Nature’s Walk – Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop

Published on April 4, 2026March 30, 2026 by Michele Jutrisa

Welcome to Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop. We are a group of Australian Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators 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. Each month we will be showing different ideas based around products, themes and challenges.

Our theme this month for the Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop is a Distressing Technique Challenge, hosted by Monique. For my project, I’m featuring the beautiful Nature’s Walk Suite from the January–April Mini Catalogue by Stampin’ Up!®. This collection is perfect for adding texture and vintage charm, making it ideal for experimenting with distressing techniques.

Nature’s Walk

For this month’s Distressing Technique Challenge, I wanted to focus on that aged, natural look that works so beautifully with the Nature’s Walk Suite.

Distressing is a simple way to give your cards a vintage, weathered feel, adding texture and depth without needing lots of extra supplies.

I’ve kept the distressing on this card nice and simple. I added distressed edges to the mat layer, used ink blending on the card base and front, and finished with a few ink splatters to create a soft aged look.

The Nature’s Walk Suite also includes some beautiful dies, which I’ve used on the card front to add extra texture. By lightly blending ink over the die-cut areas, it really helps highlight those details and bring the texture to life.

✂️ Techniques I Used

To create this card, I used a few simple techniques to build up that soft, rustic style:

• Distressed Edges
Lightly roughing up the edges removes that clean, sharp finish and gives a more natural, worn look.

• Ink Blending
Blending ink around the edges adds depth and helps each layer stand out while still keeping everything soft and cohesive.

• Splattering
A few ink splatters add to the aged effect, creating those little marks that make the card feel more relaxed and organic.

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

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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

Product List

Nature Walk Suite Collection (English)

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

Basic Beige A4 Cardstock

Pecan Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

Linen Thread

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Lovely Blossoms Card & Stampin’ Repositioner

Published on February 1, 2026February 1, 2026 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi there, and welcome! Whether you’re here for inspiration, ideas, or just a creative escape—I’m so happy you’ve stopped by.

On Friday’s Live with Michele, I played with the Lovely Blossoms Suite Collection and had a good play with the NEW Stampin’ Positioner by Stampin’ Up!®.

Tri-Fold card using the lovely Blossoms Suite Collection

This is such a fun, simple card to make, and the Positioner makes stamping so easy. I showed how I stamped the sentiment down the side (still practising that spacing 😅) and how effortlessly you can get great ink coverage when stamping the leaves.

My favourite tip came from my gorgeous friend Heather – The Songbird Stamper, who shared a brilliant way to use the small alignment plate to stamp on already die-cut banners. If you like to cut first and stamp later, this is a total game changer!

Printable Tutorial

Lovely Blossoms Tri-Fold card Download

tri-Fold card using the Lovely Blossoms Suite Collection by Stampin' Up!

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Perfect for beginners and experienced stampers alike!

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

If you’re in Australia and need help with your crafting needs and don’t have a Demonstrator, I’d love to assist you. Feel free to reach out to me at 0408868771 or michele@jutrisa.com. Cheers!

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Product List

Lovely Blossoms Suite Collection (English)

Petal Pink A4 Cardstock

Basic White A4 Cardstock

Cloud Cover 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Two Tone Cardstock

Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad

Cloud Cover Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

Uninked Stampin' Spots

Small Blending Brushes

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Mediterranean Blooms in Paper Tole

Published on May 23, 2024May 23, 2024 by Michele Jutrisa

On my Live with Michele on Tuesday night I created this card using the Stampin’ Up! Mediterranean Blooms Designer Series Paper from the current 2024-25 Annual Catalogue. The technique used in creating this card is called Paper Toil.

What is a Paper Tole?

Paper Tole (Three dimensional decoupage) is the fascinating art of making realistic three dimensional pictures from a number of flat artist’s prints. The effect is achieved by cutting, shaping and reassembling the paper pieces to give a three dimensional image.

Measurements Used…

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Night of Navy	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
Sentiment – finished Die size	Basic White	1¾ x 3⅛”	4.5 x 8cm
Card Insert	Basic White	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert strip	DSP	1⅛ x 4”	3 x 10cm
Card Insert strip	Night of Navy	½ x 4”	1 x 10cm

3-4 DSP Images to cut into layers for the Paper Toil

How too…

The video below goes through all the steps I used.

TIP: If you are wanting to coat the back of the DSP for extra strength and don’t have Modge Podge, then what you can do as Tombow Multi – Purpose Glue is acid free is to water it down and with a foam brush paint it on. Let dry completely before cutting.

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Product List

Mediterranean Blooms 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Opal Rounds Assortment

Deckled Rectangles Dies

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

Basic White A4 Cardstock

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

Stampin' Dimensionals

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Enduring Beauty

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

On my Tuesday night ‘Live with Michele’ I created this card using Stampin’ Up!® Enduring Beauty Stamp. This stamp is part of a Enduring Beauty Bundle, the bundle includes stamps, dies and masks.

Measurements Used…

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Basic White	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Mat	Lost Lagoon	4 x 5¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Front Base	Basic White	3 ⅞ x 5 ⅛”	9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Insert Mat	Lost Lagoon	4 x 5¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert	Basic White	3 ⅞ x 5 ⅛”	9.7 x 14.1cm
Sentiment	Berry Burst	½ x 4¼”	1.3 x 10.5cm
Sentiment Mat	Lost Lagoon	⅝ x 4¼”	1.6 x 10.5cm

This is a simple card to create, masking an area off area approx 6 x 8cm (2¼ x 3½”) using masking paper or ‘Post it Note Paper’. You want the masked area to be smaller than the stamp image, so that it has some ‘black and white’ image. Make sure the outer edge of the card front is covered so ink doesn’t colour the areas you want clean.

Using a Blending Brush, start with Fresh Freesia Ink and brush in a circular motion down 2/3rds of card front. From top down add Berry Burst to the top third of the card. Blending the Berry Burst into the Fresh Freesia. This also hid where I added too much ink in the Fresh Freesia (see Video).

Working from bottom up add Lost Lagoon blending it into the Fresh Freesia. Remove the masking paper.

Using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, stamp the Enduring Beauty image over the top.

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Jungle Pals

Published on January 20, 2024January 20, 2024 by Michele Jutrisa

I had so much fun yesterday on ‘Live with Michele’ creating this fun card. I used 3 NEW products from the Stampin’ Up! ® Sale-A-Bration Jan- Feb 2024 Catalogue – Jungle Pals Stamp Set, Heartfelt Hellos Stamp Set and Jungle Pals Dies.

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I coloured the Toucan using Stampin’ Blends. Did you know Toucan’s come in all different colours? I researched them on Google and in the end looked up cartoon images for the Toucan. He was fun to colour!

The colours I used were…

poppy Parade
Parakeet Party
Azure Afternoon
Daffodil Delight
Pumpkin Pie
Basic Black

The back ground for this card was coloured using Granny Apple Green, Garden Green, Azure Afternoon and Blueberry Bushel inks with a Blending Brush.

I wanted this card to look lush and bright, with lots of layers of different greens creating depth and flowers in bright colours.

After the Live had wrapped up I decided to add the Black Adhesive Backed Sparkle Gems, as I felt it just need something to finish the flowers…to add a little bit of ‘POP!’

Measurements Used…

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Granny Apple Green	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Front – Die cut to size	Basic White	4¼ x 5½	10.5 x 14.9cm
Card Insert	Basic White	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Stamping – Toucan and Sentiment	Basic White	4 x 3”	10 x 8cm
Flowers	Mellon Mambo	Scraps
Leaves & Vines	Granny Apple Green
	Lemon Lime Twist
	Garden Green
Tree	Pecan Pie

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Watch the video to see how I coloured the Toucan and put the card together.

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Earn these products for FREE when you spend $90 or $180 (AU$) from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue

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Jungle Pals Cling Stamp Set

Jungle Pals Dies

Heartfelt Hellos Cling Stamp Set (English)

Products from Annual Catalogue

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Waves of Inspiration

Published on January 3, 2024January 3, 2024 by Michele Jutrisa

I had a lot of fun creating this card…. The Stamp set I used is by Stampin’ Up! ®, called Waves of Inspiration and the coordinating Waves Dies. It was the back ground I enjoyed making, using only 3 colours Cherry Cobbler, Azure Afternoon and Crushed Curry (not a combination I would have picked) and who would have thought the combination of these colours would come together like this.

With the help of a few other tools –

a mask I created from the Basic Border Dies to create the clouds
some torn paper to create non solid lines of the ripple waves
Blending Brushes in large and small

I used the image below that I found on Google as my Inspiration for the scene. The colour combination came from a card that was sent to me from a friend and it worked really well for what I was trying to recreate.

Inspiration Image

The Wave Dies gives the card a focal image and makes you look beyond to the sun set. Both dies were cut from Basic White Cardstock and I coloured the larger of the two with Azure Afternoon Ink and Blending Brush, leaving some white space. I was going to layer with the white on top but it was a little to stark, so it ended up going under the Azure wave and that really worked well.

The sentiment and birds from the Waves of Inspiration Stamp Set were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. To finish the image I added some ‘dottage’ with Wink of Stella and White Craft Ink mixed with Wink of Stella for the water spray from the waves.

Keeping everything simple I mounted my finished card front on a Basic White card.

I LOVE the way this turned out.

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Creativity Abounds Blog Hop – Online Exclusives

Published on April 20, 2023April 17, 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.

Our Theme this month is ‘Online Exclusives’ and we are all creating projects using those products. I have chosen to use the Hello, Irresistible Suite Collection. I have also added one of the embossing folders from the Basics 3D Embossing Folders.

Hello, Irresistible

With this card I want a fresh bright look….and I wanted to have some fun with the colour, or how I coloured the flowers.

The flowers and leaves I stamped onto Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper using white embossing powder and used a Floating Reinker Technique to colour them. (I have added a Video by Patsy Waggoner showing the technique)

The Re-Inkers I have used here are..

Highland Heather
Gorgeous Grape
Pear Pizzazz (I will be sad to see this go – but I can’t wait to play with all those new colours)

I created a textured back ground with one of the Basics 3D Embossing Folders and added a die cut over the top.

I added a circle of vellum and placed it under the large flower to separate it from the other flowers.

The inside of the card I added a strip of embossed cardstock across the bottom of the card with a trim of Highland Heather cardstock and an watercolour leaf.

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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In the Moment

Published on January 8, 2022January 8, 2022 by Michele Jutrisa

Do you like the look of water colours and haven’t given it a try…..Over the last few days I have been enjoying playing around with some water colouring and I thought I would share with you on some of the things I have learnt. The image I am using is from the In the Moment Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up!®.

On my Facebook Live I show how I coloured one of the images from this set and how simple it can be. Below you will find the video and some tips, I hope you will find helpful.

In the Moment Stamp set by Stampin' Up! Watercoloured

Measurements Used…

Card Base Misty Moonlight: 10.5 x 29.9cm, scored at 14.9cm
Card Mat Pattern Party Designer Series Paper: 10 x 14.4cm
Front Strip Melon Mambo: 5 x 10cm
Water colour Panel Shimmery White: 10.5 x 14.9cm
Card Insert Shimmery White: 10.5 x 14.9cm

https://youtu.be/1yDAKCTR11E

Tips

Use the right product for the project – Water colouring you need a paper that will with stand the water. Stampin’ Up! have two cardstocks for this Shimmery White and Fluid 100 water Colour Paper. It is also important to use the correct ink to stamp your image and that is Stazon Ink.
I have used lots of colours, you don’t need to. Start by using only 2 or 3 colours. By starting with a light colour you can build up the depth of colour by adding layers. Just let each layer dry dry a little before adding more.
I like to work on the side of my brush and use the tip for detail. When doing calligraphy you learn to push down on the nib to give broader strokes and lift to get finer strokes. It’s the same here..I work on the side of my brush and gently pushing down will give me that broader brush stroke, remember to keep it very gentle.
There are 3 brushes in the Water Painters…I like to use the finer one…work out which one works best for the job your doing.
Leave some white space, you don’t need to cover the complete image. If my brush has missed a spot then I leave it, white space is good.
Have a piece of paper towel handy – to clean your brush but to also blot out areas where you may have to much water or to remove colour

Here’s an Important Tip…..

LET IT DRY BEFORE MOVING ON …Allow your work to dry before adding another layer of colour…this has been my biggest hurdle as I like to get things done quickly. Slow down and allow your work to dry. Use a heat gun but be aware that it can warp your cardstock.
Try not to work on two areas next to each other. Ink will flow where there is water, so two wet areas next to each other colour from one will flow into the other. Example jeans and dog – if both areas are wet the blue can bleed into the brown of the dog.
Don’t worry if your work goes out side the lines a little. Water colour is about the flow of the colour and the softness
PRACTICE….practice. Play with it, have fun with it…You will find your own flow.

In the Moment Stamp Set By Stampin' Up!, also showing the inside panel of the card with a water wash under the sentiment.

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In The Moment Cling Stamp Set (English)

Pattern Party 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper

Stitched So Sweetly Dies

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

Water Painters

Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad

Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad

Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad

Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad

Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

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Artfully Composed

Published on January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 by Michele Jutrisa

On my FB Live I created a card using the Artfully Composed Suite and the Swipe Technique. I also showed an example of this technique using Designer Series Paper.

Artfully Composed Suite consists of- Artfully Composed Bundle with its Artfully Layered Bundle ( Artfully Layered Stamp set & Tropical Layers Dies) Stamp set, White Frayed Ribbon, Faux Sea Glass Shapes, vellum Layering Designs and Artfully Composed designer series Paper.

The cards I made uses the ‘Swiping Technique’, where you swipe the ink pad across your cardstock. The angel & pressure you hold the ink pad results in different textures. This is also a great way to add extra texture to a piece of DSP also.

Cards made using the Artfully Composed Suite by Stampin' Up! & the Swipe Technique.

Measurements Used…

Card Base Calypso Coral: 10.5 x 29.9cm, scored at 14.9cm
Mat Mint Macron: 10 x 14.4cm
Card front Basic White or Artfully Composed Designer Series Paper: 10.5 x 14.9cm, cut down after stamping 9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Insert Basic White: 10 x 14.4cm
Basic White scrap & Calypso Coral scrap for stamping & sentiment
Gold & Rose Gold Metallic Specialty Paper
Pale Papaya Ribbon approx 25cm

Here I have both the finished card fronts. The one one left I started with a Basic White Cardstock and swiped with the ink pads and stamped. The other piece on the right is a piece of Designer Series Paper that had mostly a white back ground and was swiped with the ink pads.

Colours Used for Swiping Technique:

Pale Papaya, Calypso Coral, Mint Macron, Pear Pizzazz

Colours in Stamping:

Old Olive, Evening Evergreen

Card fronts made using the Artfully Composed Suite by Stampin' Up! & the Swipe Technique.

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