Amazing Silhouettes

Published on December 16, 2021December 14, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

This was a fun card to make using the Amazing Silhouettes Stamp set. You may not recognise this stamp as it is a sneak peak from the 2022 Jan-Jun Stampin’ Up! ® Mini Catalogue.

I tried to create a male theme card with the Amazing Silhouettes tree and the grays of the Heart and Home Designer Series Paper. The colours behind the tree are the colours in a sunset shinning through the tree.

The sentiment comes from the Handsomely Suited Stamps, heat embossed in black and cut into sections to create space.

Amazing Silhouettes Stampin' Up! 2022 Jan-Jun Mini Catalogue

I used the Stamparatus to help create the layers of colours. Using a Sponge Dauber to add one colour at a time to the stamp, then stamping each colour separately and making sure that each colour blends (or overlaps into the other).

The colours used are –

Misty MoonLight
Gorgeous Grape
Melon Mambo
Bumble Bee
Evening Evergreen

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Creativity Abounds December Tutorial Bundle

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Stampin’ Up! Product Used in today’s project

Amazing Silhouettes and Heart and Home Designer Series Paper is not listed below as they are not available as yet.

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Facebook Live Friday – Heart of Home Suite

Published on November 20, 2021November 20, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog. Yesterday on my Facebook Live I created this card using products from the Heart of Home Suite by Stampin’ Up!®. This suite is one of the many products coming in the 2022 Jan-Jun Mini Catalogue.

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Measurements Used…

Card Base Misty Moonlight: 10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Mat basic White: 10 x 14.4cm
DSP: 9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Insert Basic White: 10 x 14.4cm
Sentiment Strip: Shimmery White: 1 x 10.5cm
Stamped image Shimmery White: 7 x 10.5cm
Leaves Pear Pizzazz – scrap

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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

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Product List

Watercolor Pencils

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2

Blender Pens

Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

Basic White A4 Cardstock

Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

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Facebook Live Friday – Artistic Dies

Published on August 15, 2021August 15, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

Well here we are all of NSW in Lockdown…that gives me some time to catch up with some sewing and maybe some blogging…

On Friday on my Live I made this card using the Artistic Dies by Stampin’ Up!, and some colourful strips of Cardstock. I CASED the idea for this card from Jennifer McGuire Ink – Cardstock Strips Technique

This Technique is a great way of using up all those scraps of cardstock or Designer Series Paper.

Measurements Used…

Card Base Polished Pink – 10.5 x29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Photo Copy Paper/ Printer Paper – 10.5 x 14.9cm or bigger
Card Front Basic White 10.5 x 14.9cm, cut into two to go either side of strips
Variety of coloured cardstock cut into strips 1cm and .5cm wide
Die Cut – 10.5 x 14.9cm
Sentiment -Scrap Basic Black
Card Insert Basic White- 10 x 14.4cm

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Let your Colours Shine

Published on June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome to my Blog today..

Today I am taking part in the ‘Ink & Inspiration’ Blog Hop. So my friends, I hope you will enjoy the ride with me as we travel around the hop seeing what everyone has to show.

The Theme for this month is ‘Let your Colours Shine’.

This years new Stampin’ Up! ® In-Colours are beautiful and I love working with them. They work really well together as well as independently. For this card I have used a ‘Floating Strips Technique’ by cutting the 2021-23 In-Colours in strips. The strips were cut at angles and adhered to Window sheet and then die cut using the Stitched rectangle Dies.

Stampin' Up! - In-Colours, Butterfly Wings Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Layering Circle Dies and Best Year Stamps

How to Make this Card…..

Card Base Basic Black – 10.5 x 29.9cm, scored 14.9xm
Card Mat Basic Black – 10 x 14.4cm, Embossed using the Tasteful Textile 3d Embossing Folder. Attach to the Card Base using Multi-Purpose Glue or Seal.
Circle Gold Metallic Specialty Paper – 10 x 10cm, cut with the largest circle die. Attach to the card front – it is not centered, placed slightly to the right of the card.
Window sheet – 10 x 14cm
Floating Strips of In-Colour Designer Series Paper – strips cut at different angles and at different sizes (width) adhered to the window sheet using Multi purpose Glue. Cut out two different size rectangles using the Stitched Rectangle Dies. Adhere the Foam Adhesive Strips on the back of the window sheet, hidden by the In-Colour DSP. Peel of the backing strips on Foam Strips and adhere to the card, one up & one down.
Butterfly Basic White – 11 x 9cm. Place Adhesive sheet to the back of the Basic White and die cut the larges Butterflies die from the Brilliant Wings Dies. Peel of the backing and adhere to the card on top of the Floating Strips. Double up two Mini Dimensionals and place under each of the bottom part of the butterfly wings.
Scrap Basic Black – 4 x7cm, Stamp the sentiment using VersaMark and heat emboss with white embossing Powder. Glue on to the butterfly using Multi-purpose Glue, this will also help to hide the dimensionals under the butterfly
Add some of the In-colour Jewels to the card Front.
Insert Basic White – stamp the coordinating sentiment in the right hand corner using Polished Pink Stampin’ Pad.

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Stampin’ Up! Product Used in today’s project

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Artistic Dies- Fridays Facebook Live

Published on May 29, 2021May 29, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

This is the card I created in yesterdays Facebook live….This was so much fun, I love watercolouring like this as it’s very relaxing for me. The colours look great so vibrant against the black and white.

Stampin’ Up! shared this technique on Instagram done by one of the Concept Artists. They have wonderful short videos showing some great ideas that can easily be deprecated.

Below I have added measurements used to make the card, so you can follow the video and create this card also. I hope you will enjoy this as much as I did…let me know how you go.

How to make this card..

Measurements Used-

Card Base Basic White Thick- 10.5 x 29.9cm
Card Mat Poppy Parade- 10 x 14.4cm
Card Front Pattern Party- 9.7 x 14.1cm
Vellum – 10 x 13cm
Fluid 100 Watercolour – 1 sheet
Sentiment 2 x 16cm, trimmed down to .8 x 14.1cm after stamping

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Expressions in Ink – May Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop #IIBH

Published on May 27, 2021May 26, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome to my Blog today..

Today I am taking part in the ‘Ink & Inspiration’ Blog Hop. This is my first time hopping with this amazing group of people..So my friends, I hope you will enjoy the ride with me as we travel around the hop seeing what everyone has to show.

The Theme for this month is Sweet Suite…This theme is to highlight a suite of your choice from any current publication.

For my card I have chosen to use the Expressions in Ink Suite …. in the current 2021-22 Annual Catalogue I think this is my favorite (but this can change)..LOL!

This card just evolved…it started with nice straight cut edges and then I decided to add some stitching to it and I had some gold thread so why not. But then my edges looked too straight and tidy…I would normally suggest to tear before sewing but as I said it just evolved…

The leaf die cut was cut from one of the Pear Pizzazz Expressions in Ink Specialty Designer Series Paper. It was added onto the matted layers and then the 3 layers stitched together, so the stitching holds down the die cut leaf.

The roses were stamped in Poppy Parade, Bumble Bee and Fresh Freesia and the leaves stamped in Pear Pizzazz and Evening Evergreen.

The completed card ended up having a very shabby look. Maybe a bit different from where I started in the beginning, but I am really happy with it. Sometimes it works to let your project to take you on a journey…

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. If you have any questions about Stampin’ Up! ® or their products please let me know in the comments and I will get back to you.

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Stampin’ Up! Product used in today’s project.

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Product List

Expressions In Ink Suite Collection (English)

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Handsomely Suited – RFS Card

Published on March 22, 2021March 9, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

My son turns 26th Birthday this month and I used the Stampin’ Up! Handsomely Suited Bundle to create this card for him. He has been in the Rural Fire Service since he was 15, joining as a Youth Member.

To explain our guys do not wear ‘Red Suspenders’ with their uniform but when my son joined he had to have the ‘Red Suspenders’…so they just HAD to go on his card.

This is a fun card and when you look through Pinterest you will find some really fun uses of these Dies. Here are some examples that I found on Pinterest tonight.

Using the Stamparatus I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment onto the card Insert, moving the plate down and doing 2nd,3rd,4th generation stamping.

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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

Product List

Handsomely Suited Bundle (English)

Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

Real Red A4 Card Stock

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

Stamparatus

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Butterfly Bouquet

Published on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

Here is a very simple card to make using the Butterfly Bouquet by Stampin’ Up! ®. The Designer Series Paper fills the back ground with a simple sentiment and a Butterfly cut from the Rainbow Glimmer Paper.

How to Make..

Measurement used-

Card Base Bermuda Bay – 10.5 x29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Mat Melon Mambo – 10 x 14.4cm
Card Front Butterfly Bijou Designer Series Paper – 9.7 x 14.1cm
Sentiment Panel Basic White – 7 x 10cm, cut with Stitched Rectangles Dies.
Butterfly cut from Rainbow Glimmer Paper
Card Insert Basic White – 10 x 14.9cm

Instructions-

Cut and score all cardstock
Adhere the Designer Series Paper to the Melon Mambo Mat
Attach the matted Designer Series Paper to the Bermuda Bay card base.
Die cut the Basic White and stamp the sentiment along the bottom.
Die cut a Butterfly using the Brilliant Wings Dies in the Rainbow Glimmer Paper.
Adhere the Butterfly onto the Basic White using Multi-pupose down the center of the butterfly.
Place dimensionals on the back of the sentiment panel and adhere to the from of the card.
Adhere the Insert into the inside of the card.

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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

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Product List

Butterfly Brilliance Collection

Butterfly Wishes Cling Stamp Set

Rainbow Glimmer Paper

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

Basic White A4 Cardstock

Stitched Rectangles Dies

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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Enjoy the Moment

Published on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

My card today uses the Stampin’ Up! ® Enjoy the Moment Stamp Set from the 2021 Jan-Jun Mini Catalogue. This is not a stamp set I would have picked myself but as a demonstrator Stampin’ Up! ® gave us this set at our last On Stage Event (for Demo’s – one of the great perks you get when you Join.)

I wanted these card to have a rustic earthy feel, so for one card I used green tones and the other yellows.

These cards were made on my Facebook Live on Friday and can now be found on my YouTube Channel. The video is posted below for you. Please like my YouTube Channel to follow me and to help with my Subscription numbers so I can go live on YouTube in the future.

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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

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Well Suited – Happy Birthday

Published on February 7, 2021February 4, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

Today’s card is a simple Black, White and Gold card for you… I made this card using Handsomely Suited Stamp set from the Well Suited Suite and the Gilded Leafing Embellishment by Stampin’ Up!. This was my first play with it, keeping it really simple until i work it all out. What do you think?

I used the Stamparatus to stamp the images using VersaMark. I placed the Bow Tie and the sentiment onto the Stamparatus and stamped, then moved the hinged plates down two spaces and stamped again.

Sprinkle the Heat & Stick Powder over the top, removed the excess and heat with the Heat Gun. Working quickly I dipped the card front into the Gilded Leafing and gentle pushed down. Working lightly with a piece of sponge gently brush off the excess Gilding Leaf. In areas that didn’t take with the Gilding I heated up with the Heat Gun again.

Two things to be careful of…

The Gilding Leaf comes in a jar, purchase a large plastic box to pour it into. You will need a box about the size of a card front or bigger and next time I may only empty half the jar not all of it…a little bit of this stuff goes a long way and there’s more in that jar than you think.
I found the sponge a little harsh, I’m going to get myself a Stippling brush and try. I found the Sponge was a little too harsh..you need to pounce the Gilding on. So it needs to be firm but then soft enough to bush away the excess Gilding.