Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Special Guest: Meg Loven - Classic Garage Suite Sneak Peek

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

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.

Meg is a very talented card maker with a great style, so there's plenty of inspiration in her Blog!  There were quite a few cards in my "short" list but I chose the one above to CASE.

A masculine fun fold card featuring the Classic Garage Suite

My card has none of the subtle and elegant touches that Meg's has but I'm not completely unhappy with it.  If I did it again, I wouldn't use black for the small fold. 

The Basic Gray base card is 9" x 6.25" with the long side scored and folded at 3".

The small black counter-folded card is 9" x 2.5" folded in half at 4.5"

To hold the smaller fold in place, I punched a 1" circle from Basic Black card and added a Smokey Slate cog cut with one of the Garage Gears dies.  It's attached to the card front with a dimensional.

The Classic Garage Suite: paper, stamp set, dies, ribbon, metal embellishments all coordinating!

The Geared Up Bundle (stamp set and Garage Gears Thinlits Dies) will be available from 3rd January in the 2019 Occasions Catalogue.  The bundle and the Classic Garage Designer Series Paper (which measures 6" x 6") are part of the Classic Garage Suite which also includes some great key and spanner shaped elements and some black and silver striped ribbon. 

There's a black space inside the card to hand write a greeting

I'm so excited to have this amazing suite of products in my craft room - it makes it so easy to make a masculine card!

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

Product List - available from my online store

Geared Up Garage Cling Bundle

$84.50

Classic Garage 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

$14.75

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

$14.75

1" Circle Punch

$21.00

Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad

$15.75

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

$6.00

Ribbon of Courage

I do hope you've all had a wonderful holiday season - it's certainly a busy time of year!

Well, this is a stamp set that I love for what it stands for but it's one that I hope not to have occasion to use.

However, just before Christmas my brother-in-law was diagnosed with bowel cancer and so 2019 will be the year of the battle for him.  But - we'll all be here to support him and we certainly have high hopes for a good outcome.

I've made this card for him.

The Ribbon of Courage stamp set

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - Available for purchase from my online store

Ribbon Of Courage Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$33.00

Blueberry Bushel A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Dot To Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$15.00

Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

$13.50

Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$15.50

Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Frosted Floral Trio

I'm saying a fond farewell today to, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful sets of paper ever - Frosted Floral Specialty Designer Series Paper from the 2018 Holiday Catalogue willl be retiring soon.

A trio of quick, easy cards featuring the gorgeous Frosted Floral papers

These three cards were super quick and easy to make!  Each one features a different design from the pack.

Frosted Floral paper teamed with Powder Pink and Black Foil foliage

The base cards are Basic Black and then I coordinated the colour of the greeting label with the sheet of designer paper.  For the card above, I picked out Powder Pink.  The greetings are adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals.

The greeting is from the Bunch of Blossoms stamp set and I cut it out with one of the Layering Circles Framelits dies.  A punch would have been quicker but, sadly, I don't yet own one the right size!

Frosted Floral Specialty Designer Series Paper coordinates with so many gorgeous Stampin' Up colours!

The foliage is all cut from Black Foil Sheet - which I'm so happy to see carrying over from the Holiday Catalogue so it will continue to be available.  The label for the card above is cut from Mint Macaron cardstock.

Frosted Floral Specialty Designer Series Paper - more than a Christmas design!

For the foliage I used the Sprig Punch (which is also continuing after the Holiday Catalogue) and the Foliage Frame Framelits.  I chose Balmy Blue cardstock to coordinate with this sheet of the paper.

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All products needed for this project are available for sale in my online store

Frosted Floral 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

$24.25

Bunch Of Blossoms Photopolymer Stamp Set

$37.00

Black Foil Sheets

$7.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Powder Pink A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Sprig Punch

$31.00

Foliage Frame Framelits Dies

$47.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

$58.00

Ink it! Stamp it! International Design Team Blog Hop - Occasions Catalogue Sneak Peeks

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 we are providing sneak peeks of products from the new Occasions that takes effect from 3rd January to 3 June 2019.  Sale-A-Bration last from 3rd January 2019 to 31st March 2019.  

You are currently at my page - Stephanie Fischer, The Crafty Thinker.  At the end of my post there is a full line of team members, please click on the name after mine in the list to continue the hop.

The Tea Time framelits dies perfectly coordinate with the Tea Together stamp set and are
FREE with a product purchase of $180 during Sale-A-Bration

For this very simple card, I started with a base of Lovely Lipstick to which I added a layer of one of the designs from the All My Love Designer Series Paper - which is gorgeous!

I stamped the Tea Together images with Gray Granite ink and did a little rough colouring with some of my Stampin' Up Watercolour Pencils.  I found that the Melon Mambo, Old Olive and Pacific Point colours worked well.  I spread the colour with an Aqua Painter.

I'm not very good at fussy cutting, so I was very excited to obtain the coordinating Tea Time Framelit dies from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue.  Even more exciting - they were FREE with my $180 product purchase!

I glued the teapot and cup to the piece of Crumb Cake cardstock and then used an Early Espresso watercolour pencil and aqua painter to add a little shadow underneath.

If you would like your own copies of the Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalogues, live in Australia and don't currently have a regular Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, contact me with your details and I'll be happy to send them.

The Occasions Catalogue is chock full of gorgeous things and, remember, there are amazing FREE items available with every $90 (or in a few instances $180) of product purchase.  Perhaps it's a good time to think about gathering a few friends and having a party!

Thank you so much for joining us today and we hope you'll join us again next month! 

I'm Stephanie Fischer and to keep hopping around see the list below to see who is up next with another great project.

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

Product List - Click here to visit my online store

All My Love 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Tea Together Cling Stamp Set

$38.00

Tea Time Framelits Dies

$0.00

Watercolor Pencils

$27.75

Aqua Painters

$20.00

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop: Theme - Sale-A-Brations / Occasions Catalogues 2019 Sneak Peek

Welcome to the monthly Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer (The Crafty Thinker) from Australia.

Our theme this month is to provide sneak peeks of new products in the new Occasions Catalogue.  We're also sharing some of the great products in the Sale-A-Bration catalogue this year  that will be available FREE with qualifying purchases.

The Lovely Lattice stamp set can be yours FREE with a qualifying purchase!

This card features the following products which will be available from 3 January 2019:

Occasions Catalogue -

Butterfly Gala Bundle (stamp set and punch)
Well-Written Framelits

All My Love Designer Series Paper

Mossy Meadow Combo Stampin' Blends

Sale-A-Bration -

Lovely Lattice stamp set 

I'm loving the new Butterfly Gala bundle and All My Love papers in the new Occasions Catalogue

I stamped the Lovely Lattice image with Crumb Cake ink onto Shimmery White cardstock, coloured it with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers and then cut it out.

I adhered this to a piece of Whisper White cardstock layered with Crumb Cake and another piece of Whisper White.

The base card is Crumb Cake and I added a layer of one of the gorgeous papers from the All My Love Designer Series Paper.

I stamped the butterfly with Merry Merlot ink and coloured with the Stampin' Blends before cutting it out with the coordinating punch.  I then adhered it to the card using some little bits of Stampin' Dimensions under the wings to provide some depth.

I cut the words with the Well-Written Framelits from Lovely Lipstick cardstock and adhered them to the card.

As a last step, I added some Faceted Dots to the centres of some of the flowers.

Thank you for visiting.  I hope you enjoyed these cards.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer - please see the list below and click on the next person on the list to hop through all of the people to see all of our projects.  You don't want to miss any!

Finally, I'd like to thank the amazing Jessie Holton for creating and running this wonderful Blog Hop which has provided so much fun and inspiration.  This will be our last Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop, at least with Jessie at the helm, but who knows what 2019 will bring?!

'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All current products available in my online store

Faceted Dots

$10.50

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Bundle

$61.00

Lovely Lattice Cling Stamp Set

$0.00

Well Written Framelits Dies

$70.00

All My Love 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Lovely Lipstick Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$15.50