Crazy Crafters' Blog Hop - 11 December - Guest Lisa Curcio - Beautiful You

Welcome to the Crazy Crafters' Blog Hop with our Special Guest stamper, Lisa Curcio - we are thrilled to have Lisa join us this month and so excited to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) any project that has been created by her . 

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This is the card of Lisa's that I finally settled on - she's so talented that there were many that caught my eye!  

I have used the overall layout that combines rectangle with oval.  I also used the same embossing folder as Lisa and the focal element placed to the left of the oval.  

Not only do these bright colours appeal to me but they're colours that my friend wears a lot

This card is for the special birthday of a special friend .... requiring a special card!  My friend is an elegant, artistic lady with a good sense of humour.  If she had two good feet, she would definitely dance her way into her seventies!

The gorgeous dancing lady is from the Beautiful You set in the new Occasions Catalogue

The mechanism for the easel card is made from a piece of A4 cardstock cut to 6.25"x10" then scored and folded along the long side at 5" and 7.5".

The heart is from a new stamp set called Sealed With Love from the new Occasions Catalogue.  I stamped it onto Copper Foil Sheet with Stazon ink and cut it out with matching framelit - these sets will be available as a bundle at a 10% discount.

From the side you just see the little surprise waiting inside ...
The white ribbon is from the Sending Love Ribbon Combo Pack in the new Occasions Catalogue

I was a little disappointed with myself for giving the dancing lady image dark hair, since my friend is a red head - so there's a little surprise on the inside that I think will appeal to her sense of humour.

I'll be adding the words "You're still a spring chicken!"

The cute and quirky chicken image is one of several in a stamp set called Hey, Chick in the new Saleabration catalogue.  That means that between 4 January and 31 March you could receive it FREE with a purchase of $90.  Don't know about Sale-A-Bration? ... contact me for details.

For the decorative strip, I cut a piece of Copper Foil Sheet to size and positioned it carefully in the Confetti embossing folder.

Embossed copper Foil Sheet looks stunning

Watercolouring made incredibly easy!!!
The new Stampin' Up Watercolour Pencils (available with the release of the new Occasions Catalogue on 4 January 2017) are a wonderful, and foolproof, way to add colour to a project!  I used them to colour both the images in this project.

The Stampin' Up Watercolour Pencils will be generally available from 4 January 2017

You could simply colour in the image and then run a damp paintbrush over it to smooth and blend.  As you'll see from the images below, I chose to add the colour in the areas I wanted to be darkest and used a damp paintbrush to blend the pigment out from there, which creates a graduation of colour and an effortless artistic look.   
Tips:  I recommend the use of watercolour paper.
         Stamp the image with waterproof ink such as Stampin' Up Archival Basic Black

This is how I added the colour with the watercolour pencils

The finished article after blending with a damp paintbrush

If you would like to receive an Occasions Catalogue (live in Australia and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator), please contact me for your copy now.

I hope you've enjoyed this card and I welcome your comments. 

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Thanks for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie




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Pretty Paisleys Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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Large Numbers Framelits Dies

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Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

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Confetti Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies

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Copper Metallic Thread

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Copper Foil Sheets

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Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad

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Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Ink Refill

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Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim

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Birthday Banners Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies

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Tangerine Tango A4 Card Stock

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Tempting Turquoise A4 Card Stock

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Whisper White A4 Card Stock

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Watercolor Paper

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Stampin' Dimensionals

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