Did you know Stampin’ Up! ® have some of the of the Close To My Heart products available to purchase, while stocks last. I have used the Secret Garden Scrapbooking Stamps and Thin Cuts to create this card.
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Zinnias are beautiful and vibrant flowers, so I have tried to replicate with in my water colour flowers.
How to….
Flowers & Leaves
Using the Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper, I cut 3 sheets in half and coloured each sheet in a different colour. The bottles of Reinkers are the best to use for this technique as you may require a few drops of colour to get the depth of colour you want. Work with one sheet and one colour at a time, wet the sheet of water colour paper generously with a spray bottle of water. With a water painter add ink to the wet surface and let the colour spread. Don’t worry if the colour isn’t even, you want it to have texture – light and dark areas. Tilt the paper so the ink flows all over the paper, add more colour if you want more depth. I used the same technique in another card earlier in the year – Paper Florist Dies.
Once the water colour paper is dry die cut flowers and leaves.
The colours I used are..
Sweet Sorbet
Daffodil Delight
Orchid Oasis
Granny Apple Green
Mossy Meadow
The flower centers & stamen I cut from cardstock – Basic Black, Sweet Sorbet, Daffodil Delight and Orchid Oasis. The stamenn I also brushed with Wink of Stella for a bit of sparkle.
The Basic White card front I embossed with the Zinnia 3D Embossing Folder. This is a stunning embossing folder of zinnia flowers and leaves in a outline image. This just gives some texture behind the flowers and the impression of the flowerbed of Zinnias.
Sentiment
The sentiment I used the Sweetly Scripted Stamp set and stamped the Happy Birthday in Memento Tuxedo Black.
Card Insert
The card insert I stamped with the Zinnia flower stamp in Memento Tuxedo Black in the bottom right corner
The insert was matted with Basic Black cardstock
Measurements Used
Colour
Imperial/Letter
Metric/A4
Card Base
Basic White Thick
4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”
10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Mat
Basic Black
4 x 5¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Card Front
Basic White
3⅞ x 5⅛
9.7 x 14.1cm
Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper
3 sheets cut in half
Flower Centers
Basic Black
2 x 2”
5 x 5cm
Flower Stamen
Sweet Sorbet, Orchid Oasis Daffodil Delight
1 x 1” each colour
3 x 3cm each colour
Sentiment
Basic White
¾ x 4”
2 x 10cm
Insert Mat
Basic Black
4 x 5¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Insert
Basic White
3⅞ x 5⅛
9.7 x 14.1cm
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Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop
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This month Julia has given us this Water Colour Challenge to play with
Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!
You may be starting here or have come from someone else’s blog – either way there is a list below to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas.
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If you’re in Australia and need help with your crafting needs and don’t have a Demonstrator, I’d love to assist you. Feel free to reach out to me at 0408868771 or michele@jutrisa.com. Cheers!
My card I created using the Jungle Pals Stamp Set and coordinating Jungle Pals Dies from Stampin’ Up!® Jan-Feb Sale-A-Bration Catalogue. The style of card is a floating card, it gives the illusion that the leaves are floating above the card base.
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Adhere Adhesive Sheets to the back of Basic White strips. TIP: Adhesive Sheets have 3 sections on the sheet approx 5cm wide and is a little longer than cardstock – one section for each strip.
Die cut approx 15 leaves
Using Blending Brush and Garden Green Ink, lightly brush around the edges leaving some white in the center of the leaves.
Window sheet
Adhere the leaves to the window sheet radiating out from one point. This is where my crocodile will be places
Take leaves to the outer edges of the window sheet and trim off any over hang. These can then be used to fill in any spaces.
Using the Deckled Rectangle Dies (size used – 8.5 x 12cm, 3 ⅜ x 4⅝”), die cut the window sheet and leaves. TIP: You may need to run though a few times or even add a shim to make sure it is cut through.
Place Mini Dimensionals onto the back of the window sheet, hiding them behind the leaves
Attach window sheet to the card base.
Crocodile
Stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad and coloured with Watercolour Pencils and Stampin’ Blend Color Lifter
Add dimensionals to crocodile and attach where leaves radiate from.
Sentiment – outside and inside.
‘Hey, There’ from Charming Sentiments stamped in Melon Mambo and punched out using the Bee Builder Punch as a speech bubble (great idea from Julie, while watching my Live)
Using Multi Purpose Glue adhere the speech bubble to card.
Also stamp ‘What’s New!’ on the bottom right corner of the Basic White Card Insert.
Card Insert
Adhere to the inside of the card Base.
Classic Matte Dots – colour using Stampin’ Blends Melon Mambo and adhere to the card.
Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!
If you’re in Australia and need help with your crafting needs and don’t have a Demonstrator, I’d love to assist you. Feel free to reach out to me at 0408868771 or michele@jutrisa.com. Cheers!
Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
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Our theme this month for the Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop by Ann Alexander is a ‘Theme Challenge – A Bush Christmas’ .
I love this challenge, for the last month it has been bouncing around in my head, working out what I could do. I love Australian Native Flowers and Stampin’ Up! ® Everlasting Beauty Stamp Set was perfect for this challenge using the stunning Waratah to make my focal point.
I also used the Magical Meadow Dies for the other elements with the Waratah. Even though they are not technically Australian fauna I tried to colour them to represent the Australian Bush. The Holly was added, because what is Christmas without a bit of Holly.
Card Measurements
Colour
Imperial/Letter
Metric/A4
Card Base
Pebble Path
4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”
10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Mat
Old Olive
4 x 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Card Front
DSP – Joy of Christmas
3 ⅞ x 5 ⅛”
9.7 x 14.1cm
Sentiment
Basic White
¾ x 5 ¼”
1.8 x 14.4cm
Card Insert
Basic White
4 x 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert Strip
DSP – Joy of Christmas
½ x 5 ¼”
1 x 14.4cm
Fauna/Flowers
Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper
2 sheets watercolour paper
Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper
Everlasting Beauty – Waratah – stamped 2 images (2nd image used only the leaves)
Stamped in Stazon Black Ink, coloured with Real Red and Cherry Cobbler Ink Pad.
Leaves and stem coloured in Old Olive and Mossy Meadow.
Fussy cut
Add splatters of Wink of Stella and watered down White Craft Ink
Magical Meadow Dies Cut
Die cut Leaves, 2 of each
Holly Leaves
die cut x 5 and coloured after cut.
Holly coloured with Garden Green Ink.
Leaves & Buds cut x 1
Branches Shadded Spruce
Buds – Berry Burst & Crushed Curry
Spiky Leaves – cut x 2
Shadded Spruce and Pecan Pie
Leaves & Berrys , cut x 2
Leaves – Old Olive
Berry Dies – Watercolour Paper coloured with Real Red Ink and die cut
Card Front –
After cutting DSP using a Blending Brush, brush on Mossy Meadow Ink and then go over with Real Red Ink. Real Red Ink was not taken as far onto the DSP as the Mossy Meadow Ink.
Add splatters of Wink of Stella and watered down White Craft Ink
Fauna – Layer the fauna
You may want to die & colour extra…I cut some of my leaves up to fill spaces
Sentiment – Stamped using Cherry Cobbler Ink
Classic Matte Dots – Coloured with Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends.
Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop
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.
This month Ann Alexander has challenged us a wonderful Theme Challenge – A Bush Christmas.
Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!
You may be starting here or have come from someone else’s blog – either way there is a list below to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas.
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If you’re in Australia and need help with your crafting needs and don’t have a Demonstrator, I’d love to assist you. Feel free to reach out to me at 0408868771 or michele@jutrisa.com. Cheers!
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Yesterdays ‘Live’ was fun….it’s always fun when you can play with ink and water….Don’t you think?
I have been watching the reels on my Instagram and there has been a few people who have been creating these stunning Christmas baubles using watercolour paint and watercolour paper. As the short reel below.
I have taken this idea and using Stampin’ Up!® Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper and the Inks to create my version of these baubles. I created my circle using a Stampin’ Up!® container and dipping it into watered down ink on a block. What other shapes do you have at home you could use…..How about ‘cookie cutters’…I hope you have fun creating some of these like I did.
There is a YouTube Video below showing how I created my card.
Measurements Used…
Colour
Imperial/Letter
Metric/A4
Card Base
Basic White
4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”
10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Mat
DSP
4 x 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Card Front
Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper
3 ½ x 5”
9 x 12.5cm
Card Insert
Basic White
4 x 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert Strip
DSP
½ x 4 ¼”
1 x 10.5cm
Stamping & Diecutting
Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper
3 ½ x 5”
9 x 12.5cm
The card below was my try out card with a smaller glass for my circle.
Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!
If you’re in Australia and need help with your crafting needs and don’t have a Demonstrator, I’d love to assist you. Feel free to reach out to me at 0408868771 or michele@jutrisa.com. Cheers!
Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
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Our theme this month for the Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop is a ‘Colour Challenge’ and I am using the ‘Paper Florist Dies‘ by Stampin’ Up!®
I created this challenge and I’m looking forward to see what everyone has created. You could use 3 of the colours or all 5 colours. I love this combination of colours so beautiful and bright….what a great way to start of ‘Spring’
With 4 x 1/2 sheets Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper and Water Painters colour each sheet in Parakeet Party, Berry Burst, Fresh Freesia and Lemon Lolly Stamp Pads. Make sure you have some texture in the colours – light & dark. If you don’t get the light & dark, sprinkle some water over coloured area and blot off with paper towel.
Die Cut
Flowers, stems and centers from coloured Water Colour Paper
Flower Stamens from Basic Black Cardstock.
Die cut large banner die from Basic White Cardstock using the Nested Essential Dies
Using the stems die from Cheerful Daisies Dies cut 4 from Basic White.
Create the flowers
Emboss the Boho Blue card front using the Basic 3D Embossing Folders
Stamp sentiment onto Banner using Memento Tuxedo Black
Adhere Card front to card Base.
Place Banner onto dimensionals and attach to card front.
Using Multi Purpose Glue decorate around the banner
Add splashes of Wink of Stella to card front.
Adhere the card insert into your card.
Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop
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.
Follow the Hop here..
Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!
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.
On Friday in my ‘Live with Michele’ I created this card using a fun technique using the NEW Stampin’ Write Markers. What makes these new? The fine tip nib has been improved, it is a thicker nib which helps with this technique.
The Stampin’ Write markers are water based ink and when used on the Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper allows the ink to move and spread outwards, blurring the lines.
I have kept the circles simple by using one colour per circle, when using more then one colour you will blend colours which creates new colours…so the fun you can create is wonderful. I would suggest only using 3 colours, too many and you could end up making mud….
There are a few different ways you can work this.
Trace one circle at a time and then go around the circle with a water painter. Then add next circle.
Trace all circles in the 3 colours before adding water with the water painters. Then go around each one with the water painters blending the colours
How To…
To create the circles I made a template from window sheets and die cut circles using the Reach for the Stars Dies. This can then be kept for use in other places where you may want circles.
Tip: Play with water colour paper and markers before woking on your card piece. I have a cheap pad of water colour paper to test different ideas out.
Using the Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper I worked one circle at a time.
Marker Colours used Berry Burst, Azure Afternoon, Lemon Lime Twist.
Using one colour at a time trace of one circle with marker. Then using the water painter blend the lines with a wet brush, blend as much as you want.
Continue by adding more circles and going around each with the water painters. I also worked one colour at a time.
I said in my video that I was using Azure Afternoon Cardstock for the sentiment, I ended up using Tahitian Tide cardstock, when I look back now I think the Azure Afternoon would have been too dark anyway.
Measurements Used…
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Because I used the Colour Lifter I was able to stamped my image onto Basic White Cardstock and used Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. If I used water or Blender Pen I would have to change my ink to Stazon and use Watercolor Paper.
This is great sketch, there is so much you can do with it. just check out the Just Add Ink page to see what the Design Team came up with and what others have also created…maybe even give it a go yourself.
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Product List
Online Exclusives
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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.
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.
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
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 challenge this month is a Sketch Challenge by Maheswari. I love the layers of two frames that are slightly twisted, with decorative elements on diagonal corners.
Regency Park
For my card I have used the Regency Park Suite by Stampin’ Up!® and to create my card I used manly the Petal Park Bundle. This is such a simple bundle to use, you can colour the flowers by hand with any medium you wish or use the stamps to colour the flowers. The suite includes a simple simple punch to make cut out the flowers and one leaf quick and easy.
The suite consists of two Bundles
Petal Park Bundle 160577 Flowers & leaf stamps plus the Punch
Sentimental Park Bundle 160567 – Sentiments, more flowers & leaves and Dies
It then has other items in the suite including
Textured 12 x12 Shimmer Paper
Can Weave 3D Embossing Folder
Night of Navy Boardered Ribbon
Adhesive Backed Milky Dots
Regency Park 6 x 6 DSP
I created the two rectangle frames cut from the Rectangle Stitched Frames and Basic White Cardstock.
The Flowers are coloured with Watercolour Pencils onto Basic White Cardstock. Instead of Blending the pencils water or Blender Pens I have used Memento Ink and Blends Colour Lifter. Patty Bennett did a very good video on this technique – Blending Watercolor Pencils with Color Lifter
How to make this card…
Card Front – Embossed, I used for this one of the Basic 3D Folders 161598 from the Online Exclusive, you could of course use the 3D embossing folder that comes with the suite, but I wanted something a little more subtle.
Frames – Placing one die side of the other, die cut 2 frames.
Flowers Stamping – Stamp 3 sets of flowers and 8 leaves using Memento Tuxedo.
Flowers, coloured with pencils and blended with Blends Colour Lifter
Large flowers – Balmy Blue and Night of Navy
Medium Flowers – Flirty Flamingo, Mellon Mambo & Daffodil Delight
Small Flower – Gorgeous Grape & Mellon Mambo
Leaves – Old Olive & Granny Apple Green
Bakers twine split and added under flowers
Sentiment – Embossed in White Embossing Powder
Card Insert – Insert strip embossed with the 3D Embossing Folder
Cutting Measurements
Paper
Colour
Imperial/Letter
Metric/A4
Card Base
Basic White Thick Cardstock
4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”
10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Front
Basic White Card stock
4 x 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Frames
Basic White Card stock
3½ x 4½” x 2
9 x 12cm x 2
Flowers
Basic White Card stock
4 ¼ x 5½”
10.5 x 14.9cm
Sentiment
Basic Black
1½ x 3″
3 x 8cm
Card Insert
Basic White Card stock
4 x 5 ¼”
10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert Strip
Basic White Card stock
1 x 4″
2.5 x 10cm
Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!
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.
