Friday, January 27, 2023

Country Bouquet Bundle for As You See It Challenge #291 - Paint Pour.

country bouquet bundle for aysi #291

Welcome to our latest colour challenge for As You See It Challenges, always my favourites. This one was put together by team member Joanne, and it's vibrant and beautiful, featuring so many of Stampin' Up!'s latest In Colours. Take a look at the Challenge Banner:

aysi #291

Since I've been playing with the Country Bouquet Punch I thought I would use it for this challenge along with the coordinating Country Bouquet stamp set. 

country bouquet bundle for aysi#291

The colours in this card look quite different from the cards my team mates used. Theirs are much more vibrant. That's because I used blending brushes to blend the colours on a sheet of Basic White cardstock before punching out the hearts using the Country Bouquet punch. But before I punched, I also used a water painter to sprinkle water all over the blended ink to get water splash marks. I used a paper towel to soak them up and dried it with a heat tool before punching too.

I arranged the hearts in an array leading from the bottom right corner to the upper left corner overlapping the hearts slightly. In the background, I used a Basic White cardstock piece embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder. The sentiment was embossed with White embossing powder on a small piece of Tahitian Tide cardstock and mounted with Stampin' Dimensionals as shown. The card base, by the way, is Night of Navy - high contrast with the Basic White.

paper pumpkin 1

February's Paper Pumpkin has a couple of special features to recommend it. First, it coordinates with the Rain or Shine Suite from the Jan/Apr Mini Catalogue, and secondly, it is the first Paper Pumpkin kit to have coordinating dies as an add-on special order! To get this kit you must subscribe or renew by Feb. 10, 2023. Click HERE to do that.

paper pumpkin feb 2023


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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Sweet Citrus Bundle CASE for a Team Shoebox Swap

 

sweet citrus bundle for a team shoebox swap

I should never, ever look at Pinterest! When I see something I love, I just can't get it out of my head and nothing else looks good after I see it. That was the case with Tammy Wilson's card with the Sweet Citrus Bundle! I was dying to play with that bundle and when I saw her card, nothing else would do, including almost all the elements she used! I did change a few things but not much so thanks to Tammy, I used this card for my team's Shoebox Swap that we did yesterday. We had a lot of fun doing it! We like to get together in person at least once a quarter, and because of the new mini catalogue, I suggested that each of us design a card and cut enough material so that the rest could each make one and include it, along with the stamps and equipment needed, in a shoebox sized bin and bring it to the meeting. At the meeting, as we discussed business and chatted, we swapped all the boxes and ended up making 4 other cards besides our own. Here are all the other cards and their creators, all members of my Papercraft Cats team :

shoebox swap 1
Dianne Gough

shoebox swap 2
Kim Findlater

shoebox swap 3
Doreen Austgarden

shoebox swap 4
Carol Hamm

Aren't they lovely? What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon! I have openings on my team if you'd like to spend time like that! Click here to find out how.

sweet citrus bundle for a team shoebox swap 2
  • I used Basic White Thick cardstock for the card base, then embossed a piece of regular Basic White cut at 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" with the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder and mounted it on the card front.
  • I cut a 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" piece of Basic White and ran it through the Cut & Emboss Machine with the second largest Stitched with Whimsey Die. Then I blended some Polished Pink ink on it using a blending brush and adhered it to the card front.
  • On a quarter sheet of Basic White, I blended Daffodil Delight and Flirty Flamingo, again using blending brushes. I made sure to have darker and lighter areas, areas where the two colours blended together, and some small areas I left white.
sweet citrus bundle for a team shoebox swap 3

  • Using the Sweet Citrus Hybrid Embossing Folder with the Dies, I placed the cardstock inside, adjusting it so that the paper lay in the best places, then ran it through the Cut & Emboss.
  • I stamped 3 sets of leaves in Granny Apple Green and die cut them with the coordinating dies.
  • I arranged the embossed and cut pieces on the card front as shown and adhered them using glue dots and dimensionals.
  • The sentiment from the stamp set is stamped with Memento ink on a 1/2" wide strip and then cut into 3 pieces which are then adhered to the card front as shown.
  • The last step is to add embellishments. I used Opal Rounds and Rhinestones.
Are you a paper hoarder? Then here is some paper that you can earn for free! 

                 
To earn it, all you need to do is place an order worth $60CAD before tax & shipping, before Feb. 28th, 2024, and you can choose any of those except the Dandy Designs for free. To get the Dandy Designs you need to place an order for $120CAD before tax & shipping. This is one of the benefits during Sale-A-Bration!

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If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator,  I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

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