Anything Animals – Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop

Published on July 4, 2023July 1, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

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 HE RE

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 Backs die	Lemon Lolly	scrap	scrap
Card Writing Panel Back	Basic White	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm

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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

Product List

Zoo Crew Suite Collection (English)

Basic White A4 Cardstock

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock

Lemon Lolly Classic Stampin' Pad

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Blending Brushes

Online Exclusives

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Zoo Crew -Live with Michele

Published on June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

How cute is this card!

I love it when an idea works out better than I thought it would and it was so simple. Using the Designer Series Paper, Zoo Crew images be the ‘Hero’ of the card. There are 6 images, one on each sheet of DSP that match with a die that you can easily die cut out. Change the colours to coordinate with the image and you can create 6 cards all different. By fussy cutting you can add more animals and more cards.

PDF – Zoo Crew Tutorial

I have written up this tutorial for you to use. There is a link for you to down load.

Zoo-Crew-Tutorial-30062023 Download

Live with Michele YouTube video

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Online Exclusives

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Fresh as a Daisy – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop

Published on June 22, 2023June 20, 2023 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 Theme this month is Fresh As a Daisy

This is such a pretty suite, the daisy dies are beautiful to work with

My card today I have kept very simple and let the suite speak for it’s self.

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Stampin’ Up! Product Used in today’s project

Product List

Fresh As A Daisy Suite Collection (English)

Creativity Abounds – Fresh As a Daisy Stamp Camp

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Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop

Published on June 4, 2023May 31, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

It was my turn to choose the challenge……Black and White – this is hard one, they are such a contrast…total opposites. Because being complete opposites you can get a very hard looking card and you need to have some softness and texture…I hope I have done this with my card.

Timeless Arrangements Bundle

This is the first time I have played with this bundle and I think I am in ‘LOVE’….Timeless Arrangements Bundle

And every time I think of the sentiment I used – ‘Thank you for being my Friend’…I start singing…, Who else loved the Golden Girls…LOL!

The card layers are very simple, there are just 3 – Card Base- Basic Black, Card Front- Basic White and Card Insert – Basic White.

This card was a case of playing….with scraps of Basic White, Basic Black and White Vellum…I stamped the all the images in Memento Tuxedo Black on Basic White (3-4 in each) and die cut. Using vellum, I die cut 3-4 each of the stand alone dies. I also cut one of the large dies( with the bar at the base) x 3 in Basic Black. Not all this was used but it gave me plenty to play with.

How to make this card…

I embossed the card front with one of the embossing folders from the Basics Embossing Folders found in the Online Exclusives on my Online Store.
Using the Basic Black Marker splattered some ink across the card Front by flicking the brush nib from the marker lid
Black Bakers Twine – separate the twisted twine. place a small amount of Seal onto card front and layer one strand of the twine in large loops onto the seal
Adhering the the 2 black die cuts to the back of the sentiment, one at the top and the other at the bottom. The sentiment is then attached to the front of the card front with dimensionals.
This forms a base. I then attached the stamped flowers and leaves and vellum pieces coming from under the sentiment.
To finish the card front I added some splatters of Wink of Stella.
The card front then was adhered to the card base.

Cutting Measurements

Paper	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Basic Black	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card front	Basic White	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert	Basic White	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm

The card Insert was decorated with some of the left over die cuts and finished with a die cut banner over the top. ( I cut it down, so it wasn’t so long)

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Timeless Arrangements Bundle (English)

Basics 3 D Embossing Folders

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

Basic White A4 Cardstock

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

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Join me on a Crafting Adventure

Published on May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

I love it when Stampin’ Up! ® have these great joining deals. This is a fantastic way to get started….you can get so much more for your money and that’s what we want these days.

It’s a fabulous time to join Stampin’ Up! New team members will get even more FREE products in their customisable Starter Kit. Between 1–30 June, those who sign up can get ~~$235 AUD | $285 NZD~~ $283 AUD | $333 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….did I join!

Being creative is my way to relax, to chill. How do you chill out?

Having time to do something you love is the best way to de-stress, to find releif from everyday happenings.

I love to create…It can be embroidery, quilting, scrapbooking or making a card. It’s a time where for that moment I can breath and be me. Do you have a special hobby that you do to just be in a space that feels good and relaxing?

I run a small clothing alterations business and every week I can have up to 10 people coming into my home, into my space.
I am a social person and love meeting new people and I’m always ready for a chat. But ….yes there is a but, having people every day coming in to my space can get a bit wearing, because they want something done and by a certain time and in a certain way.

I set aside Fridays every week to create a card and then share it with you through my ‘Lives’. I have such busy weeks and sometimes by the end of it I’m really stressed out.

So being able to create at the end of the week is my down time.

I love to create and share with my friends, through classes or just getting together with friends on line or in person to create. Yes those that come to my home for classes start off as strangers but very quickly become friends and family, because we all have something in common….the LOVE of Crafting.

I’d love you to join me and my friends…or I should say family, as the friends I have made through Stampin’ Up! are more like family.

So if you are interested in joining me and ‘Live in Australia’….

You can Join me HERE on my Crafting Adventure

Or give me a call on 0408868771, always happy to chat….LOL!
Just remember if I don’t answer I maybe with a customer, leave a message and i will get back to you

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In- Color 2023-25 – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop

Published on May 18, 2023May 15, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

Our Theme this month is In-Colors 2023-25

Stampin’ Up!® have given us 5 NEW In- Colors to use over the next 2 years. These colours – Wild Wheat, Boho Blue, Moody Mauve, Pebble Path and Cooper Clay. These 5 colours have great earthy tones they work well together and with other colours.

My take on these colours are….

Boho Blue – I love Blues
Wild Wheat – a great colour to use if you want Gold accents with out the shinny metallic gold. Wild Wheat also has green under tones which works well for leaves with Autumn tones.
Moody Mauve – This reminds me of Old Rose colours.
Pebble Path – This colour to me has a warm gray tones, a nice blend between browns and greys.
Cooper Clay – Cooper Clay is like the Wild Wheat , could be a replacement for metallic Cooper and again has autumn tones.

Dainty Delight

For my card I decided to use Boho Blue as my card base and back drop for the floral arrangement. With the Moody Mauve and the Boho Blue the Wild Wheat has a green tone.

The flowers I coloured with Moody Mauve Blends, Wild Wheat for the flower centers. The leaves I use Soft Sea Foam just to give a hint of a different green and not wanting to go too bright.

The ribbon, I unraveled approx 8cm and tied it into a note, rather than a bow. A bow in the coordinating ribbon – Boho Blue Textured Ribbon would have been a little too heavy against the lightness of the stems and floral image.

The sentiment I stamped using the Pebble Path ink, not as dark as the basic black

How to make this card…

Please note that the conversion from Metric/A4 to Imperial/Letter will change the look of the card slightly. There is a difference of roughly 1cm/ ⅜”. This all makes a difference to the layers in the length of the card. You could make the lengths of the DSP shorter but then in doing that the Die Cut stems would be longer than the DSP. So I will leave that to you to decide what you want to do.

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 5¼”	9.5 x 13.9cm
DSP Spot	Boho Blue	2¼ x 4¾”	6.5 x 12cm
DSP Lines	Boho Blue	3 x 4¼”	7.5 x 11cm
Stem	Wild Wheat	2½ x 6″	6 x 15cm
Stem	Moody Mauve	2½ x 6″	6 x 15cm
Stamped Image	Basic White	2 X 4″	5 x 10cm
Sentiment	Basic White	¾ X 2¾”	1.8 x 6cm
Card Insert	Basic White	4 X 5¼”	10 x 14.4
Insert Strip Spot	Boho Blue	⅝ X 4″	1.5 x 10cm
Insert Strip Lines	Boho Blue	¾ X 4″	1.8 x 10cm

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Bright and Beautiful Stamp Camp- Let’s Craft Together

Published on May 15, 2023May 15, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

Let’s Craft Together….

Join myself, and the rest of the Let’s Craft Together Team for a day of crafting at Bright and Beautiful Stamp Camp

We are so excited to be able share this Online Event with you and hope you are excited too!

We loved the ‘Rain or Shine’ Suite Collection as soon as we saw it and just thought ‘How cute!’ and our heads have been brimming with lots of ideas we just have to share with you. So please join us.

We have thought long and hard about how we were going to share this with everyone….weather your a customer, overseas or another Demonstrator, we want you all to join us

Date: 10th June 2023

Time: All Day

Where: Facebook Event – we will send you the links to the event closer to the day

Information about the Stamp Camp

We will be creating 8 cards, 2 from each of us over the day via a Facebook Group (Closed) that only you will have access to. We will have challenges for you to try also through out the day.

What to expect from the camp.

PDF Tutorial showcasing 8 projects made with the Bright and Beautiful Suite Collection
Exclusive Facebook Page with a life time access. There will be 8 ‘LIVE” presentations through out the day for you to craft along with us or at your leisure.
Open to anyone one, here in Australia or Overseas. Also if you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator you can sign up as well. See all the payment options below.
You will receive all measurements 2 weeks before the Stamp Camp so you can be prepared to craft along with us
Card Kits (Australia Only) are available for you to purchase, these will be cut to size and die cut ready to go. See Below
All measurements will be in both A4/metric and Letter/Imperial

What do you need to have

All your crafting supplies..cardstock, inks and adhesives
Paper Trimmer and snips
And be ready for some FUN!

Purchase Options

Option 1: Bright and Beautiful Suite, Iridescent Shaker Circles & Ribbon Combo $166.69

To purchase these products CLICK HERE and ‘Add all to Cart’ Make sure you add the Host Code to your Order : FVCFVZG2 before finalising your order.(Ordered directly through Stampin’ Up!)

To complete your cards we have added to the suite Gold & Silver trim combo Pack and the Iridescent Shaker Circles.

Purchase the suite, and you will get the tutorial bundle free plus access to the Stamp Camp Exclusive facebook Page.

Option 1a: Discounted Card Kit $25.00 (including Postage), when purchased Option 1

If you chose Option 1 you may want to add the Card Kit (see option 2) . The Card kit is purchased directly from me for a discounted price of $25.00 (including postage).

**Please note, the suite will be purchased directly from Stampin’ Up! but the add on kit needs to be purchased through me. Links below

Option 2: Card Kit $49 (including Postage)

If you already have the suite, you can purchase the kit and tutorial for $49.00.

The Card Kit comprises of all cardstock (ONLY) to make 8 cards and it includes Stamp Camp Exclusive Facebook Page + Tutorial

Option 3: Product Share Cost $65 (including Postage)

If you don’t want a full pack of DSP, ribbon and embellishments, but you want the everything else, you can buy a product share plus the kit for $65.00 (including postage). Includes Stamp Camp Exclusive Facebook Page + Tutorial

The product share comprises of…

1/4 pack of the Bright & Beautiful DSP,
1/4 pack (2.25m) of each of the gold and silver trim from the combo pack
1/4 pack of the Iridescent Shaker Circles.

You can purchase the Beautiful Balloons bundle by clicking here. The bundle can be purchased directly from Stampin’ Up but the kit and product share will have to be purchased directly from me

The above options are only available to Australian residents.

Option 4: PDF Only $22 Demo’s or Overseas

Anyone worldwide can purchase the PDF and includes the Stamp Camp Exclusive Facebook Page – PDF will be available closer to date of Stamp Camp.

A list of product measurements will be sent to you at time of Registration

I hope you can Join us, if you have any questions please contact me at michele@jutrisa.com

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Let’s make a Photo Album from scratch, Part 1 – Live with Michele

Published on April 29, 2023April 29, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

Today on my ‘Live’ I have decided to make a photo album, from scratch. This will be a 3 part video which I will make over 3 weekly ‘Lives’.

Let’s get started…

There are a a few things to consider when designing and making an album from scratch.

What purpose is the album for…
- are you creating for yourself or as a gift
- Do you want it to have a theme
What size?
- You can work this out by photo size (make sure you include Matting you may use with the photo)
- Remember you can trim your photo’s down and use smaller printed photo’s.
Will it be a landscape, portrait or Square?
No of pages

What do we need to get started…

Chipboard- 2-3 mil thick, you don’t want to make it to thick because you need to cut it. But if it’s too thin then it wont stability.
Cardstock –
- You will need at least half to a full pack of cardstock
- You want to use cardstock that coordinates with the Designer Series Paper you are thinking of using. I like Basic Black or Night of Navy, because anything will go with it and I can change my mind if need be.
- A4 or 12 x 12″ – This can depend on size of album cover and Page sizes
Adhesives
- Tear’n’tape- I like Stampin’ Up! Tear’n’tape as it easy to use just make sure its a good quality (needs to have good adhesion)
- Multi Purpose Glue
Paper Trimmer
Designer Series Paper, and coordinating products – stamps, dies, and embellishments – we will go more into this later.

Size and Measurements (I’m using for my Album)

These measurements maybe slightly different from video

Photo size = 4 x 6″ (10 x 15cm)
Mat size = 4¼ x 6¼” (10.5 x 15.5cm)
Page Size = 4½ x 6½” – Have decided to change with to 6½” to allow tabs on the tags in the page pocket to come past the page.
Finished Album Size = 5 x 7″
No Pages = 5

Cutting Measurements

Chipboard

Cover Front & Back – 5 x 7″ x 2
Spine – 3 x5″ – Spine width = ½” between each page hinge plus extra ½”=3″

Cardstock- Basic Black

I like to have 1″ turnings around sides, you need to have good turnings to get a nice finish. As the Album Cover complete is too long for the cardstock I needed to work out where the join are going to go. The join could go down the center of the spin or either side of the spine on the cover. I decided to have 2 joins either side of the spine, this will get covered by Designer Series Paper when I decorate.

Length of the cover is 17″ x 5″ wide.

Cover Front & Back – 7 x 7″
Spine 6 x 7″ – more than with required for the join coverage re: video
Hinge 4¼ x 11½” – score @ 2¼, 2¾, 3¼, 3¾, 4¼, 4¾, 5¼, 5¾, 6¼, 6¾, 7¼, 7¾, 8¼, 8¾, 9¼
Inside Cover 4 ½ x 6 ½”

The hinges for the pages are ½” deep and ½” apart…see the video for how this is created.

Please Note – I spaced the cover and spine the width of 2 pieces of chipboard, after looking closely at the bends the cardstock had cracked a little. If doing again I would space them a little more, just so you can get a better fold. I have added a very very small amount of glue with a toothpick. I hope by the time I decorate I can cover this up or so it’s less noticeable.

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Hello, Irresistible & Butterfly Brilliance – Live with Michele

Published on April 22, 2023April 22, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

I had so much fun on my ‘Live’ this week. This card was created with Stampin’ Up! products coming and going, also die cuts left over from other projects – Vellum Leaves, Flowers and leaves cut from Designer Series Paper.

Shimmery White Cardstock and Butterfly Brilliance Bundle will soon be leaving us. I am going to miss them, but I am also looking forward to all the new products coming. I am really enjoying the Wild Wheat Cardstock and Ink from the New 2023-25 In-Colours, it has a lovely Green/gold tone which for me is a great substitute for Gold Foil.

I also used one of the Basic 3D Embossing Folders, this was the first I time I have used this folder and looks great with the other elements – floral dies and leaves.

Below is a video showing how the card was made.

Measurements Used…

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Creativity Abounds Blog Hop – Online Exclusives

Published on April 20, 2023April 17, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

Our Theme this month is ‘Online Exclusives’ and we are all creating projects using those products. I have chosen to use the Hello, Irresistible Suite Collection. I have also added one of the embossing folders from the Basics 3D Embossing Folders.

Hello, Irresistible

With this card I want a fresh bright look….and I wanted to have some fun with the colour, or how I coloured the flowers.

The flowers and leaves I stamped onto Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper using white embossing powder and used a Floating Reinker Technique to colour them. (I have added a Video by Patsy Waggoner showing the technique)

The Re-Inkers I have used here are..

Highland Heather
Gorgeous Grape
Pear Pizzazz (I will be sad to see this go – but I can’t wait to play with all those new colours)

I created a textured back ground with one of the Basics 3D Embossing Folders and added a die cut over the top.

I added a circle of vellum and placed it under the large flower to separate it from the other flowers.

The inside of the card I added a strip of embossed cardstock across the bottom of the card with a trim of Highland Heather cardstock and an watercolour leaf.