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

Sunday, 7 August 2016

Swirly Bird card in a box

I recently received a commission for a First Holy Communion card with a very specific set of requirements. The card was to include the words "Grandson" and his full name, the words First Holy Communion, date and details of the church. The colours were to be light blue and white with gold trim, it was to be a card in a box and decorations could be sheep, angels, candles, cross, balloons.

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I've blurred parts of the printing on the card to protect my customer's privacy

Since I had no suitable DSP, the first task was to create some! I used the Swirly Birds and Floral Phrases stamp sets with Marina Mist ink, Versamark and gold embossing powder.

It's so easy to create a repeat pattern with this stamp in the Floral Phrases set

Given the shapes of the decorations, I decided to make an oblong box card and rather than reinvent the wheel, I used the very easy to follow template that I found here on Di Barnes' blog.

I was so happy with my Swirly Bird pattern, I didn't want to cover it!

I created the cross with one of the dies in the Wonderful Wreath Framelits set. The balloons are punched out of Gold Foil Sheeet and embossed with the Softly Falling embossing folder. I used one of the Layering Oval Framelits and one of the dies from the Project Life Cards & Labels set to cut out the printed panels, then edged them with gold using a Wink of Stella pen.

I decided to keep the box uncluttered because I didn't want to detract from the Swirly Birds pattern that I liked so much I didn't want to cover up! I did, however, give it a thin border of Gold Foil.

Thank you for your visit.
'Til next time
Stephanie

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Friday, 5 August 2016

Sweet Sugarplum 21st - Holiday Catalogue Sneak Peek

This card will be included in the Crazy Crafters Team Project Highlights this week - click here to see all the wonderful entries and vote for your favourites.

Great excitement - my Holiday Catalogue pre-order arrived this morning. So instead of doing all the things I should have been doing, I've been using some of the lovely new products to make a 21st birthday card for my mother-in-law to give to my niece at the weekend.

There are plenty of items in the new Holiday Catalogue that are versatile enough to be used for any occasion.

There are also lots of great bundles in the catalogue - of which I took full advantage!

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It's a bit busy because I couldn't stop myself from adding more of the lovely goodies!

I started by using one of the new stencils from the Seasonal Decorative Masks set (141848), sponged with Blushing Bride and Rich Razzleberry onto Whisper White cardstock to create a background pattern.

I used the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper for the numbers and cut some Rich Razzleberry cardstock using a die from the new Cheerful Tags Framelits. Then I layered all of the this onto pieces of Blushing Bride and Sweet Sugarplum cardstock (I used the Project Life Corner Punch to round the corners) before adding it to the card front with Dimensionals. The numbers are elevated by using the Foam Adhesive Strips.

I added some Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon and then cut twirls out of Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry cardstock using one of the dies from the Cupcake Cutouts Framelits. I attached these using the Fine-Tip Glue Pen along with some sequins from the gorgeous new mix called Fancy Frost (142519).

The cute little bows at the top right of the card were cut from Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry cardstock using the new Pretty Pines Thinlits die set (141851) . I decided to layer the two sizes to provide a bit more oomph. Interestingly, the little bow in the new Christmas Stockings Thinlits die set seems similar enough to also layer with the smaller of these bows.

The inside of the card is also decorated using the same stencil

The greeting inside the card is from the stamp set included with the Watercolour Wishes kit.

The products from the new Holiday Catalogue will be available for sale from 1st September 2016 to 3 January 2017. If you live in Australia, don't have (and are not yourself) a Stampin' Up! Distributor and would like a copy of the catalogue - contact me.

Thank you for visiting today.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Wednesday, 3 August 2016

Floral Botanical

There's not really a lot to say about this card, so I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. The colours are Basic Gray and Very Vanilla with a touch of Pear Pizzazz and Real Red.

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Stampin Dimensionals add depth and movement to the card front

I've always loved the combination of grey, cream and pink

The edge from the Floral Phrases stamp set finishes off the inside of the card

Thank you for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

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Monday, 1 August 2016

Lovely Lace and pearl

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Metallics, lace and pearl - seems like a good combination

This is a bit of an unusual card for me - I have used some product not carried by Stampin' Up.

I've just returned from a month in England. Naturally, I simply had to visit at least one craft store while I was there and some gilding wax jumped into my basket!

I'm still a little jet-lagged and feeling a bit out of touch with my craft space but I was eager to try out the gilding wax. The Lovely Lace embossing folder seemed like a good test for it and I tried all five (you have to get it when you see it, right?!) of the colours that I brought back with me: Silver, Copper, Ultramarine, Enchanted Gold and Golden Light

My test piece was never intended to see the light of day but the more I looked at it, the more I liked the strange mix of colours and random application!

I kept the card design simple to let the embossing speak for itself and added some Copper Metallic Thread and a Metal Rimmed Pearl because lace and pearls are a classic mix!

Thank you for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

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