Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop - Beginner, Casual, Avid: Something for Everyone

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 inspiration for all stampers - beginner, casual or avid!

One stamp set (Incredible Like You) makes cards suitable for the beginner, casual or avid cardmaker

For the Beginner:

In designing this card I had in mind a fictional person who had taken their first steps into cardmaking by purchasing the gorgeous Incredible Like You Project Kit (Occasions Catalogue 2019) and associated products.

A simple card using the Incredible Like You stamp set - suitable for a beginner

This card includes simple stamping and requires minimal products (the inks and stamp set that my fictional person already owns after completing the Incredible Like You Project Kit plus a Shaded Spruce ink pad and a pack of Subtles A4 cardstock).

For the Casual Crafter:

This clean & simple card featuring the Incredible Like You stamp set uses
two step stamping and masking - suitable for the casual crafter

I've added a Petal Pink ink pad and a pack of A4 Whisper White cardstock to the product list.

I've also added a couple of new techniques:  Masking and two-step stamping

Tip: Stamp the flowers first, mask them, then stamp the other images before removing the masks.

For the Avid Crafter:

Combining the Incredible Like You stamp set with foliage cut with the Bouquet Bunch Framelits Dies

This card includes some more products and tools that an avid crafter is likely to already have in their craft room such as a Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, if not - they'll want them!

There's also another couple of techniques - a little bit of Out of The Box die-cutting and some stamping off

Tip:  I added some colour to the die-cut foliage by using a small paintbrush (or aquapainter) to pick up some of the Shaded Spruce ink left on the stamps.

Stepping up the design for the beginner, casual and avid crafter
All of the cards feature the gorgeous Incredible Like You stamp set

I haven't gone into a lot of detail in this post but will be happy to answer any questions or provide more information - just leave a comment or 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!

Finally, I'd like to thank Vicki Hunter who has taken over the reins of organising these wonderful Blog Hops from the wonderful Jessie Holton so that they can continue!  YAY!!

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All available in my online store

Incredible Like You Photopolymer Stamp Set

$28.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Subtles A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

$58.00

Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins

$12.25

Bouquet Bunch Framelits Dies

$50.00

Big Shot

$159.00