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

Sunday, 25 September 2016

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop - 25 September 2016 - Guest Paula Dobson

Welcome to the Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with our Special Guest stamper, Paula Dobson - we are thrilled to have Paula join us this month and so excited to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) any project that has been created by her . We hope you find great inspiration from the projects.

http://stampinantics.blogspot.com.au/2016/07/it-just-stinks-gdp045.html

http://stampinantics.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/the-art-of-nature-gdp031.html

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.

These are the cards by Paula that I have chosen to CASE - mine uses elements from both of them.

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Crumb Cake and Real Red give a lovely warm, cosy feeling to Christmas cards

I used the Starlight Thinlits dies and some scrap paper to create some masks then sponged with Crumb Cake ink. I removed the masks and then positioned a rectangle of cardstock to create another mask and sponged around it with Real Red ink to create the red border.

There are layers of Candy Cane Lane DSP, Crumb Cake and Real Red cardstock.

The greeting is from the Christmas Magic stamp set, cut out with one of the Layering Circles framelits and edged with Real Red ink. I adhered that to a larger layer cut from Crumb Cake cardstock with one of the scalloped Layering Circles framelits. I applied some glue to the Crumb Cake layer with the Fine-Tip Glue Pen and sprinkled it with Dazzling Diamonds glitter. I adhered a piece of Real Red Stitched Edge Ribbon to the back and then used Dimensionals to stick it onto the card front.

As a final frosty touch, I applied some glue to three of the larger round silver enamel shapes in the Metallic Enamel Shapes pack, sprinkled them with Dazzling Diamonds and, once dry, applied them to the centres of the snowflake images.

I also made a monochromatic version using Night of Navy ink.

Silvery touches courtesy of Silver Glitter Ribbon from the Combo Pack and silver Metallic Enamel Shapes

I hope you've enjoyed this card and I welcome your comments.

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.

'Til next time.
Stephanie

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

Starlight Thinlits Dies

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Real Red 3/4" (1.9 Cm) Stitched Edge Ribbon

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Layering Circle Framelits Dies

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Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

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Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper

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Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

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Real Red A4 Card Stock

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Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

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Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

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Christmas Magic Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter

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Fine-Tip Glue Pen

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Metallic Enamel Shapes

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Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

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Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

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3/8" (1 Cm) Glitter Ribbon Combo Pack

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Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

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Big Shot

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Stampin' Dimensionals

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Friday, 23 September 2016

Pretty Paisley Pair

This card is entered into the Crazy Crafters Blog Highlights this week. Click here to see the other amazing entries and vote for your favourites (from 6pm AEST today until Thursday 22nd)

It's funny how inspiration strikes! I wasn't feeling too well yesterday so gave myself permission to sit down with a nice cup of tea and watch a TV programme that I had recorded. It turned out to be a really bad show but I kept thinking "It has to improve!" It didn't but about fifteen minutes in, a female character appeared in a totally inappropriate but gorgeous black and cream dress! My brain started to whir into action and before I knew it, I was in my craft room!

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Not wanting to waste any of my hand-made DSP, I made two cards

The first thing I did was to stamp three of the larger Paisley images onto Very Vanilla cardstock with Basic Black Archival ink. I then used a Smoky Slate Stampin' Write Marker to colour them. I then stamped the leaf image with Smoky Slate ink and the small flower with Basic Gray.

I cut a 12" x 12" piece of Basic Gray cardstock in half to create two 6" square cards.

Black, Grey and Cream is such an elegant colour scheme

This was the first card I made. I kept it fairly simple so that the stamped card remained the star of the show. To create neutral embellishments, I used the old trick of colouring Rhinestone Jewels with a black Sharpie.

I've been hanging out to use one of these gorgeous tassles!

Not wanting to waste any of my hand-made decorative paper, I made a second card. The lace is from the Flourish Thinlits and the little "pocket" is from the Cheerful Tags Framelits. I cut it once in Basic Gray and once in Very Vanilla. I cut the cream one in half and glued it to the inside of the tag.

To attach the tassle, I punched a little hole in the bottom of the label, thread a needle with Black Metallic thread, positioned the tassle and sewed around the ring of the tassle and through the hole in the label.

Raise the little flap to reveal a hidden greeting

The "hello" greeting inside the pocket is from the Fabulous Flora hostess stamp set. The "For You" greeting is from another gorgeous hostess set called Gift of Love.

The greetings are neutral enough to cover almost any occasion

Opinion is divided in my household. My husband likes the original card the best whilst my son and I feel that the remnant card outshone the original.

What do you think?

Thank you for visiting
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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