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Gum Leaves and Gumnuts

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I am always looking for new ways to use products to give me different effects.

The other day one of my Stampin’ Up! colleges posted an article about using Painters tape as a mask, but it was a special type of tape.

  It was called “Frog Tape”,anyway I did some research as this tape can only be bought through Masters and I don’t have one near me.

I found that 3M put out a “Blue Painter Tape Edge Lock”, it comes in different widths and different tackiness.

http://www.scotchblue.com.au/…/Resourc…/Edge-Lock-Protector/

So I purchased the Advanced Multi-Surface Tape as it comes in wider width. Not cheep $15 – $20 per roll
I wanted a solid shape that would fit inside the tape width so used the Feathers Edgelits (discontinued).

I decided to used Glossy paper (also discontinued) to make my mask on and put through the Big Shot. The Big Shot pressed the two together a bit firmer than I would have liked but nothing I could do about that. I hoped that because I used the gloss paper it would pull apart OK, it did stick and tear paper a little but with gentle perspiration I got them apart.

Once I had the mask made I attached to some Shimmery White, this card stock is great with water colouring.

So using the Aqua Painter and inks..this is what I came up with. It bled a little and didn’t give me the clean lines I was hoping for.

But that may have been I was too eager to take mask of.
Very pleased with out come.

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The center leaf was painted on another piece of card stock and then cut out with the Edgelits. I made the Gumnut using the Acorn Punch from the Seasonal Catalog and

is still available in the New Occasional Catalog.

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Its Party Time

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In my class last week we celebrated “New Products” by having a “Party Time” theme.

This was my first card making class for the year and January was the start of the

New Occasional Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration Catalog. So what better way to start the year than in making Birthday Cards.

This worked in well with a project that Shannon West from Stampin’ Up! Head Office has started.

She has asked friends on Facebook to message her their Birthday and address, so that she can post them a Birthday Card.

And I have done this also..if you go to my FB page – Michele Jutrisa Stampin’ Up Demonstrator

you will find pined to the top of the page a invite to send me your Birth Date and I will send you a card.

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Here are the cards we made with products from the Occasional and Sale-A-Bration Catalogs.

If you wish to take part in a Class or book a Workshop with your friends then contact me.

My Life through out December

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Where are your Christmas photos?
Last year I started a Project Life Christmas Album about all the things I did in December leading up to Christmas…..

In all I probably only did 20 pages (one day a page)…this year I have been very busy and by tomorrow will have done nearly every day for December…WOW!
Here are some of the pages completed.

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Embellished Ornaments and Global Design Project #GDP012

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This next challenge with GDP  is ‘CASE the Designer’…. CASE-ing the amazingly talented Brian King!

(CASED/Copied from GDP)…….LOL!

How does this challenge work?

There are many definitions of CASE (Copy And Steal Everything, Copy And Share Everything), but in this situation the definition is

Copy And Selectively Edit. This means you can be inspired by ANYTHING on this card. What inspires you in this card to make it your own, what will you copy and what will you edit?

Here are some ideas of what you could be inspired by –

Theme – Winter or Christmas

Layout – The layers with the diagonal slope

Colours – Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party and Whisper White (or you could use colours that are similar, doesn’t have to be exactly the same)

Stamp set – Snow Place

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Now, I have to make something clear…for years I have been a “Scrapbooker” and have always considered myself “Clean and Simple”

But it seems lately with cards I’m doing a bit more “Grunge to Antique” Now this is not always easy….I have also discovered I like to see what I can do with colour.

So……….

with this challenge I have playing with a few ideas…not sure what to do ..love the colours ….but …they complement each other but do they blend?

So I tried a few different ideas out, not happy with what I’d done but kept playing because I had this idea. Then, the other day while having a peak on Pinterest,

I found a card done similarly to the effect I wanted to achieve.

Here is what I came up with.

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I inked the stamp with Pool Party and then sponged (using daubers) on the lower half with Coastal Cabana (Discontinued), working towards the bottom of stamp with Bermuda Bay

and adding Cherry Cobbler to the tip and some to highlight the center decoration.

I then gave a light mist with water and stamped onto Shimmery White paper.

What I learnt from what Hermine Koster did on her card (Pinterest) was to go around the edges with a marker to highlight them.

I tried using black but found it too dark so with the Basic Gray Stampin’ Write, I very lightly went around the edges and white areas in the stamped image. Then with my Aqua Painter and watered down ink I added some splatters.

The sentiment was inked up with Pool Party and lower edges of the 3 “script” words touched with Cherry Cobbler.

I am really pleased with how this card has turned out..and my wonderful Husband (my GREATEST critic) has also agreed that he likes it too.

Now if you want to have a go at this Challenge and the challenges in the coming weeks then check out Global Design Projects HERE

 
Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

Global Design Project #GDP010 – Just for You

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What a week…….so busy. Joey Scout Mob Holiday last weekend…

then get home to hear that No: 2 son is sick. He’s in the Navy and was away somewhere floating around in a big ship!

He was being shipped back to Australia and then to Sydney. Yesterday we went to see him and he’s doing well.

So didn’t even get around to thinking about this until this morning.GDP010 SketchThe sketch was made by the famous Teneale Williams.

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This was fun!  The leaves were sponged in 2 colours and then stamped on a 3″ square and then cut into quarters.

Love doing flowers and making them 3D.

I punched them out using the small pansy punch from the Itty Bitty Accents.

I then softened the paper by rubbing with

Bone folder until paper separated. By using the inside of the paper it gives you a velvety and soft look to the flowers

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The inside of card was also stamped and a flower added.

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“Baby” – Global Design Project #GDP003

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This weeks Challenge Theme from GDP is ……”BABY”

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I don’t have anything “BABY”….I don’t do much “BABY”…….my kids are teenagers and young adults.

What can I do!

 I have some of the “Sweet Li’l Things” Designer Series Paper…..but not much (was part of a share)

This is a real Challenge for me…no “BABY” Stamps

My brain is reeling….what can I do!

After a bit of tearing, embossing, stitching, adding a button and my only “BABY” stamp ………

Here it is.

I think it turned out OK….what do you think?

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Best Thoughts and Boken Technique

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As you would most likely know by now this is my favorite stamp set “Best Thoughts”, its a Hostess set at the back of 2015 – 2016 Catalogue. Earn this set when you have a workshop and earn over $250 in Sales.

This morning while looking at Facebook I found an entry by Teneale about a new site called “Global Design Project” or #GDP .They offer challengers and this is there very first challenge, so if you wish to have a go, go HERE …..enjoy!

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So I had a look and really liked the challenge they put out there to Stampers/ card makers….I’m putting together the cards I want to do in a class this Friday night using the “Boken” Technique. I have had an idea in my head but hadn’t got it onto a card as yet. After seeing the challenge by GDP, I had it! Done and Dusted…so here it is.

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What is Boken?……By definition, bokeh (boh-kay) is the blur, or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in out-of-focus areas of an image. Bokeh has been defined as “the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light”.
There are many ways this technique can be done and there are some great articles on the internet…but here I have sponged  colour onto Whisper White card stock using a template, them stamped over the top.

If you want to know more then book into my class on Friday 11th September……by going HERE
Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

Holiday Catalogue

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I’m so excited! ……..Now I can share with you our New Holiday Catalogue, there are so many wonderful products in here…so have a look.
I will also be running a few extra Classes using the products from the Holiday Catalogue, so watch out for those.
Click on the Link below to go to my shop and the new catalologue..or if you would like your own copy contact me and I will send one out to you.
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