Stampin' Royalty Challenge #42 Ribbon, RIBBON!!

Welcome to another Stampin' Royalty challenge! Thanks everyone that joined us last week! We had well over a hundred entries!!! This week is a fun one, it's a recipe challenge to use ribbon, Ribbon, RIBBON! Here's what I came up with this week using 3 different types of ribbon/threads.

I layered Rick Rack on top of Satin - there's always a first time for everything!

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Stamps: Friends 24-7

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

Card Stock: Sahara Sand, Whisper White

Paper: Cottage Wall (Retired)
Embellishments: White Satin Ribbon, Orchard Ribbon Originals (Retired), Linen Thread, 5/16" Neutral Brads, Flower Fusion (Retired)

Tools: Big Shot, Daisies #2 Die, Paper-Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Blender Pens

Finished Size: 5-1/4" x 5-1/4"

Have a great day,

Kari Linder, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Stampin' Royalty Color Challenge #40

Happy Wednesday to you! We have a color challenge for you this week at the Stampin' Royalty! Feel free to play along with us and use the following Stampin' Up! colors, Chocolate Chip, Concord Crush, Tempting Turquoise, and So Saffron! Here's what I came up with:

My card layout is based upon this week's Clean and Simple Stamping sketch! This layout is perfect since it's doesn't contain a lot of elements! The main center panel can be anything you want! A large stamped image, pretty designer series paper, or make your own background with stamps! I chose a Tempting Turquoise polka dot patterned piece of DSP that retired from the Island Oasis DSP pack in the Summer Mini Catalog! Sometimes my older Stampin' Up! supplies are just perfect for the project I'm working on! The 'Praying for you' sentiment is from the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set and is stamped in Concord Crush Ink.

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Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers (113252)
Ink: Concord Crush (119785)
Card Stock: Concord Crush (119792), Whisper White (100730), So Saffron (105118), Chocolate Chip (102128), Tempting Turquoise (102067)

Paper: Island Oasis DSP (Retired 2010)

Embellishments: Linen Thread (104199), Brights Buttons (119747)

Tools: Big Shot (113439), Flower Daisies #2 die (114520)

Stampin' Essentials: Stampin' Dimensionals (104430), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Finished Size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

Have a wonderful day,

Kari Linder, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Stampin' Royalty Sketch Challenge #39

Good Morning! I have some exciting news to share! I've been asked to join the Stampin' Royalty Design Team!!! What an honor! I've been playing along with the challenges from this fabulous group of Canadian Stampin' Up! Demonstrators for awhile and now I get to join their team!
This week we're hosting a sketch challenge (which is actually my favorite type of challenge) so I gladly got my stamps out and here's what I created:

Stampin' Essentials Tips:

• So I don't have and oval die or cutter to go along with the sketch, so I had to improvise! I simply cut and layered cardstock into a rectangle and rounded one corner to help frame in my Hydrangea image from the Level 1 Hostess set, Because I Care!
• Hopefully you can tell from the close up picture below, but to add some dimension to the Hydrangea, I stamped the image a second time, and trimmed out a few small clusters of flowers and adhered them to my first image using Stampin' Dimensionals! You can also use a small flower punch too - since the flowers don't need to be perfect! They blend in really well with the larger image once layered together!
• My color scheme was inspired by the Stampin' Up! Greenhouse Gala DSP papers! I chose to use Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobler, Old Olive, Whisper White and Early Espresso! The Stampin' Up! DSP packs are instant color inspiration if you're ever in a jam!

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Stamps: Because I Care Hostess Level 1 Set (120118 - Clear Mount)

Ink: Cherry Cobbler (119669), Old Olive (102272)

Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler (119685), Whisper White (100730), Early Espresso (119686)

Paper: Greenhouse Gala DSP (117167)

Embellishments: Brights Buttons (119740), Subtles Buttons (119738), Regals Buttons (119737), Linen Thread (104199)

Punches: 3/16" Corner Rounder (119871)

Tools: Block 'D' (118485), Block 'B' (117147), Big Shot (113439), Matchbox Bigz XL die (114890), Paper Snips (103579)

Stampin' Essentials: Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Finished Size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

Thanks for joining me today!

Kari Linder, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Oregon ~ USA