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

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Friday, 28 July 2017

Flirty Flowers on Glossy Watercolour

This card is entered into the Crazy Crafters Project Highlights. Click here to see all the great entries and vote for your favourites.

I managed to tear myself away from the Embossing Paste long enough to play with some ink and glossy paper again. There was some Pacific Point and Melon Mambo ink on my craft mat after a (failed) attempt at a technique that's new to me. So, I spritzed the craft mat with water and grabbed some pieces of Glossy Paper to smoosh in the puddles. Waste not, want not! I'm still thinking about what to do with my failure (other than introducing it to the bin!)

Silhouette stamp, Flirty Flowers, Watercolour Background, Glossy Cardstock, #thecraftythinker, Stampin' Up Australia Demonstrator, Stephanie Fischer, Sydney NSW

A black silhouette is very effective against a watercolour background

This was the smallest piece and when it was dry I stamped the image with Basic Black ink.

I stamped the greeting with Pacific Point ink onto Whisper White cardstock and cut it out with one of the Stitched Shapes dies, layering it onto a scalloped circle of Pacific Point that was cut with one of the Layering Circles.

Lastly, I added a bow and tails of Fresh Fig Sheer Ribbon.

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

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Monday, 17 July 2017

You've Got Style, Champagne and Balloons!

I love this quirky image of the lady in her fur coat even though I'm not sure it's entirely flattering!

You've Got Style, Layered card, Bleaching Technique, Watercolouring, #thecraftythinker, Stampin Up Australia Demonstrator, Stephanie Fischer, Sydney NSW

Champagne in one hand, balloons in the other - she's ready to party!

Starting from the bottom and working up, the layers in this card are:
Sweet Sugarplum, Very Vanilla, Powder Pink, Very Vanilla, Fresh Fig, Very Vanilla (square with an oval removed from centre), Sweet Sugarplum (inlaid into oval)

The balloons are cut from Silver Foil and Copper Foil and embossed. I tied some Black Metallic Thread around them and attached them to the hand via holes that I poked, before sticking to card front with glue dots.

The greeting is attached with a dimensional.

After heat embossing, I bleached the image prior to watercolouring it.

I stamped the image with Basic Black Archival ink and clear heat embossed it before attacking it with an old paintbrush and household bleach.

Once the bleach was dry, I watercoloured the image with Powder Pink, Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand and Daffodil Delight inks. I added a wee bit of Chalk Marker to add some highlights to the trim on the coat and hat and then a tiny bit to highlight her skin and wished I hadn't! Ah well!

Tip: When using framelits, I often cut them from the centre of small rectangles &
keep the negative shape for purposes such as this

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Sunday, 2 July 2017

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Special Guest Tanya Boser

Meet Tanya Boser!

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

http://tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/GhostedMotorcyles.html

Click on the image to link to Tanya's blog post

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.

As a member of the Artisan Design Team and also manager of the Stamp Review Crew Tanya generously inspires us all whilst at the same time entertaining us with her great sense of humour!

So this is Tanya's card that I've chosen to CASE. It features the ghosting technique and some vellum.

And this is my CASE of Tanya's gorgeous card.

Ghosting Technique, Hello Friend, #thecraftythinker, Stampin Up Australia Demonstrator, Stephanie Fischer, Sydney NSW

Versamark resists the ink and leaves a "ghosted" image.

I stamped the Hello Friend images with Versamark onto Glossy White Cardstock and then sponged randomly with Elegant Eggplant, Lemon Lime Twist, Pear Pizzazz and Tangerine Tango inks.

The greeting is stamped with Elegant Eggplant ink onto Whisper White Cardstock, cut out with a 1" circle punch and edged with Tangerine Tango ink before being adhered to the card front with a Stampin' Dimensional.

The butterfly and flower introduce the Vellum element that Tanya included and I've embellished them with Metal Rimmed Pearls.

The basic card is Elegant Eggplant and I added a very narrow edge of Lemon Lime Twist.

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

Hello Friend Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144059]

Rose Garden Thinlits Dies

[140619]

Move Me Thinlits Dies

[143732]

1" Circle Punch

[119868]

Wednesday, 21 June 2017

Hello Background Bits

Glossy paper and dye ink are a marriage made in crafters' heaven! So many techniques are possible and the ink just glows!

Having said that, the colours on this particular card look a little muted and that's because this is what I call a third generation card. It probably has a technical name but that works for me! When I get messy with anything (inks, embossing paste, glitter etc) I tend to make the most of the mess and create several pieces. This was one of the last pieces for the day and the colours had become muted and greyed through mixing.... but I still liked it. In days to come I'll show you the other pieces I made that afternoon.

Hello Friend, Inky backgrounds, Background Bits, Glossy White Cardstock, #thecraftythinker, Stampin Up Australia Demonstrator, Stephanie Fischer, Sydney NSW

Inky background on Glossy White Cardstock stamped with Basic Black Archival Ink

Again, I'm sure the technique for the background has a technical name but, since I don't know it, I'll simply describe the process I used.

Using three different ink pads (in this case Elegant Eggplant, Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry) I patted ink onto a waterproof craft mat.
I then spritzed the ink with water until it had formed quite large beads.
I pre-cut my Glossy White Cardstock to size and then pressed it into the ink on the mat.
I then lifted it up, let it run a little and used a tissue (a clean one of course!) to soak up any excess ink at the edge of the cardstock.
Since I'm somewhat impatient, I used my heat tool to dry the piece.

Tip:
Don't worry if the cardstock curls a bit. Application of some heat to the back of the piece may help or simply put it under heavy book for a short while. If a little bit of curl remains, it will sit flat once it has been adhered to another piece of card.

I used Basic Black Archival ink to stamp elements from the Background Bits stamp set and the greeting from the Hello Friend stamp set.

Having used my heat tool again to ensure that the black ink was dry, I sponged a line of Bermuda Bay ink across the pattern at the bottom of the card to provide a little bit of a ribbon effect.

Having added my Crushed Curry and Elegant Eggplant layers I added the piece to the front of the Bermuda Bay card and added some Enamel Shapes to the centres of the pattern. They are in fact Pear Pizzazz but they look more yellow in the photo.

For the "thinking of you" panel, I lightly sponged a small strip of Glossy White Cardstock with Bermuda Bay before stamping the greeting (from the Colorful Seasons stamp set) using Basic Black Archival ink and adding some Elegant Eggplant Enamel Shapes.