His birthday was earlier this month and with everything we couldn't be together to celebrate. My family has a tradition of sundaes from DQ that we started a few years ago. Everyone gets to choose what they want and we get to celebrate. Once everyone had their sundaes we met on Teams to enjoy and hang out safely. 

Have you noticed the beautiful projects in our catalogues? I sometimes forget to go through the catalogue and look at just the samples rather than daydream which products I'm going to order next. Do you go back to look at the projects? 

 

This card is a case of one found on page 33 (the middle card). Instead of creating a Christmas card I've switched it up by using the Tasteful Touches stamp set. The hello is part of a larger stamp. The best way to use a portion of a stamp is to use a Stampin' Write Marker, in this case a Basic Black marker, to colour the portion of the stamp you want to use, then stamp as you normally would onto the cardstock.

Next up you can visit these other blogs to see what they are sharing with us today: 

 

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Join us on Jan 16th for our next Crop Kingston Virtual Crop using the True Love designer series paper! Choose from our Card To Go Kit, Scrapbook To Go Kit or Virtual Crop Access Pass! Each option includes a PDF of the card & scrapbook projects along with access to our exclusive Facebook group where we will share live videos, additional ideas using the products and more! The Card and Scrapbook Kits To Go include cardstock, embellishments and product needed to create the projects. Registration closes January 4th. See more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/280197993345389

 

Welcome to October's Pretty Cards & Paper Blog Hop and thank you for stopping by! This month we are using the Forever Fern designer series paper.

Hello and welcome! This month's Pretty Cards & Paper blog hop is featuring either the Heartwarming Hugs or the Snowflake Splendor designer series paper. I've used the Heartwarming Hugs DSP for my project today.

The Peace & Joy stamp set has bold images that work so well with the Heartwarming Hugs DSP. The hardest part was selecting which piece of paper to use from this pack! My card is a CASE (copy and share everything!) of a card in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue. You can find the original sample on page 104. The DSP was cut to 5-3/8" x 3", the Whisper White stamped piece was cut to 5-1/8" x 2-3/4" and the Real Red cardstock is 2-1/8" x 1/2". I love getting inspiration from the catalogues. If you ever get stuck wondering how a project is made in any of our catalogues please contact me and I can look it up for you!

Use the links below to visit everyone's blogs to see their creations:

Supplies (click here to view all items)

 

Join me for a free Online Workshop on Tue Oct 27th starting at 7:30pm! Creating and sharing projects using the 'Tis the Season designer series paper. Join me over on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/266053647891781

Welcome to September's Pretty Cards & Paper blog hop! This month we are using either Plaid Tidings designer series paper or the Gilded Autumn specialty designer series paper. My card features the Plaid Tidings DSP.

This past Sunday I showed how to do No Line Water Colouring at the team Zoom meeting. For this card I've used the pumpkin stamps from Gather Together stamp set. If you haven't tried No Line Water Colouring before it's best to start with a smaller image like the pumpkins before moving onto a larger image. To colour in the pumpkins I've used So Saffron, Mango Melody & Pumpkin Pie refills with the Water Painters. Make sure to stamp the image using a light coloured ink (stamped off once is better) onto a piece of Fluid 100 Water Colour paper. Below is a picture of most of the items I used to create my card. Not shown is a clear block, So Saffron refill, Memento Black ink and Soft Suede Stampin' Write Marker.

Use the links below to visit everyone's blogs to see their creations:

Supplies (click here to view all items)

Please contact me if you would like to learn how to create your own No Line Water Colour images. Thank you for stopping by! ~ Amanda  

Join me for a free Online Workshop on Tue Sep 22nd starting at 7:30pm! Creating and sharing projects using the Plaid Tidings designer series paper. Join me over on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/266053647891781

The Joy to the World Paper Pumpkin Kit is an exclusive global holiday kit that provides a specially-designed box & enough supplies to create eight elegant cards. This kit includes die-cut pieces in English, French, and German. Sign up by Oct 10th: https://www.paperpumpkin.com/en-ca/sign-up/?demoid=2157916

Until Sep 30 you will receive enough cardstock pieces to make 16 cards, a pack of Rhinestone Basic Jewels, the So Much Love stamp set, and the Queen Anne’s Lace stamp set with your customizable starter kit! Join here: https://ida.stampinup.com/en-ca/?demoid=2157916

Welcome to August's Pretty Cards & Paper Bog Hop! For August we are using the 6" x 6" Colour paper packs found on page 150 of the Annual Catalogue. I'm using the 2020-2022 In Colour designer series paper for my scrapbook page.

Hello and welcome to July's Pretty Cards & Paper blog hop! This month we are using the Flowers For Every Season Designer series paper on our projects. This paper pack has flower images and designs that can be used for every season and it uses the 2020-2022 In Colours.

One of the sheets is a bunch of these beautiful Bumblebee roses. They are gorgeous flowers and makes the card easier to put together. The background flowers are actually partial flowers from the edge of the sheet. I was able to cut 3 full flowers out of one 6" x 6" sheet so you could create 3 cards from one sheet if you wanted to. The sentiment is from the Here's A Card stamp set.

Use the links below to visit everyone's blogs to see their creations:

Thank you for stopping by! ~ Amanda

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Welcome to the Pretty Cards and Paper Blog Hop. I've been asked to join these talented International Stampin' Up! Demonstrators in a monthly blog hop focusing on the beautiful designer series paper that is available in the our catalogue. This month we are showcasing the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper. Make sure to check out all the blogs in the hop for ideas using this months featured DSP, you'll find a list of them after my project.

The In Good Taste designer series paper has 24 double-sided designs that are wood, tile and textile based designs in 12"x12" format. Check out the picture below for all the different designs available in this pack. With such a variety it was hard to pick ones I wanted to use on my card! My eye was drawn to the white stucco design and the dark woven pattern design. To create my card I used coordinating product from the In Good Taste Suite - the Tasteful Touches stamp set, Tasteful Labels Dies and the In Good Taste Elements. Over the white stucco DSP piece the leaves were stamped with Gray Granite ink. The greeting is part of the sentiment "Just Saying Hello". The best way to select part of a stamp is to use a Stampin' Write Marker, I used Basic Black. This way you can colour in the section of the stamp you want. The final touches on the card were the Very Vanilla Lace Trim, the wood element leaves and a few Pearls.

To see the other wonderful projects in today's blog hop please click on the links below to visit everyone's site:

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy your visits along the hop! ~ Amanda

I'm hosting a free Online Workshop on Tue June 23rd starting at 7pm! Creating and sharing projects using the In Good Taste Suite. Join me over on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/266053647891781

Crop Kingston would love for you to join our Mini Virtual Crop Facebook Group for FREE! Anyone in the world can join us! This is a perfect opportunity to see what our virtual crops are like! Join the group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/664932620737908/

June is a great month to join my team! The best deal in the catalogue is the Starter Kit - pay $135 for $165 worth of product and until June 30th you can select any stamp/tool bundle from the 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue for free! Learn more here: https://amandafarlinger.stampinup.net/join_now