Thinking of You with Mountain Air & In The Pines

Today kicks off FabFriday’s 200th challenge! That’s quite an accomplishment, but it’s even more extraordinary when you consider this online challenge runs for two weeks with each challenge. I’m so happy to be a part of this talented group of designers – I’m always excited to see what they’ve made with new sketches or color combinations. Here’s my card for the color challenge that launches today:

The color challenge that launches today is PERFECT for a Halloween card, but I went in another direction with my project since the colors were perfect for my landscape idea. Here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired my card:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• The Great Outdoors. My card features two bundles that are perfect for any nature-lover: the mountains and moon are from the Mountain Air Bundle (a bundle carried forward from Stampin’ Up!’s January – June 2020 Mini Catalog into Stampin’ Up!’s 2020 Annual Catalog). While there are so pretty trees in the Mountain Air Bundle, the trees on my card are from the In the Pines Bundle (new in Stampin’ Up!’s August – December 2020 Mini Catalog). Here’s a look at the Mountain Air Bundle: And here’s a look at the In the Pines Bundle:
• Fun Tips. I love when basic techniques serve me well. There are two fun tips I wanted to share about the landscape I created as the focal point of my card. Before I share those tips, I’d love you to take a closer look at this part of the card:Here are two fun techniques on this card:
  • The mountains. The dies in the Majestic Mountain Dies that crop out this mountain range include both the tops of the mountains the bottom. I really wanted my mountains to extend onto the Thick Whisper White base, so I had to find a way to cut the top without cutting the bottom. Here’s how I did that:
    • I stamped the mountain on Thick Whisper White.
    • I slid the paper through the die so that the cutting side was aligned over the top of the mountains but that the base of the mountains was positioned under the paper.
    • I ran the mountains through my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, stopping when the tops were cut and reversing course to avoid an indentation at the base.
  • The moon. I tried to stamp and crop my moon several times but never liked how it turned out. It always stood out too much, stealing focus from the mountains and trees. Here’s how I created it without making it stand out too much:
    • I stamped the moon directly on the Basic Black background with Versamark ink.
    • I sprinkled the image with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and melted the powder with my Heat Tool.
    • I colored the embossed Whisper White moon with a Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blend. The alcohol marker paints right over the embossed image.

Bundles: Mountain Air, In the Pines  Stamp Sets: Mountain Air  Papers: Magic in This Night Designer Series Paper, Basic Black, Highland Heather, Thick Whisper White  Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Stampin’ Blends (Highland Heather, Pumpkin Pie), VersaMark  Accessories: Majestic Mountain Dies, Pine Woods Dies, Layering Squares Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Mountain Air Bundle (En) – 153820

Price: $50.25

In The Pines Bundle – 155182

Price: $51.25

Layering Squares Dies – 151772

Price: $35.00

Stitched Shapes Dies – 152323

Price: $30.00

Magic In This Night Designer Series Paper – 153517

Sale: $9.78

Price: $11.50

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 121045

Price: $8.75

Highland Heather 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146986

Price: $8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock – 140272

Price: $8.25

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad – 132708

Price: $6.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147089

Price: $7.50

Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147095

Price: $7.50

Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack – 154887

Price: $9.00

Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack – 154897

Price: $9.00

Versamark Pad – 102283

Price: $9.50

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder – 109132

Price: $6.00

Heat Tool – 129053

Price: $30.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.00

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I hope you’ll pop over to the FabFriday challenge blog to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

Designer Series Paper Sale

You know how much I love Designer Series Paper, right? I know you do, too – that’s why I’m excited to share that Stampin’ Up! is hosting a month-long Designer Series Paper Sale – 15% off select packs of papers from Stampin’ Up!’s 2020 Annual Catalog and August – December 2020 Mini Catalog. How fun! If you’d like to see all the papers that are on sale, please click on the document below:

If you’d like to see my favorite colors and cards with these papers, CLICK HERE.

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