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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Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop- March

Published on March 20, 2025March 17, 2025 by Michele Jutrisa

Welcome to my Blog…. Today I am taking part in ‘Scrapbook Global Blog Hop’ for March.

I will be joining in with some amazingly talented Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from around the world. We are happy that you can join us and hope that we can Inspire you to make creations of your own.

This Month we have the Lovely Courtenay Heuston – Creative Design Team Member who chose Scrapbooking Global – Stampin’ Up! Blog Hop – Mar 20th, 2025 Colour Challenge theme.

Courtenay has chosen a FAVOURITE colour of hers- use Green Designer Series Paper on your layout.

Together

This photo is of my son, Robert and his beautiful girlfriend Georgia, it was taken on Christmas day in our back yard.

This challenge was a real challenge as I like green but working with it on a scrapbook page and finding the right photo to go with it was a little tougher. I’m really pleased with how this all turned out.

My Layout

I decided to use products from the ‘Lovely Garden Suite Collection‘ by Stampin’ Up!®. I like the Garden Green broken up with the small flowers in white and yellow. Also in the range of papers is this lovely little yellow and green flower on a white background. Lovely Garden Designer Series Papers also has some black and white papers which is great for adding another layer without taking away from the other papers.

I added some texture to the back ground by stamping some splatters using the Elements of Text Cling Stamp and Gray Granite Ink Pad, stamping of off before stamping to my page.

To embellish the page I used the dies from Delightful Wishes Bundle and the leaf dies from the Thankful Garden Dies (part of the Lovely Garden Suite). The leaves I die cut from the Garden Green Two Tone Cardstock using both sides The bird and butterflies I got from the Spring Celebrations Mix & Match Ephemera pack. The Black and white bird on a branch ties in with the black and white DSP and the butterflies draws the eye upwards from the flowers.

Font

My font I created on my Silhouette Cameo using the Will & Grace Font from DaFont. These were cut from Basic White Cardstock and Garden Green Two Tone Cardstock using the lighter side.

My Inspiration

I did use a layout I saw on Pinterest as my Inspiration as I’m finding a my feet in scrapbooking again after being away from it for so many years.

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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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Take to the Sky

Published on March 10, 2025March 9, 2025 by Michele Jutrisa

Today I am taking part in the Scrapbook Sunday Blog Hop, I am using the ‘Take to the Sky Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up!®.

This Designer Series Paper is part of the Take to the Sky Suite Collection, which also includes Adventurous Sky Bundle and Industrial Trinkets. As I have only got the DSP I am just working with it. Two sheets of the DSP is tags and other cut out panels which I have used to the elements of my layout.

The Story- Fleet Air Arm Museum

How I created my page…

Layout

For this layout I worked a little backwards by creating the Right page first and then followed through to the Left page.

Right Page-

I started this page by working out how I could place all the photos and decided to make them into a strip going across the page.
Then added the 2 strips of DSP above and below the photos. Both of these strips were inked along the edges in Basic Gray.
I used the cut-a-part tags to created elements at the top right corner of my layout. Tag edges were also Inked in Basic Gray Ink and holes punched using the new 1/8″ Hole Punch from the Hole Punch Assortment. Bakers Twine in black added to tags.

Left Page –

DSP was cut to match the right page, inked along the edges with Basic Gray Ink and added to the page
$ x 6 photo matted in Boho Blue
Tags and other cut-a-part elements Inked around the edges, some tags cut down, as not all the tag needed. Those left over pieces were then cut into tags and added to right hand page at the bottom of layout.
Title was cut from Basic Black cardstock with Adhesive Sheets adhered to the page above smaller photo.

As an after thought I decided to ink around the edges of the pages with Basic Gray Ink and added some stamping of planes from the Everyday Arches Stamps for added texture.

Journalling was added in strips printed onto Basic White Cardstock.

Scrapbook Sunday

Today I am taking part in ‘Scrapbook Sunday Blog Hop’. I will be joining in with some amazingly talented Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from around the world. We are happy that you can join us and hope that we can Inspire you to make creations of your own. You will find the Links to the others participating below…..I hope you enjoy!

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

You may be starting here or have come from someone else’s blog – either way there is a list below to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas.

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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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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Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop- March

Published on March 4, 2025March 4, 2025 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 ‘Photo Inspiration Challenge’ created by me…the challenge is to let this image inspire you on either a card or scrapbook layout. So it could be the textures such as the barnwood of the barn, colours of the flowers or just the use of flowers.

What inspired me was the barnwood, the flowers and the country feel. I used 4 of the flower designs from the Mixed Media Florals Designer Series Paper a long with the Country Wood Designer Series Paper and the hexagons in the Meant to Bee Dies to create a patchwork background.

I enjoy English Paper Piecing (Patchwork) and these dies from the Meant to Bee Dies, are a 1-1/4 ” dies, the smallest of 5 dies, I could only create 2 of the “Grandmothers Flowers Garden Block” pieces or part of the block pattern, due to size of the dies. It took a lot of playing around to create the right layout so you could see the elements.

How I created my page…

To make to the hexigons stand out on the page, I linked around the edges with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

I have three photos on this layout, the third photo is hidden under the 4 x4 photo at the top of the page with the use of a ‘Flip Flap’.along with the journaling, behind the photo. I decided that if I used the third photo on the layout it would have covered up too much of the hexi’s.

The title was created with Alphabet A La Mode Dies, die cut in Misty Moonlight and Basic Black Cardstock. By layering the dies on top of each other and slightly off set it creates a shadow line and helps the lettering to ‘POP’.

To finish my page I added some splatters in Tuxcedo Black and Misty Moonlight Ink.

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

You may be starting here or have come from someone else’s blog – either way there is a list below to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas.

Follow the Hop here..

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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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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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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Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop- February

Published on February 20, 2025February 18, 2025 by Michele Jutrisa

Welcome to my Blog….over the last few months I have been trying to get back into Scrapbooking, which is something I used to do well before card making. And what better way then participating in a challenge.

Today I’m taking part in the ‘Scrapbook Global Blog Hop’, This challenge, a sketch challenge was designed by my lovely friend Julia Quinn.

Julia has created this wonderful sketch, which I thought would work well with my photo’s and who doesn’t love a great sketch to work with.

To give a vintage feel to the layout I choose to use the Country Lace and Country Woods Designer Series Papers with the ephemera elements from the Heirloom Arrangements Kit .

Added texture was added with the grid stamp from Heirloom Arrangements and a splatter stamp from the Elements of Text Stamps with the Pecan Pie Ink making sure to stamp off so to get a lighter aged look and feel.

As the photo’s are a little larger than what is shown on the sketch, I placed my title at the top of the layout. The title was cut using a Silhouette Cameo and Basic White Cardstock.

The combination of sepia-toned photos with the vibrant florals from the Heirloom Arrangements Kit create a beautiful contrast.

I hope you have enjoyed my Layout using Julia’s Sketch. Please follow on and have a look at what everyone else has created with this sketch. Links are below…Enjoy!

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Elements Of Text Cling Stamp Set

Country Lace 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Basic White 12 X12 (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock

Pecan Pie 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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