I’m feeling a little tired and in need of some down time, so I will take a break from the sketches for a day or two, but I will be finishing off the rest of the sketches.
In the meantime, don’t forget the awesome sale on gorgeous papers, for the rest of August, or until sold out.
If you live in Australia and would like to make the most of this sale, you can shop online here.
Happy stamping,
Chris
Hi and welcome back.
A very quick post today, I’ve been working in a casual job today and am very late with sharing today’s sketch and inspiration. So here’s the sketch….
My card is a classic Black and White, and features an image from the Fully Flowering Ephemera Pack, on page 19 of the Annual Catalogue. So the only stamping is the sentiment, but if you didn’t want to stamp at all, you could use sentiment from the Saying Something Ephemera Pack.
Papercrafting has never been so easy!
Such a quick and easy card. And a very quick post.
I am working next week too, so I’m hoping to get some inspiration for the rest of the sketches completed over the weekend, and posts scheduled for your enjoyment and inspiration.
Hope you are having a crafty evening. I’ll have more to share over the weekend.
Happy stamping
Chris
Welcome back to another Sketch Saturday Challenge. Here is the new sketch.
I have chosen to use butterflies instead of the square shapes for my card today.
The butterflies are some of the Paper Butterfly Accents, which have been coloured using reinkers. I have dropped a couple of drops of Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather and Pool Party ink onto my Glass Mat, sprayed with water using a Spritzer, and then laid each butterfly into the spreading ink.
I dried the butterflies with a Heat Tool to speed up the drying process but you could just let them dry naturally.
The butterflies have been layered over some Basic White Cardstock which was run through the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine with the Distressed Tile Embossing Folder, with a sentiment stamped in Fresh Freesia ink and some Gems in the same colour from the Purple Fine Shimmer Gems.
That’s all from me today. I hope the sketch inspires you and that you share your projects with us at Sketch Saturday.
Happy stamping,
Chris
Hi again, welcome back to the daily posts of Sketches from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue.
Here is Sketch #7.
Today’s card is a fairly simple one, with not too many steps and no stamping.
My card base is in Basic Black cardstock (21cm x 14.5cm, which is then scored at 10.5cm on the long side and folded, so when it’s folded, your card front will be 10.5cm x 14.5cm), the first layer in Very Vanilla cardstock is only slightly smaller this time, 10.2cm x 14.2cm, which has been run through the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine with the Layered Florals 3D Embossing Folder. So pretty!
The main focal point is simply one element from the Labels and Layers Ephemera pack, and one from the Fully Flowering Ephemera pack.
I have layered the tag over some Basic Black cardstock measured at approximately 4.7cm wide x 7.6cm, and I have then used Paper Snip Scissors to cut the flag to match the one on the tag.
Some Linen Thread around this is the only extra I have added.
You could, of course, add a sentiment, but I liked the look of this without.
The Ephemera Packs are on Page 19 of the Annual Catalogue and make gorgeous papercrafting so easy.
And don’t forget the fantastic discount on Designer Series Papers, but only while stocks last. Check it out in my online store.
Happy stamping,
Chris
Hi and welcome back to the August month of sketches, where I am sharing my inspiration on the sketches on Page 22 of the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue.
Here is Sketch # 3.
I have chosen to use some of the Lily Pond Lane Designer Series Paper which I have cut into strips measuring 13.5cm x 2.5cm.
The Lily Pond Lane DSP is over my card base of Pretty Peacock cardstock.
For this card I have created a top opening cardbase, the measurements are 10.5cm x 29cm, then scored and folded along the long side at 14.5cm. Again, you can get two card bases out of one sheet of A4 cardstock.
Instead of wrapping ribbon or twine around the whole card front I chose to create a flag out of some Peach Pie Cardstock, with some Linen Thread behind it.
My sentiment is stamped onto a circle of Basic White Cardstock which has been cut using the Spotlight on Nature Dies. The sentiment and flower are from the Country Birdhouse stamp set, the sentiment stamped in Pretty Peacock ink and the flower in Peach Pie ink.
And to add a touch of bling, some Peach Pie coloured 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems.
Make sure you keep an eye out for tomorrow’s sketch #4. Did you know that you can sign up to receive my blog posts by email? If you look on the far right hand side and scroll down until you see “Follow Blog via Email”. Just pop your email address in there and follow the instructions and you will receive all of my posts in your inbox.
Happy stamping,
Chris
Welcome back to day 2 of our month of Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue sketches. Below is today’s sketch.
You can find Day 1 of the month of sketches here.
This could be a very simple card or it could be more complex as I have made mine today. My card features the Changing Leaves bundle which is an Online Exclusive, and a very versatile bundle.
For my card base, I cut a piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock at 21cm x 14.5cm – you should be able to get two card fronts from one full piece of cardstock. Then along the long side, score at 10.5cm and fold, so when it’s folded, your card front will be 10.5cm x 14.5cm.
I have then used some Pretty Peacock cardstock which is 9cm x 13cm, and have run that through the Changing Leaves embossing folder.
The basic white sentiment has been cut with one of the Changing Leaves Dies and the sentiment itself, also from the Changing Leaves stamp set is stamped in Pretty Peacock ink.
The leaves are in Lost Lagoon, Moody Mauve and Copper Clay cardstock. And of course some Linen Thread tied into a large bow and adhered to the back of the sentiment.
If you wanted to keep it simple though, you could leave off all the leaves, and just use the embossed panel with a sentiment and bow.
Happy stamping,
Chris
Hi and welcome back.
If you have seen the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue, you may have seen that there are quite a number of card sketches through the catalogue, and on Page 22 there are 22 sketches to use as inspiration for cards.
So I am challenging myself!
I plan to share a blog post every day with the sketches in the order they are in the catalogue, along with a sample of how I made that sketch PLUS the measurements I have used.
I have seen a few different people sharing PDFs of the sketches with measurements in Imperial, but I am in Australia, and we use different size card fronts here. So my measurements will be in centimeters and based on our card size.
I have been busy on Canva recreating the sketches from the catalogue, so they are not exact copies of what is in the catalogue but close enough. And since I have put my time and effort into creating these I would appreciate acknowledgement of where you got them from if you plan on using them.
I hope you enjoy them. Here is the first one!
My card using this sketch features some of the beautiful Designer Series Paper which was only available to Stampin’ Up! demonstrators (but is too beautiful not to share) along with the Poised Peony stamp set.
In Australia our card bases are basically half of an A4 sheet of cardstock.
However, I have found that it is much easier, especially for beginners to measure it slightly differently, and have a small strip left over.
So for my card base, I cut 21cm x 14.5cm – you should be able to get two card fronts from one piece of cardstock. Then along the long side, score at 10.5cm and fold, so when it’s folded, your card front will be 10.5cm x 14.5cm. I have used some Pretty in Pink cardstock for my card base.
I have then taken a piece of Designer Series Paper (patterned paper) the same size – 10.5cm x 14.5cm and adhered it onto the card front.
The next layer of Designer Series Paper (the darker pink) is 8.5cm wide x 9.5cm.
The Basic White focal layer is 7cm x 9.5cm.
I decided not to put my sentiment onto a separate piece but rather to stamp it directly onto the panel with the main image, and also to add some Linen Thread, and some Purple Fine Shimmer Gems.
I hope that these will be helpful to someone, and hopefully I can get through all of them for you.
Please feel free to leave a comment or reach out to me if you have any questions.
Happy stamping,
Chris
The idea for my card today was to create a summer scene. It’s the middle of a cold winter here in Australia, and I needed a reminder that summer will be here before we know it, and with that, time at the beach and swimming in our beautiful ocean.
Does anyone else love swimming in the ocean? It’s something I love to do, it makes me feel so energised and refreshed.
I have used a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor paper and a Water Painter to create my background, first applying a lot of water to the paper, and then adding some Pecan Pie ink at the bottom, then Pool Party, Summer Splash, Azure Afternoon and Blueberry Bushel inks.
The truck with the surf board in the back, and the palm trees are from the Trucking Along bundle, which is an Online Exclusive from a while back but still available here in Australia.
If you would like to share a project with us at Craftin Round the World Challenges, please join us here, we love to see what you have been creating.
Happy stamping!
Chris
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Good morning and if this is your first time visiting, welcome to my crafting blog.
I was honoured to be asked to become a Design Team member for the Craftin’ Round the World Challenges. This is a monthly challenge held on Facebook, where there are two different themes to choose from, which you can combine, or choose one at a time. And for my card today, I have chosen the Monochromatic Theme.
My card uses heaps of the Stampin’ Up! green colours including Soft Sea Foam, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Granny Apple Green, and Lemon Lime Twist.
The beautiful Magnolia image has been stamped in Soft Sea Foam on basic white cardstock before being die cut using the matching dies. And the leaves come from the Magnolia Mood Dies and the Stippled Roses Dies.
If you would like to join our challenge you can find us here in the closed Facebook group, where you are very welcome to share your own projects.
Happy stamping,
Chris
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My card today features both retiring items, some that are staying on, and some that are in the new Annual Catalogue and not available until May.
My son is an avid sailor so the Let’s Set Sail stamp set with the matching Sailboat Builder punch was a bundle I had to have! But I am sad that it is retiring. It will be staying in my own personal stash though.
I’ve watercoloured the background behind the boat and used some of the new In Colors, Shy Shamrock, Summer Splash and just a touch of Peach Pie. The boat has been stamped in Shy Shamrock and some of the new Basic Beige. I’ve also used some Balmy Blue and Azure Afternoon ink for the watercolouring, along with a tiny touch of Starry Sky ink.
And behind the watercoloured panel is some of the new Lily Pond Lane Designer Series Paper which is also available in May in the new Catalogue – just one of many perks of being a demonstrator, we get to play with new goodies before they are released publicly.
I do hope it’s your best day ever!!
Happy stamping!
Chris
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