Shimmery Trio of Dashing Deer in Winter Woods

The Shimmery White embossing looks much prettier in person and I like it with the Gray Granite card

 I've decided to throw in some extra inspiration - a Christmas present if you will!

Three looks using the same basic ingredients and method.

Basically the same card, just stepped up a bit by creating the layer on the Thick Whisper White base card

Onto Gray Granite cardstock, the image from Winter Woods was stamped with Versamark, sprinkled with Shimmer White embossing powder and heat embossed.

I then applied versamark to the lower section direct from the pad and Shimmer White heat embossed.

Just for a bit more depth and interest, I stamped some more trees with Versamark and left them as a watermark.

Then I added the deer (they were leftovers from previous projects!).  The Dashing Deer was stamped with Golden Glitz metallic ink (I find using the Stamparatus helps as I can stamp twice to reinforce the shimmery colour) and then cut out with the coordinating Detailed Deer die.

Stepped up just a little more:  One more layer, a different tree image and shadows created with directional use of the Versamark pad

I used the birch image for this one.  To give the impressing of tree shadows, I swiped my Versamark pad diagonally and sparingly and then added extra Versamark to the foreground using horizontal strokes with the pad. Then heat embossed again with Shimmer White embossing powder.

I'll be relaxing on Christmas Day and I'm pretty sure you will be too!  So my next post will be on Friday 27th December.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!  HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

Winter Woods Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$40.00

Dashing Deer Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$38.00

Detailed Deer Dies

$59.00

Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink Pad

$19.25

Versamark Pad

$16.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Heat Tool

$50.00

Stamparatus

$85.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

$14.25

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Christmas Gleaming Suite - Another Quick & Simple Card

A quick and easy Christmas card for those last minute occasions!

I reckon that if you're still looking for Christmas card ideas for this year (2019), you may be in a spot of bother!  However, the good news is that this is a really quick and simple card to put together!

It's really just layers of Night of Navy cardstock, Copper Foil Sheet, Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper.  Remember to cut the middle out of the copper foil so that you can use it in another project.

The star from the Brightly Gleaming Foil Elements is backed with Night of Navy cardstock and there's a Faceted Gem in the centre.

I looked for the biggest, boldest greeting in my collection (sorry that I can't remember from which set!) and punched it out with the Everyday Label punch.  Then I added a couple of Star Designer Elements.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time! 
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

Brightly Gleaming Foil Elements

$12.25

Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper

$25.00

Star Designer Elements

$15.75

Everyday Label Punch

$31.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Copper Foil Sheets

$8.75

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Clear Faceted Gems

$8.75

Ink it! Stamp it! International Design Team Blog Hop - Sneak Peeks Sale-A-Bration & Mini Catalogues: Power of Hope

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 from the new Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalogues!

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

I think this image from the Beautifully Braided Bundle is going to be very versatile!

As soon as I saw the Beautifully Braided Bundle in the Mini Catalogue, I had a plan for it!  I started with a watercolour background.  Once it was dry I stamped the flowers with Stazon black ink and then watercoloured them with Cherry Cobbler ink.

TIP:  Since watercolour paper is absorbant, I find it best to use my Stamparatus for stamping so that I can ensure that I get the ink coverage I desire.

I then stamped the edge with Cherry Cobbler ink - again using the Stamparatus.

I punched out the braiding and then put it into the Stamparatus to add the Cherry Cobbler stamping.  Having lined it up at the top and stamped, all I had to do was move the plate down by two hinges and it lined up perfectly for the next section!

I then wrapped some Lovely Lipstick ribbon through the braiding.

I stamped the greeting (from Itty Bitty Greetings) with Cherry Cobbler ink onto an offcut of the background and cut it out with one of the Stitched So Sweetly dies - I trimmed off the top and bottom points with my snips for a slightly less pointy, more curvacious look.

A little Japanese style scene created with the Power Of Hope stamp set FREE during Sale-A-Bration
The stamp set, together with the coordinating dies, form a bundle that's free with a product purchase of $180

This little Japanese scene was created with the Power of Hope stamp set that forms part of a bundle with coordinating dies and which I received FREE when I purchased $180 worth of products .... which was sooo easy to do, given that the new Mini Catalogue is amazing!

I stamped the three images with Stazon ink (I used black but I could have used the new brown one!) and then watercoloured with a variety of inks: the main ones being Poppy Parade and Pretty Peacock.

I stamped the Itty Bitty greeting with Pretty Peacock ink and cut it out with one of the Stitched Rectangle dies - trimming it to size to fit into the Poppy Parade rectangle cut with one of the new Stitched So Sweetly dies.

If you live in Australia and would like more information about the new catalogues or how to obtain free products during Sale-A-Bration, please contact me.

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 - Visit my online store to make a purchase for more details

Beautifully Braided Bundle (English)

$61.00

Stitched So Sweetly Dies

$56.00

Itty Bitty Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$63.00

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry

$15.25

Power Of Hope Bundle

$0.00

Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop - Sale-A-Bration / 2020 Occasions Catalogue Sneak Peek: Country Club Suite

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 from the new 2020 Occasions Catalogue and the Sale-A-Bration Brochure - I've used products from the Country Club Suite.

I was so excited to find the Country Club Suite in the new catalogue - my life is full of golfers!

The golfer in the top card was stamped and coloured before cutting him out with the coordinating die.  He's layered onto a background of Country Club Designer Series Paper.

The greeting is stamped in Night of Navy.  The greeting and the Crushed Curry layer are both cut with dies from the Stitched So Sweetly die set.

It was so much fun to colour in the images included in the Country Club Designer Series Paper and it made for a quick and easy masculine card

The next card is very similar but this time I cheated and cut out and coloured one of the line drawing panels on one of the Country Club Designer Series Paper sheets.  I cut it out with one of the Stitched So Sweetly dies.

The Itty Bitty Greeting is cut out with one of the dies in the Clubhouse Bundle and mounted onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock cut out with one of the Stitched Rectangles dies.

These products will be available from January to June 2020 and Sale-A-Bration will run from 3 January to 31 March 2020 which provides the opportunity to obtain FREE products. For example, purchasing the Country Club paper and Club House Bundle provided me with one free product!

If you live in Australia and would like more information about the new catalogues or how to obtain free products during Sale-A-Bration, please contact me.

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!

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - Visit my online store

Country Club Designer Series Paper

$20.00

Clubhouse Bundle

$72.00

Stitched So Sweetly Dies

$56.00

Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry

$15.25

Feels Like Frost Quick and Easy Christmas Cards

Christmas card made very quickly with Feels Like Frost paper, Stitched Nested Labels and Beautiful Boughs dies

Continuing my quest to create lots of quick and easy Christmas cards ... this is the "other side" of the gorgeous Feels Like Frost Speciality Designer Series Paper that makes Christmas card making really easy!

Bulk Christmas cards are quick and easy to make with the Feels Like Frost papers!

Always mindful of avoiding wastage ... I used the leftover cardstock (from cutting the labels above) and offcuts of the pretty paper to make more cards and then used extra bits and pieces from my table to finish decorating.  I figure if someone receives a hand made Christmas card, they're not going to complain if I put a gold embossed bauble on a piece of silver paper!

Using up the remnants - one way to avoid wastage!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

Feels Like Frost Specialty 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$25.00

Stitched Nested Labels Dies

$61.00

Beautiful Boughs Dies

$61.00

Silver Glimmer Paper

$8.75

Ornate Frames Dies

$59.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00