Best Bunny for Third Thursdays Blog Hop

Hello there! It’s time for another blog hop with the 3rd Thursdays team. This month, our theme is sharing projects featuring the new Stampin’ Up!® Sale-A-Bration items released on February 15th, along with other fantastic Sale-A-Bration products. You can see the new products by clicking HERE. Sale-A-Bration truly is the BEST time of the year, as you can get these items for FREE with your qualifying purchase.

For my project, I decided to pair together the sentiment from the Part of My Story (Sale-A-Bration) stamp set, the new Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper from a bundle in the new Sale-A-Bration release and the Best Bunny Bundle which is found in the Annual Catalog.  

The Painted Seasons Bundle has quickly become one of my favorites. The bundle consists of a beautiful stamp set and this fabulous coordinating Designer Series Paper. It can be earned for free with your $100 order. I wanted to do something a little different with my project and not use the bundle together but rather combine a few different stamps to think "outside of the box" a bit. 

Isn’t that little bunny adorable? I just love that there is a coordinating punch as well. It makes it so easy to cut him out, pop him up on dimensionals and give him some personality. I love it! This little guy is pretty easy to color with the Stampin’ Blends and although I used colors that aren’t technically in the DSP, all of the shades work together. The “pieces" of the bunny are popped up on dimensionals and I also used the grass stamp behind the bunny to give him something to “sit” on. 

There are a lot of different textures on this card, but I think it all works with the “woodsy” theme. This one is definitely not a card that can be mailed with one stamp though. It’s a little on the chunky side. It will just have to go to someone extra-special. That stitched scalloped border is from the Be Mine Stitched Heart Framelits and I have been finding that I have been using it a LOT lately. I just love the little detail it adds. 

It’s a little hard to see in the photo but I heat embossed the sentiment by stamping the sentiment first in Versamark ink, then in my Early Espresso ink pad and used Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder. It just adds a little bit of extra shiny detail. I also used my Wink of Stella Glitter Brush to add a pop of sparkle to the inside of the bunny’s ears. I left the inside of the card blank to add a handwritten message. I’ve listed all of the products I used to create the card below. You can click on the photos to shop in my online Stampin’ Up!® store. 

Thanks so much for visiting today! Please make sure to follow the hop to see more ideas with Sale-A-Bration products. You will be heading over to my dear friend, Krystal Robert’s blog next. Have a great day! 

3rd Thursdays February Blog Hop:

Kimberley Morris

Kim Fee

Angie McKenzie

Andrea Tracy-Tucker

Anne Marie Hile - (you are here)

Krystal Roberts

Sarah Fleming

Sale-A-Bration Product Update: 

The following SAB items are currently SOLD OUT...(in North America)

• Grapefruit Grove/Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets 
• Butterfly Elements
• Precious Parcel Card Kit

Also, the Organdy Ribbon Pack is Not Orderable until approximately March 4th.

Product List

Best Bunny Photopolymer Bundle [148378]	Best Bunny Photopolymer Stamp Set [147136]	Bunny Builder Punch [147039]	Part Of My Story Cling Stamp Set [149719]	Painted Seasons Bundle [150349]
Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies [148527]	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372]	Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705]	Leaf Punch [144667]	Banner Triple Punch [138292]
Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143708]	Corrugated Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [148026]	5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon [141487]	Linen Thread [104199]	True Gentleman Buttons [145596]
Call Me Clover 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146969]	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119686]	Poppy Parade 8-1/2" x 11"" Card Stock" [119793]	Mango Melody 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146989]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
Embossing Buddy [103083]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114]	Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder [109130]	Heat Tool [129053]
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144601]	Light Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Marker [146866]	Light Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Marker [146876]	Mango Melody Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147945]
Pumpkin Pie Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144578]	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]	Stampin' Trimmer [126889]	Big Shot [143263]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108]	Glue Dots [103683]

Lovely Lattice for PP429

Hello stamping friends! This week at The Paper Players the always fabulous LeAnne has a Clean-and-Simple (CAS) Theme Challenge for us using a monochromatic color palette. I was initially thinking of going with shades of blue (based on the colors in the challenge badge) but instead opted to pair Grapefruit Grove and Calypso Coral together instead. I was inspired by the color combo from a swap card that my friend Cara made recently. 

So, it’s Clean-and-Simple week again and you know how much of a challenge that can be for me. Haha! But look, there are only 3 layers! Or is the sentiment 4? Either way, I’m making progress, right? I decided to create my card around two of the stamp sets that are available in the Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration Catalog now through March 31st: Lovely Lattice and Part of My Story. The best part about these stamp sets is that you can earn them for FREE with a qualifying order. Everyone loves free stamps! 

First, I stamped the Lovely Lattice stamped image in VersaMark ink on Grapefruit Grove cardstock and then heat embossed it using White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. It really brought out the detail in this gorgeous image and adds a subtle texture to the card. Although the image was beautiful on its own, I decided to color in the flowers using Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends to add some depth. I just love how the flowers pop! 

It was tough not to over embellish the background layer. I wanted to add more texture but every embossing folder I tried ended up distracting from the stamped image. But leaving the Calypso Coral cardstock plain, felt kind of boring. So, I decided to use the Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. As the name implies, it adds a tiny bit of texture for interest. I reach for this embossing folder a LOT and really think it is a “must have."

The sentiment was added to a little tag from the Stitched Labels Framelits. I just love the tiny stitched and scalloped detail. So pretty! That sentiment just makes my heart happy, too. Who wouldn’t love to receive that card in the mail? Instant day brightener! 

The Grapefruit Grove ribbon is also part of a ribbon pack that can be earned for FREE during Sale-A-Bration. It has been so popular that it is currently unavailable until early-March. Send me an email to annemariehile@gmail.com if you’d like me to let you know when it is back in-stock. Finally, I added a few pearls to the center of the flowers, because they just “needed” that tiny detail. 

Card Measurements: 

• Grapefruit Grove Cardstock Base - 4-1/4” x 11”, scored at 5-1/2” 
• Whisper White Cardstock - 4” x 5-1/4” 
• Calypso Coral Cardstock - 3-7/8” x 5-1/8” 
• Grapefruit Grove Cardstock (stamped image) - 3-1/4” x3-3/4” 

Here is a look inside the card. I stamped and colored two floral images. It’s tough to see in the photo but I added a little glitter from the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush to the centers of the flowers as well. I left it blank for a handwritten note. 

I hope you will join us this week over at The Paper Players and share a project using LeAnne’s Clean-and-Simple challenge. We’d love to see what you come up with! You can link up your project through Noon PST on Friday February 22nd, 2019.  

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

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Sandy Mathis

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Su Mohr

Wanda Cullen

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

Have a HAPPY day today! 

-Anne Marie

Product List

Lovely Lattice Cling Stamp Set [149730]	Part Of My Story Cling Stamp Set [149719]	Stitched Labels Framelits Dies [146828]	Detailed Trio Punch [146320]	Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143706]
Grapefruit Grove 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146972]	Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122925]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Embossing Buddy [103083]
Heat Tool [129053]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101]	Calypso Coral Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144042]	Calypso Coral Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144044]
Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144045]	Organdy Ribbon Combo Pack [149623]	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219]	Stampin' Trimmer [126889]	Big Shot [143263]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Glue Dots [103683]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]