Shepherd's Care for New at SU

Welcome to our October NEW AT SU! Blog Hop! We love to share creative ideas from Stampin' Up! with you. Today we have projects featuring the sketches on page 16 from the 2024 Sept/Dec Mini Catalogue and products from the same publications! The sketch I chose to use was this one: 

The stamp set I chose to use with this set was Shepherd's Care, since I thought it would work well with this layout. Check it out:

For the card:

• I started with a cardstock base in Mossy Meadow, measuring 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". It was covered with a piece of Season of Green & Gold Specialty DSP cut at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".
• I cut a piece of Very Vanilla, 5" x 3 3/4", and added it to the card front, then added a strip of another pattern from Season of Green & Gold measuring 3 3/4" x 2".
• The image of the shepherd from the Shepherd's Care stamp set was stamped in VersaMark ink on a piece of Mossy Meadow cardstock after treating it with an Embossing Buddy. Gold embossing powder was added and heat set, then the image was die cut using the die from the Garden Meadows dies, to get the oval-like shape to conform to the sketch. It was added to the card with Dimensionals.
• On a 1/2" wide strip of Very Vanilla cardstock, the sentiment was stamped in VersaMark and embossed with Gold embossing powder.
• Notches were cut in each end of the sentiment strip and the strip was curled around a pencil opposite ways for each end and added to the card using Dimensionals.
• Gold textured adhesive-backed dots were used as embellishments.

I hope you enjoyed this project made with the Shepherd's Care stamp set from the Sept/Dec Mini Catalogue. Please take a moment to comment at the bottom of this post and let me know how you liked my project or ask me a question about the technique used. Don’t forget to scroll back up and keep hoppin’ with us! – Thank you!

Keep Creating!

Heather Cooper

Please contact your Stampin’ Up! demonstrator if you have any questions or to make a product purchase. If you do not have a demonstrator, I would be happy to answer any questions about products, or the techniques shown here. 

Here's the list of bloggers in our New At SU October Blog Hop to help you keep on track:

Blog Hop Index

Product List

Shepherd's Care Cling Stamp Set (English) [164300]	Season Of Green & Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [164324]	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650]	Versamark Pad [102283]
Metallics Embossing Powders [155555]	Embossing Additions Tool Kit [159971]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]	Gold Textured Adhesive Backed Dots [164027]	Garden Meadow Dies [162740]
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Sophisticated Sled Dies for As You See It Challenge #334

This will be a very quick post for As You See It Challenge #334! My life has been a total circus this week and I'm trying, without much success, to wrap my head around it! The President of our Strata Council resigned out of the blue, and since I am the Vice-President, I had to take over! This is one of the busiest times of the year, too! To say I feel out of my depth would be a gross understatement!! Then I have family coming for Thanksgiving this weekend, and a Volunteer Appreciation dinner for the condo volunteers tomorrow and....yeah!

Anyway, the As You See It Challenge this time is a Fill In the Blank Challenge. Here's the banner:

The name of the challenge is Using Spaghetti to Craft! You're going to have to go to the challenge site to find out what that is all about!

By the time I got to making my card, several of my favourite items were already taken by my teammates, so I chose to fill in the blank with:

"embossing and layering dies" which the Sophisticated Sled die set contains several of. Look at the sled and the skates closely in this photo.

You can see the embossing on the sled wood and the layering on the skates. I also coloured in the foliage on the swag with Stampin' Blends Markers, which are also favourites, but someone else used that idea!

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian Readers this weekend and hopefully I'll feel more in control by next challenge!

If you live in Canada, 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 right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Sophisticated Sled Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [164340]	Sophisticated Sled Bundle (English) [164134]	Silver 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Foil Sheets [163387]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953]	Poppy Parade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119793]
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100702]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958]	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892]
Sophisticated Sled Dies [164133]	Perennial Postage Dies [162607]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]
Stampin' Seal [152813]	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108]

Country Flowers for As You See It Challenge #333

 As a crafter driven largely by colour, I always look forward to As You See It's Colour Challenges, and this one is no exception. This triad of colours, chosen by my team mate, Deb, is pretty close together on the colour wheel, on the blue to green side and so could be rightfully called Almost Analogous. Here's the Challenge Banner:

I happen to love blue - green combinations, so this was right up my alley!  For an As You See It Colour Challenge, you must use all the given colours ONLY, plus one neutral which can include white, black, vanilla or Crumb Cake. White cardstock and black outline ink are freebies.

I took a long time deciding what stamp set would work the best with this colour palette, and finally decided on Country Flowers. Besides, I haven't used it yet, and it is high time I did.

Here's my Design Team sample:

• On a card base of Basic White thick cardstock, I added a Deckled Rectangle die cut piece of Azure Afternoon cardstock. The die is the largest from the Deckled Rectangle set.
• I also used the next largest Deckled Rectangle die to cut a layer of Basic White cardstock (regular thickness). I blended some Azure Afternoon ink lightly on it, then embossed it with the Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder, and adhered it to the center of the Azure Afternoon layer.
• On another piece of Basic White, I stamped the images of the stool, the plant bucket holder, the leafy green plant and the "sending love" sentiment.
• Using the Stampin' Blends combos, I coloured the images as follows:

        stool: Crumb Cake

        bucket: Azure Afternoon and light Granny Apple Green

        leafy plant: Shaded Spruce and Granny Apple Green

• I die cut those images and added them to the card front with either glue dots, or Stampin' Dimensionals!
• I used the banner from Perennial Postage dies to die cut the sentiment, and a foliage die from Country Flowers dies, to back the sentiment, and adhered the sentiment using both dimensionals AND a Glue Dot.
• I added 3 Rhinestones to embellish without adding a different colour.

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If you live in Canada, 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 right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Country Flowers Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163405]	Country Flowers Bundle (English) [163411]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Azure Afternoon 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161719]
Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Pad [161663]	Blending Brushes [153611]	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882]
Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161672]	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885]	Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154903]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]	Eyelet 3 D Embossing Folder [163414]
Country Flowers Dies [163410]	Perennial Postage Dies [162607]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Stampin' Seal [152813]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]