Sunday 8 January 2017

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop - Special Guest: Sandi MacIver - Lift Me Up


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Welcome to the Crazy Crafters' Blog Hop with our Special Guest stamper, Sandi MacIver - we are thrilled to have Sandi join us this month and so excited to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) any project that has been created by her . 

Lift Me Up Stampin Up card by Sandi @ www.stampinwithsandi.com
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This is Sandi's card that I have chosen to CASE.  I just love the Lift Me Up bundle, so I couldn't resist this card!  

I was also inspired by a lovely Christmas present from my Brother-in-Law: a gorgeous mug in black and white with the London skyline (I can even pick out the Gherkin!).  There's a tiny bit of red in the form of a telephone box - a detail that I love!
Attached to the handle of the mug was this great tag - and that made it even more special!

So, clearly, I was going to make a card with balloons in black and white with a touch of red!
#thecraftythinker, Lift Me Up, Carousel Birthday, Lovely As A Tree, Stampin' Up! Australia Demonstrator, Stephanie Fischer, Sydney NSW, #crazycraftersbloghop,  
I decided to make a little scene with the tents from the Carousel Birthday stamp set and my all time favourite stamp set - Lovely As A Tree, which I stamped in Basic Gray to set it back a bit in the scene.

I stamped the balloons from the Lift Me Up stamp set and cut them out with the matching dies from the Up and Away Thinlits which I bought as the bundle and saved 10%.
#thecraftythinker, Lift Me Up, Carousel Birthday, Lovely As A Tree, Stampin' Up! Australia Demonstrator, Stephanie Fischer, Sydney NSW, #crazycraftersbloghop,
To add dimension, the two black and white balloons are adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals

The greeting is also from the Carousel Birthday stamp set.  I used markers to ink up each line of the greeting separately in Basic Gray and Real Red. 

I hope you've enjoyed this card and I welcome your comments. 

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'Til next time
Stephanie




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29 comments:

  1. This is awesome Stephanie! I love the single red balloon.

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    1. Thank you, Lisa - Lovely As A Tree remains my all time favourite & I love combining it with other sets!

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  3. I love the black and white with a pop of red! Great minds think alike.

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    1. Thanks, Rosalie! Yes - black, white and red never get tired as a combination, do they?

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  4. Love this card Stephanie .. whatever would we do without Lovely as a Tree :) Truly an impressive card!

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  5. Wow Steph....this is such a clever idea.....Love it

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  6. wow Stephanie, I love the black and white with the pop of red and how you create an entire scene with stamps, totally breathtaking.

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    1. Thank you for that lovely comment, Sandi! Thank you also for your great inspiration and for honouring us by joining our blog hop - it's been a great pleasure.

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  7. Very striking with the red & black! xx

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  8. Great card Stephanie. What an awesome scene and I love the splashes of Red.

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  9. I love the red and black too!

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  10. Love this colour combination and how you have combined the ballons with other stamp sets. Great card Stephanie

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  11. Gorgeous layout and scene you've created. The black and white with the pop of red is perfect! :)

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  12. Since I'm privileged to see this card, it looks even better in person. You amaze me with the way you combine a few different sets together and create totally new look.

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  13. Fantastic combination - I must try combining more sets together - great inspiration

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