Stampin' Anne

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Green Birthday Butterflies for Facebook Live

Hello everyone! For my Facebook Live video this week, I featured fun and easy butterfly birthday card. To check out the video for how this card was made click here: Verdant Garden Facebook Live.

Every Wednesday at 12:00 PM CST, I share a new project tutorial over on my Stampin’ Anne Facebook Page. Please join me and if you can’t make it Live, you can always watch the replay. Also, I’d like to invite you to join my Stampin’ Anne Facebook Group for giveaways and exclusive projects. Everyone is welcome!

This card was actually one of my team swap cards for the month. We had a “Color Trios” theme so it was fun to step out of my usual color comfort zone with this trio of greens. I got the inspiration to pair the butterflies with the Verdant Garden stamp set from another demonstrator on Pinterest. I’m so sorry I can’t remember her name.

This card uses three different stamp sets: Verdant Garden, Butterfly Gala and one of my favorite sets Magnolia Blooms. Magnolia Blooms is like a mini version of the larger Magnolia Lane stamp set in the Stampin’ Up!® Annual Catalog. This smaller stamp set is an amazing value and is very versatile. You can order it HERE.

Today’s Colors:

Mossy Meadow

Soft Sea Foam

Mint Macaron

This card comes together really quickly and truly the most time consuming part is heat embossing the butterflies. If you didn’t want to heat emboss them, you could always just stamp them in Soft Sea Foam ink and dress them up with some Wink of Stella Glitter Brush to add some sparkle and shine.

Card Measurements:

Mossy Meadow Card Base - 4-1/4” x 11”, scored at 5-1/2”
Soft Sea Foam Cardstock - 4” x 5-1/4”
Whisper White Cardstock - 3-7/8” x 5-1/8”
Garden Lane Designer Series Paper - 2” x 5-1/8”
Scraps of Mint Macaron, Soft Sea Foam and Whisper White Cardstock for stamping, punches and dies
Whisper White Cardstock (inside card) - 4” x 5-1/4”

Finally, a peek inside the card with some simple stamped images and space for a handwritten note.

I hope you enjoyed this card using the Verdant Garden / Magnolia Blooms / Butterfly Gala stamp sets! Once again, here is the link to watch the Facebook Live video: Verdant Garden Facebook Live.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! All of the products I used on this card are listed below. You can click on any of the photos to go directly to my Stampin’ Up!® online store.

This month’s Host Code is: 4HHRVVNB. If you place an order over $50 (before tax and shipping) using this host code, you will also receive a gift from me: a free exclusive project tutorial bundle. (see the sneak peek for August below)

If your order is over $150 (before tax and shipping), do NOT use the host code. You will earn host rewards from Stampin’ Up! AND you'll also receive the gift from me. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a HAPPY day today!

-Anne Marie

Product List

Verdant Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set [149460]	Magnolia Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set [152729]	Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Bundle [150599]	Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Stamp Set [148580]	Butterfly Duet Punch [148523]
Stitched Shapes Dies [152323]	Layering Circles Dies [141705]	Garden Lane Designer Series Paper [149488]	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676]	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146988]
Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]	Mint Macaron Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [147021]	Embossing Buddy [103083]
Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder [109130]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111]	Snail Adhesive [104332]
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108]

From July 1 until August 31, new demonstrators will receive an additional $30 to put toward bonus products in their Starter Kit (for a total of $155 in merchandise for $99)!! THEN, you’ll receive a $10 coupon code the following month. Are you interested? Keep reading to learn more!

Details:

The bonus at initial sign up allows demonstrators to pick $30 more than usual. You will pay $99 to sign up and choose $155 worth of Stampin’ Up! products in your Starter Kit.
Coupon codes will be sent between the fifth and seventh business day of the following month the new demonstrator signs up.
Coupons codes will be sent via email to the new demonstrator.
Coupon codes may be redeemed only once.
Coupon codes expire October 31, 2019; after this date, they will no longer be valid.
New demonstrators who submit their Independent Demonstrator Agreement (IDA) before July 1 or after August 31 will not be eligible for this promotion.
Shop the upcoming Holiday Catalog early and add products from that catalog your Starter Kit.

If you’ve ever considered purchasing that Starter Kit, now is a great time! We’d love to have you join and get that discount for yourself or start your own business!!

If you are interested in joining my team click here for details or email me at: annemariehile@gmail.com. I’d love to have you on my team!

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Wiggle Worm for PP455

Hello and Happy Sunday stamping friends! Hope you are enjoying your weekend so far. It’s time for another fun challenge over at The Paper Players! This week, Joanne has a great Clean-and-Simple (CAS) Challenge for us: “Cards for Kids”

So, I have to share a little secret with you. When I wrote down all of the weekly challenge for the month in my planner, I had the “Cards for Kids” theme in there but neglected to write down the Clean-and-Simple part. When I went to post my card to our blog, I just shook my head. That’s basically how my week has been going. Y’all know I love layers though, so this is still CAS for me, right? It is what it is. Sigh. I know my fellow Design Team Members will get a chuckle at me because they know I struggle with CAS cards. Big hugs ladies, please forgive my oops this week.

Today’s Colors:

Let’s talk about the card, shall we? I decided to use the Wiggle Worm Bundle because I think it is perfect for kids of ALL ages. The little critters in this set are so stinking cute, too! I’m not sure what kind of bug this little cutie is, but I’m calling her a firefly so that’s where my color inspiration started out. Right now, I can’t seem to stop using Pretty Peacock and Mango Melody and they were perfect to compliment the leafy print in the Dinoroar Designer Series Paper.

I colored the bug using the Light and Dark Mango Melody Stampin’ Blends and then added some Wink of Stella Glitter Brush to her eyes, the middle layer of her tiny body and the tips of her wings for some sparkly detail. Of course, there are rhinestones…because, why not?

I added a little but of texture to the background with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder and then a little more to a piece of Pool Party Cardstock using the Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder. I don’t have any ribbon in Pool Party (well, maybe I do…I couldn’t FIND any) so this was a nice alternative. That little leaf die cut cracks me up. It looks like a little bite has been taken out of it! I took the die cut piece from the center of the leaf and added it behind the oval dies so as not to waste it

To add a little pop of color behind the little bug on her leaf, I used a Pool Party Stampin’ Write Marker. I just flicked the tip of the marker on the edge of the cap to create little “inky dots” on the background. It’s a subtle little detail but it adds some color to the background to make that little firefly stand out on the background. All of the supplies I used to create this card are listed at the end of this post.

Card Measurements:

Mango Melody Card Base - 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”, scored at 4-1/4”
Pretty Peacock Cardstock - 4” x 5-1/4”
Whisper White Cardstock (embossed with Subtle 3D Embossing Folder) - 3-7/8” x 5-1/8”
Dinoroar Designer Series Paper - 2” x 3-7/8”
Pool Party Cardstock (embossed with Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder) - 1/2” x 3-7/8”
Scraps of Mango Melody, Pretty Peacock, Old olive and Whisper White Cardstock for stamping ad die cutting
Pretty Peacock Cardstock (inside card) - 4” x 5-1/4”
Whisper White Cardstock (inside card) - 3-7/8” x 5-1/8”
Dinoroar Designer Series Paper (inside card) - 1-1/4” x 3-7/8”

For the inside of the card, I left it blank but dressed it up with a strip of DSP and some layered cardstock. I wasn’t gong to post the photo, but figured I was already having a “layer party” on this card, so why not share a few more.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my card today, with all of its lovely layers. Ha! I guess we can call this one "CAS-ish” and someone will pay better attention to that for future challenges. *wink, wink*

I hope you will join us this week over at The Paper Players and share your project with our CAS Cards for Kids. We’d love to see what you come up with! You can link up your project through Noon PST on Friday August 23rd, 2019.

Be sure to stop by and say hello to The Paper Players Design Team:

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Su Mohr

Wanda Cullen

Windy Ellard