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

Sunday, 11 September 2016

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop - 11 September with Guest Sarah Berry

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

Cute baby bear holding a rubber duck! for Strawberry Sketches #SS007

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We hope you find great inspiration from the projects.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.

This is the card by Sarah that I have chosen to CASE. It's based on her sketch for Strawberry Sketches #SS007. Sarah runs a sketch challenge on her website every Wednesday.

I made a set of cards in a matching box using the Petals & Paisleys Specialty Designer Series Paper.

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A set of four A6 sized cards, with envelopes, fit inside the matching box.

The Petals & Paisleys DSP is paired with Very Vanilla, Night of Navy and Copper Foil cardstock

I used the Swirly Scribbles, Layering Circles and Paisley dies to create the circular focal point.

The colours are Very Vanilla, Mint Macaron, Delightful Dijon and Cajun Craze with a touch of Copper

The colours are Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze and Delightful Dijon

The colours are Very Vanilla, Delightful Dijon, Mint Macaron and Night of Navy

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

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Thanks for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

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Friday, 9 September 2016

Timeless Love Thank You

I have entered this card into the Crazy Crafters' Project Highlights this week. To see the other entries and to vote for your favourites, click here.

This card is to thank dear friends for including us in a remarkable wedding experience - it stretched over a long weekend and will live in our memory banks forever.

The bride loves roses and the curved shape of this image is similar to the one she used for her invitations - so I hope she'll like this.

I really love the combination of Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry.

The floral image is from the Timeless Love stamp set. I stamped it onto watercolour paper with Archival Basic Black ink and then watercoloured it with Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz and Delightful Dijon. There's also a touch of Gold Wink of Stella in the flower centres.

The greeting is from the One Big Meaning stamp set. It is also stamped onto watercolour paper in Basic Black ink then cut out with one of the Layering Circles framelits. I layered this onto a piece of Rich Razzleberry cut with one of the scalloped Layering Circles framelits.

The 3D flower is made with the Paisley framelits. You'll find my tutorial here.

I left the flowers inside the card unpainted.

Thank you for visiting today.

'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Bunch of Blossoms 13th Birthday Card

I was commissioned to make a special birthday card for a much loved granddaughter and was asked to include a favourite photo of said granddaughter.


Don't adjust your set! I blurred the facial features on the image.

I made a copy of the photograph, reducing it by 25% so that it would fit within the oval framelit.

I stamped the flowers with Cajun Craze ink and punched them out with the matching Blossom Builder Punch. Having glued them together, I adhered them to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. The enamel tear drop shape with the little heart is from the Good Vibes Project Life Accessories Kit. The flower stems are simply very narrow strips of cardstock.

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Stampin' Dimensionals provide depth and interest to a card front.

The 6" square card is made from Night of Navy cardstock layered with Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White and Pacific Point. I picked out colours that I saw in the photo. The Pacific Point layer is embossed with the Confetti embossing folder.

Plenty of space inside for loving, grandmotherly words!

To decorate the inside of the card, I used a little masking to create the flower with the Bunch of Blossoms stamp set with Garden Green and Real Red ink. I added a little watercolouring. The greeting is from the Tin of Cards stamp set and I added the name using the Labeler Alphabel stamps.

I added the very thin strip of So Saffron cardstock because I felt it created better balance.

Thank you for visiting!
'Til next time
Stephanie

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