Chain Card Swap Blog Hop – Tracy

Published on April 17, 2024April 13, 2024 by Michele Jutrisa

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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Flowering Zinnias

Published on February 11, 2024February 10, 2024 by Michele Jutrisa

Flowering Zinnias Suite Collection is available to purchase from 5th March in the Stampin’ Up!® Online Exclusives.

This great ‘Fun Fold’ really show cases this stunning Flowering Zinnias Designer Series Paper. I used a half sheet of DSP and cut each panel continuously so the flowers all flowed with just 3mm between each panel. (see YouTube Video)

Measurements Used…

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Blackberry Burst	5½ x 11”, score @ 4, 5¾, 7½, 9¼	14.9 x 28.5cm, score @ 10.5, 15, 19.5, 24cm
DSP	DSP	5⅜ x 12”, cut down to 4 x 1⅝ x 5⅜, 3⅞ x 5⅜”	14.6 x 30cm, cut down to 4 x 4.2 x 14.6, 10.2 x 14.6cm
Card Front	Lemon Lime Twist	3⅛ x 6¼”, score at 3⅛”	8 x 16cm, score at 8cm
Card Front & Card Insert	Basic White	2 x 3 x3”	2 x 7.5 x 7.5cm
Sentiment	Basic White	1½ x 4½”, trim to 1 x 4”	5 x 12.5cm, trim to 2.5 x 10cm after stamping

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Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

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Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

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Flight & Airy Fun Fold

Published on February 4, 2024February 4, 2024 by Michele Jutrisa

Our theme this month for the Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop is a ‘Designer Series Paper Challenge’ by Kayla Renee and I am using the Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up!®. I love this DSP , it has this lovely mix of bright/modern and a traditional softness. At the moment it seems to be my go to paper.

Unfortunately it’s not a paper you can purchase, but you can earn it for FREE when you spend $90 or more. The Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper is one of the many products in the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue

YouTube Video Link

Below is a YouTube link to my completed card showing it being opened and closed.

Measurements Used

All the measurements below are what I used to make & decorate my card. What is not included are the Fussy cut images of the birds.

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Boho Blue	5½ x 8½”, score @ 4¼”	14.9 x 21cm, score @ 10.5cm
Card Front	DSP	5 ⅛ x 3 ⅞”	14.1 x 9.7cm
Card Mat	Basic White	5 ¼ x 4”	14.4 x 10cm
Side Hinge x 2	Boho Blue	4 x 1¼”, *score see below	10 x 3cm, *score see below
Side Panels x 2	Boho Blue	6 x 3, score 3¼”	15.5 x 7.5cm, score 8.5
Side Support x 2	Boho Blue	½ x 3¾, score ½, 3¼”	10 x 1.5cm, score 1.5, 8.5cm
Side Support x 2	Boho Blue	½ x 2¾”	7 x 1.5cm
Inside panel	Basic White	4⅛ x 3	11.5 x 7.5cm
Side Panel Left Side Panel Right	Floral DSP Basic White	3⅛ x 2⅞” 3⅛ x 2⅞”	8.2 x 7.2cm 8.2 x 7.2cm
Inner Side Panel x 2	DSP Boho Blue	2⅝ x 2⅞”	6.7 x 7.2cm
Die Cut Front & Inside sentiment	Basic White	4¼ x 5½”	10.5 x 14.9cm
Die Cut Leaves x 3	Lost Lagoon	3 x 5½”	8 x 14.9cm

Birds Nest Stamped Image

Image stamped Using Peddle Path Ink Pad
Eggs coloured with Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Blends
Nest coloured with Crumb Cake and Pebble Path Stampin’ Blends, this was done by just following the strokes in the branches of the nest rather than colour.
Small Leaves around nest was coloured with Old Olive Stampin’ Blends.

Other products I used are

Everyday Details Cling Stamp Set -Sentiments and Nest image
Stippled Roses Dies – Leaves in Lost Lagoon. Die cut 3 – 2 on the front and 1 inside on the Inner Side panel.
Deckled Circles Dies – Sentiment Side Panel Left
Nested Essentials Dies – Card Front

Instagram Story by Srusht Patil showing Tutorial of Pop Card .

I saw this card on Instagram a couple of weeks ago and decided to give it a try. The card made by Srusht is a large card format so I have reduced the measurements to fit with a standard card. I have made a few changes in using less DSP to suite what I was wanting to create.

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This month Kayla Renee has given us this Designer Series Paper Challenge to play with.

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Simply Sparkling – Live with Michele

Published on December 30, 2023December 30, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

On Friday’s ‘Live with Michele’ I created this Z-Fold Card and used the Simply Sparkling Bundle by Stampin’ Up!®.

The Simply Sparkling Bundle is a fun and bubbly bundle, you can let your imagination go with this one, creating cards for all ages . You can stamp the soda can & die cut as is or create the can with the can top, bottom and pull tab in die cuts. The same goes with the fruit…stamp and colour, stamp on coloured cardstock or die cut the fruit using the smaller die pieces. I love the bubbles…again stamp or die cut.

My suggestion is to have the Adhesive Sheets on hand as some of these pieces are small.

The Z-Fold card is a simple and versatile Fun Fold. It can be used in a portrait card, as I have done here or in landscape cards (with the fold on the side). The Z-Fold is the base to many other card styles, for example an Easel Card, Double Z-Fold.

A Z-Fold is created when you fold the card in half and then fold the front of the card back on it’s self. With my card I have added a panel to the front of the card extending across the inside of the card.

Measurements Used…

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Boho Blue	5½ x 8½”, score @ 2⅛ & 4¼”	14.9 x 21cm, score @ 5.25 & 10.5cm
Card Front	Boho Blue	3 x 4¼”	7.5 x 10.5 cm
Front Mat & Insert	Basic White	3⅛ x 4⅜”	7.8 x 10.8cm x 2
DSP Front	Boho Blue	2⅞ x 5 ¼”	4.75 x 14.4cm
DSP Insert	Boho Blue	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Stamping	Basic White	¼ sheet
Die cutting	Smoky Slate Daffodil Delight Lemon Lime Twist Sweet Sorbet Garden Green	Scraps

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Meandering Meadows – Live with Michele

Published on November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

This card turned out really well…..I used the Meandering Meadows Suite found on the Stampin’ Up! ® page under the Online Exclusives. This is a stunning suite, the stamp images a simple and easy to colour and add elements to the beautiful papers in Meandering Meadows Designer Series Paper.

This card is a Fun Fold – Spanner Panel Card (why it’s called that …I don’t know). I liked this fun fold for this card because it highlights the Designer Series Paper beautifully. You get the hint of the scene on the front and then open it up to see more of the stunning meadows. Open the center flap to find the greeting….It’s a card that just keeps getting better.

I have added the YouTube Live Video below.

Measurements Used…

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Orchid Oasis	5½ x 8½”, score @ 4¼”	14.9 x 21cm, score @ 10.5cm
Card Front	Window Sheet	1⅛ x 5”	3 x 14cm
Side Panels	Orchid Oasis	1⅛ x 4”	3 x 10cm
Card Front	DSP	2½ x 4”	7.2 x 10cm
Card Insert Sides	DSP	1⅛ x 4”	3 x 10cm
Card Insert	Basic White	2½ x 4”	7.2 x 10cm
Stylish Shapes Circle, Stamping & die cut gate	Basic White	3 x 3” Circle 1½ x 3¼” Gate 2½ x 5” Stamping	7 x 7cm Circle 4 x 8 cm Gate 6 x 12cm Stamping

Tips & Tricks

Side panels are 3.5cm wide (1 ⅜”), in the video the first base I cut it was too narrow, you will see me discard that one and re cut.
I used Window Sheet across the base so it allows the view of the meadow to be seen through the gate. Rather than blocking it off with solid cardstock.
The DSP on card front you could make the same width as center panel…either way would look great.
Colouring with the Stampin’ Up! ® Blends is very simple and you don’t need to use the same number of colours.

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Meandering Meadows Suite Collection (English)

[162745]

$144.50

Distressed Tile 3 D Embossing Folder

[162189]

$16.75

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$53.00

Window Sheets

[142314]

$8.75

Orchid Oasis A4 Cardstock

[159265]

$17.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$18.50

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

[149165]

$15.75

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$15.75

Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad

[161648]

$15.75

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154885]

$17.50

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154892]

$17.50

Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154903]

$17.50

Orchid Oasis Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[159223]

$17.50

Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154887]

$17.50

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154882]

$17.50

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154904]

$17.50

Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154830]

$17.50

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Gift of Giving

Published on October 24, 2023October 24, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

On my Friday’s ‘Live with Michele’, I created this simple and fun Accordion Fold Card using Stampin’ Up!® Gift of Giving Stamps and Merry Bold & Bright Designer series Paper.

I saw this card by Connie Stewart, Simple Simple Stamping and had to re-create it, replacing the accordion cardstock with Designer Series paper.

This is a very simple card and simple to recreate using any image and Designer Series Paper. Measurements and video are below.

Measurements Used…

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Lemon Lime Twist	4 ¼ x 5 ½” 2¾ x 5 ½”	10.5 x 14.9 7 x 14.9cm
Card Front	Basic White	2½ x 5¼”	6.5 x 14.4cm
Card Insert	Basic White	2½ x 4”	6.5 x 11cm
Accordion	DSP	4 ¼ x 8¼” Score @ 2¾, 5 ½”	12 x 22.5 Score @ 7.5, 15cm

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Gift Of Giving Cling Stamp Set (English)

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Merry Bold & Bright 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161945]

$21.75

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$18.50

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

[144250]

$17.50

Black & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Gingham Ribbon

[156485]

$12.25

Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Pad

[161663]

$15.75

Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154899]

$17.50

Sweet Sorbet Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[159224]

$17.50

Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154958]

$17.50

Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154843]

$17.50

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154904]

$17.50

Wild Wheat Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[161661]

$17.50

Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[161682]

$17.50

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

$17.50

Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

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Oh Holly Night – Live with Michele

Published on August 23, 2023September 23, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

Last night on ‘Live with Michele’ I created this Fun Fold – Faux Step Card, using the ‘O Holy Night Suite’. This suite you will find in the Sept – Dec Mini Catalogue by Stampin’ Up!®.

I saw this card created by Mary Deatherage, Mary used the Trucking Along Bundle to create her fun card. Which you can see HERE. Mary has great diagrams on the scoring lines, other wise you will see on my attached video, below.

O Holy Night is a BIG suite of products, for this card I have only used half of it. For me it really depicts what Christmas is all about with the Nativity scene depicting the birth of Jesus.

The Designer Series Paper, O Holy Night, has 3 sheets of scenes depicting desert, towns and night sky. They are 12 x 12″ (30 x 30cm), great for both cards and scapbooking. The only thing is you need to plan out what sections you want to use on your card and cut wisely. With my card below I used half a sheet, which left me with a few off cuts I will try to use on other projects.

O Holy Night Suite by Stampin' Up! from the 2023 Sept - Dec Mini Catalogue. This is a Faux Side Step Card

Measurements Used…

These measurements may have changed from original, I’m sorry about that. Went to fix a small error and lost the lot, so had to rewrite these. Sorry for any inconvenience.

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Night of Navy	5 ½” x 8”, score along long edge @ 1”, 2”, 5”	14.9 x 20cm, score along long edge @2.5, 5,12.5cm
Card Base Front	DSP	⅝ x 5¼”	2.2 x 14.6cm
Card Base Back	DSP	2⅝ x 5¼”	7.2 x 14.6cm
Card Front	Night of Navy	3 x 6”, scored at 4¼”	8.5 x 15.5cm, score at 10.5cm
Card Front	DSP	2⅝ x 4⅛”	8.2 x 10.2cm
Sentiment	Very Vanilla	2½ x 2½”	6 x 6cm
Back Panel	Very Vanilla	2⅝ x 5¼”	7.2 x 14.6cm
Strip	DSP	½ x 5¼”	1.3 x 14.6cm
Nativity Scene & Camel	Basic Black	4¼ x 3¼”	8.5 x 10.5

How to…

Cut all cardstock and score
Designer Series Paper – All pieces are cut from a half sheet of DSP 15 x 30cm (6 x 12″), you need to plan out were you will be cutting first. Cut each piece in order as below, see video.
1. Cut the Card Base Strip DSP first – this is so you can cut in one strip.
2. Card Front Panel – Decide how much ground to sky you want to use. Cut your depth 10.2cm (4⅛”) and then work out the width for star placement on your card front.
3. Remaining DSP- cut Card Base and writing panel strip
Stamp sentiment onto Very Vanilla using Night of Navy Ink Pad and die cut using stitched square from Stylish Shapes
Adhere the Card Base DSP strip to the small mountain fold and Card Base DSP to larger mountain fold
Adhere the Card Front DSP to Card Front.
Add glue to the back of the card front…ONLY on the bottom 2cm ( 1″), height of the small mountain.
Fold card and adhere the back section of the Card Front to the back of the Card Base, again only approx 1cm (½”)
Add sentiment to card base.
Attach Nativity Scene with mini dimensionals
Writing panel
- Attach DSP strip along the bottom
- Adhere the camel, being careful on the amount of glue used.
- Attach to the back of the Card Base.
Add Wink of Stella to star.

Back View - O Holy Night Suite by Stampin' Up! from the 2023 Sept - Dec Mini Catalogue. This is a Faux Side Step Card

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Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

Stylish Shapes Dies

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

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Paper Florist Dies & Countryside Inn – Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop

Published on August 4, 2023July 23, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

Tracy has given us a Tic Tac Toe Challenge….choose any three in a row, diagonal, vertical or horizontal.

You will notice we have made a few changes to Let’s Craft Together, we have changed our Logo and have added a few new members. So I hope you will enjoy the extra projects to visit. Please leave a comment as you follow our Hop around Australia.

Paper Florist Dies & Countryside Inn

For my card I am using – Easel Card, Flowers and Blue…….and ‘Yes’ you could say that my card falls into a few other categories as well such as Easel Card, Designer Series Paper and Birthday… O’ well, just making sure I was covered……LOL!

I have chosen two of the new blues or one returning colour and one new – Misty Moonlight and Boho Blue with a little bit of Basic White and Wild Wheat.

Measurements Used..

Tips and Tricks

Card Base – Front was scored diagonally to form Easel Card
Card Front, Countryside Corners Bundle – Stitching Line inked with Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Write Marker and die cut with coordinating die.
Card Insert – Smaller Countryside Corner die cut in Basic White for a writing panel on inside of the card
Countryside label die has 3 dimensionals to give it lift for stopper.
Large Flowers – 2 layers large petals + 1 smaller Petals
Small Flowers Daisy – Each flower has 3 layers

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Bright & Beautiful – May Fun Fold Challenge

Published on May 4, 2023May 3, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

Thank you Kylie for this fun challenge, Double Z-Fold cards are a easy & fun. There are so many great variations to the Z- Fold Card…check out this Pinterest page on Z-Fold Cards using Stampin’ Up! Products.

Bright & Beautiful Double Z- Fold Card

I created my card using the Bright & Beautiful Suite from the NEW Annual 2023-24 Stampin’ Up!® Catalogue. If you love Birthdays, Balloons and stars this is a fun suite. Great for birthday cards, general celebrations or any special moments. The dies cut balloons, stars, tags and work well for shaker cards. The Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper (DSP) is 6 x 6″, one side of the DSP has fun type images of stars, strips, waves, strips and confetti. The reverse side has ombre effects, variegate or shabby (as per my card), giving great texture effects for your cards.

The DSP coordinates with Berry Burst, Bubble Bath, Lemon Lime Twist, Pretty Peacock, Azure Afternoon and Blueberry Bushel. For my card I used the Azure Afternoon DSP and die cut stars in Berry Burst, Basic White, Azure Afternoon and Parakeet Party.

To add some extra texture to the stars I embossed them using one of the Basics 3D Embossing Folder found on the Online Exclusives in my Online Store.

The Bright & Beautiful Suite also includes Gold celebration Specialty Designer Series Paper – window sheets in 3 designs – spots, stars and confetti, streamer twirls. One side of the sheets are gold and the other side is in silver. I used the gold spots for the 2nd part of the Double Z-Fold, to create a see through element to my card. I was then able to attach the stars and tag to the window sheet so the stars and tag look like they are floating.

NB: make sure you use your bone folder to crease in the folds and to adhere to the card base I used lots of glue dots that hind nicely behind the dots.

On the back of the card I have added a panel to write your Birthday Greetings on.

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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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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

Product List

Bright & Beautiful Suite Collection (English)

Basics 3 D Embossing Folders

Basic White A4 Cardstock

Azure Afternoon A4 Cardstock

Parakeet Party A4 Cardstock

Berry Burst A4 Cardstock

Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Pad

Mini Glue Dots

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Fancy Flora Creativity Abounds Blog Hop

Published on March 16, 2023March 12, 2023 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.

Fancy Flora Suite Collection

I am really enjoying playing with this suite, I put of buying it for a little while, until I worked out what I was wanting……In the end I just had to get it, I love the flowers and the Designer Series Paper is stunning. There is so much in this suite it is totally worth the extra cost. There are 2 Bundles of Stamps and coordinating dies. But don’t feel you have to purchase the lot you can purchase just what you want.

** Remember you get a 10% off when you purchase the Bundles – Two-Tone Flora Bundle and Something Fancy Bundle

Fancy Flora Suite Collection

What is in the Collection..

Two-Tone Flora Bundle – the beautiful floral stamps and dies Photopolymer
Something Fancy Bundle – Sentiment stamps and Frame Dies, these are wonderful for cutting out your sentiments
Fancy Flora 6 x 6″ Designer Series Paper – Painted style paper, colours are stunning See how these papers were created HERE (hope this link works…LOL on FB)
Fine Shimmer 12 x 12 Paper Pack
Pool Party Grosgrain Ribbon 1cm wide
Iridescent Pastel Gems

My Card – Fancy Flora Fun Fold

This is a 3 Fold Card, where the left side folds in first and then the left over the top. This card has two card fronts and I needed to show off this DSP, i just love all these colours.

This is a two step stamp and I found it easier to stamp the detailed image first and then using the same colour and the second image, stamp off onto a scrap of paper before stamping the rest of the flower. I used the centers of the flowers (stamen) as my guide for lining yp the images.