When I was creating an earlier card I diecut a square from a piece of white card with the Stylish Shapes Dies. There was still some white on the scrap piece that I could do something with later. You save bits like that right??
When I made one of the Sunflower cards recently I grabbed it to stamp my sentiment on.
BUT I thought hang on a minute – that would make a great frame! So I sponged some more Sunflowers with the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks, cut them out and added them to the frame. How good was it that I actually centred the words on it though too.
Here is the card.
Here it is side on to get a closer look.
The Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks has layers that you can build up your flower adding ink or texture paste or even heat embossing. It creates such a great effect.
The paper is from the Les Shoppes Designer Series Paper. The sentiment is from the Go To Greetings stamp set.
Do you have “happy accidents”?
Happy Crafting,
Jenny
If you are in Australia and need some crafting supplies I would love to serve you.
You can shop online in my store -> HERE. Please use the Host Code: 9U6Y3AFW
It’s Sunday Suites time. Today let’s check out the Garden Walk Suite a little more.
The Garden Walk Suite has stamps and paper to make floral paper crafts with a modern spin. Although I think it’s a little more rustic/vintage.
The images in this suite represent flowers from all seasons, so you can create your own season-specific floral cards or projects. So it’s great for Birthdays and Christmas and Just Because cards.
Let’s have a look closer at all that is included.
The Garden Walk Suite includes:
The Modern Garden Bundle (Stamp Set and the Modern Oval Punch)
Garden Walk 6″x6″ (15.2cm x 15.2cm) Designer Series Paper
Calypso Coral Braided Linen Trim 9.1m
Blooming Pearls – 120 adhesives pieces in Garden Green, Gold, Petal Pink and Pretty Peacock.
The Modern Garden Bundle can be ordered as a Bundle or individually. But you can save 10% by buying it as a bundle. The stamps can be used for all occasions and make up different flower combinations. The Modern Oval Punch can be used for many different elements not just for sentiments on your projects. The Punch is 6×4.1cm, 2-3/8″ x 1-5/8″
The Garden Walk Designer Series Paper comes in 48 sheets – 6 each of 8 designs.
It contains flower patterns ranging in size from small to large. Use it as a background or try fussy cutting some of the larger flowers to use as accent pieces. Even stamp directly on the paper prints with some of the flower images. The colours in the paper are – Calypso Coral, Garden Green, Mossy Meadow, Poppy Parade, Pretty Peacock, Wild Wheat.
You want to see how it’s used though don’t you. These samples were created by Stampin’ Up! artists.
Use the punch as an element on your cards.
Use strips of the pretty Paper.
A gift bag box but check the tag?? It’s a little shaker tag with the Loose Daisy Embellishments inside.
Fussy cut some of the flowers from the paper out. But check the background too. White card was embossed with the leaves Embossing Folder and then circles diecut with the Deckled Circles Dies. Pretty cool effect!
Stamp directly on the paper.
You can see more of the Garden Walk Suite online -> HERE.
If you are in Australia and need supplies for your next project you can stop on by my store at that link there. Please use the Host Code: 9U6Y3AFW
Can you believe it? This was my first time at using masks of any time. And I do love how you create the layering Sunflowers from the Abundant Beauty Masks.
The colours I used was Daffodil Delight first on the flowers and then a little Pumpkin Pie in the middle of the flowers. I used Pecan Pie for the centre and then Pecan Pie for the detailed area in the centre. The leaves were with Garden Green.
I was inspired by Patty Bennett to emboss the card with an embossing folder after sponging. This one uses the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder.
The paper strip behind the stamped image is from the Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper. The sentiment is from the Go To Greetings.
This is one of the cards we were making in class today.
I have had lots of play with these masks so I will show you more soon.
If you are in Australia and need some supplies I would love to serve you.
You can shop directly in my store -> HERE. Please use the Host Code: 9U6Y3AFW
I have been playing with the ‘A Walk in the Forest’ Paper.
It has some great images. Some you can cut with the tree die in the Merriest Trees Dies Set. That’s always clever.
For this card I diecut some trees and fussy cut the bear. How would you be meeting a big brown bear walking in the forest? We don’t have that problem in Australia. Maybe we would come across a snake or bush turkey or kangaroo. But never a bear. This bear does look happy though if you did come across it.
It is hard to see but I have embossed the white card mat with the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder. The star is diecut with a star in the Merriest Trees Dies.
Something else I do love about this paper. It is the Product Giveback in the Mini Catalogue. For every pack of this paper sold Stampin’ Up! will donate $4.25 to Anglicare Toy’s N Tucker Christmas program. The Toys N Tucker program provides hampers and Toys to disadvantaged families at Christmas. This is a fantastic cause and close to my heart so I would love it if you supported it.
NOTE: Each country has a different organisation that Stampin’ Up! will donate to so check your local market.
This is the A Walk in the Forest Paper.
You can see more about the paper in my store -> HERE.
Now We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. (Do you know that song??…)
Happy Crafting,
Jenny
If you are in Australia and need some supplies I would love to serve you.
You can order in my store -> HERE. Please use the Host Code: 9U6Y3AFW
Wednesday’s WOW! #153 – Get a Tone on Tone effect with Versamark Ink Pad.
The Versamark Ink Pad is what you need to use when Heat Embossing. You ink the images with Versamark before adding your powder to heat up.
BUT Versamark is great to give a Tone on Tone effect. It’s really effective but also good if you don’t have the matching ink pad. You can use Versamark to stamp the images on the card and it gives a slightly darker tone. It does look cool!
Have you tried this?
What other ways have you used Versamark? Drop me a comment to let me know.
Hope you pull out your card and ink and start creating soon.
Happy Crafting,
Jenny
If you need some supplies and you are in Australia I would love to serve you. You can contact me directly
OR head to my store -> HERE. If ordering Online Please use the Host Code: PGECWEG9.
This was one of the cards we made at last week’s Christmas Crafternoon event. It needed it to be kept fairly simple with so many people attending and many new to stamping too.
It uses the Joy To You Stamp Set and the Cottage Wreaths set. Along with the Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper.
To streamline the process I diecut the white piece using the Nested Essentials Dies and diecut the red bow from the Country Wreaths Dies.
Everyone enjoyed the creating even those who had never done it before. So that is always exciting to see.
We are doing the Christmas Crafternoon again on October 15th so if you are local drop me a message and I can send you the details.
It’s not the right season for us right now in the South Pacific. Here we are in Spring. And we don’t make cards for Autumn when it is here anyway. But I noticed there were some hidden gems in the All About Autumn Suite that we can certainly use so it was worth checking it out.
Such as –
The Stamped leaves or diecuts can create great Masculine projects or even for Sympathy cards as well.
The papers have photographic prints on one side with texture prints on the other side great for Masculine cards too.
And the embellishments and the Embossing Folder are certainly great for any occasion cards.
They all can be suitable for our Papercrafting here in the South Pacific.
Let’s check out the whole Suite.
The All About Autumn Suite includes:
Autumn Leaves Bundle with the Stamp Set and Dies
All About Autumn 6″x6″ (15.2cm x 15.2cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
Oxidized Copper 12″x12″ (30.5cm x 30.5cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
Check out the background effect in the card further below. It adds such a cool addition to your projects with the “dotted” background.
The All About Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper
It consists of 48 sheets of patterned paper: 4 each of 12 double-sided designs 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm). The prints are really great just to use on there own. The reverse side provides the look of texture to your projects.
The colours include: Cajun Craze, Copper Clay, copper foil, Early Espresso, Moody Mauve, Mossy Meadow, Pretty Peacock, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla.
The Oxidised Copper Specialty Paper.
This pack consists of 4 sheets of Specialty Paper. 2 each of 2 designs in 12″x12″ (30.5cm x 30.5cm).
One page features distressed copper imaging while the other is inspired by oxidized copper. The colours used in this paper are Copper and Pretty Peacock.
Use the paper to create textured coppery leaves or use them as a backing for a thoughtful sentiment. You can use this paper not only for Autumn projects but for any other cards to add that extra lushness.
We can’t go past the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder. Add that extra texture to any project to give a distressed vintage or chic look.
Now for some cards.
See the embossing on the front of these leaves with the Embossing Folder.
Some of the beautiful paper is used as a card base.
This card shows the “dotty” background.
Pumpkins and Autumn leaves on this card but this really shows the paper. There is the added leaves with the Oxidised Paper too.
A little texture from the paper and the shine from the Oxidized paper.
Another card shows off the texture from the Embossing Folder and the shine from the Oxidized Paper. Also another crisp photo image from the paper.
So there is much to admire in this suite and even useful for those Papercrafters in the South Pacific.
You can see them all in more detail in my store -> HERE. You can shop there. (Please use the Host Code: PGECWEG9)
When I made this card I was in a little dilemma. Do I add a bow or not?? So your thoughts??
I added the Red and Gold Ribbon and stuck it all down and then when I finished I couldn’t get a bow to work right. It either covered up the words or the leaves and I had already added the leaves.
The words from the Joy To You stamp set were inked in Real Red and then the bottom half inked in Cherry Cobbler to give a variation in the colours.
The Joy of Christmas Paper is very traditional Christmas with the Reds and Greens. I do like it and have already used it so much.
These are both new in the September – December Mini Catalogue.
If you need any of these supplies or others and you are in Australia I would love to serve you.
You can head to my store -> HERE. Please use the Host Code: PGECWEG9 Or contact me directly and I can assist you.
With that comes lots of new additions. I have to highlight the papers though as they are a HUGE reduction.
The great thing with many of these papers is you can use a piece straight to your cards. OR cut out some of the images and add them.
This makes your cards come together so quickly. Hardly any thinking behind it. And when we are in a hurry that’s so great. Need a card for that party this weekend. Snip and stick. 🙂
Here are some of the papers.
The Country Floral DSP 12″x12″
The Country Gingham DSP 6″x6″
Enjoy the Ride DSP 12″x12″Great for the men’s cards.
Rain or Shine DSP 12″x12″
Enjoy the Journey DSP 12″x12″
Also added is the Dragonfly Trinkets down to $5.60 for 20 Dragonfly embellishmentsand more.
A Stamping Journey 