Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Case the Team

Well hello my lovely cardmakers out there, welcome to the

Blog Hop for March, this month we were asked to CASE each other.

To CASE in crafting community can mean different things - Copy and Share Everything, Copy and Selectively Edit, Copy and Steal Everything, obviously I prefer the first 2 to the last one.  I love to credit those who have inspired me.  As someone wisely said, "there is nothing new under the sun".  All our art and creations have been influenced and inspired by others.  Even when we think we have hit on an original idea, you may discover that someone else has too.

Anyway, on with the crafting.  I decided to CASE a card by Barry from Mitosu crafts.  It's called the Floating Side Panel card, and his tutorial can be found {HERE}

I took the measurements and created this.

I used the Thoughtful Expressions stamps and Dies 162822 that are in the Stampin' Up! Mini catalogue.  The whole suite is beautiful and a joy to work with.

I stamped the large floral stamp with Petal Pink ink on the same coloured card stock and used that as the background layers and stuck them onto the Gray Granite card base.  The bird was stamped with Coastal Cabana ink on Pool Party card stock and large flower clusters with Calypso Coral ink on the same coloured card stock.  

I particularly like how the flower die can be placed on the flower image to add some dimension.

The hummingbird wings was layered to give an impression of flight, and the Iridescent Pearls 158987 were a lovely finishing touch to the flower centres.

To see how I made the card you can watch this tutorial

Thank you so much for looking at my card, here are the other hoppers, I am looking forward to seeing what they create.

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Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Preorder products

Well hello there, thank you for popping by today.  I'm going to be showing you some new products that will be available in the new Annual Catalogue going live on the 3rd of May.

I was extremely excited to get this set into my habds as it is packed full of beautiful leaves, including one of my favourites, the maiden hair fern.  I love that I have it in a stamp, as I have the plant, and don't seem to have much success keeping it going.

The set is called Nature's prints and is part of a suite called Sun Prints.  The papers are so beautiful, with a combination of Blues and Gray Granite.

In this first card I decided to try and show off how the stamps, dies and papers work so well together, and choose to add Soft Sea Foam cardstock for a little hint of green.

In this second card I used some of my off cuts to create a mosaic background to show off that single stamp to the fullest, I mounted the strips on to Soft Sea Foam card, then stuck that on to a marting layer of the same colour, then used Gray Granite for my card base.  I have stamped all the images with Night of Navy.

Here is the video tutorial of how I put the cards together.

Thank you for stopping by, here are the links to the other hoppers, have fun!

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Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Bundled Up

Well, hasn't another month come around so quickly!

Welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop, pull up a chair, make a cuppa and enjoy some beautiful creations from Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all over the world.

We were asked to focus on a bundle of products.  Did you know that there are quite a few items in the Stampin' Up! catalogue that are designed to co-ordinate with each other.  This often helps with the creative process as I am not searching to find something to cut out an image or to find a matching tool.

Here is the Beauty of Friendship stamp set and Dies and I have 3 projects for you today.

As we said "goodbye" to a number of stamp sets that feature trees last month, I jumped at the chance to order this.  The stamps are really easy to match up... actually what I really mean is that you do NOT have to be precise to get a fabulous result.

Here I have used just the stamp set and 4 colours to create a soft effect.

I used Petal Pink, Pale Papaya, Gray Granite and Basic Gray and stamped onto Very Vanilla card, then mounted again onto a Very Vanilla card base.

This is the result of the additional use of one of the tree dies and a scalloped strip of Gray Granite, (I'm afraid I could not resist using the scallop edge die from Penned Flowers Dies).

And then here we have what happens when my mind turns to flowers!

I'm sorry I didn't get round to filming this.  

I cut out the "tree tops" from Pale Papaya card and cut a spiral into them and rolled them up to make the flowers.  Then cut various trees from Blackberry Bliss, Rich Razzleberry and Gray Granite card.  On the darker branches I swiped some Craft White Ink, and on the Gray Granite I brushed some Gray Granite Ink before gluing it all down.  Can you spot those adorable little birds nestled in there? They are also in the die set.  

The Artisty Blooms Self Adhesive sequins are so useful for adding a bit of sparkle and the clear dots from the Faceted Gems make great dew drops on the leaves.

Thank you for stopping by, and if you would like to purchase any of the products featured I have created a helpful link to all the products here  https://s.tamp.in/k1sm9G

Do have a look at the other creators in this hop, you will not be disappointed.

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To receive a paper copy of the current catalogue, contact me here 

and to see more inspiration from  

UK Independent Stampin Up demonstrator Ruth Trice please go here

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{Sneak peek of new product - Enjoy the Moment}

A couple of weeks ago I enjoyed attending an online event that was organised by Stampin' Up! It replaced an in person event and was enjoyed by over 10,000 Stampin' Up! demonstrators through out the world.  We had the option of purchasing a goody box... here is the video of me opening it...

I couldn't resist making these simple note cards with this new set that will be available to customers in January 2021.  It's called Enjoy the Moment and it features dried seed pods from around the world.  It's such an on trend set of images and I look forward to seeing how I can incorporate them into a stamped wreath.  I teamed it with the set Comfort and Hope, it has some great texture stamps in it.

For this set I used Gray Granite and Early Espresso.

Here I experimented with Gray Granite, Old Olive and Granny Apple Green.

The Stampin' Up! Notelet and Envelope packs make card making so easy.

Here is the video of how I made them...

If you would like a copy of the January to June 2021 mini catalogue, and you have not shopped with me in the last 6 months, please contact me and I'll arrange to send you one when they become available.

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Sailing Home Birthday card

Belated Happy New Year!

I've just realised this is my first post of 2020!  I was ill just before Christmas, and I feel like I'm still playing catch up, my Christmas tree is still up as I wanted to enjoy it for a little longer.

Lot's has happened in Stampin' Up! world.  There is a new Mini catalogue that will take us through to June, and of course, the fabulous Saleabration period is upon us, where FREE product can be earned with qualifying orders.

Here are the link to my online store where the new goodies can be viewed HERE

not just yet though as I want to show you a card I made for my husband's birthday... a little while back, while I was making it I made a couple of others.  I find it easier to make a few cards when I have certain supplies out.

It was created using a combination of stamps and ink blending techniques.

I'm discovering masking images can be so effective in defining images.  It was easy to stamp the lighthouse on to a sticky note then cut it out.  TOP TIP cut just inside the outer line.

Scroll down for the videos

Here are the other 2 cards using the same supplies

This is the sped up version of the video

Here is the longer version with commentary

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{Purple Flowers and Unicorns}

Hi, and welcome to my blog, have you had the chance to be creative today?  If not, I hope these projects will give you some inspiration.

I'm playing catch up with various projects and videos I have created and not got round to blogging.

Here are a couple of projects that were just screaming out to be shared together as they have purple in common.  The first is a birthday card I made for my daughter.  I stamped a whole sheet of card then used just a quarter of it and mounted it onto a A5 card base (basically an A4 piece of card folded in half).  The main focal point is the unicorn from Leave a Little Sparkle, then I used various other stamps to decorate around it including Abstract Impressions, Very Versailles and Pop of Petals.

There are 2 versions of the video tutorial, here is the faster edited version

and here is the longer one, with all the mistakes I made along the way.

This second card was inspired by a friend who loves purple and butterflies.

I used Butterfly Wishes, Beautiful Friendship and the swirl from Leave a Little Sparkle.

The colours are Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Purple Posy (discontinued) and Gray Granite

Here is the sped up tutorial set to music...

and here is the longer "real time" one.

To view the catalogue click here

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{One Sheet Wonder Wednesday - Sheltering Tree meets Very Vintage}

There's nothing like a retiring list to dust off some favourite stamp sets!

Stampin' Up have released the list of items that are retiring out of the main and Spring/Summer catalogue.  To see a video walk through go here

As a demonstrator I often sell off or gift retiring stamps as it doesn't make business sense for me to hold on to them.  However for those of you who love creating and having a variety of stamps to use in your card making it's time to take a closer look at the catalogue, and perhaps grab the ones you've been thinking about while stocks last.

The Sheltering Tree stamp set has served me well over the years, it has some great images and some lovely sentiments that are perfect for lots of occasions.

I decided to pair it up with Very Vintage, a host set that has been available this past year.

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The new Spring/Summer catalogue is available now and can be viewed here

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To receive a paper copy of the current catalogue, contact me here 

and to see more inspiration from  

UK Independent Stampin Up demonstrator Ruth Trice please go here

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