Positive Inkers Global Design Team - March 2021

Hello there and Happy March! I’m thrilled to be blog hopping today with the Positive Inkers Global Design Team. We are a group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from around the globe who are super-excited to share our love of creativity. I’m so happy you stopped by today! 

If this is the fist time you are visiting, please let me introduce myself. My name is Anne Marie Hile and I live in the great state of Texas in the United States. Welcome! 

Our theme this month is to feature the January - June 2021 Mini Catalog and NEW products. If you watched my Facebook Live video on Friday, you know that I was trying to create with ALL of the leftover “bits” on my desk. I think this is something we all face from time to time, as crafters. All of those elements that were intended to make their way onto projects, but didn’t quite make the cut for one reason or another. I had a bunch of flowers from the In Bloom Bundle cut out as a result of this, so I just decided to put on my creative hat for this hop and put those bits to work. I just love how these flowers came together with a little help from the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper for a “pretty in purple, with a pop of blue” card. 

*I’ve listed all of the measurements and details for my card below and there is a full supply list at the very end of this post.

I paired up the In Bloom Bundle with the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper along with the gorgeous Hydrangea Hill Mercury Glass Designer Acetate. So perfect to add a pop of shine! I also added some Wink of Stella to the small flowers for aded sparkle and the centers of the larger flowers were covered with a coat of Shimmery Crystal Effects for added sparkle and shine.  

Card Measurements and Details: 

• Misty Moonlight Cardstock - cut at 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” , scored at 4-1/4” 
• Gorgeous Grape Cardstock  - cut to 4” x 5-1/4” 
• Purple Posy Cardstock  - 3-7/8” x 5-1/8” 
• Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper- 5-1/8” x 3” 
• Hydrangea Hill Mercury Glass Designer Acetate: die cut a 3-1/2” scalloped rectangle from the Stitched SO Sweetly Dies
• Purple Posy Cardstock: scraps to die cut leaves and flower “centers”, accent flower “centers” with Shimmery Crystal Effects and allow time to dry before adhering to card. 
• Highland Heather Cardstock - scraps to die cut two flowers
• Misty Moonlight Cardstock - scraps to die cut flowers, accent with Wink of Stella and add pearls
• Basic White Cardstock  (inside card)  - 5-1/4” x 4”
• Ice Cream Shop Designer Series Paper (inside card): 3/4” x 5-1/4” 

Finally, here is a little peek inside the card. A few more stamped flowers, some DSP and a fun birthday sentiment. 

I hope you enjoyed my card today! From here you will continue the blog hop to visit Jo Blackman in the UK. Click HERE to head over to her blog. Please stop by to visit everyone on the hop and leave a a comment to say hello. We’d all love to hear from you and so appreciate you stopping by. Hope you enjoy all of the beautiful projects everyone shared today! 

Positive Inkers Global Design Team - March 2021:

Sandy McCullough – Canada 

 Maheswari Raja-Guru – Australia

Elly Rijnvis – Netherlands

Kate Bolt – UK

Karen Bird-Day – USA

Anne Marie Hile – USA

Jo Blackman – UK

Thanks for stopping by today! All of the products that 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. 

The current Host Code is: W2ZUFQHP

Also, If you place an order over $50 (before tax and shipping) using the above host code, you will also receive a gift from me: a FREE Exclusive Project Tutorial PDF, see the sneak peek below. Each month, I partner with an amazingly talented group of demonstrators from around the world to create these project tutorials. This month's tutorial features 12 awesome project ideas to inspire your creativity! 

If your order is over $150, please do NOT use the host code. You will still receive the PDF tutorial along with an additional free gift from me. 

Thanks so much for stopping by. 
Have a HAPPY day today! 

-Anne Marie

Product List 

In Bloom Bundle [156208]	In Bloom Photopolymer Stamp Set [154380]	Pierced Blooms Dies [154312]	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690]	Subtle 3D Embossing Folder [151775]
Hydrangea Hill Mercury Glass Designer Acetate [154574]	Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper [154570]	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081]	Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146987]	Purple Posy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150881]
Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Shimmery Crystal Effects [150892]	Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon [146912]	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219]
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099]	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103]	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118]	Stampin' Seal [152813]
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Paper Trimmer [152392]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

Forever Blossoms for PP472

Happy New Year friends! After taking some much-needed time off over the holidays, I’m excited to be back for the first challenge of 2020 over at The Paper Players. The week, the lovely and talented Jaydee has a Theme Challenge for us and we are also welcoming three AWESOME new Guest Designers. Check it out and play along with us! 

What better way to start the New Year than with a “Something New” theme, right? I love that there are so many possibilities with this theme: new year, new house, new pet, new baby…and so on. I decided I wanted to create a wedding card this week (new marriage…wink, wink) and was immediately inspired by one of the photos in the challenge badge. The card could also fit into the theme using the "new blooms” that come to life in the Spring season. 

Color Combo: 

Old Olive

Champagne Foil

Crumb Cake

Petal Pink

As soon as I saw this challenge, I knew I wanted to ink up the Forever Blossoms bundle from the new Mini Catalog. I just love that cherry blossom image, which really comes to life using the Stampin’ Blends markers. I inked up the image in Tuxedo Black Momento Ink and then colored it with the Stampin’ Blends. I added in a bit of Flirty Flamingo to accent the Petal Pink Flowers to give them a little more depth. 

This suite of product is absolutely gorgeous! The Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper has gorgeous foil accents on one side and I paired it up with a layer of Champagne Foil to really make it pop. I popped up the die cut flower on a Crumb Cake layer embossed with the Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder. I also sponged the edges and the raised embossed detail with some Crumb Cake ink. 

When it came to the sentiment, I tried a banner, a punch and another die cut that was just too big for the card. In the end, I went back to the trusty Layering Circles Dies. This is the third from the smallest circle die and the sentiment was heat embossed using Pewter Embossing Powder. What’s that? Pewter Embossing Powder is NOT in the current Stampin’ Up!® catalog? You are right. I didn’t even realize it was retired until I wad typing up this blog post. *shakes head* If you don’t have Pewter Embossing Powder, you could substitute Silver or just use Soft Suede ink for the sentiment. In the words of Tim Gunn from Project Runway: “Make it work!” I also sponged more Crumb Cake ink around the sentiment circle. 

Let’s talk about that Petal Pink Metallic Edge Ribbon, shall we? It’s GORGEOUS!! I may be stockpiling it…just saying. As much as I love it, I decided to layer a linen thread bow on top of it to add more texture and color to the card. I also added some Clear Wink of Stella to the center of the flowers because you can never go wrong with sparkle.

Card Measurements:

• Old Olive Card Base - 4-1/4” x 11”, scored at 5-1/2” 
• Champagne Foil - 4” x 5-1/4” 
• Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper - 3-7/8” x 5-1/8” 
• Crumb Cake Cardstock (embossed with Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder) - 3-1/8” x 4-1/4” 
• Scraps of Whisper White Cardstock for stamped and dies cut floral image and sentiment
• Whisper White Cardstock (inside card) - 4” x 5-1/4” 

Finally, here is a peek inside the card. I added another floral image and heat embossed the sentiment in that good ol’ retired Pewter Embossing powder. I just love the mix of fonts in that sentiment, don’t you? 

I hope you will join us this week over at The Paper Players and share your project for our Theme Challenge. We’d love to see what you come up with! You can link up your project through Noon PST on Friday January 10th, 2020. Also, please join me in welcoming our three fabulous new Guest Designers for 2020: Alisa, Stef and Mary. 

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

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Allisa Steinlicht

Stef Perry

Mary Deatherage

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: G7F4CWTM. 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 PDF project tutorial bundle. (see the sneak peek below) It’s also Sale-A-Bration, y’all! So for every $50 you spend, you also get free product from Stampin’ Up!®

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

Forever Blossoms Bundle (English) [153781]	Forever Blossoms Cling Stamp Set (English) [151457]	Cherry Blossoms Dies [151456]	Layering Circles Dies [151770]	Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder [151474]
Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper [151192]	Champagne Foil Sheets [144748]	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100702]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730]
Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193]	Petal Pink 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Metallic-Edge Ribbon [151194]	Linen Thread [104199]	Embossing Buddy [103083]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Stamping Sponges [141337]	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144597]
Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147272]	Flirty Flamingo Light Stampin' Blends Marker [147031]	Crumb Cake Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144581]	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]	Snail Adhesive [104332]
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]