Christmas cards: Poinsettia Petals Die Cuts on Plush Poinsettia

Poinsettia Place Suite and Red & Green Foil:
the shiny foil and soft, velvety Plush Poinsettia paper look stunning together!

Back to the Christmas focus!

I LOVE easy,quick but beautiful cards - especially at Christmas when I'm making lots!  So I'm really grateful for the Poinsettia Petals Bundle - in fact, I purchased the entire Poinsettia Place Suite and I'm so glad I did!  It makes Christmas cardmaking effortless as well as stylish!

For the first card, I used the new Red & Green Foil Sheets for the poinsettia.  For the second I used Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler cardstock.

For both, I added elements of Gold Foil Sheet and a greeting stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink.

The Poinsettia Place Suite - makes Christmas card-making soooo easy!

I cut the banners with the new, incredibly useful, Banners Pick A Punch: one punch that offers two end shapes in three sizes each.

Also from the Poinsettia Place Suite are the gorgeous Beaded Pearls (what perfect Poinsettia centres!) and Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper.

In an upcoming post, I'll be sharing another card that I made with the Plush Poinsettia paper that illustrates that it's not just for Christmas!

In next week's posts, I'll be sharing more Christmas cards that show how cleverly the products in the suite work together.

The Poinsettia Place Suite Comprises:

Poinsettia Petals Bundle (Poinsettia Petals stamp set & Poinsettia Dies)

Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper

Beaded Pearls

Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper 

Real Red 3/8" (1cm") Sheer Ribbon

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - These products are currently available in my online store.  The products from the August to December 2020 Mini Catalogue will be available from 4 August 2020.

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Gold Foil Sheets

$8.75

Real Red A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$17.00

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

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

Ink it! Stamp it! International Design Team Blog Hop - Occasions Catalogue Sneak Peeks

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 of products from the new Occasions that takes effect from 3rd January to 3 June 2019.  Sale-A-Bration last from 3rd January 2019 to 31st March 2019.  

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

The Tea Time framelits dies perfectly coordinate with the Tea Together stamp set and are
FREE with a product purchase of $180 during Sale-A-Bration

For this very simple card, I started with a base of Lovely Lipstick to which I added a layer of one of the designs from the All My Love Designer Series Paper - which is gorgeous!

I stamped the Tea Together images with Gray Granite ink and did a little rough colouring with some of my Stampin' Up Watercolour Pencils.  I found that the Melon Mambo, Old Olive and Pacific Point colours worked well.  I spread the colour with an Aqua Painter.

I'm not very good at fussy cutting, so I was very excited to obtain the coordinating Tea Time Framelit dies from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue.  Even more exciting - they were FREE with my $180 product purchase!

I glued the teapot and cup to the piece of Crumb Cake cardstock and then used an Early Espresso watercolour pencil and aqua painter to add a little shadow underneath.

If you would like your own copies of the Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalogues, live in Australia and don't currently have a regular Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, contact me with your details and I'll be happy to send them.

The Occasions Catalogue is chock full of gorgeous things and, remember, there are amazing FREE items available with every $90 (or in a few instances $180) of product purchase.  Perhaps it's a good time to think about gathering a few friends and having a party!

Thank you so much for joining us today and we hope you'll join us again next month! 

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 - Click here to visit my online store

All My Love 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Tea Together Cling Stamp Set

$38.00

Tea Time Framelits Dies

$0.00

Watercolor Pencils

$27.75

Aqua Painters

$20.00

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop: Theme - Sale-A-Brations / Occasions Catalogues 2019 Sneak Peek

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 of new products in the new Occasions Catalogue.  We're also sharing some of the great products in the Sale-A-Bration catalogue this year  that will be available FREE with qualifying purchases.

The Lovely Lattice stamp set can be yours FREE with a qualifying purchase!

This card features the following products which will be available from 3 January 2019:

Occasions Catalogue -

Butterfly Gala Bundle (stamp set and punch)
Well-Written Framelits

All My Love Designer Series Paper

Mossy Meadow Combo Stampin' Blends

Sale-A-Bration -

Lovely Lattice stamp set 

I'm loving the new Butterfly Gala bundle and All My Love papers in the new Occasions Catalogue

I stamped the Lovely Lattice image with Crumb Cake ink onto Shimmery White cardstock, coloured it with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers and then cut it out.

I adhered this to a piece of Whisper White cardstock layered with Crumb Cake and another piece of Whisper White.

The base card is Crumb Cake and I added a layer of one of the gorgeous papers from the All My Love Designer Series Paper.

I stamped the butterfly with Merry Merlot ink and coloured with the Stampin' Blends before cutting it out with the coordinating punch.  I then adhered it to the card using some little bits of Stampin' Dimensions under the wings to provide some depth.

I cut the words with the Well-Written Framelits from Lovely Lipstick cardstock and adhered them to the card.

As a last step, I added some Faceted Dots to the centres of some of the flowers.

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

Finally, I'd like to thank the amazing Jessie Holton for creating and running this wonderful Blog Hop which has provided so much fun and inspiration.  This will be our last Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop, at least with Jessie at the helm, but who knows what 2019 will bring?!

'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All current products available in my online store

Faceted Dots

$10.50

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Bundle

$61.00

Lovely Lattice Cling Stamp Set

$0.00

Well Written Framelits Dies

$70.00

All My Love 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Lovely Lipstick Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$15.50