Ink It! Stamp It! Blog Hop #2: New 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue

 

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 our theme is the new 2017-2018 Catalogue.

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.

Heat Embossing and bleaching

I've chosen to feature one of the gorgeous Hostess stamps called Feathery Friends which I really love.  Hostess stamp sets are exclusively available by redeeming Stampin' Rewards from qualifying party sales.

To make this card, I stamped with Versamark onto Fresh Fig cardstock and heat embossed with Copper.  I then painted inside the heat embossing with household bleach.  I achieved various shades by applying more or less bleach.

The greeting is from the Colorful Seasons stamp set on a label made with the Rose Wonder stamp set and Rose Garden thinlits.  I adhered my decorative piece onto a base card of Sweet Sugarplum.

My lovely friend and team mate, Satomi Wellard, was crafting with me as I finished this card and thanks to her very welcome input I added the pearls and the "nest" of Copper Thread.

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

Thank you so much for joining us today. We hope you'll join us again next month to see our Technique related projects. I'm Stephanie Fischer and to keep hopping around, see the list below to see who is up next.

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

Product List

Feathery Friends Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144037]

Rose Garden Thinlits Dies

[140619]

Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140697]

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143726]

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

[141636]

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop - Annual Catalogue Sneak Peek: Lovely Words

Welcome to a special Crazy Crafters' Blog - we're all so excited about the new 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue going live tomorrow (yes- that means you can start ordering all the gorgeous new products we'll be showing you from tomorrow!) that we've decided to squeeze in an extra blog hop this month!  

If you don't already have a wish list, I'm sure you will by the time you complete your tour of this blog hop!


Whether you are starting the blog hop here at my blog, Stephanie Fischer - The Crafty Thinker, or have come from the person before me, be sure to click on the person listed under me further down the page to continue your journey on this blog hop.

Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack: a quick and easy way to make a beautiful and elegant card

I've been having fun using just the words from these thinlits but today I decided to use it as intended!

I made a lever card with Berry Burst cardstock.  I added a frame of Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper in Berry Burst and layered the centre with Whisper White card and the Lovely Words panel.

In the closed position the flower in the corner blends into the Fresh Florals frame!

The flower in the corner is made from Whisper White and Berry Burst cardstock and the centre is a Glitter Enamel Dot.  To make the flower, I used one of the Eastern Medallion thinlits to cut the White base and one of the Flourish thinlits to cut the detailed Berry Burst layer.  I gently used a bone folder to slightly curl the top petals.

Monotone cards are anything but monotonous!

The sentiments inside the card are from Happy Birthday Gorgeous (to the right) and the Eastern Beauty stamp set (to the left).  The lower edges of the Whisper White panels are decorated with a stamp from the Eastern Beauty set.  For all the stamping I used Berry Burst ink.

A cheerful, elegant and pretty card to give any friend a lift!

Products from the new catalogue:
Berry Burst A4 cardstock 144249 (Full range of In-Colour A4 cardstock also available 144253)
Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack (144131)
Lovely Words Thinlits143733)
Eastern Beauty Bundle (Eastern Beauty stamp set and Eastern Medallions thinlits) 145308)
Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set (143662)
Glitter Enamel Dots (144200)

Thanks for following our blog hop. Remember that currently you are at my blog - Stephanie Fischer - so click on the next name in the list to ensure that you don't miss out of seeing any of the blogs and the amazing inspiration they contain. 

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie


Product List 

Flourish Thinlits Dies

[141478]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Awesomely Artistic Friend

Continuing the theme of watercolour washes - I finally managed to achieve a lighter effect!

Watercolour wash background with Awesomely Artistic and a die cut

The colours I used for the background were Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist and Berry Burst.  Once it was dry, I stamped the images from Awesomely Artistic in Basic Black ink.  I, very roughly, added a bit more colour to the foliage with Fresh Fig and Tranquil Tide inks.

The base card is Basic Black followed by a layer of Lemon Lime Twist, another of Basic Black followed by the Watercolour Paper.  As a last step, I added the die cut word "friend" in Berry Burst.  To obtain this die cut, I used one of the new Lovely Words thinlits and simply snipped the word from the middle.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Click on a product image below to visit my online store (Australian Residents only)

Awesomely Artistic Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139950]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

Aqua Painters

[103954]

Fabulous Eastern Flamingo

Someone is going to have to explain the flamingo thing to me!  I must be too old and too out of touch to understand the trend for flamingo images!    I received this Fabulous Flamingo stamp set as a freebie at On Stage.  I'm always grateful for freebies so this is my first flamingo!

I love the new Berry Burst colour - even on flamingoes!

I stamped the three-step flamingo with Powder Pink, Berry Burst and Basic Black inks.  Then I dry-brushed a little more Berry Burst ink over the light pink feathers and added a few shadows with more Berry Burst ink.

Since I wanted the Flamingo to be in front of the grasses, I protected it with a mask (the only fiddly bit!) before stamping the grass image several times in Lemon Lime Twist, Old Olive and Garden Green inks.  I sponged the sky with Soft Sky ink.

I stamped the water with Dapper Denim ink and then added some Marina Mist with an Aqua Painter.

At this point I realised that I hadn't masked off any of the bird's legs when I stamped it, so it looked like it was walking on water!  In order to disguise this flaw, I used a flower left over from a previous card and added some leaves.  The flower is made with the Easern Beauty Bundle and has a Glitter Enamel Dot centre.  The leaves are cut with the Rose Garden thinlit in both Lemon Lime Twist and Garden Green and paper-pieced together.

The base card is Dapper Denim and I added a Whisper White layer to provide a small frame around the image.

Thank you for your visit.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Click on a product image below to visit my online store (Australian Residents only)

Rose Garden Thinlits Dies

[140619]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad

[126962]

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[126973]

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

[108605]

Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock

[141419]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Daisy Delight in Cherry - Sneak Peek

The other day I sat down with my new Daisy Delight Bundle, watercolour paper and Pool Party, Bermuda Bay and Cherry Cobbler inks  and made a coup of cards.  (You can see the other one here).

The Daisy Delight Bundle will be available in the 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue

The entire surface of the watercolour paper had a light wash of Pool Party ink followed by Bermuda Bay, concentrating more colour in the lower left corner and blending out.

I stamped foliage with Pool Party ink and little daisies with Cherry Cobbler while the wash was still damp - although they didn't blend very much.

The double layered daisy is stamped with Basic Black ink onto Whisper White card and watercoloured with Cherry Cobbler ink.  The centre is one of the gorgeous new Faceted Gems.

When the panel was dry, I added the Cherry Cobbler ribbon (I'm sorry to say that it's retired but it was just what I needed!) and adhered it to the Cherry Cobbler base card.  As a last minute thing, I added some little Rhinestone Basic Jewels at random on the card.

Thank you for your visit.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - Click on a product image below to visit my online store (Australian Residents only)

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

[121681]

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

[126966]

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[126982]

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

[131171]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments

[119246]

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Special Guest Nadine Koller - Lovely Words Watercolour Wash

 

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

Click on image to visit Nadine's Blog

Whether you are starting the blog hop here at my blog, Stephanie Fischer - The Crafty Thinker, or have come from the person before me, be sure to click on the person listed under me further down the page to continue your journey on this blog hop. 

Nadine has a beautifully delicate touch and a great eye for design and colour, so it was difficult to choose from all her gorgeous projects! 

I really enjoyed browsing through her blog in her original German - just using a translator for critical bits!  What a great way that would be to learn a new language - as long as you don't rely on Google Translate, which would have us believe that the lovely Nadine might eat her children! "My dear ones, I am swinging into our kitchen now, because our kids are all coming from the school and wanting to be eaten."  Haha!  Shame on you, Google!

I love the look of watercolour wash backgrounds (and Nadine is an expert!).  I've never been good at them but I love this card of Nadine's so I've been practising!  You'll very quickly see that my touch with colour is far less delicate and I need a lot more practice!

The watercolour wash background uses Daffodil Delight, Berry Burst and Pear Pizzazz inks

I'm hoping the colours look right on your monitor - I found I had to make some adjustments because the beautiful Berry Burst colour was looking much too blue on my screen.

To the watercolour background I added a Swirly Scribble cut in Whisper White, paper-pieced with Daffodil Delight card.

The word "Friend" is cut with one of the new Lovely Words dies - I simply snipped it out of it's little frame and glued it to a Whisper White oval cut with one of the Stitched Shapes dies.  I adhered the panel to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I've added some twirls of Gold Metallic thread above the oval shape for a little more interest.

The decorative panel is layered onto a piece of Whisper White card and then adhered to the front of the Berry Burst card.

I used an offcut from the front panel to decorate the inside of the card

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

Thanks for following our blog hop. Remember that currently you are at my blog - Stephanie Fischer - so click on the next name in the list to ensure that you don't miss out of seeing any of the blogs and the amazing inspiration they contain.

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List

Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies

[141497]

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

Gold Metallic Thread

[138401]

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

Ink it! Stamp it! Design Team Blog Hop May 2017: Celebrate

 

Welcome to the inaugural Ink It! Stamp It! Design Team Blog Hop - the brainchild of the amazing Carolina Evans.  I'm so thrilled to have been invited to join this team of talented crafters and excited about the journey on which we are just embarking together.

We'll be hopping every month so be sure to pop back and visit us again!  Today our theme is Celebration.

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.

This card celebrates the 40th birthday of a friend's daughter who is a keen surfer and will be spending her special day in Bali.

The lovely outdoor seat is from the new Seasonal Layers die set - available from 1st June

At first glance the card is a simple tropical sunset scene - but wait, there's a surprise!  Pull on the tag ...

I took this photo before I added the ribbon to the card - oops!  But I think you'll see it needed it.

... and ...

I don't like using non-current Stampin' Up! products - but when needs must ... these were the only number dies that fit!

... birthday wishes are revealed!  If you're wondering how I made the paper on the extensions: a while ago, I made a stamp with the Swirly Scribbles thinlet.

The Swirly Scribbles on the inside of the card continue the wave theme

 

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

Thank you so much for joining us today. We hope you'll join us again next month to see our NEW 2017-2018 Catalogue projects. I'm Stephanie Fischer and to keep hopping around see the list below to see who is up next.

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

Product List

High Tide Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143006]

Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies

[141497]

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

[141706]

Tag Topper Scalloped Punch

[133324]

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]