Thursday, May 30, 2019

Stampin' Up! Tropical Chic for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

Welcome to another episode of the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop. Today we have a color challenge and it's one that I absolutely love.

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I brought out my Tropical Chic stamp set because these colors scream "tropical", don't you agree?



My card base is Very Vanilla. I used the Beautiful Day stamp set for the sentiment. That set is carrying over to the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog. I used my Stamparatus to stamp the sentiment in the challenge colors.

On a strip of Very Vanilla, I stamped the flowers and tip of the frond using my Stamparatus with the challenge color inks. I had a strip of Granny Apple Green card stock from another project so I adhered that at the edge of the sentiment. Then I adhered my flower strip so that it lined up with the edge of the card. If you don't have a Stamparatus, you need one! I can help you with that!!

The Tropical Thinlits Dies came into play once I had stamped the flower and fronds (ferns? leaves?). The stamping was tone on tone. They are so easy to cut out when you have matching dies. 

For the inside, I used a sentiment from Picture Perfect Birthday, which is retiring in a few days.



The mat measurements are listed below. I rounded them off with my Detailed Trio punch, which is carrying over to the new annual catalog.

I thought pearls might look good in the center of the flowers so I added them. Thank you, Janet Wakeland, for your inspiration.

I'm playing at Seize the Birthday today.


and at Time Out #136.
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I hope you enjoy the hop! Clicking on the "next" button will take you to Eva Dobilas. Clicking on the blue links below will take you directly to that team member.


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Measurements:

Thick Very Vanilla Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Granny Apple Green Strip - 5 1/2" x 1/2"
Very Vanilla Strip - 5 1/2" x 1/2"
Scraps of Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight for stamping die cut images

Inside Mats are 3" x 4 1/4"; 3 1/2" x 4 5/8" and 3 7/8" x 5"

Partial Product List:

Stamparatus
[146276]
$49.00

15 comments:

  1. How cute! Great way to use the challenge colors. I like your leaves and flower on the bottom. Very creative.

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  2. Love! This is so pretty in these colors! Your stacked sentiments are just perfect - and I'm SO happy this die set is carrying over! :)

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  3. That is really cute Karen! Those colors are perfect for your tropical images! :)

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  4. Lovely, Karen. And these are YOUR colors I think. Clever way to do the flowers along the side.

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  5. I love your beautiful color scheme, and the repetition makes for a lovely card. Thanks so much for playing along at Time Out.

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    1. Thank you, Joyce, for leaving a comment on behalf of TO.

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  6. Gorgeous tropical color palette. I love those tiny pearl flower centers!

    Jeannie T.

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    1. Thanks much, Jeannie. I almost forgot to add the pearls. So glad to have you come visit my blog!

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  7. Tropical Chic is one of my favorite SU sets!! You have showcased it perfectly with this card! So happy you joined us at Seize the Birthday!

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    1. Thank you, Nancy. I love this set and the Colorful Seasons...you can do so many different things with them. Thanks for leaving a comment on behalf of STB.

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  8. Beautiful that repeated stamping! And beautiful colours! Thank you for joining us at TIME OUT!

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