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

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Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Floral Phrases Copper Black ice

I just love the shimmer and shine on this card but it's really hard to capture in a photograph!

#thecraftythinker #cardmaking #stampinup #blackice #rubberstamping , Black ice Technique, Floral Phrases, Copper, Stampin' Up! Australia Demonstrator, Stephanie Fischer, Sydney NSW

A Black Ice panel of Copper Foil Sheet teemed with Basic Black and Gray Granite cardstock

The beautiful Floral Phrases stamp set is continuing into the new 2018 Annual Catalogue, which makes me very happy! Gray Granite is new to the Stampin' Up! colour palette in the new catalogue and it's already become one of my firm favourites!

I've been admiring all the beautiful projects created with the Black Ice technique so I thought I'd have a go. It turned out to be very addictive - so be prepared to see several more cards featuring this technique in the near future!

My thanks to Melissa Kerman for her great tutorial.

Floral Phrases treated to the Black Ice technique

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'Til next time!
Stephanie

Current Product List - all available in my online store

Floral Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$31.00

Copper Foil Sheets

$7.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad

$15.75

Versamark Pad

$15.00

Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.75

Heat Tool

$50.00

Wednesday, 30 August 2017

70 Years of Cheers

I recently made two special birthday cards for a friend - one for me to give her and one commissioned by her husband to give her.

This is the one I gave her. I added a piece of the gorgeous Year of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper from the Holiday Catalogue (available from 1 September 2017 to 2 January 2018) to a Whisper White base card (I used the thick Whisper White cardstock).

The foliage fronds are cut in Basic Black using one of the Flourish thinlits to which I added flowers cut in Basic Black and Copper Foil Sheet using dies from the Bloomin' Heart set with Basic Rhinestone centres.

#cardmaking, Year of Cheer, 70th birthday card, #thecraftythinker, Stampin Up Australia Demonstrator, Stephanie Fischer, Sydney NSW

Year of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper is for so much more than Christmas!

I cut some Basic Black cardstock with one of the Layering Circles framelits and another with one of the scalloped dies from the same set with Silver Foil Sheet. The Whisper White circle is cut with one of the Stitched Shapes framelits.

The shiny copper and silver in the Year of Cheer paper is beautiful!

Unfortunately the dies I used for the little numbers are now retired but I do used them from time for special birthdays because they tend to be the perfect size for my cards!

There are 5 different, & equally gorgeous, metallic designs in the Year of Cheer Washi Tape

To decorate the inside of the card, I edged a piece of Whisper White cardstock with some Year of Cheer Specialty Washi Tape. This will be available from 1st September in the new Holiday Catalogue.

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'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Sunday, 4 June 2017

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Special Guest: Holly Stene

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

http://hollyshobbs.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/whisking-you-sweetest-birthday-yummy.html

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To research for this Blog Hop, I delved into Holly's blog posts and was enjoying the experience so much that, before I knew it, I was back to September! At that point I decided I must call a halt to looking and start creating!

Since Holly had gone to the trouble of creating two cards for her project, I decided to follow suit and made a masculine and feminine version although, it has to be said, they look quite different.

Colorful Seasons Bundle, Vintage Leaves, Masculine card, #thecraftythinker, Stampin' Up Australia Demonstrator, Stephanie Fischer, Sydney NSW

Colours and design elements make this card suitable for masculine recipients

The masculine card starts with a Cajun Craze base onto which I layered some Pick A Pattern Designer Series Paper and a strip of Wood Textures paper.

I overlapped a couple of circles cut with the largest circular Stitched Shapes framelit from Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze cardstock and added some leaves. The largest leaf was heat embossed in gold onto Basic Black cardstock with an image from the Vintage Leaves stamp set and cut out with the matching Leaflets framelit. The remainder of the leaves are stamped in versamark with the detailed image in the Colourful Seasons stamp set and heat embossed with Copper, Gold and Silver onto Silver Foil, Basic Black and Copper Foil respectively before cutting with the matching die from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits. The final addition was the little bow using stretched out Copper Trim.

TIP: Purchasing the stamp set and dies as the Colourful Seasons Bundle gives a saving of 10%

The "For You" greeting is from the Tabs For Everything stamp set. I stamped it with Basic Black onto Crushed Curry cardstock then punched it out with the 3/4" circle stamp and layered it, offset, onto Cajun Craze cut with the 1" circle punch.

The Autumnal theme continues inside the card

The greeting inside the card is from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set and the two-step leaf from the Colourful Seasons set is stamped in Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze (which I stamped off first to reduce the intensity).

Daisy Delight Bundle, Swirly Scribbles, #thecraftythinker, Stampin' Up Australia Demonstrator, Stephanie Fischer, Sydney NSW

A bright a cheery card using the Daisy Delight Suite of products and a Swirly Scribble

The feminine card starts with a Crushed Curry base (left over from my indecision as to which colour base card to use for the masculine card, if I'm honest!) to which I added two layers of Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper and a strip of Pool party cardstock to which I added some Night of Navy lines drawn with a Stampin' Write Marker.

To echo the swirly motif of the paper, I cut some Night of Navy cardstock with a Swirly Scribbles thinlit. I also cut just the centre of the thinlit from some Pool Party cardstock.

I stamped two daisies in Old Olive onto Whisper White cardstock using the Daisy Delight stamp set and watercoloured with Daffodil Delight and (a tiny touch) of Night of Navy ink. Once cut with the matching Daisy punch, I layered them together and added a Gold Faceted Gem to the centre.

TIP: Purchasing the stamp set and punch as the Daisy Delight Bundle gives a saving of 10%

A stamped version of the daisy appears on the inside of the card

I used the same greeting inside the card, this time stamped in Night of Navy ink and reproduced the flower in the corner by stamping once with the Old Olive ink, rotating the stamp and stamping again (re-inking inbetween).

I hope you've enjoyed these cards and I welcome your comments.

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Stephanie

Product List

Daisy Delight Photopolymer Bundle

[145361]

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Bundle

[145348]

Happy Birthday Gorgeous Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143662]

Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper

[144137]

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!

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'Til next time!
Stephanie

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