Tropical Chic Quadriptych for As You See It Challenge #189!

What a whirlwind week! It's already Friday and I'm just catching my breath now. I got home from Orlando on Monday morning after a day and a half of travel, dead tired and sick, but I had to get right to work on my Technique night classes and my Dashing Deer Discovery Night. I thought my laryngitis was improving but last night it felt like someone was grabbing me by the throat in a vice grip! So uncomfortable! Still, I had to get the posts up for As You See It Challenge #189 both here and on the Challenge website, so it was another late night for me.

The challenge banner this week features a sketch containing four panels in the background. I learned that a piece of art divided into 3 panels is called a triptych and one divided into four is a quadriptych or a tetraptych. The name of this weeks' challenge is, appropriately, Quadriptych. Here's the sketch:

And I envisioned some emboss resist for the four panels instead of using DSP. After being in semi-tropical Orlando for the previous week, I got out the Tropical Chic Stamp Set and here's what ensued:

• The leaves are embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder and then the 4 colours sponged over them are Blushing Bride, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce.
• I kept the boundaries between them sharp by using strips of washy tape to protect the edges and make sure that they are straight.
• The background DSP is from the Tropical Escape 6" x 6 " Designer Series Paper on a Shaded Spruce card base.
• The label is die cut from Whisper White using the Stitched Labels Framelits and then stamped with images and sentiments from the Tropical Chic Stamp Set. It's mounted using Stampin' Dimensionals. 

Pop on over to the As You See It Challenge Website and see what the other Design Team Members did with the same sketch. Play along with us if you can over the weekend! I'd love to chat longer, but I was seriously exhausted and really needed SLEEEEP!! 

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146753] $30.00	Tropical Chic Wood-Mount Stamp Set [146750] $41.00	Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Bundle [148399] $60.25	Tropical Chic Wood-Mount Bundle [148397] $70.00	Tropical Escape 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [146916] $15.00
Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146981] $11.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $12.25	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $6.75	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] $10.25
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $10.25	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [147145] $10.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $10.25	Stitched Labels Framelits Dies [146828] $45.00	Big Shot [143263] $150.00
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50	Pick A Pattern Washi Tape [144166] $11.00

Tropical Chic "Impossible Card"

For our July Technique night classes this week, the focus is on new Fun Fold techniques, and one of those we will be trying out is the trendy so-called "Impossible" card! In reality it's far from impossible. In fact, it's rather easy, once you know how, and I made my sample card with the Tropical Chic bundle from the Annual Catalogue and used the Tropical Escape Designer Series Paper. This is one of the series that is included in this month's promo:

From July 1 - 31, if you buy 3 packages of select Designer Series Paper, you can get a 4th pack for free. these are the series that you can choose from:

Definitely the time to stock up with a deal like this. Shop 24/7 at my On-Line Store or message me to place your order for you.

• The impossible fold has a 'pop-up' panel that sits upright and a base that sits flat. It is a regular 5 1/2" x 4 1/4", so it fits in a regular envelope, and the pop-up panel lays flat for mailing.

Panel lays flat for mailing in a regular sized envelope.

• The Tropical Chic bundle created all the stamped and die cut elements that you see in this design, while the Tropical Escape DSP forms one of the layers on the bottom panels. 
• The colour palette is the same as the DSP: Basic Black, Blushing Bride, Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green and Whisper White.
• I won't go into detail on how this is made, as it is part of my Technique Night class, but here is a simple template of the card base, including measurement. Come and join me at one of my two Technique Night classes if you are in my area, and try this out.

Another Promotion that's on for the month of July is the opportunity to earn 10 free stamp pads, just for purchasing the Stampin' Up! Starter Kit! The Starter Kit is already a great deal! You get $165 worth of your choice of any current Stampin' Up! products for only $135 with free shipping! But when you add this deal worth $102.50, you get $267.50 worth of product for only $135!! Wow!! That is absolutely amazing!! And it's a way to help you get some of those new colours. Contact me or click on Join My Team on the top menu.

And one more piece of fantastic news to bring to you: All the new colours of Stampin' Blends are now in and ready for you to order! Again, contact me if you want me to place an order for you!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146753] $30.00	Tropical Chic Wood-Mount Stamp Set [146750] $41.00	Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Bundle [148399] $60.25	Tropical Chic Wood-Mount Bundle [148397] $70.00	Tropical Escape 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [146916] $15.00
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $11.50	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990] $11.50	Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131198] $11.50	Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146981] $11.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] $10.25	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $40.00	Tropical Elements [146919] $9.50	Linen Thread [104199] $6.25
Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $6.75	Stampin' Trimmer [126889] $40.00	Tropical Thinlits Dies [146831] $37.00	Big Shot [143263] $150.00	1-1/4" Circle Punch [119861] $21.50
1-3/8" (3.5 Cm) Scallop Circle Punch [146139] $22.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.25	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $9.00	Glue Dots [103683] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.25