Hello Hollyhocks · Kits

Thinking of Hollyhocks

Happy Tuesday, everyone! This week, we’re getting a closer look at the beautiful new kit by Stampin’ Up! called Hello Hollyhocks. This kit comes with everything you need to create 9 stunning cards. And each day this week, I’m showing you how you can use the kit elements along with a few items from your own personal crafting stash to create gorgeous design alternatives.

Today, we’re adding an additional diecut cardstock element to the Hello Hollyhocks kit to create this stunner. We start with the provided Petal Pink dotted card base. The backdrop for the image panel is a piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock diecut using the Spotlight on Nature dies. The larger Calypso Coral rectangle included in the kit is adhered at the base of the circle and together these provide the base for our image and sentiment elements. The two-stem hollyhocks and peacock and olive stems are arranged and then adhered to the back of the sentiment. A faux bow made from the white & silver sheer ribbon is adhered to the Flirty Flamingo circle using tear and tape. And then the sentiment panel is adhered over it using two layers of dimensionals. The sparkle gems included in the kit finish off the design.

Would you like to see how to put together the 3 designs from the Hello Hollyhocks kit? Tune in to today’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays to see this all-inclusive kit come to life:

Tomorrow, we’ll be keeping things simple with our card alternative. I hope you’ll stop by and check it out.

Products used:
Hello Hollyhocks kit
Flirty Flamingo cardstock
Spotlight on Nature dies
Silver & white sheer ribbon
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Hello Hollyhocks · Kits

Hello Hollyhocks Kit Alternatives

Welcome to a brand new week. Can you believe it’s July already?! And in usual Texas fashion, we have jumped straight from the frying pan into the fire as far as our weather goes. Man, has it been HOT! But I’ve taken advantage of the hot days by spending some extra time in the craft room. *grin*

This week, we’re going to be taking a closer look at the Hello Hollyhocks kit by Stampin’ Up! This kit includes everything you need to create 9 beautiful cards — 3 each of 3 different designs. You literally open the box and go to town. In about 30 minutes, you’ll have 9 cards all done and ready to send. How cool is that?! During tomorrow’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays, I’ll walk you through unboxing the kit and making all 3 designs.

But the focus of the designs I’ll be sharing with you this week will be alternative card designs using the elements from the Hello Hollyhocks kit. With just a few extras from your crafting stash, you can create some lovely cards using this kit.

For today’s kit alternative card, I kept things very simple. The only element not included in the Hello Hollyhocks kit is the linen thread. From there, it’s just a mix and match of kit elements.

We get started with the Old Olive card base provided in the kit. The focal panel consists of the three-stem bunch of hollyhocks, the narrow Calypso Coral rectangle, and the Petal Pink THANKS sentiment panel. I adhered each of these elements together to create one panel. I made a twist of linen thread and added it behind the focal panel and then adhered everything into place with a double layer of dimensionals. A few of the kit’s included sparkle gems finish things off nicely.

This card came together in less than 5 minutes. Honestly, it took me the longest time to get the twist of linen thread to look right and then cooperate as I was trying to adhere it. This is so often the case with any ribbon element I add. Anyone else struggle with getting ribbons or threads to cooperate?

I hope you’ll pop back by tomorrow to see another card alternative for the Hello Hollyhocks kit!

Products used:
Hello Hollyhocks kit
Linen thread
Dimensionals

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Changing Leaves · Coming Soon

Grateful Leaves

We’re closing out our sneak peek of the upcoming Online Exclusive bundle called Changing Leaves. This bundle, which includes a photopolymer stamp set, coordinating dies, and a hybrid embossing folder, launches in my online store on July 3rd! We’re rounding out this week’s designs with an earth tone color palette and a simple layout.

We get started on today’s card with a base of Cajun Craze cardstock. The background panel is a piece of the Cajun Craze Tartan Foil designer paper. Our focal panel is three layers of neutral goodness with a Deckled Rectangle mat of Early Espresso, a larger straight-edged mat of Very Vanilla, and an embossed layer of Early Espresso using the Changing Leaves embossing folder. I just love the deep impression you get every time with this embossing folder. It shows so much detail in the leave patterns. The sentiment panel is a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock diecut using the Nested Essentials dies, and the sentiment from Something Fancy is heat embossed in copper. I used a twist of Cajun Craze twine (releasing in the fall!) and added some copper sequins around the panel for eye-catching sparkle. A piece of linen thread would also work perfectly behind the sentiment.

This week, I really wanted to highlight how you can use the new Changing Leaves bundle in so many different ways. We’ll run another series closer to fall to showcase how you can pair this beautiful bundle with many other Stampin’ Up! products to stretch the design possibilities even further. But next week, we’re going to say HELLO to the Hollyhocks. I hope you’ll join me!

Products used in today’s card:
Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla cardstock
Tartan Foil DSP
Changing Leaves embossing folder (coming soon)
Something Fancy stamps
Nested Essentials, Deckled Rectangles dies
Cajun Craze linen thread (coming Fall 2024)
Neutrals sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Changing Leaves · Coming Soon

Note to Brighten Your Day

This week, we’re getting a sneak peek at the upcoming Online Exclusive called Changing Leaves. This bundle includes photopolymer stamps, coordinating dies, and a hybrid embossing folder. Today, I wanted to highlight another way you can use this set to create something other than a fall-themed card with a bright and cheery color palette and a fun complimentary product pairing.

Today’s card is all about a little friendly encouragement. With a fun color palette and incorporation of the Friends for Life set, we have a a terrific note to brighten someone’s day.

We get started with a card base of Summer Splash cardstock. Our background panel is a sheet of the Flowering Zinnias designer paper. Our focal panel backdrop is a leaf pattern using the Changing Leaves stamps. I used one of my larger stamp blocks to arrange my leaf stamps in a pattern I liked. I then layered the ink on the stamps for an ombre-looking effect by starting with Summer Splash over the entirety of the leaf images, then placing Old Olive up the centers, and then lightly tapping the edges with Pretty Peacock. I stamped these twice to get my panel, cut it to size, and then matted with Pretty Peacock for a nice contrast against the Flowering Zinnia DSP panel.

For the sentiment panel, start by diecutting the word friend using the Friends for Life dies. The background is Summer Splash glimmer paper, while the detail lettering is Summer Splash cardstock. The sentiment from Changing Leaves is stamped in Pretty Peacock on white cardstock and then diecut using the smallest banner from the Nested Essentials die set using the extension method. I liked the look of stitching on either end of the sentiment banner to really draw the eye in and give some interest. The sentiment is mounted on dimensionals over a twist of Pretty Peacock & Gold metallic ribbon. A scattering of the blue iridescent discs gives some eye-catching sparkle to draw the eye in.

Tomorrow we’re wrapping up our sneak peek of the Changing Leaves bundle with an earthy palette. I hope you’ll pop by and take a look.

Products used in today’s card:
Summer Splash, Pretty Peacock, Basic White cardstock
Flowering Zinnias, In Color Glimmer DSP
Changing Leaves stamps
Friends for Life, Nested Essentials dies
Pretty Peacock & Gold metallic ribbon
Iridescent discs
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Changing Leaves · Coming Soon · L2S Group Instahop

Words Fail

This week we’re taking a sneak peek at the upcoming Online Exclusive by Stampin’ Up! called Changing Leaves. This bundle of products includes a stamp set, dies, and hybrid embossing folder. I love all of the detail included in the images in this set, and I’ve enjoyed thinking outside the box when designing with it. This set, although full of gorgeous fall foliage images, lends itself to all sorts of fun designs that don’t immediately make you think of fall. And today’s card is another example. So let’s get started.

I wanted a light and bright color palette for this thank-you card. I did let Mother Nature do a little of the talking with the choices in leaf color but then I worked to fill in with some fun complimentary colors. Our card begins with a base of Flirty Flamingo cardstock. The background panel is a quarter panel of Petal Pink embossed with the soon-to-release Changing Leaves embossing folder. I cut this panel down a bit to have a nice border of Flirty Flamingo all around. Our focal images are a whole smattering of stamped and diecut leaves from the soon-to-release Changing Leaves stamp set. All of the images are stamped tone-on-tone. Two of the larger leaves are stamped on Old Olive and Summer Splash with the two smaller leaves stamped on Lemon Lolly and Peach Pie. I added a few sparkly elements with the Peach Pie and Summer Splash foliage tucked in the mix. The sentiment from Simply Zinnia is stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock and diecut with the Autumn Leaves die set using the extension method. (For more on using the die extension method, check out this quick tutorial.) I tucked a faux bow of Petal Pink diagonal trim behind the sentiment panel and added a few Peach Pie shimmer gems across the card front for added sparkle.

Today’s card is a part of the Luv 2 Stamp Group Instagram Hop, which goes live at 9 AM Pacific Time (PST). Click here to head over to my Instagram feed and check out what the other demos in our L2S Group have created for you today!

Products used in today’s card:
Flirty Flamingo, Petal Pink, Very Vanilla, Lemon Lolly, Old Olive, Peach Pie, Summer Splash cardstock
In Color Glimmer paper
Changing Leaves stamps, dies, hybrid embossing folder (coming soon)
Autumn Leaves dies
Simply Zinnia stamps
Diagonal trim
In Color shimmer gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Changing Leaves · Coming Soon

Couldn’t Have Done It Without You

It’s hard to believe we’re already halfway through this bright and shiny week. I’m having such a good time working with the brand new Online Exclusive from Stampin’ Up! called Changing Leaves, which releases just one week from TODAY! This new bundle includes a photopolymer stamp set, which happens to be my favorite kind of stamps! And it also includes coordinating dies and a hybrid embossing folder. If you’re not familiar with a hybrid embossing folder, check out yesterday’s blog post where I have a video showing you all about it!

But without further adieu, let’s get to today’s card, shall we? I think the fun thing about any stamp set is finding unique ways to use it. When sitting down with a leaf-themed set, my mind naturally walks down the path to fall. But you know what? You don’t HAVE to make a fall card just because your stamp set has images of leaves. And today’s card does a little thinking outside the box to show you how you can use this gorgeous new bundle of leaf images and make something that doesn’t scream fall.

So we get started with a card base of Summer Splash cardstock. I embossed a full quarter panel of Summer Splash using the soon-to-release Changing Leaves embossing folder and adhered it to the card front. (You could simply emboss the card front itself if you want to lighten up the layers and card weight.) On a quarter sheet of white cardstock, I stamped the Hey sentiment from the Saying Hey stamp set in Summer Splash and then cut the strip with my paper trimmer. On the remaining portion of the white cardstock, I stamped the sentiment from the soon-to-release Changing Leaves stamp set and then punched it out with the Heartfelt Hexagon punch and adhered to the sentiment strip. The full sentiment panel is then adhered to the card front. Using the soon-to-release Changing Leaves dies, I diecut a set of leaves from Shaded Spruce and then a twig from Pretty In Pink shimmer paper. These are adhered to the sentiment panel with glue dots. A bow tied with the white diagonal trim is then adhered on top so tha it looks like a tied greenery bunch. A few Pretty in Pink shimmer gems on either side of the sentiment add a bit of sparkle and draw your eye across the card design.

Isn’t this a super fun design? Swap out colors and sentiments and you can have a quick and easy card for just about any occasion! Tune in tomorrow when we get a closer look at our Changing Leaves stamps. You won’t want to miss it!

Products used in today’s card:
Summer Splash, Shaded Spruce, Basic White cardstock
In Color glimmer paper
Changing Leaves stamps, dies, embossing folder (coming soon)
Saying Hey stamps
Diagonal trim
In Color shimmer gems
Glue dots
Adhesives

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Changing Leaves · Coming Soon

Amazing Leaves

Welcome to another fabulous day and another sneak peek at the new Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusive bundle called Changing Leaves. This brand new bundle is set to launch on July 3rd and includes a set of photopolymer stamps, coordinating dies, and a hybrid embossing folder. Today, we’re taking a closer look at that gorgeous hybrid embossing folder and putting it to work.

We get started with a card base of Pretty Peacock cardstock. A strip of the Pretty Peacock Oxidized Copper designer paper serves as a backdrop for our center focal point. The base of our focal point is a sheet of the Early Espresso woodgrain paper from the Country Woods designer paper pack that has been diecut using the Nested Essentials set and then adhered to the card base using dimensionals. The gorgeous leaves are diecut from a sheet of the Copper Clay Tartan Foil specialty paper using the soon-to-release Changing Leaves hybrid embossing folder, which both cuts and embosses at the same time, and then adhered to the focal panel with dimensionals. The sentiment from the soon-to-release Changing Leaves stamp set is stamped in Versamark on Very Vanilla cardstock and then heat embossed with copper embossing powder. The sentiment is then diecut using the banner die from the soon-to-release Changing Leaves die set. A few copper sequins are scattered across the card front to draw the eye diagonally down the card.

Want to see this beautiful new hybrid embossing folder in action? Check out today’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays and watch this card come together from start to finish:

Need something easy and maybe not so fall-ish? Tune in tomorrow to check out a unique thank-you card. You won’t want to miss it!

Products used in today’s card:
Pretty Peacock, Very Vanilla cardstock
Oxidized Copper, Country Woods, Tartan Foil DSP
Changing Leaves stamps, dies, hybrid embossing folder (coming soon!)
Nested Essentials dies
Copper embossing powder
Neutrals sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Changing Leaves · Coming Soon

Amazing in Every Way

Welcome to a bright and shiny new week, everyone! This week, we’re going to be taking a sneak peek at a brand NEW Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusive bundle that launches in just a little over a week. Eeek — I’m so excited! The upcoming Online Exclusives release has a little bit of everything, including some holiday items. And all this week, I’ll be showing you the gorgeous Changing Leaves bundle, which includes a set of photopolymer stamps, coordinating dies, and a hybrid embossing folder. So let’s get started!

For today’s design, I wanted to keep things super simple. And in particular, I wanted to highlight the beautiful embossing folder with its detailed leaf prints and a few of the coordinating leaves in the die set.

So we get started with a card base of Early Espresso cardstock. A sheet of the Early Espresso woodgrain pattern from the Country Woods designer series paper pack serves as the backdrop. The center panel is a sheet of the Copper Clay Oxidized Copper specialty paper that has been machine embossed using the soon-to-release Changing Leaves hybrid embossing folder. The sentiment from the soon-to-release Changing Leaves stamp set is stamped in Coastal Cabana on Very Vanilla cardstock and then diecut using the smallest frame from the Everyday Details die set. The sentiment is matted with a piece of the Summer Splash In Color Glimmer Paper and adhered with dimensionals. Two sets of leaves from the soon-to-release Changing Leaves die set have been diecut from Coastal Cabana cardstock and tucked behind the sentiment panel. I finished things off with a few In Color Shimmer Gems.

Like what you see so far? Tune in tomorrow for a closer look at the Changing Leaves hybrid embossing folder!

Products used in today’s card:
Early Espresso, Coastal Cabana, Very Vanilla cardstock
Country Woods, Oxidized Copper, In Color Glimmer DSP
Changing Leaves stamps, dies, hybrid embossing folder (coming soon!)
Everyday Details dies
In Color shimmer gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Botanicals · Clean and Simple · Country Flowers

Bunches of Thanks

This week, we’ve been using the Country Flowers bundle by Stampin’ Up! to make some lovely cards. Today, we’re rounding out the series with a clean and simple design. This is a layout that could be used over again and would work beautifully with a larger floral image, as well.

We get started with a card base of Basic White cardstock. Our focal panel is a pairing of Pretty Peacock and Moody Mauve cardstock. I stamped a repeating floral image in Versamark using the Country Flowers stamp set. The sentiment from Something Fancy is stamped in black on white cardstock and then diecut using the Unbounded Love set, which is then matted with a circle diecut using the Spotlight on Nature set. A pair of faux bows using Pretty Peacock & gold metallic ribbon and iridescent striped ribbon are adhered by the sentiment panel. To draw the eye across the design, I’ve used pink and peacock sequins from the Sequins Trio for some sparkle.

I hope you’ve been inspired by this weeks Country Flowers designs. Tune in next week as I give you a sneak peek at one of my favorite upcoming Online Exclusives bundle set to release on July 3rd!

Products used in today’s card:
Basic White, Pretty Peacock, Moody Mauve cardstock
Country Flowers, Something Fancy stamps
Unbounded Love, Spotlight on Nature dies
Pretty Peacock & gold metallic ribbon, iridescent striped trim
Sequins trio
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Botanicals · Country Flowers

Best Friend Tea

This week, we’re exploring all of the ways we can use the Country Woods suite by Stampin’ Up! to make beautiful projects. We have focused on the Country Flowers bundle, along with the Country Woods designer series paper. Today, we’re headed to tea.

One of the things that I enjoyed sharing with my grandmother was a love of tea sets. Anytime we found ourselves in a shop with tea sets, whether big or small, we couldn’t help but oooh and aaaah over them. We were most fond of the sets with intricate floral patterns. And that has inspired today’s card design — right down to the designer papers that stand front and center.

We start our card today with a base of white cardstock. The main panel sits on a quarter panel of white cardstock that has been cut a wee bit smaller than the card base itself. The lovely floral pattern from the Unbounded Beauty designer paper pack serves as the backdrop for the focal panel with a top of diagonal trim to draw on the patterns in the paper. The asymmetry of this floral panel really draws the eye up the card to the center focal panel.

Our focal panel begins with a base of white shimmer paper that has been diecut with the Spotlight on Nature dies. The mat for the focal image is Berry Burst cardstock diecut with the radiating circle from Spotlight on Nature die set. Our teapot is diecut from a sheet of the Unbounded Beauty paper pack using the Country Flowers dies. Note the white space at the bottom of the teapot, which gives this patterned vessel a very lifelike feel. The lovely foliage is spilling out the top of the teapot and has been cut from Summer Splash and white cardstock using the greenery and flower dies from Country Flowers with the flower centers being various sizes of rhinestone basic jewels. The sentiment from Country Flowers is stamped around the panel with rhinestones on either side to really draw the eye in.

I really love how this card makes me feel like I’ve sat down at my grandmother’s kitchen table for tea and a chat. It only seemed fitting to have the sentiment reflect friendship. Don’t you just love it?!

Tomorrow we’ll be wrapping up our walk through Country Flowers. I hope you’ll pop in and see how we round things out.

Products used in this card:
Basic White, Summer Splash, Berry Burst cardstock
Unbounded Beauty, white shimmer DSP
Country Flowers stamps & dies
Spotlight on Nature dies
White diagonal trim
Rhinestone basic jewels
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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