mmm...Stampin' Time

Hello and wecome to today’s post. I am so grateful that you have popped by.

It is Wednesday and it is time for another Freshly Brewed Project blog hop project. Our theme this week is Winter Blues.

The winter months in Australia span June to August and here, in Brisbane, we haven’t really experienced much cold weather yet. Most days have averaged around 22C. It’s not cold enough to look blue nor is it cold enough to feel blue because of the weather. For this card, I simply decided to go with the idea of the colour blue.

I started by selecting a piece of paper from the Tidings of Christmas 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper. Although this is Christmas themed DSP, I am using it for a different purpose – offering sunshine to combat winter blues.

The Misty Moonlight card base and other features cover the ‘blues’ element of the theme. These features include the In Colour Ribbon, In Colour Square Gems and other Misty Moonlight cardstock die cut pieces.

After I cut the DSP layer, I wrapped lengths of the two ribbons around the front and adhered them, to the back, with Tear & Tape. The DSP layer was then adhered to the card base.

I used the Label Me Lovely Punch to create the base for the Christmas Trimmings die cut pieces. After these pieces were adhered to the punched base, I added a double bow made using the white Baker’s twine. The sentiment, from the Celebrate with Flowers Stamp Set, was stamped in Misty Moonlight and Cherry Cobbler. The sentiment was punched using the same punch and cut with my trimmer, so that it would slide under the ribbons. I decided to fussy cut the Cherry Cobbler ‘Sunshine’ so that I could pop it up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I stamped one of the Tidings & Trimmings images, in Cherry Cobbler, on the card insert and envelope front. The final touch was the add a few of the 2020-2022 In Colour Square Gems to the sentiment layer.

Here are many of the products I used to create this card. This is the first time that I have used the Tidings & Trimmings Bundle – and it wasn’t for a Christmas card. I will definitely make one very soon.

Who would you send a ‘sunshine filled’ card to?

Make sure that pop along to see what the other FBP team have created:

• Leonie Schroder
• Michele Miller
• Jeanne Moss

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.

Celebrate With Flowers Cling Stamp Set (English) [155059] $31.00	Christmas Trimmings Dies [155561] $47.00	Label Me Lovely Punch [151296] $31.00	Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack [153620] $17.50	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25
2020–2022 In Color Square Gems [155572] $14.00	Tidings Of Christmas 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155718] $20.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $15.25	Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575] $15.25
Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock [153086] $15.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $13.00	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $12.25
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

Hello and thank you for popping by today – it’s my 36th wedding anniversary and I wanted to share a card that’s perfect for the occasion.

It is also a card for this week’s Global Design Project #297 Colour Challenge. I love this colour combination but needed to think of a more masculine way to combine them.

After some thinking time, I decided to use the Henna Hearts Stamp Set and one of the new Plenty of Patterns Decorative Masks.

I placed the heart stamp onto my Stamparatus and used the hinge-step technique to stamp the image three times, once in each of the colours from the challenge. Each image overlapped slightly, creating a colour variation. The next step involved stamping the sentiment, from the Art in Bloom Stamp Set, using Blackberry Bliss.

For the card front, I used painter’s tape to hold the mask in place over a large piece of Basic White cardstock before colouring the card. Using my Blending Brushes, I blended the three colours across the card. Once the mask was removed, there was lots of great colour separated by clean, white lines. Before I adhered this piece of cardstock to the Fresh Freesia cardbase, I tied a bow in a length of Fresh Freesia Open Weave Ribbon and wrapped it around this layer.

I cut a piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock and embossed it with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder. THen I centred it on the card front. The three hearts layer was popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and angled on the front of the card.

The card insert and envelope were stamped with the same heart image. The finishing touch was to add a few Fresh Freesia In Colour Jewels.

I am really enjoying developing my blending techniques. Have you used the Blending Brushes yet? What do you think about them?

I think my favourite thing about this card is my sentiment – ‘Never not loving you’. This is perfect for my anniversary today.

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.

Henna Hearts Cling Stamp Set [155665] $31.00	Art In Bloom Photopolymer Stamp Set [155085] $45.00	Pattern Party Decorative Masks [144103] $10.00	Tasteful Textile 3 D Embossing Folder [152718] $15.75	2021–2023 In Color Jewels [155571] $12.25
Fresh Freesia 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155615] $12.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock [155614] $15.25	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] $15.25	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [147092] $13.00
Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611] $13.00	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $12.25
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	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

Hello my lovely crafting friends! I am delighted that each of you has returned to see my latest project. If this is the first time you have popped by, welcome – I hope you like what I have shared.

Today’s birthday card is definitely an example of #simplestamping – ink, stamp and paper. Although, I did cheat and add a little Baker’s Twine.

I used the Biggest Wish Stamp Set and the Natural Textures Stamp Set (an exclusive Host set). I used Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad to stamp the textured background for this card front. Using my Stamparatus, I used the hinge stamping technique to repeat the ‘happy’ greeting down the left hand side of the card front.

I stamped ‘BIRTHDAY’ using the same ink and card stock, before trimming it down. After adding Stampin’ Seal behind the birthday greeting, I looped some twine from the Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack. Once the sentiment was prepared, Stampin’ Dimensionals were used to allow it to be lifted up from the card from for added height.

The Very Vanilla card insert and envelope were stamped, using the same textured image. This time only the top part of the stamp was used. I was surprised by how interesting this short fringed image looks. It makes me want to think of other ways to repeat this.

This #simplestamping card only requires a few supplies beyond the card stock. For this card – the stamps, ink and twine.

I think this would make a perfect masculine birthday card. What do you think? Who would you send this card to? I hope that you leave a comment sharing the answers to these questions.

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.

Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155052] $30.00	Natural Textures Host Cling Stamp Set [155637] $23.00	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25	Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $15.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Very Vanilla C6 Envelopes [106589] $13.00