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Friday 31 July 2015

Weekly Deals & my poor little Hamish

Yes I know I know
I missed a blog post!
We got called to collect out dog, Hamish, before he had completed this weeks Radiotherapy Treatment for his cancer, as he has developed a serious corneal abrasion, with a serious concern that the eye could perforate (see I needed to leave it late in the day, otherwise you would have brought you lunch up!!) 

We have had to get him to our local vets to assess, and his radiotherapy has been put on hold for a week or more, as we wait for the eye to heal. So I am back doing treatments 8 times a day with the different medication and eye drops. But I do not resent a moment of it, as he is my baby and we love him very much!

Anyhow, all of that aside, 

I wanted to share with you all this weeks amazing Deals from Stampin Up this week.
Check out the amazing products below
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So now you have something to do in those hours when you cannot sleep and just MUST go internet shopping!!

Choose Happiness Wood-Mount Stamp Set by Stampin' Up!Cherry Cobbler Thick Baker’s Twine by Stampin' Up! Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper by Stampin' Up!

Metallics Sequin Assortment  by Stampin' Up! Neutrals Envelope Paper by Stampin' Up!  Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper Stack  by Stampin' Up!

Pumpkin Pie 1/4 Cotton Ribbon by Stampin' Up!Very Vanilla 5/8 Satin Ribbon by Stampin' Up!  Wisteria Wonder 1/2 Seam Binding Ribbon by Stampin' Up!

Work of Art Wood-Mount Stamp Set by Stampin' Up!
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Wednesday 29 July 2015

3D Pretty Petals & Many More Handmade Card

The card I am sharing with you all today, is a complete contrast to my usual style of Card Making.
However, I always enjoy trying something new
The main feature of this card, is the double sided Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper
I used the colour scheme from the papers, for the cardstock
So I used:

Calypso Coral,
Old Olive
& Very Vanilla
With a little stamped sentiment in Black Memento Ink
Once you have made the template to accurately score your circles, it is really simple to construct. 
It is worth taking the time to make your template for best results


I have used the new 1 1/2" Circle for this card, but just change the size of the circles using smaller or larger circle punches, or circle Framelits Dies, to suit the size & proportion of your project.
This would be great to do as a shadow box too!

This is how to make the Template

Punch or Die Cut 7 Circles of the same size from Designer Series Papers (DSP)
I used the Pretty Petals 6" x 6" DSP Stack.
Take one of the circles and fold it into half, and then into quarters
Open the folded circle back out, and using a steel rule and a sharp pencil, draw your square 
(where the lines meet)
Carefully cut out your square and adhere the square onto a piece of  chipboard
(I used the thicker cardstock that comes with the 12" x 12" papers
Once your square has bonded onto the chipboard, cut out the square using sharp Craft Scissors, or a scalpel and steel rule.
This is your Template


Next, you are going to carefully place your square template on top of the next DSP circle, and using a the thinner end of your scoring Stylus and a stampin Pierce mat (works for scoring too), 
gently score around the square.
Do not press too hard or you will tear the DSP
Repeat this with all 6 of your circles
Next, fold along each score line, and then make the fold nice and crisp by running your bone folder along the fold. Repeat with each score line on all 6 circles
This will leave you with sections that reveal the reverse side of the DSP as well as the side you have chosen for the front.
Next trim a rectangle of Old Olive cardstock, so it will be 4mm wider than the width of two of the folded circles, and also 4mm longer than with the length of the folded circles
Make sure that the semi circles all meet where they should, and then carefully adhere each circle the the Old Olive Mat (layer). I found Fast Fuse Adhesive best for this.
Mat this onto a A Calypso Coral Card Base using Stampin Dimensionals
Stamp your sentiment from the And Many More ... Stamp Set using a black Memento Ink Pad onto a scrap of Very Vanilla Cardstock Trim, to 1.5 cms wide, and punch banner ends using the little Banner Punch (by inserting the cardstock through the top of the punch, and guiding the cardstock between the cutting blades., punch, and repeat with the opposite end.
Attach to the bottom of your card base using a couple of Stampin Dimensionals.

Try this technique with other punches, and you will discover ways of making bespoke labels!

To finish this card off, I simply added pearls where each of the 'petals' meet

I would love to see your version of these cards, and the easiest way is to join my Community Pinterest Board (see the bottom of this blog post for more information)

Here are the products I have used in todays card

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Have fun, and remember to share your photo's
Happy Stamping and Paper Crafting
Kim xxx


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Tuesday 28 July 2015

Friendly Wishes Meets Pretty Petals DSP StackTriangle Fold Card

The card I am sharing with you today, I made a couple of weeks ago, I had photographed it, intending to share the card with you before now, but it got lost in my list of Draft Blog Posts haha
Last night whilst noseying around my blogger accent, I found it, and here it is,
These cards look complicated, but are in fact very simply. The key is accurate cutting and scoring
The rest is just a matter of trimming your designer series paper to size and adhering it to the card base.
The joy of these cards is that the card has a different appearance depending on which side you want at your card front. 
In this card, I chose the middle square as my card front, and the triangle fold is decorated behind it.
I wen with this because most cards when standing on a shelf, are showing one side as well as the front (since most cards are displayed at an angle)

To give the card more structure, I chose the new A4 Thicker Whisper White Cardstock to create the card base, as it has more stability.
But the card itself features Very Vanilla cardstock to mimic the base colours in the Pretty Petals DSP stack that I have used to decorate the card.

I found the best results are used when trimming the cardstock for the precise cutting, and either the Metric Scoring Blade (with the Scoring Tool & Stylus) OR you Stampin Trimmer (scoring blade) for the scoring.


Here are the products I have used in making today's card
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Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

And here is how to Create the card.

Trim your cardstock to 10 cms x 30 cms
Score the long side at 10 cms & 20 cms

This is the trickiest bit
Have the first square facing you and score from the bottom right hand corner, to the top left hand corner
Rotate the cardstock by 180 degrees & again, score from the bottom right hand corner to the top left hand corner of that square

You should be left with 3 squares with the right and left hand squares having a diagonal score line across them

Take your bone folder and fold each score line creating a crisp edge with your bone folder.
Play with the way you fold up your card so you decide which is the front of the card.

Next, trim your pieces of Designer Series Paper to size and adhere to your card base using Fast Fuse Adhesive. I used the Pretty Petals 6" square DSP Stack and used different papers for each of the sides.

Next, I adhered a Tea Lace Doily to the "Front" of my card.
Then I stamped my Friendly Wishes Sentiment onto a scrap of Very Vanilla Cardstock using Early Espresso Classic Ink Pad.
Now comes a little colouring.
Using the 2015-2016 Stampin Write Markers, I took the Mint Macaron Marker and Shadowed the Stamped lines using the marker to create a little more interest on the front of the card.
The sentiment was then Die Cut using the best sized Lots of Labels Framelit. 
I attached Stampin Dimensionals to the back of the sentiment, and mounted it onto the Tea Lace Doily
And that my friends is my card for today.
I hope you like it, and have a go for yourselves.
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Monday 27 July 2015

Garden In Bloom in Night of Navy and Crumb Cake

The card I am sharing with you today, is an unusual one for me as I rarely using Designer Series Papers in my Card Making since I usually reserve DSP for decorating boxes, favours and treat bags.
But I fell in love with the colours in the Designer Series Paper, of Crumb Cake and Night of Navy, and so I decided to use the DSP along side my card design, .... et voila!!
I hope you agree?

Here are the products I have used today
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Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

And here is how I made today's card:
Begin by making your 6" square Card Base using the Thicker A4 Whisper White Cardstock
Next, trim another piece of Whisper White Cardstock to 12cms square
Randomly stamp this piece of cardstock with the larger flower using Night of Navy Classic Ink Pad.
Next, randomly stamp the butterfly in the stamp set using Crumb Cake Classic Ink Pad.

Wrap around a piece of Night of Navy Seam Binding Ribbon, and tie a bow.
Adhere a 3cm strip of English Garden Designer Series Paper (DSP) to the left hand side of the stamped panel, using some Fast Fuse Adhesive.
Now take the least defined large flower stamp and stamp it onto a strap of Whisper White Cardstock using Crumb Cake Classic Ink Pad.
Overstamp this with the co-ordinating outline flower stamp using Night of Navy Classic Ink Pad.
Cut the flower out by hand using your Paper Snips.
Apply a Stampin Dimensional to the back of the flower and attach to the stamped panel.
Mat (layer) this stamped panel onto a slightly larger Night of Navy Cardstock Panel.
Mount this panel onto the card base using Fast Fuse Adhesive.

Now for the sentiment.
Stamp your sentiment onto a piece of Whisper White Cardstock, using Night of Navy Classic Ink Pad.
Punch 2 more Decorative Label s out using Night of Navy Cardstock.
Cut one of the Night of Navy labels in half on the horizontal, and the other in the vertical.
Apply plenty of Fast Fuse Adhesive to the back of the stamped label
Attach the corresponding Night of Navy cardstock pieces  behind the stamped label to give the impression of  a layered label. 
Add some Stampin Dimensionals to the back of the label and attach to your card front.
And there you have it.
Now it is over to you .... your turn to make this card
Happy Stamping
Kim xxx