Brightly Gleaming on Stylish Scroll - A Christmas card - Sneak Peek of 2019 Holiday Catalogue

A Christmas card featuring products from the gorgeous Brightly Gleaming Suite  and the Stylish Scroll
Embossing Folder all in the 2019 Stampin' Up Holiday Catalogue

I'm totally obsessed by the Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper that forms part of the Brightly Gleaming Suite of products in the 2019 Holiday Catalogue.  It's GORGEOUS!

The base card is Pretty Peacock to which I added a layer of Copper Foil Sheet embossed in the new Stylish Scroll embossing folder.  The copper picks up the beautiful copper foil patterns in the Brightly Gleaming papers and the Star Designer Elements.

The ornaments are punched from the Brightly Gleaming papers with the Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack.  I also punched the shapes from Night of Navy cardstock and glued them behind the decorative shapes to add shadow and definition.

The greeting is stamped with Pretty Peacock ink and cut out with one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies (which I resized using this method).  I then layered this onto another strip of Very Vanilla card.

Items from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue - effective from 4 September 2019 to 2 January 2020
Stylish Scroll Embossing Folder (Page 53 - 150665)
Star Designer Elements (Page 31 - 150430)
Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper (Page 31 - 150429)
Christmas Gleaming Stamp Set (Page 31 - 150464)
Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack (Page 31 - 150647)

The stamp set and punches can be purchased as the  Christmas Gleaming Bundle (153006) at a discount of 10%.   There is also the option to purchase the entire Brightly Gleaming Suite (153467) which comprises the Christmas Gleaming Bundle, Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder, Brightly Gleaming paper pack, Classic Weave Ribbon, Star Design Elements and Brightly Gleaming Foil Elements.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Available for purchase from my online store

Stitched Rectangle Dies

$61.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

$13.00

Ink it! Stamp it! International Design Team Blog Hop - Sneak Peek - Holiday Catalogue: Basic Pattern Decorative Masks

Welcome to the Ink It! Stamp It! Design Team Blog Hop - we hop every month so be sure to pop back and visit us again!  

Today we are providing sneak peeks from the new Holiday Catalogue!

You are currently at my page - Stephanie Fischer, The Crafty Thinker.  At the end of my post there is a full line up of team members, please click on the name after mine in the list to continue the hop.

I have chosen to use one of the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks (page 35 - 150697).  There are four patterns in the collection and all of them are very versatile so they can be used all year around for any type of card.

An all-purpose card featuring one of the Basic Pattern Masks and Silvery Shimmer ink
that can be found in the 2019 Stampin' Up Holiday Catalogue

Here I've used two of the patterns, in each case sponging over the mask with some of the new Delicata Metallic Ink (Page 16) which is available in gold, silver or copper and refills are also available.  I've used the Silvery Shimmer (150709).

In the first card (above), I've kept it very simple and made an all-purpose card (I'm thinking birthday, get well or sympathy).  

I stamped the image from Beautiful Day with the Silvery Shimmer ink onto Basic Gray cardstock and added some shading with the Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo alcohol markers before hand cutting.

I gave the otherwise monochromatic card a pop of colour with a little piece of Mint Macaron Textile Ribbon.

A Christmas Card made with the Basic Pattern Masks and Peaceful Boughs Bundle
Products featured in the 2019 Stampin' Up Holiday Catalogue

Then I made a Christmas card with another of the masks and the Peaceful Boughs Bundle (page 15 - 153033).

Using the same Silvery Shimmer ink, I sponged through the mask onto Basic Black cardstock.

TIP:  The Delicata Metallic Ink is a pigment ink so it dries quite slowly.  To avoid the chance of smudging, allow plenty of time for it dry or if you're impatient (like me!) you may want to give it a quick burst with your heat tool.

A close up attempting to show the effect of the Ice Stampin' Crystals

After I'd cut them out, I added some of the new Ice Stampin' Crystals to the silver boughs for that extra icy touch of bling.  Using a Fine-Tip Glue Pen makes it easy to add the glue to small pieces of foliage.

The sentiment is one of two included in the Peaceful Boughs stamp set and the frame (which I cut from Real Red cardstock) is one of two frames included in the coordinating Beautiful Boughs Dies.  

Thank you so much for joining us today and we hope you'll join us again next month when we'll be sharing projects inspired by home decor.

I'm Stephanie Fischer and to keep hopping around see the list below to see who is up next with another great project.

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Available for purchase from my online store

Beautiful Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$37.00

Basic Black Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

$15.50

Silver Foil Sheets

$8.75

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Mint Macaron 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Textile Ribbon

$12.25

Real Red A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

$15.25

Pop Of Petals On A Basic Pattern - Sneak Peek 2019 Holiday Catalogue

This card features another of my experimental backgrounds using the new Basic Pattern Decorative Masks - a sneak peek from the 2019 Stampin' Up Holiday Catalogue.  You can see another one here and there'll be more coming up on Friday 23rd August.

A card featuring a background made with the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue
and the Pop Of Petals stamp set with coordinating Four-Petal Flower Punch.

This time, I spritzed through the mask with my very diluted Bermuda Bay ink then I removed the mask, rinsed it, patted it dry and then repositioned it slightly down and to the left of the original sprayed pattern.  I then spritzed with a dilution of Blueberry Bushel ink.

Well, I think I should have allowed the first layer of ink to dry more, because the Blueberry Bushel ink bled a little bit and also pooled under the mask in one area.  The overall effect was not what I had envisaged and my first reaction was to throw it away.  But then the thriftier side of me kicked in and I decided to simply cover up the worst of the splodges!  What would you have done?

My splodgy background, saved by covering up the splodges with flowers!

My Pop of Petals stamp set and coordinating Four Petal Flower Punch is very under-utilised, so I decided to make a little cluster of flowers with them.

Using a template and Stamparatus to quickly stamp punched (or die cut) shapes.

When previously using this set, I had made myself a little template for easy stamping with the Stamparatus, so it was quick and easy to punch out the shapes, quickly align the stamp and then stamp the flowers.

Using a template and Stamparatus to quickly stamp punched (or die cut) shapes

Thank you for visiting.  Remember to pop by on Friday for the Ink It! Stamp It! International Design Team Blog Hop when I'll be sharing more winning ways with the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks.

Products from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue: Available from 4 September 2019 to 2 January 2020
Basic Pattern Decorative Masks (Page 35 - 150697)
Ornate Frames Dies (Page 53 - 150664)

If you live in Australia and would like a copy of the new Holiday Catalogue, please contact me.

'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Available for purchase from my online store

Pop Of Petals Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$38.00

Four-Petal Flower Punch

$31.00

Let It Ride Cling Stamp Set

$42.00

Clear Faceted Gems

$8.75

Nature's Roots Dies

$68.00

Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Flax Ribbon

$12.25

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Blueberry Bushel A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

$6.50

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

$6.50

Stampin' Spritzer

$5.00

Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop - 2019 Holiday Catalogue Sneak Peek - Beautiful Boughs

Welcome to the monthly Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer (The Crafty Thinker) from Australia.

Our theme this month is to provide sneak peeks from the new 2019 Holiday Catalogue.  I've chosen to use some of the stunning Feels Like Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Beautiful Boughs Dies.  There are also some sneaky appearances by the  Ice Stampin' Glitter and one of the Ornate Frames dies.

A Christmas Card providing sneak peeks of the Feels Like Frost paper and Beautiful Boughs Dies

The Feels Like Frost papers represent amazing value for money as well as being totally stunning!  There are 48 double-sided sheets of 6"x 6" paper in the pack.  One side of each has Christmas-y designs with silver foil and the other side has beautiful, ethereal photographic imagery.  Whilst the photographic images are wintry in nature, they would be suitable for various purposes, not just Christmas, which makes the paper very versatile.

A close up of the Ice Stampin' Glitter

The Beautiful Boughs Dies can be purchased in a bundle with the equally gorgeous Peaceful Boughs stamp set at a discount of 10%.  Whilst I have chosen to use the dies with Foil Sheets, when used with green and brown cardstock they provide an equally gorgeous but more natural look.  

Another thing that attracted me to this die set is that it includes a couple of gorgeous labels that perfectly fit the sentiments included in the stamp set.  And ... those sentiments are ones that I can see myself using on most of my Christmas cards this year.  Although, somewhat ironically, I haven't used either on this particular card!

The Ice Stampin' Glitter has a sort of granular texture and gives the effect of snow and ice crystals.  I've adhered it with a Fine-Tip Glue Pen.  TIP:  Avoid my mistake by adding the glitter to the foliage before adhering to the card front.  Mine was an after-thought and the glitter also stuck itself to little bits of glue that transferred to the card front when I adhered everything to it.

The greeting that I've used is from a stamp set called Itty Bitty Christmas that comprises 18 different Christmas greetings.  I cut it out with one of the Ornate Frames Dies.  This die set comprises 11 small frame dies suitable for any type of card.

Thank you for visiting.  I hope you enjoyed this card.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer - please click on the next person on the list below to hop through all of the people so that you see all of the projects.  You don't want to miss any!

Sneak Peeks from the Holiday Catalogue (effective 4 September 2019 to 2 January 2020)

Beautiful Boughs Dies (Page 15- 150661 or 10% saving on the bundle 153033)

Ornate Frames Dies (Page 53 - 150664)

Feels Like Frost SDSP (Page 42 150444)

Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set (Page 16 - 150513)

Ice Stampin' Glitter (Page 41 - 150445)

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - Available for purchase from my online store

Layering Squares Dies

$58.00

Copper Foil Sheets

$8.75

Silver Foil Sheets

$8.75

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

$15.25

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Elfie Against a Basic Pattern - A Christmas Card

I just love these elves - they're cute, fun to colour and versatile when it comes to card design and composition.  This is a sneak peek of a couple of items in the new Holiday Catalogue.

A Christmas card featuring sneak peeks from the 2019 Stampin' Up Holiday Catalogue
#Elfie stampset and Basic Pattern Decorative Masks

I chose to fussy cut these images and place them on my card because this card design was really about the background.

For the background I used one of the new Basic Pattern Decorative Masks.  Having placed it onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, I spritzed it with a solution of Bermuda Bay ink.  I then quickly, but carefully, lifted off the mask and allowed the background to dry.  The mask just rinses clean and I leave it to dry ready for the next use.  I added quite a bit of water this time so the colour came out more like Pool Party.

TIP:  To make the spritzing solution, I simply placed a few drops of Bermuda Bay ink from a refill bottle into a Stampin' Spritzer and filled with water then gave it a shake.  I keep a few of my favourite colours in spritzers - but I make sure to label them!

I coloured the images with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers and I cut out the sentiment with frames from the Frosted Bouquet Die set.

If you live in Australia and would like a copy of the 2019 Holiday Catalogue - please contact me.

Items from the new Holiday Catalogue:
#Elfie (page 22 - 150509)
Basic Pattern Decorative Masks (page 35 - 150697)

Over the next week, I'll be sharing more projects that I've made using the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks - another really versatile craft tool!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Available for purchase from my online store

Frosted Bouquet Dies

$57.00

Stampin' Spritzer

$5.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

$6.50

Mango Melody Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

$15.50

Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

$15.50

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Noble Peacock Tea Together

When going through a serious illness and treatment; with all the anxiety, side-effects and low spirits that go with it - a simple cup of tea with a loving friend really is the best medicine.

This is a thank you card to all of my friends who have been and continue to support me through this odeal.

I find cards almost make themselves when I get out the gorgeous Noble Peacock papers

The yellow oval was already sitting on my table (discarded from a previous card, probably some months ago!) and the rest just created itself.

A special thank you  card for a special friend who has been such a great support in my time of need

I love those gorgeous shimmery Noble Peacock papers!  When you use those, not much more is needed to create a lovely card.

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All products used are available for purchase in my online store

Tea Together Cling Stamp Set

$38.00

Free As A Bird Cling Stamp Set

$38.00

Noble Peacock Specialty Designer Series Paper

$25.00

Stitched Shapes Dies

$50.00

Delicate Lace Dies

$50.00

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

$15.25

Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Seaside Spray Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$15.50

Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Noble Peacock Rhinestones

$9.50

Old Olive/Pretty Peacock 3/8" (1 Cm) Reversible Ribbon

$13.00