Delightfully Detailed Birthday Card - Sneak Peeks

This card provides sneak peeks of products that will be available from 1st June 2018 in the new Annual Catalogue:

Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut Specialty Paper
Hand Delivered stamp set
Faceted Dots
Cardstock colours: Gorgeous Grape, Mango Melody and Highland Heather

Gorgeous Grape

Mango Melody

Highland Heather

The new Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut paper is so beautiful that a card doesn't need much else!

This is such a simple yet effective card!  I simply chopped off a piece of the Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut paper that comes in a 12" sheet and glued it behind a frame of Gorgeous Grape cardstock - #loveitchopit . In this instance, I used the Very Vanilla side of the laser cut sheet (the other side is Whisper White).

The base card is Gorgeous Grape with a layer of Highland heather.

The greeting is from the Hand Delivered stamp set which is a Host set in the new Annual Catalogue and available, with a qualifying party/workshop, from 1 June.  It's stamped onto a small offcut of Mango Melody card from which I trimmed the corners with a 1/2" Circle punch.  This is mounted onto an offcut of Gorgeous Grape and finished with a couple of  Blackberry Bliss Faceted Dots - also available from 1 June in the new Annual Catalogue.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Current products available from my online store

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

$7.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

$9.00

What a Beautiful Day for Petal Passion!

This card is entered into the Crazy Crafters Team Highlights.  Click here to see all the wonderful projects and vote for your favourites.

I have successfully adopted the #loveitchopit mantra and haven't been guilty of hoarding pretty papers for a long time now!  Instead, I'm finding I have lots of little offcuts that I don't want to waste so I'm tending to build cards around them!

Layering is a great way to use up oddments of pretty paper

This card is all about using up pieces of the gorgeous Petal Passion Designer Series Paper!

I watercoloured one strip and then layered away with Flirty Flamingo cardstock - one of the retiring 2016-2018 In-Colours that I'm trying to use up as well!

To finish the card I stamped the flower from Beautiful Day onto Flirty Flamingo cardstock with Basic Black Archival ink, sprinkled with clear embossing powder and heat set it.  I then watercoloured with Flirty Flamingo and Calypso Coral inks to add some depth to the flower.  For the leaf, I simply painted over the Flirty Flamingo card with Tranquil Tide ink.

There's a Clear Faceted Gem in the centre of the flower for extra "oomph"!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All products used are available in my online store

Beautiful Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$37.00

Petal Passion Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

$12.25

Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.75

Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

$14.00

Clear Faceted Gems

$8.75

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Birthday Delivery for 30 Years

Perhaps this card could be seen as celebrating the 30th year of Stampin' Up! ... but actually I made it for the son of a friend.  I think he'll appreciate the retro feel and touch of humour with the poor tortoise lagging behind.

A fun retro card featuring the retiring Birthday Delivery Suite

The card is also a retirement celebration for several of my favourite products!

On (or before, depending on stocks) 31 May we'll be saying goodbye to:

Large Numbers Framelits (and the matching Number of Years stamp set, which I didn't use for this card)
Birthday Delivery stamp set
Birthday Friends Framelits
Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper
Tangerine Tango - this colour will not appear in the revamped colour range

If you'd like to purchase any of the retiring items (subject to stock availability), pay a visit to the Last Chance Products in my online store.

Curious about what's in the new catalogue?  If you live in Australia and don't already have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, contact me for your copy.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available (while stocks last) in my online store - just click on an image below

Birthday Delivery Photopolymer Bundle

$108.00

Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Large Numbers Framelits Dies

$54.00

Tangerine Tango A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

$12.25

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Special Guest: Martha Groeger

Welcome to the Crazy Crafters' Blog Hop with our Special Guest stamper, Martha Groeger - we are thrilled to have Martha 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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Whether you are starting the blog hop here at my blog, Stephanie Fischer - The Crafty Thinker, or have come from the person before me, be sure to click on the person listed under me further down the page to continue your journey through the blog hop.

I really enjoyed looking through Martha's Blog and she has such fresh and interesting ideas that I ended up with quite a long short list!  Eventually I selected this card because I love versatility and I really appreciate the way that Martha has expanded the use of the humble embossing folder.

A Mix of new and retiring: New Hand Delivered stamp set and Blueberry Bushel colour
Retiring Tempting Turquoise and Tangerine Tango

This card is a mash up of retiring colours (Tempting Turquoise and Tangerine Tango) and a sneak peek of some new items that will be released on June 1 in the new Annual Catalogue.

The base card is the one of the new 2018-2020 In-Colours called Blueberry Bushel.  Then there's a very narrow edge of Whisper White followed by Tempting Turquoise which I embossed twice with the Simple Stripes folder at an angle (see below for some tips).

I used a strip of Blueberry Bushel cardstock embossed with the Hexagons folder, that was leftover from this card, and some white ribbon to "weight" the lower part of the card to balance the bulk of the balloons.  I also added some Tutti Frutti sequins to bring the orange down the card.  Even though they're Pumpkin Pie in colour, I think they do their job.

The image of the lady hidden by the balloons was created with the new Hand Delivered stamp set.  This is a Host set in the new Catalogue, so if you'd like your own set, maybe consider organising a crafting get together with your friends.

This is such a fun and versatile set!  I used three of the stamps in the set to create this lady.  She can have a different pattern on her skirt, or no pattern at all.  She can be holding a cake, a pile of books or a sign and there are some really useful greetings in a beautiful font.

I stamped the images on a piece of Whisper White cardstock using Powder Pink ink so that the outlines wouldn't show.  I think there's a name for that technique which escapes me at the moment!  I then watercoloured using Blueberry Bushel, Powder Pink, Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise and Smoky Slate inks.  I added the balloon strings later by hand with a black marker.  Hint:  I stamped the skirt details after I'd coloured the skirt.

Using the largest of the Layering Ovals framelits and the Out of the Box technique, I cut out the image and then sponged the edges with Tangerine Tango and Tempting Turquoise inks.  I adhered this panel to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

EMBOSSING TIPS:
1.  My piece of cardstock measured 3 7/8" x 5 5/8" so that when I placed it into the embossing folder at an angle, there was a small section hanging out of the folder.

2.  It's important to place the paper in the folder such that neither the folder nor the paper will snag on the sides of the Big Shot.

Step 1

3.  After running it through the Big Shot, I turned the paper around so that the unembossed piece was inside the folder and made sure that the embossing was lined up correctly.  I then ran only that small piece through the Big Shot (IE: I rolled, stopped and reversed).                

The small section that didn't fit into the folder

Rotate the paper in the folder, lining up carefully

4.  I then placed the cardstock back into the embossing folder at the opposite angle so that the lines would cross at an angle and repeated the first two steps.

Placing the paper back into the folder at the opposite angle

The next step is to rotate the paper in the folder again
to emboss the small remaining section

Thanks for following our blog hop.  Remember that currently you are at my blog - Stephanie Fischer - so click on the next name in the list to ensure that you don't miss out on seeing any of the blogs and the amazing inspiration that they contain.

Thanks for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Current Product List - all available in my online store

Simple Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$15.00

Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$16.00

Whisper White 1/8" Sheer Ribbon

$10.50

Tempting Turquoise A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Tutti-Frutti Adhesive-Backed Sequins

$12.25

Ink it! Stamp it! Design Team Blog Hop : Technique - Easel Card

Welcome to the Ink It! Stamp It! Design Team Blog Hop - we hop every month so be sure to pop back and visit us again!  Today our theme is Technique and I've made an easel card using the gorgeous new Graceful Glass Vellum that will be available in the new Annual Catalogue from 1 June.

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A stained glass window achieved with an easel card and the Graceful Glass Vellum

I used Stampin' Blends alcohol markers to add some colour to the front of the printed vellum and them made some frames from Poppy Parade cardstock.  Poppy Parade is a returning colour in the new Annual Catalogue.  Real Red would work really well too.

The Poppy Parade red and Graceful Glass vellum make a striking contrast against the neutral easel card

I made the base easel from a 12" square piece of Basic Black card and have included the dimensions below.

When the easel card is propped open, the light shines through the "stained glass window"

I added layers of Poppy Parade and Sahara Sand cardstock to the easel and then added my framed pieces of vellum.  From the photos you'll see that I adhered both to the lower section of the front of the card so that the top frame stands proud when the easel is propped into position.

The inside of the easel card is quite clean and simple

Inside the card I adhered a decorative strip with Stampin' Dimensionals and above that I adhered a piece of Whisper White cardstock for writing a greeting.   I didn't want the white to show when the card was propped open on it's easel.

I cut the piece of vellum larger than the Whisper White strip underneath it, folded it over the white strip and taped it at the back so that no adhesive would show through the vellum.  I then adhered that strip to a slightly larger piece of Poppy Parade and added a couple of Faceted Dots that will also be available from 1 June.

The finished size of this easel card is 7" x 6"

I stamped the greeting from the matching Painted Glass stamp set onto a piece of Sahara Sand and layered it onto a piece of Basic Black card.

DIMENSIONS:
Easel card:  Cut to 12" x 7".  Score and fold long side at 6" and 9"  

Layers:  Cut 2 each  Red 2 3/4" x 6 3/4"
                                  Sahara Sand  2 1/2' x 61/2"

Vellum: Top piece           3" x 6"
             Lower piece       1 3/4" x 6"

Frames: (Cut out the middles of the pieces, leaving 1/4" frames)
Top Frame (red)              3 1/4" x 6 1/8"     - Adhere only the lower edge to the card
Lower Frame (red)          1 7/8" x 6 1/8"     - Adhere all edges to the card
              
I hope you've enjoyed this this technique and card and I welcome your comments. 

Thank you so much for joining us today. We hope you'll join us again next month for projects featuring our Favourite Retiring Bundle! I'm Stephanie Fischer and to keep hopping around see the list below to see who is up next with another great technique.

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

Current Product List - all available in my online store

Basic Black 12" X 12" Card Stock

$12.25

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

$6.00

Stampin' Trimmer

$50.00