Paper Crafting – Page 5 – Trace Of Creativity

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019

DSP Gift Bag

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 ‘Gift Wrapping’. You might have arrived here from Shirley’s blog. Doesn’t she always have a gorgeous project to share with us?

My project is super easy, uses very few supplies, and with minimal effort, you have a gorgeous gift bag!

All that you need is a bit of card stock for the base and handles, half a sheet of DSP for the bag, some ribbon, scraps to make a tag, adhesive and something to score with.
Choose the DSP to suit your occasion and your gift is all wrapped.

Click here for the tutorial:

Gift Bag by Tracy Held Download

Click on the button below to hop over to Sue’s blog to see the holiday project she has created.

If you get lost along the hop, here is the full listing:
Shirley Merker
Tracy Held <== You are here
Sue Boerner
Sandra Roberts
Sandy Ward
Sue McDonald
Katie Johnson
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.
Ready to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Contact me for more information to join my team.

November 21, 2019November 20, 2019

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:

Shirley Merker
Tracy Held <== you are here
Sue Boerner
Sandra Roberts
Sandy Ward
Sue McDonald
Terri Stewart
Annette McMillan

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.

October 16, 2019October 16, 2019

Fall 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 ‘Fall/Thanksgiving’. You might have arrived here from Shirley’s blog. Didn’t she have a lovely project?

I always have a hard time wrapping my head around the time differences. When the blog goes live, my fellow demonstrators are just starting their day on a Wednesday morning, and I am about to go to sleep on Wednesday night!
I could be mistaken, but I think that I am the only one on this hop who is in the southern hemisphere. While everyone else can look outside their windows for inspiration in the leaves changing colours on the trees, the tree in my garden is covered in beautiful while blossoms!

However, living in Melbourne in Australia, the cold weather seems to linger for a while, so I could still come up with a card that has an autumnal feel to it.

Below is a picture of the supplies that I used for this project.
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? Stampin’ Up! Contact me for more information to join my team.

Click on the button below to hop over to Sue’s blog to see what she has created. Sue has just come back from a fabulous holiday, so i am sure that she found lots of inspiration on her travels!
Enjoy the rest of the blog hop!

If you get lost along the hop, here is the full listing:

Shirley Merker
Tracy Held <== You are here
Sue Boerner
Sandy Ward
Sue McDonald
Sandra Roberts
Katie Johnson
Terri Stewart

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019

Halloween

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 ‘Halloween’. You may have arrived here from Shirley’s blog. Didn’t she have a fun project?
I have to admit to being a bit of a Grinch when it come to Halloween. It is the last day of tax season (my day job is a tax consultant), and I usually get home late, or else I am so tired I hide in the house and pretend that I am not home.

My project is quick and easy and oh so cute. These little treat boxes are using the mini curvy keepsakes die. You can put as much or as little effort in as you choose.
The first one is just cut out of DSP. The one on the other end is cut out of Mango Melody card stock and stamped with Pumpkin Pie using the check stamp from the Tiny Keepsakes stamp set. The middle one is Mango Melody card stock and the pumpkin is stamped in Pumpkin Pie with the pumpkin stamp from the Harvest Hello stamp set and punched out with the apple builder punch.

These are the supplies that I used for this project.
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? Stampin’ Up! Contact me for more information to join my team.

Click on the button below to hop over to Sue Boerner’s blog to see what she has created for Halloween.
Enjoy the rest of the blog hop!

If you get lost along the way, here is the full hop list:

Shirley Merker
Tracy Held <== You are here
Sue Boerner
Sandy Ward
Sue McDonald
Anastasia Radloff

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019

Party Invitation

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 ‘Happy Birthday’. You may have arrived here from Shirley’s blog. Did you love her project?
I have taken a bit of poetic license with the theme this month. Instead of making a birthday card, I have started pre-birthday and am sharing an invitation that I have made to a Mad Hatter’s tea party.

This serviette is the inspiration for the invitation

This is my card. I used the retired Another Wonderful Year set for the words and heat embossed them with the new shimmer black embossing powder for some sparkle.
These invitations have gone out and the people that received them have all been really excited.

Click on the button below to hop over to Sue Boerner’s blog to see what happy birthday surprise she has for us.
Enjoy the rest of the blog hop!

If you get lost along the way, here is the complete blog hop list. Have fun hopping!!

Sandra Roberts

Shirley Merker

Tracy Held <== You are here

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019

Washi Flower

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 ‘Ribbon and Embellishments.’ You may have arrived here from Shirley’s blog. She loves ribbons, so this is one of her favourite blog hop themes!
I don’t usually like working with washi tape, but have you seen how amazing the Pressed Petals Specialty washi tape is? You just peel off the petals and use as many as you like to make gorgeous flowers! The tape co-ordinates with the Pressed Petals Specialty DSP which is super pretty!

I used 6 petals and stuck them onto a 3/4″ circle. The gold faceted gems make the perfect centre for the flower.

Don’t forget to decorate the inside of the card. This is the second roll of washi tape that comes with the petal roll

Click on the button below to hop over to Sue Boerner’s blog to see what embellishments she has used for her project.
Enjoy the rest of the blog hop!

If you get lost along the way, here is the full blog hop list:

Sandra Roberts
Shirley Merker
Tracy Held <== You are here
Sue Boerner
Sandy Ward
Anastasia Radloff

May 15, 2019June 19, 2019

Masculine 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 ‘Father’s Day or masculine cards. In Australia, Father’s Day is in September. I have kept my card more of a card for dad for any day (birthday or just because he is great) rather than specifically for Father’s Day.

I decided to do something a bit different and cut the card into a pennant shape. I have used the Geared Up Garage stamp set and the cogs from the Garage Gears Thinlits Dies. The cogs were cut using the champagne foil paper. This set is carrying over to the new catalogue, but it won’t be available as a bundle, so if you would like to purchase it at the 10% bundle discount you need to put in your order ASAP.

These are the products that I used in this card. The DSP is the soon to be retired Best Route paper.

Click on the button below to hop over to Sue Boerner’s blog and see what she has created. Enjoy the rest of the blog hop!

If you get lost along the way, here is the full hop list:

Shirley Merker

Tracy Held <== You are here

Sue Boerner

Anastasia Radloff

Sandy Ward

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.

April 17, 2019April 18, 2019

Beautiful Promenade Mother’s Day 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 ‘Mother’s Day or Girl cards’. If you have arrived from Shirley Merker’s blog, did you enjoy her project?

My card uses the beautiful Petal Promenade stamp set and matching dies. I stamped the outline of the flower in Gorgeous Grape, and the inside in Highland Heather. The leaves are in Old Olive. The ones on the oval were stamped onto vellum and then cut out with the dies. Be sure to give lots of time for the ink to dry on the vellum, otherwise the ink will smudge.

The ‘happy’ is cut out using the Well Written Framelits dies and the ovals with the Stitched Shapes and Layering Ovals dies.

Here are a couple of different colour options

Click on the button below to hop over to Sue Boerner’s blog and see what she has created. Enjoy the rest of the blog hop!

If you get lost along the way, here is the full hop list:

Sue McDonald

Shirley Merker

Tracy Held

Sue Boerner

Anastasia Radloff

Sandra Roberts

Katie Johnson

Sandy Ward

Terri Stewart

All the supplies used can be ordered through my online store here.

March 20, 2019March 30, 2019

Eclipse Frame Birthday Card

As usual, I hope you enjoy our Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators Blog Hop, in which fellow demonstrators from around the world share their latest impressive projects. This month’s theme is ‘Happy Birthday’. If you have arrived from Shirley Merker’s blog, I am sure that her project was inspiring, as always!

The card that I have chosen this month is an eclipse frame card. I have used two different stamp sets in this card.

The first is Painted Seasons, which is one of the Distinktive stamp sets, so all the shading happens in a single stamp. This is only available until the end of March as your free Sale-A-Bration item if you spend AU$180. It comes as a bundle with the Painted Seasons DSP. The images in this set are beautiful and I’ll be sorry when it is no longer available.

The second set is Humming Along. This is my stamp set of choice at the moment for a birthday sentiment.

To make the card, start by stamping the sentiment in the middle of the page, then stamp your flowers and leaves around it. These flowers look lovely in any colour. For this card, I used Highland Heather and Grapefruit Grove for the flowers, and Garden Green for the leaves.

Next, choose a Rectangular Stitched framelit that fits around the greeting and use a larger one to make the frame to your chosen width.

Stick your thin outer edge piece onto the card base, then put a foam adhesive strip along the inner and outer edges of the frame and stick it onto the card base inside the outer edge piece.

Stick the rectangle with the sentiment on it inside the corresponding rectangle in the middle of the card. (This is stuck flat onto the card base so that only the frame is raised.)

Below is a picture of the products I used to make the card.

Click on the button below to hop over to Sue Boerner’s blog and see what she has created. Enjoy the rest of the blog hop!

If you get lost along the way, here is the full hop list:

Shirley Merker
Tracy Held <- You are here!
Sue Boerner
Anastasia Radloff
Sandra Roberts
Terri Stewart
Sandy Ward
Sue McDonald
Elizabeth Green

All the supplies used can be ordered through my online store here.

February 21, 2019February 19, 2019

Pick a Colour…

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.