Birds & Branches Bundle

By | July 7, 2020
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Back again with the fourth project from our training day featuring the Birds & Branches bundle from page 120.

I decided to leave the sentiment off the front of this card as I’m not sure what I want to use it for at the moment.

This card has lots of dimension and textures on it. To start we stamped the nest directly onto the card front – this helped us know where to position the branches (stamped in Crumb Cake) and leaves (Old Olive) then added a die cut nest with dimensionals on top. The birds are a ‘two-step’ stamp which means there are two separate stamps that coordinate together to create a complete image. The first image was stamped in the new Bumblebee and then the second image was done with Daffodil Delight (stamped off) to give the birds a two tone look. Once all the stamping was completed we ran the cardstock through the die machine with the new Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder – this photo really shows off the texture of this folder.

Have you noticed the ‘eggs’ in the nest? To get the colour of these we watercoloured a piece of Watercolour paper with a Pool Party wash then ‘flicked’ some specks onto the cardstock using the Soft Suede Stampin Blends. They came out a real ‘duck egg’ blue. The Magenta Madness flowers add a real touch of colour to this scene. The ribbon is the new Pool Party 1cm Sheer Ribbon which has a lovely sparkle in it.

Well that’s it for tonight – I’ll be back tomorrow with the final project from our training day. Until then …

Field of Flowers – Sliced Card

By | July 6, 2020
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Today’s card was a ‘self directed’ card we made halfway through our training day. Nobody actually taught us this card – we just followed the step by step instructions like a production line :).

This is another set I don’t have so it’s great to have a sample to show. There are five layers to this card – a standard card base using Thick Whisper White, Misty Moonlight (3 7/8″ x 5 5/8″), Whisper White dry embossed with the Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder (3 3/4″ x 5 1/2″), Whisper White (3 1/8″ x 5″, Whisper White (3″ x 4 1/2″).

With the smallest piece of Whisper White we started stamping the sentiment near the top of the cardstock in Basic Grey. By doing this first you then know where to stamp the flowers. The stems are stamped in Granny Apple Green with the flower heads stamped in Daffodil Delight. The Dragonfly is stamped in Misty Moonlight. Once the stamping is done cut 1/2″ from the bottom of the image, then cut a further 3/4″ of the image. The final piece should then measure 3″ x 3″. Now to assemble the card.

Adhere the embossed layer to the coloured cardstock and then adhere this directly to the card base. Next add dimensionals to the back of all remaining pieces. Work out your placement and spacing of the three pieces on the 3 1/8″ x 5″ piece of Whisper White before removing the backings from the dimensionals. Once you are happy with your spacing remove the backings from the dimensionals and add the big section then adhere a length of ribbon. If you wanted to you could add a bow or a knot or leave it as I have. Repeat the process with the remaining two sections. If you want a second length of ribbon add it before adhering the last section. Adhere these two layers to the card base and then add a couple of Rhinestones.

This was a great project and I’ll give this design a try with some other sets I own. What sets do you own that you could use to recreate this card too?

Well that’s all for now. I’ll be back tomorrow with the fourth card. Until then …

In Good Taste – Gift Card

By | July 5, 2020
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Today’s post features the second card we made at our team training – the In Good Taste Suite on pages 122-124 – this was at the top of my shopping list. This suite is all about textures – the stamp set, papers, embossing folder and wooden elements.

In Good Taste Suite

The papers which include photographic images and visual textures work well for a variety of projects. The predominant colours are the Neutrals with a touch of Night of Navy, Petal Pink and Rococo Rose. These papers will be great for masculine or feminine projects. Rococo Rose – one of the 2019-2021 In Colours – teams beautifully with Early Espresso and here we’ve made a gift card for that special friend or family member in your life.

Don’t forget that you can stamp directly onto your Designer Series Paper (DSP) as we have done here with the leaves image. Once stamped the DSP has been adhered to the Rococo Rose mat with linen thread wrapped around and tied in a bow. I find it easier to wrap the thread and attach a bow separately with a glue dot. The main flower image has been stamped on a scrap and ‘fussy’ cut out – sorry no die for this image but it’s an easy image to cut out. I coloured mine in with the Rococo Rose Stampin’ Blends. The wooden leaf elements just finish off this card. The sentiment is also from the Tasteful Touches stamp set and we used the very versatile Lovely Labels Pick A Punch from page 22. We’ve only had this punch a month and it’s already been put through it’s paces – I love it.

This card uses a standard card base with one additional score at 4.7cm from the edge which is then folded back on itself to create a pocket for a gift card. We added a piece of Rococo Rose cardstock (4.4cm x 10cm) which was dry embossed using the new Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder. The measurements for the front of the card were: Rococo Rose 9.5 x 10cm, DSP 9 x 9.cm. The attached panel measurements were: Early Espresso 7.5 x 11cm, Rococo Rose 7 x 10.5cm, DSP 6.5 x 10cm. When you attach this piece to the card front remember not to adhere the whole piece as part of it overhangs as per the photo above.

Well that’s all for now – I’ll be back tomorrow with another fun stamped project. Until then …

World of Good – Trifold Card & Envelope

By | July 4, 2020
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A couple of weekends ago we had a team training day and made five projects with new products – it was a fun, relaxed day and so good to finally be able to meet together. The first project we made uses products from the World Of Good Suite – pages 24-26. I don’t have this suite so it was great to have a play with it.

World of Good Suite – Trifold Card & Envelope

To make the envelope start with a piece of the World of Good Specialty Designer Series Paper measuring 6″ x 9″ and score at 2″ and 6″. Before you join the ends make sure you cut the half circle using the 1 1/2″ Circle punch. Make a ‘belly band’ from Cinnamon Cider cardstock which has been dry embossed with the new Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder. We lightly ran a VersaMark pad across the cardstock and heat embossed it with Gold Embossing Powder – add some ‘torn’ stips of Early Espresso cardstock to either side, wrap around your envelope pocket and adhere ends together. Wrap some Bumblebee 1/4″ Twill Ribbon (threaded through a Antiqued Slide (page 157) and a die cut ‘globe’ from the Beautiful World dies.

And now the card – the card base is Early Espresso (8 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ – scored @ 3″ and 6 3/4″). The front panel of Early Espresso (2 7/8″ x 5 3/8′) has also been dry embossed with the Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder and Gold Embossing Powder added. A thin strip (3/4″ x 5 1/2″) has been roughly torn then add to the card base before adhering the front panel.

The inside Very Vanilla cardstock has been stamped with sentiments from the Beautiful World stamp set and lightly sponged around the edge with Early Espresso ink. The inside panel of DSP measures 1 3/8″ x 5 3/8″. There is also another piece on the other side of the flap. In total this project uses half a sheet of 12″ x 12″ paper.

Here you can see the other side of the DSP. The ‘Globe’ has been die cut using Misty Moonlight and Mossy Meadow. Quick tip for punching the hole for the ribbon – pop the card into the envelope, make a pencil mark on the card so that the hole will be in the centre of the punched out circle. Remove the card and punch your hole then thread the ribbon through.

Well I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project – it’s a great way to use your DSP and be able to see both sides of it on the project. I’ll be back tomorrow with project #2.

Until then …

Birds & More – masking technique

By | July 3, 2020
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I’m back :). I had some technical issues with an auto update that locked me out of my blog – thankfully it’s sorted and we’re back on track to sharing projects with new products 🙂

First up is a card I made via our virtual team gathering last month featuring the Birds & More dies and masking. COVID-19 cannot stop us from crafting!

Birds & Branches – So Saffron and Bumblebee

The card base is Crumb Cake (5″ x 10″ scored at 5″) with a mat of Pool Party (4 3/4″ square) and then a Whisper White stamped layer (4 5/8″ square).

So Saffron

The sponged background was created with a mask using one of the die shapes from the new Tasteful Labels dies (page 179). We were given a great tip to create this mask. Cut a scrap piece of card stock the same size as your Whisper White (4 5/8″ square) then place the die in the position you want it and run it through your die cutting machine. Then place the template on top of the Whisper White and sponge away. For our sponging we started with Pool Party and then a light sponge of Crumb Cake in the lower edges. When you remove the mask template your sponging is in the correct place.

Bumblebee

The die cutting of the branches and bird use the Birds & More dies (page 174). Die cut two birds one from So Saffron and one from the new Bumblebee In Color. Carefully take the accent pieces out of the die and swap them over so that the So Saffron bird has the Bumblebee accents and vice versa. Here’s another tip – on the back of the bird add dimensionals so that when the accents are re-added they’ll stick to the dimensionals :).

The branch is die cut from Early Espresso and for my flowers I used Magenta Madness and the Friendly Silhouttes die on page 181. The flower centres are the small Seaside Spray sequins from the Woven Threads Sequin Assortment (so glad these carried over to the new catalogue). The bigger sequins of Pretty Peacock and Rococo Rose have also been used.

The sentiment is from Tasteful Touches (page 124) and stamped in Crumb Cake. Once the Whisper White and Pool Party have been adhered together a length of linen thread has been wrapped around and a bow tied and adhered.

I almost forgot to mention the birds eyes – these are our Basic Pearls that have been coloured in with the Basic Black Stampin’ Blend.

Well that’s all for now – back tomorrow with more treats to share and inspire you.

Until then …

Tasteful Touches Swap Card

By | June 18, 2020
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I have recently participated in two different card swaps featuring products from the new 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue and now that everyone has their cards I can share my creation with you 🙂

Tasteful Touches

As a demonstrator I get to place a ‘pre-order’ a month before a catalogue goes live. Fortunately one of the Suites available in the pre-order was the ‘In Good Taste’ suite on page 122 – 124. This suite is full of wonderful textures from the stamps, paper, embossing folder and embellishments. Combined or on their own they look great. The papers in this suite are all neutral colours which are great for masculine cards and with a pop of colour can make a great feminine project.

For my card I’ve used the stamp and dies (which come as a bundle so you can save 10%) and the embossing folder. As I wasn’t using the papers I decided to go with feminine colours – Purple Posy, Blackberry Bliss and Soft Sea Foam. The Blackberry Bliss card stock has been dry embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder.

I stamped the flower in Blackberry Bliss and then ‘fussy’ cut it out. Before I adhered it I thought I’d add a bit of sparkle with the Wink of Stella. Well – as I was adding the Wink of Stella it pulled some of the colour from the stamp onto the petals giving the ‘pink’ hue so each flower is unique 🙂

I remembered to take a photo of the inside – I kept it simple as I ended up making 35 of these cards 🙂 I think this suite will be getting a lot of use.

Well that’s all from me for now. Until next time …

Sketch Challenge – Sliced Rainbow Card

By | June 14, 2020
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Today’s card has been created using the below layout. It’s my brother’s birthday today so thought this sketch would be good to use for his card. The only stamping I’ve done is the sentiment – so check out below to see how I used this sketch.

For this design you could stamp your image as a whole on one piece of cardstock then slice it up into the three sections or as I did cut three different sizes of scrap cardstock and then layer various widths of different coloured cardstock.

I love the Brights colours so went with this colour family. I ended up using all 10 colours on my card. At the top we have a thin strip measuring 5mm then a wider strip at 1 1/2cm. The thin strips are Poppy Parade, Melon Mambo and Flirty Flamingo, the wider strips are Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana and Granny Apple Green. The measurements are repeated for the Mango Melody and Gorgeous Grape cardstock. The bottom Daffodil Delight strip is 1 cm wide.

I had originally thought I’d stamp the sentiment on the Daffodil Delight strip but once it was all together it needed something else so I die cut the ‘swirl’ from the Painted Labels die and then stamped the sentiment on a Stitched Circle. After completing the card I went looking for a bag to put the gift in and look what I found in my stash 🙂

After completing the card I still had some spare strips of cardstock left over so created another card with them.

Rainbow Card

The sentiment is from the Many Mates set and has been punched and matted using the new Lovely Labels Pick a Punch – love this punch.

Well that’s all for today – I hope you’ve enjoyed these bright cards. I hope you’ll give the sketch a go for one of your creations.

Until next time …

2020-2022 In Color DSP – Herringbone Card

By | June 13, 2020
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I’m loving the new In Colors and the 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. The designs in this pack are really great. I’ve CASED today’s card design from a US demo. She had only used three colours from the paper she used – I’ decided to use all five of the In Colors to show how well they all go together. There are four new products from the 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue for this card – can you pick them?

The strips of DSP are 1″ wide DSP and I’ve used all the designs from the paper pack. The length for the longest diagonal strip needs to be about 6 1/2″ but with the In Color paper only 6″ I needed to do a join – this is covered up by the sentiment :). I cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock 9.5cm x 13.8cm and then adhered my strips of DSP trimming once I’d adhered everything. This was then adhered to a Whisper White card front (10cm x 14.3cm). I wrapped a piece of the new Just Jade Twill Ribbon and adhered the bow separately. The sentiment comes from the Tasteful Touches set and has been die cut with the coordinating dies – Tasteful Labels. The actual stamp says ‘Just saying hello’ but I only wanted the ‘hello’ so I very carefully placed Post-It notes to cover the words I didn’t want. The sentiment is heat embossed in White and adhered with dimensionals.

Tomorrow’s post is a card birthday card for my brother using a sketch challenge so until then …

Introducing the new 2020-2022 In Colors

By | June 10, 2020
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With a new Annual Catalogue comes five new In Colors that will be with us for the next two years. The new colors are: Bumblebee, Cinnamon Cider, Just Jade, Magenta Madness and Misty Moonlight.

For my first project I’ve used the 2020-2022 In Color 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (page 150) plus the new Lovely Labels Pick a Punch (page169) – I’m sure you will want to add this punch to your shopping list.

The new Lovely Labels Pick a Punch is six punches in one. There are two designs and three widths (1.3cm, 1.9cm and 2.5cm) and you can make this banner any length you want.

For my card above I’ve used the widest banner and a mix of patterns from the paper. There are 40 sheets in the 6″ x 6″ pack – 4 each of 2 double-sided designs in the 5 colours. The sentiment is from a new set called ‘Many Mates’ (page 43) and has been stamped on the 1.9cm wide banner.

I alternated the different punch designs so you get to see the two looks. Do you have a favourite end – I think I prefer the ‘flat’ end. Now to decide which is your favourite colour :). These colours go well together and as mix and match. I’m sure you will see them pop up on projects in the coming months.

Well that’s all for today. Tomorrow I’m heading into the office for the day – my first day back since 17 March.

Until next time …

CASEing the 2020-2021 Catalogue

By | June 7, 2020
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It’s been a great weekend here – very productive. Yesterday morning I attending our ‘Virtual’ Team Training with others from around the country. In the afternoon I rearranged my craft/office space and had a good ‘tidy up’ – it felt so good :). I think my new layout will work better especially as I am still working from home and need to share the space with ‘work’ and ‘crafting’ :).

For today’s card I’ve CASE’d one of the cards from the cover of the catalogue – the one on the right. I used my grid paper to make sure I had my lines straight

For my colour palette I started with Soft Sea Foam – which I haven’t used much – then added So Saffron, Terracotta Tile, Smoky Slate and Seaside Spray.

My ‘strips’ of colour have been sponged whereas the original card used strips of cardstock. To create my coloured strips I used Post-It Notes to create a mask – using my grid paper to make sure I had my lines straight. I reused my Post-It Note multiple times but I think next time I’ll either let the ink dry a bit or use new Post-It Notes for each colour as my Terracotta Tile blended in a bit with the Smoky Slate – oh well I just created a new colour :).

The card base is Thick Whisper White with a Cajun Craze mat measuring 3 7/8″ x 5 5/8″ and then the Whisper White front is 3 3/4″ x 5 1/2″. The leaf image is from Rooted in Nature and stamped in Cajun Craze. When I was deciding on the stamp set to use I found I have a lot of ‘line art’ sets so will be adding a few more solid stamp sets to my stash. The sentiment is from Butterfly Gala and is one of my most used sentiments. This has been heat embossed in White on Cajun Craze which has been die cut from the Stitched Rectangle dies.

The final touch for this card are the Woven Threads Sequins Assortment – so glad these have carried over.

Well that’s all for now – have a great week.

Until next time …

2020-2021 Annual Catalogue is here

By | June 4, 2020
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The brand new 2020–2021 Annual Catalogue is now live, and we’re having a celebration! Anyone who holds a party or shops during the month of June will receive extra Stampin’ Rewards with a qualifying purchase. So don’t wait! Start planning now to hold an event in June. If you’re interested in holding an event contact me now for more information and to book a time. 

It’s a bundle bash! If you have been thinking about becoming a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, now’s the perfect time to join. Not only will you get a Starter Kit—already a great value at $189 NZD for $285 NZD worth of products—but for a limited time, you can select any stamp/tool bundle from the new 2020–2021 Annual Catalogue for FREE. There could not be a better time to join me and my team. If you would like to know more about joining please contact me.

Check out my Promotions page for more details.

Here’s a quick video showing the new 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue

If you don’t yet have a 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue and would like one please let me know and I’ll get one sent to you. In the meantime check out my Catalogue page to download a pdf version.

Happy shopping – until next time …

Magnolia Lane – Tri Panel Card

By | June 1, 2020
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Welcome to Winter – at least we’re now starting to get the rain we so desperately need. One positive of winter is that we have to stay indoors more which means more crafting time – and with a new catalogue just days away – bring it on.

Today’s post is created from a sketch challenge. Sketch challenges along with colour challenges are a fun way to create cards. A sketch challenge gives you a layout design to follow and allows you to use any stamp set and colour combo you want. A colour challenge sets out a number of colours for you to use in your project and the design/layout/stamp set are up to you.

Here’s the sketch I based my card on.

And here’s my take on the sketch. I’ve used the Magnolia Lane DSP for the top horizontal panel and then used Petal Pink cardstock embossed with the Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder for the vertical panels. I tried a couple of colour combinations for the mat before settling on Basic Black. Some Petal Pink 1/4″ Metallic Edge Ribbon wrapped around the card covers the join of the DSP and card stock. I then tied a separate bow and adhered it with a glue dot. The final touch was the sentiment – stamped in Mossy Meadow this stamp is from the Magnolia Blooms stamp set and has been die cut using the Stitched Shapes dies.

I hope this layout inspires you to give sketch challenges a go. I’d love to see your creations.

Until next time …

Stamp Camp 2020 Projects – Forever Blossoms, Poppy Moments & Best Dressed

By | May 31, 2020
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Back again with the remaining projects from Stamp Camp using products from the Mini Catalogue – Forever Blossoms from the Parisian Blossoms Suite (page 14-17), Poppy Moments from the Peaceful Poppies Suite (page 24-27) and the Best Dressed Suite (page 54-56).

First up a fancy fold card – Triangular Tri-fold – using the Forever Blossoms Bundle.

The Parisian Blossoms Suite has two bundles within the suite and we used the Forever Blossoms bundle. The papers – Parisian Blossoms – coordinate with both bundles and are a mix of Petal Pink and Pool Party tones. The main image is stamped in Memento then coloured in with Petal Pink, Granny Apple Green and Soft Suede Stampin Blends – a few of the gorgeous Champagne Rhinestones have been added for a bit of ‘bling’. We dry embossed the Cherry Cobbler cardstock with the Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder then lightly applied some Whisper White ink using a Sponge Dauber – it really shows of the embossed effect of the folder.

Once you untie the bow the the card opens up to a landscape orientation to show the inside sentiment and a partially stamped flower image.

This card uses a whole sheet of A4 – cut in half lengthwise and adhered together on the central portion. You do have to concentrate in getting your score lines the right way but after that it’s an easy card to construct. I love fun fold cards so will be giving this one a go with some new products out of the 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue.

Next up is a fun project featuring the Poppy dies.

How cute is this little project – and not a stamp in sight :). When you pull the ‘poppies’ up take a look at what you will find.

Poppy seeds ready to plant :). The dies used were the Poppy Moments Dies and the Small Bloom Punch. The Poppy holder has been dry embossed with the Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder.

The last project features the Best Dressed Suite and has a special holder inside for a gift card

We’ve used the Best Dressed 6″ x 6″ DSP for the background and then die cut one of the ‘bag’ cutouts in Lovely Lipstick to create a flat bag for the front of the card. The buckles are cut from Gold Foil and I added a Gold Facted Gem as the clasp for my bag. When you open the card you’ll find a holder for your gift card to sit in.

It’s a bag within a bag – how cool is that. It’s the perfect size for a gift card to fit in. You could put a shop bought voucher inside or you could create your own one. I have yet to add a sentiment to the inside.

Well that’s all for today – I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing these projects. Don’t forget you have until Tuesday 2 June to place orders for retiring products from the Mini Catalogue and the 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue. From Wednesday 3 June we will be able to order products from the new 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue – what’s first on your ‘shopping list’?

Until next time …

Stamp Camp 2020 Projects – Bonanza Buddies & Botanical Prints

By | May 31, 2020
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I’ve finally got round to sorting photos of the projects we made at Stamp Camp earlier this year – better late than never. I’m going to spread them out over two posts – one now and one later this afternoon so be sure to check back later for part two.

First up we have a cute project featuring the Birthday Bonanza Suite from page 32-34 of the Mini Catalgoue.

I love the bright colours of this paper – Terracotta Tile, Grapefruit Grove, Mango Melody, Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana & Bermuda Bay. For this image we stamped the Toucan in Memento Black and coloured his bill with Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral and Cajun Craze. The party hat was stamped with Coastal Cabana then die cut (I trimmed off the excess white) and a white Pompom was the finishing touch.

The inside has a cute pocket for a gift tag or a gift voucher and there is plenty of room to write a message on the left hand side.

The tag is one of the dies included in the Bonanza Dies. The parcels and both sentiments are from the Bonanza Buddies stamp set. The parcels are a two step stamp. This was a fun project to make.

Next up we have a project from the Botancial Prints Product Medley on page 61.

The card base is our Thick Whisper White cardstock. If you haven’t found this yet check out page 169 of the Annual Catalogue – it gives a nice firm base for your cards. The front piece is normal Whisper White and the images have been stamped randomly in Gray Granite – I love this warm tone of gray. Before matting this to a piece of Gray Granite we embossed it using the Subtle Embossing Folder – this gives a ‘linen’ look to the cardstock. The bottom ‘lace’ portion was added after and had been die cut using the Delicate Lace Die.

The flower image has been stamped on a scrap of Whisper White and die cut with the coordinating die from the product medley. I used Purple Posy and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends to colour in. The Old Olive 1/4″ Twill Ribbon has been wrapped around the top then I tied a separate bow and adhered it with a glue dot. The birthday sentiment is from Peaceful Moments and has been heat embossed in white on a Gray Granite label die cut from the Stitched Nested Dies. The three Rhinestones have been coloured in with the Purple Posy Stampin’ Blend. You can just see a portion of the inside of the card which has one of the images stamped across the bottom.

Well that’s all for this morning – check back later today for the final three projects featuring the Forever Blossoms Suite, Poppy Moments and Best Dressed Suite.

Until then …

Double Wonder Cards using Country Club DSP

By | May 30, 2020
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Technology has been great in keeping us in touch with each other during the Lockdown period. We were meant to have had a Stampin’ Up! event at the beginning of May but due to COVID-19 that got cancelled – so Stampin’ Up! created a Facebook group for all NZ based demos so that we could still connect with each other. We’ve had ‘live’ sessions with special guest appearances from some of the staff at the Home Office in Utah – it’s been great. In one of the ‘live’ sessions we were taught a One Sheet Wonder with a twist. Instead of using one sheet of 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper we used two sheets of 6″ x 12″. This gives a few more options of paper designs. Here are the 11 cards I made using the Country Club DSP.

I paired the paper with the coordinating cardstock colours of Night of Navy, Poppy Parade, Garden Green, Crushed Curry and added in Basic Grey for one of the cards. I also used some retired ribbon that went with all the papers – Night of Navy Corduroy Ribbon.

With the paper being double sided it gave me four design options to mix and match.

To keep it simple I used the same ‘Happy Birthday’ sentiment on all cards and punched them out using the Tailored Tag and Timeless Label punches. The sentiment is from the Peaceful Moments set and has been stamped in Night of Navy.

Even though the designs are the same they look quite different with the different papers and placement of the sentiment.

These cards got used up pretty quickly for the staff birthdays and have been well received – my job for tomorrow is to make some more ready for the next round of birthdays. This technique is a great way to use and show off our wonderful DSP but also a quick and easy way to make 11 cards.

Well that’s all for now – I’ll be back tomorrow with some more projects to share from our Creative Inkers Stamp Camp earlier this year.

Until then …