Today I share a card that was a customer request for a 30th birthday, but the brief was to have it in the Richmond Tigers colours of the AFL team.
I started with a black card and added a strip of Daffodil Delight card diagonally across the card front. I did have to google the image and print it for the logo!
The Gold glimmer was used for the sentiments and die cut using the Happy Birthday thinlits die and the retired Little Numbers dies.
on the inside I placed another piece of Daffodil Delight card with a strip of black across the bottom.
I think I came up with something that fit perfectly to the brief, don’t you???!!!
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Who struggles creating Masculine cards for the men in your life? Well, I know I certainly do and so I have made some cards to store away for when I need them!
This card uses the Guy Greetings stamp set in the current Annual catalogue. I quite like these shoes and feel that they can be used for anyone who may be a businessman who wears a suit for their day job, or anyone with a little style! lol
Check out the Pinewood PlanksDynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. How gorgeous is that?!!! I made a similar one last week for Father’s Day, you can see it here.
I hope you like my card today. I cased it from Heather Heroldt, so thank you Heather!
The full product list can be found at the end of this post!
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My project today uses the Ribbon of Courage stamp set and coordinating framelits dies, with the stunning Bundle of LoveSpecialty Designer Series Paper. #cutitnothoardit
I love how there are so many uses for this stamp set which was designed by Patty Bennett, a US Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and million dollar sales achiever!!! Yes, you heard it, she has sold over $1 million of Stampin’ Up! products in her career, and because of that massive achievement, Stampin’ Up! recognise & reward those amazing people with a trip to the home office in Utah and to design their own stamp set. How cool is that?!!! I’m sure there are many other things they also receive, but this is what I love about this wonderful company we work for!
The ribbon image was stamped in versamark ink, gold embossed and heat set before being die cut with the Support Ribbonframelits and popped up with some dimensionals. The flowers and leaves are also from the same framelits set and I added them behind for a little bit of colour!
Using this sentiment, you could give this card to anyone who is going through a tough time and this bundle is perfect for creating cards for those having treatment, whether it be for cancer or any other disease. I know in the future I will be creating some cards for those suffering with Multiple Sclerosis, just like myself 😦 You know, there is nothing better than going to the mailbox and finding some happy mail to cheer you up 🙂
Look at all that gold shining on this card, who wouldn’t want to open an envelope to see this inside?!!!!
A full list of product can be found at the end of this post!
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While I wait for my new Holiday catalogue goodies to arrive, I have some time to focus on some Masculine cards with Father’s Day coming up next month. What better time to make a start on these before the Holiday catalogue goes live on 1st September and we will forget all about Father’s Day, lol.
Check out the new Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder!
I hope you like my card today. I cased it from Heather Heroldt, so thank you Heather!
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On Saturday at my class, we focused on Masculine cards with Father’s Day coming up next month. This card I am sharing with you today, is an Open Panel Card!
(you may have received a post already about this last week, but I hadn’t finished writing the post and WordPress was playing funny buggers with me, so here it is again, with all the details)!
The images were stamped onto Very Vanilla cardstock with Smoky Slate ink. We used some of the retired DSP from the Occasions catalogue, as it was perfect for our masculine project. The base card is Basic Gray cardstock.
The card itself was quite simple to create. Here is how I did it:
I began with half an A4 sheet (29.7 x 10.5cm) folded in half. I cut off the bottom panel measuring 5cm (2″). Then I cut it again allowing for a 3.5cm (1-3/8″) gap in the centre of the card.
The large Gray panel measures 6.5cm x 10.5cm, the Vanilla is 6cm x 10cm
The medium Gray panel is 4.7cm x 7cm, the Vanilla is 4.2cm x 6.5cm
The Sentiment Gray panel is 7.5cm x 1.5cm, the Vanilla is 7cm x 1cm
DSP: 10cm x 6cm & 10cm x 4.5cm
Once you have done all your stamping and mounted those pieces onto the Gray matt pieces of cardstock and added your DSP to the top and bottom panels, hold the bottom panel lining it up with the base of the card so you can add the centre panel. Make sure you only add adhesive to the top and bottom sections of this panel. Then add the other two panels to your card. I also added some Vanilla cardstock to the inside of the card and stamped the hats image in the bottom right corner!
Here are two more of this same style card!
I hope you like my cards today.
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Welcome to Week 9 of the Heart of Christmas: Handmade Inspiration from the Art with Heart team!
My project today uses the brand new Carols of Christmas stamp set and the coordinating Card Front Builder Thinlits (purchased together as a bundle, you save an extra 10%). These will be available in the upcoming Holiday Catalogue released in September but if you join my team, you can get them now. Ask me how!
Carols of Christmas Stamp Set
So here is my card for this week using this stamp set.
I have used Tranquil Tide and Silver as my colour combination for this card.
Those little deer are stamped in Basic Grey on Whisper White, as I originally die cut them in the silver foil, but it was just too much silver!
The sentiment is embossed in Silver and that ribbon is new in the Annual catalogue too. Isn’t it pretty?
The sentiment inside the card is from the Star of Light stamp set and few more die cuts at the bottom. The green piece was on off cut from another project where I used the Lots of Labels Framelits (a full product list is below).
I hope you have enjoyed my Heart of Christmas post and I look forward to sharing more Christmas inspiration with you next Wednesday! If you would like to see what others in our team have created, you can view the participant list over on the blog of our leader, Claire Daly.
Bonus Day’s are happening this month! For every $90 you spend (or multiples of) between 1–31 July (before postage), you’ll receive 1 or more Bonus Days coupons that you can spend between 1–31 August!!! Order as you normally would and your bonus days coupons will be emailed to you after your order is placed.
Ho, ho, ho! Our Christmas in July promotion makes it easier than ever to sign up to be a demonstrator!
Between 1st and 31st July, every new demonstrator gets an Essentials Gift Pack (worth $86) plus the Carols of Christmas Stamp Set (worth $35) from the upcoming Holiday catalogue added to their starter kit for FREE! This means that new demonstrators will get products and business supplies worth a whopping $356 for just $169 with free shipping!
Here’s what Santa includes in the Essentials Gift Pack:
118485 D Block (X2)
130148 Grid Paper
103579 Paper Snips
104332 SNAIL Adhesive
102300 Bone Folder
144804 Carols Of Christmas (see pic at top of post) AND spend your Starter Kit dollars ($235) on things like your favourite stamp sets and accessories!
Welcome to Week 8 of the Heart of Christmas: Handmade Inspiration from the Art with Heart team!
My project today uses the new At Home with You stamp set and the coordinating At Home Framelits (purchased together as a bundle, you save an extra 10%)!
The Brick Wall Textured impressions embossing folder was used to create the background with Crumb Cake card and I sponged the edges and across the grout lines with a sponge dauber and coordinating ink.
Check out the red door? Yes, it actually opens! This is super cool and there is a die in the set that actually creates this. I love the wreath and the holly above the door; it really gives that Christmas feel. I can almost imagine a warm fire glowing inside the door!
The red glimmer paper was punched with the 1/8th Handheld Circle punch and adhered to the little trees with Tombo multipurpose glue. I think these baubles look so pretty in the glimmer! I love the door mat too, which I stamped Merry Christmas in Versamark ink and gold embossed it.
I hope you have enjoyed my Heart of Christmas post and I look forward to sharing more Christmas inspiration with you next Wednesday! If you would like to see what others in our team have created, you can view the participant list over on the blog of our leader, Claire Daly.
Welcome to Week 7 of the Heart of Christmas: Handmade Inspiration from the Art with Heart team!
My project today is a Fancy Fold card (instructions below) using the Star of Light, Cookie-Cutter Christmas & Tabs for Everythingstamp sets and the brand new Embossing Paste!
Wow, this embossing paste is fabulous! I loved playing with it, but just a warning, you need to work fairly fast and ensure you clean up straight away before it dries hard onto your masks. The design was completely dry within a few minutes!
Here I have mixed in a tiny drop of reinker to colour the paste to coordinate with my colour scheme.
The Santa was stamped in Black ink and coloured with Stampin’ Write Markers.
Here is the side view so you can see how it folds flat to fit into a standard C6 envelope for posting!
You can find the instructions for how to create this fancy fold card from my recent post, Tranquil Tulips.
I hope you have enjoyed my Heart of Christmas post and I look forward to sharing more Christmas inspiration with you next Wednesday!
If you would like to see more Christmas inspiration, check out the other lovely ladies who are participating this week, starting with Sharon Davern.
Today I am featuring the Tranquil Tulips Hostess Stamp Set to create this Fancy Fold card. I really like this style and you can easily make it using 1 sheet of A4 cardstock. I’ll show you that shortly!
Here is how I cut the A4 sheet of card (full instructions at the end of my post).
I also love how this card folds flat to fit into a C6 envelope for posting!
I’m also using the the Wood Grain Designer Series paper. #cutitnothoardit
I added a piece of white card to the back to write your message on and stamped a couple more tulips!
What do you think of my version of this fancy fold card?
Here are the instructions:
Coloured Base: 4⅛″ x 10⅞″ (10.5cm x 29.7cm). Score at 6″, 7⅛″, 9″ and 10⅛″ (15cm, 18cm, 23cm and 26cm) Coloured Front Panel: 3″ x 6″ (7.6cm x 15.2cm). Score at ½″ x 1⅝ (1.3cm and 4.2cm) Designer Series Paper:TOP: 4″ x 4⅜″ (11.1cm x 10.2cm) BOTTOM: 4″ x 1⅝″ (10.1cm x 4.2cm) White Backing: 3¾″ x 5⅝″ (9.5cm x 14.3cm) White Card Front: 2¾″ x 4⅛ (7cm x 10.5cm)
BASIC INSTRUCTIONS: Burnish the score lines of the Base card. Add the DSP with glue. Add Adhesive to the smaller tab and fold up to adhere to the front. Fold each of the score lines of the front panel. Add adhesive to the small scored section at the top. Before sticking it down, turn the cardstock over and place it on the front of the card to see where to place the adhesive on the lower panel. Add adhesive then flip it over, holding the card flat and adhere this panel. Stamp the two white piece of cardstock and add them to the card with adhesive. Stamp the sentiment on white card and punch out. Punch two further pieces from the coloured card to use as a matt layer. Adhere to the card.
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Can you believe that I have never inked up the Jar of Love stamp set until now?! True! But… having made this card, I am bound to make many more projects with this amazing stamp set.
The photos don’t do this card justice in showing all the glitter and gold edging, but I hope you can see that I used the Versamark ink pad, and rubbed it along the edges of the cardstock, dipped them in gold embossing powder and heat set it. It’s another way of creating a layered effect without the extra thickness of cardstock!
The flowers were stamped with the Cherry Cobbler ink, however the solid background colour was stamped off first to give that toned look. The greetings are from the Christmas Pines stamp set.
and here is the inside of the card!
I hope you have enjoyed my Heart of Christmas post and I look forward to sharing more Christmas inspiration with you next Wednesday! If you would like to see what others in our team have created, you can view the participant list over on the blog of our leader, Claire Daly.
Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia 