Today I thought I would try a challenge…..and why not something different, very different.
What is Steampunk
Here’s a little Google/wikipedia blurb to explain the fundamentals of steampunk…..(copied from Just Add Ink)
Steampunk is a retro-futuristic subgenre of science fiction that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery. … Such technologies may include fictional machines like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne.
The Just Add Ink Design Team have created some wonderful examples of Steampunk, check them out HERE . Why not give this challenge a go, it was so much fun…
Here’s my take on Steampunk..
I have used 3 different stamp sets and 2 sets of dies to create this card. It was so much fun thinking out side of the box of my usual style of work. Setting yourself a challenge to try something different can be a real release and give you a wonderful sense of achievement.
I usually try not to use product that has been deleted…but with this card I wanted to add some foil/ metal looking cardstock and did so with the Brushed Metallic Cardstock from the 2020Holiday Catalogue.
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My son turns 26th Birthday this month and I used the Stampin’ Up! Handsomely Suited Bundle to create this card for him. He has been in the Rural Fire Service since he was 15, joining as a Youth Member.
To explain our guys do not wear ‘Red Suspenders’ with their uniform but when my son joined he had to have the ‘Red Suspenders’…so they just HAD to go on his card.
This is a fun card and when you look through Pinterest you will find some really fun uses of these Dies. Here are some examples that I found on Pinterest tonight.
Using the Stamparatus I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment onto the card Insert, moving the plate down and doing 2nd,3rd,4th generation stamping.
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Today’s Blog Hop is about keeping it simple …What if you don’t have a Cut & Emboss Machine as yet, how can you make a simple card with a few products.
Flowers for Every Season
My card today uses the Flowers for Every Seasons Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! ®. The sentiment stamped on a punched circle which was lightly stamped using one of the floral stamps from the Jar of Flowers Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up! ®.
How to make this card…..
Products Used –
Designer Series Paper – Flowers for Every Season
Stamp set – Jar of Flowers, Butterfly Gala
Cardstock – Basic White, Blushing Bride
Inks – Blushing Bride, Memento Tuxedo Black
Punch – 2″ (5.1cm) Circle
Crinkle Seam Binding Ribbon
Step it Up – Just Jade Cardstock
Measurements –
Card Base Basic White – 10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Card Front Blushing Bride – 9.5 x 13.9cm
Designer Series Paper – 5 x 13.9cm
Circle – scrap basic White
Step it Up –
Card Mat – Just Jade 10 x 14.4cm
DSP Mat – Just Jade 5.5 x 13.9cm
Method –
Cut all required cardstock and fold card base in half along score line.
On a scrap of Basic White cardstock stamp one of the flower images from the Jar of Flowers stamp set, twice next to each other using the Brushing Bride Stampin’ Ink Pad. Stamp off onto a scrap of paper to lighten the colour.
Punch out a circle from the stamped Basic White scrap.
Using the Memento Tuxedo Black stamp the sentiment.
**Step it Up –
Stamp the flower image from the Jar of Flowers onto the Blushing Bride card front
Adhere Just Jade mat to the Blushing Bride card front
Adhere Just Jade mat to the DSP panel
Adhere the Designer Series Paper to the Blushing Bride card front.
Wrap the Crinkle Seam Binding Ribbon around the card front twice, tying at the front with a bow.
Using Multi-purpose glue adhere the card front to the card base.
Add dimensionals to the back of the punched circle and attach to the card front over the ribbon with the bow on the left of the circle.
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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.
Today our Blog Hop is all about the beautiful Hydrangea Hill Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up! I have really enjoyed paying with this amazing suite. the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper is a stand out on it’s own, with its lovely watercolour images of Hydrangeas.
For my card today I have used a all over patterned Designer Series Paper as my back ground and have stamped and coloured a Hydrangea Flower as my focal point. With both the flower head and leaves I have used two colours.
Flower Head – Misty Moonlight & Highland Heather
Leaves/Stems – Pear Pizzazz & Garden Green
To do this I inked up the stamp in the lightest colour and then using a sponge dauber sponged the darker colour around the edges and as in the flower head a little in the centers as well.
To help the tag stand out I tapped the edges into the Misty Moonlight Ink pad, being very careful to not smudge the ink.
The die cut Hydrangea is lifted with dimensionals off the Stitched Nested Label Dies.
The card is finished with a triple Linen Thread bow attached under the Hydrangea flower head.
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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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…
Thank you for joining us for our Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator Monthly Blog Hop! As you follow the hop I hope you find lots of ideas and inspiration. We are a group of Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from around the world taking part in a training program helping us to build a successful Stampin’ Up!® Business and reach some of our goals. Thank you, we really appreciate your support.
Brilliant Wings – Thank You
Very soon we will be saying ‘Goodbye’ to some of our favorite products in the Annual Catalogue for 2020-21 and saying ‘Hello’ to a NEW Catalogue…and that is so exciting!
So far Stampin’ Up! ® has given us a peak of whats to come in the Butterfly Bouquet products and this is exciting me for whats to come. Being a Demonstrator I will get the chance to see and even play with some of the NEW Products before they are released to our customers.
Today’s card is Goodbye and Hello …
The Designer Series Paper – Flowers for Every Season may be going but the Butterfly Brilliance Bundle will be with us in the Annual Catalogue come in May. YEP! That’s right the Annual Catalogue will be released in May this year…so start working out what you need from the current catalogue and order it NOW!
How to make this card…..
Products Used –
Brilliant Winds Dies
Flowers for Every Season Designer Series Paper
Happy Thoughts Cling Stamp Set
Basic Pattern Decorative Masks
Cardstock – Basic White & Basic Black
Ink – Bumblebee Classic Stampin Pad, Memento Tuxedo Black
Blending Brushes
Measurements –
Card Base Basic White – 10.5 x 29.9cm , score at 14.9cm
Designer Series Paper Strip – 3.5 x 14.9cm
Designer Series Paper Floral – 3 x 14.9cm
Butterfly Basic Black – 8 x 10cm
Method –
Cut all required cardstock
Die Cut Butterfly using the Cut and Emboss Machine, using either the large or Mini Machine.
Place Spot Decorative Mask over the front of the Basic White Card Base. Hold in place with either your hand or this washi tape while you brush over the mask in a circular motion the Bumblebee Ink. **Make sure you remove excess ink before putting your brush onto the mask so you don’t get dark patches of colour. When you are happy with the area covered in spots, remove the mask and lightly go over the inked area again adding a lighter colour . The spots and colour blends out around the edges.
Adhere the two pieces of the Designer Series Paper together, using either Seal or Multi-purpose Glue.
Glue the Designer Series paper along the left hand edge. Trim away any over hang of Designer Series Paper.
Using the Memento Ink and the Thank You Sentiment, stamp the sentiment onto your card.
Attach the Butterfly using 2 Mini Glue Dots down the center of the butterfly body.
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This card was made yesterday in my Facebook Live…If you didn’t see it, the edited video is attached below. The idea for this card was CASED from a card I found on Pinterest by Lin of Sending Hugs …. Click HERE to see her page and her card.
I have used the Stampin’ Up! ® Pierced Bloom Dies from the In Bloom Bundle , these are fun dies to play with and I have cut so many flowers I’m sure I will be playing with them again soon. I made a card using the same Bundle only a few weeks ago and you can revisit it HERE
I really love the brightness of this card and the Black and White helps to make the colours ‘POP’ more…don’t you think?
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Here is a very simple card to make using the Butterfly Bouquet by Stampin’ Up! ®. The Designer Series Paper fills the back ground with a simple sentiment and a Butterfly cut from the Rainbow Glimmer Paper.
How to Make..
Measurement used-
Card Base Bermuda Bay – 10.5 x29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Mat Melon Mambo – 10 x 14.4cm
Card Front Butterfly Bijou Designer Series Paper – 9.7 x 14.1cm
Sentiment Panel Basic White – 7 x 10cm, cut with Stitched Rectangles Dies.
Butterfly cut from Rainbow Glimmer Paper
Card Insert Basic White – 10 x 14.9cm
Instructions-
Cut and score all cardstock
Adhere the Designer Series Paper to the Melon Mambo Mat
Attach the matted Designer Series Paper to the Bermuda Bay card base.
Die cut the Basic White and stamp the sentiment along the bottom.
Die cut a Butterfly using the Brilliant Wings Dies in the Rainbow Glimmer Paper.
Adhere the Butterfly onto the Basic White using Multi-pupose down the center of the butterfly.
Place dimensionals on the back of the sentiment panel and adhere to the from of the card.
Adhere the Insert into the inside of the card.
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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
All products used are linked below to my On-line Store
I made this card using the Stampin’ Up! In Bloom Bundle with the coordinating Paper Blooms Designer Series Paper from the Jan- Feb Sale-A-Bration
The Pierced Blooms Dies from this bundle are so much fun. They cut out the flower and leaf shapes as well as leaving stitching lines that give great detail. This is a really fun set to use…a great way to use up all those small scraps of cardstock.
I have used a piece of vellum on top of the Designer Series Paper, this will allow the flowers to be the focal point against the background.
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Today on my Face Book Live I made this simple card using products from the Butterfly Brilliance Collection. Below you will find the Face Book Live Video (Edited) for you to watch, along with all the measurements used.
This Collection is only available until 3rd May. The stamps and dies will be found in the next Annual Catalogue but the Designer Series Paper and Specialty Paper is only while stocks last. So ORDER IT NOW! and get the complete Butterfly Brilliance Collection for $125 (AU)
Products and Measurements Used…
Card Base Misty Moonlight – 10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Butterfly Gala – for the sentiment (this is not part of the Collection)
**BUTTERFLY BIJOU 6” X 6” (15.2 X 15.2 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER & NATURAL TOUCH SPECIALTY PAPER Exclusive Designer Series Paper & Specialty Paper; available only during the Butterfly Bouquet promotion and while supplies last.
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