The Crafty Thinker: Stephanie Fischer - Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator: Bloomin Heart

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Friday, 28 April 2017

Copper Bloomin' Heart Anniversary

This card is entered into the Crazy Crafters Project Highlights for this week. Click here to see all the amazing cards and vote for your favourites.

I actually made two 30th Anniversary Cards - the other one was requested by a friend and I'll show it to you on 7th May!

I'm not normally much of a "heart" person but this is the perfect occasion to use them.


If you're wondering about those numbers... they're the only non-current or new Stampin' Up product on the card - but just the perfect size for my needs!

The card base is made from Elegant Eggplant to which I added a layer of Copper Foil Sheet. Since the middle of the sheet can't be seen and I love the copper foil too much to waste any, I always cut out the centre and just adhere a frame of the copper.

The Very Vanilla layer is embossed with the Happy Heart embossing folder (which is retiring). To this I loosely adhered a piece of Tip Top Taupe Mini Striped Ribbon. To that I added a looped piece of the new Copper Trim ribbon which is held in place by the decorations.

I stamped the two banners and greetings onto Copper Foil Sheet with Basic Black ink and then waved a heat tool over it to ensure that it wouldn't smudge. The top banner is from the new Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set and it fits perfectly with the Classic Label punch.

I used the Bloomin' Heart die to cut some Very Vanilla cardstock and adhered it to a scrap of Tip Top Taupe (a retiring In-Colour) cardstock before cutting it with one of the Sweet & Sassy framelits. I then cut a larger heart from Copper Foil Sheet with the same die set and layered them together, adding a couple of little copper flowers.

Since this is a Pearl Anniversary, naturally, I had to add as many pearls as I could without going too overboard!

Copper, Anniversary Card, Bloomin' Heart, Sweet & Sassy, #thecraftythinker, Stampin Up Australia Demonstrator, Stephanie Fischer, Sydney NSW

The use of Stampin' Dimensionals and Foam Adhesive Strips gives... well - dimension!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Falling In Love Wedding - Double Gate Fold

http://www.craftykylie.com/2017/04/kylies-international-blog-highlights.html

This card is included in Kylie Bertucci's International Highlights. The top ten winners will be part of an international blog hop - so we're all keen to do well! Our theme for this highlight is Wedding.

First of all, I'd like to thank my fellow Crazy Crafter, Sarah Burnett for inspiring me with the cards she made for our last Blog Hop together! Her beautiful use of the Double Gate Fold, Falling In Love Designer Series Paper and Bloomin' Heart Thinlits popped into my mind when I was asked to make a special wedding card.

So here is my CASE of Sarah's card.

Double Gate Fold, Wedding Card, Bloomin' Heart, Flourishing Phrases Bundle, #thecraftythinker, Stampin Up Australia Demonstrator, Stephanie Fischer, Sydney NSW

The tiny pearls add a hint of luxury and seem fitting for a wedding card

I reduced the size of the heart by using a heart-shaped framelit to cut a piece from it. I glued it to some Sahara Sand card, also cut with the same framelit. I decorated the heart with little flowers cut with dies from the Bloomin' Heart Thinlits, tiny pearls and sequins from the Cupcakes & Carousels Embellishment Kit. Then I glued it to the middle of the Very Vanilla belly band.

The belly band is finished with a couple of Sahara Sand hearts made with the Sweetheart Punch, more sequins and tiny pearls.

The Falling in Love paper is so elegant and with the flowers and hints of lace just perfect for a wedding

Inside the card is a Very Vanilla label, cut with one of the Lots of Labels framelits and cut to size so that it doesn't show when the card is closed. The greetings are stamped in black and come from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set.

Double Gate Fold cards are so quick and simple to make yet create such intricate cards.

The flowers in the middle of the card were cut from Sahara Sand card with the Flourish thinlits. I used the individual flower thinlit for one side and, because I wanted them to seem to curve towards each other, I used the large thinlit for the other side and trimmed it to size. I added a couple of tiny pearls to each flower.

By purchasing the Flourishing Phrases Stamp set and Flourish Thinlits as a bundle, I saved 10%.

To decorate the space at the top of the card, I stamped the chain of hearts from the Sealed With Love stamp set with Versamark onto Sahara Sand card. This was sufficient to provide the outlines for the hearts when I cut them out with the matching die from the Love Notes Framelits.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Friday, 2 September 2016

Bloomin' Heart Wedding Card

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Mostly neutral colours makes for an elegant wedding card

I made this card for the wedding we're attending tomorrow, using several layers of the Bloomin' Love heart glued together.

The little flowers in Whisper White and Sahara Sand were cut with the same die set and stamped with the matching Bloomin' Love stamp set. I found the easiest way to perfectly match the stamping and die-cutting was to cut first and then stamp with the help of my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig (the opposite to what I would normally do!). The centres are sequins from the new Fancy Frost collection in the new Holiday Catalogue with the addition of little pearls.

The side view of the card shows some of the depth

It's hard to see in the photograph but I've used three of the designs from the Fancy Frost Speciality Designer Series Paper and left them in their natural white state.

The banner was cut with the Duet Banner Punch with one Sahara Sand layer and the top layer is Pink Pirouette. I stamped the greeting from the Seasonal Bells stamp set (in the new Holiday Catalogue) by selectively inking the part that I wanted to use with a Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker.

The inside of the card is layered and stamped

The inside of the card is layered with Sahara Sand and Whisper White cardstock and stamped in Basic Black ink using the Floral Phrases stamp set.

Thank you for visiting!
'Til next time
Stephanie

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