Update Tuesday - April 21, 2020 - Above the Clouds Card - Valerie Smith, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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Welcome to Update Tuesday! Stampin’ UP! shared so many wonderful things today with its Independent Demonstrators…not just the card I’m going to show you. If you are a demonstrator, you know. IF you want to know…Join My Team Here: https://valeriesmith.stampinup.net/join_now

In our Succeed Weekly Email we received today there were four amazing cards to choose from. I instantly fell in love with the Above The Clouds card on the right. Well, actually I fell in love with all of them but that one is my fave.

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Today’s post was all about CASEing…Copy And Share Everything! The focus was on CASEing Techniques and color combinations. Here’s how they did that today:

“We selected the Enjoy the Little Things card from page 125 of the annual catalog as the inspiration piece. Then, we used these CASEing techniques to create three additional projects.

Copy the color scheme. The Great Places card uses the same color scheme as the inspiration piece.
Copy the technique. The Thanks card copies the technique of the original card by incorporating a die-cut background with separate cut-out pieces added back in.
Copy the layout. Take the guesswork out of project design by using the inspiration piece as a template as we did on the Love & Joy card. Simply mimic the design but substitute different stamps, paper, and accessories.”

This card makes me happy! What do you think?

I think the sentiment used for this card from the Above The Clouds Stamp Set would be perfect for graduation cards…and even this card would make a nice graduation card!

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Measurements & Instructions

Cut a piece of Crumb Cake Cardstock 5 1/2in. x 8 1/2in., score at 4 1/4in. and fold on score line.
Cut a piece of Neutrals Designer Series Paper 4 1/4in. x 5in and adhere to the front of the card using Snail Adhesive or Tombow Multipurpose Glue.
Cut a piece of Whisper White Card Stock 3in. x 3 3/4in. and stamp the clouds in Pool Party Ink, stamping off once. Adhere to the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Stamp two hot air balloons Shimmery White Card Stock, one in Old Olive Ink and one in Bermuda Bay Ink. Color each lightly with the Old Olive and Bermuda Bay Watercolor Pencils. Then go over them with a Blender Pen to blend the pencil marks together. Stamp two hot air balloon baskets with Crumb Cake Ink. Then using the Hot Air Balloon Punch, punch them out.
Adhere them to the card front, as shown in photo, using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Using a Mini Glue Dot, adhere a piece of Whisper White Baker’s Twine to the card front…view video for this.
On a scrap piece o Bermuda Bay Card Stock stamp the sentiment “you’re off to great places” in Versamark Ink. Then sprinkle with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set. Cut out around the words. Adhere to the Card Front layering it over the piece of Whisper White Baker’s Twine.
Cut a piece of Whisper White Card Stock 4in. x 5 1/4in. and adhere to the inside of card. Stamp some extra clouds on it. Voila!