Welcome to Stamp It Group Christmas In July Blog Hop. We are all using current Stampin Up Product. I’m Linda Cullen from Massachusetts, USA and you are visiting my blog Crafty Stampin’. At the bottom of my post, you will find a list with all the participating blog hoppers so you can move along from blog to blog and see all the fantastic projects. Make sure to leave a comment on each blog with the hash tag #stampitcontest to be entered to win the In the City stamp set!
Card:
One of my favorite things about late summer and fall are sunflowers!! They are just so ‘happy’! They make me smile…..but they didn’t always make my son smile. Here’s my, now almost 11-year-old, son just a few days after coming home from the hospital staring at a sunflower. I think his several day’s old brain thought it was a person. He stared at it for the longest time.
For my card, I featured the most beautiful designer series paper from the new Stampin Up Holiday Catalog, Painted Autumn with the Wood Textures DSP and the Basket of Wishes stamp set. I stamped the flowers and basket in Early Espresso Ink on Vellum Cardstock and heat embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder. I then colored the images with my Stampin Write Markers on the backside of the vellum. Because the ink does not dry right away I’m able to blend the colors to create depth.
Markers used:
- Daisy Petals – Crushed Curry & Cajun Craze
- Daisy Center – Early Espresso & Soft Suede
- Daisy Leaves – Lemon Lime Twist & Garden Green
- Ivy leaves – Garden Green
- Berries – Cajun Craze
- Basket – Crushed Curry, Soft Suede & Early Espresso
I then cut a small square of Very Vanilla cardstock and Multi-Purpose Adhesive Sheets, adhered them as directed then cut them with a circle from the Layered Circle Framelits and attached it to the back of the Vellum. I then added a few Cajun Craze Enamel Shapes.
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Beautiful card! That is my favorite piece if DSP in the package…wish there were more pieces of it!! #stampitcontest
Love the sunflower!! My favorite!! #stampitcontest
Great card Linda – love the large wood mat around the DSP!
Great fall card! #stampitcontest
beautiful!!! #stampitcontest
Beautiful card! I love sunflowers. #stampitcontest
Very beautiful card!!
Silly me I forgot to put the #stampitcontest in.
I love it when gorgeous DSP does most of the work. It makes for quick (and stunning) cards when I’m in a hurry.
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Beautiful fall card. #stampitcontest
#stampitcontest love all the ideas.
I like the use of vellum in the card and the sunflower paper, awesome! #stampitcontest
Super card. Thanks.
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Beautiful sunflower card!
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Gorgeous card. I love the stitched circle with vellum!
Love this card!! And sunflowers!!! #stampitcontest
Love this card for the end of summer!! And sunflowers!!! #stampitcontest
#stampitcontest Love you sunflower card, Linda.
great fall card, Loved the sunflower
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I love the look of the vellum. Thank you for listing the colors that you blended.
Linda ,
I love this card, but your son’s baby picture takes the top! lol This card is really beautiful and I love the basket of sunflowers as well.
Thanks for sharing !!!
(Baby picture too)
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beautiful, hope SU comes out with thinlits with a sunflower.
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Love your card. The flowers are amazing. Thank you for sharing.
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Love the card!
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Beautiful card!
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BEAUTIFUL BABY, oh, and the card, too. 😉
Wonderful fall card. Thank you for sharing your ideas. #stampitcontest.
That paper is gorgeous. Love the wood background. #stampitcontest
#stampitcontest Linda your card is so beautiful! Love it!
Lovely card! This stamp set is perfect for a colorful fall themed card; love it! Thanks for sharing!
#stampitcontest Just love Fall the way nature takes over and adds color to everything . The sunflowers are beautiful on the DSP and your coloring to them in the basket was perfect . Beautiful , and colorful card .
Great combination of stamp and DSP! #stampitcontest
Beautiful Card! Darling picture of your son 🙂
Beautiful card! #stampitcontest
#stampitcontest love the way the Jack-0-Lantern is grinning.
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So very pretty–I love sunflowers as they stand so boldly in the sun, turning their faces as the sun moves, so do they–sweet card and like the background layer for it.
Love this fall card. #stampitcontest
Love the two different DSP’s and use of vellum.
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#stampitcontest thanks for sharing such a cute card!
LOVE the card!!
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#stampitcontest Fall is my fave!
Love this stamp set!
Beautiful Fall card! I love sunflowers, too. The picture of your newborn son gazing at the sunflower is so cute! Thanks for sharing how you backed the velum with the circle. #stampitcontest
#stampitcontest So, so beautiful. I couldn’t do that myself!
AMAZING CARD.
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Love your basket of sunflowers! Beautiful card!
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Sunflowers make me smile too! I will HAVE to show this to my friend. She’s a master gardener and sunflowers are her favorite!
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I love sunflowers. This card is beautiful and so is that picture of your son! You are very talented.
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Beautiful fall card!! Love the stamping, embossing and coloring of the basket on vellum!! #stampitcontest
#stampitcontest. Cute card
LOVE THE CARD…..#STAMPIT CONTEST
Nice card and adorable little guy…the years go by so fast! My ‘little’ girl is 14 now! #stampitcontest
#stampitcontest I need to win. Harvey took everything I own.
Oh, Maggie – I’m so sorry, I’ve been heart broken hearing about everything that is happening due to Harvey.
#stampitcontest. Love the card and the bundle. A must have!
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Love autumn cards
Geogeous! #Stampitcontest
Gorgeous! #Stampitcontast
Nice card. #stampitcontest
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You are so creative!! Always love seeing what you create!!
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GREAT CARD
#stampitcontest We had more sunflowers than I have ever seen so sunflower paper and stamp are so appropriate!