I used the Nuts About You hostess exclusive stamp set from Stampin’ Up! to create my card for the Stamping and Blogging SB66 Sketch Challenge.

I started by creating my “frame” around the panel.  I inked up the Woodgrain stamp with Baked Brown Sugar ink and I stamped it on a Baked Brown Sugar panel.  I cut the image into 7/8″ x 4-3/4″ strips, the trimmed the ends at an angle before adhering them to a Pistachio Pudding card base.

Once I’d created my frame, I went to work on the main image.  I inked the tree from the Nuts About You stamp set in Baked Brown Sugar ink, used my Blender Pen to remove the ink from the leaves and I colored the leaves with my Pistachio Pudding Marker.  I stamped the image on a Whisper White panel, then stamped the grass image in Pistachio Pudding ink under the tree.

I stamped the image of the possum in Smoky Slate ink hanging on the tree branch, using my Stamp-a-ma-jig to help with placement, and I used the Blush Stampin’ Blendabilities Marker to color the face, ears and hands.  Then I colored the bird image from that set with my Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Write Markers and I stamped it under the tree image.

I used the leftover center circle from the Hello There hostess stamp set to create the little sun image.  I simply inked up the rubber that was punched out of the center of the circle image with Daffodil Delight ink and I stamped it on the Whisper White panel.  I punched out several flowers from Pistachio Pudding card stock with the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack punches.  I adhered the punches over the tree image with Glue Dots, then added a Rhinestone Basic Jewel to the center of each.

I cut two strips of Lullaby DSP, punched the ends with the Hexagon Punch to create the banners and adhered them with SNAIL to the Whisper White panel.  I inked the sentiment from the Nuts About You stamp set in Baked Brown Sugar ink, stamped it on a Whisper White panel and punched it out with the 3/4″ Circle Punch.  I layered it over a 7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch from Baked Brown Sugar card stock,  looped a little Linen Thread behind the sentiment (securing it with tape) then adhered the sentiment to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I adhered one of the leftover strips stamped with the Hardwood image to a Whisper White panel to complete the inside of the card.

Now that you’ve seen my project, be sure to stop by the other Stamping & Blogging Design Team Members blogs to see what they’ve created with this sketch:

• Sandi MacIver  
  
• Michelle Last
• Lee Conrey
• Claire Daly
• Caroline van der Straaten
• Marine Wiplier
• Shelagh Freemantle
• Kerstin Kreis

You can find a complete list of supplies, including card stock cuts, at the very bottom of this post.

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• Pistachio Pudding – 5″ x 10″ card base, nine Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack punches
• Baked Brown Sugar – four 7/8″ x 4-3/4″ strips, 7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch, 5/8″ x 4-3/4″ strip (inside card)
• Whisper White – 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ panel, 3/4″ Circle Punch, 4-3/4″ x 4-3/4″ panel (inside card)
• Lullaby Designer Series Paper – 1″ x 2″ strip, 5/8″ x 1/3/4″ strip

Stampin’ Up! items used to create this project:

Nuts About You Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$14.00

Nuts About You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$10.00

Hardwood Wood Stamp Set

$17.95

Hardwood Clear Stamp Set

$13.95

Hello There Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$12.00

Hello There Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$9.00

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

$16.95

3/4″ Circle Punch

$12.95

7/8″ Circle Scallop Punch

$12.95

Hexagon Punch

$15.95

Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

$11.95

Stampin’ Blendabilities™ Markers Skin Tone Assortment

$22.95

Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments

$4.95

Linen Thread

$4.50

Lullaby Designer Series Paper

$10.95

Pistachio Pudding 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

$6.95

Baked Brown Sugar 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

$6.95

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

$8.50

Baked Brown Sugar Classic Stampin’ Pad

$5.95

2013-2015 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers

$14.95

Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Write Marker

$3.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

$5.95

Blender Pens

$9.95

Stampin’ Dimensionals

$3.95

Glue Dots

$4.95

Snail Permanent Adhesive

$6.95

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