Paper Florist Dies & Countryside Inn – Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop

Published on August 4, 2023July 23, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Birthday, Fun Fold, Let's Craft Together, Uncategorized

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Paper Florist Dies & Countryside Inn

For my card I am using – Easel Card, Flowers and Blue…….and ‘Yes’ you could say that my card falls into a few other categories as well such as Easel Card, Designer Series Paper and Birthday… O’ well, just making sure I was covered……LOL!

I have chosen two of the new blues or one returning colour and one new – Misty Moonlight and Boho Blue with a little bit of Basic White and Wild Wheat.

Measurements Used..

Tips and Tricks

Card Base – Front was scored diagonally to form Easel Card
Card Front, Countryside Corners Bundle – Stitching Line inked with Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Write Marker and die cut with coordinating die.
Card Insert – Smaller Countryside Corner die cut in Basic White for a writing panel on inside of the card
Countryside label die has 3 dimensionals to give it lift for stopper.
Large Flowers – 2 layers large petals + 1 smaller Petals
Small Flowers Daisy – Each flower has 3 layers

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Apple Harvest & Apple Blossom Dies

Published on August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Just Add Ink, Uncategorized

Today I’m taking part in the Just Add Ink Challenge and I am using Stampin’ Up!® Apple Harvest stamps and the Apple Blossom Dies. The Apple Harvest stamps are current in our current catalogue. The Apple Blossom Dies, which came out with a promotion last year are now discontinued and can be found at the moment in the Clearance Rack (Australia)…..So if you want them get them now!

Just Add Ink #663…Choose Two!

Our Just Add Ink Challenge this week has been suggested by Tina. It’s a Choose Two Challenge that means you can use any products, layout, techniques or colours as long as you include two of the suggested elements.

My choice for the Choose Two Challenge by ‘Just Add Ink” ….. Flowers and Splatters.

Apple Harvest & Apple Blossom Dies

How to make this card…

Card Front – Aged or made ‘Shabby’
- Stamped with the Apple Harvest stamp set using Boho Blue Ink Pad on Boho Blue cardstock
- Splatters – Using White Craft Ink and Night of Navy Ink, watered down a little and splattered using a paint brush.
- Edges of card front roughed up by scissor blades run over them
- Cardstock was scrunched up and some edges rolled….I did this dry, if I moistened the cardstock the ink would of run!
Blossoms
- Large Blossoms x 7
- Small Blossoms x 7
- Die cut from Very Vanilla cardstock , petals coloured with Berry Burst Ink and Blending Brushes.
- Flower centers die cut from Wild Wheat Cardstock, x 7
Leaves
- Die cut from Mossy Meadow Cardstock
- Large x 6
- Small x 7
Branches
- Die cut from Pebble Path Cardstock
Sentiment
- Stamped using Berry Burst ink on Very Vanilla Cardstock.

Cutting Measurements

Paper	Colour	Imperial	Metric
Card Base	Boho Blue	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Mat	Night of Navy	3¾ x 5″	9.5 x 13.9cm
Card Front	Boho Blue	3⅝ x 4⅞”	9.2 x 13.6cm
Flowers	Very Vanilla	4 ¼ x 5 ½”	10.5 14.9cm
Leaves	Mossy Meadow	3 x 4 ¼”	7.5 x 10.5cm
Branches	Pebble Path	3 x 4 ¼”	7.5 x 10.5cm
Sentiment	Very Vanilla	1 x 4″	3 x 10cm
Card Insert	Very Vanilla	4 x 5¼”	10 x 14.1cm

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Apple Harvest Cling Stamp Set (English)

Boho Blue A4 Cardstock

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

Wild Wheat A4 Cardstock

Boho Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

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Waves of Inspiration – Live with Michele

Published on July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Birthday, Live with Michele, Uncategorized

Today on my ‘Live’ I created a card using the Stampin’ Up!® Waves of Inspiration Stamp and Waves Dies. I haven’t used this stamp for a long time so it was fun to go back and revisit it.

I used this card as my entry for the Global Design Project #404

Global Design Project #404 | Case the Designer

This week, we are CASEing a card by Susan Wong, our talented team member from New Zealand.
CASE = Copy And Selectively Edit
Remember that when you CASE a project you can take what you like from the design and make it your own. It might be the stamp set – the colors, the layout, the theme, the images – whatever you like that has inspired you to make a card of your own.

Why don’t you go to Global Design Project site and check out the other projects completed by the Design Team …. also the other entries.

How to make this card….

Mask – Rub the back of the mask along stitching lines to close up holes, so that the colour doesn’t bleed through.
Masked of area coloured with Starry Sky and Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Pads and Blending Brushes
Water Splater – use a paint brush to get smaller splaters
Embossing folder – used reverse side as card front
Pelican – Stamped with Pebble Path and stamped off. Why? New ink pad which is very juicy, by removing some of the ink you get a clearer image.
Watercolour Pencils Used – Basic Black, Basic Gray, Basic White, Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Balmy Blue and Coastal Cabana
Watercolour pencils – use Blender Colour Lifter to blend colours, this allows you to use Basic White cardstock and Stampin’ Pads (water base ink)
Pebble Path Jute – Separate strands and bring back together to reduce bulk and give a fuller look.

Cutting Measurements

Paper	Colour	Imperial	Metric
Card Base	Crumb Cake	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Mat	DSP	4 x 3”	10 x 8.5cm
Card Front	Basic White	3 ⅞ x 5 ⅛”	7.5 x 14.9cm
Stamping	Basic White	4 ¼ x 5½”	10.5 x 14.9cm
Card Insert	Basic White	4 x 5¼”	10 x 14.1cm
Card Insert Strip	DSP	4 x ½”	1.5 x 10cm

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Cheerful Daisies – Live with Michele

Published on July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Live with Michele, Uncategorized

For my ‘Live’ on Tuesday night I used the Cheerful Daisies Bundle by Stampin’ Up!® to create my card & to help decide the style/products I would used we rolled the DICE to leave it up too chance.

Brights
Slim Line
Embossed
Bling
For You

Brights – Berry Burst, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight

Slim Line – Long Narrow Card

Emboss – I used two embossing techniques

1 – Emboss Resist Technique – this is where you stamp the image with VersaMark ink and emboss with embossing powder. I used white embossing powder and with a Blending Brush, brushed Berry Burst Ink over the flower petals. The ink will resist the embossed areas and can be wiped away with a soft cloth or paper towel.

2 – Splatters 3D Embossing Folder, folder not long enough for card length, run through twice from each end. The area where the two ends of folder meets is not noticeable and covered with flowers.

Bling – Matt Black Dots, Deleted…Alternative Classic Matte Dots

For You – Sentimental Park Stamps along with Stylish Shapes Dies

Card Insert – I used to decorate inside left over flowers 1 large Daisy, I smaller Daisy and 1 green leaf

Cutting Measurements

Paper	Colour	Imperial	Metric
Card Base	Berry Burst	8½ x 8”, score @ 4″	20 x 21cm, score @ 10cm
Card Mat	Basic White	8 x 3½”	20 x 9cm
Card Front	Berry Burst	7¾ x 3¼	19.5 x 8.5cm
Card Insert	Basic White	8 x 3½”	20 x 9cm
Sentiment	Basic White	2 x 2″ cut Die 1½” square (size)	5 x 5cm
Flowers	Basic White	1/2 sheet of cardstock , Stamped 2 Large Daisies, 3 small Daisies, 3 half Daisies
Leaves	Granny Apple Green	Approx ¼ sheet of cardstock to die 5 Leaves
Leaves	Basic White	3 Leaves cut from large flower die – left over scraps

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Zoo Crew

Published on July 25, 2023July 25, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Just Add Ink, Uncategorized, Water Colour

Welcome to my Blog, this week I have been having fun playing with Zoo Crew by Stampin’ Up!® and I have used the Sketch Challenge by Just Add Ink to inspire me. I also added die cuts from Dainty Delight Dies and the sentiment is from Sending Smiles stamp set.

I coloured my ‘She Leopard’ …LOL, that’s what I’m calling her, using Stampin’ Up!® Water Colour Pencils and blended them using the Stampin’ Blends Colour Lifter.

Because I used the Colour Lifter I was able to stamped my image onto Basic White Cardstock and used Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. If I used water or Blender Pen I would have to change my ink to Stazon and use Watercolor Paper.

Just Add Ink #662…Sketch!

This is great sketch, there is so much you can do with it. just check out the Just Add Ink page to see what the Design Team came up with and what others have also created…maybe even give it a go yourself.

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Sending Smiles Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

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Paper Florist Dies – Live with Michele

Published on July 21, 2023July 21, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa Category: GDP Challeges, Live with Michele, Uncategorized

Today on my ‘Live’ I created a card using the Paper Florist Dies and Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper. This was a fun card to make, keeping it simple using the Daisy Dies, leaves and bud dies.

To give the background some interest I used the Lemon Lolly Strips from the Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper. This also fulfilled the requirements for the Global Design Project Theme Challenge #403. It’s been a while since I’ve entered the GDP challenge and it fills good to be back.

My other inspiration for this card was the sentiment – ‘Hey, there!’. Cleaning my desk I found the Charming Sentiments stamps, which is a bunch of sentiments for any occasion.

Global Design Project #403 | Theme challenge

This week’s Global Design Project theme challenge is stripes. What a fun challenge!

Why don’t you go to Global Design Project site and check out the other projects completed by the Design Team …. also the other entries.

How to make this card…

Using Sm Blending Brush, brush Old Olive ink lightly onto the Soft Sea Foam leaves.
Using Sm. Blending Brush, brush Bubble Bath ink onto flower petal and buds.

Cutting Measurements

Paper	Colour	Imperial	Metric
Card Base	Bubble Bath	8½ x 5½”, score @ 4¼”	14.9 x 29.9cm, score @ 10.5cm
Card Mat	Basic White	3¾ x 5″	8 x 13.4cm
Card Front	DSP	3½ x 4¾”	8.5 x 12.9cm
Sentiment	Basic White	2 x 2″	5 x 5cm
Leaves, stems	Soft Sea Foam, Old Olive
Flowers	Basic White
Card Insert	Basic White	4 x 5¼”	10 x 14.4cm

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Zoo Crew – Live with Michele

Published on July 17, 2023July 17, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Baby, Blends, Live with Michele, Uncategorized

Today my card I have created to give to friend that has just become a first time Grandmother.

I thought the Lama from the Zoo Crew Suite was a must for this card, with her sitting there busy knitting away….maybe creating something fun for a new baby.

I stamped the Lama with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured it using Stampin’ Up! Blends.

When layering the Designer series Paper I felt it needed a bit of a lift, the two pieces of DSP with a white background was just too similar and needed to be a little different. A good way to change this with out completely changing the paper is to colour it. There are many ways you can colour your DSP and for this card I used the Lemon Lolly Blends. By using the Brush Nib end of your blend, colour the DSP – making sure you use the side of the brush not the point.

How to make this card…

If you get lost for ideas on card layouts, check out places like Pinterest. Here you can find lots of ideas by searching ‘Card Templates’ or ‘Card Sketches’. CardMaps and MojoSketch on Pinterest. I have a board on my Pinterest site called ‘Card Templates’ were I have saved card ideas. Sometimes I use these ideas when I’m feeling a bit lost for an idea or need some inspiration. When you do use an idea that not your own and share on Social Media (etc), then give credit to Where or Who inspired you.

Cutting Measurements

Paper	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Boho Blue	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Mat	Basic White	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Front	Boho Blue	3⅞ x 5⅛”	9.7 x 14.1cm
DSP		1¼ x 4¼”	3 x 11cm
DSP		¾ x 4″	2 x 11cm
DSP		2 x 2	5 x 5cm
Circle 2½”	Vellum	3 x 3″	7.5 x 7.5cm
Sentiment	basic White	2 x 4″ (scrap)	5 x 10cm 9Scrap)

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Timeless Arrangements

Published on July 9, 2023July 9, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Thank You, Uncategorized

This weekend I took part in a Creativity Abounds Stamp Camp using products from the Fresh as a Daisy Suite. As part of the camp we gave some challenges, which you could use any products you have to create with.

This Challenge was given to us by Sara Sayers from the UK – Kiss Kreative

I love the Timeless Arrangements Bundle, they are so easy to use. Having all those small flowers on a bar means you don’t have to fiddling with lots of small pieces. You can layer as little of many as you want and place them behind sentiments, ribbon or layers. You die cut them from cardstock, Designer Series Paper, foil (gold, silver etc) or velum.

Stampin' Up! Timeless Arrangements Bundle

Love the colours in this against the Black, black always makes everything ‘POP’.

Quick Tips on creating this card..

Card front is Embossed using the Dot Folder from Basic 3D Embossing Folder
Flowers/Leaves on bars- you will require 2 for the front and 1 to cut down to use on card insert
Smaller Flowers and Leaves I used at least 4 on card front and others inside. These can be tucked in and around sentiment to fill areas you want to fill.
Flowers/leaves on bars are layered on top of one another and attached to back of embossed and die cut sentiment.
Left over flowers used to decorate strip on card insert – tried not to layer too much on top of each other. As you don’t want bulk on one side of strip.

Cutting Measurements

Paper	Colour	Imperial	Metric
Card Base	Basic Black	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Front	Basic Black	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Sentiment	Basic Black	2 x 3″	5 x 7cm
Card Insert	Basic White	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert Strip	Basic Black	¾ x 4″	2 x 10.5cm
Scraps to cut flowers	Berry Burst	Cut 3 – flowers on the bar
	Poppy Parade	Cut 3 – flowers on the bar
	Crushed Curry	Cut 4-5 – smaller single Flowers
	Pumpkin Pie	Cut 3 – flowers on the bar
	Old Olive	Cut 4-5 – smaller single Leaves
	Granny Apple Green	Cut 3 – leaves on the bar

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Anything Animals – Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop

Published on July 4, 2023July 1, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Birthday, Let's Craft Together, Uncategorized

Our Theme for our July Challenge is ‘Anything Animals’, this theme was set by Maheswari

Zoo Crew

For this challenge I have decided to use the Zoo Crew Suite with a Fun Fold Card – Pillar Pop-Up Card. I made this card originally in 2022 – Stella Birthday

How to make this card…

You can find a YouTube Video showing how I made this card previously HE RE

I made a couple of changes, which are

No Designer Series Paper on the Frame, sponged around using blending brushes.
DSP added to stand on the back
When making this using Imperial Measurements your window size will be smaller. The Dancer and Band will be closer together
I sponged edges of layers using Lemon Lolly and Lost Lagoon Ink (re Pic’s)
I sponged Stage lighting using Lemon Lolly Ink and two pieces of post-it note to create a ‘V’
Band – Beaver and Water Hog and adhered to the DSP, Frog is attached with 2 mini dimensionals

Measurements Used…

Paper	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Basic White	4 ¼ x 5 ½”	10.5 x 14.9cm
Card Base Mat DSP	DSP	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Frame/Window	Basic White	3¼ x 4½ “	8.5 x 12.9cm
Pillars	Basic White	1⅞ x 3″, score at ⅜, ¾, 1⅛, 1½”	15 x 5cm, score at 1, 2, 3, 4cm
Stand	Basic White	2 x 6¾” , score at ½, 4¾, 5½, 6¼	5 x 17.5cm, score at 1.5, 12, 14, 16cm
Stand DSP	DSP	1¾ x 4″	4.5 x 10cm
Curtain Die – Valance – Side Drapes	Lost Lagoon	¾ x 4½ “ 2½ x 4″	2 x 12cm 6.5 x 9cm
Curtain Tie Backs die	Lemon Lolly	scrap	scrap
Card Writing Panel Back	Basic White	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm

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Zoo Crew Suite Collection (English)

Basic White A4 Cardstock

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock

Lemon Lolly Classic Stampin' Pad

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Blending Brushes

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Zoo Crew -Live with Michele

Published on June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Birthday, Live with Michele, Uncategorized

How cute is this card!

I love it when an idea works out better than I thought it would and it was so simple. Using the Designer Series Paper, Zoo Crew images be the ‘Hero’ of the card. There are 6 images, one on each sheet of DSP that match with a die that you can easily die cut out. Change the colours to coordinate with the image and you can create 6 cards all different. By fussy cutting you can add more animals and more cards.

PDF – Zoo Crew Tutorial

I have written up this tutorial for you to use. There is a link for you to down load.

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