All About Abstract Beauty

 This lovely bunch of cards were created as a part of today's monthly class. These were made using products from Abstract Beauty from Stampin' Up! This suite of products includes gorgeous 4"x 6" Designer Paper, colored card bases and decorated envelopes, fabulous dies and cute sayings for the stamp set. 

Luv 2 Stamp February Blog Hop Abstract Beauty Suite

 

Welcome to the Luv 2 Stamp Group’s 2021 Blog Hop! We are excited to share projects with you this year and hope to inspire you to create beautiful new projects. Each month we will have a different theme based on the next month’s celebrations using Stampin’ Up! products.

Once you are done with each post, scroll down to the bottom and you will see a list of Blog Hop participants. You can click on their name to go to their post, or you can click the next button to go to the next post in line. Happy crafting! This month’s theme is Celebrating Women.

I have selected the Abstract Beauty Suite to create my project for the special women in my life. The 4" x 6" paper is gorgeous, with one side with foil and the opposite side a less flashy design.  But the cards needed a special decorated box. I took inspiration from Lori Pinto but experimented with the measurements to allow the 4"x 6" Abstract Beauty Cards to fit. Here are the directions:

Cut Pieces

8-3/4" x 12" Night of Navy

2-5/8 x 12" Night of Navy (2)

Artistic Die in Gold Metallic Specialty Paper

Score:

On the short end, score at 1-1/4" and 7-3/4"

On the long edge, score at 1", 2-1/4". 6-1/2", and 7-3/4"

Using your bone folder, burnish all the score lines. Cut up to the 1-1/4" line and as noted in the pictures. Create your box and add the Abstract Beauty DSP to the front panel.

Close the box with a belly band and decorate with the Gold Metallic die and Adhesive Backed Hexagons. Here is one of the cards that will go in the box.

Would you agree that this is gorgeous paper? I hope you will honor the women in your life with products from the Abstract Beauty Suite. 

Thank you so much for checking out our hop today! We know you are going to love all the other projects you will see in the hop today so don’t forget to hop all the way around. You are currently at my blog – Laurie Bradshaw. Check out the list below to make sure you see who is next. Please click on the names below to continue on the hop.

Sharon Lim-CA

Christy Frank-CA

Jessye Chancey-GA

Laurie Bradshaw-CA (You are here)

Tammy Civello-CA

Teri West-AK

Sandra Hernandez-GA 

Teri West -AK

Danielle D. Diaz -NM 

Wendy Varron-MD

Patty Bennett-CA

Demonstrator Blog Hop February 2022 Butterflies and Flowers Decorative Masks Meet Ladybug

 

Thank you for joining us for our Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator Training Program Monthly Blog Hop! We are so happy that you could join us today for this blog hop for ideas and creative inspiration. We are a group of Stampin' Up!® Demonstrators from around the world that are taking part in training that is helping us to build a successful Stampin' Up!® business and reach some goals we have set. We really appreciate your support.
You may be starting here or have come from another blog - either way you can find the link list at the bottom of this post so that you can see every blog post and idea today.

Here are the measurements and some directions for creating this Thank You card. I did create this card for a technique class with the Butterflies and Flowers Decorative Masks. Purple hues were used, yet one could use any color re-inker to color the Shimmery Embossing Paste.

Measurements:

Gorgeous Grape A-2 Card Base, scored at 4-1/4"

Basic White Layer 4"x 5-1/4" (2x)

Basic White Layer 3-3/4" x 5"

3/4" Embossed Gorgeous Grape strip

2 feet Tri-colored Ribbon

Basic Black for ladybug's body

Highland Heather scrap for ladybug's wings

Matte Black Dots

Basic White sentiment tag

Directions:

1. Color Shimmering Embossing Paste with Highland Heather Re-inker to desired darkness. Spread paste over the flower mask very thinly.  Remove mask and put the mask in soapy water immediately. Wash the palette tools, also. Let dry.

2. Adhere strip embossed with the Gingham  Embossing Folder with liquid glue. Glue pasted layer to the other Basic White layer and tie with Tri-color ribbon or Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon. Attach all layers to the Gorgeous Grape cardbase.

3. Put together the ladybug and embellish with bling. Adhere with dimensionals.

4. Stamp sentiment of choice with Memento Black Ink.

5. Glue Basic White card base inside to allow for a message to the recipient.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
As mentioned at the top, this is a blog hop so make sure you 'hop' around to all the amazing projects on this hop! Click on the links below to visit them. Be sure to leave a comment!

Blog Hop Links

Luv 2 Stamp Blog Hop January Bouquet of Love Meets Sweet Talk Suite

Welcome to the Luv 2 Stamp Group’s 2022 Blog Hop! We are excited to share projects with you this year. We hope to inspire you to create beautiful new projects. Each month we will have a different theme based on the next month’s celebrations using Stampin’ Up! products. When you have completed each post, be sure to scroll down to the bottom and you will see the list of Blog Hop Participants. You may either click on their name to go to their post or click the NEXT button.  Happy Crafting, and I hope you enjoy this month’s theme is:
 Love.

 

This lovely card was created for Valentine's Day, but one could just change the sentiment, and it could be used for an anniversary, wedding, or just to show you care. 

Starting with a 4"x6" Memory and More Basic White Card Base, I decided to use the new Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder, an embossing folder with dies. I embossed a piece of Gorgeous Grape cardstock and cut out the center heart in one pass through the Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine. I cut a small piece of Small Talk DSP and  adhered it to the back of the embossed piece, making sure that the direction in the paper is followed. Using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive, adhere the Gorgeous Grape piece to the large Memory and More card base. Approximately 18" of Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon is tied around the fold. The sentiment is from the Sweet Conversation Stamp Set and stamped using Gorgeous Grape Ink and embellished with the lovely Pastel  Pearls. 

 

Thank you so much for checking out our hop today! We know you are

 going to love all the other projects you will see on the hop today, so 

don’t forget to hop all the way around, leaving a comment is an added 

bonus. You are currently at my blog – Laurie Bradshaw. Check out the

 list below to make sure you see who is next. Please click on the names

 below to continue on the hop.  

 

Sharon Lim- CA 

Christy Frank-CA 

Jesseye Chancey-GA 

Laurie Bradshaw-CA (You are here) 

Tammy Civello-CA

Terri West-AK 

Sandra Henandez-GA

Danielle D. Diaz-NM 

Wendy Varron-MD

Patty Bennett-CA

 

All Together New Set From Stampin' Up

 I had an "accident" that help create this card. My sheet that I colored got turned over and this is what I saw. I used the new Stampin' Up Natural Stampin' Blends. This is the backside after the bleed. But this looks even better on this side. The sentiment is part of the Here For You Dies. The little hearts were the cutouts from the Sweet Heart Dies. The DSP is All Together, and will be available on February 1st, unless you would like to join Craft Coach Laurie's team, then you can add this with your starter kit. 

If you would like a chance to work with this new set, please consider joining my stamping community.Besides getting the best value for the season, joining my team provides several benefits:

1. A community of friends who like to craft.

2 A demonstrator who is active and has monthly classes on Zoom.

3. Free shipping on your starter kit.

4. 20 percent discount on orders after the starter kit.

5. Receive a free Paper Pumpkin kit.

6. Join during Sale-a-Bration to receive free product with a qualifying orders.

7. Two free stamp sets. Select $125 worth of products and choose 2 additional stamp sets for $99!

https://www.stampinup.com/join?demoid=2202753  Click here to join!

Sweet Conversation Multi-Tiered Pop-Up Card with Hedgehog, Otter, Hearts, and Ladybug

 Just as promised, here is the finished product from yesterday. It is a multi-tiered card that uses multiple items from the upcoming Stampin' Up! January to June Mini Catalog which goes live on January 4, 2022. The collage above gives various steps of the process. First, I created my character sticks and the frame made from Thick Basic White cardstock. I did follow the directions from Mixed Up Craft, but I wanted to use products from Stampin' Up's  new catalog. 

Sets used include the Sweet Conversations Bundle, the Hello Ladybug Builder Punch, the adorable Happy Hedgehog Bundle, and the Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing, which allows you to emboss and die cut, too.

The cool thing about this card is that it will fold flat for mailing, but one must create an envelope, which will be another post.

Come back on January 4th, and I will have all the product information. But there are still a few days to shop the Last Chance Sale at: https://craftingcoachlaurie.stampinup.net.

 

Stampin' Up Sweet Conversation Bundle with Cute Characters

 

Happy New Year! This is a two-part blog. One will have to come back tomorrow  to see what I do with these cute figures. I am preparing samples for the January to June Mini Catalog that goes live on January 4th. I used the multiple stamps, dies, and punches for my project. These are the Awesome Otters, Happy Hedgehog Bundle, the Hello Lady Bug Bundle, and the Love and Happiness Bundle. The colors are taken from the Sweet Talk Designer Series Paper.