Prized Peony- Casually Crafting Design Team Blog Hop May

Published on May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Welcome to Casually Crafting Blog Hop.

The Casually Crafting Design Team is made up of a group of Independent Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrators from around the word, that enjoy sharing our take on casual crafting. We’ll be sharing what we love with you every 3rd Saturday morning of each month on our websites.

Colour Challenge – In-Colours

This month the Casually Crafting Design Team are participating in a colour challenge to share with you…using the 2021-22 In-colours as our inspiration.

I am really loving this years In-Colours and they all work so well together. For my card I have used the Prized Peony Stamps by Stampin’ Up! to stamp the flowers in Fresh Freesia, Polished Pink and Pale Papaya. Filling in the gaps with leaves stamped in Soft Succulent.

Prized Peony by Stampin' Up! stamped in different colours from the 2021-22 In-Colours

How I made this card…

Measurements

Card Base Evening Evergreen – 10.5cm x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Card Mat Evening Evergreen Designer Series Paper- 10.2 x 14.6cm
Card Front Basic White 10.5 x 14.9cm
Card Front Mat Soft Succulant – 7.3 x 14.6
Sentiment Basic White – 4 x 8cm
Card Insert Basic White- 10 x 14.4cm

Instructions

Adhere the Evening Evergreen Designer Series Paper to the Card Base.
Masks – Stamp at least 2 images of the Peony onto post-it notes and fussy cut.
Stamp the first image onto Basic White Cardstock using Polished Pink ink, cover image with one of the masks. Stamp the second image overlapping the masked image in Fresh Freesia ink, cover the new image with the second mask and then stamp again using Pale Papaya ink.

Keep covering the previously stamped image and repeat stamping until the Basic White cardstock is covered.
Leave a few white space around the Peony’s which can be filled with leaves stamped in Soft Succulent.

Trim down the stamped cardstock down to 7 x 14.6cm
Adhere the Soft Succulent mat to the stamped Card Front

Wrap White Backers Twine around the Card Front 3 times and tie off with a bow.
Add dimensionals to the back of card front and attach to the matted Card Base, positioning it towards the left side of the card base.
Stamp the sentiment onto the Basic White cardstock sentiment piece, using the Evening Evergreen Ink. Trim the width down to 2.5cm and flag the left hand side using the Banners Pick A Punch. Trim the right hand side straight, add dimensionals to the back of the sentiment. Put two dimensionals on top of one another and attach to the right hand side of the sentiment so it sits flat across the two leavels.
Add some of the using the 2021-22 In-Colour Jewels
Adhere the Card Insert into the inside of the card Base.

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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Suit & Tie Gift Box

Published on May 9, 2021May 9, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

On my Facebook Live this I created one of these Gift Boxes, using the Suit and Tie Dies by Stampin’ Up!® to decorate them. These were fun to make and I can’t wait to fill them with lots of goodies to give to someone special.

To decorate the gift box I used the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper which you can earn by placing an order with me.

Stampin' Up! Suit & Tie Dies to decorate gift boxes

When placing an order for $250 or more you can earn 10% of those sales – Stampin’ Rewards, which then can go towards FREE product. On pages 170 and 171 are products you can only purchase through Stampin’ Rewards. To get the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper your Rewards total would have to be $31 or $310 of sales before postage.

Between 4 May – 14 June if your sales reach $400 Stampin’ Up!® will give you an extra $40, a total of $80 to spend.

How can you earn this ….

Book a party and invite your friends – local to me
If your not in my area you can Collect Sales from Friends by sharing the catalogue (contact me a I can send you an extra Catalogue)

Contact me and I can help you put together a way for you to earn some great products. Send me an email today to get started

How to make this cute Gift Box…

Using 30.5 x 30.5cm cardstock, with only one join.

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A4 Cardstock

If you don’t have 30.5 x 30.5 cm cardstock…Here are the Measurements using 2 sheets of A4 cardstock

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YouTube Video

Watch the video for all the instructions on how to create these boxes.

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

Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

Product List

Suit & Tie Dies

Pattern Party 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper

Subtles 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock

Basic White A4 Cardstock

Pearl Basic Jewels

Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack

Paper Trimmer

Tear & Tape Adhesive

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Join my Craft Party!

Published on May 4, 2021April 29, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Stampin’ Up! is about connecting with others and sharing our love of crafting. Now when you connect and craft, you’ll also collect the rewards!

Submit a qualifying order or party during this promotion and you’ll get our generous Stampin’ Rewards PLUS additional rewards you can redeem! Hosts can earn Stampin’ Rewards based on order totals for an entire party. Outside of the party setting, Stampin’ Rewards are available to those who place individual orders that meet the order totals shown here. (Starter Kit orders do not qualify for this promotion.) See the chart for details.

Promotion Dates – 4 may – 14 June 2021

For more details or to book a Party Contact me on 0408868771 or email me on michele@jutrisa.com

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Join My Team

Published on May 3, 2021April 29, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

It’s a fabulous time to join Stampin’ Up! As New team members you get even MORE FREE products in your customisable Starter Kit. From 4–31 May, new team members can get ~~$235 AUD | $285 NZD~~ $283 AUD | $335 NZD worth of products for only $169 AUD | $189 NZD + free business supplies + free shipping + all the fun being a part of Stampin’ Up!

Why Join ….

DEMONSTRATOR BENEFITS

Get 20%–25% off all Stampin’ Up! products.
Earn additional income based on your sales and recruiting–just how much extra income is up to you.
Set your own schedule and put in as much (or as little) time as you’d like.
Get support through online training resources, a quarterly magazine, events, and a demonstrator-only online community with thousands of project ideas.
Access to regular promotions, giving you an opportunity to contact customers.
Opportunity to earn incentive trips.
Chance to learn creative tips and techniques, share ideas, and come into contact with new friends who love papercrafting as much as you do!

CREATE YOUR STARTER KIT

Stampin’ Up!’s Starter Kit is completely customisable. Build it your way! For just $169, you get:

* Your choice of up to $283 worth of any current Stampin’ Up! products.
* A business supply pack valued at $80.

for only $169!

What do you get from ME!

By joining my team you will get monthly meetings where we can share ideas either in person or via Internet
Free Tutorials to use in classes or for yourself
Ask me questions and together we will find the answers
Encouragement and support.

This is a great time to consider Joining…to find out more either contact me or click HERE

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Butterfly Bouquet

Published on May 1, 2021March 9, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

Butterfly Bouquet uses products from the Butterfly Brilliance Collection released in March. I love the crispness of the White on White with just some colour with the leaves and Butterfly.

This card was created along with a Tutorial for my March Newsleter.

The beautiful Butterfly Bijou Designer Series Paper is only available until 3rd May ( 2 more days) but you could easily swap the DSP Butterfly out for a Stamped and coloured or die cut Butterfly from the Butterfly Brilliance Bundle that is now available in the Annual Catalogue.

The frame was created with the Ornate Frame Dies and the Stitched Rectangles Dies by placing the Stitched Rectangle inside the Frame die and cutting together.

The frame looks like its floating above the mat and this can be achieved by using the Foam Adhesive Strips.

This tutorial was given to those that follow me through my Newsletter. If you would like to receive my Newsletter plus the monthly Free Tutorial Click on the link below.

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Butterfly Bouquet Tutorial

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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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

Below are links to the products used…

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Fine Art Floral Suite

Published on April 27, 2021April 25, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

Each month I run a in-house class to those that live locally around me in Card Making. This month the class was based on the Fine Art Floral Suite from the Stampin’ Up! 2021 Jan-Jun Mini Catalogue.

Card 1

Fine Art Floral Suite by Stampin' Up!. This card uses the Golden Garden Designer Specialty Acetate

The above card was made using the Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper (DSP) with a layer of Golden Garden Specialty Acetate underneath the DSP. The only stamping involved is the sentiment using Night of Navy Ink.

Card Base – Cherry Cobbler 10.5 x 29.9cm, score 14.9cm
Mat – Golden Garden Designer Specialty Acetate 10 x 14.4cm
Card Front – Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper 7 x 13.5cm
Sentiment Strip – Night of Navy 2 x10cm
sentiment – Very Vanilla 3 x 10cm
Insert – Very Vanilla 10 x 14.4cm
10cm Fine Art Ribbon

Card 2

This stamp set is a 2 Step Stamp using 2 ink pads Calypso Coral and Poppy Parade. The stem and leaves were stamped in Mossy Meadow Ink. The flower head and stem/leaves were cut using the coordinating dies- Floral Gallery Dies. Purchase the stamps and dies together as the Art Gallery Bundle and save 10%.

Card Base – Calypso Coral Cardstock 10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Card Mat – Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper 10 x 14.4cm
Added extra (not used in card above) – co-ordinating Golden Garden Designer Series Acetate 10 x 14.4cm
Card Front – Basic White Cardstock 10 x 12cm, die cut with Stitched So Sweetly Dies. Sentiment stamped on the right hand corner in Memento Black.
Basic White – stamping floral images 10.5 x 14.9cm, Flower head is mounted on dimenionals.
3 Rhinestones adhered to card front
Double Bow in Linen Thread, attached at base of stem with a mini glue dot
Card Insert – Basic White 10 x 14.4cm

Card 3

Fine Art Floral Suite by Stampin' Up!...with the added use of the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder and Gilded Leaf Embellishments

Stamp the flower image as used in Card 2 – Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade and Mossy Meadow.

**Before die cutting, use the small flower center to stamp VersMark into the center of the flower. Coat with Heat & Stick Powder and heat with a heat gun. Have the Gilded Leafing close by, working quickly cover in gilding and brush away excess. Leaving a gold gilded flower center.

Card base – Basic White 10.5 x 29.9, scored at 14.9cm
Card Mat – Calypso Coral Cardstock 10 x 14.4cm
Card Front – Basic White 9.7 x 14.1cm, run through the Cut & emboss machine using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder
Flower – Basic White 10.5 x 14.9cm, stamp** see above, Flower head is mounted on dimenionals.
Gold Foil Sheet – 8 x 10cm, adhesive sheet attached to the back and sentiment die cut.
Card Insert – basic White 10 x14.4cm, ‘Happy Birthday’ sentiment stamped on the inside in Poppy Parade Ink.

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Colour & Contour

Published on April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

Here is another ‘Sneak Peek’ to another product coming in the NEW Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue. Colour & Contour Bundle is made up of 5 frames, 1 scallop edge die and 2 dies to cut the floral images from the stamp set.

Here I have also used the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper(DSP), this DSP is found at the back of the Catalogue in the ‘Host & Earn’ section. You can earn this DSP when you have Party Sales over $310….and it will be FREE.

Above image is taken from the current 2020-21 Annual Catalogue showing what Rewards you can earn from Hosting a Party or by placing an order over $250 (minim)

The Pattern Party Designer Series Paper has 48 sheets- 4 each of 12 double-sided designs. One side of the Paper has coloured images and on the other Black and White images, which can be coloured to coordinate with what ever colours you are using with most of our colouring tools.

For my card I have coloured the back & white DSP with a sponge dauber and Highland Heather Ink Pads.

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2021-22 Annual Catalogue Click HERE to request a copy*

*Australia ONLY

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Creativity Abounds Masculine Tutorial Bundle

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

Here is another Bundle by the Creativity Abounds Design Team. Do you find it hard to create for those men in your life I do, there is not much available. So us girls of the Creativity Abound have come up with some fantastic Masculine card ideas.

Here are 13 Exclusive Tutorials using different products from both the Annual Catalogue , as well as carry over products to the NEW Annual Catalogue to be released in May and the 2021 Jan- Jun Mini Catalogue.

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 or above
Place a $50 order with me receive for FREE
Join my team & receive for FREE

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Sailing Home – April Creativity Abounds Blog Hop

Published on April 22, 2021April 21, 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.

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.

Sailing Home by Stampin' Up! Coloured using Blending Brushes and masking

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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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

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Butterfly Brilliance – Watercolour

Published on April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

My card today I have used the Butterfly Brilliance Bundle by Stampin’ Up! ® to create my card. Each of the butterflies carefully coloured using Stampin’ Up! Classic Stampin’ ink Refill with Gold splater highlighting the central butterfly.

Butterfly Brilliance Bundle by Stampin' Up!. Watercoloured on Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper

How to make this card…

Products Used (products link to On-Line store at the end of blog post)-

Butterfly Brilliance Bundle
Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper
Basic White Cardstock
Basic Black Cardstock
Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder
Gilded Leafing
Reinkers – Pacific Point, Night of Navy, Flirty Flamingo, So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso.
WaterPainters
Stamparatus
Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine
Multi-pupose Glue
Dimensionals

Card Measurements

Card Base Basic White – 10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Card Mat Basic Black – 10 x 14.4cm
Card Front Basic White – 9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Insert Basic White – 10 x 14.4cm

Instructions –

Cut all required cardstock, score and fold card base
Run Basic White card front through Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder.
Adhere the Basic White card front to the Basic Black card mat using Multi-purpose Glue or Stampin’ Seal.
Adhere matted card front to the Basic White card base using Multi-purpose Glue or Stampin’ Seal.
Stamp the Butterfly images onto Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper using Stazon Black ink Pad. Stazon is a Acid Free, permanent ink for stamping images to watercolour. Stazon can also be used for non-porus surfaces like Window sheets. To make the stamping of the butterflies easy and to make sure to get a clear image I used the Stamparatus, reinking and stamping a couple of times. I added the silicon sheet under the watercolour paper to get a little extra height and help get a good ink coverage.
Once the Stazon ink has dried you can start water colouring using the Water Painter and reinkers.
Water colour the butterflies
- Work on one butterfly at a time
- give the butterfly a light wash of water over the top before adding colour.
- Add light layers of colour building up to the colour you want.
- Start with the lightest colour and add darker colour as highlights.
- Let each colour dry slightly before adding more or another colour
- Let butterflies dry completely.
On a plate mix a small amount of multi-purpose glue and water to get a slightly runny consistency. Using a old paint brush lightly splatter the watered down glue onto the large butterfly. Let the glue dry until tacky. Add Gilded Leaf to the tacky glue and rub away the excess with a soft brush.
Die cut the butterflies using the coordinating die from the bundle.
Add dimensionals to the back of the butterflies down the length of body and attach to the card front
Add insert to the inside of the card.