Wednesday 29 November 2017

Reindeer in a Wintry Forest

On Sunday's card I cut a window from a Smoky Slate layer with the largest of the Lots of Labels dies and I promised to share what happened to the piece from the centre...... here it is!
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An easy to make snowy scene using dies
The base card is Early Espresso and I added a layer of Soft Sky.  I cut some Smoky Slate and Basic Gray oddments with dies from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits and Bouquet Bunch Framelits and adhered all but one to the label shape.

I tore a scrap of Whisper White cardstock into a snowy, hilly terrain and trimmed the end with the largest Lots of Labels die.
TIP:  To make it easier to tear the hill shape, "draw" the tear line with a small wet paintbrush.  Leave it for a short time to soak into the card and then gently tear.

With the white piece glued on top of the bottom part of the label, I then adhered the last tree shape on top of the white.

I cut the reindeer from the Santa's Sleigh dies with Early Espresso cardstock and trimmed off the antlers and tail.  I then cut the top part of the reindeer with Crumb Cake cardstock and adhered this behind the Early Espresso so that the Crumb Cake antlers and tail show.  I then glued the reindeer to the card.

I stamped the banner from Seasonal Bells with Archival Black ink and cut it out with the coordinating die in the Bunch of Banners set.

On Friday I'll share what happened to the negative space left over from cutting out the Early Espresso reindeer!

Thank you for visiting.
Til next time!
Stephanie


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Monday 27 November 2017

Flourishing Thinlits in the Negative

This week I'm showing my creative process using up scraps and leftovers as I go.  Yesterday I showed you a card that featured the gorgeous Flourish thinlit so today I'm showing you what happened to the piece of Whisper White cardstock from which the flourish was cut.
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Sneak Peek - Petal & More thinlits dies available 3 January 2018 in the new Occasions Catalogue
When I cut the Flourish, I was moderately careful to centre the die on the scrap of cardstock I used.  I was also careful to keep all the little pieces from the die cut.

My first step today was to trim the piece of white cardstock into a suitable layer for this card.  I then adhered it to the Tranquil Tide layer which in turn was adhered to the Pool Party base card.

I then added a few of the little pieces saved from the die cutting (I certainly don't have sufficient patience to glue on all the little pieces from the leaves!).

I already had one of the little Pool Party flowers leftover from a previous card so I just cut one more and adhered them to the corners.  That step was made easy by using the Multipurpose Adhesive sheet.  You may be wondering which die I used - this is a sneak peek of the Petals & More Thinlits in the 2018 Occasions Catalogue.

I stamped the banner and word from the Thoughtful Banners stamp set and cut it out with the coordinating Duet Banner Punch.  I also punched a piece of Pool Party cardstock and added it to the back of the banner.

Here are the two Flourish cards together.  Next time (on Wednesday) I'll show you the Christmas Card I made with the Smoky slate label.
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Waste not, want not!  Use the negative shape left over from die-cutting the flourish in another card!

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'Til next time!
Stephanie


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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

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Friday 24 November 2017

Ink it! Stamp it! Design Team Blog Hop: Christmas

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Welcome to the Ink It! Stamp It! Design Team Blog Hop - we hop every month so be sure to pop back and visit us again!  Today our theme is Christmas - my favourite time of year! 

You are currently at my page - Stephanie Fischer, The Crafty Thinker.  At the end of my post there is a full line up of team members, please click on the name after mine in the list to continue the hop.
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Four stamp sets combined to create a little Christmas Eve scene

Something that I enjoy immensely is to combine several stamp sets into a little scene.  Here I've used four stamp sets:


Santa Paws - the festive dog
Carols of Christmas (plus coordinating dies) baubles on the tree
Beautiful You - the gorgeous lady
Ready for Christmas (plus coordinating dies) - the tree, gifts and greetings

Colouring is another of my favourite things to do and here I've combined traditional stamping, sponging, Stampin' Blends alcohol markers and just a touch of  Real Red Stampin' Write marker on the red gift.

I created my scene on a piece of Whisper White cardstock that I had cut to size and then applied it to my Crushed Curry card base.

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


Thank you so much for joining us today. We hope you'll join us again next month for our Sale-A-Bration projects! I'm Stephanie Fischer and to keep hopping around see the list below to see who is up next with another great technique.


Thanks for visiting

'Til next time
Stephanie



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Wednesday 22 November 2017

Pattern Party Sleigh Christmas Card

This card came about because I wanted to test out the new sparkly embossing paste that will be available in the Occasions Catalogue (3 January to 31 May 2018).  I was curious to see if/how the result would differ from using the plain white embossing paste with Dazzling Diamonds added. 
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This Christmas card has some sneak peeks and some old favourites

The result?  It's just as sparkly - maybe a little finer and, best of all, I can save my Dazzling Diamonds for other purposes!

So I had the red and white pattern and my mind went blank (not an unusual state of affairs!).   When in doubt - add a sleigh full of gifts!
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A mix of old and new products in this Christmas card
Curious about the greenish embellishment?  The Tutti-frutti Sequins are self-adhesive and will also be available in the new Occasions Catalogue. I noticed that the blue ones are so pale as to be almost transluscent so I layered one on top of a Lemon Lime Twist one to get a more muted green better suited to my colour scheme.  In the centre is a Rhinestone Jewel that I coloured with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie


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