Global Design Project #024 | CASE the Designer

Published on February 25, 2016February 25, 2016 by Michele Jutrisa

This week we are CASing the Designer – Copy and Selectively Edit.

The lucky designer is Michelle Last, love her card ….

Love BLUE….anything BLUE and I’m hooked and then with the butterfly added…

I’m in seventh heaven.

Have you seen it?

Here it is!

Isn’t it beautiful, so cool, so refreshing.ahhhhh! Love it!

To see the cards done by the rest of the Design team click HERE

BUT!

I didn’t use blue nor butterfly’s…I decided to do something a little different.

I used the layout as it also caught my eye and I wanted to have a play with a new set I just bought.

So here is my card.

Don’t know if it had to do with the weather as its very hot!

But I used what I would call warm tropical colours instead of the lovely cool blue tones.

Love this new set of Framelits – Botanical Builder Framelits Dies,

the matching Designer Series Paper – Botanical Gardens Designer Series Paper

and co-ordination card stock – Botanical Gardens Cardstock Pack

along with Mint Macaron.

The Happy Birthday came from Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set

The inside of the card I used a smaller flower and a strip of the designer series paper mounted on white with a Mint Macaron boarder.

Hope you enjoyed my card….see you next week.

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Shhhhhh….Don’t tell Aaron! Global Design Project #023

Published on February 16, 2016 by Michele Jutrisa

This year my eldest son turns….21!

Wow! a major milestone for him…..and my husband and I survived!

One down and 3 to go!

I’m still trying to sort invitations and venues….then Global Design Project said this weeks challenge was…..

Now Aaron is an outdoor sort of boy, he’s been a Scout and now is a Leader, is a member of RFS- Rural Fire Service and is a diesel mechanic….

what great opportunity to make him a card.

I wanted to do something that had a masculine feel to it.

A CRATE…..with an EXPLOSION of BALLOONS coming out of it…

Had never done a Card in a Box before, this will be interesting!

I stamped my box and extra card stock with the Hardwood stamp and then cut it up to create the reinforced sides of the crate.

The balloons was stamped with Balloon Celebration and highlighted with Wink of Stella- Clear.

The large numbers cut from Glimmer Paper makes them pop out from amongst the balloons.

The Instructions for the box I used the You Tube clip by Tanya Bell.

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Global Design Project #022 | Sketch Challenge

Published on February 9, 2016 by Michele Jutrisa

Here we are again…..another wonderful challenge from Global Design Project…#022

and today the Designers have given us a Sketch Challenge.

By the way did you see last weeks winners, weren’t they great! Here’s a link go and have a look…..HERE

Why don’t you give it ago, I would love to see what you come up with.

Just go to Global Design Project..here to make it easy here’s a link HERE

So for this weeks Challenge……

Coming up to Valentines I thought I’d do a card using the Bloomin’ Love Stamp set,

but I wanted it to be a card you could give to a friend and that could be used at other times in the year.

I wanted this card to be soft and pretty….something “GIRLY”

I sponged the floral heart in Mint Macaron and Crisp Cantaloupe (deleted colour).

With a bit of Mint Macaron Lace wraped around the card and a butterfly cut from vellum, with a row of pearls and a touch of gold thread

finishes it of as a beautiful card to give to that special friend on any occasion.

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Global Design Project #021 Colour Challenge

Published on February 5, 2016February 5, 2016 by Michele Jutrisa

This weeks Challenge from Global Design Project is a colour challenge set by Brian King…..

Love the colours he has chosen but I don’t think I have used them together before.

On today’s card I decided to do a water colour wash for the back ground with the three colours.

Starting with the Wisteria Wonder,

next Bermuda Bay and lastly Melon Mambo. I did them in this order because I found through trial and

error that the Melon Mambo was too strong and can be over powering if used too heavily. So by starting with the lighter colour and then adding the stronger colours,

I had more control and could see where I needed to add more.

The ribbon is a piece of Seam Binding Ribbon in Crumb Cake (discontinued colour) and as it wasn’t in the colours I wanted I dyed it using the Ink from the ink pads. Its a messy technique but can be fun to do.

You may have to come to one of my classes to learn a bit more about how I did it.

The beautiful rose came from the NEW Rose Garden Thinlits Die which I cut out in the Wisteria Wonder

A simple tag from cut from Very Vanilla and with the “Thank You” sentiment from “Rose Wonder” stamped in Melon Mambo ink. Tied on with Gold Metallic Thread.

The Rose Garden Thinlits and Rose Wonder stamps are from the Occasional Catalog and can be purchased as a bundle.

If you would like to have a go at these challenges or just see the other designs that have been done then click HERE on this link.

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Global Design Project #GDP018…..Is in the Air……

Published on January 11, 2016January 11, 2016 by Michele Jutrisa

Time again for a Global Design Project….

and this week it’s another fantastic sketch made by Teneale Williams!

When I first started out in stampin’ Up! I played around with colour on the “Clear Blocks” and using that as a stamp.

It gives you a “Water colour Background”,I love the different effects you can get.

So I decided for this layout that’s what I would do.

To get this effect you do have to work quickly so have every thing ready…

Card stock, in this case Shimmery White, it will give that little bit of extra sparkle and will handle the water used.
Spritzer bottle filled with water
Stampin’ Write Markers, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral and Watermellon Wonder..(don’t you love the colour names…I do)

Using the Stampin’ Write markers I coloured in the block starting with the lighter colour at the top

and working down to a darker colour at the bottom.

Then a light spray with the Spritzer onto the block and stamp down onto card stock. I held it there for approx 2 minutes, just to let the colour spread.

Carefully lift the block, you may have a pooling of ink just blot any excess ink with paper towel or tissue.

When dry stamp your image on top…here I embossed the floral heart from “Bloomin’ Love” and embossed with white embossing powder.

Triple mounted…added some pearls and a sentiment just under frames.

Give it ago…would love to hear how you went with this great technique.

Keep on Stampin’ Up!

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Global Design Project #GDP017

Published on January 9, 2016January 9, 2016 by Michele Jutrisa

My first for this year…..Global Design Challenge that is…..

And what is the challenge for this week..

It’s a Colour Challenge!

Now the challenge also asked us not look at the cards done by the designer team.

But because I have left this so late to do I will admit I have seen some of the Designer Team’s cards on Facebook and Pinterest.

So I tried my hardest not to refer back to their beautiful works but refer to the colours and to the New Seasonal Catalogue and Sale-A Bration Calalogues.

I Love these colours but the Garden Green can be very bold. So I have decided to use the

Garden green as an accent, rather than a main colour. So I’m going to use two stamp sets from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue…

Have you seen it yet!

If not then contact me and I will get a copy out to you as soon possible because I know you will love the Stamps, Papers and Accessories as much as I do.

So I’m using …..”What I Love”. Yes, that is the name of the set and YES I do love it

and I have teamed it up with “Hello”.

Now this set is only in the Sale-A Bration Catalogue for a LIMITED TIME (15 Feb 2016).

So don’t leave it too long,

REMEMBER spend $90 from the other catalogues and you get to choose a product for FREE from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue.

Oh…..better not forget you want to see the Card I made..OK here it is…

Hope you like it!

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All is calm, all is bright……Global Design Project #GDP013

Published on December 5, 2015 by Michele Jutrisa

Global design project have set us another beautiful challenge…

and this week its a colour challange

Its so much fun…you should give it ago..click on this link to find out more…..HERE

Today I have been having so much fun..a friend came over and we talked and made cards all day.

I think we did more talking than card making, so great to catch up.

So here is my card…very simple. Lots of layers..tearing…singing..keeping calm..mmmm. Not sure on that one but fun YES!

Come and JOIN us on Global Design Project

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Embellished Ornaments and Global Design Project #GDP012

Published on November 27, 2015November 27, 2015 by Michele Jutrisa

This next challenge with GDP is ‘CASE the Designer’…. CASE-ing the amazingly talented Brian King!

(CASED/Copied from GDP)…….LOL!

How does this challenge work?

There are many definitions of CASE (Copy And Steal Everything, Copy And Share Everything), but in this situation the definition is

Copy And Selectively Edit. This means you can be inspired by ANYTHING on this card. What inspires you in this card to make it your own, what will you copy and what will you edit?

Here are some ideas of what you could be inspired by –

Theme – Winter or Christmas

Layout – The layers with the diagonal slope

Colours – Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party and Whisper White (or you could use colours that are similar, doesn’t have to be exactly the same)

Stamp set – Snow Place

Now, I have to make something clear…for years I have been a “Scrapbooker” and have always considered myself “Clean and Simple”

But it seems lately with cards I’m doing a bit more “Grunge to Antique” Now this is not always easy….I have also discovered I like to see what I can do with colour.

So……….

with this challenge I have playing with a few ideas…not sure what to do ..love the colours ….but …they complement each other but do they blend?

So I tried a few different ideas out, not happy with what I’d done but kept playing because I had this idea. Then, the other day while having a peak on Pinterest,

I found a card done similarly to the effect I wanted to achieve.

Here is what I came up with.

I inked the stamp with Pool Party and then sponged (using daubers) on the lower half with Coastal Cabana (Discontinued), working towards the bottom of stamp with Bermuda Bay

and adding Cherry Cobbler to the tip and some to highlight the center decoration.

I then gave a light mist with water and stamped onto Shimmery White paper.

What I learnt from what Hermine Koster did on her card (Pinterest) was to go around the edges with a marker to highlight them.

I tried using black but found it too dark so with the Basic Gray Stampin’ Write, I very lightly went around the edges and white areas in the stamped image. Then with my Aqua Painter and watered down ink I added some splatters.

The sentiment was inked up with Pool Party and lower edges of the 3 “script” words touched with Cherry Cobbler.

I am really pleased with how this card has turned out..and my wonderful Husband (my GREATEST critic) has also agreed that he likes it too.

Now if you want to have a go at this Challenge and the challenges in the coming weeks then check out Global Design Projects HERE

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All Yea Faithful – Global Design Project #GDP011

Published on November 19, 2015November 19, 2015 by Michele Jutrisa

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,

Toys in every store

And the prettiest sight to see is the
Is the projects that will be

On the G-D-P!

Did you sing it? I hope so!

This is the challenge this week by GDP…….

and sing, yes I do and I love to sing for my Lord, Jesus Christ.

And what’s a better time to raise our voices to him but at Christmas time in celebration of his birth.

Not sure if this is a great card…or not. But I had a very stressful day yesterday with the thought of having to drive to

Sydney today to pick up one son from Hospital and not being able to be at home to help another son get ready for his Yr 10 Formal.

So I put this card together …….

Music – because I love singing to Christ and through him I can sing

Christmas Balls – because I love decorating the Christmas Tree.

Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus – JESUS is the REASON for the SEASON.

A bit of Gold – to remind us he is KING

Global Design Project #GDP010 – Just for You

Published on November 13, 2015 by Michele Jutrisa

What a week…….so busy. Joey Scout Mob Holiday last weekend…

then get home to hear that No: 2 son is sick. He’s in the Navy and was away somewhere floating around in a big ship!

He was being shipped back to Australia and then to Sydney. Yesterday we went to see him and he’s doing well.

So didn’t even get around to thinking about this until this morning.The sketch was made by the famous Teneale Williams.

This was fun! The leaves were sponged in 2 colours and then stamped on a 3″ square and then cut into quarters.

Love doing flowers and making them 3D.

I punched them out using the small pansy punch from the Itty Bitty Accents.

I then softened the paper by rubbing with

Bone folder until paper separated. By using the inside of the paper it gives you a velvety and soft look to the flowers

The inside of card was also stamped and a flower added.

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