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

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 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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Fresh as a Daisy – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop

Published on June 22, 2023June 20, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Birthday, Creativity Abounds, Uncategorized

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.

Our Theme this month is Fresh As a Daisy

This is such a pretty suite, the daisy dies are beautiful to work with

My card today I have kept very simple and let the suite speak for it’s self.

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Fresh As A Daisy Suite Collection (English)

Creativity Abounds – Fresh As a Daisy Stamp Camp

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Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop

Published on June 4, 2023May 31, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Let's Craft Together, Thank You, Uncategorized

It was my turn to choose the challenge……Black and White – this is hard one, they are such a contrast…total opposites. Because being complete opposites you can get a very hard looking card and you need to have some softness and texture…I hope I have done this with my card.

Timeless Arrangements Bundle

This is the first time I have played with this bundle and I think I am in ‘LOVE’….Timeless Arrangements Bundle

And every time I think of the sentiment I used – ‘Thank you for being my Friend’…I start singing…, Who else loved the Golden Girls…LOL!

The card layers are very simple, there are just 3 – Card Base- Basic Black, Card Front- Basic White and Card Insert – Basic White.

This card was a case of playing….with scraps of Basic White, Basic Black and White Vellum…I stamped the all the images in Memento Tuxedo Black on Basic White (3-4 in each) and die cut. Using vellum, I die cut 3-4 each of the stand alone dies. I also cut one of the large dies( with the bar at the base) x 3 in Basic Black. Not all this was used but it gave me plenty to play with.

How to make this card…

I embossed the card front with one of the embossing folders from the Basics Embossing Folders found in the Online Exclusives on my Online Store.
Using the Basic Black Marker splattered some ink across the card Front by flicking the brush nib from the marker lid
Black Bakers Twine – separate the twisted twine. place a small amount of Seal onto card front and layer one strand of the twine in large loops onto the seal
Adhering the the 2 black die cuts to the back of the sentiment, one at the top and the other at the bottom. The sentiment is then attached to the front of the card front with dimensionals.
This forms a base. I then attached the stamped flowers and leaves and vellum pieces coming from under the sentiment.
To finish the card front I added some splatters of Wink of Stella.
The card front then was adhered to the card base.

Cutting Measurements

Paper	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Basic Black	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card front	Basic White	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert	Basic White	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm

The card Insert was decorated with some of the left over die cuts and finished with a die cut banner over the top. ( I cut it down, so it wasn’t so long)

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Timeless Arrangements Bundle (English)

Basics 3 D Embossing Folders

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

Basic White A4 Cardstock

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

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Join me on a Crafting Adventure

Published on May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Uncategorized

I love it when Stampin’ Up! ® have these great joining deals. This is a fantastic way to get started….you can get so much more for your money and that’s what we want these days.

It’s a fabulous time to join Stampin’ Up! New team members will get even more FREE products in their customisable Starter Kit. Between 1–30 June, those who sign up can get ~~$235 AUD | $285 NZD~~ $283 AUD | $333 NZD worth of products for only $169 AUD | $189 NZD + free business supplies + free shipping + all the fun being a part of Stampin’ Up!

Why….did I join!

Being creative is my way to relax, to chill. How do you chill out?

Having time to do something you love is the best way to de-stress, to find releif from everyday happenings.

I love to create…It can be embroidery, quilting, scrapbooking or making a card. It’s a time where for that moment I can breath and be me. Do you have a special hobby that you do to just be in a space that feels good and relaxing?

I run a small clothing alterations business and every week I can have up to 10 people coming into my home, into my space.
I am a social person and love meeting new people and I’m always ready for a chat. But ….yes there is a but, having people every day coming in to my space can get a bit wearing, because they want something done and by a certain time and in a certain way.

I set aside Fridays every week to create a card and then share it with you through my ‘Lives’. I have such busy weeks and sometimes by the end of it I’m really stressed out.

So being able to create at the end of the week is my down time.

I love to create and share with my friends, through classes or just getting together with friends on line or in person to create. Yes those that come to my home for classes start off as strangers but very quickly become friends and family, because we all have something in common….the LOVE of Crafting.

I’d love you to join me and my friends…or I should say family, as the friends I have made through Stampin’ Up! are more like family.

So if you are interested in joining me and ‘Live in Australia’….

You can Join me HERE on my Crafting Adventure

Or give me a call on 0408868771, always happy to chat….LOL!
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In- Color 2023-25 – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop

Published on May 18, 2023May 15, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Birthday, Creativity Abounds, Uncategorized

Our Theme this month is In-Colors 2023-25

Stampin’ Up!® have given us 5 NEW In- Colors to use over the next 2 years. These colours – Wild Wheat, Boho Blue, Moody Mauve, Pebble Path and Cooper Clay. These 5 colours have great earthy tones they work well together and with other colours.

My take on these colours are….

Boho Blue – I love Blues
Wild Wheat – a great colour to use if you want Gold accents with out the shinny metallic gold. Wild Wheat also has green under tones which works well for leaves with Autumn tones.
Moody Mauve – This reminds me of Old Rose colours.
Pebble Path – This colour to me has a warm gray tones, a nice blend between browns and greys.
Cooper Clay – Cooper Clay is like the Wild Wheat , could be a replacement for metallic Cooper and again has autumn tones.

Dainty Delight

For my card I decided to use Boho Blue as my card base and back drop for the floral arrangement. With the Moody Mauve and the Boho Blue the Wild Wheat has a green tone.

The flowers I coloured with Moody Mauve Blends, Wild Wheat for the flower centers. The leaves I use Soft Sea Foam just to give a hint of a different green and not wanting to go too bright.

The ribbon, I unraveled approx 8cm and tied it into a note, rather than a bow. A bow in the coordinating ribbon – Boho Blue Textured Ribbon would have been a little too heavy against the lightness of the stems and floral image.

The sentiment I stamped using the Pebble Path ink, not as dark as the basic black

How to make this card…

Please note that the conversion from Metric/A4 to Imperial/Letter will change the look of the card slightly. There is a difference of roughly 1cm/ ⅜”. This all makes a difference to the layers in the length of the card. You could make the lengths of the DSP shorter but then in doing that the Die Cut stems would be longer than the DSP. So I will leave that to you to decide what you want to do.

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 5¼”	9.5 x 13.9cm
DSP Spot	Boho Blue	2¼ x 4¾”	6.5 x 12cm
DSP Lines	Boho Blue	3 x 4¼”	7.5 x 11cm
Stem	Wild Wheat	2½ x 6″	6 x 15cm
Stem	Moody Mauve	2½ x 6″	6 x 15cm
Stamped Image	Basic White	2 X 4″	5 x 10cm
Sentiment	Basic White	¾ X 2¾”	1.8 x 6cm
Card Insert	Basic White	4 X 5¼”	10 x 14.4
Insert Strip Spot	Boho Blue	⅝ X 4″	1.5 x 10cm
Insert Strip Lines	Boho Blue	¾ X 4″	1.8 x 10cm