A5 Petal Palette Card

How to make this card –

·       Fold an A4 sheet of Thick Whisper White cardstock in half to create an A5 card base

·       Using a sponge dauber and Mint Macaron Ink, create a focal point directly onto the card base in the top third of the card

·       Using the large leafy element from the Petal Palette stamp set and Mink Macaron Ink, add some additional detail coming out from the sponged ink on the card base

·       Stamp the rose cluster from the Petal palette set in Stazon ink coming out to the corners of the card base and colour in using an Aquapainter and ink from the ink pad. (I used Blackberry Bliss and Mint Macaron inks).

NB – do not pick up ink directly from the surface of your ink pad as this may dilute the ink. Instead, squeeze the center of your ink pad between the heels of both of your hands as this will transfer a little ink to the lid of you pad that you can then pick up easily with your Aquapainter.

·       Cut the large label from the Stitched Label Framelet dies from Whisper White cardstock and stamp onto it the sentiment of your choice from the stamp set in Mint Macaron ink. Then stamp the little flower cluster in Stazon ink and colour as you did the rose cluster.

·       Adhere to the card base, over the sponged focal point, using Stampin’ Dimensionals

·       Cut 2 of the thin trellis pieces in the Petals and More Thinlets dies from Blackberry Bliss cardstock and trim them to tuck under the Stitched label. Adhere carefully with Tombow glue or Fine Tip glue,

All the products I’ve used are available in my online shop.

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How does £193 worth of Stampin' Up! Goodies for £99 sound to you?

Well during July, that is exactly what you can do.

The Stampin' Up! starter kit is amazing value at any time of the year, but now and again there is a special offer and July 2018 is one of those months.

You can choose £130 worth of any current Stampin' Up! products, AND choose a complete colour family of ink pads (that's 10 ink pads with a value of £63), all for just £99!

It's always a great time to join, and by joining in July you will have access to all of the following things if you want them -

• At least 20% off of all your Stampin' Up! purchases until at least the end of January 2019
• Option to purchase all new products way ahead of customers
• Access to new catalogues way ahead of customers
• Option to register to attend the 30th Anniversary OnStage event that takes place in November 2018
• Option to attend team training events and meetings (lots of craft, chat and cake - in a nutshell)
• Access to local and global demo only Facebook groups
• Access to the Stampin' Up! demo only website

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“I Just Love You” Lilypad Lake Card

 

How to make this card –

 

·       Fold an A4 sheet of Thick Whisper White cardstock in half to create an A5 card base

·       Using Coastal Cabana ink and the wavy stamp from the Lilypad Lake stamp set, stamp waves across the middle third of the card base, also stamping off to create shades of the same colour. The stamp isn’t wide enough to cover the width of the card base so start at the outside edges because the central overlap will be covered up with the next layer

·       Take a piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock that measures 14.9 x 10.5cm and emboss using the Seaside embossing folder. Round 2 of the corners with the Detailed trio punch and then adhere this to the card base

·       To create the sentiment, I used my Stampin Write Markers in Coastal Cabana and Real Red to ink up the sentiment from Lilypad Lake as I wanted to highlight the word ‘Love’ in the red. I then die cut this using one of the labels from the Lakeside Framelets

·       To create the focal point, start by adding some double sided adhesive sheet some Coastal Cabana cardstock. I then cut the wavy dies from the Lakeside framelets from it, removed the backing paper and stuck that to a piece of Whisper White cardstock. Next cut the largest circle from the Stitched Shape Framelets from this and adhere that to the card front.

·       Punch out a 1 inch circle using the 1 inch circle punch from Pineapple Punch cardstock to create the Sun and adhere that to the stitched circle

·       Stamp several sets of boats from the Lilypad lake stamp set, colour in with Stampin’ Write Markers (I used Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Pineapple Punch and Crumb Cake), then cut them out using the coordinating die from the Lakeside Framelets. Adhere to the stitched circle.

 

All the products I’ve used are available in my online shop.

 

 

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Fresh Fig and Lemon Lime Twist Vases

 

How to make this card –

 

·       Fold half an A4 sheet of Fresh Fig cardstock in half to create an A6 card base

·       Cut a matt of Fresh Fig cardstock to 9.5 x 13.9cm and emboss with the Quilt Top embossing folder, then adhere this to the Fresh Fig base.

·       Using the largest square from Stitched Shape Framelet dies, cut a Whisper White Square and a Lemon Lime Twist Square.

·       Using the second largest square from Stitched Shape Framelet dies, cut the middle away from the Lemon Lime Twist square to leave you with a frame.

·       On a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock, stamp vases from the Varied Vases stamp set in Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh Fig and Garden Green inks, then punch them out using the coordinating punch.

·       Using a flower image from the Varied Vases stamp set, and with the stitched Whisper White square as a diamond shape, stamp the flowers so that they will end up appearing behind one of the vases once you have stuck it down with a dimensional.

·       Adhere a piece of a Pearlised Doily to the back of the Whisper White, and then adhere the Whisper White square to the embossed piece with some Tombow glue.

·       Using Mini Stampin Dimensionals, adhere the Lemon Lime Twist frame over the Whisper White square, then adhere the vases over the stamped flowers and frame as desired.

·       And for a final little flourish of detail, add a bow made with coordinating ribbon to the corner of the frame.

 

All the products I’ve used are available in my online shop.

 

 

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Silhouette Birds on a Rainbow

How to make this card –

·       Fold half an A4 sheet of Basic Black cardstock in half to create an A6 card base

·       Cut a matt of Whisper White cardstock to 10 x 14.4 cm

·       Using the wavy stamp from Lilypad Lake, and the Bright’s selection of colours, stamp a rainbow down the card. The colours I used were –

Poppy Parade

Melon Mambo

Flirty Flamingo

Mango Melody

Daffodil Delight

Granny Apple Green

Coastal Cabana

Bermuda bay

·       Cut 2 birds and 4 sets of reeds from basic black cardstock using the dies from the Lakeside framelets

·       Adhere the die cuts to the rainbow, making sure you turn one of the birds around so that they mirror each other.

All the products I’ve used are available in my online shop.

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Blackberry Bliss Love What You Do Card

How to make this card –

·       Fold half an A4 sheet of Grey Granite cardstock in half to create an A6 card base

·       Cut a Blackberry Bliss layer to 8.5 x 12.9cm and adhere that the the card base

·       Cut a Whisper White layer to 8 x 12.4cm

·       On the Whisper White layer, stamp the smudge stamp in Grey Granite ink that has been stamped off onto scrap paper

·       Using Blackberry Bliss ink, stamp the flowers over the top of the Grey Granite smudge and fill in the flowers with the little smudge stamp and various shades of Blackberry Bliss ink that has been stamped off multiple times onto scrap paper

·       Stamp the sentiment in Blackberry Bliss ink in the bottom right hand corner

·       Die cut over the stamped images using the large detail die from the Stitched Label framelets set

·       Adhere the Whisper White card to the Blackberry Bliss layer

All the products I’ve used are available in my online shop.

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Coastal Cabana Love What You Do Card

 

How to make this card –

 

·       Fold half an A4 sheet of Coastal Cabana cardstock in half to create an A6 card base

·       Using Coastal Cabana ink and the flower stamp from the Love What You Do stamp set, stamp several of the flowers onto the card base

·       Emboss the card base using the Scattered Sequins 3D embossing folder

·       Cut the largest Stitched Label from the set of framelets from Whisper White cardstock

·       Stamp your sentiment of choice onto the Stitched label and then add some subtle detail with one of the smaller flower stamps using Coastal Cabana ink that you have stamped off onto a piece of scrap paper.

 

All the products I’ve used are available in my online shop.

 

 

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Red White and Blue Sail Boats from Lilypad Lake

How to make this card –

·       Fold half an A4 sheet of thick Whisper White cardstock in half to create an A6 card base

·       From Whisper White cardstock, die cut the largest circle from the Stitched Shape Framelets

·       Using the wavy stamp from the Lilypad Lake stamp set, and Blueberry Bushel ink, add waves to the bottom third of the die cut circle. I stamped off at least once so that I had a lighter shade.

·       On a scrap of Whisper White cardstock, stamp the sail boats from the Lilypad Lake stamp set in Real Red and Blueberry Bushel, then cut them out using the coordinating die from the Lakeside Framelets

·       Add the sentiment directly onto the base and stamp it multiple times in Blueberry Bushel ink. This creates a place to hold your die cut circle which you adhere to the base with dimensionals

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2018 Annual Catalogue Paper Shares

If you have been a Stampin' Up customer for a while, you may already be used to the idea of paper shares. But for those of you that are not, please read on.

 

 

 

Some customers find that an entire pack of Designer Series Paper may be more than they really need so I’d like to offer you the opportunity to take part in Paper Shares this year. This will allow you to get yourselves some gorgeous papers, and coordinating items, for a smaller cost.

 

I would like to offer the following in each pack (Please open the paper share form to see full details about what is included in each pack) –

 

·       Partial pack of your chosen Designer Series Paper (at least 1 sheet of each design), presented as full sheets (12x12” or 6x6”)

·       A total of 6 sheets of A4 cardstock in 3 coordinating colours

·       At least 2m of coordinating ribbon

 

In order to see the papers in detail, please click on the link below to see a YouTube video showing them -

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnKdEyroqgE&feature=youtu.be

 

Please click this link to view the paper share order form -

 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GkD4Eua-BIMLx2evccvj9w78fTSF9Tzt

 

 

Decide which shares you would like to purchase and e mail me at –

 

karen_spreckley@hotmail.com

 

 

 

Sail Boats from Lily Pad Lake

How to make this card –

 

·       Fold half an A4 sheet of Sahara Sand cardstock in half to create an A6 card base

·       Cut a layer from Pineapple Punch cardstock that measures 9.5x13.9cm and adhere to the card base

·       Cut a layer of Whisper White cardstock to 9x13.4cm to do the stamping on

·       Using the wavy stamp from the Lilypad Lake set, and starting at the bottom of the white panel, stamp in Sahara Sand, Balmy Blue and Pineapple Punch inks, moving up the panel as you go. Stamping off to mute the shade where required and stamping off multiple times to create variation in the tone

·       On a scrap of Whisper White cardstock, stamp the boats twice in Memento black ink and colour in. I used the Stampin’ Write markers in Sahara Sand, Balmy Blue and Pineapple Punch

·       Die cut out the boats with the coordinating die from the Lakeside Framelets and adhere to the background stamping with dimensionals

·       Adhere this panel to the Pineapple Punch

·       To create the sentiment, cut the larger banner from the Lakeside Framelets die set from a scrap of Balmy Blue Cardstock, then the smaller banner from Whisper White Card Stock

·       Stamp your chosen sentiment in Balmy Blue ink on the white banner, then adhere together and trim to fit your project. I chose the Best Wishes from the Cake Soiree stamp set

 

 

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Calypso Coral Lilypad Bundle Card

·       Cut an A4 sheet of thick whisper white cardstock in half and then fold in half to create an A6 card base

·       Using the wavy line stamp from the Lilypad Lake stamp set and calypso coral ink, stamp a line across the card base about a third from the top

·       On a scrap of whisper white cardstock, stamp the Lily pad image, colour in with your choice of products (I used Stampin’ Blends in old olive and calypso coral)

·       Die cut the largest square from the stitched shape framelet dies and stamp the ‘thinking of you’ from one of the Lilypad Lake stamps in black memento ink

·       Cut a mat of calypso coral cardstock that is a cm longer and wider than the stitched square

·       Adhere the lily pad to the bottom right of the stitched square

·       Adhere the stitched square to the calypso coral square then mount that to the card base using dimensionals.

All the products I’ve used are available in my online shop.

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High Tide A5 Eclipse Card

 

(Credit to France Martin for this design)

How to -

·       Fold an A4 sheet of thick whisper white cardstock in half to create an A6 card base.

·       On an 8.5 x 12.9cm piece of whisper white cardstock, stamp out a scene using the images from the High Tide stamp set in my new favorite neutral – grey granite

·       I stamped a ‘Happy Birthday’ sentiment from the Perennial Birthday stamp set in the top right hand corner in black memento ink

·       I then placed the letter dies that I wanted to cut out face down on this stamped piece and ran it through my Big Shot.

·       I removed the letters then adhered the die cut scene to a piece of grey granite cardstock measuring 9.5 x 13.9cm

·       I laid the letters into the spaces next so that I could get perfect placement of the inside of the A and D’s which I adhered flat to the grey granite

·       I then removed the letters and used 2 layers of mini dimensionals on the back of the letters to adhere them to the spaces in the stamped panel

·       This panel was then adhered to the white card base.

 

All the products I’ve used are available in my online shop.

 

Waterfront A5 Card

How to -

·       Fold an A4 sheet of thick whisper white cardstock in half to create an A6 card base.

·       On a 8.5 x 12.9cm piece of whisper white, build up your scene using the stamps from Waterfront. I used black memento ink for the hills, balmy blue ink for the water, shaded spruce ink for the trees and smokey slate ink for the clouds

·       I mounted this on a 9 x13.4 cm piece of basic black cardstock and then again on to a 9.5 x 13.9cm piece of shaded spruce cardstock

·       I stamped more hills and water onto the thick whisper white card base and then added my scene with dimensionals.

·       I stamped a ‘Happy Birthday’ sentiment from the Balloon Celebration stamp set in the bottom right hand corner using black memento ink.

 

All the products I’ve used are available in my online shop.

Soft Sea Foam Lilypad Lake Bundle Card

Hello there.

 

It's a very exciting day today in my crafty world because the brand new Annual Catalogue from Stampin' Up! goes live!

 

 

I'm going to be sharing as much as I can with you here on my blog and on my Facebook page in the coming days, weeks and months.

 

 

If you don't already have a demonstrator and would like a complimentary copy of the new catalogue, click on the request a catalogue tab at the top of the page, and I'd love to send one out to you.

 

 

If you're after a retired Stampin' Up! bargain, I've listed about 70 items on my Facebook page this morning so be sure to head on over to my Facebook Page (Click the big 'F' button over on the right there......) and grab yourselves a bargain.

 

 

 

How to make this card -

·       Fold half an A4 sheet of soft sea foam cardstock in half to create an A6 card base.

·       On a scrap of whisper white, stamp the stork and the lily pad images in memento black ink.

·       Colour in as desired (I chose Stampin Blends Markers in smokey slate, calypso coral and old olive.

·       Die cut those out using the coordinating dies from the bundle

·       Die cut the largest square from the stitched shape framelet dies in so saffron cardstock

·       Die cut the wavy lines from soft sea foam cardstock and adhere some to the lower portion of the die cut square

·       Stamp some of the wavy lines in soft sea foam ink on the card base

·       Stamp ‘Be Calm’ from one of the sentiments in memento black ink in the top right hand corner of the so saffron square

·       Adhere the square to the card base over the stamped wavy lines

·       Adhere the stork and the lily pad to the so saffron square with some dimensionals and mini dimensionals

 

All the products I’ve used are available in my online shop.

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