mmm...Stampin' Time

Hello! Thank you for popping by to see my second colour challenge card.

Here are the colours, again.

It is fun to take part in each of the Colour INKsiration Challenges. Sometimes it’s really a challenge, and like this time, it’s great to have some favourite colours included.

For this card I decided to play a little tic tac toe (or noughts and crosses). I used the long rectangular die from the Suit & Tie Dies to cut the strips to make the black and white grid for the game. The Playful Alphabet Dies and Foam Adhesive Sheets made the perfect game pieces.

THe greeting is from the Tasteful Touches Stamp Set. It was stamped in Cherry Cobbler and trimmed down into sepearate pieces. Then I attached larger pieces of Basic Black cardstock behind each word. The game grid and words were all attached to the card front using Black Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The July – December Mini Catalogue has some amazing new embellishments, including the ones I have used for this card – Matte Decorative Dots. The dots come in different shades of Bumblebee, Cherry Cobbler, Evening Evergreen and Old Olive. I also stamped one of the images from the Tasteful Touches Stamp Set on the card insert and enveope.

It is great to be able to use products from existing and upcoming catalogues together in a project. It just proves how versatile Stampin’ Up!® products are.

Now I’m off to make some more projects to share with you over the next week. 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.

Tasteful Touches Cling Stamp Set (English) [152562] $40.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00	Suit & Tie Dies [154322] $56.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $15.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154880] $15.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack [150893] $10.50	Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] $14.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

Hello and welcome! Thanks for popping by today to see my latest project.

I have the first of two cards that I made for a colour challenge – I’ll share the second card tomorrow.

The colours for this challenge remind me so much of the Handmaids’ Tale.

For the first card, I decided to use Sweet Strawberry Stamp Set.

I started by stamping the strawberry plant stamp, in Tuxedo Black Memento, onto the Basic White card base. After using the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder to add texture to the piece of Basic Black cardstock, I then wrapped and secured two lengths of Black & White Gingham Ribbon around it. One of the ribbons was coloured using the Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blend. Then I attached it a layer of the Be Dazzling 6″x 6″ Specialty Paper. This paper is one that is available during Sale-a-bration, with a qualifying order.

Using lots of Black Stampin’ Dimensionals, these layers were then positioned on the card front.

The strawberries were stamped and fussy cut. The Be Dazzling strawberry calyces were punched using the Strawberry Builder Punch. I used Mini Glue Dots to secure them to each of the strawberries. After attaching the strawberries to the card front, I stamped and cut the greeting to add to the card.

The challenge gave me the perfect reason to choose an ‘older’ stamp set to use. It also meant that I used Cherry Cobbler ink and cardstock both of which have been collecting dust for a while.

What do you think of my dazzling strawberries?

Until tomorrow’s post, 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.

Sweet Strawberry Bundle [156214] $55.75	Sweet Strawberry Photopolymer Stamp Set [154394] $31.00	Strawberry Builder Punch [154239] $31.00	Tasteful Textile 3 D Embossing Folder [152718] $15.75	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154880] $15.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $12.25	Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack [150893] $10.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

Hello lovely crafters! Welcome and thank you so much for popping by to see today’s project. Well, it was actually my Facebook Live project from Thursday.

With the new July – December Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration Brochure about to launch, I wanted to share some more of the amazing new products coming your way. I also wanted to show how these new products corrdinate with Annual Catalogue products.

For this project I used the Merriest Moments Bundle, as well as the Gold 12″x 12″ Shimmer Vellum and Gold 3/8″ Shimmer Ribbon from the Blackberry Beauty Suite. I was so pleased with how well these new products coordinate with the Expressions in Ink Specialty Designer Series Paper.

This is the sample card I made before my Facebook Live. After making this version I made some slight adjustments to the card I made during my Live. For this card I used a Shaded Spruce card base. Then I took a slightly smaller piece of Shaded Spruce cardstock and embossed it using the Merriest Frames Hybrid Embossing Folder.

A length of the Gold Shimmer Ribbon was tied and trimmed before being wrapped around this embossed layer. The ribbon was secured on the back of the cardstock and then glued to the card base.

I used the outline die, from the die set that is part of the Merriest Frames Hybrid Embossing Folder, to cut a piece of the Expressions in Ink Specialty DSP. The next step was to cut a piece of the Gold Shimmer Vellum using the more detailed outline die and rectangular die, as you can see. The remaining rectangle gold vellum piece was then reduced in size before the Christmas sentiment was stamped in Jet Black StazOn. This piece was adhered to a slightly larger piece of Shaded Spruce cardstock and popped up using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

This collection of layers was then attached to the card using lots of Stampin’ Dimensionals. I stamped one of the leaves images onto the card insert and envelope.

The card I made during my Facebook Live yesterday was very similar to the sample card I have already shared. However, there are a few differences. Can you spot them?

The differences include – cutting and embossing the Expressions in Ink layer; Stampin’ Dimensionals on the DSP layer only around the central rectangle area (none around the edges); using Adhesive Sheet rather than Stampin’ Seal+ to adhere the gold vellum stamped rectangle to the Shaded Spruce rectangle layer; and no Gold Shimmer Ribbon on the second card, instead some Gold Metallic Pearls.

I think that I prefer the second card! What do you think? LEt me know which of the two you prefer.

In recent years, I have been sending a bundle of Christmas cards to my sister for her to send to friends and family. So I decided to decorate a C6 Acetate Box to pop some Christmas cards into and send to her. One of these will amke their way into the box.

I won’t explain what I did to create the bellyband for the acetate card box – I am very confident that most of you will be able to look at the image and “deconstruct” the products and process.

I may not be able to show you products as they appear in the new Mini Catalogue, but I can share this image of some of the ‘new goodies’ that I used for these projects.

I really love the way the Shaded Spruce colour works so well with the Gold Glimmer Vellum and the Expressions in Ink Specialty Designer Series Paper.

Hmmmmmm – yes. I’m happy with these projects. LEt me know what you think!

Until my next post, 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.

Expressions In Ink 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [155464] $26.00	Matte Black Dots [154284] $12.25	Metallic Pearls [146282] $12.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock [147006] $15.25
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $17.50	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack [150893] $10.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00
Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00