Thursday, September 9, 2021

Stampin' Up! Beauty of Friendship Card for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

 


Welcome to the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop. This week we have a theme challenge. If this is your first time here, welcome! If not, welcome back!! Either way, you're in for a treat!!! I used the Beauty of Friendship Stamp Set to create my card for today.





I was inspired by Sketch Saturday #676
and by Color Hues #25...they are celebrating their first anniversary. So, congrats to them!


Cajun Craze is my orange and Bumblebee is my yellow. I began with a card base of Cajun Craze cardstock. I added a mat of Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper. Then I ran a piece of Bumblebee cardstock through my embossing machine using the Tasteful Textiles 3D EF.

Next I stamped and cut two trees with the Beauty of Friendship Stamp Set and coordinating Beautiful Trees Dies. I adhered one with liquid glue and the other with Stampin' Dimensionals. I cut off the edge to conform to the sketch. The tree leaves section is a two-step stamp and I used Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry ink pads.

I stamped the sentiment from Banner Year in Crumb Cake ink (close to "Kraft") and cut it out with another die from the Beautiful Trees Dies. I adhered it to the card front with liquid glue and made a bow from Linen Thread.

For the inside, I stamped off once for each part of the tree and stamped the sentiment full strength.


The birds from the Beautiful Trees Dies are cut from Crumb Cake cardstock. I adhered them with glue dots.

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20 comments:

  1. So pretty Karen :) Great take on that sketch, I never would have thought to used trees. Perfect colors

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  2. I love the trees and the peek of DSP! 😊

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  3. Perfect fall colors, love that sentiment too! :)

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  4. So pretty! Love the embossed card front with the DSP behind it! :)

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    1. Thank you, Mary, for reminding me about the embossing!

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  5. I am so glad you've been able to join us at Color Hues, Karen! I've enjoyed poking around your beautiful blog today! I love the soft texture of the background and the subtle patterned paper. You wrapped up our color challenge so nicely!

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    1. Thank you so much, Cindy, for commenting on behalf of CH. It makes me happy that you "poked" around!

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  6. Lovely card. Great take on the sketch and other challenges. Love those trees as the circles! Pretty inside and out! TFS

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  7. Perfect for fall! Great interpretation of the challenges. You do like those challenges, don't you? Love the DSP and the colors.

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    1. Thanks, Julie. Yes, I do love the challenges. It keeps my brain from getting too foggy!

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  8. Very pretty, Karen. I like the colors you have chosen to put together here.
    Hugs Monica

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  9. Lovely card! The trees are so pretty and the peek of patterned paper adds another touch of autumn to the card! The sentiment reminds me of one of my Texas friends--definitely something she'd say! Thanks for joining the Color Hues birthday celebration!

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    1. Thank you, Karen, for your comment on behalf of Color Hues. I'm wondering if your TX friend is Sharon A.?

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  10. I love the natural organic feel of your card... inside and out!
    Thanks for playing at Color Hues!

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