Feminine Cards – Trace Of Creativity

May 6, 2022May 5, 2022

2022-2023 Annual Catalogue Blog Hop

One of our most exciting times of the year is when a new catalogue goes live. In today’s blog hop we are show casing our favourite products. With so many lovely exciting products, it is difficult to choose your favourite favourite!

I have combined elements from different suites to make this card. I used the Teacup dies, Hues Of Happiness DSP and 2022-2024 In Colour Glimmer paper.

Add a cute little teacup with a Ferrero Rocher inside and you have the perfect combination for Mother’s Day. If you want to make some of the teacups, you can see the replay of last week’s Facebook live here.

If you want to know how to create this card, join me for my Facebook live on Sunday morning at 10:00 and I’ll show you how I made it. if you haven’t already liked my Facebook page, you can find it here.

Hop around and see what everyone else loves in the new catalogue.

Product List

Flowering Tulips Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [157672] $41.00	Teacup Dies [160186] $47.00	Hues Of Happiness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158822] $21.00	Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [156457] $17.50
2022–2024 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Glimmer Paper [159246] $21.00	Orchid Oasis A4 Cardstock [159265] $16.25	Starry Sky A4 Cardstock [159264] $16.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00
Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin' Pad [159214] $14.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $19.25

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! It costs you $169 to sign up as a demonstrator and you can choose $235 worth of products for your starter kit! Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Any orders placed by the 19th May 2022 will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. This tutorial bundle uses the Symbols of Fortune suite from the January – June 2022 mini catalogue. If you haven’t signed up for our Stamp Camp on the 30th April, there is still time to join us. You can find more details about the Stamp camp here. To place your order for the suite, visit my online store. Here is a sneak peek of the projects in the month’s bundle:

The directions to make this card are included in the bundle

December 23, 2021December 22, 2021

Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop – In The Moment with Simply Marbleous DSP

Welcome to the December 2021 Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. You may be starting at my blog or landed here from another one.
Our theme this month is “My Favourite Stampin’ Up! product”. I find it very difficult to narrow it down to my favourite product. I think it depends on my mood, the day and what type pf project I am working on.
At the moment, I am loving new stuff. Today my cards will be giving you a sneak peek of a new stamp set, a new Sale-A-Bration offering and some new embellishments – they come together to make my favourite (for the moment) cards!

In The Moment stamp set has 3 different images – the one I have used for my cards, a lady looking out of the window holding a coffee cup and the third one is a lady relaxing on a bed with her dog reading a book. The sentiments offer words of encouragement. This is a lovely stamp set to send a card to a friend.

The DSP is called Simply Marbleous, and you will definitely want to chose that as a
Sale-A-Bration reward. The pack has pink, blue, green, yellow, purple and green sheets in it. One side has a soft marble look and the other is a darker shade with lots of swirls.

Stamp the lady into your circle. Stamp another one onto a post it note and cut it out. Cover the image on the circle with the post it note and colour over ith with Balmy Blue and a blending brush. Stamp the image onto your DSP and cut out the dress. Be sure to cut the bottom of the dress longer so that it will come down to the bottom of the circle. I used the grey and yellow DSP for the hats, but you could use the same colour as the dress. Stick the DSP onto your image on the circle and colour the rest of it with your Stampin’ blends,

For this card I cut two strips at 1.0cm (3/8″) and one strip 1.5cm (3/4″).

For the second card i decided to layer the design onto a Blushing Bride card base. I cut my DSP 9.5cm x 9.5cm (3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″) and then cut it from corner to corner to make 2 triangles. The finishing bling is the Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Gems.

I hope that you are having some down time from work, and looking through your new catalogues and writing up your wish list. You are currently visiting Tracy Held at Trace Of Creativity in Australia. Please see the list below & hop through all of the people on the list to see all our projects.

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! There is a great sign up special on until the end of November, you can sign up as a demonstrator for $130 (usually $169) and choose $235 worth of products for your starter kit! Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Any orders placed by the 19th January 2022 will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. This month’s bundle features a variety of birthday ideas using products from the annual and August – December mini catalogue, and contains 14 different (and stunning) designs by 14 international demonstrators. This will give you some great ideas to help you get started on making your birthday cards for the coming year. Below is a sneak peek of the projects included in the bundle.

November 25, 2021May 11, 2022

Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop – Pansy Petals Drapery Fold

Welcome to the November 2021 Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. You may be starting at my blog or landed here from another one.
Our theme this month is “Use Your Stash!”. Like a lot of us, I tend to hoard my DSP. Logically I know that this is a silly thing to do. Using DSP is an easy way to make beautiful cards, but you look at a sheet of paper and think “that is too pretty to cut into”. The a new catalogue comes along and there is new pretty DSP to add to the stash, and so it grows!

This is a drapery fold using the Pansy Petals DSP. I have cut into it to make it look like a curtain that has been tied back. For the fold, you need a piece of DSP that is
14.5cm x 14.5cm (5 1/4″ x 5 1/2″). Score at 2.5cm , 4.0cm, 6.5cm, 8.0cm, 10.5cm, 12.0cm
(1″, 1 1/2″, 2 1/2″, 3″, 4″, 4 1/2″). Place the bottom right corner of the DSP on the edge of your paper trimmer and the bottom left corner on the cutting track and cut along the diagonal.
Accordion pleat along the score lines. Give it a good press with your bone folder. Cut a slit up to the edge of the first pleat. Fold the paper back along the cut up to the top and bottom corner. Tie a ribbon here so that it looks like it is holding your curtain back. Attach to your card with tear ‘n tape.

An additional feature of the DSP is that it coordinates with the Pansy dies. You can use the dies to cut the pansies and leaves out of the DSP.

I hope my card has inspired you to get stuck in and use up your stash! You are currently visiting Tracy Held at Trace Of Creativity in Australia. Please see the list below & hop through all of the people on the list to see all our projects.

Product List

Color & Contour Photopolymer Stamp Set [154994] $37.00	Pansy Dies [155680] $56.00	Pansy Petals 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155807] $20.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock [155614] $15.25	Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611] $13.00	Elegant Tag Punch [155762] $31.00	Fresh Freesia 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155615] $12.25

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

Any orders placed by the 15th December 2021 will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. This month’s bundle features a variety of gift packaging ideas using products from the annual and August – December mini catalogue, and contains 14 different (and stunning) designs by 14 international demonstrators. This will give you some great ideas for wrapping your Christmas (or any) gifts. Below is a sneak peak of the projects included in the bundle.

November 17, 2021

Sneak peek – Heart and Home Suite

I spent the weekend with a lovely group of ladies at a craft retreat in Rye for the Stampin’ Up! virtual convention. I had a fantastic weekend, and although I went in only knowing one of the demonstrators, I came home with 5 new friends.

That is what makes the Stampin’ Up! community so special. If you want to join this community, there is a fantastic signing up offer on at the moment.

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The usual $169 sign up fee is reduced to $130, and you can choose $235 worth of products for your starter kit. If you sign up today or tomorrow, you can get extra value because the product prices are further reduced for the seasonal sale! To join my team sign up here.

By now you have seen heaps of samples of the cards that we made during the convention playing with new products from the January – June 2022 mini catalogue. These are two that you haven’t seen. These are my alternative versions of the make ‘n takes.

The blue card uses the reverse side of the green DSP that you would have seen in the samples that have been posted. All the paper in this pack has a wood grain Basic Grey and White pattern on the reverse side. Don’t you love the little bees? There is a second bundle in this suite, which is on the top of my wish list! I am sure that you will want to add the suite to yours too!

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

November 9, 2021November 8, 2021

Delivering Cheer

I am happy to be taking part in Kylie’s Monthly International Blog Highlights again.
The theme for this hop is “Thank you”. Many people forget those simple words. I have seen people’s days brightened because someone said a simple thank you to them.
Show your appreciation to people in your lives who have inspired you, helped you or supported you by sending them a thank you card

Every alternate month I participate in an online event with 15 other international demonstrators, and we each do a Facebook love presentation. This is the card that I presented last weekend. I didn’t put a sentiment on the card, as I didn’t want anything taking attention away from my lady. I would either put a small sentiment on the front of the card, or stamp a thank you inside. If you would like to join this online event, place on order at my online store and i will send out an invitation to the event.
Below is a replay of the live.

Measurements:
Card Base (Evening Evergreen) 14.9x16cm / 5 1/2 x 6 1/2″. Score at 10.5cm / 4 1.2″
Silver specialty paper 14.1 x 10cm / 5 1/4 x 4″
Early Espresso 10 x 20cm / 4 x 8″
Basic White 9.5 x 9.5cm / 3 3/4 x 3 3/4″
Hand Penned DSP (Pale Papaya) 5.2 x 14.6cm and 9.5 x 1cm / 2 1/8 x 5 3/8 and 3 3/4 x 3/8″ (Green) 9.7 x 9.7 cm / 3 7/8 x 3 7/8″

If you like this card, please vote for it by clicking the button below:

Product List

Delivering Cheer Photopolymer Stamp Set [156368] $31.00	Daisy Punch [143713] $31.00	Medium Daisy Punch [149517] $28.00	Artistic Dies [155371] $61.00
Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $56.00	Hand Penned 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155499] $20.00	2021–2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum [155616] $21.00	Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [156457] $17.50
Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575] $15.25	Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] $15.50
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $15.50	Evening Evergreen 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155573] $12.25	Pale Papaya 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155672] $12.25

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Any orders placed by the 18th November 2021 will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. This month’s bundle features a variety of Christmas projects from the annual and August – December mini catalogue, and contains 13 different (and stunning) designs by 13 international demonstrators. This will give you some great ideas to get started on your Christmas cards. Below is a sneak peak of the projects included in the bundle.

May 20, 2021June 13, 2021

Creativity Abound Tutorial Bundle Design Team Blog Hop – 2021-2023 In Colours with Pansy Patch

Welcome to our May 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.

If you live in Australia and shop with me you will receive this tutorial bundle FREE! The theme of this tutorial bundle is 2021-2023 In Colours. This month we are showcasing the beautiful new in colours, with each of us using our choice of stamp set. Here is a sneak peek of the images that are featured in the tutorial bundle this month.

To offer additional inspiration, we have all created an extra project to share with you in this hop. For my card in the tutorial bundle, I used the Pansy Patch bundle. Here is another idea using the same stamp set and the background is done on vellum using blends and isporopyl alcohol.

You can watch the video below to learn this technique.

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.

Meet the design team:

Product List

Pansy Patch Bundle (English) [155674] $90.00	Polished Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155520] $15.50	Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155518] $15.50	Soft Succulent Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155521] $15.50
Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $61.00	Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [155712] $13.00	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Polished Pink A4 Cardstock [155711] $15.25
Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock [155614] $15.25	Soft Succulent A4 Cardstock [155777] $15.25	Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575] $15.25	Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock [133682] $15.25
Genial Gems [155500] $14.00

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021

Paper Crafting Blog Hop – Fine Art Floral Suite

Welcome to our Paper Crafting Blog Hop featuring talented Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. Fellow demonstrators from all over the globe including the USA, United Kingdom and Australia are participating. We have a wide array of fun projects and design styles to share with you! Our theme this month is “Thinking of You” with an emphasis on ladies.
You may have arrived from Shirley Merker’s blog. She always has something exciting to share with us!

This theme at this time of the year, would have to lead us to be thinking about Mother’s Day. I have chosen to use the beautiful Fine Art Floral Suite. If you know me, you will find this card quite unusual, as aside from the sentiment (which is inside the card) it has no stamping!

This is a fun fold card which flaps open twice, and the sentiment is inside. The sentiment is from the Dressed to Impress stamp set.

You can watch my video below for full instructions about how to create this fun fold

Click on the button below to stay in Australia and hop over to Annette’s blog to see what she has chosen to share with us.

Thanks for hopping with us. If you get lost along the way here is the complete list of hop stops.
Shirley Merker
Tracy Held <== You are here
Annette McMillan
Sandra Roberts
Joy Nelson
Terri Stewart
Maureen Rauchfuss
Sandy Ward
Julia Mazur
Krissi Hannahs

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Product List

Dressed To Impress Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [151666] $31.00	Floral Gallery Dies [154316] $59.00	Fine Art Floral 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [154558] $20.00	Golden Garden Designer Specialty Acetate [154557] $15.75
Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock [141421] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00

Any orders placed by the 19th May 2021 will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. This month’s bundle features masculine cards, and contains 12 different (and stunning) designs by 12 international demonstrators using different stamp sets. Below is a sneak peak of the projects included in the bundle.

September 18, 2020

World Card Making Day Virtual Gathering

Join me for a virtual gathering on World card making Day.

Your gathering includes all the items detailed above and we can spend some virtual time crafting together.

Please Note: you will need to use your own stamps, inks,and adhesives to finish the kits. Everything else is included. Plus you will get an awesome gift of additional crafting supplies and a thank you card from me in your box.

After the retreat is over, a PDF tutorial of all the projects will be emailed to you so you will have all the dimensions and supplies used to recreate the projects in your stamp space.

Please click the Contact button above and request to join the virtual gathering.
I’ll send an invoice promptly according to your attendee status: $50 Online gathering only. If you place an order of $50 or more order prior to registering using host code AMD2WQ9F the fee will be reduced to $45. Please be sure to sign up for the event by the 22nd September to allow time for me to order your kit and get it out to you

This event is happening in the afternoon. I am hosting another event in the morning. (It is the official day to make cards after all….). Sign up for both events for the discounted price of $82.

Click on the picture below for more details about the morning retreat

September 15, 2020September 14, 2020

Kylie’s Demonstrator Training Blog Hop September 2020 – Blossoms In Bloom with Flowers For Every season DSP.

Thank you for joining us for our Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator Monthly Team Blog Hop! We are so happy that you could join us today for this blog hop for ideas and creative inspiration. We are a group of Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from around the world that are taking part in training that is helping us to build a successful Stampin’ Up!® business and reach some goals we have set. We really appreciate your support. You may be starting here or may have come from another blog – either way, you can find the link list at the bottom of this post so that you can see every blog post and idea today.

Sometimes you need a card in a hurry, and using DSP gives a wow factor with very little effort. Have you seen the Meadow Moments mini embossing folders which have these pretty butterflies?

Thank you so much for coming by today! We have an amazing line up of Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators from around the world, and we know you are going to love all the amazing projects that you are going to see today. Don’t miss one blog link. Remember you are currently on my page – Tracy Held. See who is below me to know where to go next.

If you live in Australia and don’t have a Stampin’ Up!® demonstrator I would love to help you fulfill your stamping needs. Below are the products that I have used in this project. Click on any of the images to go to my online store.

Product List

Blossoms In Bloom Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152684] $38.00	Flowers For Every Season 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152486] $20.00	Meadow Moments Embossing Folders [153126] $14.00	Magenta Madness A4 Cardstock [153085] $15.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad [153117] $13.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75

May 12, 2020May 11, 2020

Kylie’s Demonstrator Training Blog Hop May 2020 – Timeless Tulips

Thank you for joining us for our Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator Monthly Team Blog Hop! We are so happy that you could join us today for this blog hop for ideas and creative inspiration. We are a group of Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from around the world that are taking part in training that is helping us to build a successful Stampin’ Up!® business and reach some goals we have set. We really appreciate your support.You may be starting here or may have come from another blog – either way, you can find the link list at the bottom of this post so that you can see every blog post and idea today.

I used the Timeless Tulips and punch with the Perennial Essence DSP and the Ornate Layers dies. I started with an embossed piece of card stock and DSP that were cut to size for the first layer of my card. Once I had die cut the centre piece, I could use the positive and negative of both pieces to make 2 cards
To get the shading on the tulips, I inked the stamp with Petal Pink, and then with a very light hand and Gorgeous Grape on a sponge dauber, lightly dabbed the edges of the stamp

I didn’t put a sentiment on the cards, because I couldn’t decide which one I wanted, and sometimes a card doesn’t need a sentiment!

Product List

Timeless Tulips Bundle (English) [153793] $55.75	Ornate Layers Dies [152726] $64.00	Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper [149100] $20.00	Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [149698] $0.00
Purple Posy A4 Cardstock [150887] $15.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $13.00	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $13.00
Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $13.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00