Botanical Blooms and banners

It's a Friday, so it must be time for the Crazy Crafters Team Project Highlights!  Do go over and have a look at all the entries - there are a lot talented Crazy Crafters so it's worth the look!  Just click on the image to the left to link to the highlights.

If you visit between 6.30pm on Friday 15 April and 6pm on Friday 21 April, you'll be able to vote for your favourite projects.

Botanical Builder thinlits create such a quick and easy wow factor!

Lack of time forced me to keep it simple this week but I'm quite pleased with the result.

I do love the Botanical Builder thinlits - they come to my rescue so much!  Perfect for creating a bit of a wow accent with no stamping involved!  I added a Rhinestone Jewel to the centre of one of the In-Colour Blossom Accents and then placed it into the centre of the large flower.

I used the Banner Triple Punch to trim the ends of the strips - such a quick and easy way to make banners with as many layers as you like!

The card is made with English Garden Designer Series Paper and the cardstock colours are: Soft Suede, Night of Navy and Crumb Cake.

Thanks for visiting - remember to look at the other projects in the highlight.

'Til next time
Stephanie

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Botanical Builder Framelits Dies

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English Garden Designer Series Paper

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Banner Triple Punch

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2015-2017 In Color Blossom Accents

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Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments

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Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

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Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

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Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

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Bloomin' Love - Watercolour Lifting

Having recently seen Jennifer McGuire's great video on watercolour lifting with heat embossing - I thought I'd give it try - because I love the beautiful soft effect.

The greeting is from the Best Thoughts stamp set

So this is my attempt.  I had only seen the video once and was working from memory  (always dangerous at my age!) and didn't get it quite right.  However, I'm not unhappy with the result.

I used Shimmery White cardstock and sponged on random splodges of colour - Rose Red, Elegant Eggplant and Pear Pizzazz.  Then I clear heat embossed the heart from Bloomin' Love.  Instead of brushing with water and dabbing dry - as shown by Jennifer - I wiped the ink with some damp kitchen paper.

I layered the card then added the Botanical Builder die cuts.  I think the Bloomin' Love strip looks a bit like a brocade (or grandma's curtains!) and I really like it.  I used the Metal Rimmed Pearls as flower centres because I thought pearls would match with the look of brocade.

To celebrate International Women's Day, I'm giving this card to my friends at Soroptimist International of the Hills District - a very dedicated and kind group of ladies who do so much for their local community as well as for women and girls around the globe.

'Til next time
Stephanie

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Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

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Rose Red A4 Card Stock

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Elegant Eggplant A4 Card Stock

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Perfect Plum A4 Card Stock

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Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad

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Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

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Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad

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Bloomin' Love Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Best Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Botanical Builder Framelits Dies

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Metal Rimmed Pearls

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Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments

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Versamark Pad

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Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

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Crazy Crafters Blog Hop February 2016 - Inspired by Patty

Welcome to the Crazy Crafters Blog Hop for February - we're all finding inspiration in the beautiful creations of Patty Bennett and CASE-ing (Copy And Selectively Edit) one of her projects AND, even more exciting, she's joining us on this blog hop!  Thank you, Patty!

You may just be starting the blog hop here at my blog - Stephanie Fischer, The Crafty Thinker - or you may have come from the person before me in the list. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you to move along from blog to blog so that you see all of the projects.

Patty's beautiful card was my inspiration

I really love this cute card of Patty's! 

My fun fold card inspired by Patty

She has very generously provided tutorials and videos on how to do this fold here.  I did change the dimensions just a little to suit the A4 cardstock.

This is my version.  I used Bermuda Bay and Black cardstock to make the fun fold card and decorated it with a selection of papers from the Bohemian Designer Series Paper.  I cut circles from Rich Razzleberry and Blackberry Bliss cardstock and topped them with a Blackberry Bliss, Bermuda Bay and Delightful Dijon flower. The flowers were all cut with the gorgeous Botanical Builder Framelit dies.

I stamped a greeting from the Birthday Blooms stamp set and cut it out with one of the Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits.

I removed a few sequins from the Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim and used them to highlight the large flower and the greeting.

Then I added a few Rhinestone Jewels for a bit of sparkle. 

The inside of the card hides a little surprise.  There's another flower made with the Botanical Builder dies and some matching flowers stamped with the Botanical Blooms Stamp set.  

The greeting is from Happy Birthday, Everyone.

More flowers hidden inside the card!

This is how the card opens

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


Thanks for taking part in 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.



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Botanical Blooms Photopolymer Bundle

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Happy Birthday, Everyone Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits

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Bohemian Designer Series Paper

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Basic Black A4 Card Stock

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Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

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Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

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Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim

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Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad

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Delightful Dijon A4 Cardstock

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Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

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Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

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Circles Collection Framelits Die

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Sunburst Thinlit off-cut Thank You Card

This card has been included in the Crazy Crafters Team Project Highlight on Kylie Bertucci's blog.  If you like this card, you can vote for it there  - but beware, you'll also find lots of other beautiful cards from other Crazy Crafter team members to look at and find inspiration!  Click on the header above to visit the Team Project highlight.

This is how I used the off-cut from the black layer of this card.

Off-cuts from the Sunburst Thinlit Die put to good use!

Using the same method that I described in this post, I layered the off-cut onto a pre-cut piece of Perfectly Artistic Designer Series paper and then onto a layer of Basic Black Cardstock before adhering to my So Saffron card.

With black ink, I stamped the greeting from the Happy Notes stamp set and then cut it with a Lots of Labels framelit which I adhered to a Basic Black layer but with a larger framelit.

I cut some flowers with the Botanical Builder Framelits from Crushed Curry and Basic Black cardstock, curled the petals a little and sponged the edges of the yellow petals with black ink.

I stuck everything onto the front of the card and added a few Rhinestone Jewels. I also added a little bit of Wink of Stella to  yellow petals for a bit of glamour.

A touch of Wink of Stella for a touch of glamour!

That's it!  So quick and easy!

Thanks for visiting.

'Til Next time
Stephanie

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Rose Garden Tri-fold card

Fresh garden colours in the Wildflower Fields paper

In need of a Tri-Fold card sample for one of my classes, I made this one featuring the Rose Garden Framelits and the beautiful FREE Sale-A-Bration paper - Wildflower Fields (with a $90 purchase).

I won't add to the proliferation of tutorials for Tri-Fold cards here but, if by chance you aren't familiar with this fold, you will be able to find many great tutorials through good old Google!

I didn't layer the yellow horizontal panels but for all the other panels, I have layered the printed paper onto Hello Honey cardstock.

I cut the Rose Garden flowers and leaves several times in varying shades: So Saffron, Crushed Curry and Delightful Dijon for the flower and Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive for the leaves.  Then I did a little mix and match paper piecing.

Roses from any angle!

The small flowers are cut with one of the Botanical Builder framelits.

I stamped the frame from Rose Wonder in Cherry Cobbler ink onto Whisper White cardstock, added the birthday greeting in black ink and then cut it with one of the Rose Garden framelits.  I layered this onto a label cut with a Lots of Labels framelit - extended in length using this method.

I stamped one of the greetings from the Tag Talk stamp set in black onto Whisper White cardstock and punched it out with the matching Label Bracket Punch.  I then layered this on to Hello Honey cardstock cut with a Deco Label Framelit and edged with black ink and a sponge dauber.

If you look carefully, you'll see that I supported the right hand flower and leaves with a strip of acetate just in case the leaves couldn't handle the folding and unfolding.  To do this, I positioned the acetate prior to sticking down my designer paper.

If you'd like to purchase any of the products I used in this project - just click on the image below.

'Til next time
Stephanie

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Kissing the Botanical Builder

It's never nice to make a sympathy card but, sadly, it's something that we need to do from time to time.

The flowers have quite a lot of depth.

I was demonstrating thekissing technique (pertaining only to stamping!) to my class this week and came home with the Everything Eleanor panel.  I decided to put it to good use in this card for a colleague who has suffered a bereavement.

I inked up the label image from Everything Eleanor with Smoky Slate ink and the floral image from Birthday Blossoms with Blackberry Bliss.  Then I kissed the floral stamp against the plain stamp.  The now patterned plain stamp was now ready to stamp onto Whisper White cardstock and afterwards I cut it out.

Using a bone folder, Simply Scored Stylus and Stampin Pierce Mat gives great depth to the flowers

I cut flowers and leaves with the Botanical Builders framelits from a Blackberry Bliss, Smoky Slate and Basic Grey cardstock.

I stamped the banner from Bloomin' Love in Blackberry Bliss onto Whisper White cardstock and then added the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Sentiments in Basic Grey before cutting it out with the Large Numbers framelits.

I layered Smoky Slate cardstock onto the Blackberry Bliss card followed by the Perfect Plum panel which I had embossed with the Elegant Dots embossing folder.

The finishing touches were a couple of Perfect Plum Candy Dots and some Rhinestone Jewels.

'Til next time

Stephanie

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