Mixed Florals

Published on April 13, 2025April 13, 2025 by Michele Jutrisa

On yesterday’s ‘Live with Michele’ I created this card using products from the Mixed Media Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up! ®. From this suite I used the Mixed Florals Bundle and the sentiment from the Mixed Labels Bundle.

I have had this suite of products sitting on my desk for about a month…I’ve made scrapbook pages, but I hadn’t inked up the stamps until now. It was so good to get out my blends again and do some colouring with them.

Do you have a technique you haven’t used for a while? Why not find some time and do it again and just enjoy the moment.

Measurements Used…

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Boho Blue	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score 14.9cm
Card Mat	Basic White	4 x 5¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Front	DSP	3⅞ x 5⅛”	9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Insert	Basic White	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert Strip	DSP	½ x 5 ¼”	1.5 x 14.4cm
Grasses Diecut	Granny Apple Green	4¼ x 5½”	10.5 x 14.9cm
Stamping	Basic White	4¼ x 5½”	10.5 x 14.9cm
Sentiment	Basic White	1½ x 4”	4 x 10cm

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Sketched Butterflies

Published on April 5, 2025April 5, 2025 by Michele Jutrisa

On yesterday’s ‘Live with Michele’ I created this card using the Sketched Butterflies Bundle along with the Full of Life Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! ®.

I decided today was the day to o a bit of colouring with watercolour pencils and by using the Stampin’ Blends Colour Lifter it ment I could use Memento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp with.

If using the Aqua Painter with water or the Stampin’ Blender Pens you need to use Stazon Ink but if your using Stampin Blends (Alcohol) markers then you can use Memento Ink. I think of it as a case of ‘opposites attract’….water needs permanent ink and Alcohol needs water base ink.

I find that the Colour Lifter blends the water colour pencils really well on the Basic White Cardstock.

In the video below I show how I have coloured the butterfly not tring to be too precise in my colouring. As the stamped image has sketched detail I wanted that to carry through with the colouring. So I don’t mind that you can still see some of the unblended lines from the water olour pencilss.

Measurements Used…

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base Tent Fold	Basic White Thick	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Card Front	DSP	4 x 5¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert	Basic White	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Butterfly	Basic White	4 ¼ x 2¾”	10.5 x 7cmm

Last Chance Products….

As mentioned in my ‘Live’, I wasn’t sure if the Sketched Butterflies Bundle was in the Last Chance Products and …Yes, it is. So if you want this grab it NOW

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Sketched Butterflies Bundle (English)

Full Of Life 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 1

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2

Stampin' Blends Color Lifter

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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Thankful Garden part 2

Published on March 30, 2025March 30, 2025 by Michele Jutrisa

On yesterday’s ‘Live with Michele’ I created this card using the Thankful Garden Bundle by Stampin’ Up! ® from the Online Exclusives.

In last weeks live we used the Masks from the bundle to colour the Hydrangeas. This week we are using the other flower image and I used the Stampin’ Blends to colour with.

All the details for the colouring is shown on the YouTube Video posted below.

Printable Tutorial

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Thankful Garden

Published on March 22, 2025March 22, 2025 by Michele Jutrisa

On yesterday’s ‘Live with Michele’ I created this card using the Thankful Garden and Painted Strips by Stampin’ Up! ®.

Hydrangeas are one of my favorite flowers and come in colours that are soft and subtle to deep and dark…all depending on your soil type.

I created this card using Basic Beige instead of white to give a more earthy tone.

Check out the video below for how I created this card.

Tips

Let the Ink dry after stamping the strips, this is a wide strip stamp so there is a lot of ink. When dry the colour will soften.
Take your stencils down so they don’t move on you
When colouring with your blending brushes work lightly, you can always add more ink but you can’t take it away.
The softer or lighter in colour your ink to stamp the out line image the softer and natural your completed image will be.
Play with different colour combinations, Google ‘Hydrangeas’ to see the colour variations.

Measurements Used

	Colour	Imperial/ Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Highland Heather	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Mat	Old Olive	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Front	Basic Beige	3 ⅞ x 5 ⅛”	9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Insert	Basic Beige	3 ⅞ x 5 ⅛”	9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Insert Mat	Old Olive	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Hydrangea	Basic Beige	4 ¼ x 5½”	10.5 x 15.9cm
Leaves-Die Cuts	Old Olive	3¼ x 5½”	8 x 15.9cm

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Storybook Moments & Woven Textures

Published on March 15, 2025March 15, 2025 by Michele Jutrisa

On Friday’s ‘Live with Michele’ I created two cards using two different Suite Collections, Storybook Moments Suite and Botanical Textures Suite by Stampin’ Up!®.

Both cards were created using the same sketch, Casing a card I saw on Facebook. I’m sorry I don’t have the name who created the card I saw. I loved the simplicity of it, I have changed it slightly and used different products. As this style of card can be created with different products and will always looks great.

Measurements Used…

Storybook Moments – (1)

Woven Textures – (2)

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Lost Lagoon (1) Gray Granite (2)	8½ x 5½”, score @ 4¼”	21 x 14.9cm, score at 10.5cm
Card Base	DSP	2 x 4¼”	6 x 10.5cn
DSP Mat (2)	Basic Black	2⅛ x 4¼”	6.3 x 10.5cm
Card Front	Basic Beige (1) Basic White (2)	3¾ x 2⅜”	10 x 6cm
Card Front Mat	Boho Blue (1) Basic Black (2)	3⅞ x 2½	10.3 x 6.3cm
Card Insert	Basic Beige (1) Basic White (1)	4 x 5 ¼”	14.4 x 10cm
Card Insert Strip	DSP	½ x 5 ¼”	1.5 x 14.4cm

My Sketch Book

My sketch book is a book that Stampin Up!® gave us a couple of years ago and I use it to jot down ideas I see….sketches for cards and scrapbooks either ones I have seen or ideas I’ve created, colour combinations- you see them everywhere…Children’s clothing in Big W or in catalogues….I once even used a layout and colour combo from the back of a Nutragrain box – including the words they used (ironman).

What I love about this book is it has a ‘Dot Grid’ on the pages and I find it great for helping me to draw straight lines…(I’m a bit OCD about this) I can also use the grid for keeping my sketch in proportion…meaning each square is either = 1cm or 1″

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Botanical Textures

Published on March 8, 2025March 8, 2025 by Michele Jutrisa

On ‘Live with Michele’ I created this card using the Botanical Textures Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up! ®.

This was a fun and simple card to create, just using some strips of Botanical Textures DSP with the added texture from the Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder, these could also be off cuts from other projects.

Measurements Used…

Cutting Measurements

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base Tent Fold	Basic Black	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Card Front	Crumb Cake	3¾ x 5”	9.5 x 13.9cm
DSP Strips x 5	DSP	¾ x 6”	2 x 15cm
Card Insert Mat	Crumb Cake	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert	Basic White	3⅞ x 5⅛	9.7 x 14.1cm
Sentiment	Basic White	¾ x 3¼	2 x 8cm

After my live I created the same card again using the DSP in the Black and White as a comparison.

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Storybook Moments

Published on March 1, 2025March 1, 2025 by Michele Jutrisa

On yesterday’s ‘Live with Michele’ I created this card using the Storybook Moments Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up! ®.

I think I have fallen in LOVE!

This is one of my favorite card folds and it has been a long time since I have used it. It’s a tri-fold card and the 3rd section is small and added onto the main book fold card base.

Measurements Used…

Cutting Measurements

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base 1 Book Fold	Misty Moonlight	8½ x 5½”, score @ 4¼”	21 x 14.9cm, score at 10.5cm
Card Base 2	Misty Moonlight	4” X 4”, score 3⅛, 3¼”	10 x 10.5cm, score along 10cm edge 8, 8.3cm
Card Front 1 Mat	Boho Blue	4 x 5¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Front 1	DSP	3⅞ x 5⅛”	9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Front 2 Mat	Basic White	3 x 3⅞”	7.7 x 10.2
Card Front 2	DSP	2⅞ x 3¾”	7.4 x 9.9cm
Card Insert	Boho Blue	3⅞ x 5⅛”	9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Insert Mat	Basic White	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert Strip	DSP	½ x 5 ¼”	1.5 x 14.4cm
** please check the Imperial Letter Measurements these are based around the Card Front 2 DSP Panel

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Storybook Moments Suite Collection (English)

Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock

Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock

Boho Blue A4 Cardstock

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

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Floral Delight

Published on March 1, 2025March 1, 2025 by Michele Jutrisa

Last week on ‘Live with Michele’ I created this card using the Floral Delight Suite by Stampin’ Up! ®.

Measurements Used…

Cutting Measurements

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base Tent Fold	Pool Party	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Card Mat	Basic White	4 x 5¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Front	Gingham Vellum	2¼ x 5⅛”	6 x 14.1cm
Card Insert	Basic White	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert Strip	Gingham Vellum	½ x 5 ¼”	1.5 x 14.4cm
Die Cutting and Stamping	Basic White	3¼ x 4½” 2 x 4” 1½ x 4” 2½ x 6” 2 x 4”	8 x 11cm – Everyday Details die 5 x 10cm – 3 x 10cm 6 x 15cm 4.5 x 10cm
Die cut branch	Pecan Pie	2½ x 6”	6 x 15cm

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Floral Delight Suite Collection (English)

Eyelet 3 D Embossing Folder

Everyday Details Dies

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

Basic White A4 Cardstock

Pecan Pie A4 Cardstock

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

Lemon Lolly Classic Stampin' Pad

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

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Heirloom Arrangements

Published on February 16, 2025February 16, 2025 by Michele Jutrisa

On Fridays ‘Live with Michele’ I created this card using the Heirloom Arrangements Kit by Stampin’ Up! ®.

I have decided that over February and March I will be Fundraising for a cause that in recent months had an impact on me. I will be raising funds for the Ping Pong-A Thon.

Ping Pong-A-Thon is a fundraising & advocacy movement, combating human trafficking and exploitation of young people in South East Asia through a series of table tennis events held every year.

Stampin’ Up!® have recently released this amazingly beautiful Card Kit – Heirloom Arrangements Kit. The kit contains everything you will require to create 8 stunning cards. Over the coming weeks I will be creating and sharing projects made with Heirlooms Arrangements and not just cards.

If you live locally to me in Southern Highlands I will also be running a Workshop using this product on the March 14.

Kits cost $41 plus postage & Handling and $7 from every kit sale will be donated to Ping Pong-a-thon.

To find out more about Ping Pong-A-Thon https://pingpongathon.com/

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Use the Host Code on the Image below and I will donate $7 to the Ping Pong-A-Thon

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Toadstool Gardens

Published on February 8, 2025February 8, 2025 by Michele Jutrisa

Hello, who loves bight….I do!

On yesterday’s ‘Live with Michele’ I created this card using the Toadstool Gardens Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! ®, you can earn this DSP for FREE when you spend $100 AUD. This product and many others is found in the Sale-A Bration Catalogue that runs until February 28th. Stampin’ Up! have just added a few more products to the FREE items list.

Along with the Toadstool Gardens DSP I also used the Everyday Arches Bundle, I love this bold ‘Hello’ and the smallest of the arches makes a great label for my card.

Check out the video below for all the details.

Measurements Used…

Cutting Measurements

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Melon Mambo	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, scored at 14.9cm
Card Mat	Granny Apple Green	4 x 5¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Front	DSP – Toadstools	3⅞ x 5⅛”	9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Front	DSP- Strip	1 x 5⅛”	2.5 x 14.1cm
Insert Mat	Granny Apple Green	4 x 5¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Insert	Basic White	3⅞ x 5⅛”	9.7 x 14.1cm
Insert Strip	DSP Toadstools	¾ x 5⅛”	2 x 14.1cm

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