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Saturday, 2 July 2016

Goodby to a Special Friend with Hopeful Thoughts Using Stampin' Up! Products UK

Saying goodbye when you lose a special friend or family member (they are the same to me as friends are my chosen family) is always difficult.

How do you find the right words to say, when you are feeling that loss too.

What do I do, I make a card that captures the essence of the person I am saying goodbye to.

Those of you that follow my blog, will also have seen the card I made for my friend who was losing his 'second mother', and He happens to be a gardener.

He spent many hours at my friends, and the garden was a passion they both enjoyed.

So I decided to use the HOPEFUL THOUGHTS STAMP SET

Since my fiend loved the colours that come with the changing seasons, I tried to embody that feeling in this card

I used second generation stamping technique (this is the amount of times you stamp the image before re-inking the stamp). I also inverted the stamp image for the bottom section of the card

The final touch, was some d Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper. Anne loved some subtle bling

Don't forget that you can Pin your own versions of this card on my Pinterest Board.

Just start following the board, and so long as I can see you have an interest in papercraft, I will send you an invitation to start posting your own card & papercraft creations

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STAMP SET

HOPEFUL THOUGHTS

CARDSTOCK

BLUSHING BRIDE

MACARON

INK PADS

SOFT SUEDE

SPECIALTY PAPER

DAZZLING DIAMONDS GLIMMER PAPER

TOOLS

STAMPIN TRIMMER

BONE FOLDER

ADHESIVESS

TOMBOW MULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUE

FINE TIP GLUE PEN

Feel free to CASE any of my creative projects (Copy & Paste Everything)

Tutorial

Trim an A4 piece of Blushing Bride cardstock in half at 10.5 cms;score at 14.9 cms; fold & burnish
Randomly stamp the panel using Soft Suede Ink Pad & second generation stamping technique, and invert the stamp for the bottom edge of the card to create the effect of fallen leaves beneath the tree
Trim a piece of Mint Macaron Cardstock to 7,5 cms and stamp the tree and sentiment(s) using Soft Suede Ink Pad; mount onto the centre section of the card Base
Trim two pieces of Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper to 10.5 x 1 cms and attatch one at the top and bottom of the Mint Macaron Cardstock using a little Tombow or Fine Tip glue Pen

How to Contact or Follow Me

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Card & Papercraft Tutorials

Please feel free to comment below, and ask away with any questions. You can also find me via the links below

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Monday, 6 June 2016

Fussy Cut Pop of Paradise Tropical Card with added Glimmer Stampin Up! UK

Today I have a fun Tropical themed Card for you, and I have included a video tutorial for you below.

And if you don't already feel confident Fussy Cutting cutting out elements by hand). you will be by the end of this project.

The key with fussy cutting is rotating the cardstock/paper and keeping the scissors still. In the video it can appear that I am not following my own advice, but if you watch closely, I am rotating my wrist whilst keeping the scissors stationary.

The best way too practice is to stamp a mixture of simple and complex images onto some scrap cardstock and practice, practice, practice, and all of a sudden you will have it.

I did try stamping most of the elements straight onto the cardstock, but it just wasn't doing it for me, as I wanted that lush sense of the rain forest. I have used 3 different shades of green to create the background .

The Pineapple Layer was created using a Marker to Stamp Technique using a combination of Delightful Dijon & Mint Macaron Stampin Write Markers to keep the project co-ordinated. And the stamped border panel was then mat onto Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper to add that sparkle I associate with the Carnival Feel of this card.

Feel free to CASE any of my creative projects (Copy & Paste Everything)

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

Watch the Video Below

Tutorial

Trim a piece of Emerald Envy Cardstock to 30 x 10.5; score at 14.8 cms; fold & Burnish (Card Base)
Trim a piece of Flirty Flamingo Cardstock to 14.4 x 10.1 cms & mat onto the card base
Trim a piece of Peekaboo Peach Cardstock to 14 x 9.7 cms & mat onto the card base
Trim a piece of Whisper White Cardstock to 13.6 x 9.3 cms
Stamp the background creating an ambre Effect with the Lilly Pad stamp & starting at the bottom of the card with 4th generation stamping (the amount of times you stamp the image before re-inking your stamp) Start with 2 rows of Emerald Envy, above that is 2 rows of Cucumber Crush, and finally, at the top of the panel is 2 rows of Mint Macaron.
Onto a piece of Whisper White Cardstock, stamp the following artwork: Flamingo (using Flirty Flamingo Ink) two leaves (one in Cucumber Crush ink & the other in Emerald Envy); Thank You Banner (using Archival black ink pad); & a Pineapple (Mint Macaron for the leaves & Delightful Dijon for the fruit). Fussy Cut all of these elements using Paper Snips
Trim a piece of Whisper White Cardstock to 2 x 14 cms & stamp with w pineapple using the Marker to Stamp technique as before; & mat onto a piece of Bushing Bride Glimmer Paper measuring 13.3 x 2.5 cms Adhere to the card front using Fast Fuse Adhesive
Add Stampin Dimensionals to the back of each element. You may need to cut down some of the Dimensionals so they cannot be seen from the front; decide on the arrangement of your art pieces and adhere to the card front; add a few Basic Rhinestones and you are all done.

How to Contact or Follow Me

Kim Tolton, Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator.

Card & Papercraft Tutorials

Please feel free to comment below, and ask away with any questions. You can also find me via the links below

Blog:

http://www.stampingatthewarren.blogspot.co.uk

Online Store:

http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stampingatthewarren

Stamping @ The Warren Craft Forum:

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Sunday, 5 June 2016

Flurry of Wishes Christmas Card in Shades of Pink Stampin Up UK

Yes, I know, It is June and I am showcasing a Christmas Card

But as I was browsing the New Stampin Up! Catalogue AGAIN!! My eye just kept coming back to this shades of Pink Card, and I thought, "what the Heck" Just share the card and be done with it

Besides, I know many of my followers and customers have either started making their Christmas Cards for this year, or have already completed them all. So I truly an not as insane as you no doubt think.

I have , of course, changed up the original design that I CASED (copy & share everything) from the catalogue.

I have used a combination of Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum and Blushing Bride Ink Pads.

The Splatter was created by flicking the Brush Tip of the Blushing Bride Stampin Write Marker. I have mat the panel onto White and popped up one of the Snowflakes using the Snowflake Punch.

I added a strip of the Blushing Bride Designer Series Paper from the Subtles 12" x 12" stack.

Feel free to CASE any of my creative projects (Copy & Paste Everything)

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

Tutorial

Trim a piece of Thicker Whisper White Cardstock to 21 c 14.8 cms; score at 10.5 cms; fold & Burnish
Trim a piece f regular Whisper white Cardstock to 14.4 x 10.1 cms
Use a combination of the snowflake stamps using Flirty Flamingo and Sweet Sugarplum Ink Pads; then either use a Stampin Spritzer with water and several drops of Blushing Bride Ink Refil OR Flick the brush tip of the Blushing Bride Stampin Write Marker to create a splatter to the background,
Mat onto the card base using Fast Fuse or Tombow Adhesive
Trim a piece of Blushing Bride Designer Series Paper from the Subtles Stack, to 10.1 x 3 cms & Adhere across the lower section of the card
Stamp the sentiment onto a piece of Whisper White Cardstock using Sweet Sugarplum Ink Pad, trim to size and make Banner Ends using Paper Snips, mat onto the card using Stampin Dimensionals.
Using Flirty Flamingo Ink Pad, Stamp another snowflake and punch it out using the Snow Flurry Punch, adhere to the sentiment label using a Stampin Dimensional and add some Basic Rhinestones.