For today’s Make It Monday live video I used the Frames & Flowers Specialty Designer Series Paper for a create on-the-fly demonstration. With no preplanned project for the live video its always a surprise as to what the finished project will look like. I am thrilled with the way today’s card turned out and all ... Read More about Frames & Flowers Z-Fold Card
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Welcome to Make It Monday. Today I am going to show how to create two different cards using one layout and the Stampin’ Up! Spotlight On Nature stamp set. The cards I created are both monochromatic meaning, in a single color or in varying tones of a single color. Purple and teal were the chosen ... Read More about Spotlight On Nature 3-Panel Cards
The Joy Fold card layout has been around for awhile, but for whatever reason, this is the first time I’ve made one. This joy fold was made for my card club, and we sure had fun making it, usi…
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During our virtual team meeting this month we did some “mystery stamping”. It was so much fun! Prior to the meeting everyone was given a list of supplies to gather and measurements for…
Create a thank you card with the Stampin' Up! Spotlight on Nature Bundle. Card design by Laura Milligan, Id Rather Bee Stampin
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Good morning and happy Tuesday! I’m home and mostly settled and sort of mostly back in the saddle! There might be a PILLOW on that saddle, but…in it, I am! My 2024-2025 Annual Catalog…
Finding time to stamp the last few days has been tough! I thought I was in good shape with Christmas stuff a week ago and now all of a sudden I seem to have a mile long to-do list! But I have so many new products I want to try out that I'm squeezing in a bit of stamping whenever I can! I used the CASE the designer challenge at Inspire.Create for my card today. Using the layout made this one come together quickly (except for the coloring!). I started with a Pebbled Path base then added a layer of Basic White. On the Basic White layer I arranged my strips of Nature's Sweetness DSP around the outside edges to make a nice little frame for he star of the show! I stamped the image in Pecan Pie then pulled out my colored pencils. The coloring really didn't take that long at all and before I knew it I had beautiful almond branch. Next it was die cut it and popped up on dimensionals on the card front. For the sentiment I wanted to try out the new Thoughtful Moments Hybrid embossing folder. This one has 10 different sentiments on it and comes with a large die that cuts out each of the sentiments as well a bunch of smaller dies that are shapes to accent the sentiments like hearts, stars and flowers. The neat thing about this hybrid design is that you can ink up the embossing folder with the new brayer and get a cool inked outline around the embossed words. I gave it a go and after a few practice tries with color/paper combos I got one I liked but it was a little stark so I ended up filling in the open space with my Pecan Pie light blends marker. I know I'll be using this set of products a lot in the coming months! The only embellishments that I thought this design needed were a few retired adhesive-backed speckled dots which go well with the green of the leaves. All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE. Products marked with a * will be available starting January 4, 2024. Thanks for looking! Did you stamp today? Stamps: Lovely & Sweet* Ink: Pecan Pie Colored Pencils: Daffodil Delight, Pecan Pie, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Calypso Coral Blends: Pecan Pie light Paper: Pebbled Path, Basic White, Nature's Sweetness DSP* Accessories: Thoughtful Moments Hybrid embossing folder/dies*, dimensionals, adhesive-backed speckled dots (retired)
As you all know by now, I love painting with watercolor. I have shared my
Online live from May 9th https://www.youtube.com/live/CwfHTKg0Gc8?si=XCovZz-W1b4UOMH3 Click here for a printable PDF of instructions and supplies Product List Spotlight On Nature Bundle Early Espresso
Good Wednesday morning my stamping friends. How is everyone doing today? We’re halfway through the week and on our way to the weekend. Today’s card is for the inspiration challenge from The C…
For this week's Global Design Project we get to CASE (copy and selectively edit) Kayla Renee's stunning design. See how our designers "cased" her card, then you design one, and
Mid Century Modern Abstract Note Card Set-Thank You,Blank Card,Floral Cards,Mid Century Art,Retro Cards-Stickers We have created a series of MidCentury Modern Abstract notecards. There are 2 of each MidCentury Modern Abstract images with a matching sticker, 8 stickers. We have the option to choose 16 random cards or a full set of 28. The card comes with a white envelope. Each card has the option of a matching sticker to seal the back of the envelope. Each card measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" all on beautiful card stock. We ship domestic (USA) and quite a few countries outside the USA. If you have any questions let us know. Appreciatively, Jennifer
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Hello and welcome to the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop for April! Each month a group of creative friends create a project for a theme. Below is an image of all of the crew and where they are from around the globe. Such a talented, friendly and wonderful group of people. Last month I attended OnStage a Stampin' Up!® Event held in Melbourne. I loved catching up with a few of the Around the World on Wednesday Team Members whilst there. Below is a picture of Melissa Gifford, Cheryll Miller, Rochelle Laird-Smith and myself. These beautiful ladies are so talented and I love that we know each other through this amazing design team. This year is going so quick! I can't believe we are in April already. The weather here in Australia finally cooling. We had a severe rainfall here last weekend and there were many roads cut by flooding or small landslides on the mountains that border my home town. It was the perfect opportunity to spend some time in the craft room being creative with my dog at my feet "helping". This months challenge, This or That, had me thinking for a while. I felt I should create a simple card and then step it up, but then, I decided to make two cards with a similar layout and the same products. I chose to create my cards using new product that I chose to purchase for OnStage in Melbourne for the After Hours classes. Something new and so much fun to attend on top of the OnStage Event. The new bundle I chose is the Spotlight on Nature Bundle. The delicate images and gorgeous Dies won me over instantly. These cards are something that I imagined creating with the Bundle as soon as I saw it. Soft colours and the divine die cut circles at the centre of my card. For my first card I decided to layer the beautiful circle die cuts and sit the fussy cut stamped and coloured images on top. The circle dies are adhered together with Dimensionals and I also used Dimensionals to add to the mat layer. I have stamped the two fussy cut images in the new Basic Beige ink before colouring in with Petal Pink and Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends. For the background layer I stamped the Sketched Plaid stamp in Basic White ink on Soft Sea Foam card stock and glued that to a mat layer before adhering to the Soft Sea Foam card base. I placed three of the Petal Pink Foiled Gems around the die cut pieces on the circle diecut. On a piece of Soft Sea Foam card stock I stamped the sentient in Soft Sea Foam ink before cutting it out with paper snips. I tied some Linen Thread in a bow and adhered it to the bottom of the sentiment piece before adhering the sentiment with Dimensionals. For my second card I wanted to use the beautiful new neutral Basic Beige for my card base. I felt it would go well with the softness of Petal Pink and Soft Sea Foam. I decided to make a simpler and quicker version of the card above. The Sketched Plaid stamp was inked in Basic Beige and stamped on a Basic Beige mat layer. Then glued to the card base. I stamped the floral image on a piece of basic white card stock in Basic Beige ink before die cutting it with a circle die and colouring with Petal Pink and Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends. I stamped the sentiment in Soft Sea Foam ink on the top right hand side of the floral image. I adhered three of the Petal Pink Foiled Gems around the stamped images. Before adhering to the card base using Dimensionals I cut a 10cm length of the new Petal Pink Diagonal Trim and adhered it to the centre of the card front underneath where the circle die layer went. Up next on this months hop is the wonderfully talented Rochelle Laird- Smith. Click on the next blog button below to head to her post. Jan Clothier - NZ Leonie Stuart - AU Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU Cheryll Miller - AU Danielle Kassing - NL Aurélie Fabre - FR Angie McKenzie - US Kelly Taranto - US Chris Smith - US Tricia Butts - US Theresa McEntee - US Bree Renwick - US Lori Willcox - CA Teri West - US Cheryl Hamilton - US Thanks for stopping by! I hope to have inspired you to create two projects with some similarities as I have here. I was fun creating the one with more layers first then pairing it back for the second card.
It’s been a while since I’ve done a Clean And Simple (CAS) card. A Clean And Simple card has lots of white space, minimal layers and little or no embellishments. My card evolved from this color block design in the Ful of Life Designer Series Paper. I planned to go in a completely different direction, […]
HI Everyone! Today...I've got the video tutorial that you've asked for! But first..I have to say... Wow! I was so surprised and felt so much love from hundreds and hundreds of people who visited my blog ....sent me private messages... shared comments on Facebook... and joined The IncrEDIBLE Shrinking Mom Facebook group yesterday! WOW... Gary and I are so appreciative of your kind words and the congratulations sent to us with regard to our weight loss journey and the upcoming launch of (The IncrEDIBLE) If you're on a weight loss journey of your own... would like to follow our incredible journey... or would like to incorporate healthy eating into your food life come join us HERE... at The IncrEDIBLE Shrinking Mom's Facebook page. You won't want to miss any of the monthly recipe collections that will be available soon. I wanted to say THANK YOU before getting back to card making talk! I shared a few water colored cards on Facebook last week... created with Blue Knight Rubber Stamps New Release stamp set called... WILD FLOWERS. This stamp is delightful to create cards with and looks particularly beautiful when water colored, I think. I'll show you the cards...again...and then will share the video below When I shared the cards here on my blog... and at numerous groups on Facebook... I received lots of questions about how I created the card... and lots of requests for a video tutorial. So..today..while working on some cards out in my studio... I thought...let me put together a quick impromptu video focusing on creating the inked background for the water colored card. So..today...I've got this PART 1 video. I'll do PART 2 later this week where I'll show you how I embossed and painted the image Today I'm sharing Part 1 Creating Water Colored Background with Distress Ink Here ya go! Enjoy! (Put on your seat belt... because I am a fasssst talkin' New York girl who was at her fastest speed racer talking best in this video...) If you're loving the WILD FLOWERS stamp as much as I do... You can find it HERE... at the BLUE KNIGHT RUBBER STAMPS web store. The brushes can be found by doing an AMAZON search for TOOTHBRUSH STYLE MAKE-UP BRUSHES Distress Ink and Distress Oxide Ink can be found at lots of crafting web sites and in most craft and stamp shops. SPECTRUM NOIR AQUA (Water Color paper) can be found HERE at the CRAFTER'S COMPANION web site The craft mat is called: THE BEST EVER CRAFT MAT BY KEN OLIVER You can see Ken's video about the mat HERE Please know that I am not an affiliate of these companies... I'm just happy to share some great product info with fellow card makers. (AKA...I am an "enabler") Thanks for visiting today.. Check back in during the week for the Part 2 tutorial that will show you how to emboss and water color the stamped image. Have a great day! Michelle.
These elegant Sympathy Cards were created using the Nature's Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper & the Heartfelt Hexagon stamp set.
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Are you looking for a fun craft to make with your children for Book Week? These cute Australian birds were inspired by one of this year’s CBCA shortlisted Early Childhood books, “Busy Beaks,” written and illustrated by Sarah Allen. "Spend a day with Australia’s most vibrant and unique feathered friends.Full of splashing shorebirds, clattering cockatoos,
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HOW ADORABLE ARE THESE CARDS????? I am obsessed with the ‘Crafting With You’ bundle (#161219) debuting in the upcoming Stampin’ Up 2023-2-24 Annual Catalogue. These products are available to customers ... Read More about Crafting With You
Decorating a blank wall can pose a tricky challenge. You are put in an uncertain position, unable to decide and to choose the path you should take. Take a
Learn how to make a mini origami pot plant with this step by step tutorial. Miniature origami houseplants make great desk decor & gifts.
I'm working my way through the new Stampin' Up! 2023-2024 catalogue and today I have my latest card kit using the Earthen Elegance suite of products. The DSP coordinates with some of our new and re
Welcome back! Chasing a deadline or two…. Working with the Tuesday Morning (#738) Sketch and taking a few liberties. I flipped it to the horizontal position and fit my three shapes a little …
