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Thursday, 14 December 2023

December Blog Hop

This December for our Blog Hop we are featuring products which are on Stampin' Up's Last Chance List. These are items which are retiring and will no longer be available after the end of December.

You can just click on the pictures below to go to each team member's wonderful creations!

I have chosen to use the Night Divine Bundle as I have been using this suite of products almost nonstop since I first ordered it. You can use it with so many colours and create beautiful cards. The DSP that comes with this set has night scenes and sand scenes which I combined on this card.

These are all the pieces I cut. My die of Mary and Joseph was sticking so I put some wax paper on and ran that through. Not only did my die work better but I thought the piece it cut out looked quite neat so I saved it for another card. I made a background piece of Night of Navy and cut another piece of DSP a little smaller for the night sky. I then cut a small piece of the brown sandy DSP to make the part to be behing the Nativity scene and used Border Dies to create a more hilly effect. Copper Clay went best with the sandy piece so I used that with the Nativity Dies.

I used glue as adhesive for this project so that I had a little time to straighten a piece if I needed to. I hope you will go and check out all the other wonderful cards!

Product List

Night Divine Bundle (English)

[161997]

$66.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$14.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

O Holy Night 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161986]

$17.00

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100867]

$13.75

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$7.50

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Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Coast to Coast Creators Blog Hop

Every month we have a blog hop and I always enjoy seeing everyone's creations. This month our theme is Celebrate the Season. I love this time of year and enjoy making Christmas cards for my friends and family. Just click on the pictures below to travel to the other amazing creators on our team.

I needed some quick Christmas cards and am trying to use up the Designer Series Paper I have. I cut up two sheets of DSP that were the same into pieces each 4" by 5 1/4". I made six cards with the bottom pieces shown below and have six pieces left over to design some more.

I just used the dies from the Night Divine Bundle and then added the stable and the nativity scene. I also cut out a star and added that. Then I stamped the sentiment with Versemark and heat set it with my white embossing powder. It was very quick and simple.

This part of the DSP makes a lovely background for the nativity scene which makes this card easy to make and very pretty at the same time. And I have six more pieces to make six more cards - when I turned it over, I thought I could even make fall cards.

I thought I would post one card I made with the same DSP piece as in the card above and just stepped it up by adding some different colours (Wild Wheat and Night of Navy) and a different sentiment.

Product List

Night Divine Bundle (English)

[161997]

$66.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$14.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$13.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$8.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

O Holy Night 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161986]

$17.00

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Thursday, 14 September 2023

New Product Blog!!!

You will LOVE all the new products now available!It is always exciting when a new catalogue is available with so many wonderful crafting ideas and items to order. I hope we inspire you this month with our blog hop showing off some of the new available products.

I have decided to use the Night Divine Suite of products and show it off in a fancy fold. You might take a first look and decide it is hard but I will show you how easy it is and hopefully you will go and try it after I give you directions.

This is a piece of cardstock cut 4 1/4" by 11". You then score this piece on the long side at 5 1/2" and 8 1/4". Then you need another Night of Navy piece 5 1/4" by 5 1/2 ".

You fold and burnish those folds with a bone folder tool. You need to glue the smaller piece only to the bottom part of that fold. Then it will sit up as you can see in the next picture.

I cut out the camels in white and one king in white and adhered them to the card with dimensionals. This is what makes the card sit up. It will fold flat to mail.

I cut one white piece at 4" X 5 1/4". The DSP is 3 7/8" X 5 1/8". You will need another of both of these pieces for the bottom. I attached a white piece to the back to write on.

I used Versemark ink for the sentiment and then used white embossing powder to make it stand out. I then trimmed the sentiment piece and made the white piece 1/8" of an inch larger and put that up on dimensionals. I added one star to perfect the scene.

Product List

Night Divine Bundle (English)

[161997]

$66.50

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100867]

$13.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$14.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$13.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$8.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

O Holy Night 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161986]

$17.00

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Monday, 14 August 2023

Sketch Challenge

It seems like a month is going by really fast. Our blog hop comes up quite quickly. This month we are challenged to make a card which basically follows a design we are given by the leader of our blog hop.

I really love to be inspired by the rest of the team who participate - you will love their designs!

This is the sketch. We don't have to follow it exactly but it needs to be pretty close. It is helpful sometimes to be able to follow a sketch as coming up with your own design can be challenging.

Here is my design.

I started with Basic White Thick cardstock for the base of my card - 8 1/2 X 4 1/4.

I added a Navy piece of cardstock - 4 1/4 X 4 1/4. Then I cut a piece of DSP 4 X 4. I used the Nested Essential Dies to cut more DSP and the pieces the sentiment is on. I had a new stamp set from the mini Catty which will be available for customers September 6 - Translucent Florals. It is great for background stamping in this card.

Product List

Countryside Inn 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161467]

$17.00

Nested Essentials Dies

[161597]

$47.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$12.25

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100867]

$13.75

Boho Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

[161650]

$12.25

Soft Shimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[161750]

$15.00

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Friday, 14 July 2023

Coast to Coast Blog Hop Challenge

I thought this challenge would be harder than it actually turned out to be. The challenge this month was to not use any Very Vanilla or Basic White. We all use those two colours on almost every card we make. You can see all the great creations of my teammates by just clicking on their pictures below.

I decided to use my favourite new colour - Moody Mauve. I had seen some lovely cards made with Decorative masks and decided to try one of them on this card. It was easy to use the blending brush over the mask and make the lovely background.

I had put my catalogue down and looked at the last page and loved all those flowers so I just chose some colours to match and made a few flowers using a punch and my Paper Florist Dies. You just have to cut them out, glue them together and they make a beautiful little bouquet.

I just cut a card - 8 1/2 X 11. I cut another piece of Moody Mauve 4" X 5 1/4" - placed the mask on top and went over it all with my blending brush. Then you just die cut the flowers and glue them on!

This is my completed card - don't you just love the 3D effect when you use these dies! This picture is a little dark even though I had two lights on it. I am going to enjoy coming up with more designs for these masks. I hope you enjoy the cards from the rest of my team!

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