Masculine Cards – Trace Of Creativity

June 16, 2022June 13, 2022

Creativity Abounds Blog Hop – Brewed For You

Welcome to our June 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 your creativity.

If you live in Australia and shop with me you will receive this tutorial bundle FREE! This tutorial bundle showcases masculine cards and we use a variety of products. Most of us find it difficult to make cards for men, and there are some amazing ideas in this bundle.
In this blog hop we each offer a bonus project which compliments the tutorial bundle. I have used Brewed For You bundle and Bottled happiness bundle to make my card.

Here is a sneak peek of all the projects in the tutorial bundle:

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.

This is the card that I contributed this month. All the instructions to make are in the tutorial bundle.

Meet the design team

Product List

Brewed For You Bundle (English) [159093] $66.50	Bottled Happiness Bundle (English) [158690] $67.50	Split Card Textures Dies [159162] $49.00	Heart & Home 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157928] $20.00
Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $16.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad [147112] $14.00	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [147092] $14.00
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $14.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $14.00

May 19, 2022May 25, 2022

Paper Crafting Blog Hop – Vintage Tools

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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 “Masculine”. Many of us find it difficult to make masculine cards. Stampin’ Up!® has come to our rescue in the new catalogue – there are a number of masculine sets that will help you to make these cards. (You may find that there are so many masculine options that you don’t know which one to use first!

You may be starting your hop here, or you may have landed from Joy Nelson’s blog. Did you love her project?

My husband was really excited when he saw the Vintage Tools stamp set in the catalogue, so of course I had to order it for him! I stamped the tools onto Smokey Slate card stock, coloured the handles in using my Blends and then fussy cut them. The DSP is Sun Prints and the background texture was made with the Stripes and Splatters 3D embossing folder

Be sure to complete the hop to see all the wonderful ideas that we have to share with you. The next stop is Terri Stewart. I can’t wait to see what she has created this month.

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Shirley Merker
Julia Mazur
Annette McMillan
Joy Nelson
Tracy Held <== YOU ARE HERE
Terri Stewart
Julia Quinn
Krissi Hannahs

Product List

Vintage Tools Cling Stamp Set (English) [159098] $39.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $53.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $61.00	Stripes & Splatters 3 D Embossing Folders [157980] $17.50
Sun Prints 12” X 12” (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158790] $21.00	Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $16.25	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $16.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $18.00
Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $16.25	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $14.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.50	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $15.75
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $15.75	Paper Snips [103579] $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! Up until the end of May there is an additional sign up bonus: In addition to the starter kit you’ll also receive FREE 2022–2024 In Color products, including In Color Grid Paper, In Color Ink Pad Collection, In Color A4 Card stock, and In Color 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper Assortments. That’s an additional $116.50 value of products just for joining the team! If you have been thinking of joining up, this is a fantastic opportunity. Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Any orders placed by the 16th June 2022 will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. This month’s tutorial bundle showcases the 2022-2024 In Colours and uses a variety of stamp sets. Here is a sneak peek of the projects in the month’s bundle:

This is the card that I contributed this month. All the instructions to make are in the tutorial bundle.

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April 28, 2022April 28, 2022

Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop – Let’s Set Sail

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Thank you for joining us for this Stampin’ Creative blog hop. The theme for this month is “Masculine Makes” We all seem to find masculine cards a bit more challenging. There are so many beautiful floral stamp sets, you are spoiled for choice when it comes to making feminine cards, but we battle to make cards for the men in our lives. Fortunately, there are some lovely masculines stamp sets that are available at the moment. One of my favourites is Let’s Set Sail. As an added bonus, you can bundle it with the Sailboat Builder punch.

This is a faux step card and look like this from the side

I have had a crazy couple of weeks, so things aren’t as up to date as I would like them to be. Check back here on Sunday, and I will have instructions on how to make this card posted.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Below is the list of all the hop participants. Be sure to visit them all to see what they have created. We love hearing from you, so please leave us comments to let us know what you think about our projects

Product List

Let's Set Sail Bundle (English) [157906] $54.75	New Horizons 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157768] $20.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Polished Dots [158134] $13.00	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $31.00	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00

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 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

April 25, 2022April 28, 2022

Share It Sunday

Thank you for joining us for our Sunday blog hop (of course in Australia this goes live at 2:00am Monday morning, but it is a great start to the working week when we wake up!) There is no theme for this hop, it is for each of us to choose what project we want to share. This week I have been working on Masculine cards. I found the pelican in the Waves of Inspiration stamp set was the perfect go to.

I used the Bark 3D embossing folder (which has unfortunately sold out in Australia) to create the wavy looking background. I decided to stamp the water for some variation ofr my Facebook live this morning.

If you missed the live you can watch the replay below:

Be sure to hop around and see what everyone else has chosen to share with us.

Product List

Waves Of Inspiration Bundle (English) [158841] $90.75	Gentle Waves Cling Stamp Set [157868] $30.00	Blue Foils 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [159983] $17.50	Bark 3 D Embossing Folder [155431] $17.50
Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00

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.

The directions to make this card are included in the bundle

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March 13, 2022March 13, 2022

Wildlife Wonder Accordion Book Fold

Yesterday I presented in the March Global SU Share Fair. If you don’t know what this is, it is a bi-monthly virtual event in which 16 international demonstrators get together and we each do a Facebook live presentation using a different stamp set. Yes, you get inspiration for 16 different ideas and a huge wish list of products that you didn’t realise that you needed! It is an invitation only customer event. If you are one of my customers and are not part of the group, drop me a line and I’ll send you an invitation. Save the date: the next Share Fair is on 30th April and we will be celebrating our 2 year anniversary! This is the card I presented yesterday. Here are the photos of the inside:

The Measurements for this card are:

For a taste of what Share Fair is about, here is the replay of my presentation

Product List

Wildlife Wonder Cling Stamp Set (English) [157923] $42.00	Grove Dies [157844] $68.00	Encircled In Beauty Dies [155546] $59.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00
Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	Beauty Of The Earth 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155841] $20.00	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

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 16th of March, you can sign up as a demonstrator for $169 and choose $235 worth of products for your starter kit! During Sale-A-Bration, you will also receive 2 stamp sets free! Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Any orders placed by the 17th March 2022 will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. This month’s bundle features a variety of Fun Fold cards using products from the 2021-2022 annual and the January – June mini catalogues, and contains 13 different (and stunning) designs by 13 international demonstrators. Below is a sneak peek of the projects included in the bundle.

February 18, 2022February 28, 2022

Wildlife Wonder Birthday Wolf

Sometimes it is difficult to make masculine cards. Wildlife Wonder stamp set in the January – June 2022 mini catalogue has beautiful animals that make it easy to create those masculine cards. Combine them with some trees from Beauty Of Friendship, and you have a makings of a forest scene complete with animals.

I made this card during my Facebook live last Sunday. If you missed the live you can watch the replay below.

Product List

Wildlife Wonder Cling Stamp Set (English) [157923] $42.00	Beauty Of Friendship Photopolymer Stamp Set [154983] $38.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00	Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $15.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $13.00	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $13.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $13.00

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.

February 16, 2022February 28, 2022

Hats Off for Simple Sketchin’ Saturday

Welcome to anther Simply Sketchin’ challenge
Every Saturday a new sketch is uploaded. You can then play along for the week and submit your interpretation of the sketch. You can see the group here.
This is the sketch for this week:

This is my interpretation of the sketch:

I have a young friend who has a birthday coming up next month, so this card will be on its way to him!

Product List

Hats Off Bundle [158361] $61.00	Gentle Waves Cling Stamp Set [157868] $30.00	Sunshine & Rainbows 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158126] $0.00	Heart & Home 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157928] $20.00
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad [155670] $13.00

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.

April 22, 2021April 21, 2021

Creativity Abound Tutorial Bundle Design Team Blog Hop – Masculine cards

Welcome to our April 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 Masculine cards. We all seem to have difficulty with creating cards for the men in our lives, so we decided that we would put our heads together and see if we can offer some masculine inspiration. 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 Whiskey Business stamp set. Here is another idea using the same stamp set

This card isn’t quite a fun fold, but it is different from the usual standard card

My video below will show you how I created this card

Meet the design Team:

Product List

Whiskey Business Cling Stamp Set (English) [152550] $33.00	Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder [150646] $15.75	In Good Taste Designer Series Paper [152494] $37.00	Copper Foil Sheets [142020] $8.75
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00	Window Sheets [142314] $8.75	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50
Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad [153116] $13.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $13.00	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $17.50	Water Painters [151298] $21.00

May 21, 2020May 22, 2020

Layering Circles Card Video Tutorial

As I promised yesterday, here is the video tutorial for the layered shapes cards. In this tutorial, I used die cuts for the sentiments. It is very unusual for me not to have any stamping on a card. Once you see how easy this is, you won’t be able to stop using this technique!

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020

Layered Circles Masculine Card

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 – Guys”. You may have arrived from Shirley Merker’s blog. She always has a fabulous project to show to us!

One of my fellow Aussie demonstrators – Chloe Evans showed us a card that she had made using this technique. I had to give it a try, and thought it would work perfectly for this hop.
The sentiment is a sneak peek from the Forever Fern stamp set which is in the new catalogue. I used my layering circles and Well Written dies. These are retiring, so if you want them, you need to order soon.

To give different options, I tried the card with the layering squares too. Which one do you prefer?

I will do a video on how I made this card, so come back tomorrow for those instructions.
For now, lets hop over to Sue’s blog and see what she is sharing with us today.

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
Sue Boerner
Terri Stewart
Carol Payne
Sandra Roberts
Sandy Ward
Sue McDonald
Maureen Rauchfuss
Annette McMillan

All the supplies used can be ordered through my online store .
If you are in Australia and do not already have a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, I would be happy to help you with your stamping needs. Now is a great time to stock up on supplies and kits.
Ready to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Being in social isolation is a great time to sign up, contact me for more information to join my team.