Tuesday Night on my ‘Live with Michele’, we rolled the dice to decide what type of card I would make.
In-Colors
Standard Card
Sympathy
Die-Cut
Two-step Stamping
I decided to use the Layering Leaves as I had only received in my latest order. The Layering Leaves was created to go with the Bough Punch that we have had in our Catalogue for a while. Layering Leaves is also a Two- Step Stamp, the leaves was stamped with full strength ink and the fill stamped was stamped off so the colour would be lighter.
Measurements Used…
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Paper Florist Dies & Countryside Inn
For my card I am using – Easel Card, Flowers and Blue…….and ‘Yes’ you could say that my card falls into a few other categories as well such as Easel Card, Designer Series Paper and Birthday… O’ well, just making sure I was covered……LOL!
I have chosen two of the new blues or one returning colour and one new – Misty Moonlight and Boho Blue with a little bit of Basic White and Wild Wheat.
Measurements Used..
Tips and Tricks
Card Base – Front was scored diagonally to form Easel Card
Card Front, Countryside Corners Bundle – Stitching Line inked with Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Write Marker and die cut with coordinating die.
Card Insert – Smaller Countryside Corner die cut in Basic White for a writing panel on inside of the card
Countryside label die has 3 dimensionals to give it lift for stopper.
Large Flowers – 2 layers large petals + 1 smaller Petals
Small Flowers Daisy – Each flower has 3 layers
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Today I’m taking part in the Just Add Ink Challenge and I am using Stampin’ Up!® Apple Harvest stamps and the Apple Blossom Dies. The Apple Harvest stamps are current in our current catalogue. The Apple Blossom Dies, which came out with a promotion last year are now discontinued and can be found at the moment in the Clearance Rack (Australia)…..So if you want them get them now!
Our Just Add Ink Challenge this week has been suggested by Tina. It’s a Choose Two Challenge that means you can use any products, layout, techniques or colours as long as you include two of the suggested elements.
My choice for the Choose Two Challenge by ‘Just Add Ink” ….. Flowers and Splatters.
Apple Harvest & Apple Blossom Dies
How to make this card…
Card Front – Aged or made ‘Shabby’
Stamped with the Apple Harvest stamp set using Boho Blue Ink Pad on Boho Blue cardstock
Splatters – Using White Craft Ink and Night of Navy Ink, watered down a little and splattered using a paint brush.
Edges of card front roughed up by scissor blades run over them
Cardstock was scrunched up and some edges rolled….I did this dry, if I moistened the cardstock the ink would of run!
Blossoms
Large Blossoms x 7
Small Blossoms x 7
Die cut from Very Vanilla cardstock , petals coloured with Berry Burst Ink and Blending Brushes.
Flower centers die cut from Wild Wheat Cardstock, x 7
Leaves
Die cut from Mossy Meadow Cardstock
Large x 6
Small x 7
Branches
Die cut from Pebble Path Cardstock
Sentiment
Stamped using Berry Burst ink on Very Vanilla Cardstock.
Cutting Measurements
Paper
Colour
Imperial
Metric
Card Base
Boho Blue
4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”
10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Mat
Night of Navy
3¾ x 5″
9.5 x 13.9cm
Card Front
Boho Blue
3⅝ x 4⅞”
9.2 x 13.6cm
Flowers
Very Vanilla
4 ¼ x 5 ½”
10.5 14.9cm
Leaves
Mossy Meadow
3 x 4 ¼”
7.5 x 10.5cm
Branches
Pebble Path
3 x 4 ¼”
7.5 x 10.5cm
Sentiment
Very Vanilla
1 x 4″
3 x 10cm
Card Insert
Very Vanilla
4 x 5¼”
10 x 14.1cm
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Today on my ‘Live’ I created a card using the Stampin’ Up!® Waves of Inspiration Stamp and Waves Dies. I haven’t used this stamp for a long time so it was fun to go back and revisit it.
This week, we are CASEing a card by Susan Wong, our talented team member from New Zealand. CASE = Copy And Selectively Edit Remember that when you CASE a project you can take what you like from the design and make it your own. It might be the stamp set – the colors, the layout, the theme, the images – whatever you like that has inspired you to make a card of your own.
Why don’t you go to Global Design Project site and check out the other projects completed by the Design Team …. also the other entries.
How to make this card….
Mask – Rub the back of the mask along stitching lines to close up holes, so that the colour doesn’t bleed through.
Masked of area coloured with Starry Sky and Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Pads and Blending Brushes
Water Splater – use a paint brush to get smaller splaters
Embossing folder – used reverse side as card front
Pelican – Stamped with Pebble Path and stamped off. Why? New ink pad which is very juicy, by removing some of the ink you get a clearer image.
Watercolour Pencils Used – Basic Black, Basic Gray, Basic White, Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Balmy Blue and Coastal Cabana
Watercolour pencils – use Blender Colour Lifter to blend colours, this allows you to use Basic White cardstock and Stampin’ Pads (water base ink)
Pebble Path Jute – Separate strands and bring back together to reduce bulk and give a fuller look.
Cutting Measurements
Paper
Colour
Imperial
Metric
Card Base
Crumb Cake
4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”
10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Mat
DSP
4 x 3”
10 x 8.5cm
Card Front
Basic White
3 ⅞ x 5 ⅛”
7.5 x 14.9cm
Stamping
Basic White
4 ¼ x 5½”
10.5 x 14.9cm
Card Insert
Basic White
4 x 5¼”
10 x 14.1cm
Card Insert Strip
DSP
4 x ½”
1.5 x 10cm
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For my ‘Live’ on Tuesday night I used the Cheerful Daisies Bundle by Stampin’ Up!® to create my card & to help decide the style/products I would used we rolled the DICE to leave it up too chance.
Brights
Slim Line
Embossed
Bling
For You
Brights – Berry Burst, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight
Slim Line – Long Narrow Card
Emboss – I used two embossing techniques
1 – Emboss Resist Technique – this is where you stamp the image with VersaMark ink and emboss with embossing powder. I used white embossing powder and with a Blending Brush, brushed Berry Burst Ink over the flower petals. The ink will resist the embossed areas and can be wiped away with a soft cloth or paper towel.
2 – Splatters 3D Embossing Folder, folder not long enough for card length, run through twice from each end. The area where the two ends of folder meets is not noticeable and covered with flowers.
Bling – Matt Black Dots, Deleted…Alternative Classic Matte Dots
For You – Sentimental Park Stamps along with Stylish Shapes Dies
Card Insert – I used to decorate inside left over flowers 1 large Daisy, I smaller Daisy and 1 green leaf
Cutting Measurements
Paper
Colour
Imperial
Metric
Card Base
Berry Burst
8½ x 8”, score @ 4″
20 x 21cm, score @ 10cm
Card Mat
Basic White
8 x 3½”
20 x 9cm
Card Front
Berry Burst
7¾ x 3¼
19.5 x 8.5cm
Card Insert
Basic White
8 x 3½”
20 x 9cm
Sentiment
Basic White
2 x 2″ cut Die 1½” square (size)
5 x 5cm
Flowers
Basic White
1/2 sheet of cardstock , Stamped 2 Large Daisies, 3 small Daisies, 3 half Daisies
Leaves
Granny Apple Green
Approx ¼ sheet of cardstock to die 5 Leaves
Leaves
Basic White
3 Leaves cut from large flower die – left over scraps
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Because I used the Colour Lifter I was able to stamped my image onto Basic White Cardstock and used Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. If I used water or Blender Pen I would have to change my ink to Stazon and use Watercolor Paper.
This is great sketch, there is so much you can do with it. just check out the Just Add Ink page to see what the Design Team came up with and what others have also created…maybe even give it a go yourself.
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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
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To give the background some interest I used the Lemon Lolly Strips from the Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper. This also fulfilled the requirements for the Global Design Project Theme Challenge #403. It’s been a while since I’ve entered the GDP challenge and it fills good to be back.
My other inspiration for this card was the sentiment – ‘Hey, there!’. Cleaning my desk I found the Charming Sentiments stamps, which is a bunch of sentiments for any occasion.
Today my card I have created to give to friend that has just become a first time Grandmother.
I thought the Lama from the Zoo Crew Suite was a must for this card, with her sitting there busy knitting away….maybe creating something fun for a new baby.
I stamped the Lama with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured it using Stampin’ Up! Blends.
When layering the Designer series Paper I felt it needed a bit of a lift, the two pieces of DSP with a white background was just too similar and needed to be a little different. A good way to change this with out completely changing the paper is to colour it. There are many ways you can colour your DSP and for this card I used the Lemon Lolly Blends. By using the Brush Nib end of your blend, colour the DSP – making sure you use the side of the brush not the point.
How to make this card…
If you get lost for ideas on card layouts, check out places like Pinterest. Here you can find lots of ideas by searching ‘Card Templates’ or ‘Card Sketches’. CardMaps and MojoSketch on Pinterest. I have a board on my Pinterest site called ‘Card Templates’ were I have saved card ideas. Sometimes I use these ideas when I’m feeling a bit lost for an idea or need some inspiration. When you do use an idea that not your own and share on Social Media (etc), then give credit to Where or Who inspired you.
Cutting Measurements
Paper
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 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Card Front
Boho Blue
3⅞ x 5⅛”
9.7 x 14.1cm
DSP
1¼ x 4¼”
3 x 11cm
DSP
¾ x 4″
2 x 11cm
DSP
2 x 2
5 x 5cm
Circle 2½”
Vellum
3 x 3″
7.5 x 7.5cm
Sentiment
basic White
2 x 4″ (scrap)
5 x 10cm 9Scrap)
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This weekend I took part in a Creativity Abounds Stamp Camp using products from the Fresh as a Daisy Suite. As part of the camp we gave some challenges, which you could use any products you have to create with.
This Challenge was given to us by Sara Sayers from the UK – Kiss Kreative
I love the Timeless Arrangements Bundle, they are so easy to use. Having all those small flowers on a bar means you don’t have to fiddling with lots of small pieces. You can layer as little of many as you want and place them behind sentiments, ribbon or layers. You die cut them from cardstock, Designer Series Paper, foil (gold, silver etc) or velum.
Love the colours in this against the Black, black always makes everything ‘POP’.
Flowers/Leaves on bars- you will require 2 for the front and 1 to cut down to use on card insert
Smaller Flowers and Leaves I used at least 4 on card front and others inside. These can be tucked in and around sentiment to fill areas you want to fill.
Flowers/leaves on bars are layered on top of one another and attached to back of embossed and die cut sentiment.
Left over flowers used to decorate strip on card insert – tried not to layer too much on top of each other. As you don’t want bulk on one side of strip.
Cutting Measurements
Paper
Colour
Imperial
Metric
Card Base
Basic Black
4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”
10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Front
Basic Black
4 x 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Sentiment
Basic Black
2 x 3″
5 x 7cm
Card Insert
Basic White
4 x 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert Strip
Basic Black
¾ x 4″
2 x 10.5cm
Scraps to cut flowers
Berry Burst
Cut 3 – flowers on the bar
Poppy Parade
Cut 3 – flowers on the bar
Crushed Curry
Cut 4-5 – smaller single Flowers
Pumpkin Pie
Cut 3 – flowers on the bar
Old Olive
Cut 4-5 – smaller single Leaves
Granny Apple Green
Cut 3 – leaves on the bar
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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 for our July Challenge is ‘Anything Animals’, this theme was set by Maheswari
Zoo Crew
For this challenge I have decided to use the Zoo Crew Suite with a Fun Fold Card – Pillar Pop-Up Card. I made this card originally in 2022 – Stella Birthday
How to make this card…
You can find a YouTube Video showing how I made this card previously HERE
I made a couple of changes, which are
No Designer Series Paper on the Frame, sponged around using blending brushes.
DSP added to stand on the back
When making this using Imperial Measurements your window size will be smaller. The Dancer and Band will be closer together
I sponged edges of layers using Lemon Lolly and Lost Lagoon Ink (re Pic’s)
I sponged Stage lighting using Lemon Lolly Ink and two pieces of post-it note to create a ‘V’
Band – Beaver and Water Hog and adhered to the DSP, Frog is attached with 2 mini dimensionals
Measurements Used…
Paper
Colour
Imperial/Letter
Metric/A4
Card Base
Basic White
4 ¼ x 5 ½”
10.5 x 14.9cm
Card Base Mat DSP
DSP
4 x 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Card Frame/Window
Basic White
3¼ x 4½ “
8.5 x 12.9cm
Pillars
Basic White
1⅞ x 3″, score at ⅜, ¾, 1⅛, 1½”
15 x 5cm, score at 1, 2, 3, 4cm
Stand
Basic White
2 x 6¾” , score at ½, 4¾, 5½, 6¼
5 x 17.5cm, score at 1.5, 12, 14, 16cm
Stand DSP
DSP
1¾ x 4″
4.5 x 10cm
Curtain Die – Valance – Side Drapes
Lost Lagoon
¾ x 4½ “ 2½ x 4″
2 x 12cm 6.5 x 9cm
Curtain Tie Backsdie
Lemon Lolly
scrap
scrap
Card Writing Panel Back
Basic White
4 x 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
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