Hi there, and welcome! Whether you’re here for inspiration, ideas, or just a creative escape—I’m so happy you’ve stopped by.
This is the third installment in our Z-Fold Card series. On Friday’s Live with Michele, I created this card using the Painterly Pears Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up! ®.
I first spotted this design on YouTube by Annette Green — a Unique Z-Fold — and adapted the measurements to suit standard envelopes for both US Letter and A4 sizes.
What I love about this card is how unassuming it looks at first glance. But once you open it, the clever fold really showcases the stunning Designer Series Paper at its very best.
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!
Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store
We’re a group of Australian Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators who have joined forces to share our passion for papercraft and inspire creativity in your craft space.
Whether you’re a seasoned stamper or just starting out, we’re so glad you’re here—and we hope you’ll find fresh ideas and creative sparks to fuel your next project!
What to Expect
Each month, we explore a new creative theme or fun challenge, bringing you a variety of styles and techniques to try. There’s always something new to learn and love!
This month’s theme is: 🎉 Masculine Birthday Cards 🎉 Hosted by the talented Monique, this challenge is all about celebrating the men in our lives with handcrafted cards that are bold, stylish, and thoughtful.
Boho Vibes
For this month’s challenge, I decided to create a Masculine Birthday Card using the Boho Vibes Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up!®.
I had fun playing with a layered design—this card features two cards of different sizes, each opening in opposite directions and overlapping one another for a unique and interactive layout. The earthy tones and bold patterns from the Boho Vibes Suite made it perfect for a masculine look with plenty of style!
The simple black and white sentiment comes from the Greetings for All Mix & Match Ephemera pack.
The card was then finished of with a few white Matte Dots from the Neutral Matte Dots.
Cutting Measurements…
Colour
Imperial/Letter
Metric/A4
Card Base 1
Secret Sea
5½ x 7”, score @ 2¾”
14.9 x 17cm, score at 6.5cm
Card Front Left 1
Secret Sea
2½ x 5¼”
6 x 14.4cm
Card Insert Mat 1
Cloud Cover
4 x 5¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert 1
DSP
3⅞ x 5⅛”
9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Base 2
Cloud Cover
6 x 4”, score at 3”
16 x 10.5cm, score at 8cm
Card Front 2
DSP
2¾ x 3¾”
7.5 x 10cm
Card Insert 2
Basic White
2¾ x 3¾”
7.5 x 10cm
Insert Strip 2
DSP
½ x 3¾”
1.4 x 10cm
Sentiment
Basic White
½ x 2¾”
1.4 x 7.5cm
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.
Follow the Hop here..
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!
In this episode of Live with Michele, I’m giving you a another look at the brand-new Floral Charm Suite Collection—coming 1st July 2025 from Stampin’ Up!®! I also used the Party Banners Dies to finish off my card with a playful twist. Watch along for tips, inspiration, and a sneak peek at this beautiful new release!
Measurements Used…
Cutting Measurements
Colour
Imperial/Letter
Metric/A4
Card Base Tent Fold
Night of Navy
4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”
10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Card Front
DSP
4 x 5¼”
10 x 13 cm
Card Insert
Basic White
4 x 5¼”
10 x 13cm
Die Cut Flowers
Basic White
3 x 4¼”
7.5 x 10.5cm
Die Cut Circle
Basic White
3½ x 3½”
9 x 9cm
Sentiment
Basic White
1½ x 4¼”
3.5 x 10.5
Leaves
Night of Navy
3 x 4¼”
7.5 x 10.5cm
Flowers
The flowers were coloured using Stampin’ Ink Pads and Blending Brushes, allowing me to create soft, beautifully blended shades that bring the floral elements to life. This technique adds depth and dimension, perfect for highlighting the details in the Floral Charming Suite.
YouTube Video
I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s projects and feel inspired to get crafty and create something beautiful. 💖 Happy crafting, Michele ✂️🌸
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!
Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store
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 this month for the Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop is using the New ‘2025-2027 In-Color Challenge’ by Cheryl Hurst. I have also chosen to use a new Online Exclusives suite called Floral Impressions Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up!®. Both the 2025-2027 In-Colors and the Floral Impressions Suite Collection will be available to order from the 6th May… not long now until you can order.
Impressions Abloom
This Fun Fold Card is called ‘Tired Hexagon Pop Up Card, I saw this card one day flicking through my Facebook page. I researched the card and found a tutorial by Sam Calcott and just had to give it a go. I did adjust my measurements to suit the correct size for the C6 Envelopes.
It’s like a box of flowers you don’t need to water….
How to make this card…
The Card Base was created with Cloud Cover Cardstock and the inside panels embossed with the Pressed Flowers Embossing Folder. Each layer has a piece of Window Sheet to attach the diecuts.
The Dies from the Impressions Abloom Bundle works really well for this card. The flowers were all die cut in Basic White cardstock and was then coloured with Darling Duckling, Srawberry Slush and Timid Tiger Ink Pads with a blending brush.
The Flower Centers and leaves were all die cut from Secret Sea Cardstock….TIP: be very gentle separating the dies and Cardstock. The Leaf dies leave fine cut lines in the leaves which can easily ripe, if not careful.
The sentiment is also from a new Stamp Set – The Right Words, this set are pairings of sentiments for the front of cards as well as the card inserts.
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..
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!
Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
AS these products are not avalable until 6th May, there is no product List at present.
Last week on ‘Live with Michele’ I created this card using the Floral Delight Suite by Stampin’ Up! ®.
Measurements Used…
Cutting Measurements
Colour
Imperial/Letter
Metric/A4
Card Base Tent Fold
Pool Party
4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”
10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Card Mat
Basic White
4 x 5¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Card Front
Gingham Vellum
2¼ x 5⅛”
6 x 14.1cm
Card Insert
Basic White
4 x 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert Strip
Gingham Vellum
½ x 5 ¼”
1.5 x 14.4cm
Die Cutting and Stamping
Basic White
3¼ x 4½” 2 x 4” 1½ x 4” 2½ x 6” 2 x 4”
8 x 11cm – Everyday Details die 5 x 10cm – 3 x 10cm 6 x 15cm 4.5 x 10cm
Die cut branch
Pecan Pie
2½ x 6”
6 x 15cm
YouTube Video
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!
Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store
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.
Colour
Imperial/Letter
Metric/A4
Card Base
Basic Beige
4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”
10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Front
DSP
2 x 5 ½” ⅝ x 5 ½”
5 x 14.8cm 1.5 x 14.8cm
Sentiment
Basic Beige
4 x 4“
10 x 10cm
Layers of Beauty
Basic Beige
4¼ x 5½
10.5 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
Colour
Imperial/Letter
Metric/A4
Card Base
Basic White
4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”
10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Front
Pretty in Pink
3 x 5 ½”
8 x 14.4cm
Sentiment Panel
Basic White
3 x 4½”
7 x 11cm
Layers of Beauty Stamping
Basic White
4 ¼ x 11”
10.5 x 29.9cm
Die Cut Leaves
Old Olive
2 x 4” or scraps
7 x 10cm or scraps
YouTube Video
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!
Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store
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…
Colour
Imperial/Letter
Metric/A4
Card Base
Smoky Slate
4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”
10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Front
Smoky Slate
4 x 5¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert
Basic White
3⅞ x 5⅛
9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Insert Mat
Pebble Path
4 x 5¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Sentiment and Butterfly
Basic White
4¼ x 5½
10.5 x 14.9cm
Stippled Roses Dies
Pebble Path
3 x 5”
7 x 12 cm
YouTube Video
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!
Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store
I ended up changing the insert inside my card to make it brighter like the out side.
YouTube Video
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!
Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store
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…
Colour
Imperial/Letter
Metric/A4
Card Base
Basic White
4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”
10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Mat
Balmy Blue
3 ¾ x 5”
9.3 x 14.2cm
Card Front
Basic White
3 ⅝ x 4 ⅛”
9.5 x 13.9cm
Sentiment & Birds
Basic White
1 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
YouTube Video
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!
Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store
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)
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
Spine– Depth 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)
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!
Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store
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