Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Guest Stamper: Nadine Weiner

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

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 through the blog hop.

I was like a kid in a candy shop while looking through Nadine's work to choose a project to CASE - she has a great eye for design and is very talented - but eventually I chose the card above.

So this is my version - although I've changed a few things the basic design is there.

The beautiful Birthday Blooms stamp set is set to retire on 31 May 2018

This is my fond and sad farewell to the beautiful Birthday Blooms stamp set - it's been a firm favourite of mine and I'll always love it!  

I stamped the image onto a piece of Whisper White card with Peakaboo Peach ink and then watercoloured with Peakaboo Peach, Tangerine Tango, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green and Mint Macaron inks.  I also used a touch of Tuxedo Black ink for the centre of the flower.

The base card is Tangerine Tango with layers of Tranquil Tide, Peakaboo Peach and finally Eastern Palace Designer Series Paper.  I added a couple of strips of Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper before adhering the fussy cut flower.

Retiring products that I used:
Birthday Blooms stamp set
Eastern Palace Designer Series Paper
Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper
Tangerine Tango cardstock
Peakaboo Peach cardstock
Tangering Tango ink
Wild Wasabi ink
Peakaboo Peach ink

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 on seeing any of the blogs and the amazing inspiration that they contain.

Thanks for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Current Product List - all available in my online store

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$33.00

Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper

$21.00

Tangerine Tango A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Tranquil Tide A4 Cardstock

$14.00

Peekaboo Peach A4 Cardstock

$14.00

Blended Birthday Blooms

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

Part of the image has been cut out to allow it to overlap the frame

Birthday Blooms remains one of my very favourite stamp set and the new Stampin' Blend alcohol markers have added another layer to my love affair with this image!

If you've been following my posts, you'll know that I hate to waste anything!  So this card started with a little scrap of Basic Gray cardstock which I had used to cut with one of the Lots of Labels dies for this card.  I hadn't centred the die when I cut it nor had I left enough space to cut a frame with a larger die.  So I simply trimmed the sides and then used one of the larger dies in the set to shape each end which left me with a cute little frame.

I then cut all the layers for my card and on the Whisper White layer I masked one side of the frame before stamping the image with Memento ink and colouring with the Stampin' Blends in Pool Party and Smoky Slate.

Masking and stamping the image

I loosely positioned the frame and drew around the inside with a pencil then used a craft knife to cut around the parts of the image that I wanted to overlap the frame.

Having slipped the frame around the image and adhered it, I glued the white layer to the Basic Gray layer before popping the cut parts of the image up on Mini Stampin' Dimensionals.  

Stampin' Dimensionals lift the cut section and the underlying Smoky Slate layer provides a shadow

The greeting is stamped with Basic Gray ink and the base card is Soft Sky.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie


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

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$33.00

Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies

$45.00

Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

$12.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Card Stock A4 Soft Sky

$14.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

$6.00

Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop - Case The Catalogue: Birthday Blooms

 

Welcome to the monthly Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop. You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer (The Crafty Thinker) from Australia. I hope you enjoy my project Casing the beautiful new Catalog.

This is the card/project from the catalog that I'm casing:

Birthday Blooms - Page 70 of the Annual Catalogue 2017-2018

And here is my take on it:

My CASE of the Birthday Blooms card on page 70 of the Annual Catalogue

I clear heat embossed the gorgeous bloom on Cherry Cobbler cardstock and painted it with Whisper White Craft ink which is a process I find enjoyable and soothing!  The greeting is white heat embossed and the shadows are watercoloured with Cherry Cobbler ink.

The background pattern was created with one of the Pattern Party Masks and Cherry Cobbler ink before I sponged more Cherry Cobbler ink around the edges of the piece.

The Birthday Blooms stamp set is one of my all time favourites!

I added a layer of Whisper White to break up all the heavy Cherry Cobbler and balance the white highlights in the flower.

I've included some pictures of the piece in progress which give an idea of my method.   When using white craft ink, I generally work from top to bottom to minimise my chances of smudging the ink with my hand because the white stays sticky and wet for a long time.

Work in progress - painting with white craft ink

I gradually build up layers of white - starting lean (not a lot of pigment) and ending fat (pretty much pure pigment).

The finished flower awaits its stencilled background

The small flower inside the card is stamped in Basic Black Archival ink and watercoloured with Cherry Cobbler, Lemon Lime Twist and Wild Wasabi inks.

I like to make the inside of the card match the outside

I hope the project you've seen here on my blog today has inspired you & brightened your day. You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer. Please see the list below & hop through all of the people on the list to see all our projects. You don't want to miss any!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie



Product List

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140658]

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Ink Refill

[101780]

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

[126966]

Pattern Party Decorative Masks

[144103]

Birthday Blooms Pattern Party

Regular visitors to my blog posts will know just how much I love to use the Birthday Blooms stamp set - it's one of my all time favourites.   However, before today, I had never used the little flower in the set!

Finally got around to using the small flower from my favourite stamp set - Birthday Blooms

The steps I took:

1. Mixed a few drops of Perfect Plum ink with a small amount of water and soaked a length of Whisper White Classic Weave ribbon which I then hung to dry.
    
2. Cut a circle from a Post It Note with the 1 3/4" circle punch and positioned it on my piece of Sahara Sand cardstock.
3. Cut a mask from Window Sheet with the Eclectic Layers Thinlit.
4. Coloured some Embossing Paste with a few drops of Powder Pink Ink Refill
5. Smooshed the coloured embossing paste through the mask onto the lower part of the card.
6. Speeded up the drying process (normally about 10 minutes) with a heat tool.
7. Positioned the Pattern Party mask and smooshed the coloured Embossing Paste through it onto the top part of the card.
8. Removed the circular mask.
9. When the paste was dry, stamped the circle from the Eastern Beauty stamp set and the greeting from the Ribbon of Courage Stamp set, using Elegant Eggplant ink.
    
10. Using the flower from the Birthday Blooms stamp set, tapped into Versamark followed by Sahara Sand ink and stamped onto Whisper White cardstock.
11. Added clear embossing powder and set with the heat tool.
12. Watercoloured the flowers using Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, Lemon Lime Twist and Wild Wasabi inks.
13. Fussy cut the flowers and added them to the card front with some glue dots.
     
14. Added my Perfect Plum ribbon (see step 1) to the card and made a bow which I attached with glue dots.
15. Attached my decorative piece to the Elegant Eggplant base card
16. Added a few Perfect Plum Enamel Shapes.

Thank you for visiting, I hope you enjoyed this card.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Supplies can be purchased from my online store by clicking on a product image below (Australian Residents only)

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140658]

Ribbon Of Courage Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143855]

Eastern Beauty Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143675]

1-3/4" Circle Punch

[119850]

Pattern Party Decorative Masks

[144103]

Eclectic Layers Thinlits Dies

[143774]

Embossing Paste

[141979]

Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[144090]

Whisper White 3/8" Classic Weave Ribbon

[144159]

Perfect Plum Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[102107]

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

[121695]

Elegant Eggplant A4 Card Stock

[108614]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Versamark Pad

[102283]

Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109130]

Regals Enamel Shapes

[141681]