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

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Sunday, 26 November 2017

Flourishing Thinlits - Gray & White

I thought I'd do something a bit different this week so, starting today, I'll be letting the posts flow in a way that follows my creative process (which often seems chaotic!).

It's not always easy to pin point the start of a creation, influence or inspirational spark but for me (particularly at this busy cardmaking time of year) I'm very influenced by wanting to use up scraps and leftovers!

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A simple but elegant card featuring one of the gorgeous Flourish thinlit dies

This is a very simple card that has some elegance. It could be used for a sympathy card but the splash of Pool Party (pardon the pun!) brightens it up enough to make it multipurpose.

The base card is Basic Gray. The Smoky Slate layer has the centre cut out with the largest of the Lots of Labels dies and the Flourish is cut from Whisper White cardstock.

Using the Thoughtful Banners stamp set, I stamped the banner in Bermuda Bay ink and the word friend with Basic Gray ink. I cut the banner with the coordinating Duet Banner punch and then cut a scrap of Pool Party cardstock with the same punch. I cut the smaller banner in half and adhered each half so that they would show behind the main banner.

Tomorrow I'll show you how I used the negative shape from the Flourish die cut and on Wednesday you'll see what happened to the Smoky Slate label.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - To visit my online store, click on a product image below (Australian Residents only)

Flourish Thinlits Dies

$49.00

Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies

$45.00

Thoughtful Banners Photopolymer Stamp Set

$37.00

Duet Banner Punch

$31.00

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

$14.00

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

$12.25

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Friday, 4 November 2016

Holly Berry Cheer

When I made this card, I was really just playing with possibilities but was quite pleased with the way it turned out.

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A mix of Stamping, die cutting and hand cutting

I stamped, coloured and cut out the baubles from the Jar of Cheer image and added them to a spray of leaves cut with the Pretty Pines Thinlits.

I stamped the holly directly onto the card front and watercoloured lightly.

The banner is from Thoughtful Banners and I added the greeting from Merriest Wishes before cutting it out with the matching punch.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Click on a product image below to visit my online store (Australian residents only)

Friday, 28 October 2016

Paisley Square

This card is entered into the Crazy Crafters Project Highlights for this week. So see all the other great projects and to vote for your favourites, click here (from 7.30pm).

I made some pretty paisley background paper for this card and the leftover piece had been sitting on my desk ever since then. So, today, I decided to use it up!

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The Paisleys & Posies Bundle is so much fun to use!

The decorative panel is made from layers of Basic Black, Pink Pirouette and Basic Gray cardstock. I stamped the banner and sentiment from Thoughtful Banners in Basic Black ink onto Pink Pirouette cardstock and cut it out with the matching framelit. I coloured the ends of the banner with a Smoky Slate Stampin' Write Marker before sticking it to the panel.

I cut layers of paisley with the Paisley Framelits, mixing and matching colours in Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Basic Gray and Pink Pirouette. I partially inked one of the Pasinleys & Posies stamps with a Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker to stamp the little flower and added dabs of white with a Stampin' Chalk Marker.

The decorative panel is popped up on dimensionals.

Such a simple way to dress up the inside of a card

I used leftover pieces of my patterned paper to decorate the inside of the card.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - To visit my online store, click on one of the product images below (Australian Residents only)

Monday, 22 August 2016

Thoughtful Branches Birthday

My team members and I had a crafting session the other day (well, OK, it also involved a lot of cake and tea!). One of them cut a tree from Watermelon Wonder cardstock with the Thoughtful Branches dies and did it so neatly that I couldn't pass up the opportunity to use that negative space.

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Such a quick and easy card with the Thoughtful Branches dies

So I cut another tree from a scrap of Early Espresso cardstock, fit it into the space and layered it onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, adding a birthday greeting and some Flirty Flamingo Ruched Ribbon.

The card base is made from Flirty Flamingo cardstock with a layer of Flirty Flamingo patterned paper.

Exceptionally quick and easy!

If you like the Thoughtful Branches sets and don't yet have it - act quickly! It's only available during August.

Thanks for visiting!

'Til next time

Stephanie