Mini Pocket Envelope Dies…. are just the right size for a Gift Tag, to hold a Gift Card, you can add it to the front of a card with an extra message inside or add on to a scrapbook page to hold your journaling…the ideas are endless.
On my ‘Live’ today I used the Stampin’ Up! Mini Pocket Envelope Dies to created a very ‘Shabby Chic’ style or even ‘Grunge’ style Pocket Envelope.
To decorate the envelope I used Quite Meadow Stamps, Stitchery Stamps, Meadow Dies and Brilliant Wings Dies
I used the blending brushes to add layers of age around the edges and splatters of White craft Ink and Wink of Stella.
This style is so out of my comfort zone …. but I had so much fun creating it. In the gallery above is also photo’s showing the another Mini Pocket Envelope using the Hues of Happiness suite.
Please excuse the start of the video as I had a small sound issue which we fixed..this is Live no editing…so I hope you enjoy
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My Live this week I used the Waves of Inspiration from the NEW 2022-23 Annual Catalogue. This was so much fun to make…who doesn’t like to make a mess sometimes…Me!
This card uses the Emboss Resist Technique with a water colour wash to create the background. Prior to making this card i played with a few ideas on how to colour my watercolour paper and in the end came up with the best result. Some of my play pieces I have shown in the video.
You could use Shimmery White cardstock instead of the watercolour Fluid 100 but you may get a slightly different result. Anyway every time you make this card you will get different effects.
I did forget to stamp the birds on my Live and did them later, they were stamped in the Starry Sky Ink.
This weeks Live I show how to make this card using the Hues of Happiness…
Measurements
Card Base- Thick Basic White 14.9 x 21cm, score at 10.5cm
Card Front- Starry Sky 9 x 13.5cm
Card Front – Fluid 100 Watercolour paper 8.5 x 13cm
Sentiment and Pelican- Basic White Reg Cardstock 6 x 10cm
YouTube Video- Waves of Inspiration
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I love this card…it took a bit of work and it turned out so well!
I made this card using the Be Jolly Stamps found in the July- December 2021 Mini Catalogue by Stampin’ Up!®
In 2016 I made a card for Global Design Project- Hey, Chick using the same layout. But instead of a chick stamped on an oval, Santa is fussy cut and sitting on a rectangle of vellum.
Below are all the cutting measurements plus the video showing how I Stamped, coloured and cut this card.
Measurements Used…
Card Base Garden Green – 10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Card Front Mat Real Red- 10 x 14.4cm
Card Front crumb Cake- 10 x 14.9cm
Vellum Scrap- cut with Stitched Rectangle Die measured approx 3.5 x 8.7cm
Basic White Scrap to stamp Santa
Basic Black Scrap- smallest Taylor Made Tag Die
Card Insert Basic White- 10 x 14.4cm
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This months hop is all about Colour with a Colour Challenge: Pear Pizzazz – Daffodil Delight – Polished Pink
Today I have used the Delicate Dahlias from the 2021 Sale-A-bration, along with the Plenty of Patterns Decorative Masks from the Annual Catalogue.
You can earn the Delicate Dahlias stamps when you spend $180 from the Annual or mini Catalogues.
The ombre back ground was created by using the Blending brushes to blend the daffodil delight Ink from the bottom to the top. Working the colour darker to lighter.
The Dahlias and leaves were stamped onto Basic White Cardstock , then fussy cut. I stamped the dahlias twice with both the outline stamp and the Distinktive stamp using the Polished Pink Ink Pad. One dahlia was cut around the outer edge, the other was cut further in to form two layers. The petals were slightly shaped before layering together using dimensionals.
The leaves were stamped using the Pear Pizzazz Ink Pad, fussy cut and tucked under the dahlia.
The sentiment is from the Lovely You Stamps, stamped onto basic Black cardstock and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
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.
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 them this month is MASCULINE…I am a mother of 4 boys and I always have trouble making cards for them. So this has been a good challenge to come up with a masculine card.
For this card I used the Sailing Home Stamp set and coordinating dies Smooth Sailing. The ocean was created by masking with a torn piece of paper and using the Blending Brushes to create waves. To create the sun I made a mask by cutting a circle using the Layering Circle Dies and brushing the colour on.
After creating the background I stamped on the sailing boat image using Memento Black Ink and coloured it in with Blends- Soft Suede and Poppy Parade
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Measurements are in both Imperial/ US Letter size and Metric/ A4.
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Today’s card is a simple Black, White and Gold card for you… I made this card using Handsomely Suited Stamp set from the Well Suited Suite and the Gilded Leafing Embellishment by Stampin’ Up!. This was my first play with it, keeping it really simple until i work it all out. What do you think?
I used the Stamparatus to stamp the images using VersaMark. I placed the Bow Tie and the sentiment onto the Stamparatus and stamped, then moved the hinged plates down two spaces and stamped again.
Sprinkle the Heat & Stick Powder over the top, removed the excess and heat with the Heat Gun. Working quickly I dipped the card front into the Gilded Leafing and gentle pushed down. Working lightly with a piece of sponge gently brush off the excess Gilding Leaf. In areas that didn’t take with the Gilding I heated up with the Heat Gun again.
Two things to be careful of…
The Gilding Leaf comes in a jar, purchase a large plastic box to pour it into. You will need a box about the size of a card front or bigger and next time I may only empty half the jar not all of it…a little bit of this stuff goes a long way and there’s more in that jar than you think.
I found the sponge a little harsh, I’m going to get myself a Stippling brush and try. I found the Sponge was a little too harsh..you need to pounce the Gilding on. So it needs to be firm but then soft enough to bush away the excess Gilding.
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Art Gallery – Thank You
This is the last Blog Hop for 2020…and this card says it all…’Thank you’. Thank you for following me, supporting me by liking, commenting and purchasing from me. This card was made for all of you. I am looking forward to next year and sharing with you all more of my projects.
This card was a bit of a mystery card card because I wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out, but I am pleased with the results. I have used the Art Gallery Photopolymer Stamp Set, from the Fine Art Floral Suite Collection which you will be able to find in the 2021 Jan-Jun Mini Catalaogue.
If you would like a copy of the 2021 Mini, live in Australia & you don’t have a Demonstrator let me know HERE …I will get one to you.
Have you ever tried to stamp on ‘Black’?
You can’t stamp on black as black will absorb the colour, so you need to add a barrier between the black and the colour you want to use. Whisper White Craft Ink is the best product for this as you can stamp on top of it or colour it with water colour pencils. I recommend you use the Stamparatus when doing this technique as you need to stamp exactly in the same place. The Whisper White Craft Ink takes longer to dry so make sure that the ink is dry before stamping on top with another colour.
Can you work out what colours I used?
Can you work out what colours I used…I bet you can’t as I was even surprised how the colours I used changed so much.
Stems – Granny Apple Green
Flower – Magenta Madness
Flower highlights – Melon Mambo
Flower Center – Gold Embossed
So what do you think…a BIG difference isn’t it. I even stamped the colours a couple of times to get a brighter colour. I may have achieved a true colour if I had used water colour pencils. So if you are going to try this at home using different colours, I would suggest you do a test first.
I am still very happy with the results. This is a simple card to make and because you use the Stamparatus you could make multiples of this card easily..perfect for my December Thank You cards.
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My card today uses the Stampin’ Up! ‘Joyful Holly’. This is a simple card to make, you will have fun making this for your friends and family.
The Poppy Parade card front has been stamped all over using one of the Holly images Poppy Parade Stampin’ Pad.
The Joyful Holly stamp is a 2 step stamp – one stamp gives you the out line and the other fills in the image. It is a Photopolymer stamp so you can see through the stamp to line it up. I used the Stamparatus which allows me to line everything up and stamp multiple cards.
Stamparatus $85.00 AUD
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Click on the Link below for a step by step instructions for making this card. Including all measurements for both A4 – Metric and Letter Size – Imperial
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Today I decided to make some customer cards for my October Customer’s & Team.
For this project I used products from Swirly Frames stamp set, Lovely You and the Small Bloom Punch.
This card is very simple using a ‘Stamping of technique or 2nd Generation’ stamping.
How to make this Card….
Cut a Piece of Whisper White Cardstock at 8.5 x 8.5cm
Using the Stamparatus stamped the circle Swirly Frame using Smoky Slate Stampin’ Pad.
To form the wreath- Using Just Jade Stampin’ Pad ,start on the right hand side & stamped the first leaf. Then stamped again without re-inking following the curve of the circle towards the top.(I stamped 3 times) Each time you stamp the image gets lighter and lighter – this gives you the 2nd & 3rd Generation.
Then repeat, this time following the bottom curve.
Stamp the sentiment with in the circle using the Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Mat – Cut a piece of Magenta Madness cut at 9 x 9cm and adhere to the Whisper White square.
Card Base – Whisper White cut at 14.9 x 21cm, scored at 10.5cm
Adhere the stamped/ matted pieces to the card front.
Using the Small Bloom Punch 3 flowers where punched out for each card
and here comes the fun part….
With a piercing mat rub each flower in a circle motion with the large curve end of my Bone Folder to soften the paper.
Then take each flower and scrunch it into a ball. Gently unfold the flower, this gives your flowers some texture and dimension.
Adhere three flowers to the wreath with Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue or a Glue Dot.
In the center of each flower add a Bumble Bee Enamel Dot from the 2020-21 In Colour Enamel Dots.
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It’s a beautiful morning here in Moss Vale, NSW. A lovely winters day…
In the last couple of day’s I have been working with a new stamp from Stampin’ Up! ® called Camouflage152547 and teamed it up with Sailing Home 149457.
When I saw this I new I had to get it and make a card for my son, who is in the Australian Defence Force. Not often do I find something that suits him compared to my other sons. This card is nearly all in gray as the Navy camo colours are gray with some black in it. Instead of using black I have used Night of Navy and a touch of gold because he is an Officer. So I hope he likes this card…its not a birthday or for anything special event.I just want to write him so he knows he is always in our thoughts.
When stamping this card I used the Stamparatus – Stampin’ Up! ® positioning tool as it allowed me to stamp this image a few times.
*Hint – before using the stamp clean it a couple of times with the Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Mist. Being a large all over stamp I found I was getting a good clean image. Sometimes residue from the manufacturing can still be on the stamp and the small bush bristles on the Stampin’ Scrub can get in a clean them off.
The Stamparatus also enables you to stamp multiple images going down the page because of there hinged system. I had to play with NO INK to make sure I had the stamp in the correct position, when I had that sorted I could move the plate down two hinge notches and re-stamp having everything lined up just right.
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