The Crafty Thinker: Stephanie Fischer - Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator: House Warming Card

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Monday, 12 June 2017

In The City with fluffy clouds

Another of my friends is in the process of moving so another housewarming card is called for. I don't know why I have such a mental block but I find such cards very difficult to make!

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Fluffy white clouds using embossing paste and a Pattern Party mask

This one started with the wonderful new embossing paste and one of the Pattern party masks. The paste is so light and easy to use that it was very simple to use only a few of the clouds as well as to control the amount of paste in each cloud. For some of them I used quite a lot of paste, swirling the top to create fluffy white clouds and others I spread more thinly so that some of the blue from the paper showed through.

The use of embossing paste adds some dimension to this House Warming card

I stamped a row of buildings with Basic Black ink onto a spare piece of Whisper White card and watercoloured them (yes, I could have coloured them with the two-step stamping process but I really enjoy watercolouring!).

Having added a strip of Sahara Sand card to the bottom of the card, I cut out my row of buildings and glued it on top.

I added a Congratulations greeting and another house to the inside of the card.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Monday, 20 March 2017

Nailed The Move

The moment that I've been dreading arrived last weekend ... my son left the nest to share a house with some friends. From the moment of his birth, my brain has known and accepted the inevitability of this day and is quietly celebrating for him, acknowledging the growth and development it will provide but my heart just can't get with the program!

I made this house-warming card for the trio of young men.

The inspiration for the layout came from an old sketch for a challenge run by the talented Dawn Olchefske: DOstampersstars Thursday Challenge DSC#082.

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The square panel is elevated on Stampin' Dimensionals

He and his friends have already embarked on a steep learning curve and have been measuring, dismantling and reassembling things.

I chose some papers from the Serene Scenery paper that were masculine and also reminded me a little of textures that one might find around the house.

I chose the Nailed It Bundle partly because of its masculine appeal and also partly to celebrate the development of their home-maintenance skills!

The ruler, nuts & bolts and shaft of the screwdriver are all cut from Silver Foil Sheet. The entire hammer and the handle of the screwdriver are stamped with Basic Black ink onto Whisper White card and coloured with Stampin' Write Markers.

I chose to hand-cut the hammer and screwdriver handle because, for this particular project, I didn't want a white edge around the images.

The greeting is from the Tasty Trucks stamp set - free during Sale-A-Bration with any order of $90. Sale-A-Bration runs only until the end of this month - so make sure you take advantage before it's too late!

The nuts and bolts continue inside the card but this time they're stamped.

Inside the card, I used Basic Gray ink to stamp the nuts and bolts and then coloured them with a Smoky Slate marker. I stamped the spanner onto Silver Foil Sheet with Jet Black Stazon ink and cut it out with the matching die before gluing it into position.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Monday, 7 November 2016

Sweet Home Housewarming

This card is for some friends in England who have just moved into their new home.

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What could be behind the door?

They actually have two beautiful grey cats with tigerish markings but I could only fit one cat onto the card - the other one must be off exploring!

A house full of love!

The front door opens to a house full of love.

My thanks to Petra Tailor of Tailored Craftiness for inspiration!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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