Welcome to our February 2019 Demonstrator Training Blog Hop!  I am so thrilled to be a part of Kylie's Demonstrator Training Group.  There is an invaluable amount of information and support to help demonstrators in this group to reach their Stampin' Up!® goals, not only from Kylie, but from her amazing guest speakers and even some of my fellow demonstrator members.
For our hop today, I decided to make a #simplestamping birthday card that is also #loveitchopit!


This card showcases three of the designs in the fabulous Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper that you can earn for FREE with a $50 order through March 31, 2019.  This is paper is so versatile in that one side is full of color and the reverse side is black & white which is perfect for classic cards or cards that you wish to add your own touch of coloring to via pencils and/or markers!


The Highland Heather floral DSP is so classic and only needed the butterfly which I fussy cut from the same pack of DSP!  The reverse side of the butterfly print has the classic black & white gingham which I trimmed down to highlight the birthday sentiment from Vertical Greetings which is adhered with Foam Adhesive Strips.


And there's nothing like coordinating the front of the card to the inside.  The little butterfly from the Butterfly Gala stamp set that coordinates with the DSP seemed to be the perfect touch to finish off the inside of the card.  And we mustn't forget to stamp the envelope as it is a nice finishing touch for our handmade cards... giving the recipient a sneak peek of what's inside.



Thanks for visiting my blog today and enjoying this hop with us!  I have a feeling you're going to enjoy the other projects in this hop so don't forget to use the below list to hop around all the blogs, as you do not want to miss any inspiration from them!  You are currently visiting my blog - Angie McKenzie - so refer to the list below to see who is next.
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So are you ready to see the last card that I created before deciding which card I was going to choose  as my Design Team inspiration for the awesome Tic Tac Toe Challenge happening over at #JOSTTT002 this month?  Well, here it is!


It's the same products and layout as the previous two cards with one major difference - no heat embossing on vellum.  This card is simple stamping and coloring at it's best.

All the stamping was done with Lovely Lipstick and the detailed heart from Ribbon of Courage was colored with Stampin' Blends.  Enjoying the subtleness from the original card, the feel was continued by die cutting a vellum heart for an overlay.  Using just a small drop of Liquid Multipurpose Glue at the centers of each flower adhered the vellum... with hindsight, the drops of glue would have been best as pinpoint size or mini glue dots.  So learn from my mistake unless you want the "circles" behind the pearls vs subtle colors.  **wink**


The inside heart was actually my initial color testing that was too pretty to not use!  So with just the right tilt, it was adhered with liquid glue and trimmed from the reverse side when completely dry.

I hope that you have been inspired by these three different cards that I created based on the The Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge, #JOSTTT002.  I look forward to seeing what you create as your entry (entries) on the blog!