Serene Garden Celebrated in Pink

This card uses a watercolour background that I created a while ago with Brusho Colour Crystals.  When I'm creating backgrounds, I generally make several so there are always some waiting in my craft room to be used!

This card features a combination of Celebrate You dies, Nature's Roots dies and Serene Garden Bundle
along with a Brusho Crystal Colour background

The flowers are created with the Serene Garden Bundle, which I love (and the 10% saving was a bonus!).  I stamped them with Mango Melody ink onto Crushed Curry cardstock and added some shading by watercolouring with some more Mango Melody ink.  I then cut them out with the coordinating dies.

I cut the leaves from Call Me Clover cardstock and then embossed with the matching embossing piece using the Natures Roots Framelits.  Sponging with a little Call Me Clover ink added a little definition to the leaves by enhancing the embossed lines.

I cut the word "Celebrate" twice: once with Basic Black cardstock and once with Lovely Lipstick cardstock and offset them a little when I adhered them to the card front.

The card layers are Lovely Lipstick, Basic Black, watercoloured Watercolor Paper and there are some Faceted Dots in the corners.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - all products used are available in my online store (Australian Residents only)

Serene Garden Photopolymer Bundle

$73.75

Nature's Roots Framelits Dies

$68.00

Celebrate You Thinlit Dies

$0.00

Brusho Crystal Colour

$52.00

Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Call Me Clover Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Faceted Dots

$10.50

Celebrate Sale-A-Bration with Springtime Foils

It's hard to believe that Sale-A-Bration is almost over for another year!  I hope you've all had as much fun with it as I!

The FREE (with $90 purchase) Springtime Foils paper is STUNNING!

My last Sale-A-Bration package of freebies arrived while I was away on holiday, including this stunning Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper - so this is my first (and rather belated) play with it.  All I can say is "Wow!" - it's sooo beautiful! .....but so hard to photograph!

Sale-A-Bration ends at midnight on 31st March, so if you live in Australia, visit my online store - you'll be able to choose a FREE, exlusive Sale-A-Bration item for every $90 of product purchased.

I used my Pool Party Stampin' Blends (alcohol markers) to colour the background of a piece of the paper that features copper foil flowers with gold highlights.  I then used another of my Sale-A-Bration freebies, the Amazing You stamp set, to copper heat emboss the gorgeous flower that I cut out and stuck on a corner.

Another Sale-A-Bration freebie was perfect for cutting out a copper foil greeting.  The word "Celebrate" is one of the dies in the Celebrate You Thinlits set.  The Multipurpose Adhesive Strip that I had applied to the back of the foil made it very easy to stick to the strip of Bermuda Bay card with it's copper foil edge.

I used the Bouquet Bunch Framelits  dies to cut the foliage from some Copper Foil Sheet.

A card that celebrates Sale-A-Bration 2018!

After colouring the paper with my alcohol markers, I cut it in half and used the other half on another card, which I've included below - although, once again, I couldn't capture the true warmth and beauty of the paper in my photo.

I used Pool Party card for the basic card this time.  The sentiment and label outline are from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set.  The sentiment is stamped with Bermuda Bay ink and the label is copper heat embossed and then cut with the Classic Label punch.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Springtime Foils paper is so gorgeous, very little else is needed!

Product List - All available in my online store

Celebrate You Thinlit Dies

$0.00

Amazing You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$0.00

Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper

$0.00

Copper Foil Sheets

$7.00

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

$14.00

Versamark Pad

$15.00

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.75

Heat Tool

$50.00

Embossing Buddy

$10.00

Happy Birthday Gorgeous Photopolymer Stamp Set

$37.00

Classic Label Punch

$31.00

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Special Guest: Cathy Caines

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

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 through the blog hop.

Cathy is a super-talented member of the Stampin' Up Artisan Design Team and her blog is filled with amazing cards, so it took me a while to settle on a card to CASE - but it was such a pleasurable process!  If you click on the picture of Cathy's card above, you'll also be able to immerse yourself in the wonderful world of Cathy's projects! 

Beautiful You meets Celebrate You

In my opinion, Cathy's card is just perfect, so I really didn't want to mess too much with the design.

I used the Labeler Alphabet stamps to white heat emboss the word "are" onto Basic Black cardstock.  Using the Multi Purpose Adhesive Sheets made adhering the Celebrate You die cuts very quick and easy to do.

By the way - the Celebrate You dies are available FREE during Sale-A-Bration (until the end of March) with a qualifying purchase.  All the details of the incredible Sale-A-Bration offers and opportunities are on my Specials & Promotions page.

I coloured the Beautiful You lady with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers, so I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

The base card is Berry Burst with a layer of Petal Passion Designer Series Paper.

For the final decorations, I used two pieces of Berry Burst ribbon and one piece of Whisper White and a sprinkling of Tutti Frutti Self Adhesive Sequins.

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 on seeing any of the blogs and the amazing inspiration that they contain.

Thanks for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - all available in my online store by clicking on an image below

Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$49.00

Celebrate You Thinlit Dies

$0.00

Petal Passion Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Berry Burst A4 Cardstock

$14.00

Labeler Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set

$30.00

Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Pink Pirouette Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Berry Burst 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon

$12.25

Celebrate a True Gentleman

In need of a masculine card, I reached for the True Gentleman Designer Series Paper and played with some layers.

A simple but masculine card [some may say the two go together :) ]

In order to keep it simple, I just added the word Celebrate cut with one of the dies in the Celebrate You die set.  For depth and some interest, I cut a top of layer from Very Vanilla cardstock and stacked it on top of two layers of a thick white packaging card.  Using the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets makes easy work of this.

Using several layers of the word "Celebrate" creates some depth and interest

The Celebrate You Thinlits are FREE with a purchase of $180 until the end of March.

With a week of Sale-A-Bration left, take a look at my Specials & Promotions page for all the information about the great savings and opportunities that are available only until the end of March.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Click on an image below to shop in my online store

True Gentleman Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Celebrate You Thinlit Dies

$0.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

$58.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

$50.00

Tranquil Tide A4 Cardstock

$14.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

$17.00

Just Add Colour meets Brusho

It seems I've always had a bit of a confused relationship with the colour orange - whilst I maintain that I don't really care for it - it's always called to me very strongly!

As a youngster one of the biggest arguments my mother and I ever had was over a bright orange silk shirt that I desperately wanted!  Fortunately, she won that battle!  However, when I came home from boarding school to discover that she'd painted one of the walls in my bedroom bright orange, I had to hide my dismay and learn to live with it for more years than I care to remember!

The background is coloured with brushed-on Brusho and the images are coloured with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers

So here we are again, orange and I!  It was a subconscious choice.

This card started with some leftover drops of watery Brusho on my mat after I'd made some backgrounds.  I already had the Just Add Color Designer Series Paper on my desk so it was just a natural progression to use a large brush to add the Brusho to the background of this strip of paper.  In places my brush caught parts of the images but it didn't matter - those accidents turned into shading!

Once it was dry, I coloured the images with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers, using the dark Bermuda Bay marker to add some shadows.

I cut the word twice, once in Pumpkin Pie and once in Tangerine Tango, offsetting them slightly.  The Celebrate You die set is FREE during Sale-A-Bration with a purchase of $180.  Click on the Specials & Promotions tag above for all the great offers and opportunities on offer until 31st March.

I added strips of So Saffron cardstock to each side of the coloured panel and then mounted it on the Bermuda Bay base card.  The base card measures 7 1/2" x 9 1/8", scored in half at 4 9/16.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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

Brusho Crystal Colour

$52.00

Just Add Color Specialty Designer Series Paper

$21.00

Stampin' Blends Markers Collection

$209.25

Celebrate You Thinlit Dies

$0.00

So Saffron A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Island Indigo A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Tangerine Tango A4 Card Stock

$14.00