I am loving this stamp set so much! So much that it is my Stampin@Home class for September! (more details of that at the bottom of this post!)
This card is a slightly different size to my normal makes, it still uses half a sheet of A4 but I have folded on the short side, rather than the long side I normally use. I love this style of card, although the change in dimensions did throw me off a little.
That wonderful butterfly is stamped using Watercolour Wings, using 3-step stamping. The first layer (and most solid) is stamped in Watermelon Wonder stamped off once, then the outer edges and body are in Mint Macaron, before I added the final details in Watermelon Wonder. One quick tip though, die cut the butterfly BEFORE stamping the body! otherwise you are at risk of cutting off his (or her) head, and we don’t like beheaded creatures!
To finish I added a scattering of sequins from the Silver Sequin Trim and some loops of the Silver Metallic thread.
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Welcome to my Free Online Workshop of August. Seeing as I got married on Saturday I thought it only fitting to do a wedding themed workshop while I am away!
I have been super busy over the last few months preparing for my wedding; making wedding favours, Orders of Service, invitations, thank you cards, place settings and table plans, as well as working full time and running my Stampin’ Up! business! Things have been completely insanely crazy! and although I am currently lying on a beach you can be sure I am planning some awesome things for when I get back!
Just as I get back into working the Autumn/Winter catalogue launches! As a demonstrator I get a super awesome sneaky peak! and get to order things before it goes live on 1st September. You can get a sneaky peak now too – just by joining my team! Get a head start with your Christmas cards and festive projects, get to order the latest products first, and save money in the process! Awesome. You can find more information about joining Stampin’ Up! on my FAQ, or drop me a message (I will be replying to email while I am away I promise!)
I know, I have been really naughty with this one! Very very rarely do I use anything that is not Stampin’ Up! but I really needed some larger cards for my family Thank you’s, and these 8 x 8 cards just happened to still be in the drawer from my pre-SU crafting days (surely it would be a waste NOT to use them up, right!)
As you can see I have a theme to my wedding projects. My Invitations were made before I became a demonstrator (yes, I really am that organised!) and so didn’t use Stampin’ Up! products! (Shocking, I know!) but they did use a map stamp. I used the World Map Background Stamp on these cards, stamped in Elegant Eggplant onto Whisper White and punched using the Sweetheart Punch, so cute!
Everything Eleanor just scream wedding to me, and so I couldn’t not use it on my Thank you cards. These are the cards for people that helped us with our day; the church, the hotel, the photographer etc. I love them all, and they all worked so hard! I do hope they like the cards as a special thank you
My 3D project this month is my wedding favours. I have to admit that these are totally not my design, they come from Papercraft Button and here wonderful YouTube tutorial from a couple of Easters ago! I made these about 18 months ago, all cut and scored, with sticky strip applied just ready for assembly. The ones on my wedding tables also featured a cute heart in that wonderful map print too, and were held together by the Stampin’ Up! clothespins (or pegs!) just like this one
Measurements:
Card stock – 6 1/2 x 4 1/2″ (17.5 x 11.5 cm)
Score on the long side at – 1 1/2, 3, 4 1/2 and 6″ (4, 8, 12 and 16 cm)
Score on the short side at – 1 1/2, 3 and 4 1/8″ (4, 8 and 10.5 cm)
*please note the metric version is slightly bigger than the imperial shown in the video*
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I had this idea a few months ago, actually before the launch of this annual catalogue, and I had a great plan for a great stamp …. that then sadly went and retired! but I couldn’t give up on the idea, and chose a different background stamp instead. I have been loving the World Map stamp recently, particularly for men’s cards.
This first card would make a great men’s birthday card. I just love this background technique, it creates a wonderful subtle backdrop for your sentiment and embellishments.
How to:
Ink the middle of your background stamp in Sahara Sand ink, carefully lay a piece of Whisper White card stock onto your background stamp. Apply light pressure using your finger tips, but only in certain areas.
If you watched the video tutorial above you will have seen this card looking a hot mess! Here the background stamp was inked in Versamark and heat embossed in Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder onto Watercolour paper. Then, using a large round brush and a heap of water, three colours of ink were added; Soft Sky, Mint Macaron and Lost Lagoon. Once the card had been left to dry, the coloured melted back into the card stock, giving this lovely soft finish
This is the most simple of the three cards, with the World Map being inked in Delightful Dijon and stamped onto a piece of Whisper White. I had to girly this card up a bit as the other two are definitely destined for boys, by adding some of that beautiful Dotted Lace Trim in Watermelon Wonder and mounting the piece onto a Watermelon Wonder Card base.
Each card here uses the same design, but the different techniques give completely different looks. I have even kept the sentiment the same; using the You’re So Sweet Stamp set.
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Ok, so I am now away on my honeymoon – just in case you missed it I got married on Saturday! (Yay!) but I am not leaving you, my blog will continue while I am away. However, it may take me a little longer to answer an email and comments, you can continue to place orders via my Webstore and they will not be affected by my absence.
But this card today, it’s for you! For reading my blog, for checking out my YouTube channel, for liking my Facebook page, for re-pinning my Pinterest pins, for all of you!
Once again I am using that Whisper White Thick Card Stock (which I LOVE!), but I still have not mastered getting decent photographs of it yet (White on White is hard folks!)
I am loving using the Endless Thanks stamp set, I just love the little images that all stamp together to create awesome designs. I created a mask for this card, using a piece of Sticky Note tape. First I stamped that banner onto the card in Night of Navy, and then onto the tape. I fussy cut the version on the tape to create my mask. The mask is then applied over the banner on the card, and the stamping then happens over the top.
Those flowers and leaves are stamped in Watermelon Wonder, Crushed Curry and Pear Pizzazz, with those lovely cute hearts added in Night of Navy.
One layer cards are a bit different for me, but I LOVE this one! What do you think? Let me know in the comments section below.
Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you again soon!
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I will be closing this order on the 30th August 2015
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I am an independent Stampin’ Up!® demonstrator, this means that I create beautiful things with top quality card stock, ink, and rubber stamps, and share them with you! (and teach a few classes, hold a couple of parties, and attend a shed load of craft fairs!)
I recently attended a Stampin’ Up! organised training day (back in May!) and one of the demonstrator presenters (Rhoda Macpherson) presented this idea of keeping packets in your handbag, to introduce to people what it is we do! I LOVE this idea, I have carried business cards since I became a demonstrator, and even though they are hand-stamped, they didn’t really say what it was I am all about! So, thank you Rhoda, this now have pride of place in my handbag (and on my display table at classes, and on the front of my stall at fairs!)
These use the Sketches Dots Tag a Bag Gift Bags. You know my love of the Tag a Bag kit items by now! Check out page 151 of the Annual Catalogue for some great gift packaging ideas, including pre-cut and scored boxes, a variety of bags and even labels and tags. They are awesome!
I paired the bags with some more detailed business cards, featuring not only my contact details, but also some information about me and what I do. This information is printed onto Whisper White card stock (yes it sales through my printer without any issues) and matted onto a piece of Bermuda Bay. They had to have some stamping too, so I grabbed out one of my current favs, Endless Thanks.
I have been loving the colours from the Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper stack – Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Cucumber Crush, Hello Honey, Pool Party, Tip Top Taupe, Watermelon Wonder and Whisper White – and so I have used these colours here too!
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We have a few family birthday’s this time of year. Somehow most of James’ family were born on the 28th of a summer month! So, I have been making a pile of cards for their birthdays recently.
Last week it was James’ oldest younger sister’s birthday, and I wanted to make something fun!
There is only one choice for me at the moment when it comes to fun birthday cards – Cherry on Top! I love this Designer Series Paper stack! This years offerings are all great, but the fun colours of this one really speak to me; Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Cucumber Crush, Hello Honey, Pool Party, Tip Top Taupe, and Watermelon Wonder – are a lovely colour combination I have used often this summer! (Including tomorrows video tutorial project!)
This card uses a big bold piece of that Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper, with some stamping from the Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set. Don’t you just love that font! I do!
The cake was stamped in Sahara Sand ink, before being coloured with my Stampin’ Write Markers, and punched out with the Extra-Large oval punch
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I love this weeks selection. I use my Envelope Punch Board all the time, it makes amazing boxes and bags as well as envelopes, and is so handy to have – ready for that awkward sized card! If you are subscribed to my newsletter you will find a great project there this month using the Flower Patch Stamp set (definitely one of my favourites) and great for creating layered, dimensional flowers, especially when paired with the matching framelits! This was one of the cards we made at Technique class last March, but its it fab! Using Pool Party and Marina Mist to create those great layered flowers!
Stampin@Home
Have you noticed there is a new option in the Menu bar at the top of my blog? No, well, you better go and check it out quick!
This class kit, delivered to your door, allows you to create 6 great all occasion cards using the Watercolour Wings stamp set and die bundle. Book your place now! I will be shipping class packs when I get home from honeymoon at the end of August.
Code Club
New month, new Code Club! I have opened a brand new code club for August. Shop using this code at checkout and receive a great thank you present at the end of the month! I love this club, each month a brand new club opens, with a new code, no commitment necessary, just shop with the current code and get some free product! Awesome!
Well, we are now in the final days before the wedding, and things are crazy around here! I’m currently in the middle of stressing about flowers and centre pieces, James is putting the table plan together and I have the hairdresser arriving shortly!
This will be the last Week in Review post for a few weeks but I will be short to share some wedding pictures and details when I get home, actually, if you go an like my Facebook page, you’ll probably be seeing some snaps even quicker!
Thought I would leave you with a cute photo of Freda this week, playing on my Craft Desk while I was setting up for filming last week!
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I love this technique! I think its one of those techniques I’ve picked up from YouTube, but I can’t remember who from or when! I know, really useful! but its OK because as always on a Tuesday I have a video tutorial for you!
This card uses our Whisper White Craft Ink, along with the Dots and Stripes Decorative Masks to create this completely flat, yet 3D effect! What to see how, check the tutorial below
How To:
Create your card base by cutting a piece of Melon Mambo Card stock in half, and folding in half
Using sticky notes, or re-positionable adhesive, stick the card base to your grid paper. Lay your decorative mask over the top and use sticky notes (or tape) to hold in place
Using Whisper White Craft Ink and a Sponge Dauber, dab the ink over the holes in the mask. Once your card front is covered remove and clean the mask.
Leave the card base to dry
Once the Whisper White Craft Ink has dried, lay the mask back over your card base, off setting it slightly. Ink in the same way using Melon Mambo Ink
The card is finished with that fabulous Die Cut ‘Thanks’ from the Hello You Thinlits dies, and three Birthday Blossoms punched with the Pansy Punch
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Unless you are brand new here you will know that my Wedding is fast approaching (actually, its on Saturday!!!!) and I have been busy making Thank You cards, gifts and boxes like a mad woman for weeks (and months!), but I have also been super busily working away on some really cool things that are going to be going on on my blog and my Facebook page while I’m away; including my Free On-line Workshop for August!
Seeing as when the workshop goes live I will be lying on a beach on my honeymoon, I thought I would share some of my Wedding related projects this month; thank you cards, my Wedding favours that sort of thing. While I was playing around with stamps and ink, and planning the workshop this card appeared as if by crafty magic on my desk.
This card uses two stamp sets actually – Everything Eleanor which I will be featuring in that On-line Workshop, and Me = Grateful (also coming to some classes near you soon!)
The swirl from Everything Eleanor is stamped in Elegant Eggplant onto Whisper White card stock, and matted onto a card base of Elegant Eggplant too. That ‘Thank You’ sentiment is gorgeous isn’t it? It actually is part of a bigger stamp in the Me = Grateful Stamp set, the whole stamp says – Thank You for seeing me through some dark days…’ – and while that is lovely, it isn’t really appropriate for our Wedding themed card. There are two ways of stamping part of a sentiment stamp – both of which is use often – either; mask off part of the stamp with Washi tape or a Sticky note, or grab for your marker pens! Well, this sentiment is heat embossed in Gold, and while our Stampin’ Up!® inks do hold embossing powder, I grabbed my Versamark pen (unfortunately not sold by SU, but you can find it HERE) and just inked the part of the stamp I wanted.
A super quick and simple, elegant Thank You card.
What do you think? (let me know in the comments section below!)
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