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Hello Hollyhocks Kit Alternatives

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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

Product List
Hello Hollyhocks Kit
[164458]
$14.00
Linen Thread
[104199]
$5.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
[144108]
$4.25
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Introducing By Your Side

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Happy Tuesday, everyone! Thanks for stopping in today. My hubby had surgery and recovery is going a bit slower than anticipated. So we’re taking a little detour from touring fields of flowers for the next day or two, but we’ll get back to it once we’re able to return home.

Over the last several years, I’ve had several opportunities to sit in hospital waiting rooms awaiting word on family members having surgery. And I’ve found it helpful to have things to do to help take my mind away from worrying about all of the what-ifs of surgery. One of the things I have really enjoyed doing to pass the time is assembling Stamipn’ Up Kits.

You may be wondering how on earth I’ve managed to assemble cards in a hospital. Well, the beauty of SU! card kits is that they include everything you need to put together at least 3 different card designs. All you need to throw in your bag is some adhesive and paper snips!

While in the waiting room for my husband’s surgery, I finished assembling cards from one of the newest SU! kit releases called By Your Side. This adorable kit is purrrrfect for all of the animal lovers in your life!

The kit includes everything you need to create 4 different card designs. And, of course, you can punch things up with extras, like ribbon or twine or embellishments if you want.

One of the things I love about the SU! Kits is that the designs are simple to put together. You have all the supplies you need, and the kit comes with instructions for assembling each of the different cards. But you can also easily adapt and change designs to suit.

Here’s a sample design variation. My son needed a birthday card for one of his friends who is a huge cat lover. So I substituted the birthday sentiment from the Hot Air Balloon stamp set and added some twine and embellishments to make this super cute birthday design.

I have a number of variations to share with you that are simply the cat’s meow. I’ll share them in my socials once we get home and settled in — maybe a little later this week.

Think this is a cute kit? Interested in having one yourself? You can pick one up anytime in my online store. Simply click here and you’ll go straight to it!

Products used in today’s featured card:
By Your Side Kit
Hot Air Balloon stamps
Twine
Swirl dots