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A Sketch Challenge This Week!

It’s Thursday Challenge time at Create With Connie & Mary . I hope you are having a great week. For our team challenge this week, we are all using the sketch above and this is what I came up with:

Did you spy the new Paper Butterfly Accents from our Mini Catalog? They are all diecut and ready for you to add to your projects like I did on my card today!

Stampin’ Up! Products Used:

• Stamps: Painted Lavender, Charming Sentiments
• Cardstock: Shaded Spruce, Basic White, Highland Heather
• Designer Paper: Perennial Lavender
• Inks: Shaded Spruce, Highland Heather
• Tools & Accessories: Paper Butterfly Accents, Purple Fine Shimmer Gems, Paper Snips

Card Recipe:

• Card Base: Shaded Spruce 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″. Score at 4-1/4″.
• Layer 2: Perennial Lavender Designer Paper 5-1/4″ x 4″. Glue to card base.
• Layer 3: (3) pieces Perennial Lavender Designer Paper 3-1/2″ x 1″. Glue starting 1/2″ from the left and leaving 1/8″ inbetween each strip.
• Layer 4: Basic White Cardstock 4-1/2″ x 2-5/8″. Glue to card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Layer 5: Crumb Cake Cardstock 4-3/8″ x 2-3/8″. Stamp the bottom with the branch image repeatedly across using Shaded Spruce Ink. Glue to white layer.
• Sentiment: Stamp the sentiment on Basic White Cardstock 3″ x 5/8″ with Highland Heather Ink. Cut the right end into a banner shape with Paper Snips. Glue to the left side of the Crumb Cake layer.
• Branches: Diecut (2) of the large branch with Shaded Spruce Cardstock. Glue to the right of the sentiment.
• Branches: Diecut (2) of the smaller branch with Highland Heather Cardstock. Glue over the Shaded Spruce branches.
• Ribbon: Tie a bow with the Orchid Oasis Woven Metallic Ribbon and glue to the bottom of the branches.
• Butterfly: Glue (1) Paper Butterfly Accents above the sentiment.
• Bling: Add Purple Fine Shimmer Gems to the Crumb Cake background.

Check out what the rest of our team is up to this week but visiting Create With Connie & Mary!