Botanical Bliss Paper Pieced Card

This is what became of the Highland Heather base card that I didn't use for Wednesday's card.

I also had a very narrow frame of Champagne Foil left from that card which I glued to this card rather than waste it.  Then I had to figure out what to do with it!

The little flower is cut with a die from the Petals & More Thinlits

The paper-piecing is very straight forward.  I simply cut the flowers once with the Champagne Foil and once with the Gorgeous Grape cardstock.  For the leaves, I cut only that portion with the die from Shaded Spruce cardstock.  To make life as simple as possible, I had placed Mulitpurpose Adhesive Sheet to the back of all the cardstock before I started cutting.

TIPS:

• I was careful to keep the shapes in the die to make it simple to know which piece to put where.
• The Take Your Pick Tool made it very quick and easy to pick up each little piece and position it.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase in my online store

Botanical Bliss Clear-Mount Bundle

$72.00

Foliage Frame Framelits Dies

$47.00

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

$58.00

Champagne Foil Sheets

$7.00

Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Highland Heather A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Faceted Dots

$10.50

Painted Glass: Mango & Grape

This card caused me some trouble, mainly because I didn't plan in advance.  I started out with the centre vellum panel and then thought about what to do with it!

I originally made a base card from Highland Heather cardstock and changed my mind at the last minute.  So I was left with an unused Highland Heather card.  On Friday, I'll share what I did with it.

Graceful Glass Vellum centre panel with an oblong frame cut with a square Stained Glass die

To make the frame around the centre panel, I "elongated" the square die in the Stained Glass Thinlits set.  It did require a little patience and fiddling.  

• I first cut a piece of Champagne Foil to size.
• I positioned the die at the top of the Foil strip, making sure to keep it straight.
• I positioned the top cutting plate in such a way that the lower horizontal pattern would not cut (See image 1 below)
• Next, I repositioned the die, ensuring that it lined up and that there would be sufficient overlap to continue cutting the vertical pattern (see image 3 below).
• I positioned the top cutting plate in such a way that the top horizontal pattern would not cut.
• I carefully rolled it through the Big Shot, being careful to stop before I reached the lower horizontal pattern.  It's not a very big die, so I didn't roll it far!
• I then repositioned for the last time - lining up the bottom of the die with the bottom of the Foil strip and making sure that vertical edges all lined up.
• I then repeated the cutting process, ensuring that the top horizontal pattern did not cut.
• I then found I needed to tidy up a few areas that had not cut properly with my craft knife.

Image 1:  Die cutting an oblong with a square die - Positioning the top cutting pad

Image 2: Die cutting an oblong with a square die - After the first cut

Image 3: Die cutting an oblong with a square die - Positioning the top cutting pad for the second cut

Close up of the Graceful Glass Vellum shows the Shimmer Paint

I coloured the front of the vellum with Stampin' Blend alcohol markers and then used a paint brush to apply some Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint to the rest of the centre panel, leaving the edges unpainted.

I attached the vellum to a piece of Grapefruit Grove cardstock by sponging the back of the vellum with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

The greeting (from the Hand Delivered stamp set) is heat embossed in silver onto a piece of Gorgeous Grape cardstock and cut out with one of the Bunch of Banners dies.  After cutting, I used some Frost White and Champagne Mist Shimmer Paints to add some definition to the banner.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available in my online store

Stained Glass Thinlits Dies

$50.00

Graceful Glass 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.X Cm) Designer Vellum

$19.25

Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies

$45.00

Frost White Shimmer Paint

$14.00

Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint

$14.00

Champagne Foil Sheets

$7.00

Grapefruit Grove A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Mango Melody A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Hand Delivered Photopolymer Stamp Set

$23.00

Versamark Pad

$15.00

Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.75

Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Mango Melody Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

$15.50

Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

$15.50

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Special Guest: Sarah Flemming

Welcome to the Crazy Crafters' Blog Hop with our Special Guest stamper, Sarah Flemming - 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.

Click here to visit Sarah'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 through the blog hop.

I really love this card of Sarah's: the bright pop of colours behind the black silhouettes, the layout, the touch of gold!

I also saw it as an opportunity to use another watercolour background that's been kicking around in my craft room for months!

Night Owl silhouette on a watercolour background
The main colours are Gorgeous Grape and Grapefruit Grove

So I cut the owl from Basic Black cardstock as well as the branch from the Seasonal Layers die set.  There is a beautiful branch in the Night Owl die set but this one suits my layout better.

I used one of the Timeless Textures stamps and Bright Copper Shimmer Paint to stamp the corners of the Gorgeous Grape layer and then added some splatters of the same Shimmer Paint.

Once I'd finished the card, I wished I used the Nature's Twine instead of the Grosgrain Ribbon but, although I tried, it was too difficult to make the change - oh well!

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

Product List - All available for purchase in my online store

Night Owl Thinlits Dies

$49.00

Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies

$56.00

Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$35.00

Bright Copper Shimmer Paint

$14.00

Grapefruit Grove 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon

$10.50

Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Grapefruit Grove A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

$17.00

White Velvet Mistletoe Season

The gorgeous White Velvet Paper will be available only from 1 to 30 November!  Don't miss out!

My first though when I opened up my pack of White Velvet Paper was, perhaps oddly, "I wish I'd had this to use for carpet when I was making cards with interior Christmas scenes"!  Then I thought it would be great for snowy hills or cutting out snowflake decorations.  But I really wanted to put it through its paces and see what could be done with it.

Heat embossing on White Velvet Paper

So I tried heat embossing.  I wasn't really expecting it to work - I thought the embossing powder would get stuck all over the velvet finish.  However, the excess powder comes off quite nicely with a firm tap to the back of the paper!

I did find, though, that I had trouble getting a clean finish with the Mistletoe stamp - however gentle and careful I was with stamping, the velvet picked up Versamark from the spaces between the mistletoe sprigs.  So, I brushed it off with a small brush.  That process wasn't 100% successful but I wasn't unhappy with the resulting shadow effect.

Some colour was added to the White Velvet Paper with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers

I then decided to try colouring the velvet with Stampin' Blends Alcohol markers which worked brilliantly!

Using the Stamparatus, I was able to stamp the greeting in Real Red ink and then overstamp it with Versamark before clear heat embossing it.

I also did some 3-step stamping on the velvet with inks which came out really well and I'll share that card in the near future.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase in my online store

Timeless Tidings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$35.00

Falling Flowers Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$35.00

Mistletoe Season Photopolymer Stamp Set

$30.00

White Velveteen Sheets

$8.75

Versamark Pad

$15.75

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.75

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

$58.00

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Real Red A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Sprig Punch

$31.00

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Stamparatus

$85.00