Stampin' Up! Stampers by the Dozen - 08/18

Hello. I am delighted to be hopping again with a lovely group of SU Demo's known as Stampers by the Dozen.  If you have joined me from Judy or if you are starting with me, welcome - I hope you find lots of inspiration as you hop along with us.

This month our theme is 'bloggers choice' - so anything goes!

WOW - this was a tough one!  So many choices - I'm a Libran and decisions can be difficult for me (or so I have been told)!  I have been using the Abstract Expression bundle all week for my Coffee & Cards sessions so whilst it was still on my desk I had a bit of a play.

I was asked last week by a lovely lady called Gina who helped me swap bank accounts if I could make her a wedding card  for one of her colleagues.  

I was asked to use a blush pink and navy theme so these are the colours I used; the Blushing Bride being quite apt!

Blushing Bride

Night of Navy

Whisper White

I also used some stunning Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the Petal Promenade Suite.

I created some basic layering with card and DSP and then got to work decorating the panel.

This large triangle corner die is already a firm favourite with me.  

I cut two from Whisper White card and adhered one in each corner to soften the DSP a little.

I cut two butterflies, one from the DSP and one from vellum.

I used a Mini Glue Dot to adhere the vellum to the DSP and then hid the glue dot with a row of jewels.

The wings of each butterfly have been curled and shaped to add dimension.

After a lot of angst I used the leaves from Painted Harvest to provide an accent for the stitched circle.

Do you, like me, often find that the finishing touches are the hardest?  I even asked friends on my Craftyducky facebook page for help!

I used a lovely sentiment from Dandelion Wishes and this is what I ended up with ...

I used a strip of DSP to decorate the inside of the card too.

Here is the completed card and envelope.

Thanks for hopping along with us again, next up is Tricia who I am sure has something wonderful to share with you.  Don't forget to leave a comment below (we like that). 

If you get lost along the way you can find a list of all participants in the hop below along with details of the products I used for this project.

Happy crafting.

Susan xx

Blog Hop Participants

Karie Beglau 

Judi Anderson 

Susan Simpson You are here! 

Tricia Butts 

Courtenay Heuston 

Tashana Lundy

Carly Middleton

Sharleen Luciano 

Anastasia Radloff

Deb Naylor

Dena Albee 

Laura Kate Mackie 

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