Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Special Guest Meg Loven

 

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

 

Click to visit Meg's blog

Click to visit Meg's blog

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.

I loved looking through all the amazing cards on Meg's site and was tempted by many of them ... but I was particularly drawn to the post featuring these two cards because it appealed to my sense of thriftiness!

The Painted With Love Specialty Designer Series Paper is so gorgeous that the card doesn't need much else!

The Painted With Love Specialty Designer Series Paper is so beautiful that the card really doesn't need much more!  I cut some Calypso Coral cardstock with the Lovely Word thinlit and a Layering Oval framelit and attached it to a piece of Powder Pink cardstock also cut with the oval framelit.

I very carefully saved all the little bits of Calypso Coral cardstock to use in the next card.

Avoiding wastage by using the leftovers from the die cut

I layered the Calypso Coral pieces from the previous card onto a slightly larger Basic Grey oval - no wastage!

The glamour of the Painted With Love flower goes perfectly with the Painted With Love paper

I love the paper so much and was really enjoying that great multipurpose layout so I made this card as well!  The gorgeous flower from Beautiful Day is gold heat embossed onto a piece of scrapPowder Pink cardstock and cut out.

I then used Stampin' Blends alcohol markers to colour the flower before adhering it to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

The Painted with Love Specialty Designer Series Paper and Beautiful Day stamp set are from the new Occasions Catalogue and will be available from 3rd January 2018 to 31st May 2018.

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 - click on an image to visit my online store (Australian Residents only)

Fresh Fig 1/8" Sheer Ribbon

$10.50

Powder Pink 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon

$12.25

Gold Mini Sequin Trim

$10.50

Basic Gray 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon

$14.00

Lovely Words Thinlits Dies

$45.00

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

$58.00

True Gentleman Eclipse card

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

The True Gentleman Designer Series Paper is gorgeous ... in a very masculine way!

Can you guess for whom I made this card? !!!!

Hopefully the letters of the name look hewn in timber as Bruce is a great handyman!

This project started out as an eclipse card - I cut the letters out of the background paper - however, I then had a change of heart and decided to use the woodgrain paper for the letters as Bruce is an ace handyman!

The Early Espresso base card is 7.5" x 4" with a layer of  Sahara Sand followed by the layer of True Gentleman Designer Series Paper.  This is a sneak peek from the Occasions Catalogue which launches in just a few days on 3rd January!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - click on an image below to visit my online store (Australian Residents only)

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

$17.50

Large Letters Framelits Dies

$172.00

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Beautiful Day with Brusho- Sneak Peeks

I love the Brusho Colour Crystals in the new Occasions Catalogue and have been having fun experimenting.  In previous cards, I've made backgrounds and in this one I tried to use it in a slightly different way.

The Brusho Colour Crystals are so much fun to use and watch reacting with the water

The beautiful bold flower from the Beautiful Day stamp set was white heat embossed on watercolour paper.  I then brushed water onto the flower and sprinkled on a couple of different Brusho colours as well as green onto the leaf.

Once the flower had dried, I mixed some blue Brusho crystals with water on an acrylic block and used a damp paintbrush to apply the colour to the background - picking up more pigment and dropping it near the flower.

The greeting, from the same stamp set, is stamped in Dapper Denim ink and the panel was adhered to a Peekaboo Peach mat before being adhered to the Dapper Denim base card.

Both the stamp set and the Brusho Colours will be available from 3 January 2018 in the new Occasions Catalogue.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Click on an image below to visit my online store (Australian Residents only)

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock

$14.00

Peekaboo Peach A4 Cardstock

$14.00

Watercolor Paper

$8.75

Versamark Pad

$15.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.75

Heat Tool

$50.00

Card Front Builder Blocks Christmas Card

This card started life as experimentation with my new pot of Silver Embossing Paste (available on 3 January in the new Occasions Catalogue). 

I cut Window Sheet stencils with dies in the Card Front Builder set.  Not very happy with my silver results, I repeated the process (using the same stencils) with the Shimmery White Embossing Paste to check the differences.  

The Silver Embossing Paste is much runnier than either of the other two pastes and for this reason, I had less control of the paste and it kept squeezing its way under the stencil - to disastrous effect (as you'll see the photo below).

Comparison of Silver Embossing paste and Shimmery White Embossing Paste from Stampin' Up

I then tried out the Silver paste with one of the Pattern Party Decorative Masks and had a much better result - perhaps because those stencils are little thicker and sturdier than my home made one and also have smaller "open" areas.  I used that test in this card.

When I used the Shimmery White Embossing Paste with my home made stencils, the seepage was very limited and easy to clean up.  There were originally smudged areas on the reindeer in the corner between the head and horns, between the hind legs and near the stomach. They looked very much like the area on the left of the tree.  Before the paste was completely dry, I gently scraped away the offending bits with the end of my Paper-Piercing tool and then finished the cleaning process with a barely damp small brush.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

PS  I wish you all the joys of the season!

Product List - Click a product image below to shop in my online store (Australian Residents only)

Card Front Builder Thinlits Dies

$52.00

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

$45.25

Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies

$45.00

Shimmery White Embossing Paste

$15.75

Seasonal Bells Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$33.00

Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper

$22.75

Silver Mini Sequin Trim

$10.50

Foil Snowflakes

$10.00

Silver Foil Sheets

$7.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock

$14.00

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Window Sheets

$8.75

Hometown Greetings Slider Pop-up Money Holders

My thanks go to Phoebe Carr at Artsy Craftsy Phoebe for her tutorial, which I found easy to follow.  I simply changed some papers and colours.  I also chose to insert some folded cash instead of gift cards - mainly because I hadn't been sufficiently organised to have purchased the gift cards in time!

My first slider pop up money holder

Now that I think of it - I didn't watch to make sure the recipients found their cash!  Oh well.....

A gift card would probably look better but cash works for the less organised such as I!

The two Christmas Slider Pop-up money holders side by side

A slider pop up money holder for Christmas

I made envelopes decorated with coordinating paper

A couple of notes folded together fit quite well into the slider pop up Christmas card

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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

Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies

$56.00

Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper

$22.75

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Card Stock A4 Soft Sky

$14.00

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

$14.00

Basic Black 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon

$12.25

Bermuda Bay 3/8" Mini Chevron Ribbon

$12.25

Stampin' Trimmer

$50.00

Ink it! Stamp it! Design Team Blog Hop: Sale-A-Bration/Occasions 2018

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 Sale-A-Bration and the Occasions Catalogue - such an exciting time in the Stampin' Up calendar!

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.

As soon as I saw it, I completely fell in love with the Heartfelt Blooms stamp set and confess that I bumped up my purchases a bit so that I could get my hands on it!  It's one of the AMAZING products exclusive to the new Sale-A-Bration Catalogue that are free with qualifying orders.

Easel card with sneak peek of the Heartfelt Blooms stamp set with Color Theory paper

Most of the products in the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue are (as usual) free with a purchase of $90, however, this year there are also a few that require a spend of $180.

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!

The closed easel card with Heartfelt Blooms stamp and Color Theory paper

This Heartfelt Blooms stamp set can be obtained free with a product purchase of $90.

Easel card with Heartfelt Blooms stamp set and Fresh Florals paper

I made easel cards because I happened to be demonstrating that fun fold in class and I've teamed that glorious image with a variety of Designer Series Papers from the current Annual Catalogue.

The inside of the easel card - copper sequins add a little bling

The little heart-shaped embellishments are discarded remnants from using the Starlight dies in another card!
Petal Garden Designer Series Paper

I used a combination of Lemon Lime Twist and Garden Green inks
Fresh Floral paper and Tranquil Tide cardstock

The simplicity of this ombre Color Theory paper really sets off the detailed beauty of  the Heartfelt Blooms

I hope you've enjoyed these cards and I welcome your comments.

Thank you so much for joining us today.  We hope you'll join us again next month for our Technique based projects!  I'm Stephanie Fischer and to keep hopping around, see the list below to see who is up next with another great sneak peek!

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time!
Stephanie