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Let’s Celebrate You Card

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My Let's Celebrate You Card
My Let’s Celebrate You Card

For Technique Tuesday, I am sharing my Let’s Celebrate You Card that is demonstrated in my last colouring video from my presentation to fellow demonstrators. I love this big bold sunflower image with the matching dies from the Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle! I created another card using this set in an earlier post and used the same technique. Just in case you wanted to check it out, I added a link to it at the end of this post.

This advanced colouring technique uses 3 colours to creates more dimension and texture to what you are colouring. For the sunflower, I used three markers, Mango Melody Light and Dark and Calypso Coral Light, for the petals. I used the Calypso Coral in the darkest of shadows that are indicated by the artist drawn lines. For the flower centre, I use Soft Suede Light and Dark, but for the Dark Suede, I dotted the marker to create texture that the artist has indicated with their dots. In this video, I demonstrate this colouring technique:

My Video Demonstrating the Flicking of Different Colours Technique
My Video Demonstrating the Flicking of Different Colours Technique

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundle: Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle (154065)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad (147090)

Paper: Whisper White Thick (140272 ), Old Olive (100702), Soft Suede (115318), Whisper White (100730), Flowers For Every Season 6″ X 6″ Designer Series Paper (152486)

Accessories: Stitched So Sweetly Dies (151690), Greenery Embossing Folders (152716), Bumblebee ¼” Gingham Ribbon (153658), Mango Melody Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154888), Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154881), Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154892), Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154906), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608 ), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

Measurements: 

  • Whisper White Thick: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼”
  • Old Olive – 3 pieces:
    • 3 ¼” x 5 ¼”
    • Scraps for leaves
  • Soft Suede: 4 ¼” x 3”
  • Whisper White – 3 pieces:
    • 1” x 3 ½” (sentiment)
    • 3 ½” x 3 ½” (sunflower)
  • Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper: 5 ¼” x ¾”
  • Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon: 4”
Close Up of My Let's Celebrate You Card
Close Up of My Let’s Celebrate You Card

Instructions for Let’s Celebrate You Card: 

  1. Fold the Whisper White Thick card stock in half to create the card base.
  2. Emboss the Old Olive card stock with the leaves from the Greenery Embossing Folders.
  3. Stamp the large sunflower image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad on the Whisper White piece.
  4. Colour the petals with the Stampin’ Blends listed above using the Flicking of Different Colours Technique that is used in the video
  5. Die cut the sunflower with the corresponding Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle.
  6. Die cut the leaves from the scraps of Old Olive using the Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle.
  7. Stamp with sentiment in Old Olive on the Whisper White piece.
  8. Die cut the Soft Suede with the largest scalloped rectangle from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.
  9. Using Stampin’ Seal, adhere the Flowers For Every Season DSP on to the card base.
  10. Adhere with Stampin’ Seal, the embossed piece in the centre of the Whisper White card base overlapping the Flowers For Every Season DSP.
  11. Using Stampin’ Seal, adhere the scalloped rectangle in the center of the embossed piece.
  12. Affix the leaves to the back of the sunflower using glue dots.
  13. Using dimensionals, add the sentiment to the card.
  14. Using dimensionals, add the sunflower to the card.
  15. Tie the Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon in a knot and adhere it using a glue dot.

Here is the other card in which I used the same technique:

My Sunflower Congratulation Card
My Sunflower Congratulation Card

For more details, you can find the post here: https://stampwithlaurie.com/my-congratulations-card/

For Further Info:

Hope you like my Let’s Celebrate You Card!

My Colouring Notes from my presentation:
https://stampwithlaurie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Stampin-Up-Blends-2020.pdf

Part 1: Whiskey Business Card using Blending Different Colours Technique
Video Tutorial: Blending Different Colours Together

Part 2: Country Harvest Card using Light to Dark Technique
Video Tutorial: Light to Dark/Dark to Light Colouring

Part 3: Beautiful Poppy Birthday Card using Smooth Colouring Technique
Video Tutorial: Smooth Colouring

Part 4: Let’s Gather Together Card using Tip to Tip Blending Technique
Video Tutorial: Tip to Tip Colouring

Part 5: So Grateful Cardinal Card using Flicking Colouring Technique
Video Tutorial: Flicking Colouring

Part 6: Let’s Celebrate You Card using Flicking of Different Colours Technique
Video Tutorial: Flicking of Different Colours Technique

You will find the items listed above in my online store.

Life Is A Beautiful Journey

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A Beautiful Journey Card using the World of Good Suite
Life is A Beautiful Journey Card using the World of Good Suite

Today I am sharing My Life Is A Beautiful Journey Card that I created for a swap that uses products from the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue and the World of Good Suite. This card is a perfect masculine card especially for a retirement or a graduation!

I love how the pops of Misty Moonlight ink and the World of Good Designer Series Paper add a nice touch of colour to this very neutral card. I used Gold Foil Sheets instead of the Brass Foil Sheets only because they were on backorder at the time. The Brass ones would look just as nice! I wanted to add a bit of an old paper look by sponging Crumb Cake around the sentiment’s edges and on the DSP after it was embossed with the Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder. I was so happy to find out that the Metallic Pearls had carried over and I used them as the perfect accent to finish the card.

A Beautiful Journey Alternative Card using the World of Good Suite
Life is A Beautiful Journey Alternative Card using the World of Good Suite

I had so much fun playing with this Suite that I created another card using the feather stamp as the background. Which one do you like best?

Supplies for My Life Is A Beautiful Journey Card:

Stamps: Beautiful World Bundle (154091)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad (147114), Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad (147116), Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ Pad (153118)

Paper: Whisper White Thick (140272 ), Early Espresso (119686), Whisper White (100730), Basic Black (121045), Gold Foil Sheets (132622), World of Good Designer Series Paper (152491), 2020–2022 In Color 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (153070)

Accessories: World Map Dies (152712), Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder (153200), Painted Label Dies (151605), Stitched Shapes Dies (152323 ), Metallic Pearls (146282), Stamping Sponges (141337), Bone Folder (102300), Adhesive Sheets (152334 ), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755 ), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

Measurements for My Life is a Beautiful Journey Card: 

  • Whisper White Thick: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼” 
  • Early Espresso: 3 7/8” x 5 ½”
  • World of Good Designer Series Paper – 2 pieces
    • 5 ½” x 1” (for border)
    • 3 ½” 2 ½” (for stitched Oval)
  • 2020–2022 In Color 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper: 2” x 2”
  • Gold Foil Sheets – 2 pieces: 5 ½” x ½” (for border)
    • 2” x 2” (for world)
  • Basic Black : 3” x 2 ¼”
  • Whisper White – 2 pieces: 2 ¾” x 1 ½” (sentiment)
    • Scrap for feather

Instructions for My Life Is A Beautiful Journey Card:

  1. Fold the Whisper White Thick card stock in half to create the card base.
  2. Stamp the compass image in Early Espresso randomly on the Early Espresso card stock
  3. Die cut the border die from the World Map Dies on the right side of the Early Espresso card stock
  4. Die cut the piece of the World of Good Designer Series Paper that looks like old paper with the largest Stitched Oval Die
  5. Emboss the stitched oval with the Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder
  6. Sponge Crumb Cake Ink over the embossed oval and around the edges to make it look older
  7. Stamp the sentiment in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad on the Whisper White card stock and die cut it with the appropriate Painted Label Die
  8. Sponge Crumb Cake Ink around the edges of the sentiment piece to make it look older
  9. Using Adhesive Sheets, adhere the Gold Foil Sheet to it and then die cut the world from the World Map Dies
  10. Die cut the 2020–2022 In Color 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper using the circle from the World Map Dies
  11. Peel off the Adhesive Sheets and adhere the world to this circle
  12. Die cut the Basic Black card stock with the pedestal from the World Map Dies
  13. Using glue dots, adhere the globe to the pedestal
  14. Using Stampin’ Seal, adhere the Gold Foil strip to the card base
  15. Adhere the World of Good Designer Series Paper to the card base with Stampin’ Seal allowing the Gold Foil to show
  16. Adhere the Early Espresso piece to the card base with Stampin’ Seal
  17. Using Stampin’ Seal, adhere the Stitched Oval to the card base on the lower right
  18. Using dimensionals, adhere the sentiment, globe and feather
  19. Randomly add 3 Metallic Pearls

For Further Info:

Hope you like My Life Is A Beautiful Journey Card!

Check out the Stampin’ Up! video on the World of Good Suite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukzbjrCgmvo&feature=youtu.be

Amazing how beautiful and packed full of coordinating products the WORLD OF GOOD SUITE in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog is. The Beautiful World cling stamp set has globe imagery and sentiments that have to do with adventure. The sentiments are designed to work on the outside and the inside of your card project. The World Map dies cut out the imagery from the stamp set. The World of Good Specialty DSP has a 16th Century map style feel with gold foiling. The star maps on the DSP represent both Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Get the perfect weathered looking paper with the Old World Paper 3D embossing folder. Using this embossing folder will make it faster and easier to get an aged look on your paper, without the unwanted tearing.

To add to the travel and adventure theme Stampin’ Up! has included the Old World Memories and more card pack. When adding the final touches to your project you will love the antiqued brushed embellishments and the Early Espresso ribbon.

You will find the items listed above in my online store at: https://www.stampinup.ca/products/in-good-taste-suite-collection-(english)?demoid=2103981

My Congratulations Card

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My Congratulation Card
My Congratulation Card

Today I am sharing a Congratulations Card that I created for a swap that used products from the new Annual Catalogue. This card with its sentiment would be perfect for all those recent graduates! I love the new Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set, especially the large sunflower!

Close Up of My Congratulation Card
Close Up of My Congratulation Card

For the sunflower, I used three markers, Mango Melody Light and Dark and Calypso Coral Light, for the petals. By adding a third colour, it creates more dimension and texture to what you are colouring. I used the Calypso Coral in the darkest of shadows that are indicated by the artist drawn lines. For the flower centre, I use Soft Suede Light and Dark, but for the Dark Suede, I dotted the marker to create texture that the artist has indicated with their dots. Let’s get started!

Supplies:

Stamps: Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle (154065)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad (147104)

Paper: Whisper White Thick (140272 ), Pear Pizzazz (131201), Soft Suede (115318), Whisper White (100730), Vellum (101856), Flowers For Every Season 6″ X 6″ Designer Series Paper (152486)

Accessories: Stitched Nested Labels Dies (149638), Subtle 3D Embossing Folder (151775), Story Label Punch (150076), Mango Melody Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154888), Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack (144045), Linen Thread (104199), Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets (147801), Bone Folder (102300), Paper Snips (103579), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

Measurements: 

  • Whisper White Thick: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼” 
  • Pear Pizzazz: 4 x 5 ¼”
  • Soft Suede – 2 pieces:
    • 2 ¼” x 4” (behind the DSP)
    • 3 ¼” x 3 ¼” (for the outline of sunflower die)
  • Whisper White – 2 pieces:
    • 5 ¼” x 3” 
    • 3” x 2” (sentiment)
  • Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper: 2” x 4”
  • Vellum – 2 pieces: scraps

Instructions for Congratulations Card:

  1. Fold the Whisper White Thick card stock in half to create the card base.
  2. Emboss the Pear Pizzazz card stock with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder.
  3. Stamp the large sunflower image from the bundle in the bottom-centre of the Whisper White piece.
  4. Colour the sunflower using the Blends using the technique that I mentioned in the text above.
  5. Die cut the sunflower out using the largest die from the Stitched Nested Labels Dies.
  6. Stamp the sentiment in Pear Pizzazz on the other piece of Whisper White and punch it out using the Story Label Punch.
  7. Die cut the square Soft Suede Card Stock with the outline of the sunflower die from the Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle.
  8. Die cut 2 leaves in vellum from the same bundle.
  9. Adhere the embossed Pear Pizzazz piece to the card base.
  10. Adhere the Soft Suede strip to the Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper and centre on the card base.
  11. Wrap the Linen Thread around the Stitched Nested piece and tie in a bow on the right side.
  12. Using glue dots, adhere the leaves to the bottom right corner of the Stitched Nested piece.
  13. Using glue dots, adhere the Soft Suede sunflower piece to the Stitched Nested piece.
  14. Attach the sunflower piece using dimensionals to the card base.
  15. Attached the sentiment using dimensionals.
  16. Take one Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets and add it to a petal of the sunflower to make it look like dew.

For Further Info:

Hope you like my Congratulations Card!

You will find the items listed above in my online store at:  https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/products/1010001/flowers-for-every-season?dbwsdemoid=2103981.