Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop – Colour Challenge #001

Published on January 4, 2023January 1, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

Welcome to Let’s Craft Together, we are a group of Stampin’ Up!® friends and Independent Demonstrators from Australia. We love to crafting together and challenging each other each month to create new projects which we want to share with you. Each month we will be showing different ideas based around products, themes and challenges. So I hope you can join us and follow along with our Blog Hops.

Colour Challenge #001

Our first Challenge for 2023 is a Colour Challenge, using colours that gives you the feel of ‘Summer Fun’

Dainty Delight

Dainty Delight Bundle 160675 is a new bundle from the Jan- April 2023 Stampin’ Up! ® Mini Catalogue. It is just as the name says “dainty’. The bundle includes dies that cut out the stamped images, it also includes extra flowers, leaves and this beautiful ‘Vine’. Layer them altogether to create amazing floral elements for cards and scrapbook pages.

For my card today I have stamped one of the floral images with Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured it with the Blends from the challenge colour palette. All 6 colours were used and below is an image showing were they are used.

Under the flowers I added the ‘Vine’ Die cut from Granny Apple Green cardstock, this just gives a nice base for the floral image. I also added 2 die cut pieces, cut from vellum and lightly coloured using Highland Heather Blends.

I love the new embossing folder, Cane Weave 3D 160580. It is part of the Regency Park Suite Collection 160583 and it is a brilliant base for this card. I can see I will be using this one a lot.

The Sentiment ‘Happy Birthday’ comes from the Sentimental Park 160561 stamps which is also from the Regency Park Suite Collection 160583.

When you purchase Dainty Delight Bundle 160675 $96.25 (AU), you can choose a Sale-A-Bration item for FREE. YES, it’s that time of the year again…..and in the SAB there is a coordinating Designer Series Paper – Dainty Flowers – it’s a must have.

SALE-A-BRATION…spend $90 or $180 and choose an item for free from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue. ( will share Links to the Mini and SAB after 5th Jan)

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Now that you have enjoyed checking out my Blog post, please go and have a look at the others in our Hop. If you have any questions please post them in the comments and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

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Framed Florets Birthday – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop

Published on December 22, 2022December 19, 2022 by Michele Jutrisa

Welcome to Creativity Abounds Blog Hop. We are a group of very keen Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from all around the world 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. Today our Blog Hop is about ‘Birthdays’ and I have used the Framed Florets Collection for my card.

Happy Birthday – Framed Florets

Last chance to play with this Fitting Florets Collection before it’s gone. The good thing is that the Framed Florets Bundle will be in the coming Jan- April 2023 Mini Catalogue by Stampin’ Up! ®.

I have gone a bit ‘Shabby’ with this card, with torn and rolled edges on the layers of DSP and cardstock. The top layer of Balmy Blue cardstock has been embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder to give it that added texture.

The edges to both layers I have either torn or run the blade of my snipes along to distress them.

The sentiment was stamped using Night of Navy Ink and fussy cut. A large double bow made using white bakers twine added behind the sentiment, with the sentiment raised on dimensionals.

Don’t throw away those flowers along the edges, fussy cut them out and add them to the inside of your cards

Thank you for reading my Blog Post. Hope you have a Joyful and wonderful Christmas with family and Friends

You may be starting here or have come from someone else’s blog – either way there is a list at the end of this post to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas. We all have our country listed – so if you are looking for a demonstrator in your country, these demonstrators would love to look after you with your Stampin’ Up! ® shopping or if you would like to join our Stampin’ Up!® teams.

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For More Inspiration we have our new Tutorial Bundle

he projects featured in this bundle are totally EXCLUSIVE, which means they can not be found anywhere else online.

Measurements are in both Imperial/ US Letter size and Metric/ A4.

There are a couple of different ways to get this tutorial…

Purchase the tutorial by Clicking HERE
Place a $50 order with me receive for FREE
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Here is the sneak peek images for this months Tutorial Bundle –

Meet the Design Team of Creativity Abounds..

Stampin’ Up! Product Used in today’s project

Product List

Fitting Florets Collection (English)

Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock

Basic White A4 Cardstock

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

Timeworn Type 3 D Embossing Folder

Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack

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July – December Mini Catalogue

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The Birthday Piggy

Published on August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 by Michele Jutrisa

Weeeee!….these were so much fun to make!……..So I have decided to share them with you

The Birthday Piggy was so much fun to play with and I have made three cute little easel cards using nearly all the dies that come with the bundle. They are all so cute, I don’t know which is my favorite.

So I have decided to do an Online Class, giving you a step by step instructions via a Zoom Meeting. I hope you can join me, as I want to share the fun with you.

To Purchase…CLICK the BUY NOW…check for shopping card in the bottom right hand corner of your screen

We will be using Stampin’ Blends to colour our pigs and Blending brushes to colour the backgrounds. The dies that come in the bundle add all those extra details.

The Birthday Piggy stamps can be found in both the Annual and Mini Catalogues but ONLY as a stamp set- No Dies

On the 1st September to 30th September you will be able to purchase The Birthday Piggys as a Bundle -With Dies, along with another 5 bundles to choose from. (See below)

This is a special promotion – Perfect Partners and all the details are below. If you already have the stamps, you will be able to purchase the matching dies. If you don’t have the stamps then buy them as a BUNDLE and get a 10% discount. This is a one off special, so don’t miss out.

So PLACE YOUR ORDER on the 1st September and get the “The Birthday Piggy Bundle” and Join my Class on the 23rd September

Perfect Partners

Some things are great on their own but become epic when they are paired with something else: cereal and milk, toast and butter, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. We may be biased, but our favorite combo is our stamp sets and dies—and that’s what the Perfect Partners promotion is all about!

We created six new dies that coordinate with stamp sets in the 2022–2023 Annual Catalogue and the July–December 2022 Mini Catalogue. These coordinating dies will only be available during this promotion and will not be offered in any catalogue.
These stamp sets and dies are available separately or as a bundle. By buying the bundle, you will save 10% off the retail price.

Put these wonderful stamp sets and dies together for more paper-crafting fun! Order now!

Perfect Partners promotion 1-30 September

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

Stampin’ Up!® Used…

(Excluding the Dies which start on the 1st September – 30th September)

Product List

This Birthday Piggy Cling Stamp Set (English)

Layering Circles Dies

Basic White A4 Cardstock

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

Real Red A4 Card Stock

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

Pacific Point A4 Card Stock

Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Pad

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad

Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad

Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

Bronze & Ivory Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

Real Red Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

Starry Sky Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

Melon Mambo Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

Brushed Brass Butterflies

Glossy Dots Assortment

Blending Brushes

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Sale -A- Bration

View the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue Here

July – December Mini Catalogue

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Brightest Beauty- Creativity Abounds Blog Hop

Published on August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 by Michele Jutrisa

Our theme this month is Anything But Christmas. This is where we can use any product from the Stampin’ Up! ® Catalogues and make a card that doesn’t have a Christmas theme and as we are now getting closer to Christmas and the Stampin’ Up! ® Mini Catalogue is all about the Holiday Seasons it’s good to just make something not holiday related.

My cards in both the Blog Hop and the Tutorial focus on….

Brightest Beauty

Last Friday on my ‘Live with Michele’ I created a stamped 12 x 12″ Designer Series Paper(DSP) to be used in my Wedding Scrapbook Album. I also created a piece on A4 Basic White Cardstock and decided to use this piece to create this card.

The base of my card I used Sahara Sand Cardstock and made a mat using the Split Card Textures Dies. The mat piece I used the Blending Brushes and Soft Suede Stampin’ Pad to go around the edges and die cut areas to add a little colour.

The DSP I cut down slightly smaller than my mat and tore down one side at a angle giving me a rough edge. I again added Soft Suede ink to all my edges….I just wanted to give it a earthy sort of tone.

The sentiment is from the Go to Greetings Stamp Set. This is such a great set using four basic greetings like – Happy Birthday, Just a Note, Thank You and Thinking of you and 3 different fonts. This will be my go to set for sentiments. The sentiment was die cut out using the frame die from the Brightest Beauty Bundle.

I finished of the card by adding a generous triple bow, and the sentiment just sits below but with parts of the bow under caught under it. Some Rustic Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots

On the inside of my card I have added an insert using a piece of DSP where I hadn’t stamped all the way. So if you don’t like adding lots of writing it’s perfect.

Live with Michele

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For More Inspiration we have our new Tutorial Bundle

he projects featured in this bundle are totally EXCLUSIVE, which means they can not be found anywhere else online.

Measurements are in both Imperial/ US Letter size and Metric/ A4.

There are a couple of different ways to get this tutorial…

Purchase the tutorial by Clicking HERE
Place a $50 order with me receive for FREE
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Here is the sneak peek images for this months Tutorial Bundle –

Meet the Design Team of Creativity Abounds..

Stampin’ Up! Product Used in today’s project

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Sale -A- Bration

View the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue Here

July – December Mini Catalogue

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He’s the Man – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop

Published on June 16, 2022June 5, 2022 by Michele Jutrisa

Welcome to Creativity Abounds Blog Hop, our theme this month is ‘Cards for Men’. Cards for those men in our lives. our Fathers, husbands, brothers or sons. I hope all our ideas inspire you to create a special card

For my card this month I am using the ‘He’s the Man Suite Collection’ from the 2022-23 Annual Catalogue. This suite contains He’s all That Cling Stamps, All That Dies…..remember you can purchase these as a He’s all That Bundle and get 10% Discount. There is also He’s the Man Specialty Designer Series Paper, that has 12 sheets in it – 2 each 5 double-side designs and 2 sheets die-cut sheets. Plus Rustic Metallic Adhesive backed Dots.

There is so much fun in this collection with lots of themes – cars…BBQ’s…adventure….retro…birthday’s and Father Day’s. looking forward to seeing where you take it.

He's the man by Stampin' up! 2022 Annual Catalogue

Card Measurements

Card Base Sahara Sand – 10.5 x 29.9cm, scored at 14.9cm
Mat Cajun Craze – 10 x 14.4cm
Card Front Sahara Sand – 9.7 x 14.1cm, Using Blending Brushes blend Soft Succulent ink over the card front leaving a lighter area in the middle.
Sentiment Sahara Sand – 7 x 7cm, stamped using Early Espresso Ink and die cut with coordinating circle die. Add Crumb Cake Bakers Twine to the back of sentiment along with dimensionals
Die cut Soft Succulent – 5 x 10cm, cut 2 diamond die cuts
Card Insert Basic White – 10 x 14.4cm
Dies cut images from Specialty Designer Series Paper – Cajun Craze Arrow, Hooray Tag, 3 stars
Rustic Metallic Adheisive Dots

Creativity Abounds Team

We are a group of very keen Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from all around the world 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.

Follow the Hop here..

For More Inspiration we have our new Tutorial Bundle

he projects featured in this bundle are totally EXCLUSIVE, which means they can not be found anywhere else online.

Measurements are in both Imperial/ US Letter size and Metric/ A4.

There are a couple of different ways to get this tutorial…

Purchase the tutorial by Clicking HERE
Place a $50 order with me receive for FREE
Join my team & receive for FREE

Here is the sneak peek images for this months Tutorial Bundle –

Meet the Design Team of Creativity Abounds..

Stampin’ Up! Product Used in today’s project

Product List

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Waves of Inspiration

Published on May 7, 2022May 7, 2022 by Michele Jutrisa

My Live this week I used the Waves of Inspiration from the NEW 2022-23 Annual Catalogue. This was so much fun to make…who doesn’t like to make a mess sometimes…Me!

This card uses the Emboss Resist Technique with a water colour wash to create the background. Prior to making this card i played with a few ideas on how to colour my watercolour paper and in the end came up with the best result. Some of my play pieces I have shown in the video.

You could use Shimmery White cardstock instead of the watercolour Fluid 100 but you may get a slightly different result. Anyway every time you make this card you will get different effects.

I did forget to stamp the birds on my Live and did them later, they were stamped in the Starry Sky Ink.

This weeks Live I show how to make this card using the Hues of Happiness…

Measurements

Card Base- Thick Basic White 14.9 x 21cm, score at 10.5cm
Card Front- Starry Sky 9 x 13.5cm
Card Front – Fluid 100 Watercolour paper 8.5 x 13cm
Sentiment and Pelican- Basic White Reg Cardstock 6 x 10cm

YouTube Video- Waves of Inspiration

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In Color Starter Kit Promotion

It’s time to join my team with a Starter Kit deal you won’t want to refuse! Sign up between 3 and 31 May to become a demonstrator and you will get $116.50 AUD of brand new 2022–2024 In Color products for FREE. This incredible deal is in addition to the standard $235 AUD of products for only $169 AUD. Plus free business supplies, free shipping, and all the fun being a part of Stampin’ Up!
So if you ‘Live in Australia’ and looking for a fun team and a way to save on your crafting supplies…You can be a Hobby Demo or a Business Demo the choice is yours…Contact me.

Promotion Dates: 3–31 May 2022

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Stellar Birthday

Published on February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 by Michele Jutrisa

This was my first play with Stampin’ Up! ® stamp set Stellar Birthday..it’s been sitting in my shelves for almost 11 months. The Designer Series Paper is from the Abstract Beauty and as soon as I saw this particular design I wanted to use it with the Stella Birthday stamps.

The Fun Fold is a Pillar Pop-Up Window card which I saw last night demonstrated by Rachel from Stamp your Art Out. On her page she has all the measurement if you use Letter size/ Imperial Measurements. Along with links to her video on YouTube.

I have made my card using measurements in A4 Cardstock/ Metric. Below is the measurements I have used and a video showing how I made my card…LOL. Along with my errors in measurements for the stand at the back.

Measurements Used…

Card Base Misty Moonlight: 10.5 x 14.9cm
Card Base Basic White: 10 x 14.4cm
Card Base Mat DSP: 10 x 14.4cm
Window Misty Moonlight: 8.5 x 12.9cm
Window DSP: 8 x 12.4cm
Pillars DSP: 15 x 5cm, score at 1, 2, 3, 4cm
Stand Misty Moonlight: 5 x 17.5cm, score at 1.5, 12, 14, 16cm
Extra Basic White stamping images: 10.5 x 14.9cm
scrap Gold Foil Paper to stamp stars

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New Horizons

Published on February 12, 2022February 12, 2022 by Michele Jutrisa

This was such a fun card to make, using the New Horizons Suite from the 2022 Jan- Jun Mini Catalogue by Stampin’ Up! ®. One of these cards will be sent to my father for his birthday later this month. It’s not often I do cards that can be used for men, most of my cards are very feminine.

The New Horizons Designer Series Paper is spectacular, each piece lends to great water colour back ground and with just a couple of added elements make a great card.

On my Facebook Live this week I showed how to create this card. What I really love about these cards is the layout and elements used are exactly the same but by using different Designer Series Paper it changes the feeling completely. One is full of warmth and could be some where late in the afternoon of a summers day. The other is more of a winters day feeling with the misty colours.

Measurements Used…

Card Base Basic White Thick: 10.5 29.9cm, scored 14.9cm
Card Mat Basic White: 10 x 14.4cm
New Horizons DSP: 5.4 x 10.5cm
Mat Blackberry: 5.7 x 10.8m
Die Cut Fence Basic White: 10.5 x 7cm Approx

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Artfully Composed

Published on January 20, 2022January 18, 2022 by Michele Jutrisa

Artfully Composed is a beautiful tropical themed suite by Stampin’ Up! ® and found in the Jan-Jun 2022 Mini Catalogue. It has been fun playing with these stamps and dies.

This suite is made for layering of stamped images, die cuts and Designer Series Papers. You can see this in the designs used in the Designer series Paper in how the have used layers of leaves and colour.

With this card I have used lots of layers from the water wash background to the sentiment on top.

The Creativity Abounds Design Team are running a Stamp Camp based on this suite…If you are wishing to attend you will need to purchase your products and let me know tomorrow (my cut off date -so you can order the required products & I can get the Make’n’take products needed to you). You can get all the details HERE

Even if you not attending the Stamp Camp you can purchase the Tutorial listed below from my Card & Tutorial Shop

The Artfully Composed Suite Collection consists of:

Artfully Layered stamp set,
Tropical Layers dies
White 3/4″ Frayed Ribbon
Faux Sea Glass Shapes
Layering Designs Vellum
Artfully Composed Designer Series Paper

Please note: At the time of writing this the Artfully Composed Suite was unavailable using the Ordering Number: 157765. Though it is still available when you order each item separately, you will still get the 10% discount on the Artfully Layered Bundle. Below you will find links to the Suite and the individual items.

This card was created for the Creativity Abounds Blog Hop

Follow the Hop here..

For More Inspiration we have our new Tutorial Bundle

he projects featured in this bundle are totally EXCLUSIVE, which means they can not be found anywhere else online.

Measurements are in both Imperial/ US Letter size and Metric/ A4.

There are a couple of different ways to get this tutorial…

Purchase the tutorial by Clicking HERE
Place a $50 order with me receive for FREE
Join my team & receive for FREE

Here is the sneak peek images for this months Tutorial Bundle –

Meet the Design Team of Creativity Abounds..

Stampin’ Up! Product Used in today’s project

Product List

Artfully Composed Suite Collection (English)

Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Layering Designs

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Artfully Composed

Published on January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 by Michele Jutrisa

On my FB Live I created a card using the Artfully Composed Suite and the Swipe Technique. I also showed an example of this technique using Designer Series Paper.

Artfully Composed Suite consists of- Artfully Composed Bundle with its Artfully Layered Bundle ( Artfully Layered Stamp set & Tropical Layers Dies) Stamp set, White Frayed Ribbon, Faux Sea Glass Shapes, vellum Layering Designs and Artfully Composed designer series Paper.

The cards I made uses the ‘Swiping Technique’, where you swipe the ink pad across your cardstock. The angel & pressure you hold the ink pad results in different textures. This is also a great way to add extra texture to a piece of DSP also.

Cards made using the Artfully Composed Suite by Stampin' Up! & the Swipe Technique.

Measurements Used…

Card Base Calypso Coral: 10.5 x 29.9cm, scored at 14.9cm
Mat Mint Macron: 10 x 14.4cm
Card front Basic White or Artfully Composed Designer Series Paper: 10.5 x 14.9cm, cut down after stamping 9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Insert Basic White: 10 x 14.4cm
Basic White scrap & Calypso Coral scrap for stamping & sentiment
Gold & Rose Gold Metallic Specialty Paper
Pale Papaya Ribbon approx 25cm

Here I have both the finished card fronts. The one one left I started with a Basic White Cardstock and swiped with the ink pads and stamped. The other piece on the right is a piece of Designer Series Paper that had mostly a white back ground and was swiped with the ink pads.

Colours Used for Swiping Technique:

Pale Papaya, Calypso Coral, Mint Macron, Pear Pizzazz

Colours in Stamping:

Old Olive, Evening Evergreen

Card fronts made using the Artfully Composed Suite by Stampin' Up! & the Swipe Technique.

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

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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