While we are all in social isolation, the best thing to do is make cards. My friend Shirley Merker did a craft along FaceBook live. You can view it here
My first attempt was done with the Mosaic Moods DSP. A word of warning, once you start it is difficult to stop! I changed Shirley’s scrap map slightly to accommodate the A4 sized cards. I used the piece that she fussy cut to make an additional 2 cards. Here is the scrap map that I used
For the mats I used 4 pieces that were 3¾” x 3¾” (7cm x 7 cm) and 2 pieces 4″ x 3¾” (10cm x 7cm)
Once I had made these, I couldn’t stop and went and made another set using the Magnolia Lane DSP
Have fun making these cards and get cutting into that stash of DSP
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 Happy Birthday. You may have arrived from Shirley Merker’s blog. She always has a fabulous project to show to us!
With all the craziness in the world at the moment, we all need something to brighten our day. My answer to spreading happiness is to send a card. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t get a warm fuzzy when a hand made card arrives in their post box. The most common reason for sending cards is birthdays.
We are nearing the end of Sale-A-Bration and are onto the second release. I have used the new Flowering Foils Specialty DSP and the So very Vellum Specialty DSP. I fussy cut the flowers from the DSP to stick onto my cards.
As the vellum comes in 3 gorgeous colours, and I couldn’t decide which one I liked best, I had to do cards using all of them! Which one is your favourite?
Click on the button below to hop over to Sue’s blog to see what birthday creation she has made for us
Thanks for hopping with us. If you get lost along the way, here is the full list of stops
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? Sale-a-bration is a great time to sign up, contact me for more information to join my team.
I decided that I was going to go through my old Stampin’ Up! catalogues and find cards that were made with retired stamp sets and give them a makeover to use them with current sets.
This is a photo that I found in the 2013 annual catalogue that was made using the Dress Up stamp, and this is my re-make. I also decided to play along with a colour challenge which was using Pretty Peacock, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral and Grapefruit Grove.
Do you like my new and updated version of this card? I paper pieced the shoes using scraps of the Birthday Bonanza DSP
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! This month we are very excited to share ideas using products from the new mini and Sale-a-bration catalogues. You may have arrived from Shirley Merkers blog. She always has a fabulous project to show to us!
I am using 3 of the products from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. The first is the Lovely Lily Pad stamp set. This is a reversible stamp set, so you use both sides of the stamp for your images. Coordinating with that is the Lily Pad Dies, and to complete the card the gorgeous Lily Impressions DSP.
Click on the button below to hop over to Sue’s blog to see what fun products she has chosen to show to us.
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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. Ready to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Sale-a-bration is a great time to sign up, contact me for more information to join my team.
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Gold Edged Christmas Card
Welcome to our monthly Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators Blog Hop, in which demonstrators from around the world share their latest projects. This month’s theme is ‘December Holidays’. You might have arrived here from Shirley’s blog. Wasn’t her project lovely?
The card that I have done today is quick and easy. I used the foil edged cards and envelopes for that gorgeous gold edge around the card, and dug into my DSP stash. If you want to make different variations, you can use the silver edged cards and any of the pretty Christmas DSP in the holiday catalogue.
Don’t forget to stamp the envelope and the inside of the card so that everything is matching.
These are the products that I used for this card
Click on the button below to hop over to Sue’s blog to see what holiday project she has created.
If you get lost along the hop, here is the full listing:
All the supplies used can be ordered through my online store The supplies used in this project can be found here 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. Ready to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Stampin’ Up! Contact me for more information to join my team.
Welcome to our monthly Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators Blog Hop, in which demonstrators from around the world share their latest projects. This month’s theme is ‘DSP Showcase’. Have you spent some time looking at the DSP in the new catalogue? They are all beautiful!! I have chosen to use the Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper for my card.
I used the Decorative Ribbon Border punch to do the edge. You need to be careful not to punch all the way to the edge, or you will have a lovely ribbon that is separated from the card.
Don’t forget to stamp the inside of your card. I always do an envelope to match too.
These are the products that I used in this card. All the supplies used can be ordered through my online store here. 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. Ready to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Join my team for the best benefits! Contact me for more information.
Click on the button below to hop over to Shirley Merker’s blog to see which DSP she has used for her project. Enjoy the rest of the blog hop!
If you get lost along the way, here is the full hop list:
I hope you are enjoying our Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators Blog Hop featuring Sale-a-Bration 2019 products. Fellow demonstrators from all over the globe are participating, so we have a wide array of fun projects to share with you! You may have arrived from Shirley Merker’s blog. She always has a fabulous project to share!
I found myself marvelling at the peculiarities of human nature (specifically my own, but I’m sure everyone will be able to identify.) I was looking at the beautiful Sale-A-Bration Botanical Butterflies DSP, filled with gorgeous colours, but none of them were ‘talking’ to me. So how do you get DSP in a colour that appeals to you? Well, take one of the black-and-white designs and colour it yourself.
Start with your black-and-white DSP
Colour in the background, leaving the foreground images uncoloured
This enables you to have your DSP in whatever colour appeals to you on the day. I used the colours that match the Organdy Ribbon Combo pack, except for the green, which is Call Me Clover.
Did you notice the new punch that I used on these cards? This is part of a limited edition set of products that will be available from the 1st to the 31st March. Be sure not to miss out on these.
Below are the products that I used for these cards.
Thanks for hopping with us each month. Now click on the next image to hop over to Sue Boerner’s blog and see the fun project she designed.
If you get lost along the way, here is the complete list of stops on the hop:
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. Ready to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Join my team for the best benefits! Contact me for more information.
On Monday, I had happy mail in my postbox in the form of the next Circle Journal! We are almost halfway through this round (this is the fourth journal from nine) and as a first time participant, I love the variety of themes and cards that the other ladies are coming up with.
This journal’s theme is ‘CASE my card’, CASE being an acronym for ‘Copy And Share Everything’. She chose a card sketch and made a card based on that sketch. According to the instructions, I had to copy the layout and/or colour scheme (Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry), or alter to suit my own design. This is the sketch that she based her card on.
I have been working with the gorgeous Petal Promenade DSP this week and decided to keep using it for this Circle Journal card. I liked the layout of the sketch, so I used that and this is what I came up with.
Can you see the Wink of Stella on the banner? In my opinion, a bit of sparkle makes everything even better!!!
These are the products that you will need it you want to CASE this card.
