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Charlet Mallett • Paper Crafter • Designer • Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator

TGIF Challenges 299 - Birch Wood and Sweet Strawberry

January 14, 2021

Hello friends! This week the TGIF challenges team is playing around with Background stamps. Do you have a favorite? I LOVE background stamps and have so many. I collect them. Lol. My project today features the Birch Wood background stamp.

I’ve stamped the Birch wood in a white ink on Crumb Cake cardstock. The strawberry images are from the Sweet Strawberry stamp and punch bundle.

Tip: See the little flower centers? These were created by 1. coloring each flower center with a Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend. 2. Adding a small dab of fine tip glue adhesive to the flower center. The glue dries hard, clear and raised creating a super fun embellishment.

Play along with us! More inspiration can be found on the TGIF Challenges Blog. Happy Stamping.

Use your STASH - Bring on the Bling! This is the perfect challenge for this card. I have so many rhinestones and sparkly dots that it made perfect sense to use as many as possible to decorate this tree. My card is inspired by a recent wreath project @paulinespapier created using embellishments. 'Use Your Stash' is a monthly instagram hop where my friends and I get crafty and use what we have on hand. The bling is from decades of crafting ... the stamp set is called 'Twinkle Trees'. Stampin' Up! products you can still purchase: Basic White cardstock Garden Green Ink Textured Notes dies Shimmer Star foam stickers I can't wait to see what BLING my friends have kept around and used for this challenge. Follow along below. Next up is @bellestampinwithann @cindy_schuster @i.heart.stamps - you are here! @bellestampinwithann @simple_stamper @hammondandpenny @vickiboucher @stampin_met_monique @craftsomnia @simplyfairies_kimfee #stampinup #useyourstash #bling

Blending Brush fail … but I made this card work in the end. The paper on the Specialty Embossed Cards has a little tooth and I could not get a smooth blend. Enter operation cover it all up. Haha. This card is all paper. The scrapbook kit is called Keeping Traditions SWK. Card created for #gdp526 #stampinup #cardmakingreels

Sketch challenge #gdp526 @global_design_project - I used the Embossed Designs Specialty cards and the Keeping Traditions Scrapbook kit to create this quick all paper card. 165358 Embossed Designs Cards 166804 Keeping Traditions Stampin’ Up! is offering free shipping for the next three days… snag these two products! #stampinup #cardmaker cardmaking

This blue and purple winter card uses tidbits from the Calm & Bright kit. I used the negative shape from the fir die cut to create a stencil and layered from there. Blend, stencil, stamp. Colors are Highlander Heather, Cloud Cover, & Lost Lagoon. @global_design_project #gdp525 #stampinup #calmandbright