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Simple Sunday #8 – Art Gallery

Welcome to my new Sunday series, affectionately known as Simple Sunday! The aim of this series is to showcase projects using minimal supplies, ideal for the beginner crafter or someone new to Stampin’ Up! Each project is a white card base with a 3×3 panel decorated using a single stamp set or die set. This weeks project is showcasing the brand new Art Gallery bundle, which is part of the new catalogue which launched on 5th January.

The stamp set is gorgeous and features beautiful two tone flowers, which are so easy to line up and create gorgeous designs. I love them! I’m not a massive fan of flowery sets, but this absolutely sung to me in the catalogue as it’s part of a larger suite (Fine Art Floral) with co-ordinating ribbon, dies, paper and golden speciality acetate

As you can see from this card, the flowers lend well to simplicity and the varying sentiments allow you to switch up the design for a large variety of occasions. I did a second colour way in my video – which one do you prefer?

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

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Come back for these after the 5th January and they will be live!

Oh So Sweet Ombre

It’s sneak peek time! First up I wanted to showcase one of the gorgeous papers available in the Sale-a-Bration brochure and one of several options when you place a qualifying order over £45 / 60 €. Technically, this project contains two items available in the brochure, but the main focus of today is on the gorgeous ‘Oh So Ombre’ Designer Series Paper.

The paper pack has 4 different colours in it; Bermuda Bay, Blackberry Bliss, Granny Apple Green and Rococo Rose (see video for a peek at these!) and has 2 designs in each colour – which are absolutely gorgeous. All four are amongst my faves from the Stampin’ Up! colour families.

My project today is inspired by a treat box that Pootles first made approximately 5 years ago using the envelope punch board. Unfortunately, the punch board is now retired and so I wanted to find a way in which I could still make a treat box that looked the same, but only used a score board.

After a bit of playing with different techniques and measurements, I hit the jackpot and found the perfect technique for making boxes like this – please watch the video and you will see how easy the scoring is!

And look at the finished result, sweet and simple – just how we like our projects!

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

Colours Used:

Measurements:

  • Designer Series Paper = 6 x 6 inches
  • Whisper White Scrap

Scoring:

  • One corner of the DSP at the 41/4 inch mark, with a second corner touching the left of the scoreboard (see video for more details).
  • Score at 2 and 3 inches.

Supplies:

Come back for these after the 5th January and they will be live!

Happiest of Piggin’ Birthdays

How awesome is this giant sentiment in the Happiest of Birthdays stamp set? Whilst I love little sentiments that I can punch out and add to projects, I also love large sentiments which I can make a focal point on a card. The font is absolutely gorgeous!

I wanted to feature it alongside a background stamp, which in this sample is the Camouflage background. I love Camouflage, the stamp set has different textures giving you the impression of multiple tones of one colour – in one press of the stamp!

The characters are made using the Menagerie Mix Up stamp set and are so, so cute!

I mean how cute does that little piggy look? His face is so adorable! The Menagerie Mix Up set enables you to create a whole heap of different animals and the four on this card are only the tip of the ice berg.

What animal would you create?

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

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Happy Piggin’ Birthday!

Aww, how cute is this little guy? And that hat is just adorable! The inspiration for this little guy came from my daughter who is a huge fan of pigs. As soon as she spotted this bundle in the catalogue, she begged me to order it. With the numerous combinations you can stamp and die cut with the bundle, I just couldn’t say no.

The number of animals / combinations you can make with the bundle are amazing, so many different animals to create, which we loved trying to work out when we first got the set. I’ve been stuck in a Halloween / Christmas phase lately so tried to make this card for a different occasion – this one being for a birthday. The balloons, present and flower all come in the same set so it’s great to set the theme of the card as well as create lots of different animals.

My daughter went for Magenta Madness and Highland Heather as part of her card, which I think looks great together! What do you think?

What colours would you put together and with which animal?

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

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Never Ending Birthday

Birthday Party Live – Project #4

Yesterday was my birthday, so I had to make sure the project done on my birthday was a special one. Neverending cards have been around for some time – they’re certainly nothing new BUT I have never tried to make one myself, so what better occasion?

I went for one of my favourite colours for the first one – Cherry Cobbler and teamed it up with the Regals 6″x6″ Designer Series Paper stack. This alone gave some nice texture / difference on the differing sections of the card. To decorate it, I used a multitude of dies available in my collection, stamping any sentiments or images with matching Cherry Cobbler ink.

The second one in the video below was made in exactly the same way, except this time I used Bermuda Bay card stock and Designer Series Paper. Now, I just have to overcome my addiction to making them then sitting there flipping them round and round and round again!

Keeps the children entertained too! Bonus…

** Don’t forget to take part in my Birthday Party Giveaway **

Good Luck!

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

Colours Used:

Measurements:

  • Coloured cardstock (4 pieces) = 6 x 3 inches
  • Whisper White (8 pieces) = 27/8 x 27/8 inches
  • Designer Series Paper (8 pieces) = 23/4 x 23/4
  • Whisper White (10 pieces) = 13/8 x 27/8 inches
  • Designer Series Paper (10 pieces) = 11/4 x 23/4 inches
  • Whisper White (8 pieces) = 11/4 x 11/4 inches

Scoring (cardstock only):

  • Long side (6) = 11/2 inches on both sides

Supply List:

The below supply list only contains the items to make the card without decoration – you can of course use any sets you wish to decorate: