It's fun sometimes to look back on the path I take to come up with a card for a class, occasion, party, demonstrator event, swap, etc. Today and tomorrow I will be sharing "sister" cards. This card below is one that I first came up with after receiving a gorgeous swap from Jenn Tinline.

A pretty birthday card created with Summer Silouettes stamp set - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

Here's Jenn's card that influenced my "sister" card design above…

Jenn Tinline’s birthday card created with Summer Silouettes stamp set - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

Jenn Tinline’s birthday card created with Summer Silouettes stamp set - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

You can see I took and used many of the same elements such as: the punched out circle with the Summer Silhouettes stamp set images, the touch of glitter on the pink of the flowers, the colors of card stock and ink used, a ribbon tied in a knot across the center, an embossed layer to add texture, and the background stamp image.

A pretty birthday card created with Summer Silouettes stamp set - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

But there are several major differences as well: I turned the card vertical, I distressed the edges of the punched circle, I used a different ribbon and a difference embossing folder, my background stamp image is running along the left edge rather than horizontally through the middle, I used a different greeting, and my layers of added card stock run to the edges and create a "band" rather than sitting in the center of the card front.

A pretty birthday card created with Summer Silouettes stamp set - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

A pretty birthday card created with Summer Silouettes stamp set - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

Supply list for today's card:

 

On Wednesday I shared another "sister" card from this path – a Coastal Cabana card I made using the Bloom With Hope stamp set and Blendabilities markers. You can see I created it AFTER coming up with today's featured card.

Bloom With Hope stamp set and Blendabilities markers – New products from Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

It has totally the same layout. But I just changed up some colors and the stamp set images.

Tomorrow I will share one more "sister" card that I came up with from Jenn's card – one that I used for my Stamp Camp class in June featuring a faux suede technique. So I hope you are able to stop back for a visit on Saturday.

On a side note, I am getting super excited for a fun event coming up next week. I am attending Stampin' Up!'s annual Convention (my 15th one!) along with several other demonstrators in my team. We've been emailing and Facebooking – gearing up for the fun. Many of us (myself included) are working diligently on our swap cards. I have more than 100 done so far. My goal is to bring 200 cards to swap!

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What's NEW?

Click here to see this week's Weekly Deals.

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Click here to check out the Clearance Rack (new items were added July 10th).

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Christmas in July! Beauty of the Season Stamp Set is now available as a special sneak peek of the 2014 holiday catalog! (Available in Wood-Mount or Clear-Mount)
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These Project Life Products will be available for purchase beginning July 14th!
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