Graceful Evergreen Deer

My blogpost today features one of the cards we will be making during our monthly card class at Belair Baptist church this month.  It features a new stamp set called Graceful Evergreen Deer and has foiled deer coordinate beautifully.  You can purchase these as a bundle too.  The fold is a gatefold and the focal image is cut from Everyday Arches dies.

Stamps used:  Graceful Evergreen Deer, Itty bitty Christmas (Retired)

Cardstock:  misty moonlight, secret sea, basic white

Tools:  graceful evergreen deer dies, everyday arches

Garden Silhouette Hot Foil die

 At our Thursday and Saturday class in August we had a play with the new Hot Foil system from Stampin' Up!  I'm very fortunate to already have the GoPress Foil machine which a lovely customer gave me a few years ago.

Our first card uses the Garden Silhouette Hot Foil die.  The ladies could choose from Barely Blush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Cloud Cover, Hydrangea Hue.  Our base card is basic white, with an embossed layer and focal point was cut out with the Everyday Arches dies and embellished with the butterfly flight hot foil dies.

Stamps used:

Cardstock: basic white, barely blush, blackberry bliss, crisp cantaloupe, calypso coral, cloud cover, pretty peacock, hydrangea hue, starry night (retired)

Ink: blackberry bliss, calypso coral, pretty peacock, starry night (retired)

Tools: everyday arches dies, butterfly flight hot foil die, garden silhouette hot foil die, Lazy daisy 3d embossing folder, oval punch (retired), ribbon

Our second card was a CASE from fellow demonstrator Karen Henderson.  You can see her card here.

The base of the card is basic white, then layer of colour (barely blush, crisp cantaloupe, cloud cover, hydrangea hue).  The white layer is embossed, the coloured circles are cut with the Picture This die (retired) the white circles are hot foiled with the Swiss Dots Hot Foil Dies and cut out with the circles from stylish shapes dies

Stamps used:

Cardstock: basic white, barely blush, blackberry bliss, crisp cantaloupe, calypso coral, cloud cover, pretty peacock, hydrangea hue, starry night (retired)

Ink: blackberry bliss, calypso coral, pretty peacock, starry night (retired)

Tools: picture this die (retired), stylish shapes dies, swiss dots hot foil dies, softly woven 3d embossing folder, rustic check 3d embossing folder, beautiful pattern embossing folder

 

Botanical Glow Hot Foil Die

This was one of the cards that we made in our Sunday Creative Cards class.  We used the Botanical Glow Hot Foil die and paired it with the Butterfly Flight hot foil dies.

The sentiment is from the Alpine Air Kit and punched out with rounded rectangle punch.  The sentiment is framed with the rectangular nested essential dies.

Stamps Used:  the happy birthday is from the Alpine Air Kit
Cardstock:  basic white, lost lagoon, barely blush
Ink:  lost lagoon, pretty peacock
Tools:  Botanical Glow hot foil dies, Butterfly flight hot foil dies, Nested Essential Dies, Rounded Rectangle Punch

 

Peace on earth double flap fun fold CASE

Todays card was a trial run of card that I saw on YouTube.  It was from a fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator, Lynn Dunn.  You can see her card here.  

When I do a trial run, I often use retired products, todays papers are Sun Prints and Starry Sky card. I was really pleased with the way this turned out.

What you need:  

A5 piece - 21cm x 14.5cm

A6 piece, 14.5cm x 10.5cm

Layers - Starry Sky 2 pieces - 10 x 10cm, 1 piece 4.5cm x 10cm

Layers - DSP: 9.5cm x 3.5cm

Layers - basic white:  2 pieces - 9.5cm x 9.5cm - emboss one with the Peaceful Greenery 3d embossing folder.

Die Cut pieces:  basic white, starry sky, blue foils (retired), dazzling diamonds glimmer paper (retired)

Versamark pad, white embossing powder,

Peaceful Greenery 3d embossing folder 

Peace on Earth stamp set, Versatile Christmas (140392) (retired)

First, start with a standard card base - A5 - 21cm x 14.5cm.  Fold in half.  With card folded in half, trim at 10.5cm  Keep both pieces.  The smaller piece becomes the flap mechanism.  Attach this small flap to the base card (centred on the left edge with fold flush against the edge).  Make the layers - both sizes.  The small layer will go over the flap mechanism with an even border around each top, bottom and left side.  Add the larger layers to the folded card one on the outside (with the embossed piece) and one on the inside.  When layers added, attach this to the back panel on the right hand side.

On the flap, decorate with layers die cut from the Peace on Earth die set. Stamp the Peace on Earth stamp with Versamark and emboss with white embossing powder. 

Bauble blooms meets concertina fold

Today’s card uses a technique called concertina fold.  The tutorial was from a fellow demonstrator called Connie Stewart.  You can view her tutorial here. I modified the measurements for a metric card and also for the width of the bauble aperture in the centre of the card. The bauble make a great aperture.

Measurements

Pretty Peackock - inside panel - 7cm x 26cm scored at 1.5cm, 3cm, 13cm, 23cm, 24.5cm

Card front and back panel x 2 - 10.5cm x 14cm

The mechanism - basic white 

13cm x 21cm, scored at 10cm, 20cm

13cm x 20cm, scored at 10cm

Top layer, balmy blue 10cm x 13.5cm - embossed with the distressed tile 3d embossing folder (retired)

Layer the 2 basic white pieces on top each other with the longer piece on the bottom with the extra 1cm being on the right.  Center the bauble die in the right 10cm panel, add a bit of washi tape to keep it in place, run through the die cutting machine. Score all folds, attach the panels together.  Fold up and run through the same embossing folder to add texture. Attach the front and back panels to the basic white mechanism. Decorate the floating layer and attach to the inside of the mechanism by lining up the folded edges.  Glue in place. 

 

Die cut 2 baubles in basic white and stamp the bauble leaves in pretty peacock ink, and the floral in balmy blue ink. 

Decorate the panel with the bauble image and stamp the leaves in balmy blue and the floral in pretty peacock.

Stamp the sentiment on basic white scrap and punch out with the heartfelt hexagon punch.

Bauble blooms tent fold in balmy blue and night of navy

 Another tent fold card today using the bauble blooms bundle. 

The first card I used the framed scenes die to cut the aperture.  I embossed the leaf part of the bauble using gold embossing powder, the flower part I embossed using retired tempting turquoise embossing powder which looks so pretty 

The second card I used the everyday frames to create the aperture and embossed with the tempting turquoise embossing powder (retired). 

Stamps used: Bauble blooms, that’s the tag (retired)

Ink: versamark, night of navy, balmy blue

Card: basic white, night of navy, gold foil, textured 12x12 shimmer paper (160838) retired 

Bauble Blooms with gold mercury vellum

A few more samples of cards using the bauble blooms stamp bundle paired with the gold mercury vellum. 

The first card on the left is a crumb cake base with a layer of real red and top layer the gold mercury vellum, the second card is just without the middle real red layer.  The baubles are stamped in versamark and gold heat embossed. 

The third card has half a panel of the gold mercury vellum and a basic white piece of card cut using the everyday arches dies which is embossed with the distressed tile 3d embossing folder (retired) and layered with versamark using the pad directly to the raised embossed pattern then sprinkled with gold embossing powder. 

Bauble blooms with a Tent fold take 2

 Here is another sample of a card using Bauble Blooms with the tent fold technique. 

Stamp set: Bauble Blooms, That’s the Tag (retired)

Ink:  versamark, real red, shaded spruce Card: basic white, Textured 12x12 Shimmer Paper 160838 (retired), real red, gold foil 

Tools: Everyday arches, Bauble Blooms dies, gold embossing powder 

Accessories: gold thread

Bauble blooms tent fold

Today I started preparing for my card classes this month and came up with a Tent fold using the stamp set called Bauble Bloom. I tried two versions, crumb cake on the left and Basic White on the right. The photos don’t go the crumb cake justice, it’s stunning, the basic white has photographed really well. 

Measurements 

1 piece crumb cake, 23cm x 10.5cm, scored at 1.5cm, 3cm, 4.5cm, 6cm, 7.5cm and 21.5

1piece crumb cake 14.5cm x 10.5cm

1 piece gold mercury vellum (retired) 10cm x 13.5cm

1piece of real red 10cm x 13.5cm

1 piece of real red 10cm x 10cm - die cut the ornament from this

1 piece of scrap crumb cake to die cut a circle for the sentiment

1 pie cod basic white 3cm x 6cm, scored down the middle - this is the mechanism for the back of the die cut window shape. 

Stamps used: Bauble Bloom

Card: crumb cake, basic white, real red, gold mercury vellum (retired)

Ink: versamark, real red

Tools: bauble bloom dies, everyday arches, small circle die, gold embossing powder, adhesive sheets (used to attach the vellum to the crumb cake

Sunrise Sailing Shadowbox Card CASE

Todays card is a case of 2 different Shadowbox cards, one by Kim Fee and the other by Candi Suriano.  Be sure to check out their cards, they are awesome.

Shadowbox cards are so easy and fun to make.  

What you need:-

1 x A5 basic white card, score at 1.5cm and then 3cm.  Rotate 180 degrees and score again at 1.5cm and 3cm.  Cut card in half.  Burnish and crease all folds.  On the front, cut out a circle using the 2nd largest circle from the Stylish Shapes dies.  On the pack piece, colour using strawberry slush, timid tiger and darling duckling with blending brushes.  This is the backdrop for our boat.

1 x 10.5cm x 3cm basic white, stamp with the Painted Stripes stamp set, firstly in cloud cover, then move to offset the stripe and then stamp in secret sea. Cut in half to give you 2 pieces 1.5cm x 10.5cm.

1 x 8.5cm x 8.5cm basic white, stamp also with the Painted Stripes stamp as before.  Using the 2¼" circle punch, cut out the centre.  The circle will be discarded, we will use the negative.

Using cloud cover, cut out 2 small clouds and one strip of wave from the dies from the accompanying sunrise sailing die set, then out of secret sea cut some birds and then another wave.  Cut also the small boat and sails.  Assemble the sail on the boat.  

Line the circle negative 8.5cm piece with the front panel, with an even border.  Adhere in place.  Layer the 2 waves together with the cloud cover on the bottom.  Attach to the front of the card covering the bottom of the circles. Stamp also the sentiment under the waves.  

On a 1cm x 7cm piece of acetate, attach the boat using glue dots to the right end of the acetate.  to work out placement, lay the base flat, then put the acetate with boat attached to the left then layer the top, manoeuvre the piece until it sits on top of the waves.  Glue to the back panel inside the first 1.5cm fold.  Attach front by adding glue on the front panel inside the 1.5cm fold.  Attach to back.  Repeat the other side.  Crease all folds  and watch the sail boat float over the waves.     Decorate with the clouds and seagulls.  Attach also the 1.5cm strips to the creased folds.

Stamps used:  Painted Stripes, Beautiful Butterflies (sentiment)

Dies:  Sunrise Sailing, stylish shapes (circle), 2¼" circle punch

Card:  basic white, cloud cover, secret sea

Ink:  strawberry slush, timid tiger, darling duckling, secret sea, cloud cover

Accessories:  Acetate, mini glue dots

Framed scenes meets linked together

Todays card features a new bundle called Framed Scenes.  This will be one of the cards that we make at classes this month.  I started with a Pretty Peacock base.  My layer is Basic White, stamped with the water from a new bundle called Sunrise Sailing and then embossed with the accompanying Hybrid Embossing 3D folder also called Sunrise Sailing.  My focal image is cut using the diamond shaped die from the bundle Linked together and this is layered on top of another diamond cut in half.  Sentiment is from Simply Said.

Stamps:  Framed Scenes, Sunrise Sailing, Simply Said

Ink:  Pretty Peacock

Paper:  Pretty Peacock, Basic White

Tools:  Sunrise Sailing 3d Hybrid embossing folder, Linked together dies,

Blends:  Pool Party, Watercolor pencils, soft pastels, blender pens, 

Memorable blooms sneak peak 4

Another Memorable Blooms sneak peak.  This card will be one we make in class this month!

Intricate dies, like this flower look stunning in black with a splash of colour in the background.  A great technique for masking and sponging and with a bit of texture with the Element of Text which fits perfectly in the octagon shaped window.  The flowers really pop and stand out on the sponged masked background.

Stamps:  Memorable Blooms, Elements of Text

Ink:  coastal cabana, daffodil delight, memento

Paper: Basic white, basic black, summer splash

Tools:  Memorable Bloom dies, water painters, Isocol rubbing alcohol

Memorable blooms sneak peak 3

Todays card features the CTMH Periwinkle cardstock - with it being 2 toned gives the perfect tonal effect for the layered effect on the focal image.  To make the flowers from the memorable blooms dies pop, sponge blueberry bushel over the flowers to give them definition.  

Stamps: Memorable Blooms, Elements of Text

Ink: memento, boho blue, blueberry bushel

Paper:  basic white, periwinkle (CTMH)

Accessories:  Memorable Blooms dies

Memorable blooms take two

 

Todays card features another sneak peak of the Memorable Blooms bundle.

Stamps:  Memorable Blooms, Elements of Text

Ink:  memento, bubble bath

Paper:  basic white, bubble bath, petunia pop, summer splash

Memorable Blooms sneak peak

Todays post is a sneak peak for the new bundle called Memorable Blooms which is in the Jan-April 2025 Mini Catalogue.  The bundle consists of stamps and dies and the main focal point is a beautiful hexagon die frame with a lovely floral feature.  The background stamp is also from the upcoming mini catalogue and is called Elements of Text.  

Stamps used:  Memorable Blooms; Elements of Text

Dies:  Memorable Blooms

Papers:  Basic White, night of navy, Bluebird (CTMH), Periwinkle (CTMH)

Ink:  night of navy, balmy blue

Tools:  Blends: balmy blue, summer splash, blending brushes

Painted Trees embossing folder

Todays card is a quick simple card using a new range of papers from Stampin Up - they have introduced some two-toned cardstock and the colour used here is Garden Green. I have cut a base and the top layer out of the the garden green. For the base I used the darker side and top layer the lighter side. The two tones are very elegant with a white layer in between. I have run the light garden green through the Painted Trees 3D embossing folder. I then used sponge daubers to apply ink to the raised trees with granny apple green, old olive, garden green and shaded spruce. To accentuate the trees I’ve added some Wink of Stella to the raised trees. 

Products used:-

Paper: garden green two-tone cardstock 

Ink:  shaded spruce, garden green, old olive, granny apple green

Tools: painted trees 3D embossing folder, sponge daubers, wink of Stella 

Another Decorative Trees CASE

I'm having so much fun playing with the Decorative Trees stamp set and today I have another CASE.  Todays card was inspired by Vicki Boucher and you can see her card here.  

 My card starts with a basic white base and a pretty peacock layer which is stamped with drizzling droplets in whisper white craft ink.  I have die cut the trees from the decorative trees dies and stamped the focal image in pool party (the outline image) and pretty peacock.  Happy Christmas is inked and die cut in pretty peacock.  

Decorative Tree - technique case - inlay technique

Todays card is a CASE.  I saw a card from Lou Kitzelman that I just loved and knew I had to try the technique with the Decorative Tree dies.  I am so happy I did, the technique suits this tree so well.  You can see Lou's card here.  

Stamp Set:  decorative trees

Ink: night of navy

Paper:  basic white, night of navy

Tools:  decorative trees dies, basics 3d embossing folders, double oval punch (retired)

Technique:  Inlay Technique

Decorative trees and a sketch challenge

Todays card features a sketch challenge from Create with Stamping Friends CSF835

I started with a base of basic white, and my layer is also basic white, sponged with pretty peacock ink around the edges.  My shape on the left is from Countryside dies and is cut out of pretty peacock and embossed with the new Painted Trees 3d embossing folder and then sponged with whisper white ink using a sponge dauber.  My two parallel strips are the  dry brushed metallic specialty papers.  The tree is stamped and die cut from the decorative trees bundle.

Stamps used:  Decorative trees

Ink:  Pretty Peacock, whisper white

Papers:  pretty peacock, basic white, dry brushed metallic specialty dsp

Tools:  Sponge Daubers, Painted Trees 3d embossing folder, double oval punch (retired)

Classes at Belair for the month of Jan 2024

 This month our cards are going to feature the Heartfelt Hexagon Punch and the Softly Stippled designer series paper from this years SAB 2024 catalogue.  

I just love the cascading pattern you can make with this new Heartfelt Hexagon Punch, it is so versatile and looks fab punched out of the Softly Stippled dsp.  My 3rd card is a CASE from fellow demonstrator Rebecca Scurr and you can see her card here.

Stamp set:  Heartfelt Hexagon

Ink:  Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral, Misty Moonlight

Papers:  Pretty Peacock, Basic White, Softly Stippled DSP, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Enjoy the Adventure Memories and More Cards & Envelopes (retired)

Tools:  Heartfelt Hexagon punch, Bough punch, Scalloped Contour Dies, Elegant Eucalyptus embossing folder

Accessories: pool party bakers twine (retired) Whisper White organza ribbon (retired)