Bee Mine

Today I am taking part in ‘Scrapbook Sunday Blog Hop’ for the first time. Joining in with some amazingly talented Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from around the world. We are happy that you can join us and hope that we can Inspire you to make creations of your own. You will find the Links to the others participating below…..I hope you enjoy!

For my page I decided to use the Bee Mine Suite from the Jan – April 2024 Stampin’ Up!® Mini Catalogue.

The inspiration for this layout I found on Page Maps, but I did change it up a bit to make it mine.

How I created my page…

I found 4 photo’s of Joe taken at though out the years we have been together…From 1993 to now, he hasn’t changed much!

For this layout I have used layers of the Bee Mine 12 x 12″ Designer Series Paper, tearing the bottom too layers for some texture. The title I used the Alphabet A La Mode, cut from Basic Black and adhered to a Deckled Circle cut from Designer Series Paper using the Deckled Circle Dies.

The journaling box was die cut using the Nested Essential Dies and tucked under the matted photos. Behind the journaling I also added two die cut tags also cut from the Bee Mine Designer Series Paper using the Tailor Made Tag Dies.

I then added some Bee’s fussy cut from the paper.

I’m really please with the way this layout came together, as it was a last minute decision to participate.

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 below to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas.

If you’re in Australia and need help with your crafting needs and don’t have a Demonstrator, I’d love to assist you. Feel free to reach out to me at 0408868771 or michele@jutrisa.com. Cheers!

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Flighty & Airy Mini Album

This week on Live with Michele, I created this fun Mini Album using Basic White Cardstock and the Flight & Airy DSP from the Stampin’ Up! ® Sale-A-Bration Catalogue. Spend $90 from either the Annual or Mini Catalogue and you can get the Flight & Airy DSP for FREE!

This little album is great for a gift or as a Brag Book for a first time Grand Parent.

Measurements Used…

This album will hold 5 cropped photo’s or if you want to add more I would suggest adding a spacer (thin Chipboard – only use thin or two layers of Cardstock) in between the pages, to allow for decoration and photos on opposite pages.

 ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
Pages Cut 6 pagesBasic White 12 x 12”4 ¼ x 12”, score at 6”10.5 x 30.5cm, score at 15.25
SpineDSP – Lost Lagoon4 ¼ x 12”, score at 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11”10.5 x 30cm, score at 2.5,5,7.5,10,12.5,15,17.5,20, 22.5,25,27.5
Front Cover
MatLost Lagoon4 x 4¾”9.5 x 12cm
Die CutFresh Freesia3¼ x 4¾”8 x 12cm
Page 1
MatBlushing Bride4 x 4¾”9.5 x 12cm
 DSP- Pink Floral3¾ x 2½9 x 6cm
 DSP – Balmy Blue¼ x 4¾”05 x 9.5cm
Page 2
 DSP – Lost Lagoon1¼ x 4 ¼”3 x 10.5cm
 DSP – Pecan Pie1 x 4 ¼”2.5 x 10.5cm
 DSP – Bird¾ x 4 ¼”2 x 10.5cm
Page 3
MatDSP – Blue Floral4 x 4¾”9.5 x 12cm
 Balmy Blue3¾ x 4½”9 x 11.5cm
 DSP – Fresh Freesia1 x 4½”3 x 11.5cm
 DSP – Blue Floral1 x 4½”3 x 11.5cm
Page 4
 Bubble Bath4 x 4¾”9.5 x 12cm
 DSP – Bird3¾ x 4½”9 x 9cm
Page 5
 Soft Seafoam4 x 4¾”9.5 x 12cm
Back Cover
 Misty Moonlight4 x 4¾”9.5 x 12cm
 DSP – Bird3¾ x 4½”9 x 9cm

Tips & Tricks

  • An album like this you can use lots of srapes and left over bits from other Projects
  • Ink around the pages for a shaddy or aged effect
  • Use retired Ribbons for the spine
  • Spacer – cut 2cm x 10cm
  • Not shown on Video
    • add Cardstock and DSP to back cover, measurements given above.
    • Add sentiments to match with photos
    • Add journaling giving a Who, When and Where to the photo used. I would suggest printing it onto cardstock and adhering to opposite page.

Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!  

If you’re in Australia and need help with your crafting needs and don’t have a Demonstrator, I’d love to assist you. Feel free to reach out to me at 0408868771 or michele@jutrisa.com. Cheers!

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Enduring Beauty & Thoughtful Moments

When I first saw the NEW Stampin’ Up!® Mini Jan – April 2024 Catalogue I got very excited about some of the wonderful new products. One of these products is the Enduring Beauty Bundle and another was Thoughtful Moments Hybrid Embossing Folder .

Below I have linked the Youtube video showing how I have used these wonderful products.

The Enduring Beauty Bundle is made up of outline stamp of the floral image, 5 masks for the layers of colour and dies for the image, leaves and sentiment.

Thoughtful Moments Hybrid Embossing Folder gives you 9 wonderful sentiments for a variety of cards and there is no ‘Fussy Cutting’

Measurements Used…

 ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
Card BaseBubble Bath4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card MatFresh Freesia4 x 5 ¼”10 x 14.4cm
Card Front BaseDSP3 ⅞ x 5 ⅛”9.7 x 14.1cm
Card InsertBasic White4 x 5 ¼”10 x 14.4cm
StampingBasic White4 ¼ x 5 ½”10.5 x 14.9cm
SentimentBasic White8½ x 5 ½”21 x 14.9cm

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Artistically Inked

For this month’s Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop, Nancy has set a wonderful ‘Picture Inspiration Challenge’ as the theme. Drawing inspiration from the colors in the provided picture, I created this card card using the stunning Artistic Dies and Artistically Inked Stamps by Stampin’ Up! ®.

This card is simple to create by using the Artistic Dies as the focal point and then colouring the different flowers & leaves in what ever colours you want.

When blending the colours from flower to flower or flower to leaf, don’t worry about when one starts or finishes. Just let the colours blend together.

The ‘Happy Birthday’ Sentiment is from the Artistically Inked Stamps.

Card Measurements…

 ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
Card BaseBubble Bath4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card MatVellum4 x 5 ¼”10 x 14.4cm
Card Front Bubble Bath3 ⅞ x 5 ⅛”9.7 x 14.1cm
Floral Die CutBasic White4½ x 4½”11 x 11cm
Card InsertBasic White4 x 5 ¼”10 x 14.4cm
SentimentBasic White⅜ x 3 ⅞”1 x 9.7cm
    • Card Base
      • Fold in half
      • Ink around edges with Bubble Bath Ink and Blending Brush.
    • Card Mat
      • Using Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder, emboss the Vellum.
      • TIP– Add a piece of cardstock under the vellum when running through with a 3D Embossing Folder. Vellum has no give in it and the added cardstock helps it to not cracking or rip.
    • Card Front
      • Tear top and bottom edges
      • Run card front through Large Cut and Emboss Machine using Basic 3D Embossing Folder
      • Ink around edges with Bubble Bath Ink and Blending Brush.
    • Floral Die Cut
      • Adhere the adhesive sheet to the back of Basic White Cardstock, run through with die using the large Cut and Emboss Machine.
      • Colour flowers in using small Blending Brushes and Ink
      • Peel off adhesive backing and attach to the card front.
    • Adhere the vellum to the card base.
    • Add dimensionals to the back of the card front and attach to the card.
    • Stamp the Sentiment, add dimensionals and attach to card front.
    • Adhere the insert inside and your card is complete

    Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop

    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.

    This month Nancy has given us this Picture Inspiration Challenge to play with, I am using the colours for my inspiration.

    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 below to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas.

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    If you’re in Australia and need help with your crafting needs and don’t have a Demonstrator, I’d love to assist you. Feel free to reach out to me at 0408868771 or michele@jutrisa.com. Cheers!

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    Waves of Inspiration

    I had a lot of fun creating this card…. The Stamp set I used is by Stampin’ Up! ®, called Waves of Inspiration and the coordinating Waves Dies. It was the back ground I enjoyed making, using only 3 colours Cherry Cobbler, Azure Afternoon and Crushed Curry (not a combination I would have picked) and who would have thought the combination of these colours would come together like this.

    With the help of a few other tools –

    • a mask I created from the Basic Border Dies to create the clouds
    • some torn paper to create non solid lines of the ripple waves
    • Blending Brushes in large and small

    I used the image below that I found on Google as my Inspiration for the scene. The colour combination came from a card that was sent to me from a friend and it worked really well for what I was trying to recreate.

    Inspiration Image

    The Wave Dies gives the card a focal image and makes you look beyond to the sun set. Both dies were cut from Basic White Cardstock and I coloured the larger of the two with Azure Afternoon Ink and Blending Brush, leaving some white space. I was going to layer with the white on top but it was a little to stark, so it ended up going under the Azure wave and that really worked well.

    The sentiment and birds from the Waves of Inspiration Stamp Set were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. To finish the image I added some ‘dottage’ with Wink of Stella and White Craft Ink mixed with Wink of Stella for the water spray from the waves.

    Keeping everything simple I mounted my finished card front on a Basic White card.

    I LOVE the way this turned out.

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    New Year Resolutions 2024

    ‘Happy New Year’.

    Did you make your New Years Resolutions for 2024, it’s not too late. I think a ‘Resolution’ can be made at any time, it’s a goal something to work towards. Below are some ideas that you could use.

    • Start a Gratitude Journal.
    • De-Clutter Your Surroundings.
    • Begin Your Yoga Journey.
    • Practice Mindfulness.
    • Start Your Day with Positive Affirmations.
    • Write Down Your Goals.
    • Reduce Your Waste.
    • Upcycle Your Wardrobe.

    Here’s my Tips for your Goals

    • Write them down
    • Pin them into the from of your diary or on the fridge
    • Look at them every day and read them out loud
    • Think positively on them

    I want to share with you a little story about a Goal Joe and I had many years ago.

    We used to live in Sydney and in April/May 1996 we saw a advertisement in ‘The Trading Post’ about a house and land for sale in Mittagong. Joe cut it out and stuck it to the fridge, he told my mother (who was staying with us while waiting for the birth of our 2nd son) that we were going to buy that house.

    A few months later we went to Mittagong and had a look at it (mind you we had no money at the time). We told the owners we were interested but if someone else came along with the money to sell it, don’t wait for us. Well, another buyer did turn up and we were told it sold, this was around 12 months later (slow Market).

    We found another house in Moss Vale a town not far away, we put on an offer and were just about to sign on the dotted line. When we were told the house in Mittagong sale fell through.

    So it was stop, we have changed our mind on the house in Moss Vale and bought the house in Mittagong. When our 2nd son, Hayden turned 2 we moved in.

    Years later we Renovated it (photo below- before reno) and sold it….Now living in Moss Vale and boys are grown up & left home.

    The moral to this story is….Set a Goal, post it, read it and believe in it. You never know it may all just happen when you least expect it.

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    Simply Sparkling – Live with Michele

    On Friday’s ‘Live with Michele’ I created this Z-Fold Card and used the Simply Sparkling Bundle by Stampin’ Up!®.

    The Simply Sparkling Bundle is a fun and bubbly bundle, you can let your imagination go with this one, creating cards for all ages . You can stamp the soda can & die cut as is or create the can with the can top, bottom and pull tab in die cuts. The same goes with the fruit…stamp and colour, stamp on coloured cardstock or die cut the fruit using the smaller die pieces. I love the bubbles…again stamp or die cut.

    My suggestion is to have the Adhesive Sheets on hand as some of these pieces are small.

    The Z-Fold card is a simple and versatile Fun Fold. It can be used in a portrait card, as I have done here or in landscape cards (with the fold on the side). The Z-Fold is the base to many other card styles, for example an Easel Card, Double Z-Fold.

    A Z-Fold is created when you fold the card in half and then fold the front of the card back on it’s self. With my card I have added a panel to the front of the card extending across the inside of the card.

    Measurements Used…

     ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
    Card BaseBoho Blue5½ x 8½”, score @ 2⅛ & 4¼”14.9 x 21cm, score @ 5.25 & 10.5cm
    Card FrontBoho Blue3 x 4¼”7.5 x 10.5 cm
    Front Mat & InsertBasic White3⅛ x 4⅜”7.8 x 10.8cm x 2
    DSP Front  Boho Blue2⅞ x 5 ¼”4.75 x 14.4cm
    DSP InsertBoho Blue4 x 5 ¼”10 x 14.4cm
    StampingBasic White¼ sheet
    Die cuttingSmoky Slate Daffodil Delight Lemon Lime Twist Sweet Sorbet Garden GreenScraps

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    A Bush Christmas

    Our theme this month for the Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop by Ann Alexander is a ‘Theme Challenge – A Bush Christmas’ .

    I love this challenge, for the last month it has been bouncing around in my head, working out what I could do. I love Australian Native Flowers and Stampin’ Up! ® Everlasting Beauty Stamp Set was perfect for this challenge using the stunning Waratah to make my focal point.

    I also used the Magical Meadow Dies for the other elements with the Waratah. Even though they are not technically Australian fauna I tried to colour them to represent the Australian Bush. The Holly was added, because what is Christmas without a bit of Holly.

    Card Measurements

     ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
    Card BasePebble Path4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
    Card MatOld Olive4 x 5 ¼”10 x 14.4cm
    Card FrontDSP – Joy of Christmas3 ⅞ x 5 ⅛”9.7 x 14.1cm
    SentimentBasic White¾ x 5 ¼”1.8 x 14.4cm
    Card InsertBasic White4 x 5 ¼”10 x 14.4cm
    Card Insert StripDSP – Joy of Christmas½ x 5 ¼”1 x 14.4cm
    Fauna/FlowersFluid 100 Watercolour Paper2 sheets watercolour paper
    • Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper
      • Everlasting Beauty – Waratah – stamped 2 images (2nd image used only the leaves)
        • Stamped in Stazon Black Ink, coloured with Real Red and Cherry Cobbler Ink Pad.
        • Leaves and stem coloured in Old Olive and Mossy Meadow.
        • Fussy cut
        • Add splatters of Wink of Stella and watered down White Craft Ink
      • Magical Meadow Dies Cut
        • Die cut Leaves, 2 of each
        • Holly Leaves
          • die cut x 5 and coloured after cut.
          • Holly coloured with Garden Green Ink.
        • Leaves & Buds cut x 1
          • Branches Shadded Spruce
          • Buds – Berry Burst & Crushed Curry
        • Spiky Leaves – cut x 2
          • Shadded Spruce and Pecan Pie
        • Leaves & Berrys , cut x 2
          • Leaves – Old Olive
          • Berry Dies – Watercolour Paper coloured with Real Red Ink and die cut
    • Card Front –
      • After cutting DSP using a Blending Brush, brush on Mossy Meadow Ink and then go over with Real Red Ink. Real Red Ink was not taken as far onto the DSP as the Mossy Meadow Ink.
      • Add splatters of Wink of Stella and watered down White Craft Ink
    • Fauna – Layer the fauna
      • You may want to die & colour extra…I cut some of my leaves up to fill spaces
    • Sentiment – Stamped using Cherry Cobbler Ink
    • Classic Matte Dots – Coloured with Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends.

    Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop

    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.

    This month Ann Alexander has challenged us a wonderful Theme Challenge – A Bush Christmas.

    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 below to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas.

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    If you’re in Australia and need help with your crafting needs and don’t have a Demonstrator, I’d love to assist you. Feel free to reach out to me at 0408868771 or michele@jutrisa.com. Cheers!

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    Joy of Noel – Live with Michele

    Yesterday on ‘Live with Michele’ I played with this simple and fun card…using the Stampin’ Up! ® Joy Of Noel Stamps and Dies Bundle. It was like playing with building blocks.

    If you don’t have this bundle grab it now as it is on the ‘Last Chance Sale’ , while stocks last.

    Below I have added measurements and a couple of handy tips, also the Youtube Video if you missed my Live. A list of all the supplies I used is also listed where you can just add everything to your Shopping Cart.

    The September–December 2023 Mini Catalogue is retiring soon! It’s bittersweet to say goodbye to a Stampin’ Up! catalogue, but we’re looking forward to all the new products on their way—and we hope you are, too!

    From 21 November 2023–3 January 2024, you can stock up on your favourite seasonal products and save up to 60% on essential craft supplies! So, what are you waiting for? Start shopping and selling! After all, a selection of Last Chance Products will only be available while supplies last.

    Measurements Used…

     ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
    Card BaseBasic White5⅛ x 10¼”, score at 5⅛”13 x 26cm, score @13cm
    Card MatBasic Black4⅞ x 4⅞”12.5 x 12.5cm
    Card Front BaseBasic White4 ¾ x 4¾”12 x 12cm
    NoelSilver Glimmer Paper – Adheisive2¾ x 2¾”7 x 7cm
     Berry Burst2¾ x 2¾”7 x 7cm
     Granny Apple Green2¾ x 2¾”7 x 7cm
     Daffodil Delight2¾ x 2¾”7 x 7cm
     Orchid Oasis2¾ x 2¾”7 x 7cm
    SentimentBasic Black1¼ x 4”3 x 10 cm
    • The above Conversion from Metric to Imperial is as close to what I used (Metric)…these measurements may change depending on Envelope size. I used a Stampin’ Up! Square Envelope (Discontinued) as my guide and it was 14cm Square. You could only use this size or larger as the Dies control the size.
    • Dry fit your letters in the order you want before glues, as you saw in my video just changing placement of squares messed up my placement.

    Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!  

    If you’re in Australia and need help with your crafting needs and don’t have a Demonstrator, I’d love to assist you. Feel free to reach out to me at 0408868771 or michele@jutrisa.com. Cheers!

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