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Welcome to the latest hop for Around the World on Wednesday. I hope you're all feeling ready to create!
On the second Wednesday of each month, the team put together a thematic hop to give you some inspiration for your own crafting. We love it when you try out something new or CAS(E) one of our projects. The team is truly international, with members from each time zone of the world that Stampin' Up! operates. You're with me, in New Zealand - the first place in the Stampin' Up! world to change the date. 😀
This month, our team leader Angie gave us this sketch to play with.
I do love a sketch challenge and I have just received the Help Me Grow bundle from the March Online Exclusive drop so was up for experimenting with that.
I used a base of Early Espresso and added a woody piece of DSP from Country Woods - what a great DSP collection that is!
After working out the sizings for the Basic White blocks, I embossed them with the Exposed Brick 3D embossing folder, to keep in with the garden theme. Then I spaced them out as shown in the sketch. Initially it threw me that the gaps between blocks in the sketch is not even - some gaps are wider than others. Probably that was the most difficult thing about this card for me! 😀
I enjoyed using the dies from the Help Me Grow bundle to create the focal point. I cut a rectangle using a die from Textured Notes. To ground the pot, I sponged some Daffodil Delight ink, with a blending brush, over the rectangle. I used one of the stamps to stamp in the illusion of ground with Early Espresso ink.
I cut a pot and saucer from Crumb Cake, then inked in some shading with Pecan Pie. I cut foliage and tiny flowers (thankfully, they cut in bunches) from Basic White. I cut one set of the tiny flowers with the Basic White backed with Foam Adhesive to get more depth. The foliage was brushed with Granny Apple Green and the flowers with Pretty in Pink. I like that by inking, you get pleasing variations in colour. I had fun assembling the floral pot before adhering it to the rectangle.
The sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso on Basic White and the back of the label die cut from a scrap of DSP that matched the card front.
To finish off, I added a trio of Pretty in Pink gems.
Next up on the hop is the wonderful Leonie Stuart, who is sure to have another gorgeous take on the sketch for you.
If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page.
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