Friday, August 28, 2026

Butterfly Flight for As You See It Challenge #380 - Quadrants

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With our latest As You See It Challenge being a sketch challenge, it gives me a chance to experiment with some of Stampin' Up's newest technology: the Stampin' Hot Foil System©! I'm not kidding when I say that this was the first time I've ever used it, so the learning curve is not too steep, but the results were very satisfying! Let me show you the lovely sketch I was working off of designed by the other Heather, Heather H.:

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I kept the sketch pretty much as the challenge indicates although you're allowed to change shapes a bit and turn or flip the sketch. I was more focussed on using the new technology than changing up the sketch. Here's how it turned out again:


  • I started with a normal card base of Crumb Cake cardstock, measuring 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored on the long side at 4 1/4". I chose Crumb Cake because it tends to look really great with a pale pink, but I wasn't happy with how raw and unfinished it ended up looking. I think I would have added more layers under each quadrant if I had  had the time.
  • Then I cut a small piece of Crumb Cake, 1 1/4" x 4 1/4", which is big enough to hold the sentiment from the Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies set. It will form the horizontal center piece of the sketch.
  • Then I used some of the Heirloom Boutique 12" x 12" Two Tone Cardstock in Barely Blush. I used a 6" x  5" piece to create a background quadrant using the Swiss Dots Hot Foil Dies. The Two Tone Cardstock is recommended for the Hot Foil technique because it is smoother than our regular cardstock, and takes up the foil more smoothly and completely.
  • To use the Stampin' Hot Foil System, you first heat up the Stampin' Hot Foil Platform, using the electrical cord specialized for the country you live in. When it beeps and the light is steady, place the die you will be using face up (flat side down) on the platform surface. (Make sure the platform is sitting in the silicone platform station so it doesn't injure your furniture.)
  • On top of the die, add a good sized piece of the foil of your choice with the shiny side down, away from you. On top of that, add a piece of smooth cardstock, with the side you want to have the hot foil added to, facing down.
  • Add the green shift plate, and the clear plate over that, then press the power button, and wait for a short time until it beeps again.
  • Then unplug the cord from the side of the platform and transfer the whole thing to your Cut N' Emboss Machine.
  • Run it through you machine, very slowly, giving the foil time to transfer to the cardstock. When the platform is well-through, remove the silicone platform station and carefully remove the plates.
  • Slowly separate the foil from the paper and you should now have the polka dots in gold on the Barely Blush Two Tone cardstock.
  • Take that 6" x 5" piece and cut into two 1 5/8" x 5" pieces and glue them at two even centering on your card front.
  • Place the horizontal crosspiece across the center, and use the above technique to add gold foil to the sentiment of your choice from the Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies. Make sure the sentiment fits the cardstock piece.
  • To make the butterflies use the Butterfly Flight Hot Foil Die on the Barely Blush Two Tone Cardstock, but instead of gold foil, use the pink foil. Before die cutting all the butterflies, with the coordinating die, use the Butterfly Flight Decorative Masks to colour them in with ink and blending brushes. I used Bubble Bath, Lemon Lolly and Pool Party inks.
  • After die cutting them, I added them to the front and the inside, using mini Stampin' Dimensionals and Tombo glue.
  • I finished off with some Array of Dots. It was a lot of fun and not too difficult at all.    

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Friday, August 14, 2026

Scenic Coast for As You See It Challenge #379 - Hastened Handicrafts

 


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Oh oh! Time for another Speed Challenge, where you are tasked with making a card with a certain theme in under 10 min.! And, yes, you have to time yourself!! You can plan your card ahead of time, gather your materials, mount your stamps, open your ink pads, but the second you start cutting paper, inking stamps, or die cutting, you have to start the timer! This time, the theme is Crafting, thanks to yours truly! I think you probably have a little knowledge about that, am I right?? Take a look at my Challenge Banner:

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I thought I had some DSP for crafting, but then, when I couldn't find it, I remembered giving it away as a prize at my last crop! So I had to pivot! I still had an old bundle called Crafting with You that had a variety of crafts represented, including painting. It had an easel stamp and die cut, and using that allows you to fussy cut the canvas from some DSP to attach to the easel. I chose the amazing Scenic Coast DSP, with all it's contrasts and brush strokes and metallic accents to use for that. Here's how it turned out:

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  • I started with the card base of Strawberry Slush, cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", and scored on the long side at 4 1/4". I added two panels, one of Crushed Curry, measuring 5 1/4" x 4". and one of Basic White, measuring 5" x 3 3/4".
  • I die cut an easel using the Crafting with You dies from Early Espresso cardstock.
  • I stamped an easel on the design you see of the Scenic Coast 6" x 6" Scenic Coast DSP, centering the canvas part of the easel on the sunrise of that particular design. I used Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp it.
  • I die cut it using the Crafting with You easel die again, but this time I trimmed around the canvas with my Detail Scissors and glued it to the easel, adding it all to the card front using Mini-Dimensionals.
  • I stamped, coloured with Blends, and die cut the paint brush images from the set, then mounted it on the left side of the easel, using a combo of Mini Glue Dots and Mini Dimensionals. 
  • Finally, I stamped the sentiment on Basic White cardstock with Tuxedo Black ink and used the Detail Scissors to trim around it, then adhered to the top of the card front.
  • The whole project left me with 3 minutes and 47 seconds left on the timer from 10 minutes, which means it took me 7 minutes and 13 seconds to make.
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Friday, July 31, 2026

Relaxing Waterside for As You See It Challenge #378 - Summer Days

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 I'm ready for a Theme Challenge, how about you? And what's more appropriate than Summer Days, at least for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere! For those of you down under, you will have to dream of warmer days as you slog through winter, but at least you're headed in the right direction! Here's the challenge banner:


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When I think of summer days, beaches, good books, Adirondack chairs, and maybe a good drink of something! Not tea for me, although that's something that my hubby would enjoy. Seagulls crying overhead, and the beach scented air keeping you cool, even in the heat.

Naturally, I got out my Relaxing Waterside bundle along with the accompanying Waterside Retreat DSP to come up with a card. I wanted a diorama kind of effect, so I ended up using a "step fold card". Here's what it looks like from the side:

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And from the front:

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And it can fold flat to fit in a regular medium envelope:

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  • I started with a base of Basic White 12" x 12" cardstock, cut at 5 1/2" x 11". Then I scored it on the long side at 3", 6", 7 1/2", 9" & 10". Burnish each score line into zigzag folds.
  • On the outside of the smallest one in front, add, from the front of the Waterside Retreat DSP pack, the beach picture, as shown, trimmed down to the horizon, fussy cutting the grass that goes beyond the horizon, and mounting it first on a piece of Basic White cardstock measuring 2 1/2" x 5 1/2", then gluing to the first step.
  • On the front of the middle step, take a 4" x 5 1/2" piece of the seagull design paper (as shown) from the same DSP pack, mount it on a piece of Basic White with the same dimensions, then glue it on the front of the second step.
  • On the last step, use the wood plank design from the DSP pack, cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (with the wood planks oriented horizontally). Adhere that piece to a piece of Basic White cardstock of the same dimensions, and adhere to the last step. On the back you can add some sentiments and images if you like to decorate where you will write your greetings.
  • Create a sentiment on a piece of the wood plank DSP measuring 3/4" x 3". Stamp the sentiment in Memento Jet Black ink in the center then punch the arrow ends and mount with dimensionals on the middle panel.
  • Die cut 2 adirondack style chairs using the Relaxing Waterside dies and assemble them. I used Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight cardstock. I stamped the book and the cup of coffee or tea and die cut them and attached them to the arms of the chairs.
  • I mounted the chairs to the card front using mini dimensionals, doubling up the dimensionals on the right side of the yellow chair the the left side of the Coastal Cabana chair to give the impression that they are partly facing each other.
  • I added an anchor trinket with linen thread pulled through and tied in a bow on the right side of the sentiment with a glue dot.


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