Peony Gardens and Blends

Published on August 1, 2020August 1, 2020 by Michele Jutrisa

Welcome to another Blog post on this chilly but beautiful Saturday Morning.

Peony Gardens and Blends

Approximately two weeks ago I showed you a card using the Peony Garden Designer Series Paper where I just coloured the back ground of the paper. I was enjoying the relaxation of just colouring in that I did another, this time adding more colours. It has sat on my desk for a few days and last night I finally made it into a card.

The Blends are wonderful for colouring in as they don’t leave that line on your work that markers can leave.

The colours I have used are…

The Measurements I used are…

Card Base, Basic Black – 10.5 x 29.8cm, scored 14.9cm
Mat, DSP – 14.47 x 10cm
Mat, Basic Black – 8 x 12.4cm
Card Front, DSP – 10 x 15cm and trimmed down to 7.7 x 12.1cm

Inside the card I added a sheet of Whisper White Cardstock 10 x 14.4cm, and added a strip of DSP that I had trimmed off.

Here’s a Tip….

They are sometimes a little forgotten but use the Black Combo pack of Dimensionals. I used the mini ones under my sentiment and the larger ones under the Basic Back Mat. Great to have when using darker colours in your cardstock. Always worth while having a pack handy.

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

All products mentioned above have been linked back to my On-Line Store for your easy shopping experience.

Product List

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Happy Birthday – Peony Garden

Published on July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

Happy Birthday

‘Love it, Chop it’….#loveitchopit

What is ‘Love it, Chop it’? Instead of hoarding our beautiful Stampin’ Up! ® Designer Series Paper (DSP), Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrator Kylie Bertucci encourages us to love our papers by cutting it into usable pieces and use it on our cards. You can make lots of card fronts by cutting your DSP into 10 x 14.4 cm pieces. Out of one sheet of DSP you will get 6 card fronts.

You are more likely to use your beautiful papers when in smaller pieces.

Make this DSP your own by colouring it in…Colouring is also good for your well being, so relaxing.

For this card I have used my Stampin’ Blends in Mint Macaron to colour in the back ground.

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

All products mentioned above have been linked back to my On-Line Store below for your easy shopping experience.

Product List

Peony Garden Designer Series Paper

$20.00

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Mint Macaron Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

$15.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

$13.00

Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack

$17.50

Painted Labels Dies

$61.00

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Casing the Catalogue – Flowers for Every Season

Published on July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

Casing the Catalogue

Are you looking for inspiration, not sure where to start?

Stampin’ Up! ® have given us a beautiful Catalogue full of products for us to drool over and purchase…but they have also given us a catalogue full of inspiration. Cards/ layout ideas, colour combinations and tips and tricks, there is so much in there. Grab another coffee and have another look.

Flowers for Every Season

The card I have made today comes from page 10 of the Annual Catalogue. Where have Cased the Flowers for Every Season card.

I have changed mine a little that’s because I don’t have all the Blends as yet. Also I couldn’t find my Twine…it’s here somewhere in my messy workroom. The ‘Love You’ on their card comes from one of the Memories and More Cards, which they have cut up. For mine I used the Well Said Stamp Set and heat embossed onto Shaded Spruce cardstock to match the colours I used in my flowers.

So glad your Catalogue have another look and see what you can Case…Have Fun!

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

All products mentioned above have been linked back to my On-Line Store below for your easy shopping experience.

Product List

Jar Of Flowers Bundle

$63.75

Flowers For Every Season 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$20.00

Well Said Cling Stamp Set

$77.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Versamark Pad

$16.50

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

$10.50

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Sunflower Shaker Card

Published on July 11, 2020July 9, 2020 by Michele Jutrisa

Beautiful bright Sunflowers…I don’t know what it is about Sunflowers but they always seem to bring joy to peoples faces.

Helen Keller said….

My card to day uses the Sunflowers from the Jar of Flowers Bundle. The flowers were stamped in Memento Ink and coloured using Blends. .The stems of the flowers were stamped in Memento Ink and were also stamped off just to mute the colour so the looked like they were in water. The Mason jar was stamped in Pool Party Ink and then using the reverse side (because they are a reversible stamp) I also used Pool Party Ink but stamped off to give a lighter shade

In the Mason Jar Dome I added some of the Flower for Every Season Gems.

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

All products used are listed below and have been linked back to my On-Line Store for your easy shopping experience.

Product List

Jar Of Flowers Bundle

Flowers For Every Season 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Flowers For Every Season Gems

Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack

July International Blog Highlights – Thank You

Published on July 7, 2020July 6, 2020 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome to my Blog.

My card today use’s the Stampin’ Up! ® Prized Peony stamps from the Peony Garden Suite Collection. This is the first time I have had to play with this beautiful suite.

Prized Peony

The large Peony flower was stamped onto Whisper White Cardstock along with the sentiment using the Memento Black stamp pad. With the Stitched Rectangle Dies I die cut a section of the flower including the sentiment and then coloured the cut section with Blends – Flirty Flamingo, Rococo Rose, Granny Apple Green, Old Olive and Mango Melody.

I then ran the card front through the Subtle 3D Embossing folder together. This card has been layered with the center rectangle sitting above the rest of the card.

For inside of the card I stamped a smaller Peony also in black on the insert and then matted it onto Flirty Flamingo Cardstock.

I have added my card to Kylie Bertucci’s International Stampin’ Up!® Blog Highlights for July Theme- Thank you.

Go and have a look at all the amazing cards made, you can VOTE for for your favorite 5 cards by clicking on the little hearts.

To make it easy for you to find where to vote click on the image below ….. just make sure one of those votes is for me (LOL!)

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

Please see the links below to grab any of these products from my Online Shop!

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Forever Blossoms – Partial Die Cut

Published on April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome to my Blog.

Today’s card was inspired by a video from Jennifer McGuire on Partial Die Cuts.

What is ‘Partial Die Cutting?

Partial Die cutting is just what it says… your only cutting part of the die. But in this case we are using two dies and on each one your cutting only a part of the die. The products I used for my card are Stampin’ Up! ® Forever Blossoms Bundle and Stitched so Sweetly Dies.

I found it wasn’t as easy as it looked at first and it took me about 6 attempts to get something that I was happy with. The down side of this technique is now my dies are slightly bent…they still work so that’s OK.

The image was then coloured using Stampin’ Up! ® Blends.

Products & Measurements used…

Forever Blossoms Bundle
Stitched so Sweetly Dies
Scripty 3D Embossing Folder.
Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon
Thick Whisper White Cardstock – Card Base 21 x 14.9 cm, score 10.5cm
Whisper White Cardstock – Large Mat 10 x 14.4cm, Small Mat 8.5 x 11.5 cm & 10.5 x 14.9 cm for the stamped and die cut image
Basic Black Cardstock – small scrap for sentiment
Blends- Old Olive Light, Mossy Meadow light, Flirty Flamingo Dark, So Saffron dark & Light.
White Embossing Powder

How did I make this card…

Stamping, die cutting & colouring the image – I would suggest watching Jennifer McGuire’s video
On either side on the label portion of the cut out I punched a small hole so later ribbon can be threaded through.
Colour a length of Ribbon as per video linked below.

With smaller mat piece (8.5 x 11.5 cm) cut with one of the scallop stitch die from the Stitched so Sweetly dies and emboss with Scripty 3D Embossing Folder.
Adhere the two mats together.
Place dimensionals onto the back of the die cut image..DO NOT remove the backings
How to thread the ribbon – start at the left hole and take one end of the ribbon from the back to the front. At this point you can place the mats under the image (do not remove backings from the dimensionals). Then take the ribbon behind the mats and across to the left side. Put the two ends of the ribbon together and thread through the right hole on the stamped image. While the ribbon is loose remove backings from the dimensionals and adhere in place. Tie a bow and trim.
With Multi Purpose Glue attach the mats to card base.
Sentiment – stamp sentiment onto a piece of basic Black cardstock using VersaMark and White Embossing Powder. Adhere the sentiment to card with the mini dimensonals.

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

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Ornate Gardens in Blue…

Published on March 30, 2020 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome to my Blog.

Do you craft?

Did you know doing craft is a great way of relaxing and getting rid of all that stress….

In Australia we are having to stay home, trying to keep active in some way (that’s stress in it’s self)…and there is only so many times I can vacuum the floor in one day.

Find a craft, activity or a few different activities to do so then you have a variety. I always have a few different things on the go…most of the time I would say that’s not a good thing because then nothing gets finished. But at this point in time ‘variety is the spice of Life’.

Make sure that every 30 mins you get up and walk around the house…check on the kids, the cat or get a drink of water. Keep active…I’m lucky in that at my place I have a walking track in the house…when you walk in the front door you can go right go up the hall to family room and the continue through to the lounge and your back to the start…I’m just doing laps of the house.

What have made today?

I love Blue….For this card I used the different shades of blue along with Smoky Slate and Daffodil Delight from Stampin’ Up! ® Blends range to colour the flowers.I then used one of the frames from the Ornate Style bundle to cut the beautiful boarder. Use the Precision Plate when cutting out these frames, it will make cutting them so much easier. If you don’t have that plate then add a shim or a sheet of cardstock and run it though a few times until it has cut through.

The mat of Whisper White card stock was run through the Big Shot using the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder.

I left this card free of any sentiment for two reasons, so it can be used for any occasion and I didn’t want to cover the stunning flowers.

Products used from Stampin’ Up!

Ornate Style Bundle 154119
Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder 152725
Whisper White cardstock
Blends Combo’s – Balmy Blue, Night Of Navy, Seaside Spray, Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate
Momento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad

Ornate Garden Suite will be available for you to order from 1 April – 31 May.

I hope you find this video helpful in putting your card together.

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

As the Ornate Garden Bundle is not as yet available on my On-line Store I have not added links to them. Other products used will be linked below.

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Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack ($15.50)	Seaside Spray Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack ($15.50)	Night Of Navy Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack ($15.50)	Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack ($15.50)	Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack ($15.50)
Whisper White A4 Cardstock ($17.00)

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

Keep On Stampin’ Sketch Challenge #4 – Forever Blossoms Bundle

Published on January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome to my Blog.

WooHoo! Time another Sketch Challenge #KOS4…. I hope your ready and want to play along with me again.

Have a go, don’t be shy, post it on my FaceBook page in the comments, add the hashtag #KOS4 and then next week I will HIGHLIGHT your project to my Blog Post.

Are you Ready for this weeks Challenge?

Each week on Thursday’s I will post here on my Blog and on my Facebook Page a Sketch Challenge.

RULES

Have Fun!
Use Stampin’ Up!® Products
Make it your own.
You can use the sketch in any direction you want
Share on MY Facebook Page – I will add the link below
Use #KOS4 on your post when you share with your friends

Here is my take on my Sketch using…..

Forever Blossoms

From the 2020 Stampin’ Up!® Mini Catalogue

The beautiful Forever Blossoms Bundle is part of the Parisian Blossoms Suite.You can purchase the Suite using one number and that will give you everything or you can purchase the Bundle.

** Remember its Sale-A-Bration so spend $90 get something for FREE from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue.

The Cherry Blossom image is full of beautiful detail and can be coloured using different mediums.I have used Stampin’ Up!® Blends to colour using Petal Pink Light & Dark, Rococo Rose Light and Old Olive Light & Dark.

Other Products used from the Suite are-

Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper
Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder
Champagne Rhinestones Basic Jewels

Other Products –

Cardstock – Petal Pink, Rococo Rose, Whisper White
Vellum
Timeless Label Punch
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad

OK…It’s now your turn to create a card using my sketch.

Make a card using this sketch and post it on my Facebook Page in the comments section of the post with my Card and Sketch.

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

Please see the links below to grab any of these products from my Online Shop!

If you would like a copy of the NEW Mini Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration Catalogue then fill in the form found in the link on the right of your screen and I will post one to you. Or click on the links below for the PDF Copy.

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

You are simply…WONDERFUL

Published on June 4, 2019May 31, 2019 by Michele Jutrisa

“You are simply Wonderful” what a beautiful statement and something I know we would love to hear.

This stamp ‘Grow & Bloom’, is from the 2019-2020 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue. You can purchase this as a Bundle with the Budding Blooms Dies with a 10% discount.

The flowers I have coloured using Stampin’ Up! Blends – Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Calypso Coral, Highland Heather, Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party, Granny Apple Green and Poppy Parade. All of these colours ‘POP’ against the black.

The sentiment – You are simply Wonderful’ was Heat embossed using Stampin’ Up! White Embossing Powder onto a strip of Basic Black cardstock. The flowers were then attached to the back of the strip.

I have also used the Buffalo Check Stamp for my background and have stamped it multiple times at different angles using Momento Ink onto Whisper White cardstock. This gives it a country grunge look.

If you LOVE this card then please VOTE for me on Kylie Bertucci’s International Stampin’ Up! Blog Highlights.

To make it easy for you to find where to vote click on the image below…you get to vote for 5 of your favorite cards – just make sure one of them is mine (LOL!)

I hope you have enjoyed reading my Blog. If your interested in these products they will be available as of the 4th June and can be found on my On-Line Store. Any questions or you would like a catalogue please contact me.

Sailing Home…

Published on May 31, 2019May 28, 2019 by Michele Jutrisa

I have had so much fun with the ‘Come Sail Away’ Suite by Stampin’ Up! These cards I played with water colour back grounds. I made about 6 water colour pieces trying to get two that I liked.

Both of these backgrounds were done with lots of water and re-inkers.

The card above I used Pacific Point and Coastal Cabana Re-inkers.

The colours used on this card were Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Coastal Cabana with Rock Salt sprinkled over the top. The salt adsorbs the ink and this has left the pink spots.

How did I do the water colour…

I do most of my colouring were there is a lot of water used in a foil baking tray lined with paper towel.
Cut water colour paper to the size required 9.7cm x 13.7cm
spray water all over water colour paper.
Add a few drops of lightest re-inker first and the only a couple of the darker re-inker.
Spray again with water and move the ink around by turning water colour paper around.
I found I had to move quickly because as soon as I added the ink to paper it wanted to adsorb and that left the darker spots.
Allow to dry.

I used Blends to colour the lighthouse, anchor, and compass. In colours Pool Party Combo, Bermuda Bay Combo, Daffodil Delight Light, Smoky Slate Light and Sahara Sans Combo.

Thank You for reading my Blog. If you have any questions about the products used or would like to ‘Join my Team’ then please contact me.
All available products will be listed below and link to my On-Line Store. Other products used will be available from 4th June 2019.

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

Forever Blossoms Bundle ($92.50)	Stitched So Sweetly Dies ($56.00)	Scripty 3D Embossing Folder ($17.00)	Whisper White 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon ($13.00)	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock ($14.25)
Whisper White A4 Cardstock ($17.00)	Basic Black A4 Cardstock ($15.25)	Old Olive Light Stampin’ Blends Marker ($7.75)	Mossy Meadow Light Stampin’ Blends Marker ($7.75)	So Saffron Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack ($15.50)
Flirty Flamingo Dark Stampin’ Blends Marker ($7.75)	White Stampin’ Emboss Powder ($10.50)	Versamark Pad ($16.50)

Parisian Blossoms Suite Bundle (English) ($232.75)	Forever Blossoms Bundle ($92.50)	Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper ($25.00)	Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder ($17.00)	Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels ($10.50)	Petal Pink A4 Cardstock ($15.25)
Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack ($15.50)	Rococo Rose A4 Cardstock ($15.25)	Rococo Rose Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack ($15.50)	Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack ($15.50)	Vellum A4 Cardstock ($17.50)	Timeless Label Punch ($31.00)
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad ($17.50)

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Ink Refill ($6.50)	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Ink Refill ($6.50)	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Ink Refill ($6.50)	Pacific Point A4 Cardstock ($14.75)	Night Of Navy A4 Cardstock ($14.75)	Whisper White A4 Cardstock ($17.00)
Cherry Cobbler A4 Cardstock ($14.75)	Soft Suede A4 Cardstock ($14.75)	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad ($13.00)	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack ($15.50)	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack ($15.50)	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack ($15.50)
Daffodil Delight Light Stampin' Blends Marker ($7.75)	Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack ($15.50)	Metallic Pearls ($12.25)	Multipurpose Liquid Glue ($7.00)	Stampin' Dimensionals ($6.00)