Once again I am thrilled to be taking part in the Ink . Stamp . Share blog hop, we are a group of Stampin’ Up!®️Demonstrators from around the globe here to bring you inspiration through creativity!
You will have either arrived from Jacque’s post or starting here ~ either way WELCOME . This month’s theme is CHRISTMAS and I have chosen to share a 3D treat/Gift Card Holder featuring the Wrapped in Plaid Suite
I love to do fancy folds so when one of my lovely customers asked if we could do a ‘box’ card at a future class it gave me a chance to reach back into my archives and find one I had done some 6 – 7 years ago.
I have bought it up to date with the beautiful Come Together Suite of products, choosing the Pretty Peacock and Pear Pizzazz colors from this suite.
Happy Halloween! hard to believe we are at that time of year again – later today we will have the ‘littlies’ come knocking at the door to collect their candy (sweeties) We just love to see them in their costumes. It is due to be a cold evening so we shall be wrapped up ourselves waiting for them to come by.
So here is my final Halloween card for 2019 using the Storybook fun fold paired with some of the Monster Bash Suite of products from the 2019 Holiday catalog and a video to show how everything goes together.
I wanted to try a fancy fold called the 4 panel card – I checked out ideas on the internet and came across some lovely samples but they were all started with a 12 x 12 piece of card. I have some colors in this size card stock but I have a much better choice of colors in the regular letter size of 11 x 8 1/2. So I had a footle around with some copy paper and came up with a design using this size card.
I chose to use a couple of stamp sets on this card – Magnolia Blooms and Artisan Textures. As you will see in the video I also a took some ‘greeting’ stamps the Itty Bitty Birthday Stamp Set.
My favorite card to make is a Thank You one. I have shared on more than one occasion how important I think saying thank you is and having a handmade card to do that is even better!
Today I have paired up the pretty Butterfly Gala Stamp Set with Mango Melody, a very bright and happy color and kept it very simple with a couple of punched butterflies and Gold Metallic Pearls
Today’s card comes with a video sharing a technique using Blender Pens and Watercolor Pencils. I made the card for a friend of mine who celebrated a birthday in August.
A perk of being a demonstrator is being about to get my hands on goodies about a month before the 2019 Holiday Catalog goes live and I had just received a delivery from Stampin’ UP! with my pre-order . One of the new Halloween Designer Series Papers – Monster Bash – has a strong Halloween theme BUT if you flip the paper over it has more general theme – perfect for a bunch of other occasions – so that was the starting point for this card, which you might not have thought would have gone with the Free as a Bird Stamp Set.
I love fancy folds and have shared many on my blog – some of them with video tutorials – today I have a really super fold and have designed it for the fellas in our lives!
By making it a guy card I was able to use one of my favorite suites from the 2019 – 2020 Stampin’ UP! annual catalog – Come Sail Away – stamp set, dies, designer series paper and embellishments that all compliment one another beautifully making my designing so much easier!
It is no secret I just love punches – when an new catalog comes out it is the second thing I look for after ribbons!
However sometimes there is not a punch that will fit the greeting or the shape I want to use and I am not a great fan of fussy cutting – although I will do that from time to time!
Time for another technique today ~ Stamping techniques are simply ways to use your stamping supplies with a different approach to create a fun effect.
Stampin’ off gives you lighter shades of your ink color, giving you lots more flexibility to create texture on your cards/scrapbook pages. I have used the Seaside Notions Stamp Set to make today’s card which was for my eldest step-sons birthday last week
What better way to say happy birthday, congratulations, or thank you than with a beautiful magnolia flower? The images and sentiments in this versatile Magnolia Blooms Stamp Set come together in an elegant way to express your heartfelt wishes.
I have used this beautiful set to demonstrate heat embossing, how to use your Shimmer Paint AND how to use the Copper Dotted Treat bags as a decoration on your cards.
