Global Design Project 077 | Colour Challenge

Published on March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Uncategorized

Welcome to Butterflys and Bows!

This weeks Global Design Projects Challenge is a colour challenge and we have a free choice an a 4th colour.The 4th colour I have chosen to use is Calypso Coral.

The other day in the post I received my order from Stampin’ Up! and at last I have the “Lift Me Up Bundle”

What a gorgeous Stamp set and Thinlit Dies…the detail in this set is beautiful.

This this card I wanted a sky background and wanted to create it with a water colour wash. So I created a background using a “Smooching Technique”.

Using a piece of window sheet bigger than my card front I added colour with the Stampin’ Write markers. Then spritzed with water until the colour and water was beading. In the past I have only used Water Colour Paper for this but as the Shimmery White Card stock also good with water colouring I wanted to give it ago. So quickly flipping over the window sheet and pressed it to the card stock pressing the colour around until I have the effect I wanted. Carefully pealing of the window sheet I was left with a beautiful soft tone background. With this technique each time you do it you will get different effects. But I was very pleased with what I had achieved.

Even though I had achieved the look I wanted I decided to add a bit more texture to my background and the way I did this was to add some clouds. This was done by using the larger Cloud Thinlit I made a stencil and in Whisper White Craft ink I lightly sponged in a few clouds, I then went over some of them with again with Bermuda Bay on the sponge but only around the edges and only lightly.

Two smaller balloons were stamped onto the card but stamped off so the ink wasn’t in full strength, so that they look like they are in the distance.

The card front is mounted on two thin matts in Bermuda Bay and Peakaboo Peach with the card base in Early Espresso. Inside the a Whisper White insert has a Balloon stamped onto the right hand corner.

Hope you have enjoyed my card…Please leave a comment as I would love to hear your thoughts.

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Party Animal Suite

Published on March 8, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Birthday, Occasions Catalogue

Hi and Welcome to my Blog..

I just wanted to share with you a quick card I just made for a young Boy’s Birthday..

I meet this young man at a market I did recently and his Mum tells me he enjoys making cards.

And this year I’m trying to make cards for people for there Birthdays, so I was really pleased when he said Yes he would love to receive a card from me.

I am using products from the Animal Party Suite, its bright and fun and I think it can be used for any age group. Recently I’ve used it in my fathers card and now in this card for a teenager.

I will also be running a class next week where we will be making this card and a couple of others…

check out my Facebook page to find out more.

Would love to see you there.

Now this card I have made has been cased from the Occasions Catalogue. It was fun and simple to do.

Remember: Purchase the Stamp set and Thinlits together and receive a 10% discount

I have made a few little changes by adding the washi tape and not added the balloon.

A fun and simple card.

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Zip Lock Bag Watercolouring – GDP # 076

Published on March 3, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Birthday, GDP Challeges

Welcome back to my Blog..

Yes, I know 2 blogs in one day….pick yourself up……

I’ve been playing!

And I have completed another card for the Global Design project Challenge where we are CASing Kylie Bertucci

Tonight I have been playing with a Watercolouring technique I saw on a Facebook Live video by Alisa Tilsner

called “Zip Lock Bag Watercolouring”.

It was a lot of fun and a bit messy but then Alisa did warn it was messy.

Here is what I came up with…I think I still need some practice.

I’m keeping this short as I need to get some beauty sleep, off to Sydney tomorrow to the craft show at Rosehill Racecourse.

Its simlar to two other watercolour techniques except this one uses a “Snaplock bag”, Ink and water.

Global Design Project 076 | Case the Designer

Published on March 3, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Birthday, GDP Challeges

Hi and Welcome,

to this weeks challenge from the Global Design Project.

This week we are CASing Kylie Bertucci….

I love the simplicity of her cards, they are always every bold and sticking.

Just a reminder or if your new to my Blog here is what CASE means-

CASE a project you can Copy And Selectively Edit – so take what you like from the design and make it your own. It might be the stamp set – the colours, the layout, the flowers, whatever you like that has inspired you to make a card of your own.

Here is my CASE of Kylie’s card, I have gone with the design of her card. I love the full length panel, with just a slight trim along the edges. I have added an extra matte to tie the theme of the card together.

The Designer Series Paper and Balloon Adventure Stamp Set comes from the Occasions Catalogue.

I hope you enjoy my card.

The inside of the card is simple with a Birthday sentiment and Balloon.

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Colour INKspiration Challenge – CI04

Published on February 27, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Colour INKspiration, Occasions Catalogue

What do you think of these colours?

Colour INKspiration has another colour challenge happening…

I love Elegant Eggplant and it look wonderful teamed with Delightful Dijon and Crushed Curry…

When making this card all I could think of was my niece, these colours were the colours of her Netball Team.

I have kept my card very simple as the image and sentiment from the stamp set “Beautiful You” are the hero’s of this card

The card stock I have used to stamp on is “Shimmery White” as it works well with water colour if you didn’t want to use watercolour paper.

I stamped the image with Stazon but I may not have let it dry enough as it has bleed a little where i was concentrating the water and ink.

So if you are going to attempt this card then give your ink time to dry…don’t be impatient like me.

This this I was trying to achieve the look of movement as the image depicts freedom and dance. So I want to give the dress a look of “Shot Silk”.

Shot Silk is a fabric where 2 colours are used, each colour woven in a different direction..so that when you move another colour will appear. Sometimes you can also see this in some car colours where from one direction you will see one colour and from another direction another colour.

I painted the dress and the hat in Crush Curry using the Aqua Brush…then with the Elegant Eggplant added colour around the waist and followed the folds in the skirt and bodice. Letting the two colours blend together. Going back adding more depth of colour at the waist. the Delighful Dijon I used to add shadows on the hat and the dress – below the hair and around the hem and folds.

Hope you give this a go…

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Balloon Pop-up Box

Published on February 26, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Birthday, Occasions Catalogue

Tomorrow is my Father’s 80th Birthday…

I won’t get to see him tomorrow but I will at Easter when we head to his place to celebrate his Birthday.

So today I spent the day making him a card to pop into the mail…its running a bit late but I don’t think he will mind once he see’s it.

This is a card I saw earlier this week from another Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and I loved the “FUN” of the card.

Now I am going to write up some instructions for this card but it will have to wait until Tuesday. As they are a little complicated.

Otherwise look up “Ink Responsibly” as she has done a video on this card.

You may need to watch a couple of times and I did make a prototype before I made the card.

I have added a video below so you can see the finished product as pictures don”t show it to the best advantage.

I have used products from the Party Animal Suite…..

Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits, Party Animal Designer Series Paper, Balloon Adventures Stamps and Emerald Envy Taffeta Ribbon.

I added the Large numbers Framelits, Glimmer Paper, a strip of Vellum plus matching cardstock.

I reason behind the vellum is so you can still see the numbers and I didn’t want printed paper to take away from the balloons.

Here’s a video on the card…

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How do you relax?

Published on February 24, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Uncategorized

What do you find relaxing?

There are many crafts or activities we do to relax. For some of us its working in the gardening, or doing some embroidery, or even reading a book on the beach.

One article I have read says ….

We don’t just relax because it’s fun; there is actually a really strong connection between relaxation and both our mental and physical health. … Check out some of the potential causes of stress and why relaxation is important in managing them. http://au.reachout.com/why-is-it-important-to-relax

There are many people that find colouring in relaxing, spending a few hours getting away from our everyday lives to go into our own world of colour.

The Huffington Post says….

“Coloring is an activity that we tend to associate with children. As we grow older, we put aside our crayons and colored pencils in favor of more respectable writing utensils like pens and highlighters. However, it turns out coloring can be beneficial for adults — namely for its de-stressing power.The practice generates wellness, quietness and also stimulates brain areas related to motor skills, the senses and creativity.”

So where am I heading with all of this…

Well this week has been a little bit stressful for me, with having an extra person in the house and trying to keep up with all the other activities I do. So today when I got home from Bible Study today ,the house was very quite. As my son had already left to return to Canberra.

So I decided to pull out the “In Side the Lines Designer Series Paper” from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue and the Watercolour Pencils from the Occasions Catalogue.

This is the pattern Paper I decided to use..I hadn’t had a chance to use it as yet. There are 4 designs to choose from and this is just a quarter of a sheet.

So I spent a quite afternoon relaxing and colouring in…..its amazing how good you feel afterwards.

So then I made it into a card using sentiments from Flourishing Phases and Sealed with Love stamp sets.

I kept with the bright colour theme by using Basic Black (great for making colours “POP”. Mellon Mambo and Bermuda Bay. On the inside adding a small strip of the coloured paper to a Whisper White insert.

Did you know that if you spend $90 then you could also get the wonderful Designer Series Paper “FREE” and start distressing!

To find out how contact me NOW!

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Global Design Project 075 | Theme Challenge

Published on February 22, 2017February 22, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: GDP Challeges

Welcome!

What a week…

Gee its gone fast.

I don’t know about you but time is flying, this morning when I woke up I was thinking its what day Tuesday….

Nooooooooo!

Its Wednesday already and I have so much to do today!

And there’s so much I’m behind on.

Last week I’m sorry but I completely forgot Global Designer Challenge…..it closes on Monday (I think) and they announce the winner/s Monday night.

And I thought better go and have a look and then thought what did I do for it, I can’t remember. The reason I couldn’t remember was because I’d forgotten – BLONDE MOMENT!

I even had it all worked out in my head…..

So I’m not forgetting this week!

The Theme is week is ……….

Now the way this card came to being……

Stampin’ Up! puts out each year some beautiful rangers of Designer Series Paper (DSP) and like most, I buy it….it beautiful so this is what you do..you buy it!

Then what do you do with it…well it sits on the shelf looking pretty….and looking pretty..on the shelf!

YEP!…I’m the same as you, its there on the self looking pretty!

Well a lovely friend Kylie Bertucci is really encouraging ALL of us to #loveitchopit

Get it of the shelf and use it, chop it up, put it on cards and let others enjoy it too!

I purchased the “Sending Love DSP Stack”, great little 15 x 15 cm (6 x 6″) packs of lovely papers great for Valentines Day.

Well Valentines been and Gone…

So what do we do with the left over papers…use it of course!

One of the lovely papers is a spot.

I used Basic Black for the card and Whisper White as the under layer with the Real Read and White Spot as the base of my card.

the thought here was to keep the card simple…and I needed to add a

WINGED CREATURE….that’s the brief….

a Butterfly, a white butterfly……NOOOOoo!

I ended up with a scrap of Whisper White and some daubers and ink pads….Crushed Curry, Pacific point and Real Red.

I sponged the cardstock with the Crushed Curry and Pacific Point…mix these together and you get ….”GREEN”…don’t you!

At this point using the Butterfly Thinlits and the Big Shot I cut out the butterfly, but its a bit too green.

So I kept going…this wouldn’t be a Michele card unless it MORFS some how.

The two colours were not right with the Real Red and white spot DSP…So added some real Red to the wings.

A little Vellum under to lift from the back ground….still needs something.

(The vellum is adhered under the butterfly in a few concealed spots)

Add some leaves from the Botanical Builder Framelits a bit of silver thread and don’t forget some BLING!

And here is this weeks Creation….Hope its worth the wait..

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Watercolour Flowers – Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI03

Published on February 17, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Birthday, Colour INKspiration, Water Colour

Welcome to my Blog

Thanks for joining me again today, hope you will enjoy my card.

The card I have for you today is a card I have entered into the 3rd Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI03 and this fortnight it is a beach theme.

These colours are so beautiful together,…..can’t you hear the waves crashing on the beach.

For this Card I used a watercolour technique called “Smooching”.

Earlier in the week I did another card with a very simlar technique where I put colour onto an Acrylic block sprayed with water and then placed water colourpaper over the top and pressed down.

The paper was larger than the block so I got a boarder around it. As you can see in the photo below.

This time it was done a little differently…

To colour my background I had a piece of Window sheet larger than the watercolour paper.

I added colour with the Stampin’ Write markers to the window sheet and spritzed with water, until the water and ink beaded.

Then very carefully and quickly flip over and place onto of the watercolour paper.

Rub the window sheet moving the colour around a little.

I did a practice run on a scrap of watercolour paper to make sure the colours mixed well…you don’t want to end up with “MUD”.

You can’t really see but I used Peakaboo Peach at the bottom and Marina Mist at the top.

Once dry I layered stamps from different stamp sets on top.

In Soft Sky I stamped the ink splatter from Awesomely Artistic..as the Marina Mist has been watered down with the water colouring the Soft Sky shows up.

I had one idea in mind when I started but have ended up with something very different.

This is where my ideas changed ….at this point I decided to add some flowers and I wanted a watercolour look to them.

I used the Penned and painted Stamp set for the flowers. This is a 3 step stamp set but I didn’t used the outline stamps. I wanted a soft watercolour feel.

I inked up the first stamp and stamped off before stamping the first part of my flower and then inked the second part in full strength I did this with all the flowers and leaves.

Once that was all completed the edges were sponged in the Soft Sky and then in Marina Mist.

The Birthday Sentiment was taken from Balloon Adventures from the Occasions catalogue and Stamped in Soft Suede. the framelit was from the Rose Garden Thinlits and sponged around the edges in soft Sky and marina Mist. With a bit of Bakers Twine wrapped around and the sentiment sitting on top held up with Dimensionals.

The card is in Marina Mist with matting in Peakaboo Peach and Whisper White.

This was a fun card to make and I didn’t have to be a watercolour artist…

Stampin’ Up! did for me.

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Michele’s Weekly Highlights

Published on February 15, 2017February 15, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Uncategorized

Found these beautiful cards on Pinterest…Do you ever go and check out what others are doing?

Its great for Ideas…just make sure if you copy a card or CASE then give credit to the designer.

https://au.pinterest.com/pin/213921051030910016/

https://au.pinterest.com/pin/73746512628861516/

https://au.pinterest.com/pin/66005950769682376/

What do you think of this….loving these the more I see them….

https://au.pinterest.com/pin/256564510002804249/http://

Other Highlights….heard yesterday my No: 2 son will be home for a week from this weekend….he’s in the Navy and is attending ADFA- Australian Defense Force Academy. Haven’t seen him for about a month, so that will be exciting. This photo was taken last year…shhh! don’t tell him I put this up. he hates it when I do…LOL!

Have been back at the pool….swimming lots of laps….trying to get fit.

At the pool this morning…its a great indoor pool.

Have tearing my hair out this week decided to chase up some family tree branches…oh what fun…NOT!

But is it interesting….Yes

Am I addicted….YES!

I did these pages many years ago and the lady on the left is my Great Grandmother Catherine Jane Eade…I have spent days looking for details on her parents and grandparents.

Two things hinder this search…

Were looking into mid to late 1800’s…that’s a long time ago…
Here heritage is Australian Aborigine (so I have been told…by Great Aunts from my Grandmothers Family who knew her) and information is sketchy.

Anyway hope to talk to some of my mothers cousins over coming months to see what they can tell me.

Well that’s it for this weeks highlights…jump onto Pinterest you may find some interesting stuff. Check out my page while your there.