Elegantly Said – July Creativity Abounds Blog Hop

Published on July 22, 2021July 18, 2021 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.

Sadly we have said good bye to one of our team – Margriet, she will be sadly missed.

But we do welcome two NEW members – Maheswari Rajaguru and Heather Thomas. I’m sure you will love their work just as much as I do.

The Theme for this month is Simply Elegant and I have used the the Elegantly Said Stamp set by Stampin’ Up!® to create this card.

How to create this card….

Measurements and Product Used

Card Base Basic Black – 10.5 x 29.9cm, scored at 14.9cm
Card Mat Basic White- 8.8 x 13.1cm
Card Front Shimmery White – 8.5 x 12.8cm
Sentiment Banner Basic Black- 2 x 8.5cm
Card Insert Basic White- 9.7 x 14.1cm
Insert Mat Bermuda Bay- 10 x 14.4cm

Other Product used…

Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Pad
Pacific Point Stampin’ Pad
Blending Brushes
VersaMark
White Embossing Powder
Decorative Masks Basic Pattern
Embossing Buddy (deleted)

Method

Cut and score card Base
Shimmery White cardstock – Using the Blending Brushes colour the cardstock blending the two colours together.
- Starting with the lightest of the two colours, Bermuda Bay. Begin at the top left corner working the ink down in a circular motion diagonally from corner to corner going down approx 2/3’s of the way. Keep adding colour until you have the depth you want.
- Turn cardstock around 90° and repeat using the Pacific point Stampin’ Pad. Blending the two colours together.
- Again turn cardstock around 90° so that the pacific point is at the top.
- Place Decorative mask over the cardstock and tape into place with washi tape or something similar, to hold the mask in place.
- Lightly go over the masked cardstock with Pacific Point Ink, this will leave a light ink embossed image.
- Let this dry completely before stamping
- Go over the coloured cardstock with Embossing Buddy or something similar.
- Stamp the the filigree image using VersaMark.
- Cover with White Embossing Powder, remove excess and heat set.
Adhere the the card front to the Basic White Mat using multi-purpose glue.
Attach to the card front again using multi-purpose glue.
Stamp the sentiment onto the banner using VersaMark, cover with White embossing powder and heat set. Add dimensionals to the back of the banner and adhere to card front.
Card Insert
- Using the Blending Brushes, brush on the ink to the stamp…Bermuda bay at the bottom and Pacific point at the top. Always start with the lightest colour. Give the stamp a good puff over it to moisten the ink and stamp the image in the bottom right corner.
- Using multi-purpose glue adhere the insert to the Bermuda Bay Mat and then adhere the matted insert into the inside of the card.

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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For More Inspiration we have our new Tutorial Bundle

he projects featured in this bundle are totally EXCLUSIVE, which means they can not be found anywhere else online.

Measurements are in both Imperial/ US Letter size and Metric/ A4.

There are a couple of different ways to get this tutorial…

Purchase the tutorial by Clicking HERE
Place a $50 order with me receive for FREE
Join my team & receive for FREE

Here is the sneak peek images for this months Tutorial Bundle –

Meet the Design Team of Creativity Abounds..

Stampin’ Up! Product Used in today’s project

All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store

Product List

Elegantly Said Cling Stamp Set

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

Basic White A4 Cardstock

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad

Pacific Point Classic Stampin’ Pad

Blending Brushes

Basics Embossing Powders

Basic Pattern Decorative Masks

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Facebook Live Friday – Delicate Dahlias

Published on July 18, 2021July 18, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

This week on my Facebook Live I showed how to created this stunning card using the Delicate Dahlias stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue and the Soft Pastels Assortment found in the Annual Catalogue. When you purchase $180 worth of product from the Mini or Annual Catalogue you can choose the Delicate Dahlias for FREE. ….Oh I love getting things for Free, don’t you?

The other main product I used on this card is the Soft Pastels Assortment. A beautiful set of 8 colours…Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy and Poppy Parade.

Last week I watched a video by Tina Zinck showing how to use pastels. HERE is a link to her YouTube Channel. She has 4 videos on using the pastels and so far I have only watched ‘Part 4’. Hoping to catch up on the others later. But she explains everything really well. I hope you will find my video below just as helpful.

Delicate Dahlias by Stampin' Up!. Stamped in VersaMark and coloured with the Stampin' Up! Soft Pastels Assortment

Measurements Used..

Basic White cardstock – A sheet of A4, Delicate Dahlias will be stamped in VersaMark and coloured with Soft Pastels (as in the video). This will then be cut into 4 card fronts, measurements below.

For One Card you will need…

Card Base Poppy Parade: 10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Card Matt Basic White: 10 x 14.4cm
Card Front: 9.7 x 14.1cm
Sentiment scrap of Basic White and Mossy Meadow
Card Insert Basic White: 10 x 14.4cm
White Crinkled Seam Binding: 25cm

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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

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Facebook Live Friday – Harvest Meadow

Published on July 11, 2021July 11, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

This week on my Facebook Live I showed some of the products I received in my Pre-Order box this week.

The card I made is using the Harvest Meadow Suite from the Stampin’ Up!® Mini Catalogue July- December ( Catalogue is now starting in August – held up due to deliver dates of product)

Harvest Meadow by Stampin' Up! from the July -

This range will work hand in hand with the Quite Meadow Bundle…..it all co-ordinates together.

Measurements Used..

Card Base Crumb Cake Cardstock – 10.5 x 29.9cm, scored at 14.9cm
Mat Harvest Meadow designer Series Paper – 10 x 14.4cm
Card Front Crumb Cake Cardstock- 10 x 13.5. Embossed using the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder and 2.5cm torn from the right hand edge.
Cork- 6.5 x 14.4cm
Yellow Harvest Meadow designer Series Paper – 4.5 x 14.4cm
Calypso Coral Harvest Meadow designer Series Paper – 4.5 x 14.4cm
Sentiment Basic White – scrap
Diamond Weave Ribbon -15cm
Linen Thread – 25cm (approx)
Card Insert basic White- 10 x 14.4cm

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Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper

Published on July 3, 2021July 3, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

This week starts the month long sale of a selected group of Stampin’ Up! ® Designer Series Paper- see below the flyer Designer Series Paper Sale.

For my Facebook Live this week I wanted to show making a card using one of these Designer Series Papers – Hand-Penned. You can watch the video below if you missed the Live.

Card made using the Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper by Stampin' Up!

Measurements Used….

Card Base Highland Heather Cardstock – 10.5 x 29.9cm , scored at 14.9cm
Garden Green DSP- 7 x 14.4cm
Daffodil Delight DSP – 7 x 12.5cm
Floral DSP – 6.5 x 10cm
Mat 1 Highland Heather Cardstock – 6.7 x 10.2cm
Mat 2 Basic White Cardstock – 7 x 10.5cm
Insert basic White – 10 x 14.4cm

We all love gorgeous Designer Series Paper, and during this incredible sale, you can enjoy a 15% discount on select papers from the 2021–2022 Annual Catalogue! Now is a great time to stock up and save on some of our most popular paper designs!

Click on the image to for the Sale Page on my On-Line Store

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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

Product List

Hand Penned 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Scalloped Contours Dies

Highland Heather A4 Cardstock

Basic White A4 Cardstock

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

Basic White C6 Envelopes

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Stampin' Dimensionals

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Daisy Garden – International Highlights Winners Hop

Published on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

To all you lovely people out there that Voted for me a ‘BIG….. THANK YOU’. Because of you and your Votes, today I am taking part in Kylie’s International Blog Highlights Winners Hop.

Daisy Garden

Daisy Garden by Stampin’ Up! ® is a beautiful large image of daisies…it can be used as a back ground or as a focal point on your card. There is so much detail to this stamp but is very easy to colour using Stanpin’ Blends, Watercolour Pencils or any other colouring technique.

For this card I used the Stampin’ Blends to colour my image, I love colouring with my Blends because of how well they blend and how simple they are to use. The colours I used are – Old Olive Dark & Light, Balmy Blue Dark & Light, Misty Moonlight Light, Daffodil Delight Light, Mango Melody Dark(Deleated), Bronze.

Tips when using Stampin’ Blends

Use good quality smooth cardstock and the Basic White cardstock is my choice.
Only use water base inks to stamp your image – Memento Tuxedo Black is perfect.
Start with the light colour & then add your shading in the dark. After adding your dark colour go over it again with the light shade to blend the 2 colours. My daisies were coloured with the Light Balmy Blue, shading added with the dark Balmy Blue to about half the length of the petal. Misty Moonlight Light was added at the base of the petal then Light Balmy Blue added over the top of all colours to blend them together.
Always work in small areas at a time. The ink will blend better when the ink is still wet and dries very quickly. I worked on one flower head at a time.

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Floating Strips Technique

Published on June 26, 2021June 26, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

Today I have created another card using the Floating Strip Technique and used products by Stampin’ up! ®. This is a fun way to use up all those stripes we usually get thrown into the scrap bin.

You can cut your Window Sheet into any size or shape you want, just keep your shape simple simple e.g. square, rectangle, circle etc. The card I made for ‘Let Your Colours Shine’ I cut after gluing the strips onto the window sheet using Stitched Rectangle Dies, this was because I didn’t know what shape or size I was going to use at the time..LOL!

Below you will find my Facebook Live video showing how I made this card and the measurements used.

Floating Strip Technique using Stampin' Up! Products

Measurements Used

Card Base Basic White Thick Cardstock – 10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Card Mat Basic White – 10 x 14.4cm , embossed using the Tasteful Textiles 3D Embossing Folder
Window Sheet – 7.2 x 10cm
Strips Bermuda Bay, Mango Melody, Mellon Mambo & Granny Apple Green – different widths from .3 to 1cm and approx. 9cm in length
Butterfly Basic Black – 7 x 9cm
Sentiment Basic White – 4 x 7cm
Card Inset Basic White – 9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Insert Mat Bermuda Bay – 10 x 14.4cm

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Let your Colours Shine

Published on June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome to my Blog today..

Today I am taking part in the ‘Ink & Inspiration’ Blog Hop. So my friends, I hope you will enjoy the ride with me as we travel around the hop seeing what everyone has to show.

The Theme for this month is ‘Let your Colours Shine’.

This years new Stampin’ Up! ® In-Colours are beautiful and I love working with them. They work really well together as well as independently. For this card I have used a ‘Floating Strips Technique’ by cutting the 2021-23 In-Colours in strips. The strips were cut at angles and adhered to Window sheet and then die cut using the Stitched rectangle Dies.

Stampin' Up! - In-Colours, Butterfly Wings Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Layering Circle Dies and Best Year Stamps

How to Make this Card…..

Card Base Basic Black – 10.5 x 29.9cm, scored 14.9xm
Card Mat Basic Black – 10 x 14.4cm, Embossed using the Tasteful Textile 3d Embossing Folder. Attach to the Card Base using Multi-Purpose Glue or Seal.
Circle Gold Metallic Specialty Paper – 10 x 10cm, cut with the largest circle die. Attach to the card front – it is not centered, placed slightly to the right of the card.
Window sheet – 10 x 14cm
Floating Strips of In-Colour Designer Series Paper – strips cut at different angles and at different sizes (width) adhered to the window sheet using Multi purpose Glue. Cut out two different size rectangles using the Stitched Rectangle Dies. Adhere the Foam Adhesive Strips on the back of the window sheet, hidden by the In-Colour DSP. Peel of the backing strips on Foam Strips and adhere to the card, one up & one down.
Butterfly Basic White – 11 x 9cm. Place Adhesive sheet to the back of the Basic White and die cut the larges Butterflies die from the Brilliant Wings Dies. Peel of the backing and adhere to the card on top of the Floating Strips. Double up two Mini Dimensionals and place under each of the bottom part of the butterfly wings.
Scrap Basic Black – 4 x7cm, Stamp the sentiment using VersaMark and heat emboss with white embossing Powder. Glue on to the butterfly using Multi-purpose Glue, this will also help to hide the dimensionals under the butterfly
Add some of the In-colour Jewels to the card Front.
Insert Basic White – stamp the coordinating sentiment in the right hand corner using Polished Pink Stampin’ Pad.

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. If you have any questions about Stampin’ Up! ® or their products please let me know in the comments and I will get back to you.

Live in Australia and looking for a demonstrator? CLICK HERE to sign up for a copy of the 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue.

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Stampin’ Up! Product Used in today’s project

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Batik Boutique – One Page Wonder

Published on June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

Have you ever tried making your own Designer Series Paper or One Sheet Wonder…I have only given this a try a few times. I think these cards turned out really well.

I was inspired by a fellow stamper – Northern Stamper and a card she did using the Batik Boutique Stamps by Stampin’ Up! ® and a range of Blue Stampin’ Pads.

I decided to create this card as a One Sheet Wonder – just a basic one, where a sheet of A4 Basic White Cardstock is stamped to create your DSP and then cut into 4 to create 4 cards.

I only used 3 colours- Misty Moonlight, Balmy Blue and Pool Party for both the stamping and cardstock. But then added an extra ‘POP’ with the Gold and Rose Gold Metallic Specialty Paper.

Measurements Used..

Card Base Misty Moonlight – Portrait Card 10.5 x 29.9cm, scored at 14.9cm Or Landscape Card 14.9 x 21cm, scored at 10.5cm
Card Mat Balmy Blue or Pool Party – 10 x 14.4cm
Card Front DSP- 9.7 x 14.1cm
Circle Die cut – 7 x 7 cm cut with 5.5cm die (cut size of circle), then embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder.
Metallic Specialty Paper – 1.5 x 9cm
Sentiment – Scrap of Basic White
Sentiment – scrap of Balmy Blue or Pool Party
Card Insert Basic White – 10 x14.4cm

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Expressions in Ink- International Blog Highlights

Published on June 8, 2021May 22, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome to my Blog.

This card was created using products from the ‘Expressions in Ink’ Collection, a recreation of Alcohol Ink Art print on cardstock, to be used for cardmaking and scrapbooking. Where you can play with alcohol ink prints without all the mess.

The colours in the Expressions in Ink Specialty Designer Series Paper is stunning with the gold highlights in the flower centers and leaves.

Adding the adhesive sheet to the back of the Basic White Cardstock makes adhering the die cut to the card front very simple.

Measurements Used…

Card Base Basic White Thick- 10.5 x 29.9cm, score 14.9cm
Card Mat Shaded Spruce- 9.8 x 14.2cm
Card Front Expressions in Ink Specialty Designer series Paper- 9.5 x 13.9cm
Artistic Die Basic White- 10 x 11cm, adhere Adhesive Sheet
Stitched so Sweetly Die Basic White- 7 x 8cm

I have added my card to Kylie Bertucci’s International Stampin’ Up!® Blog Highlights for February Theme- Thank you.

Go and have a look at all the amazing cards made, you can VOTE for for your favorite 5 cards by clicking on the little hearts.

To make it easy for you to find where to vote click on the image below ….. just make sure one of those votes is for me (LOL!)

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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

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Expressions In Ink Suite Collection (English)

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Batik Boutique – Friday Facebook Live

Published on June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

I love this card……Batik Boutique is a Bundle I like straight away from the 2021-22 Stampin’ Up! ® Annual Catalogue.

But I think it can easily be a ‘Love / Hate’ bundle. This is the first card I have made using this bundle and it was inspired by the card on page 114.

The medallion was a little like putting together a small jigsaw and it definitely the focal point of this card….It was worth it!

the sentiments used on this card comes from the Create with Friends Stamp Set on page 36.

How to make this card…

All the tips and ticks to making this card is in the video…don’t let the detail in the medallion scare you.

Measurements Used –

Card Base Soft Succulent – 10.5 x 29.9cm, score 14.9cm
Card front Basic White – 9 x12cm, Die cut with Stitched So Sweetly Dies
Medallion Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent, Polished Pink – 10 14.9cm of each colour. Adhere Adhesive sheet to all and die cut the 2 medallion dies
Medallion Basic White – scrap to cut the base for the medallion
Card Insert – 10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert Trim Polished Pink – .8 x 10cm