AWOW – Celebrating 5 Years and CASEing Anne Marie

The Around the World on Wednesday (AWOW) team and I are hopping today — here on our blogs, and on Instagram (@thelatenightstamper). While I have only been a member of this group since 2023, but this group has been hopping together since 2020. They started April 8, 2020 and are celebrating 5 years. Our fearless leader Angie, was encouraged to start this group by her team member Anne Marie Hille. So our challenge this month is to CASE Anne Marie! You can find her amazing projects on Instagram (@stampin_anne) and on her blog (http://www.stampinanne.com/). Note: Anne Marie is battling cancer, so if you’re the praying type, please add her to your prayer list.

Before I go on, let me first introduce the AWOW Team–here’s who we are and where we are in the world:

Also, before we dive in, I wanted to share that I had the opportunity to meet some of these ladies in person at the US OnStage event Stampin’ Up! held in Raleigh in March.

What a treat…after seeing them online for two years, it was such a joy to meet in person. I know those across the pond (and the world) also were able to get together at their respective OnStage events too.

Okay, let’s get into my project. As mentioned, we were to CASE (which stands for Copy And Share Everything or, my favorite, Copy And Slightly Edit) an Anne Marie Hile project.

Let’s take a look.

Looking through Anne Marie’s blog, it was hard to choose a project. She is a very talented crafter, and I love all the bright colors throughout her blog! I chose this project from her February 2024 post.

Here is my project:

I just found out yesterday that my uncle is in the hospital for a triple bypass open heart surgery. I spoke to my cousin, and his surgery is today and he is expected to be okay. My cousin is a nurse and has worked in the cardiac unit. He said, “We’ve done older (my uncle is 77) and way sicker.” That said, please add Uncle Duane to your prayer list too!

Anyway, I wanted to make a card to send to him and my aunt. I am using the Layering Leaves stamp set and coordinating punch. I chose a more masculine color palette with Lost Lagoon and Crumb Cake, and am using a plaid designer series paper from the Timeless Plaid DSP pack. I also am using the Spotlight on Nature dies and Everyday Details Dies, and tucked some leaves from the Bough Punch.

Let’s take a look at the inside.

Here’s Anne Marie’s:

Here’s mine:

I liked how she added a stamped image behind the white layer, so I stamped some leaves tone-on-tone in the background before adhering the white layer.

Here’s my project one more time, and don’t forget to decorate your envelopes!

Now let’s see what my friends around the world did with this challenge. Click the next button below to follow along to Chris Smith’s Blog, or follow along the hop using the Roll Call Below.

Happy Stamping! Kelly

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Roll Call

Jan Clothier – NZ
Leonie Stuart – AU
Rochelle Laird-Smith – AU
Cheryll Miller – AU
Danielle Kassing – NL
Marga Bultena – DE
Aurélie Fabre – FR
Kim Fee – UK
Annette Ball – CA
Kelly Taranto – US You are here!
Chris Smith – US
Theresa McEntee – US
Bree Renwick – US
Teri West – US
Cheryl Hamilton – US

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