Enjoy the Little Things…Global Design Project 070 | Sketch Challenge

Published on January 18, 2017January 19, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: GDP Challeges

“Enjoy the Little Things”….

How often do we forget to “Enjoy the Little Things”,

we spend so much time worrying about all the different things that life throws at us that we forget to “Enjoy the Little Things”.

This week, Global Design Project has challenged us with a Sketch Challenge.

Funny things is …I started my card the day before the challenge came out.

Last week I did a water colour card using these same colours.

Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron, Sweet Sugarplum, So Saffron, Tempting Turquoise and Peekaboo Peach.

This was a fun card to do and a simple card to do but I think very effective.

With this card I masked off the bottom section of the card and then sponged the colour blending them one into another.

A Bokeh effect was created by adding drops of water onto the sponged area and letting it dry, the water moving the colour to form lighter areas.

The sentiment was stamped with Basic Black – Archival Ink, this will with stand any water and not bleed. Splatters of ink was added with the same 6 colours used in the sponging.

This was done by watering the ink down with an Aqua Painter and tapping the Aqua Painter against another bush to form the splatters across the card front.

Just take care when doing this as the splatters will go everywhere and I mean everywhere.

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Beautiful You – Global Design Project 069 | Colour Challenge

Published on January 16, 2017January 16, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: GDP Challeges, Uncategorized

Talk about leaving things to the last minute…..today is the last day for this challenge. Luckily I knew what I wanted to achieve…

something simple and elegant.

I knew what stamp set I wanted to use but some of the components I needed I didn’t have.

Its amazing sometimes what you can come up with if time is running out…LOL, but its not something I recommend doing, can also be a bit stressful.

Welcome to the Global Design Project #GDP069 – Colour Challenge

“Here is our colour challenge this week the fun part is you get to choose one of the colours to add in.”

The stamp set I’m using is called “Beautiful You” by Stampin’ Up! and it is found in the 2017 Occasions Catalogue.

If you don’t have a copy and you live in Australia let me know and I will get one to you ASAP.

This set is becoming a favorite for many but as soon as I saw it I loved it and for many reasons.

Its beautiful
stylish
Simple
Fun
quotes are awesome and could be used on so many different cards

This list could go on and on……but for me one stamp meant more than to me than the others. It reminded me of a drawing I have and love.

It was done by Grandmother and it was done when my father would have been a child.

Pencil Drawing by Gladys May Harris (nee – Duncan)

“The cloche hat or simply cloche is a fitted, bell-shaped hat for women that was invented in 1908 by milliner Caroline Reboux,

especially became popular from about 1922 to 1933. Its name is derived from cloche, the French word for “bell”.” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloche_hat

A more in depth history on this hat can be found here – https://startupfashion.com/fashion-archives-history-cloche-hat/

So of course I card is of the elegant lady wearing a Closhe….“life looks beautiful on you” or on her!

The colours for this challenge are Delightful Dijon, Silver and one other of your choice. I just went with “Black” as I wanted to keep this looking very elegant, slightly formal and simple.

This stamp is a simple “outline” stamp with another stamp that gives you a stylized wash for the dress.

I have added a layer on the black of the Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate using the silver side (gold on other side).

Very simple and easy to do, a stamp set I real recommending you getting..

Keep Stampin’

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Balloon Pop- Up Thinlits Dyes

Published on January 14, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Uncategorized

February’s Class is going to based on these Dyes and Stamp set.

If your interested in this class, check out my class dates in the Events Tab above and give me a call and book your spot.

This is going to be so much fun, I can’t wait. So in the meantime have a look at this video by Stampin’ Up!

Laying Love – Live Laugh Love…..

Published on January 13, 2017January 13, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Uncategorized

Mmmmm!….don’t these colours look beautiful together..there fun, fresh cool just like those iceblocks.

So the Live, Laugh, Love from the “Laying Love” really suited the Image and colours

This weeks challenge by Colour INKspiration is to make a card/project using at least 3 of these colours.

I couldn’t resist I had to use all of them.

I saw this technique on You Tube and really loved the effect it gave, so I thought OK, I can do this no problems. This is the result of my second attempt…

the first one straight into the bin and there went my last piece of Watercolour paper.

So after going to bed and sleeping on the idea…( do my best thinking in bed or in the shower ), I gave it another try.

I had to do it before getting showered and dressed this morning.

This card is what I came up with. With my first try I just layered my water and painted with watered down ink…NO!

But “NO” watercolour paper….next best thing is Shimmery White Cardstock.

I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark and embossed with Black Embossing Powder.

Using a small/fine paint brush I painted clean water where I wanted the first colour to go – Blushing Bride, working with one colour at a time.

I didn’t dilute the ink, I just painted it on and let the water already on the cardstock move it about and dilute it.

I did this right along ..one colour at a time…painting with clean water and then adding the colour.

I did go back and added more water and more colour where I wanted more depth of colour or movement.

I’m really pleased with the result.

But then how can you do this at home or in a class?

So out came “Gorgeous Grunge”

Still using all the same colours I stamped the largest “Splatter” stamp over lapping the colours a little.

Then with the Basic Black Ink I stamped the sentiment, the colours are bold and bright and still a lot of fun.

But I didn’t stop here…I then tried it again, this time “stamping off” some of the colour before stamping onto the cardstock, to give it a softer tone.

All of these cards where stamped on Shimmery White Cardstock, the last two cards could have been done with using the Whisper White Cardstock as there was no water involved.

Here are all three cards so you can compare them…Give it ago , I would love to see what you come up with.

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Super Duper – CTC110

Published on January 10, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Uncategorized

Here I go again another challenge, I think I’m becoming addicted to these…

But then who’s complaining?

I’m NOT! But my family maybe slightly…Opps!

This is the first challenge for 2017 – CTC110 -CASEing the Catty Challenge.

For this Challenge I had to take inspiration from pages 4-7 of the 2017 Occasions Catalogue Party Animals.

So here’s my Inspiration…

Now as yet I don’t have this great stamp set so I have used another from the Occasions Catalogue and here is my card.

The white embossing really “POPS” on the Tangerine Tango.

This is a simple card to do and would be great to do at a Stampin’ Up! Party.

If this is card you would like to make then contact me and Book a Party!

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Michele’s Tips – Fussy Cutting

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

Have started making videos and my first being on Fussy Cutting…this can also be found on my You Tube Channel so look me up

Who loves to colour in?

Published on January 7, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Occasions Catalogue, Sale-A-Bration, Special Promotions

I do?

And Stampin’ Up! has made it so easy with their wonderful products.

On page 24 of the Occasions Catalogue Stampin’ Up! have released Watercolour Pencils. They are beautiful to work with the leads are soft and transfer to paper with such ease. With the addition of either the blender pen or Aqua Painter you can make any stamped image into a beautiful watercolour. Click HERE for catalogues

As with all of Stampin’ Up! product their Watercolour Pencils coordinate with all their other products. When using these pencils I recommend using Stampin’ Up! Shimmery White Cardstock or Stampin’ Up! Watercolour paper along with their Archival Basic Black or Basic Gray Stamp Pads.

At the moment Stampin’ Up! is running their Sale-A-Brations promotion. So if you spend $90 you get to choose an item for free from this catalogue.

So lets see what it cost to get started using these products…

Watercolour Pencils $27.75

Shimmery White Cardstock $14.00

Archival Basic Black Ink Pad $12.25

Blender Pens $17.00

A4 Cardstock (20 sheets, of each colour) colour family of your chose $14.00

Snail Adheasive $10.00

That comes to a total of $95.00

Now this is only an example of what you can purchase…as in the above items I haven’t added a stamp set as there are a few you could choose from in the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue.

So with spending this a mount you could chose an item from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue.- Click on the catalogue image to see the many great products.

One of the product s from Sale-A-Bration is the Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper.

As you can see you can colour it in using either the Watercolour pencils, Stampin’ Write markers or with Braying.

It is not suitable for the Aqua pens.

Here is a card I made using one of the designs in this pack.

This was so much fun to do and you don’t need much experience to do it.

If you are interested in having a play with then then give me a call and either book a Class for you and your friends or come along to one of my workshops…

Trusty Trucks

Published on January 5, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Uncategorized

Welcome to my Blog…

This week I am taking part in two Challenges and using one Card.

The first challenge is Global Design Project #GDP068…….

This weeks challenge is to CASE one of the designers – Jess Williams.

I know you maybe asking what does CASE mean it means Copy and Selectively Editing.

So how does it work … we have been given a card done by Jess and we can copy in any way, such as..

Layout, colour combination, design elements or you could do all of them or any combination.

The other challenge is by Colour INKspiration

You can click on the banner below to join in the fun and find out more.

This is a pre-challenge to the launch of this group.

Colour INKspiration colours for this challenge are Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight and Mint Macaron by Stampin’ Up!.

The stamp set I am using is called Tasty Trucks …

and it from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue that was released yesterday.

To see the Sale-A-Brations, Occasions and the Annual Catalogues click HERE or you can contact me and I will post one out to you.

What is Sale-A-Bration? Sale-A-Bration is one of the best times of the year (if not THE best)

When you spend $90 from either our Annual or Occasions Catalogue you can choose one item for free.

Its a great time to book a Party for you and your friends …so contact me and book!

Here is my card I have completed for both challenges.

I have kept this card very simple and clean. I love the freshness of the colours and simplicity of the card layout.

A great card for boy or girl…don’t you think.

The image was stamped in Stampin’ Up! Archival Black Ink onto Shimmery White card stock.

Using a blender pen and the ink pads as my pallet I coloured in the image. I’m really pleased with how the windows turned out.

This was done with the Bermuda Bay Ink but used very lightly and leaving some white space as well.

I wanted to achieve a small amount of texture to the card and I did this by wrapping Bakers Twine around Bermuda Bay mat but kept it uniformed with no fuss.

I hope you like my card.

if you wish to purchase any of these Items you can by using the picture links below.

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Did you take lots of photos over Christmas and New Year?

Published on January 4, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Project life

Did you take lots of photos over Christmas and New Year?

Where are they now?
Are they sitting on your phone?

Did you know that this generation don’t have photo’s. We take them, we have them on our phones, we may even transfer them to our computer to share on Social Media. But then our phone die’s, its lost or stolen. The computer crashes or we accidentally deleat them.
Here’s what I do…..at the end of each day or week depending on how many photos I’ve taken . I take them off my phone and put them onto my computer, I then sort and store them into a file for that year which then contains a file for each month. As photos are taken I then put them into those files. That way at least I know what month they were taken. I get rid of any photo I don’t want and print up the best.
So now I have some printed copies and at the end of each month I save whats on my computer to my hard drive.
Now what to do with those printed photo’s?
That’s easy….they go into my Project Life or Memory Keeping album. By working on it bit by bit, its not so hard at the end of year trying to catch up, mind you I have lots of other years to catch up.
So what is a Project Life or Memory Keeping Album?

Its a pocket page album, where you slip photo’s into pockets and add decorated cards to fill empty pockets or add journaling cards. It’s simple and a lot of fun.
This year I have decided to make it the year of Memory Keeping and I would like you to join me in keeping all those wonderful memories alive.
I will be holding classes at my place on the last Friday of each month where I will help you, show you new products and have lots of fun along the way.
Check out my Facebook page for all my upcoming Classes and Events.

2017 Calendar – Part 1

Published on January 2, 2017 by Michele Jutrisa Category: Off the Page, Uncategorized

The other day on Facebook some of my friends were discussing Calendars and the different ways to make them. As I haven’t made one for myself so far I decided well why not know!

It’s the beginning of a new year and a new calendar is needed.

The idea for this A-Frame stand came from a Class I taught at my local Church many years ago, where we made a stand to hold some wonderful Bible Verses.

Now this is only Part 1 as all I have done so far is make the stand and write up a tutorial.

Actually its more like a “Pictorial” as there are more photos and not much writing. But I hope I have explained it well enough for you.

The Tutorial only covers the making of the A-frame Stand and Part 2 will cover the Calendar, which will be available in coming days. I also didn’t go into decorating the stand, that I will leave up to you. But i have listed below some of the items used. Not all of these items are listed in the PDF.

Click on the Link a-frame-stand-and-calander-part-1 for PDF or you can find in my Tutorials.

I hope you enjoy the PDF and that you will join me for Part 2.

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