Layers of Beauty

In Friday’s ‘Live with Michele’ I created these two cards using the Layers of Beauty Bundle by Stampin’ Up!®. This Bundle includes stamps, dies and masks, which can be coloured in using different methods. Here I am showing two methods and creating 2 different cards.

The first card is using the same layout from last Fridays live card with one small change…the DSP is only 5cm wide instead of 6cm. This was only because I was trying to get more from the 6 x 6″ DSP.

This layout is CASED from Patty Bennett.

Measurements Used…

Card 1

  • Stamping
    • Stamp image with Early Espresso Stampin’ Pad.
  • Flowers Only
    • Use a Blender Pen to go over the stamped Rose images spreading the ink to add a shaded effect. Smaller daisy flowers are coloured in by spreading the ink from the stamped images.
  • Trim away leaf images as per the video.
 ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
Card BaseBasic Beige4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card FrontDSP2 x 5 ½” ⅝ x 5 ½”5 x 14.8cm 1.5 x 14.8cm
SentimentBasic Beige4 x 4“10 x 10cm
Layers of BeautyBasic Beige4¼ x 5½10.5 x 14.9cm

Card 2

  • Stamp full image twice if you need the daisies to line up the masks.
  • Flowers, Only need to colour large rose and 3 leaves
    • Layer 1 and 2 – Bubble Bath Stampin Pad
    • Layer 3 – Pretty in Pink Stampin Pad
  • Leaves
    • Layer 4 – Lemon Lime Twist Stampin Pad
    • Layer 5 – Old Olive Stampin Pad
  • Die cut with single flower die
 ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
Card BaseBasic White4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card FrontPretty in Pink3 x 5 ½”8 x 14.4cm
Sentiment PanelBasic White3 x 4½”7 x 11cm
Layers of Beauty StampingBasic White4 ¼ x 11”10.5 x 29.9cm
Die Cut LeavesOld Olive2 x 4” or scraps7 x 10cm or scraps

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Sketched Butterflies

How can you resist a good butterfly?

I just had to get the Sketched Butterflies Bundle by Stampin’ Up! ®, I tried to resist but I just had to have it and it arrived on my desk Friday morning before my ‘Live”. I love the details in this set, Like most sketches it’s lines and squiggles and the details stamp beautifully.

All detail are in the video below.

Measurements Used…

 ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
Card BaseSmoky Slate4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card FrontSmoky Slate4 x 5¼”10 x 14.4cm
Card InsertBasic White3⅞ x 5⅛9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Insert MatPebble Path4 x 5¼”10 x 14.4cm
Sentiment and ButterflyBasic White4¼ x 5½10.5 x 14.9cm
Stippled Roses DiesPebble Path3 x 5”7 x 12 cm

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Cheerful Daisies

On the video below I did create a different card insert but decided to change it to what I know have in my images.

Friday’s ‘Live with Michele’ I created this beautiful and bright card using the Cheerful Daisies Dies and Full of Life Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! ®.

Measurements Used…

 ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
Card BaseMelon Mambo4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card FrontDSP3 x 5½”7.5 x 14.9cm
Card FrontLemon Lime Twist1¼ x 4½”2.5 x 13cm
Card InsertBasic White4 x 5 ¼”10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert PanelLemon Lime Twist2 ¼x 4”6 x 10cm
 Card Insert PanelDSP1¼ x 3¾”3.2 x 9.5cm
DaisiesBasic White½ sheet cardstock

I ended up changing the insert inside my card to make it brighter like the out side.

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Frosted Forest Bundle

I have just received Frosted Forest Bundle in my Stampin’ Up! ® delivery, so I thought today would be a good time to pull it out and use it. This bundle includes Frosted Forest Stamp Set, Frosted Forest Dies and Frosted Forest Decorative Masks.

The Frosted Forest Bundle is part of the Online Exclusives and wont be found in the Catalogue.

Have you ever read the information that comes with the masks…I hadn’t until today. It has all these different ideas on how you could colour your Masks..

  • Spritz using ink, chalk or glimmer sprays
  • Sponge using ink or paint – Trace using markers
  • Emboss with VersaMark ink and embossing powders
  • Add Texture using embossing paste

Anyway that got me thinking…How about we create a card using one of these methods. So with a ‘Spritzer tool’ I decided to create this fun card.

Measurements Used…

 ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
Card BaseBasic White4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card MatBalmy Blue3 ¾ x 5”9.3 x 14.2cm
Card FrontBasic White3 ⅝ x 4 ⅛”9.5 x 13.9cm
Sentiment & BirdsBasic White1 ½ x 4”4 x 10cm

I used Stampin’ Write Markers with my Spritzer Tool, this gave it a lovely speckled effect, just like leaves.

  • Tree Trunk Mask 1 – Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie and Early Espresso
  • Leaves Mask 2 – Lemon Lime Twist & Granny Apple Green
  • Leaves Mask 3 – Garden Green

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Layers of Beauty Cards and Gift Box

Here I have created Cards & Gift Box/Filo using the Stampin’ Up!® Layers of Beauty Bundle over 2 videos, I hope you enjoy!

Layers of Beauty bundle by Stampin’ Up!® is at the moment my all time favorite product.

Why?

It’s a traditional floral image, easy to colour with the use of the masks that come with the bundle and can also be die cut with the coordinating dies. You can change up the look to be either modern, shabby chic or just traditional or old world. It’s all up to you and how you use colour.

Layers of Beauty Cards Part 1

I created these cards the same as you might do a ‘One Page Wonder’- where you create your own Designer Series Paper and cut it up to create card fronts.

Starting with a sheet of Basic Beige A4 cardstock I ruled in faint lines through the center of both the length and width of the cardstock. This was to give an idea of where I needed to stamp the images, so that I would be left with part images either side. I didn’t stamp exactly the same both sides as I wanted some of my cards to have a different look or orientation.

The YouTube video is below showing how I created the cards.

Cutting Measurements per card (except for Card Front use full sheet of card stock)
 ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
Card BaseNight of Navy4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card MatMisty Moonlight4 x 5¼”10 x 14.4cm
Card Front Basic BeigeLetter size, then cut later to 3⅞ x 5⅛A4 size, then cut later to 9.7 x 14.1cm
Card InsertBasic Beige4 x 5 ¼”10 x 14.4cm

Layers of Beauty Gift Box/Filo Part 2

The design for this Box/ Filo was cased from Mikeala Titheridge Varied Vases Note Card Holder. I have changed the measurements to suite the size of A6 & C6 Cards & Envelopes.

YouTube video below shows how I completed my cards and created the box.

Working out the Box/Filo Measurements

To create your box you need some basic measurements to create your formula. I am using metric measurements for Australian C6 envelopes. Your measurements may differ depending on how many cards you want in your box and the envelope size.

Because of the size I needed to created the box I have used 12 x12″ scrapbook Cardstock

  • Finished Box Size – Worked on Envelope C6 (11.3 x 16cm) plus extra for width and length = 12 x 17cm
  • SpineDepth of Cards and envelopes =2cm
    • Unlike a box with a lid this is more of a Filo with a side opening. The right side has a full spin with between front and back. The left side has 2 spines attached to either side of opening at half width of full spine.
  • Flap Depth inside box = 6cm

Formula

  • Width= front width + Spine + Back Width (12 + 2 +12 = 26cm)
  • Length= length + half spine + Flap (17 +1+6 = 24cm)
  • Side Tabs (cut x2) or left Spines
    • tab width + half spine + tab width (1 +1+1= 3cm)
    • length Flap depth (6cm)
Cutting Measurements
 ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
Box BaseNight of Navy, 12 x 12″ Cardstock 26 x 24cm
Side TabsNight of Navy 3 x 6cm (cut 2)
FrontBasic Beige 10.5 x 14.9cm
Mat Front & BackMisty Moonlight 10.8 x 15.2cm

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Pocket Thoughts

Wow!…Love it!

Stampin’ Up! ® have created a stamp/die bundle with pockets dies, Pocket Thoughts Bundle is a Bundle with images & pocket dies that could be used on cards or scrapbook pages.

Pocket Thoughts images could be used on cards where you might want to celebrate Birthdays, Engagement/weddings or Graduations. The dies that come in this bundle are for three size pockets that can be used for gift cards, notes or jounrnaling pockets on scrapbook layouts.

This card was created for my sons partner and I had fun playing with my two favorite colours in the 2024-26 In Colours Designer Series Paper – Petunia Pop and Summer Splash

Measurements Used…

 ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
Card BasePetunia Pop4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card MatSummer Splash4 x 5¼”10 x 14.4cm
Card FrontDSP3⅞ x 5⅛9.7 x 14.1cm
Pocket/StampingBasic White3½ x 7”8.5 x 17cm
Card Insert MatSummer Splash4 x 5 ¼”10 x 14.4cm
Card InsertBasic White3⅞ x 4⅞”9.7 x 13.4cm
Leaf (added extra)Gold Foil2 x 2”5 x 5cm

Tips

  • Pocket Thoughts Die – middle size
  • The Happy Birthday sentiment was stamped once in full strength ink and then stamped of in second Generation stamping.
  • The stamps in the set are two step stamps – one stamp, stamps the image and the 2nd stamp colours the image. Here the icing on the cup cake stamp was stamped off to get a lighter shade or 2nd Generation stamping.
  • The cup cake base I coloured using Summer Splash Stampin’ Blends – Light and dark.
  • I used a 10-12cm (4-4 1/2″) length of ribbon in Petunia Pop and Summer Splash. Gently unravel the ribbon so your left with the weft threads. Place the two colours together and tie together. Trim the ends to neaten off.
  • I doubled the Dimensionals for height behind the cup cake to cover the knot of the ribbon.
  • The photo’s below i have added an extra Gold Foil leaf. The die leaf is from the Thoughtful Wishes Dies.

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Link to Youtube video is below so you can follow along with me.

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Tune In

Our theme this month for the Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop is a ‘Theme – Card or Scrapbook page for the Men’, and for this challenge I am using the Tune In Bundle by Stampin’ Up!®.

I have tried to give this card a ‘Retro Feel’, using the Tune In Bundle, which is all about the Retro Television.

I created a fun background for my card with the Nest Essential Dies, change the colours used and it could be for anyone. Rectangles were cut from Basic Gray cardstock and adhered in a stacked pattern to a Basic Black Base.

Smaller Basic White frames overlapping create that retro look. These were made by using 2 smaller rectangles nested one inside the other and run through the Mini Cut and Emboss Machine.

The Glossy Television reminds me of the small white shinny TV my parents had back in the 60’s. To created this effect I filled in the outer section of the stamped image with a Fine-Tip Glue Pen. Let it dry for an hour or two before die cutting it out.

The television antenna was die cut from Silver Foil, which I had adhered Adhesive Sheet to the back before cutting.

The card insert I used off cuts from the Basic Gray rectangles and adhered onto a Real Red strip.

I just love all the ‘POPS’ of red!

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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 the challenge was created by Michele (me)

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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Follow the Hop here..

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Thoughtful Journey

My 60th Birthday Flowers

I am really enjoying getting back into scrapbooking, as this is where my real passion lies.

Last year I celebrated my 60th Birthday and I received 2 beautiful big bunches of flowers from my parents and from my sister, Lynette in the UK. I took lots of photos but here are the 2 I decided to work with.

Template Tuesday,Live with Michele….

I am creating a scrapbook layout using the Thoughtful Journey Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up!®. The Thoughtful Designs 12 x12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper works so well against the flowers. The pack contains 5 ‘Ombre’ papers with a shimmery leaf design all over. The sheet I used goes from a Calypso Coral to Petunia Pop, and picks up the tones in my photo’s. I also used a sheet of the Thoughtful Journey 6 x 6″ Designer Series Paper for my journaling. The colours with a little bit of Pretty Peacock pulls everything together.

The flowers used are from the Simply Zinnia Bundle and were coloured using Stampin Up!® Blends – Bubble Bath & Petunia Pop, Pretty Pink & Calypso Coral. I thought they worked well with the flowers in my photots.

Template Tuesday

For this layout I used a template found of Pinterest. This is a great way to get started in scrapbooking. Using your photos as a guide you can pull out the papers that works with your layout. Templates are a great starting point and you can easily make it your own by either turning the layout around or changing photo sizes, adding your own elements etc.

Measurements Used…

 ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
Page MatsBasic Black*12 x 12”30.5 x 30.5cm
 Basic White11¼ x 11¼”19.5 x 29.5cm
 Petal Pink8¼ x 9¾”21 x 25cm
 DSP4 x 10¼”10 x 26.5cm
Photo matPetunia Pink4¼ x 6½”10.5 x 16cm
JournalingDSP3½ x 6”9 x 15.3cm
Photo MatBasic White4⅛ x 6⅛”10.4 x 15.5cm
FlowersBasic White¼ sheet for stamping
Leaf FlourishPretty Peacock½ sheet for Die Cutting
Gold LeavesGold FoilScraps – to cut 4-5 leaf dies

*Basic Black 12 x 12″ cardstock is discontinued, this was purchased when it was available

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Full of Life – Template Tuesday

I’m trying to catch up a bit with my Blogging…..last week on my Tuesday Live, now called Template Tuesday. I created this card using the Ful of Life Bundle by Stampin’ Up!®. I LOVE all the beautiful bright colours.

Template

I have kept the template very simple as I wanted the paper to shine on this card.

I used Vellum as my white layer, unfortunately Stampin’ Up!® don’t have vellum anymore. But I felt the thin layers of the dies just got a little lost in the colourful background.

Measurements Used…

 ColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
Card Base  Basic White4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card MatBasic Black4 x 5¼”10 x 14.4cm
Card FrontDSP2 ¼ x 5⅛” 1½ x 5⅛”5.5 x 14.1cm 3.3 x 14.1cm
Vellum 2 x 4½”5 x 12cm
HeartBasic Black3½ x 4¾”9 x 8cm
LeafShaded Spruce2½ x 4½”6 x 11cm
SentimentBasic White1¼ x 2”3 x 5cm

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Chain Card Swap Blog Hop – Tracy

Back in October 2023 I joined a group of Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators to take part in a ‘Card swap with a Twist – Chain card Swap.

How does this work?

The swap is similar to an old fashioned chain letter or I would say…”Chinese Whispers with Cards’

  • We were given a list of names – 11 in total (not including myself)
  • Create a simple card
  • Send to first person on the list
  • Wait to receive a card from someone…
  • ‘CASE’ that card and send it to the 2nd person on your list
  • Repeat until all people on the list has received a card

Now this is the fun part….When you CASE the card you received, it’s your interpretation of the received card. Just like ‘Chinese Whispers’ you may not end up with what you originally designed

Round 11 Stippled Roses

This fun fold card is a Twisted Fun Fold…which I had never done this fold until now.

For this card I used the Stippled Roses Bundle and the Stippled Roses Designer Series Paper which was available in the last Sale-A-Bration. The Stippled Roses Stamps Bundle is in the current Jan- April Mini Catalogue and will still be available in the up coming catalogue but not as a bundle. So get it now to get the 10% discount on bundles

Stippled Roses is a very traditional rose design and the leaf dies are stunning with the embossed details within the die. Other dies in this bundle are fine and delicate which I love using with other stamp and die sets.

The other sentiments in the stamps are a stunning ‘Script Fonts’ with a beautiful old world charm, they can be used for Mothers Day, Congratulations and Thank you.

Were to Start…Start this hop at Tracy so you get the progression

Follow the Hop around and see how these creations changed from start to finish…you might be surprised to see how these cards finished up!

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