Monday 30 August 2021

Nuts About Squirrels - Hey There!


Today's card uses the lovely Nuts About Squirrels stamp set. This is one of the standalone sets available in the latest Mini Catalogue - so there are no matching dies or punches for it.

It's a Two Step set which means that there are multiple stamps to make up an image. These are simple to line up because the set is a photopolymer one.

The Squirrel was stamped directly onto the Very Vanilla card but the leaves were all stamped onto scrap Vanilla card and cut out by hand.

I used the Tasteful Textile embossing folder on the Vanilla panel to add texture - which is very difficult to see in the photo!


I used some of our retired Braided Linen Trim at the top of the patterned paper. To get a similar look with current products you could wrap some of our Linen Tread around the top of the paper a few times.



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Friday 27 August 2021

Stampin Friends Blog Hop - All About The Paper


Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop for August! 

This month's theme is 'All About The Paper'. Who doesn't love beautiful, Patterned paper! So this month, the paper is the stand out in our projects.

If you are following along with the Hop, you may have arrived from Jean's Blog. 

Be sure to read through my post, comment below and then continue on to Steph's Blog. 

If you get lost along the way, you can find a full list of all the participants at the end of each of their Blog Posts.

Here are my projects for this month's Hop ...


I created a Box to hold 6 cards and envelopes and the cards to go inside it. The sizes given for the box are for both A2 and A6 cards.

The paper used is all from the Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper pack ... one of my current favourites :o) I used all 12 designs on the cards, so you can see both sides of the paper on each of the cards.

You can find a Video Tutorial for the Box below.


I also used the Hand-Penned Petals stamp set together with the coordinating Penned Flowers dies.

The ribbon is the Gorgeous Grape sheer ribbon.

The die used to created the Scalloped edge came from the Scalloped Contours die set, but you could use the border die in the Penned Flowers set if you prefer - I wanted larger scallops :o)


Colours used - Cinnamon Cider, Pool Party and Garden Green.


Colours used - Daffodil Delight, Highland Heather and Mint Macaron.


Colours used - Pale Papaya, Misty Moonlight and Garden Green.


Colours used - Daffodil Delight, Highland Heather and Mint Macaron.


Colours used - Blushing Bride, Pale Papaya and Garden Green.


Colours used - Misty Moonlight, Blushing Bride and Mint Macaron.

The Designer Series Paper is layered onto a mat the same colour as the larger flowers. All the colours come from the paper itself.

Each sentiment was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut out using one of the Stitched So Sweetly dies.

Each card was finished off with a few Basic Rhinestones.

Here is the Video ...


Measurements

Basic Black (x2)                                     7¾” x 6¼’                         (US 7” x 6¼”)

 

With the SHORT side across the TOP, score down at 4½” and 5¾”

 

With the LONG side across the TOP, score down at 1¼”

 

Basic Black - Lid                                    6” x 4½”     

 

With the LONG side across the TOP, score down at ½” and 1¾”

         

Note: If you use A4 as your standard sheet of card – follow the metric measurements (cms).

If you use 8½” x 11” as your standard sheet of card – follow the imperial measurements (inches).

      

Penned Flowers DSP - Lid              11.5cm x 10.8cm           (US 4½” x 4¼”)

Penned Flowers DSP - Lid              11.5cm x 3.1cm              (US 4½” x 1¼”)                                                          

Highland Heather - Front               15.7cm x 10.6cm           (US 5⅝” x 4¼”)    

Penned Flowers DSP – Front       15.4cm x 10.3cm           (US 5½” x 4”)

 

Ribbon – approx.                                  60cm                                    (US 24”)

 

You will need additional Basic White card to complete the project.


Here is the list of all the Blog Hop participants for this month:

5. Teri Pocock - You Are Here!



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Wednesday 25 August 2021

Counting Sheep - Amazing!


I'm sharing the last of the cards I created using the lovely Counting Sheep stamp set and coordinating Sheep dies.

I wanted to try and get all three Sheep on the same card ... and I did it :o)


I used my home made stencils to create the background. You can see how I made them HERE and HERE.

The Sheep were stamped with Smoky Slate ink and coloured very simply with the Stampin' Blends markers. Leaving the Sheep white makes it super easy, but I may have to try and colour a few ... perhaps brown or black :o)


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