Tropical Chic for PP441

Hello there and Happy Sunday! Time for another weekly challenge over at The Paper Players. This week, the fabulous Joanne has an awesome color combo for us. I hope you

will join us! 

It’s no secret that bright and cheery colors are my favorite colors, so I couldn’t wait to play with this combo. I just couldn’t decide on a stamp set to use. This color combo reminds me of summer, so The Tropical Chic stamp set seemed like a good choice. 

I struggled a bit to work in the Pool Party color on this card. It didn’t work for leaves, flowers or any of the layers. So, I decided to work it onto a watercolor washed background. It’s very subtle but I think it adds a nice detail. Instead of using regular Whisper White Cardstock, I subbed Shimmer White Cardstock. Not only does it add a beautiful shimmery detail, it is great to use for water coloring. 

The watercolor wash comes together really easily using an ink pad and an Aquapainter. You just “smoosh” (yes, that’s a technical term) your closed ink pad to get some ink onto the top inside cover of the ink pad. Then, you just use your Aquapainter to pick up the ink and then watercolor your background by brushing the color and water in “swipes” across the Shimmer White Cardstock. Just make sure you don’t squeeze TOO much water into your Aquapainter, then you lose a lot of control of the color. Make sure you allow time for the Shimmer White Cardstock to dry before assembling your card. 

I also added some Wink of Stella Glitter brush to the center of the flowers. It’s tough to see the Shimmer White Cardstock in the photos but the Wink of Stella is a nice compliment to that subtle shimmer. I also popped in a velum leaf for some added texture without adding more color. The sentiment was stamped on a 3/4” piece of Shimmer White Cardstock. I just trimmed off the ends at an angle with a my Paper Snips and popped it up. Easy Peasy! 

 Card Measurements: 

• Lovely Lipstick Card Base - 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”, scored at 4-1/4”
• Granny Apple Green Cardstock - 4” x 5-1/4” 
• 2018-2020 In Color Designer Series Paper - 3-7/8” x 5-1/8” 
• Lovely Lipstick Cardstock - 3-3/8" x 4-5/8” 
• Shimmer White Cardstock (for watercolor background) - 3-1/4” x 4-1//2

Finally here is a peek at the inside of the card. I added a 4” x 5-1/4” piece of Whisper White cardstock with a 1” x 4” strip of DSP for a pop of patterns. I just added a couple of stamped images and left space for a handwritten message. 

I hope you will join us this week over at The Paper Players and share a project using this beautiful color combo. We’d love to see what you come up with! You can link up your project through Noon PST on Friday May 17th, 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

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. 

This month’s Host Code is: NXX4KEHH. If you place an order over $50 (before tax and shipping) using this host code, you will receive a gift from me. 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 a gift from me. Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Have a HAPPY day today! 

-Anne Marie

Product List

Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Bundle [148399]	Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146753]	Tropical Thinlits Dies [146831]	In Color 2018–2020 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [146963]	Lovely Lipstick 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146970]
Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990]	Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101910]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101856]	Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon [146912]
Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]	Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Pad [147140]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094]	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107]
Aqua Painters [103954]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Glue Dots [103683]

Tropical Chic for Festive Friday FF0032

Hello there, stamping friends! I’ve been on a wee hiatus and am finally back sharing some projects here on my blog. Last weekend I attended OnStage San Antonio, which is an awesome Stampin’ Up! event. I actually presented AT the event (more on that soon) and also co-hosted an After Party for 80 awesome stampers after the event. To say it was a busy week/weekend would be an understatement. Whew! I’m finally feeling like I can get back to my regular routine. 

Just in time for a brand new Festive Friday Challenge! For this challenge, we are celebrating Mother’s Day and/or PINK. You can play along with the holiday or the theme…or both. Please join us and share your project! 

If you know anything about me, you know I absolutely LOVE anything PINK! I was not going to miss out on showcasing my favorite color. I guess this could also work for a Mother’s Day card, with the right sentiment inside. But, I went into creating for this challenge focused on the pink element. 

I got the inspiration for my card layout from the current sketch challenge from Linda over at Freshly Made Sketches. This is one of my favorite blogs to visit for sketch inspiration. Check it out!  

Those two tiny strips on the sketch inspired me to pull out my 6x6 Tropical Escape Designer Series Paper and really focus on a monochromatic card using Blushing Bride as my featured PINK. Blushing Bride isn’t my usual “go-to” pink. It’s not my favorite pink but I am learning to love it. As a “stand-alone” color, it’s REALLY pretty. It’s just not my favorite pink to combine with other colors. It’s still pink though, so I’m not kicking it out of my stamp studio. Haha! 

For my card, I simply stamped in Blushing Bride ink and cut out three of the tropical flowers. Then, cut out two of the “ferns” in vellum cardstock. Finally, I added two punched elements from the Leaf Punch, simply punched in Whisper White and then covered in sparkly detail with the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush. 

It’s also tough to see in the photos, but I added more Wink Of Stella to the center of the flowers. Then, I added tiny pearls for some added detail. I stuck down the leaf elements with glue dots and then popped up the flowers with Stampin’ Dimensionals. 

 Card Measurements: 

• Blushing Bride Card Base - 4-1/4” x 11”, scored at 5-1/2” 
• Whisper White Cardstock - 4-1/8” x 5-5/8” 
• Tropical Escape Designer Series Paper - 4” x 5-1/2” 
• Whisper White Cardstock - 2-3/4” x 3-3/4” 
• Tropical Escape Designer Series Paper - (2 pieces) 1/2” x 5” , 1/2” x 4-1/2” 

As always, here is a look insde the card. I layered a 1/2” x 4” piece of  Designer Series Paper on a 4” x 5-1/4” piece of Whisper White Cardstock and added a little stamped detail. I didn’t add a sentiments because I intended for this card to have room for a handwritten note. This card is going out to someone who really went above and beyond last week. 

So, what do you say? Would you like to join us and share a project? You can check out the Festive Friday Challenge HERE. You can enter your project for this challenge through Monday April 29th at 8pm CST. 

Stop by and say hello to the Design Team: 

Nicole Watt

Beth McCullough

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile (you are here) 

Sharon Burkert

Patricia Chalas 

Miranda Webber 

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. This month’s Host Code is: TE9GEQXY. If you place an order over $50 (before tax and shipping) using this host code, you will receive a gift from me. 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 a gift from me. Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Have a HAPPY day! 

-Anne Marie

Product List

Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Bundle [148399]	Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146753]	Tropical Thinlits Dies [146831]	Leaf Punch [144667]	Tropical Escape 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [146916]
Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131198]	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101856]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219]
Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Glue Dots [103683]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]