Manly Birthday Card... with a Christmas Set

Welcome to another monthly Blog Hop with the Stamping Symphony team. Today we are showing you projects with the Holiday Catalogue. I've used a Christmas stamp set, but created a non Christmas card for you today.

I have been using up many items that have been laying around my studio (some for years!) - die cuts, items from past kits and even pieces from cards at classes. I used some of those items to create this beauty, and you can definitely create something identical with the supply list I've shown below.

There are lots of fabulous layers on this card and not a lot of embellishments. I really like this layered look. There is an embossed panel, fussy cut images and die cut elements, not to forget the faux stitching and colouring.

I always feel it's important to decorate the inside to match the front of the card. It's an extra little bit of happy. Here I stamped the wood image and added a die cut leaf.

The main thing I want to show off here is the fact that I used a Christmas stamp set from the Holiday Catalogue (Still Scenes) and turned the wintery trees into ones that were in full bloom. All it takes is some masking & a little bit of creative colouring. ;)

If you'd like a step-by-step guide to how to create this card, you should check out my video below.

Thanks for hopping along with us this month. Be sure to check out the other fabulous creations and give my fellow stamping friends some love.

1. A La Cards (Leena)

2. Lolly & Sand (Sandy)

3. justBstamping (Barb)

4. Stamping with Jen (Jen)

5. Hofkissed (Steph) << You Are Here

Until next time, stay crafty!

Steph

Product List

Still Scenes Cling Stamp Set [150503] $30.00	Rooted In Nature Cling-Mount Stamp Set [148217] $57.00	Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set [148618] $31.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $12.00
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $13.25	Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131199] $12.00	Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119684] $12.00	Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [147158] $40.00
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144597] $12.00	Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [148547] $12.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147274] $12.00	Pretty Peacock Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [149560] $12.00
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144601] $12.00	Cajun Craze Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147931] $12.00	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144603] $12.00	Linen Thread [104199] $6.75
Classic Label Punch [141491] $24.00	Big Shot [143263] $150.00	Woodland Embossing Folder [139673] $11.50	Stitched Shapes Dies [152323] $41.00
In The Woods Dies [147919] $45.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50	Clear Block B [117147] $8.25
Clear Block C [118486] $9.50	Clear Block D [118485] $11.50	Clear Block G [118489] $6.00

Colour Challenge for ColourQ

I have a quick post for you tonight because I wanted to enter an online colour challenge over at ColourQ - the colours to use were Going Gray, Chocolate Chip, Blush Blossom, Peach Parfait and white. Here's what I came up with:

I used a retired stamp set (By the Tide), but there are some fabulous new ones in the new catty that would work just as well! As some of the colours from the challenge are long retired, I used Smokey Slate in replace of Going Gray and Peekaboo Peach in replace of Peach Parfait. I happened to have some Blush Blossom still.

To add a little more texture to the card, I stamped with some bubble wrap, popped up one of the fish and added some twine. I also tore the paper and then used the photopolymer stamp set from the June 2016 Paper Pumpkin kit (Banner Surprise) - did you know you can bend photopolymer stamps?!

Hope you're inspired to go create something and maybe enter it into a challenge. They're fun!

To check out all of Stampin' Up!'s products and order online, visit me at www.hofkissed.stampinup.net

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

Lost Without You

Valentine's Day is coming up (Sunday, February 14th for those that aren't aware), and perhaps you're having trouble with a card for the man in your life. Here's a great set to have on hand - perfect for "lovey dovey", birthday's and more!

I used products from the Going Places Product Suite in the Occassion Catalogue (you'll find it near the back). It's coordination at its best! I inked up the embossing folder this time instead of running it through the Big Shot - did you know you could do that?!

Here's how: Ink up the raised side, lay your paper inside, close the folder (carefully!) and then press/rub until you have a decent image.

It won't be perfect, but I love the effect! Plus, it gives you more use out of those embossing folders!

From there, the paper stack and stamp images did the rest.

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

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Team Challenge

We were given a team challenge recently to use random pieces together on a card. I love challenges like that! What's better, is that it fits in over at The Friday Mashup too. :)

These were the pieces we were given:

    *1 Leaf
    *1 Doily
    *3 Banners

We were allowed to use other current papers, colours and stamps, just as long as we included all of the pieces we were given.




Here's the card I created:

I'm really happy with how the card turned out. I kept the colour pallet pretty neutral as I wanted the banners to be my pop of colour. I also didn't want to use a lot of other products or special techniques because I wanted to show that they're not always necessary.

Do you notice two leaves on my card? Well, did you know that if you distress Stampin' Up! card stock, it becomes very pliable and you can pull the layers apart? Cool, eh?! This technique is both simple and eye-catching. It gives some texture too!

To add a little interest, I used the Wetlands stamp set. Love it because it offers both images and sentiments.

Hope you love my card... and challenge yourself too with something similar (scraps on your desk, perhaps?!) or enter an online challenge. They're lots of fun!

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

I'm entering The Friday Mashup Challenge #232, I opted for a project with leaves.

Help From Paper Pumpkin

Happy Monday! Hope you had a fabulous weekend. Today I'm sharing a custom card I created for a customer a couple of weeks ago using pieces from June's Paper Pumpkin Kit. Check it out:

I used all the pieces from the kit, but added a bit of my own stamping using images from By the Tide. As the recipient lives in Nova Scotia, I thought this was a fitting set!

The '70' was cut using the Little Numbers Thinlits Dies and boy did I do a little happy dance when Stampin' Up! released those in June! I have so many uses for little numbers and they're the perfect size for cards especially!

Of course I never like to leave the inside of a card completely blank, so I added some additional stamping inside.

I hope you like today's quick and easy project, thanks to Paper Pumpkin!! I encourage you to give it a try... you will save 50% off your first two months (for new subscribers only) if you sign up before September 10th! What do you have to lose?! In your first kit, you'll receive a clear block to be able to complete your projects every month. PLUS, each kit contains ink and a stamp set and everything to complete a project, including instructions! Sign up at Paper Pumpkin and don't forget to choose me (Steph VanDorp) as your Demonstrator. :)

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

Lovely as a Tree

Good morning! Sorry I missed ya on Monday. It was a long weekend here in Ontario and now all of a sudden, it's Wednesday! The time has just slipped away from me...

Anyway, today I'm bringing you a manly card. Last week sometime I found a box of random punch-outs, papers, die-cuts, etc. Some of the stuff I wondered why I even kept it, some I gifted to my children (who were over-the-moon excited!) and some I decided to use and challenge myself to create something with it.

I found a bunch of layered pieces (naturals on an embossed piece of Close to Cocoa?!). It originally measured 5"x5", but I cut it down to fit on a card front and punched a hole with my 2-1/2" Circle Punch. Then I sat there for 20 minutes staring at it, wondering what to do. ha.

I choose to use my Lovely as a Tree set. Check it out:

I stamped one tree image in Lost Lagoon right on the base of the same colour. Then I stamped the leaf image randomly on the neutrals paper and used an image from Gorgeous Grunge and some gold ink to add some splatters.

Before mounting the layered piece to my base with Dimensionals, I added a few pieces of Metallic Gold Twine for some added interest.

Of course you can't forget the inside! I added a few more leaves and some more splatter.

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

The Reveal!

As promised in Wednesday's post, here is the complete project using the Emerging Colours Technique. The card design is from my fabulous upline, Leena Girsa. Her original design used the Sheltering Tree stamp set, and even though it was available to me at the event, I wanted to use a set that I owned. As mentioned in my previous post, the leaf image is from the Wonderous Wreath set and the tree is from White Christmas.

You'd never know it, but I screwed up when putting this card together. I was a bad student and didn't read the instructions. I did my technique (background panel) on the larger Very Vanilla piece of card stock (that was meant for the inside) and not the Whisper White piece that I was suppose to use. So when it came time to put my card together, I wondered why my leaf piece was too big for the Cajun Craze mat. :s

No worries though. All was good! When I got home, I glued a piece of Very Vanilla to the inside and the pieces I cut from my technique panel worked as perfect accents for the front and inside of my card. I'd say it was meant to be!

Hope you enjoyed this reveal. Have a fabulous weekend!

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

Other items used: Kraft & White Corrugated Paper, Linen Thread