Tutorials – Page 2 – Trace Of Creativity

November 7, 2022November 2, 2022

Count Down To Christmas – Sweet Candy Canes bring joy and happiness

Following in the Christmas tradition of sharing and caring, I have collaborated with an international group of talented demonstrators, and we have come up with 40 tutorials for Christmas cards. There are a few people who all chose to use the Sweet Candy Canes bundle. The next few blog posts in this series will be the tutorials that use this bundle. On our count down for day 48 before Christmas, I am sharing a card created by Jay Soriano from Mitosu Crafts

To download the tutorial, click here. If you would like to purchase the products to make this card, click here. This link will take you to the project at my online store that has a list to all the products to make this card so that you can add them to your shopping cart. If you already have some of them, you can just remove them from the cart. Please use the host code on the side of my blog if you order total is under $250.00

Product List

Sweet Candy Canes Bundle (English) [161052] $90.00	Stripes & Splatters 3 D Embossing Folders [157980] $17.50	Sweetest Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159559] $21.00	Bough Punch [157711] $34.00
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] $16.25	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302] $16.25	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $14.00
Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $14.00	Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker [100082] $5.25	Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [159537] $17.50	Real Red & Garden Green 3/8" (1 Cm) Ribbon Combo Pack [159577] $13.25
Adhesive Backed Seasonal Sequins [159964] $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 your order is under $250, please use the host code on the side of this post.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! It costs $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 17th November 2022 will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. The theme of this month’s tutorial bundle features the Boughs Of Holly suite. Here is a sneak peek of the projects in the bundle.

This is the card that I contributed this month:

November 4, 2022November 2, 2022

Count Down To Christmas – Sweet Candy Canes in green

Following in the Christmas tradition of sharing and caring, I have collaborated with an international group of talented demonstrators, and we have come up with 40 tutorials for Christmas cards. There are a few people who all chose to use the Sweet Candy Canes bundle. The next few blog posts in this series will be the tutorials that use this bundle. On our count down for day 51 before Christmas, I am sharing a card created by Susan Schultz from Sea Ranch Creations.

Product List

Sweet Candy Canes Bundle (English) [161052] $90.00	Split Card Textures Dies [159162] $49.00	Sweetest Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159559] $21.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00
Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $16.25	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $14.00	Real Red & Garden Green 3/8" (1 Cm) Ribbon Combo Pack [159577] $13.25	Adhesive Backed Seasonal Sequins [159964] $12.25

This is the card that I contributed this month:

October 21, 2022October 19, 2022

Count Down to Christmas – Another Boughs Of Holly Card

Have you got started on your Christmas cards yet? Following in the Christmas tradition of sharing and caring, I have collaborated with an international group of talented demonstrators, and we have come up with 40 tutorials for Christmas cards. I will be sharing them with you over the next 10 weeks. Today’s card was created by Sharni Green, a fellow Australian demonstrator.

I have have made heaps of cards using the Boughs Of Holly suite. If you want 26 unique ideas to use this suite, there is still time to join the Boughs Of Holly Stamp Camp. You can find all the details about this here.

Product List

Leaves Of Holly Bundle (English) [159608] $90.00	Merry Melody 3 D Embossing Folder [156392] $17.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] $14.25
Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $16.25	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $16.25	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $16.25	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $16.25
Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $14.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $14.00

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! There is a fantastic joining special running from 4th – 31st of October. It costs you $169 to sign up as a demonstrator and you can choose $283 worth of products for your starter kit! If you wanted to sign up as a demonstrator, this is a perfect opportunity. Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

This is the card that I contributed this month:

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022

Count Down To Christmas – Boughs Of Holly

Can you believe that in just over 10 weeks we will be celebrating Christmas? Have you got started on your Christmas cards yet? Following in the Christmas tradition of sharing and caring, I have collaborated with an international group of talented demonstrators, and we have come up with 40 tutorials for Christmas cards. I will be sharing them with you over the next 10 weeks. I am going to start with the card that I contributed.

To download the tutorial, click here. If you would like to purchase the products to make this card, click here. This link will take you to the project at my online store which has a list of all the products to make this card so that you can add them to your shopping cart. If you already have some of them, you can just remove them from the cart.

Product List

Leaves Of Holly Bundle (English) [159608] $90.00	Boughs Of Holly 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159600] $21.00	Festive Foils 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [159536] $17.50	Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575] $16.25
Soft Succulent A4 Cardstock [155777] $16.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $14.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $10.50
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels [146924] $12.25

Any orders placed by the 20th October 2022 will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. The theme of this month’s tutorial bundle is “Anything Christmas”. Here is a sneak peek of the projects in the bundle.

This is the card that I contributed this month:

September 18, 2022September 18, 2022

World card making Day Online Retreat

I’d like to invite you to join me and some worldwide demonstrator friends to celebrate World Card Making Day on 1-2 October 2022. We are planning a fabulous zoom event with 18 live crafting demonstrations by 9 creative Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators.

There will be 3 zoom calls with 6 live card making demonstrations per zoom call. You will create a total of 18 cards beginning on Saturday morning and continuing on Sunday afternoon in Australia. We hope you can create with us.

A pdf idea file with measurements and supply lists will be provided prior to the event so you can gather your supplies and have cardstock cut and ready to craft along with us. If you miss the Zoom calls, Youtube assembly links will be provided shortly after the event is over. You will have that pdf idea file to help you as well since project photos will be included.

Everyone is welcome to join us, stamping customers, your friends, fellow demonstrators, team members, and newbies too! I will send you an invoice once you have registered. Please click the picture to complete the google form. You can email me at TraceOfCreativity@outlook.com if you would like more information

Registration for World Card Making Day includes 3 zoom calls during 1 & 2 October (in Australia) for the demonstrated projects and a pillow gift if registration is received before 22 September.

Cost is $20

After I receive your registration, I will send your pillow gift (remember, registration must be received by 22 September to receive the pillow gift!). Then be watching for the pdf file in your email in-box so you can order supplies if needed and prep your card stock. If you regularly participate in the Global SU Share fair events, you will know some of the presenters that are joining me and the quality of their work.

P.S. Zoom session times are Saturday, 1 October, 10-11:30am and Sunday 2 October 12-1:30pm & 3-4.30pm in Australian Eastern States. If you can’t make the Zoom calls, YouTube assembly links will be provided after the event is over. So you can still craft along with us if the Zoom call times don’t work for you. You will have access to all the videos, so you can go back and watch them again if you want to make multiples of the cards.

I have seen the projects that are being presented, and I am really excited about them. i hope that you will join us.

May 30, 2022

Miura Fold Kits In The Mail

I have been working with 11 other demonstrators, and we have started a new collaboration called fun Fold fanatics. Each month we are creating a new fun fold tutorial. The tutorial has instructions to make the card, and examples of 12 different versions of that card.

The June tutorial is for a Miura fold card. I am very excited with this tutorial – I LOVE this fold, and each of the samples in the tutorial have come out beautifully!

Kits which can be purchased (in Australia) for $12 (including postage). Each kit will contain the card stock and embellishments to make 2 cards. You will also get the PDF of the tutorial and a link to an unlisted video demonstrating how to make up your kit.

The card this month use the Hues Of Happiness suite.

The kit contains the card stock and DSP for 2 cards. There are 6 flowers and 6 leaves (assorted colours) and a strip of the Glossy Dots Assortment. As the DSP on this pack has assorted colours in one sheet, the coulours in the kit will random depending on which piece of paper you get. The base colours are Night Of Navy, Melon Mambo, Gorgeous Grape, Daffodil Delight and Fresh freesia. I will do my best to accommodate you if you want specific colours in your kit, but I cannot guarantee that you will get those colours.
I used the Happiness Abounds stamp set for the sentiments (you can use any sentiments that you have on hand). You will need ink pads, Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhesive to complete the cards. Click here to order these products from my online store. You can add additional items to the cart or remove ones that you already have on hand. Please remember to use the host code on the side when you place your order. The products can be ordered directly from Stampin’ Up!, but the order for the kit needs to be placed directly with me. Please send me an email at TraceOfCreativity@outlook.com to place your order.

If you live don’t love in Australia and you would like to purchase a kit, feel free to shoot me an email and I will put you onto one of the demonstrators in your market. Please be aware that the cards in the kit won’t be the same, but the tutorial will.

If you purchase this suite and add the Silver metallic Edge Cotton Ribbon, you will be able to join in the Hues Of Happiness stamp camp. You can find more details about the stamp camp here

May 25, 2022July 17, 2022

Hues Of Happiness Stamp Camp

Our next Stamp Camp is going to be using the Hues Of Happiness suite. You can see this suite on page 108 of the annual catalogue. The stamp camp will be taking place on the
23rd – 24th July.
The way that it works is that you purchase the Hues Of Happiness suite and an a roll of the Silver Metallic Edge Cotton Ribbon. Click here to go to my online store to order your products (please use the host code on the side). I will post the kit containing the card stock to make all the projects in the tutorial bundle and send an invitation to an exclusive Facebook group. The tutorial bundle (which will have video links included for all the projects) will be uploaded to the Facebook group for you to download.

We will have a blog hop which goes live on the 21st July, which features bonus projects using the suite. All the projects from the blog hop will be shared at the event. You get 26 projects (13 in the tutorial and 13 bonus ones from the blog hop) with video instructions or Facebook live demonstrations and lifetime access to the event page.

In the suite you get the Happiness Abounds stamp set, Blossoming Happiness dies,Hues Of Happiness designer Series Paper and Glossy Dots Assortment.
What isn’t included in the Stamp camp is ink pads, adhesives, cutting tools, the Cut and Emboss machine and the card stock for the projects that are not included in the tutorial bundle. Please contact me if you need any additional information about these items or details of the stamp camp. You can send me an email to traceofcreativity@outlook.com or a message through my Facebook page.

I hope that you will join us. The ladies in this group are extremely talented, and the people who joined our previous Stamp Camps have LOVED them! Click here to order your suite remember to use the host code on the side of my blog). I’ll get you kit into the post ASAP after I receive notification of the order.

If you order before the 21st July, you will also receive this month’s tutorial which features ideas for masculine cards. Here is a sneak peek of the projects in the In Color tutorial bundle:

This is my card in the bundle

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022

Creativity Abounds Blog Hop – Sending Smiles in 2022-2024 In Colors

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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 your creativity.

If you live in Australia and shop with me you will receive this tutorial bundle FREE! This tutorial bundle showcases the 2022-2024 In Colors and we use a variety of products with the colours. In this blog hop we each offer a bonus project which compliments the tutorial bundle. I have chosen Sending Smiles to use for my card.

The torn out of a notebook look on the edge of the Basic White layer was made using the Blossoming Happiness dies (keep checking back, next week I will be giving details for the July Stamp Camp which uses the Hues Of Happiness suite). The colours aren’t showing up very well in the photo, but my bow is actually a double two tone bow using the Starry Sky and Orchid Oasis Metallic Ribbon.

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. Don’t forget the special joining offer this month – you pay $169 and get to choose $235 worth of products. In addition to this you’ll also receive FREE 2022–2024 In Color products, including In Color Grid Paper, In Color Ink Pad Collection, In Color A4 Cardstock, 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 offer. I would love to welcome you to my team. Click here to join me.

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

May 3, 2022May 2, 2022

Diagonal Easel Fold Kits In The Mail

The new annual catalogue goes live today!! Do you have your wish list ready? I have been working with 11 other demonstrators, and we have started a new collaboration which will start this month. Each month we are creating a new fun fold tutorial. The tutorial has instructions to make the card, and examples of 12 different versions of that card.

I am going to make up kits which can be purchased (in Australia) for $12 per month (including postage). Each kit will contain the card stock and embellishments to make 2 cards. You will also get the PDF of the tutorial and a link to an unlisted video demonstrating how to make up your kit.

The tutorial this month is for a diagonal easel card.

The cards this month are all featuring pansies. The kit contains the card stock and DSP for 2 cards. There are 8 pansies and 6 leaves (assorted colours) and a strip of iridescent rhinestones. I used the Pansy patch stamp set (you can use any sentiments that you have on hand). If you want to make more of these cards you can stamp the pansies and cut them out with the coordinating Pansy dies. You will need ink pads, Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhesive to complete the cards. Click here to order these products from my online store. You can add additional items to the cart or remove ones that you already have on hand. Please remember to use the host code on the side when you place your order. The products can be ordered directly from Stampin’ Up!, but the order for the kit needs to be placed directly with me. Please send me an email at TraceOfCreativity@outlook.com to place your order.

I am looking forward to sharing these amazing tutorials with you.

March 17, 2022March 16, 2022

Creativity Abounds Blog Hop – Flowering Tulips Explosion Card

Welcome to our February 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 uses a range of products from both the Annual catalogue and the January – June 2022 mini catalogue. The theme for this tutorial bundle is “Spring” (If you are in the southern hemisphere you might want to think of it as farewell to summer!) This tutorial bundle combined with this blog hop will give you instructions to make a wide variety of fun cards. If you are thinking ahead, they could be adapted (by changing the sentiments) to beautiful Mother’s Day cards. Here is a sneak peek of the projects in the tutorial bundle:

To offer additional inspiration, we have all created an extra project to share with you in this hop. If you get the tutorial bundle and hop around our blogs, you will have ideas for 26 different floral/spring cards!! My card looks a bit plain on the outside: