Irresistible Blooms

This was such a fun card to make, the back ground reminds me of the strings of beads that many houses in the 70’s here in Australia had hanging in the doorways.

I used one of the dies from the bundle to create this fun retro feel card.

The Hello, Irresistible Bundle is part of the Stampin’ Up!® Online Exclusive , these are products that will be only found in my Online Store.

How to make this card…

Cutting Measurements

PaperColourImperialMetric
Card Base Basic Black4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Mat Coastal Cabana4 x 5 ¼”10 x 14.4cm
Card Front Basic Black3½ x 4¾”9 x 13.5cm
StripsCoastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo1½ x 4¾” x 3 colours4 x 14.4cm x 3 colours
SentimentCoastal Cabana2½ x 2½”6 x 6cm
Vellum4¼ x 3½”10.5 x 7.5cm
Card Insert Basic White 4 x 5 ¼” 10 x 14.4cm
  • Cut all cardstock to measurements above
  • Vellum
    • Using VersaMark Stamp the large flower and 2 sets of leaves, one of each size.
    • Heat emboss with white embossing powder, use setting 1 or cool setting on Heat Gun. High or hot setting can curl the vellum.
    • Die cut the flower and leaves
  • Strips
    • Die cut a set of strips in each of the colours – Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo
    • Trim each set of strips into two lengths
  • Card Front
    • Adhere the strips to card front -Basic Black & trim excess length. You can add adhesive sheets to the back of the Strips before die cutting or use dots of multi-purpose glue to adhere down.
    • Adhere the card front to Coastal Cabana card mat.
    • Attach matted card front to the Basic Black card base.
  • Sentiment
    • Die cut square using 5cm stitched square from the Stylish Shapes.
    • Stamp sentiment at the bottom of square using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.
    • Adhere to card front in the center of the card front.
  • Flower & Leaves
    • Add a dimensional to the center of the flower behind the stamens & attach to the sentiment square.
    • Add leaves to either side of the flower using multi-purpose glue.
    • You can add extra mini dimensionals cut in half under the thicker embossed lines of the flower. I added these after flowers and leaves were attached.
  • Brushed Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots
    • Add the gold Brushed Metallic Dots on the dot on the card front (see picture below)
  • Card Insert
    • Adhere Basic White card insert into the card

** When using vellum try to hide your adhesive behind elements E.G. behind embossing (in this case).

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Abigail Rose Gift Tag – Live with Michele

This week I decided to use a suite I haven’t used much, Abigail Rose Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up!®. I have used the Cottage Rose Bundle but I hadn’t even opened the Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper until now…..and it is so pretty!

I have been wanting to create large gift tags for a while and as this suite we are now saying good buy to I thought I’d better use it. These tags are large enough to decorate a gift or gift bag. They have a little pocket where you can add ephemera or a little note.

I wanted to give the tags a bit of an aged or Shabby effect so I used my favorite Soft Suede Stampin’ Pad to do that. I am going to be so sad to say good bye to Soft Suede…I just might have to keep it just in case…LOL!

I also kept the colours subtle with Petal Pink and Soft Sea Foam cardstock for accents, such as the die cuts.

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Regency Park # 004 Mystery Challenge – Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop

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.

This month Tracy has challenged us with a ‘Mystery Challenge’. It’s good every now and then to be taken out of your comfort zone to make something different from your style.

Regency Park by Stampin’ Up!®

I decided to use products from the Regency Park Suite Collection for my card. The DSP I wanted to be very neutral so the stamping became the focal point.

How to make this card…

Cutting Measurements

PaperColourImperial/LetterMetric/A4
Card Base Basic White8½ x 5 ½”, score @ 4¼”14.9 x 21cm, score @ 10.5cm
Piece 1 Basic White3¾ x 3½”9.5 x 7cm
Piece 2 Basic White2 x 1½”5 x 4cm
Piece 3 Balmy Blue 4¼ x ½” 10.5 x 1cm
 Piece 4 Mango Melody 4¼ x ¼” 10.5 x 0.5cm
DSP4¼ x 1¼”10.5 x 3cm
  • Card Base –
    • Stamp the front of card base with the leaf cluster stamp from the Petal Park Stamp Set. This stamp has two sets of leaves that come in towards the center. I took care and only inked up half of the stamp (to the center) and stamped around the card base front using Granny Apple Green Ink Pad.
    • I used the dot-age stamp to fill in some of the holes around the leaves.
    • Using a Blending Brush and working in a circular motion lightly add Granny Apple Green Ink around the edges of the card base.
  • Piece 1
    • Stamp the out line flower cluster from the Sentimental Park Stamp Set in Balmy Blue all over the Basic White cardstock.
    • Using Blamy Blue ink and stamping off to get a lighter tone use the fill in Stamp for the flowers
  • Piece 2
    • Stamp sentiment in Night of navy Ink
  • Piece 3 & 4
    • Balmy Blue Strip and Mango Melody Strip run through Basic 3D Embossing Folders – I used the ‘Hash’ folder, this is a similar design to the DSP I used.
  • Putting the card together
    • Adhere the DSP to underneath side of the Piece 1, on the left
    • Glue these two pieces (P 1 & DSP) to the card base.
    • Using multi-purpose glue adhere Pieces 3 & 4 across the width of the card towards the bottom of the already attached pieces (see my card for position)
    • Add dimensionals to Piece 2 and adhere to your card over the strips (3 &4)
    • Tie a large bow with white bakers twine, add a glue dot and position the bow under the bottom left corner of the sentiment.

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Last Chance Products

Soon the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue will be replaced with a NEW Annual Catalogue. But first Let’s check out the Last Chance Products..

The January–April 2023 Mini Catalogue and the 2022–2023 Annual Catalogue will be retiring soon! It’s bittersweet to say goodbye to a Stampin’ Up! catalogue, but we’re looking forward to all the new products on their way—and we hope you are, too.

Stock up on your favorite products before they’re gone for good! You can save up to 60% on essential craft supplies. What are you waiting for? You can start shopping from 4th April 2023 After all, this selection of Last Chance Products is only available while supplies last.

Last Chance Products 2022-23

Last Chance Products Mini Catalogue

Sales Period

Starts: 4 April at 12:00 a.m. (AEST)                      

Ends: 1 May at 11:59 p.m. (AEST)

This Last Chance Products promotion will include two lists of Last Chance Products that will no longer be available once the catalogue retires. There will be one for each catalogue retiring. For these retiring catalogues, there will not be a Carryover List. You can find carryover products in the upcoming Annual Catalogue.

  • The Stamparatus and its accessories are part of this Last Chance promotion, but these are only available while supplies last. If there is leftover product at the end of this promotion, the Stamparatus and its accessories will move into the Online Exclusive category.
  • All products are available while supplies last, and there are no purchase limits.

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Colours Leaving and Colours Coming

It’s time for change…..and Stampin’ Up!® is making a big change. Not only do we have a new Catalogue but there is also a Colour Refresh. We have the usual New In-Colours coming and we also have colours being deleted from the Colour Families, NEW or RETURNING colours coming to replace colours in the Colour Families.

Colours Leaving

This is sad saying ‘Goodbye’ to some of our favorite colours and below I have listed them. Which colours are you going to miss?

I will be missing Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, Mango Melody, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen. Soft Suede and Pear Pizzazz and two of my favorite go to colours.

If there are colours here that you love and you need to replace in Cardstock, ink Pads and Ink Refill order them now…as some have already sold out.

New In-colours

Love these lovely earthy tones….I can’t wait to get these colours in my hand and start playing with them.

Looking at these colours which one do you think might become your favorite?

I love blues…so Balmy Blue I’m already loving and Moody Mauve could also be a nice colour for beautiful flowers.

Now let’s see the new Families…

Did you spot the other NEW colours..

  • Lemon Lime Twist – Returning
  • Azure Afternoon – New
  • Berry Burst – Returning
  • Misty Moonlight – Returning
  • Pecan Pie- New
  • Pretty Peacock – Returning
  • Blueberry Bushel – Returning
  • Lemon Lolly – New
  • Lost Lagoon – Returning
  • Fresh Freesia – Staying or Returning from 20-22 In-Colours
  • Bubble Bath – New

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Elegant Boarder and Two-Tone Flora -Live with Michele

On this weeks ‘Live’ I created a card that steps a little out of my comfort zone. I wanted to try to push myself a little further but it just didn’t happen. My plain was to use a variety of stamps from different sets and I had a few lined up. But as I started working I ended up using just the one set – Two-Tone Flora along with one of the Elegant Boarder Dies cards I cut last week.

Even though I used the Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad, I ended up using the Calypso Coral Cardstock…it still works OK. These things happen when you do a Live and afterwards you think…Why did I do that?

The Elegant Boarder Dies in one of the Online Exclusives found on my Online Store. These items will not be found in any catalogue. Also while you are there make sure you have a look at the punches..Stampin’ Up! ® have added back 2 circle punches…always a good idea to always check the Online Store for Clearance Rack or any new products.

As you will see watching the video below it was still a lot of fun and sometimes doing something different can be good.

Measurements Used…

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Elegant Boarder Dies – Live with Michele

Did you see my ‘Live” on Friday, if you missed it and can catch up on the replay below.

I love these stunning ‘Elegant Boarder Dies‘, they are part of the NEW Online Exclusives. These products will be only found on my “Online Store’ under -Online Exclusives, they will not be in any Catalogue. New products will be added through out the year so check back to my Online store.

Elegant Boarder Dies

Measurements Used…

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Hello,Irresistible Blooms – Live with Michele

Hello, Irresistible Blooms Suite Collection is a NEW Suite offered in the ‘ONLINE EXCLUSIVE’. What is the Online Exclusive? Though out the year Stampin’ Up!® will be offering products that won’t be found in our catalogues. It’s a must to go and check it out, there are some new products that are stunning.

Today on my ‘Live’ I used products from the Hello, Irresistible Blooms Suite Collection to create my Card. I also added one of the Basics 3D Embossing Folders, also found in the Online Exclusives. The folder I used gives you a beautiful subtle texture to your cardstock.

Below is measurements and video to show you how this card was created.

Measurements Used…

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Online Exclusives

Online Exclusives, Just released…….Stampin’ Up! ® have NEW products, you won’t find these products in any catalogue. You can find the new products from the convenience of my online store. More Online Exclusives will be released throughout the year.

Below are just a taste of what you will find in the Online Exclusive. Make sure you head over to my Online Store to see what is available.

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Dainty Delight – Live with Michele

I spend a lot of time watching interesting YouTube Videos by different card makers both Stampin’ Up! and others. Learning new techniques and ideas on different ways to create cards. I take these ideas and then try to recreate cards using Stampin’ Up! products. They wont be exactly the same as these are my interpretations.

This card was taken by ideas from Lavinia Stamps . I love the use of layers created by different stamps around a masked circle

My card uses a variety of stamps, with the Dainty Delight Stamps being the feature in the center and around the edges.

Other stamps used

  • Dainty Delight – Flowers in Smoky Slate & Branches in Evening Evergreen, stamped and stamped off
  • Quite Meadow – the words stamped off in Smoky Slate
  • Forever Fern – Dots stamped in Fresh Freesia
  • Eden’s Garden – leaves in Soft Succulent

Measurements Used…

The card below is the test card I made before my ‘Live’…instead of Smoky Slate I used Pear Pizzazz, Shimmery White Cardstock and a tent fold.

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Fancy Flora -Live with Michele

The card I made last week is made using the Fancy Flora Suite Collection, which I made on my ‘Live with Michele’. every Friday at 1pm (AEDT). This week I was running a bit late having too much fun playing with this suite. Have added the link to the video below.

There is a lot is this suite –

Measurements Used…

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