The Crafty Thinker: Stephanie Fischer - Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator: March 2016

Wednesday, 30 March 2016

A Dutch Open Sea

I recently discovered a fun fold that I hadn't seen before so I had to try it! It's called a Double Dutch fold and there's a great tutorial for it at Splitcoaststampers.

I needed a masculine card so I combined elements from The Open Sea and Going Global stamp sets with nautical colours - Marina Mist and Pacific Point.

SU, Double Dutch fold, Masculine card, The Open Sea, Going Global, In the Meadow, Happy Home

The anchors are coloured with Smoky Slate and Soft Suede markers

For the tag, I used the largest die in the Tags & Labels Framelit set and the second largest of the Lots of Labels Framelits. The image is coloured with Pacific Point and Marina Mist markers.Everything is sponged with Marina Mist ink.

The greeting is from Watercolour Wings, stamped in Basic Black and cut out with the banner die from the Large Numbers Framelits. I sponged the banner with Marina Mist and Pacific Point inks.

The background piece is stamped with elements from The Open Sea using Marina Mist ink and then sponged over with Marina Mist ink.

The mostly blank top panel provides a place to write a note or greeting.

The mountains in the background are from the In the Meadow stamp set, as are the sprigs of grass in the foreground.

The hilly cliff edge in the foreground was created with one of the stamps in the Happy Home set - I used a Pear Pizzazz marker to ink up only the hill, omitting the bench and clouds.

The ship is from The Open Sea. I used a black marker to ink up the ship, leaving out the sea part of the stamp.

I sponged the grass with Pear Pizzazz and Mossy Meadow. The sea and sky are sponged with Soft Sky, Marina Mist and Pacific Point and I used a Marina Mist Stampin' Write marker to create ripples in the sea.

I sponged the distant mountains with Wisteria Wonder and a little Elegant Eggplant and deepened the shadows on the waterline with an Elegant Eggplant marker. Then I added a little Wisteria Wonder into the sea as a bit of a reflection.

At the end, I touched up the sails with a bit of Whisper White Craft Ink and a brush and used a Real Red marker on the little flag at the top of mast.

Thank you for looking at my card.

'Til next time

Stephanie

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Product List

The Open Sea Clear Stamp Set

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Going Global Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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In The Meadow Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Happy Home Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Watercolor Wings Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Tags & Labels Framelits Dies

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Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies

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Large Numbers Framelits Dies

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Many Marvelous Markers

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Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

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Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad

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Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

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Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad

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Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

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Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

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Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

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Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad

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Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

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Pacific Point A4 Card Stock

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Whisper White A4 Card Stock

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Monday, 28 March 2016

Swallowtail Tri-fold

Today I'm continuing my journey with the gorgeous Fancy Foil Designer Vellum and I've paired it with the Swallowtail stamp - which always adds instant wow! And - who doesn't love a Tri-fold card?

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The Fancy Foil Vellum adds interest and richness to a simple design

I've taken the dot and diagonal themes a step further by using the Large Polka Dot and Stylish Stripes embossing folders.

The dots and diagonals are continued in the embossed panels

The greeting is from the That Thing You Did stamp set, stamped in Basic Black. I used the Out of the Box technique to cut out the butterfly using one of the Chalk Talk framelits. The edges are inked with Lost Lagoon ink.

The greeting is suitable for many occasions

The colours I used are Lost Lagoon, Island Indigo, Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay, Soft Sky, Tip Top Taupe and Chocolate Chip.

Thank you for visiting today, I hope you like the card.

'Til next time

Stephanie

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Sunday, 27 March 2016

Black, Gold & Velllum

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I was following the Mediterranean Cruise Achievers blog hop and was stopped in my tracks by this beauty by Anna Wheaton at Nudge Nudge Ink Ink.

It got me thinking about the Botanical Builder dies and metallics as well as prompting me to make more use of my vellum.

So - I pulled out my Fancy Foil Designer Vellum, Gold Foil Sheets and some Basic Black cardstock and this is what I came up with.

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I achieved the checked pattern with two layers of Fancy Foil Vellum

It was my original intention to use Basic Black Candy Dots for the centres of the two smaller flowers but I had run out! (Guess what I'll be ordering next!). Once I'd stopped kicking myself, I used the Owl Builder punch to punch a couple of little black dots and used the Fine Tipped Glue Pen to put them in the centre of the flowers.

I used an Antique Brad (I love those things!) in the centre of the large flower.

The Botanical Builder elements are so much fun to mix and match!

One of the quickest, simplest cards I've ever made but it still has wow.

And another card with no ink!

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time.

Stephanie

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Friday, 25 March 2016

The Wilderness Awaits card gift set

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The Wilderness Awaits card set

From 8 pm AEDT, this project will be included here in the Crazy Crafters Team Project Highlights. Do visit to see all the wonderful projects highlighted this week and you can vote for your favourites (including mine!)

The belly band has a greeting from the Tag Talk stamp set

From time to time I like to make a set of cards to present as a gift. I decided, this week, to make a masculine set of cards as a gift for a friend, that she can use for any occasion..

The main elements of the set are The Wilderness Awaits stamp set and Botanical Gardens DSP.

The set comprises four cards and envelopes

I stamped each of the animals onto Shimmery White cardstock with Basic Black ink and then watercoloured them. The inks I used were: Mossy Meadow, Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Delightful Dijon, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Garden Green, Soft Sky, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray.

I then layered the images onto the cards using a variety of patterns from the Botanical Gardens DSP pack and Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze and Pear Pizzazz cardstock.

I used an A4 sheet of Pear Pizzazz cardstock to create a wallet to hold the cards and envelopes and I'll include instructions at the end of this blog.