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WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEDNESDAY IN THE WORLD OF STAMPIN’ UP!®

I am hoping that you are all enjoying your time flicking through the new annual catalogue and OnLine exclusives. There are so many amazing new products for you to chose from.

There aren’t many updates from Stampin’ Up!® this week.

If you have found the new 1-7/8″ (4.8 CM) CIRCLE PUNCH, you will need to be patient because it is not yet available. I am very keen to order one, so as soon as I know this punch can be ordered I will let you know.

Today’s project is another butterfly and bokeh DSP inspired birthday card.

After preparing the Basic White card base, I cut a panel of the yellow-blue bokeh DSP and adhered to the vase.

Then I took a panel of Balmy Blue card and embossed it using one of the Glass & Gardens Embossing Folders – the embossing folder is the one on the left that looks like engraved glass.

After this panel was embossed, I wrapped a length of Balmy Blue Baker’s Twine from the Baker’s Twine Three Colour Pack. I added two more shorter lengths of the twine and then tied in a triple bow. The panel was lifted up using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Then I used the two small detailed butterfly dies to cut many Baly Blue and Daffodil Delight bokeh butterflies.

I added them to the card front using Multipurpose Glue and Mini Dimensionals.

The greeting was stamped onto a piece of Basic White card and cut using one of the dies from the Beautiful Butterflies Dies.

I cut two more of these shapes and glued them behind the stamped panel to add some stability to the sentiment. Dimensionals were then placed behind sentiment panel and positioned on the card front.

A strip of the blue/yellow bokeh DSP was placed on the card insert. I

An extra die cut butterfly was added to the back of the envelope.

Finally, I coloured some of the Iridecent Faceted Gems using the dark Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends pen.

Tomorrow I have a 3D butterfly gift box to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

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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TUESDAY TECHNIQUE & TIPS

My project today features three techniques – masking, heat embossing and water colouring.

For this project I used the Beatiful Butterflies Stamp Set & Dies Bundle.

My first task was to die cut the two butterfly shapes, I planned to stamp, from a piece of Masking Paper.

TIP: It is so much easier to cut the shape on the centre ‘front’ of the paper (ensure the split that runs down the centre of the paper is used as the ‘back’). This will ensure that the cut shae will match your stamped image shape and that you will be able to peel away the backing paper more easily.

For the heat embossed images, I used Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper and lightly dusted it with the embossing ‘buddy’ from the Embossing Additions Tool Kit. Then I stamped the first image using Versamark and sprinkled WOW Black Embossing Powder before heat setting it.

I placed the matching Masking Paper butterfly shape over the first heat embossed image and then stamped three smaller butterfly shapes and repeated the process.

TIP: The WOW embossing powder leaves a clear and slightly raised outline. Avoid overheating the powder because it then flattens a little and loses its gloss.

After I finished heat embossing the masked images i took a water colour tool and applied colour to the butterflies.

To help select my colours for this project, I used the Stampin’ Up! Colour Coach. I spun the inner circle around to select an analogous colour scheme – Berry Burst, Petunia Pop, Fresh Freesia and Bubble Bath.

Once the watercoloured image was dry, I used the Everyday Arches Dies to cut the three layers you can see on the card front – the largest layer is from the Beautiful Bokeh DSP, the middle layer is Berry Burst card and then the Fluid 100 paper.

The two smaller layers were adhered together before I wrapped a length of Basic Black Baker’s Twine several times around them and tied a bow.

Then I added Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back of this double layer and positioned it on the DSP arch.

The card measures 5 1/4″x 12″. Iscored the card at 4″ and 8″ so that I would have a trifold card.

When the card front is opened out, you can then see the outer third panel.

For this panel I created a gift card pocket using the Fancy Borders Dies.

After cutting the Berry Burst edge, I cut a Basic White panel to use as a card insert. I stamped the small detailed butterfly on this panel before adhering it to the gift card pocket.

Whne the card is fully opened, you will see a second Basic White card insert and where the gift card pocket is.

The greeting is from the Beautiful Butterfly Stamp Set. It was stamped onto Basic White scrap before being die cut and added to the front of the card.

I adhered a die cut butterfly to the back of the envelope.

Finally, I coloured some Iridescent Faceted Gems with a dark Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Pen.

Tomorrow I will share any Stampin’ Up! updates and another butterfly card with you.

Until then , happy stamping and scrapbooking.

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MONDAY IS FOR MEMORY KEEPING

I took a break last week, from posting projects, because I was doing some craft room cleaning. It was time to pack away the ‘last chance’ products that will soon be unavailable to purchase.

Then, when the new 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue went live I was able to order the other new products that I wasn’t able to order in the demonstrator preorder period. I am slowly organising all these new products and planning when I will feature these in my posts … so, stand by for some exciting new product shares and inspiration.

These week I am featuring a bundle that has been on my shelf unused for far too long – Beautiful Butterflies Bundle.

I am also featuring the Beautiful Bokeh 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper pack.

I haven’t found the photos from my daughter’s fairy party yet but I was still able to prepare the scrapbooking layout that I would place them on. She is now 34 but but was 6 when we had that party.

Here is the layout.

I used a Berry Burst 12″x 12″ piece of card as the base.

Then I cut four Basic White photo mattes for 5″x 3″ photos. The mattes are a 1/4″ larger to allow for a thin white frame around the photos. the mattes were positioned equally in each corner of the base card.

I cut a 4″ panel from the Balmy BLue, Berry Burst, Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight bokeh DSP sheets. Then I added Adhesive Sheets to the back of each of them. Finally, I used the detailed butterfly die to cut each one out.

After cutting four Basic White full butterfly shapes, I adhered the DSP butterflies to their white background.

Each of these four butterflies were partially adhered to the bottom corners of the photo mattes. This created a space for photos to be added later.

I filled the centre space with three more butterflies leaving an aesthetically pleasing odd number of butterflies on the page.

Although I haven’t yet given the page a title, it will have be something ‘fairies re like butterflies’.

A wonderful range of new products, in the new catalogue, are the flip flaps, memory protectors and albums for those of us who love our scrapbooking/memory keeping.

I hope these new scrapbooking products help you with all your memory keeping.

Tomorrow I have a technique based card to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

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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