Detailed with Love

Hi Crafters,

There are many reasons people craft, but to summarise mine, it would be to enable an avenue to do what I love (relieving stress at the same time) whilst blessing those in my world.  And today's new stamp set features a really lovely sentiment "So many of my smiles begin with you."  

I posted this card on the Stampin' Up! demonstrators page and had an overwhelming positive response with many asking for a blog post outlining the steps I took to create it.  So I hope you find this helpful..

Detailed with Love

I wanted this card to "pop" whilst having the sentiment at the forefront.  When I want an intense array of colour I love the result created when using blender tools.  They're not expensive and can easily be sourced online (unfortunately Stampin' Up! doesn't supply these at present) and are basically a wooden handle with a removable small circular sponge disc on the base.  The removable sponge disc can easily be rinsed under a tap and dried, meaning you don't need to buy heaps of sponge discs as they are easily reusable.  

Card Instructions

Stamp Set:  Detailed with Love

Cardstock:  Berry Burst; Whisper White

Ink:  Berry Burst; Gorgeous Grape; Highland Heather; Basic Black

Ribbon:  Berry Burst Fine Woven Ribbon

Embellishments:  Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Punch/ Dies: Truly Tailored Punch; Oval Framelits Dies

1.  Take an A4 Berry Burst piece of cardstock and cut it to 10.5cm x 14.9cm.  Score down the centre & fold to create the base of your card.

2.  Take a large piece of Whisper White cardstock, and place a scrap piece of paper underneath.  Taking a blender tool, ink up berry burst & making circular motions on the underlaying scrap paper, work your way onto the whisper white cardstock, aiming for a triangular corner of the colour.  Build to the intensity you desire.

Note:  Yep, I'm sure you've picked up that the two ink pads on the right are different to the far left one, and you'd be correct! With the launch of the NEW 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue, Stampin' Up! have released their new style of stamp pads and a fabulous colour update, featuring 10 totally new colours and bringing back some favourites from the past!  And I have to say, the new & returning colours are utterly appealing!! 

3.  Repeat step 2, this time with Gorgeous Grape ink, and build another strip of colour, blending the berry burst edging into it.  Then do the same with Highland Heather.

  

4.  Once you are happy with your ink blended cardstock, take the Truly Tailored Punch & cut out as many as you can, trying to get a good few that contain two colours on them.  Then rearrange to your preference.

5.  Cut a piece of Whisper White Cardstock 9.5cm x 13.9cm.  Cut another piece 9.1cm x 13.5cm and adhere your punched out shapes onto this smaller piece of card using Tombow Adhesive Glue. Trim edges of punched cutouts if required.  Adhere this smaller patterned cardstock onto the larger white card piece.  Then adhere onto your Berry Burst card front.  

6.  Now to dress it up.. Stamp the sentiment in Basic Black onto white cardstock and die cut the shape using Oval Framelits Dies.  Take your ribbon and place in a "z" type configuration, adhering with glue dots to position it on the card front.  Then adhere your sentiment with dimensionals, placing it on top of the ribbon.  For the three flowers, you need to stamp 4x Highland Heather flowers using the small floral stamp, and 2x Gorgeous Grape larger flowers.  Fussy cut these out by hand.  Layer the flowers using a mini dimensional and top with a rhinestone basic jewel.  Lastly, add an additional 3 rhinestone basic jewels and voila! Your card is completed!     

It sounds harder than it actually is to make, so I definitely encourage you to give it a go, especially if you have never used a blending tool!  

If you have liked my card, please feel free to leave me a comment below - I love & appreciate hearing your feedback.  If you would like to purchase any of the products used to make this card please click HERE.

And today is a very special day in the Stampin' Up! world! It is the release day for their BRAND NEW 2018-2019 ANNUAL CATALOGUE!!! Eeeekkk! There are some absolutely exquisite stamp sets, the new colour launch and updated ink pads, and the embellishment ranges will leave you drooling, but don't just take my word for it, check out the new catalogue HERE.  

And if you do want to request your own hard copy and don't have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please click on the link on the left side of this page to request your copy.

Here is a small clip showcasing some of the new products:

Well that's it from me today, thanks for stopping by and see you next time!

Lorin xx

Sneak Peek - Tranquil Textures Suite

Welcome Crafters!

With only two weeks to go until our NEW Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue 2018-2019 goes public, I am delighted to give you a sneak peek at a lovely new nautical suite of products which I'm sure you'll be delighted with! 

Sneak Peek: 

Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue 2018-2019

"Tranquil Textures"

The Tranquil Textures suite features a wonderful selection of products including the Sea of Textures stamp set with corresponding Under The Sea Framelits Dies, 12 x 12" Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper, and Tranquil Textures Sprinkles.  Whilst the octopus is definitely one of the main centre pieces in the stamp set, this suite really does enable creativity to take flight. 

In each of the three cards I created using this suite of products, I wanted to showcase something unique, showing you that you can easily create an array of cards using individual items or bundle them together to create something truly spectacular! 

  Card #1 - Sea of Textures Stamp Set

For this card, I utilised only the Sea of Textures stamp set, using the various stamped images to speak for themselves.  To portray a slightly layered look, I stamped off on the coral and plant stamped images first to get different shades.

Cardstock:  Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow

  

Card #2 - Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper

The Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper, sized 12 x 12", features an awesome range of eclectic and textural designs, perfect for backgrounds or layering.  Some of you may recognise an old favourite ink colour that has made a return in the upcoming catalogue & this suite - Mint Macaron! And teamed with Night of Navy and Rich Razzleberry, this set really does impress! 

Card #3 - The Whole Shabang!

As the card introduction suggests, this card utilised the Tranquil Textures DSP, the Under The Sea Framelits Dies, and the Sea of Textures Stamp Set.  In hindsight I regretted not ordering the sprinkles as they would have added some lovely texture to the coral base, and I really think these would also be superb for shaker nautical themed cards using this suite too (stay tuned in the coming weeks as I may just give this a go!)  

For this card I wanted to aim it at the more advanced stamper, and have tried to bring in daubering around the plant/ coral edges to add depth and interest without detracting from the patterned background paper.  

I hope you have enjoyed these three creations, giving you a glimpse of possibilities this Tranquil Textures suite can open you up to.  If you would like to order these products, they will be available to order from the 1st June 2018 by clicking the "Shop Now" button on the top left of this page.  

If you are not a demonstrator, and would like to preorder a copy of the new catalogue when it is released on the 1st June 2018 please click HERE (please note this is only available to Australian Residents).

Thanks for stopping by today, till next time...

Lorin xx