Here for You ~ Stampin' Celebration ~ SC120

We're back.   Stampin' Celebration is back from our Christmas break with a beautiful new inspiration challenge.  The butterfly among the sparkles was my inspiration.

These elegant images would be lovely on a bridal card, but I am in need of more sympathy and encouragement cards.   I hope you will go check out the challenge and see the updates that our Designer Coordinator, Wendi Lau, has been working on and give the design team some love for their beautiful samples.


***Don't forget about Stampin' Up!'s Sale-A-Bration (SAB) going on right now.  For every $50 you spend HERE you can choose 1 item from the SAB catalog for FREE!!!!

Stamps: You've Got This (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Versamark; Silvery Shimmer Delicata
Paper: Whisper White, Vellum Cardstock
Accessories: Basic Rhinestones, Butterfly Thinlits Die, Silver Embossing Powder, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder (SU) Tombow Power Tabs (these are awesome and totally clear!) Blueprints 20 Dies (My Favorite Things)

You've Got This

Butterfly Thinlits

Stampin' Celebration 112

Happy Labor Day my American friends!  Hope you are enjoying the unofficial last weekend of summer.   It's supposed to be raining here, but we might still BBQ on the covered patio.  ;)

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There is a new challenge today at Stampin' Celebration.  The colors in this remind of baby boys and teddy bears.  I struggled with what stamp set to use for this though.  I try to use Stampin' UP! only for these challenges, so that is what made it a little more challenging than it needed to be.  Plus I am in full on World Cardmaking Day and Christmas card prep for some upcoming projects and my brain didn't want to focus on this fantastic collage.  

Finally I decided to just start pulling out some SU stamps.  The first one that caught my eye was the burlap background from You've Got This.  I knew I wanted a Crumb Cake and Marina Mist combo, so I pulled it out and saw the flower image.  For some reason it remind me of the circles and medallions in the inspiration photo and the card began to take shape in my mind.

I wanted to do watercoloring on this card, but I've been doing a lot of that lately and didn't want to bore you with the same ol' thing, so instead I pulled out my trusty blender pen.  Unfortunately it was pretty dry, but I managed to make this card work.

https://youtu.be/MdC9KliqJvc

Stamps: You've Got This
Ink: Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Night of Navy (Stampin' Up!); Black (Staz-On)
Paper: Whisper White
Accesories: Blender Pen, Washi Tape, Paper Snips

In The Mood ~ Blog Hop

Did that title catch your attention?  The designers for Creativity Grows Here are at it again.  We have an amazing new and completely unique class being released TODAY.  Maureen Merritt of MamaMoStamps created 7 exclusive mood boards for this class, including a bonus board for those who sign up by June 24th.

What exactly is a mood board and how does that inspire us to create?  We thought you might ask that, so Maureen created a special mood board for the designers and guests.  Then Catherine put together a blog hop so you can see how this board inspires each of us in a unique way.  Each person on the hop has pulled inspiration from the mood board to create a card.

Isn't it a gorgeous collection?  I could stare at these photos all day.  I'm considering printing all the mood boards and framing them for inspiration in my hobby room.  Check out the video to learn how I was inspired.

http://youtu.be/YAByxbZk46o

Are you ready to join us for this class? Clicky to go there now. StampNation members be sure to pick up your $10 off coupon code.  

~~~BLOG HOP~~~

There are 10 FREE class registrations hidden along the hop, so make sure you leave comments along the way.

The more comments you make, the greater your chances are of winning!

You have until 11:59 pm EST on Sunday, June 21st to leave a comment to be entered to win! Winners will be announced at on Monday on Catherine's Blog.

It’s time to hop along now. Click on each of the designers below…

Catherine Pooler
Maureen Merritt
Kristie Goulet
Heather North----->>>you are here  :)
Stephanie Klauck
Isha Gupta
Laurel Beard
Allison Cope


Stamps: You've Got This (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Black Onyx (Versafine); Versamark; Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, Shaded Lilac, Salty Ocean (Distress)
Paper: Watercolor Paper (Tim Holtz Distress); Whisper White Thick Cardstock (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Butterfly Thinlits Die, Clear Embossing Powder (Stampin' Up!)

You've Got This

Butterfy Thinlits

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Peacock Feathers

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Picked Raspberry

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Shaded Lilac

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Salty Ocean

Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock

VersaMark Ink Pad

Quilled Creations Precision Tip Glue Applicator Bottle 0.5 oz.

VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black

Ranger Multi Medium, Matte Mini, 1/2 oz.

Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper, 5x7, 12 pk