Welcome to your monthly trip with the team from the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop. On the second Wednesday of each month we share inspiration around a certain theme. This month we have a sketch and I have used the Storybook Moments Suite to feature with it.
Here is the sketch that we are following so make sure you browse through everyone’s projects to see the fun variations we have all come up with.
By card began with that gorgeous die cut arch. Are you loving the Everyday Arches as much as I am? Being a nested set of dies, there are so many ways to create with them.
I stamped the carrots on Basic White Cardstock and coloured them in Stampin’ Blends. Then I coloured around the image with the Light Petal Stampin’ Blend. I love how this turned out, looking like some patterned paper.
On the back of the sketch there are 3 strips and I replicated this with an embossed panel and 2 strips of DSP in varying widths to create some interest. Under the embossed panel I added some ribbon with just the scalloped edge showing, giving it a beautiful border.
With several sentiments available in this suite, I chose Easter and heat embossed it in White for a pop against the colours and designs behind it.
Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope this has inspired with some new ideas for the Storybook Moments suite.
Next on our hop is Danielle Kassing in The Netherlands.
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It’s time for another year of inspiration with the New at SU Blog Hop. This month our team are inspiring you with Sale-A-Bration products and sharing ideas for coordinating them with other products from our range. For my card I’ve chosen the Toadstool Gardens Designer Series Paper which is part of the Sale-A-Bration product range. It has a colour palette of Early Espresso, Fresh Freesia, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie. You can get this paper free with a $100 order.
SALE-A-BRATION
The Sale-A-Bration promotion runs through 28th February and there are many products to choose from. There are 2 tiers of products with most products with 12 products free with a $100 order and 2 products free with a $200 order. Take a look at the brochure HERE.
While there are some brighter designs in this pack of paper, I have chosen a softer design for my background to coordinate with the stamped toadstools. The Terrific Toadstools bundle includes a stamp set and punch which punches the toadstools without a border. This is different to some of our other punches. As I wanted the white border around the image, I fussy cut around them – why make life easy?!!!
I stamped the larger toadstools in Soft Sea Foam then added some shading with the Granny Apple Green Watercolour Pencil. The stem was stamped in Crumb Cake and I added some shading with the Early Espresso Watercolour Pencil. For a pop of colour I also added some Melon Mambo mini toadstools.
I’ve followed the sketch at TGIF Challenges #tgifc507 adding a label from the Greetings of the Season Dies to place my cluster of toadstools on.
A piece of the striped DSP from the same pack was cut at an angle and attached under the label. This added a lovely pop of colour and coordinated with my small toadstools.
Some clear sequins from Purple Adhesive Backed Sequins were coloured with the Dark Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blend and added around my card. This versatile embellishment pack is a Sale-A-Bration product which is available free with a $100 order.
A shopping list is below to help you order the products you need. Thank you for taking the time to stop by and make sure to check out the rest of the team for lots of inspiration.
Purchase a Starter Kit for $169 and choose $235 of product shipped free to you.
Join Stampin’ Up! during Sale-A-Bration and you can build your Starter Kit by choosing $235 of product for only $169 (that includes shipping).
PLUS you will get to choose one of the two FREE BONUS OPTIONS below to add to your Starter Kit.
BONUS OPTION 1: Your choice of TWO Marker sets from our Stampin’ Write Marker Assortments (Brights, Neutrals, Regals, Subtles) PLUS a beautiful stamp .Total value $162
BONUS OPTION 2: Your choice of an additional $51 in FREE products
All orders receive a handmade Thank You card and a gift from me.
Place an order of $100 by 16th February and receive a kit to make 4 cards using the To the Point Label punch from my Card Creations series. Increase your order to $200 and receive the March kit as well, featuring the Mixed Media Florals suite.
Please use Host Code for all orders under $250. If your order is over $250 then don’t use the Host Code as you will get your own Stampin’ Rewards.
Happy New Year! Welcome to our first Caseing the Catty Challenge for 2025. CTC501 challenge is to CASE a project from the upcoming 2025 January – April Mini Catalogue which launches on the 7th of January – just 2 days away!
My creation has been inspired by the layout of a card in the Delightful Wishes Suite on Page 37 of the catalogue. I’ve taken that sketch and added my own spin using the stunning Wildflower Birthday Designer Series Paper (DSP). This beautiful DSP is part of a larger suite that includes a coordinating stamp and die bundle, ribbon, and embellishments.
When placing my pre-order from the catalogue, I settled on just the Designer Series Paper for my first order. Let me tell you, the bundle is on my shopping list for my next order. The Wildflower Birthday DSP is a 12″ x 12″ pack featuring 2 sheets each of 5 double-sided designs, plus 2 sheets of a single-sided design with pre-printed die cuts. These die cuts made quick work of my focal elements, making this card both beautiful and easy to create!
I enhanced the floral arrangement by adding some extra leaves using the Thoughtful Wishes Dies, cut out from Soft Sea Foam Cardstock and blended with Old Olive ink at the base to resemble the leaves from the DSP.
Adding some white punched out leaves using the Bough Punch kept the fresh look of this card. The leaves were splattered with the Dark Pretty in Pink Stampin’ Blend for some texture.
The sentiment is from the new Greetings for All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack which has greetings for all occasions. There are several sheets of sentiments in Black and White. I cut apart the Happy Birthday to fit with my card design.
Some sequins from the Purple Adhesive-Backed Sequin pack coordinates beautifully with the colours. This pack is a freebie during Sale-A-Bration and can be earned with a $100 order. As a finishing touch for this card I punched out some hearts from the DSP using the Humble Home punch and added them to the banner – this made my heart happy!
I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek at some of our new products. My newsletter subscribers will receive a step-by-step tutorial for this card in this week’s email. If you’d like to get exclusive tutorials and inspiration delivered straight to your inbox each week, subscribe to my newsletter here—I’d love to share my crafting journey with you!
Purchase a Starter Kit for $169 and choose $235 of product shipped free to you.
Join Stampin’ Up! during Sale-A-Bration and you can build your Starter Kit by choosing $235 of product for only $169 (that includes shipping).
PLUS you will get to choose one of the two FREE BONUS OPTIONS below to add to your Starter Kit.
BONUS OPTION 1: Your choice of TWO Marker sets from our Stampin’ Write Marker Assortments (Brights, Neutrals, Regals, Subtles) PLUS a beautiful stamp .Total value $162
BONUS OPTION 2: Your choice of an additional $51 in FREE products
All orders receive a handmade Thank You card and a gift from me.
Place an order of $100 by 16th February and receive a kit to make 4 cards using the To the Point Label punch from my Card Creations series. Increase your order to $200 and receive the March kit as well, featuring the Mixed Media Florals suite.
Please use Host Code for all orders under $250. If your order is over $250 then don’t use the Host Code as you will get your own Stampin’ Rewards.
Hi friends, Welcome to this week’s CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge. For CTC494 we are CASEing a sketch from the beautiful Splendid Autumn suite in the Stampin’ Up! September-December Mini Catalogue.
The crew are CASEing the sketch on the Wild Wheat card on the right. Don’t forget to share your cards you create using this sketch, on our FB group.
New product alert!
I got some new goodies this week and I thought I’d use them for the first time on this card. The Happy Hibiscus bundle will be available for purchase on the 5th of November as part of our Online Exclusives range. Demonstrators had the opportunity to purchase this a month earlier in pre-order.
This bundle includes a stamp set and a hybrid die set and embossing folder. It’s simply beautiful.
The stamp set is a two-step stamp set which means that you can stamp the outline and then there is a separate stamp to fill-in the inside with colour. This makes colouring an image very quick. What I found with this particular set was that it was extra easy to line up those images as well.
Now, if you are a colouring enthusiast, like me, you can choose to colour those images as well. However, in this case, I went with stamping. I did add some extra detail on the flowers and the leaves with Watercolour Pencils which adds some lovely highlights.
To form the rectangle part of the sketch, I die cut a label from the Flowering Zinnias Designer Series Paper using the Radiating Stitches dies and trimmed off part of the die cut. Then I layered the flowers and leaves on top of it. The sentiment was die cut with the label die which comes in the bundle and layered on a couple of strips of paper from the same pack.
I embellished my card with some Twisted Gold Thread (another new product you will LOVE) and sequins in multiple colours.
If you would like to order this product on the 5th, you can do so Online or let me know and I can put through an order for you. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you’ve loved this sneak peek of the Happy Hibiscus bundle. My newsletter subscribers will receive a tutorial for this card. If you would like to receive a weekly tutorial please subscribe to my newsletter below.
Next on our hop is Julia Quinn. Please check out all the crews’ projects for some fabulous inspiration.
Purchase a Starter Kit for $169 and choose $235 of product shipped free to you.
Join Stampin’ Up! during Sale-A-Bration and you can build your Starter Kit by choosing $235 of product for only $169 (that includes shipping).
PLUS you will get to choose one of the two FREE BONUS OPTIONS below to add to your Starter Kit.
BONUS OPTION 1: Your choice of TWO Marker sets from our Stampin’ Write Marker Assortments (Brights, Neutrals, Regals, Subtles) PLUS a beautiful stamp .Total value $162
BONUS OPTION 2: Your choice of an additional $51 in FREE products
All orders receive a handmade Thank You card and a gift from me.
Place an order of $100 by 16th February and receive a kit to make 4 cards using the To the Point Label punch from my Card Creations series. Increase your order to $200 and receive the March kit as well, featuring the Mixed Media Florals suite.
Please use Host Code for all orders under $250. If your order is over $250 then don’t use the Host Code as you will get your own Stampin’ Rewards.
Welcome to the weekend friends, We’re kicking off our Saturday with Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Insta Hop challenge. This week we are featuring Cajun Craze which is part of our Regals collection. I love this deep, rich colour and used it in a variety of ways on my card today using the Iconic Imagery bundle.
I started with 6 pieces of the Iconic Celebrations Designer Series Paper. These were slightly longer on one side and I arranged them evenly on an Early Espresso matte layer.
HOW TO CREATE CENTRE LABEL
Cut 1cm strips of Iconic Celebrations DSP
Adhere to Basic White Cardstock
Die cut with the label die
Emboss with Painted Texture Embossing Folder
Using a Blending Brush, go over the raised areas of the image with Early Espresso ink
Go around the outer edges of the die cut using a Blending Brush with Early Espresso and Crumb Cake ink
Die cut a label from Crumb Cake Cardstock
Cut this in half and adhere under the striped label to form a matte
I set out to use a Cajun Craze card base for my card base but found the colour a bit too deep for the look I was going for. Instead of changing my design, I decided to get creative with ink blending. By blending Petal Pink Cardstock with Cajun Craze ink, I achieved a lighter shade of Cajun Craze that perfectly complemented my card.
Once I had done this I needed another element that blended in with this tone so I die cut the large leaf from Petal Pink Cardstock and blended with Cajun Craze and Early Espresso ink. Around this I added several other stamped and die cut autumn leaves.
I cut apart the gold ribbon and added strands under the heat embossed sentiment to add a striking contrast against all the rich Cajun Craze elements.
I hopey you have enjoyed this creation and you can find a fully supply list at the bottom of this post. If you live in Australia, you can shop supplies in my Online Store or by getting in touch with me.
Have a lovely day.
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PLUS you will get to choose one of the two FREE BONUS OPTIONS below to add to your Starter Kit.
BONUS OPTION 1: Your choice of TWO Marker sets from our Stampin’ Write Marker Assortments (Brights, Neutrals, Regals, Subtles) PLUS a beautiful stamp .Total value $162
BONUS OPTION 2: Your choice of an additional $51 in FREE products
All orders receive a handmade Thank You card and a gift from me.
Place an order of $100 by 16th February and receive a kit to make 4 cards using the To the Point Label punch from my Card Creations series. Increase your order to $200 and receive the March kit as well, featuring the Mixed Media Florals suite.
Please use Host Code for all orders under $250. If your order is over $250 then don’t use the Host Code as you will get your own Stampin’ Rewards.
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