I spend a lot of time watching interesting YouTube Videos by different card makers both Stampin’ Up! and others. Learning new techniques and ideas on different ways to create cards. I take these ideas and then try to recreate cards using Stampin’ Up! products. They wont be exactly the same as these are my interpretations.
This card was taken by ideas from Lavinia Stamps . I love the use of layers created by different stamps around a masked circle
My card uses a variety of stamps, with the Dainty Delight Stamps being the feature in the center and around the edges.
Other stamps used
Dainty Delight – Flowers in Smoky Slate & Branches in Evening Evergreen, stamped and stamped off
Quite Meadow – the words stamped off in Smoky Slate
Forever Fern – Dots stamped in Fresh Freesia
Eden’s Garden – leaves in Soft Succulent
Measurements Used…
The card below is the test card I made before my ‘Live’…instead of Smoky Slate I used Pear Pizzazz, Shimmery White Cardstock and a tent fold.
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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store
The card I made last week is made using the Fancy Flora Suite Collection, which I made on my ‘Live with Michele’. every Friday at 1pm (AEDT). This week I was running a bit late having too much fun playing with this suite. Have added the link to the video below.
There is a lot is this suite –
Two-Tone Flora Bundle – two step stamps flowers, easy to line up for six beautiful flowers and two one-step leaves. This also has the coordinating dies to cut out your stamped images.
Something Fancy Bundle – 10 sentiments and frame dies that could be used on any card or scrapbook layout
Last weekend the Creativity Abounds Team ran a By the Bay Stamp Camp, it was so much fun. Kylie Swain gave us a Colour Challenge and this card I made using her challenge.
How to make this card…
Cutting Measurements
Paper
Colour
Imperial
Metric
Card Base
Basic White
4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”
10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
CardFront
Basic White
4 x 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Strip
Basic White
1 x 4″
2.5 x 10cm
Sentiment
Basic White
1 x 3″
2.5 x 7cm
Cut all cardstock
Card Front
Using large Die Cut, die cut in Basic White cardstock. You may need to run through twice.
Trim Die cut piece to 10cm (4″) wide, trim length down to 13.7cm (5 ⅜”)
With Blending brush, brush on the ink onto the flowers and leaves. Colours used- Polished Pink, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry
MetricCard – Card Front I normally use is 14.4cm, to make up the difference cut card into 2 pieces about where the strip will cover. Spread the two pieces and adhere one piece from the top down and the other from the bottom up. Leaving a gap as per photo below.
Dot multi purpose glue onto the back of die cut and attach to the card.
Strip – With Granny Apple Green ink and blending brush, brush ink around all four sides.
Add diamenionals to the back of the strip and adhere to the card.
Stamp ‘Happy Birthday’ sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black onto basic White Cardstock. Die cut with die from the Something Fancy Bundle. Attach with dimensionals.
Colour Challenge
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Welcome to Creativity Abounds Blog Hop. We are a group of very keen Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from all around the world that are coming together to share our creative ideas with you. We are happy that you can join us and hope that we can Inspire you to make creations of your own.
This card was created for our Stamp Camp held last weekend. It was amazing and the project created by the other team members were amazing. To see them follow the Hop, links are listed below. I hope next time you can join us….Our next Camp will be in July, so watch for more details as we get closer.
Here is my card that I created for the camp and this hop.
This card is made of layers, of Crumb Cake and Bermuda Bay Cardstock. The circle background was created by colouring vellum with Stampin’ Blends (Tahitian Tide & Bermuda Bay) and 99% Alcohol. I wanted the alcohol background to give the feeling of movement and water.
To see how I created this background, see my video using this technique HERE, from a few years ago.
The card Insert kept very simple….
You may be starting here or have come from someone else’s blog – either way there is a list at the end of this post to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas. We all have our country listed – so if you are looking for a demonstrator in your country, these demonstrators would love to look after you with your Stampin’ Up! ® shopping or if you would like to join our Stampin’ Up!® teams.
Follow the Hop here..
For More Inspiration we have our new Tutorial Bundle
Last weekend I took part in the Creativity Abound Stamp Camp, our Theme for the camp was BY the Bay Suite. Besides creating cards with the themed suite we also have challenges for the participants to take part in. Tracy Held from the team designed this a Sketch Challenge for us to recreate in any products we wanted.
The Dainty Delight Bundle is found in the 2023 Stampin’ Up! Mini Catalogue $ 96.25 (AUD) By purchasing the Dainty Delight Bundle, allows you to choose an item for FREE from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue and why not make that the Dainty Flowers DSP.
Sale-A-Bration finishes at the end of February, see below for Catalogues and recently added products.
Sketch Challenge by Tracy Held
Cutting Measurements
Paper
Colour
Imperial
Metric
Card Base
Blushing Bride
4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”
10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Front
DSP – Blushing Bride
4 ¼ x 5 ½”
10.5 x 14.9cm
Vellum
3 x 4½”
8 x 11.5cm
Diagonal Strip
Basic White
1 x 8″
2.5 x 20cm
Vertical Strip
Blushing Bride
1¼ x 6″
3.3 x 15cm
Stamping – Flowers and sentiment
Basic White
3 x 6″
8 x 15
Card Insert
Basic White
4 x 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Adhere Card Front to Card Base
Flowers and Sentiment
Stamp floral image with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Colour the flowers and leaves in the Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz Ink using a Blender Pen
On the same piece of cardstock stamp the sentiment in Blushing Bride.
Die Cut the flowers and fussy cut the sentiment
Vellum – Die cut scalloped rectangle
Adhere the flower image to the vellum die cut, add mini dimenionals to the back of the sentiment and attach onto flowers and vellum.
Diagonal Strip
using Blushing Bride ink stamp leaf randomly over the strip.
Colour the leaves in Pear Pizzazz using the Blender Pen
Lay strip on to the card at the angle you want and trim back to the card edges
With Blending Brush and Blushing Bride Ink, brush colour around all the edges.
Attach diagonal strip to the card fron with multi purpose glue.
Vertical Strip
Using the scalloped edge die, die cut the scallops along the bottom edge.
Lay the vertical diecut strip onto the card and position it evenly across the card. Trim back and adhere.
Place dimensionals onto the back of the vellum, hiding them behind the flowers and sentiment
White Bakers Twine – tie a small bow and attach with a glue dot
Card Insert
Stamp image onto the bottom right corner using Blushing Bride Ink.
Colour leaves in Pear Pizzazz with a Blender Pen.
With Blending Brush add Blushing Bride Ink on the right corner edges
Adhere insert into the card.
Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!
On Friday’s ‘Live’ I created the card below using the Dainty Flowers Designer Series Paper from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue. This paper coordinates with the Dainty Delight Bundle found in the Mini Catalogue. Purchasing the Dainty Delight Bundle for $96.25 (AUD), allows you to choose an item for FREE from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue and why not make that the Dainty Flowers DSP.
Measurements Used..
** By using a larger piece of DSP to cut your circle you can decided which portion of the flowers you want to use.
Don’t know why but I couldn’t upload my live as I would normally do…don’t you just love the world of technology….But instead click on the image above and it will take you to my YouTube Live.
Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!
Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store
Welcome to Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop. We are a group of Australian Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators that are coming together to share our creative ideas with you. We are happy that you can join us and hope that we can Inspire you to make creations of your own. Each month we will be showing different ideas based around products, themes and challenges.
Our Theme this month is Rain or Shine Suite Collection. This is just a little taste of whats to come with our our first Stamp Camp happening on 4th March, which I hope you can join us...HERE are the details.
This card I have used my Blends to colour the Rabbit in and also some Paper Piecing to give him a coloured jacket.
I love a matted card front, it can give it a different feel or make what elements you use ‘POP!’. This card has a white on white card base and card mat. The DSP and Velum have been cut to size using the Deckled Rectangle Dies. The vellum making the fun little rabbit stand out.
How to make this card…
Adhere the DSP Panel to the Card Mat.
Using a small amount of Seal adhere the Vellum to the DSP, it is placed more to the left of the card. Make sure the placement of the seal will be hidden under the Rabbit.
A length of ribbon was wrapped around the card and attached behind the card mat.
Adhere the matted card front to the card base.
The Rabbit was stamped onto a piece of Basic White Cardstock using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and also onto a piece of DSP.
He was coloured using Blends – Gray Granite and Flirty Flamingo.
Paper Piecing – The jacket was cut from the DSP using a craft knife and Glass Plate (see my Video on Fussy Cutting made on this a few years back)
After cutting the Rabbit using the coordinating dies adhere the jacket onto the Rabbit
With dimensionals attach the rabbit to your card front.
Tie a separate bow and adhered with a glue dot to the left of the Rabbit
Sentiment was stamped into a piece of Basic White cardstock and cut using one of the smaller Layering Circle Dies. Using one of the small blending brush blend on Balmy Blue ink around the edges. Adhere to card front with multi-pupose glue.
On the Card Insert I have also added a DSP strip and a length of Ribbon but instead of a bow I just tied a half knot, so as the card is not too bumpy inside.
Adhere the insert into the inside of the card.
Cutting Measurements
Paper
Colour
Imperial
Metric
Card Base
Thick Basic White
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
DSP
3½ x 5″
9 x 13cm
Vellum
2¼ x 3½”
6 x 9cm
Card Insert
Basic White
4 x 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
DSP Strip
¾ x 5 ¼”
2 x 14.4cm
Circle
Basic White
2 x2″
5 x 5cm
Rabbit
Basic White
2½ x 2½ “
7 x 7cm
DSP Scrap
1½ x 1½”
4 x 4cm
Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!
You may be starting here or have come from someone else’s blog – either way there is a list at the end of this post to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas. We all have our country listed – so if you are looking for a demonstrator in your country, these demonstrators would love to look after you with your Stampin’ Up! ® shopping or if you would like to join our Stampin’ Up!® teams.
Follow the Hop here..
Stamp Camp – Rain or Shine
I hope you can Join us on the 4th March for a fun day of crafting with the ‘Let’s Craft Together Team’.
Today on my ‘Live’ I created this great Fun Fold, this is another interesting find on Instagram that I just had to try. I have used the Hand-Penned Petal Stamps and coordinating Penned Flowers Dies. The Designer Series Paper used for this card is from the Dainty Flowers 12 x12″ found in the current Sale-A-Bration. When you spend $90 or $180 you can earn a product for FREE from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue. Links to Catalogues and my Online Store can be found towards the end of my post.
Today’s card I used the By the Bay Suite Collection in the 2023 Mini Catalogue by Stampin’ Up!®. The By the Bay 6 x 6″ DSP is the hero of this suite, the designs are stunning.
How to create this card…
The Sea Grasses were cut from DSP using two of the dies and the shells I cut from Basic White cardstock and coloured with Blends – Colypso Coral & Petal Pink. The shells were then lightly curved using a Bone Folder.
The sentiment was stamped in Night Of Navy Ink onto the sentiment strip.
Three of the Flat Adhesive-Backed Pearls attached to card.
A strip of the DSP was added to the side edge of the card
Cutting Measurements
Paper
Colour
Imperial
Metric
Card Base
Balmy 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
DSP
3 ⅞ x 5 ⅛”
9.7 x 14.1cm
Sentiment
Basic White
4 x 5 ¼”
2.5 x 110cm
Card Insert
Basic White
4 x 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Insert Trim
DSP
¾ x 5 ⅛”
2 x 14.1cm
Shells
Basic White
scraps
Grasses
DSP
scraps
By the Bay Creativity Abounds Stamp Camp
If you love this suite join us at the By the Bay Stamp Camp for all the details click HERE Cost FREE when you purchase the By the Bay Suite Collection from me. If you from live out side of Australia, let me know and I can put you into contact with a Demo in your area from the design team.
Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!
The card I made on my Live this week is a ‘Fun Fold Stepper Inspiration with a hidden Note‘. I found this card while going through some Instagram Reels, it was made by Yasmin Diaz. I have made it using the Framed Florets Bundle, Cane Weave 3D Embossing folder and the sentiment is from the Peaceful Moments Stamps by Stampin’ Up!®.
I like this card because it is different from any other card I’ve seen. They have called it a step card but there is only a small step and I think if you made the step more pronounced the actual card would become very thing and tall looking. Hidden in the middle of the card is a tent fold Note Card where you can write your greeting.
After the Live had finished I decided to add White Crinkle Seam Binding Ribbon to the Note Card, tied so the bow is at the side. Just so the person who receives the card can see there is a hidden Note card with a message.
Blends to colour the flowers and Leaves –
Granny Apple green
Old Olive
Pool Party
Petal Pink
Calypso Coral
Daffodil Delight
I could also see this card made with out the note card and with a cello bag attached inside with some special treats or a gift inside. You could punch a hole at the top and tie with a ribbon. Would make a great table decoration for each of your Guests.
YouTube Video
Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!
Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store
