached the matted layer on my card base with Dimensionals.  For the banners, I but layers of the DSP and a layer of Mossy Meadow Cardstock with the Stitched Nested Labels Dies and cut one of the ends off straight for a banner look. I cut three layers of letters to spell JOY from the Playful Alphabet Dies in Real Red Cardstock and then stacked them for a dimensional look. I topped it with a the "to the world" label type of sentiment stamped in Real Red from the Peace & Joy Stamp Set and fussy cut to layer directly over the word JOY.  I then finished it off with three red embellishments from the All The trimmings embellishment pack.  I love the flat embellishments.... here's a confession. they are supposed to be Poppy Parade but totally look Real Red so I used them!  Shhhh.... it's a secret, don't tell!

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

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The Spot Challenge #136 Emboss Resist Card Technique Challenge with Stampin' Up! Dragonfly Garden

 Hi there!  Hope your Tuesday is off to a good start!  Tuesdays are usually pretty good days for me as anything is better than a Monday!  We have a super fun challenge over at The Spot this week that is a Technique Challenge this time... Emboss Resist.  It's really one of my favorite techniques. 

 I just got my hands on a brand new stamp set called Dragonfly Garden that will be out in the new Mini Catalog coming out in January so I had to use it... of course!  

This was just such a simple card but oh so pretty.  I started with a panel of Whisper White Cardstock and stamped my floral image from the Dragonfly Garden stamp set in Versamark Ink and then heat embossing with White Stampin' Emboss Powder.  Once it was completely dry, I used an oval make up brush to blend Old Olive Ink at the bottom of the panel and Pool Party Ink at the top of the panel.  Once I was happy with the look of the ink blending, I wiped the embossed floral image with a Paper Towel so that no ink was sitting on the embossing.  I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the right side and then used one of my Stitched Rectangle dies to cut out the panel.  I matted it with Whisper White so that it would help the white floral image to pop.  I ran some Bumble Bee Gingham Ribbon across the bottom and tied it in a knot on the left side, directly over the stems of the floral image.  On a piece of scrap Whisper White Cardstock, I heat embossed my Dragonfly in White and used an Oval brush to apply Bumble Bee Ink over the dragonfly.  I used a paper towel to remove any ink from the embossing and then used my Dragonfly punch to cut it out!  I used some Dimensionals to attach the matted panel onto a Mossy Meadow Cardbase and then added a few Gilded Gems to finish it off!  If you are a Demonstrator, and you attended On Stage, you had the opportunity to get this bundle extra early rather than waiting until December 1st to preorder it.  If you are not a Demonstrator, you can get your hands on this beautiful bundle in January during Sale-a-bration!  

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!  Blessings, Tina

The Spot Challenge #135 - Plant Kindness, Harvest Love with The Autumn Goodness Bundle and Curvy Dies

 Happy Tuesday Friends!  Hope you had a great Halloween and in the Thanksgiving mindset because it will be here before you know it!  This week's challenge over at The Spot is Plant Kindness, Harvest Love.  You can post a card about plants, kindness, harvest or even love!  

Since I had a stamp set that had a sentiment stamp that says Plant Kindness, Harvest Love, I went straight to that!  I also added a little of the Curvy Dies and some beautiful DSP  in Cinnamon Cider.

This card was really pretty simple but the Curvy Dies really adds so much interest popped up with Dimensionals!   The awesome new Curvy Dies are available to customers today at Stampin' Up!.  You can order them by themselves or as part of the Curvy Celebrations Bundle and there is a coordinating Stamp Set available called Curvy Christmas that is perfect to beautiful Christmas Cards!  I'll be posting a few using that set soon!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

The Spot Challenge #134 - Sketch Challenge with Stampin' Up! Gnome for the Holidays

 Hey there!  Happy Tuesday or as I like to call it.. I survived Monday!  We have a brand new sketch over at The Spot for you this week.  Check it out!

I took a few liberties with this one but it was fun to see what everyone on the Design Team came up with!  You'll definitely want to check out because there are some amazing designs this week!

I used the adorable Gnome for the Holidays Stamp Set because I just haven't used the Gnomes enough this year!  I used a little different color combination this time with lots of Rich Razzleberry since I used two strips of the Perfectly Plaid in Rich Razzleberry and White. 

I stamped the Gnome for the Holidays Tree first with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White Cardstock and used my Stampin' Blends to color it in.  At first I thought I would stamp and fussy cut out both the tree and the Gnome but after I colored it, I decided to stamp the Gnome next to it and make a little scene with it.  Once I colored in my Gnome, I used the Stitched Labels Dies to cut it out and then completed the scene by filling in the ground and the sky.  Because the label was a little higher than I first expected, I also, added a little to my tree by coloring it up higher than the stamp and finishing it off with a Black Marker fine tip marker to make it look like the stamp was higher than it was.  I hope that makes sense and that I was a little successful in that.  I also used the fine tip marker to draw a line to ground everything.  I was really happy with how it turned out.    

Thanks so much for stopping by!   Blessings, Tina

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The Spot Challenge #133 - Color Challenge

 Hi There and Happy Tuesday!  I hope you've having an awesome day! We have a new color challenge for you over at The Spot this week, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie and Pretty Peacock!  These colors are sooo pretty together!  Hope you'll give it a try!  

I used the Timeless Tropical Stamp Set for my card.  There were so many options and although I really think this is an wonderful palette for a fall card, I thought I would go for something a little tropical.

I used Rich Razzleberry for the 11" x 4 1/4" top folding card base and layered on a 4 x 5 1/4" piece of Pumpkin Pie that was embossed with the Scripty 3D Embossing Folder (one of my all time favs!)  I used My Stampin' Blends in the three challenge colors to color in the one large and two smaller flower images.  I used the coordinating In The Tropics dies to cut out the floral images as well as cut the three small die cut flowers.  The sentiment was stamped in Pretty Peacock onto a scrap of Whisper White Cardstock and then cut it with one of my stitched rectangles leaving the sentiment on the right side of the die cut.  I adhered smaller flowers with Multipurpose Adhesive and the larger flower with Stampin' Dimensionals.  I finished this off with three rhinestones colored with Stampin' Blends in Razzleberry and Pumpkin Pie.   I have all of the products used linked below if interested.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings!  Tina

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The Spot Challenge #132 - Clean and Simple Fall Card

 Hello and Happy Tuesday!  This week over at The Spot Challenge we have a Clean and Simple Fall Card Challenge.  

I kept mine super simple although I did a little bit of die cutting.. 

I did use some bold fall colors though.  My base was Cajun Craze, my top layer was Pumpkin Pie and the two leaves were Cajun Craze and Bumble Bee.   It's really hard for me to leave this alone.. I wanted to add some splatters, some bling, or something so I did add a little linen thread to finish it off.  I think it would still qualify for Clean and Simple.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

OSAT BLOG HOP - TRICK OR TREATS!

 Hi There!  Welcome to the October 2020 One Stamp At A Time's Trick or Treats Blog Hop!  If you've already been hopping, thanks so much for continuing on!  If you are starting here at my blog, make sure that you hop all the way through for fabulous inspiration from Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the Globe!  I am amazed at the projects each and every month... so very much talent!

For my card this month, I used the Fireside Trimmings Bundle.. such a great stamp set and the coordinating dies are awesome!

The parts and pieces of this bundle are so much fun to play around with!  I made a Halloween card for my daughter.  She just got married and her new last name begins with an "H" so I decided to make the home decor a little like what we would do and used the mirror frame as an empty frame and added an "H" cut out in black from the Playful Alphabet Dies.  I really struggled with that H.  I think I ended up using it upside down from how it was intended.  Oh well... I still like it.   I used my blends to color in the fire place and the coordinating elements.  The dies had the awesome little bat banner for the fireplace and I added the sentiment right over than on the mantle.   The texture on the wall is from the Tasteful Textiles 3D Embossing Folder.. I love that folder!  

For my little treat holder, I went with my tried and true simple 6 x 6" DSP treat holder.  It is so simple.  I used the Magic In This Night DSP and decorated it with the same bat garland that I used for the mantle.  I added a thin strip of Basic Black cardstock for my handle this time instead of ribbon.   For instructions on how to make this super simple treat holder click here!

Thanks so much for hopping by and checking out my projects.  If you are interested in any of the products used, they will be listed below the blog roll.  

To continue on, just click the name directly under mine (Tina Riddle) on the blog roll for more Trick or Treat Inspiration!  Blessings, Tina

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