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HUGS @ COFFEE & CARDS

Hello and thank you for popping by today. I’m delighted that you have taken the time to see what I have made.

My Coffee & Card classes restarted last week. It was lovely to spend time with lovely, local ladies as we made some super easy cards from the Sentimental Rose Card Kit.

I asked Monday’s group what type of card they would like to make next time. After looking through the Annual Catalogue, they decided on a feminine birthday card using the Sending Hugs Stamp Set.

The large image is stamped using the Stamparatur and Jet Black StazOn onto Shimmery White cardstock. It was coloured using both of the Watercolour Pencils Assortment Packs. I used a Blender Pen to blend to colour smooth.

This piece of cardstock was cut using the second largest Stitched Rectangle Dies. I also cut a larger Flirty Flamingo layer. These layers were stcuk together at an angle. I coloured a length of White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon using the dark Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends pen. The bow was tied and secured using a Mini Glue Dot and then wrapped around the two die cut layers.

I partially stamped the ”on your special day” for the “on your” die cut piece. The “birthday” sentiment was an individual stamp. The front panels were secured on a Basic White card base. I stamped and coloured the single floral image on the inside of the card and the envelope.

The final touch was to colour some Opal Rounds using the dark Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends pen.

I went on to make two other cards that I can share at our next Coffee & Card class to show other ways the bundle can be used.

For this card, I started by stamping the single flower image across a piece of Flirth Flamingo cardstock. Then I used the largest of the Layering Hugs Dies to cut out the centre.

A piece of Basic White cardstock had Adhesive Sheet attached and cut using the same die. The Flirty Flamingo layer was centred on the front of the Misty Moonlight card base.using quite a few Stampin’ Dimensionals.

After peeling off the Adhesive Sheet backing, the white die cut piece was placed inside the negative space. The “on your birthday” elements were made in the same way as the first card. I added three Opal Rounds (but it seems that one has fallen off – oops).

For the second card, I stamped ‘birthday’ (from the Biggest Wish Stamp Set) twice and then embossed a Basic White panel using the Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder. I also embossed a smaller panel of Flirty Flamingo cardstock using the dots Checks & Dots Embossing Folder. After they were glued together, a length of white Faux Linen Ribbon from the Flowers for Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack was then tied, cut and wrapped around the front panel. This was then adhered to the Misty Moonlight card base.

The Flirty Flamingo die cut piece, from the earlier card, was then popped up on the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. A small piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock, with a piece of Adhesive Sheet attached, was used to die cut the letters from the ‘hugs’ die.

I am hoping that everyone who comes to Coffee & Card this week enjoy making the first card. There are some new techniques to try. I am also hoping that the other two cards spark interest in trying other techniques.

Which card would you like to make? What techniques would like to learn?

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Because some of the products I have used to make this card are not yet available to customers, I am not able to show them at this time. As soon as product images go live, I will create this section.

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SENDING HUGS

Hello and thank you for popping by to check out my latest project.

Today I want to share a card that I have made using the new Soft Pastels Assortment to colour an embossed piece of cardstock.

I began by using the Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder to achieve the floral texture on the Basic White panel. To colour the raised elements, I used the spatula end of my Take Your Pick Tool to shave some of the pastel from the Daffodil Delight, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow and Poppy Parade sticks. This powder was shaved onto five different blocks. Then I used a cotton bud/cue tip to pick up the powder and transfer the colour to different areas. (You could use a sponge dauber for this.)

When the embossed panel was coloured, I cut and adhered two pieces from the Brights 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper. The next step was to take a length of Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon, tie a bow and wrap it around and across the join between the two pieces of DSP. I then took another length of the same ribbon, trimmed away one edge and frayed the remaining ribbon to create a fringe. This was then adhered diagonally at the top of the Granny Apple Green DSP.

I attached a piece of Foam Adhesive Sheet to the back of a scrap of Gorgeous Grape cardstock and cut out the ‘hugs’ from the Layering Hugs Dies. The ‘SENDING YOU’ was stamped, using Gorgeous Grape ink, onto a scrap of Granny Apple Green cardstock and cut using a die from the same set. After adhering strips of the Brights DSP to the card insert and envelope, I coloured some Pearl Basics Jewels using the dark Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blend.

The Soft Pastels Assortment is a great collection of 8 Stampin’ Up!® colours and gives a lovely, soft colour to this project. It is always fun finding ways to use current and new products.

What do you think? Would you like to see more ways to use the Pastels? Who would you send ‘hugs’ to?

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Because some of the products I have used to make this card are not yet available to customers, I am not able to show them at this time. As soon as product images go live, I will create this section.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
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MONDAY IN THE SLOW LANE

Hello and thank you for popping by. I am always so grateful to each of you who take some time to see what I have been creating.

I had hoped to post today’s project a little earlier in the day but I’ve been a bit slow today. The good news is that I have also made two more projects and will have them scheduled to share tomorrow and Wednesday.

Today, I’m sharing ‘hugs’.

I stamped the large floral and ‘hugs’ image onto shimmery White cardstock using StazOn Jet Black ink. This allowed me to use Water Painters to colour the image with Blushing Bride, Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz and Pumpkin Pie. once the ink was dry, I used the Detailed Trio Punch to create the corner features of the image layer.

Using the corresponding die from the Layering Hugs Dies to cut out the White Vellum layer that was positioned over the water coloured image. This made the colouring look even lighter. The die cut layer is not as large as the stamped image, so the water colouring is able to spill out from behind the vellum. I used the small, single floral image on the card insert and envelope before using the Pear Pizzazz and Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Write Markers™. Last, but not least, I tied a bow some of the using the Pale Papaya Open Weave Ribbon.

I had thought about adding some Pale Papaya 2021-2023 In Colour Jewels but I only had two left – and, you all know that I’m an uneven number type of crafter. I will definitely need to order some more of these very, very soon.

What do you think? Who would you send a ‘hugs’ card to?

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00