Stampin' Pals: Merriest Trees Bundle

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Friday, 25 October 2024

Sketch #14

To help inspire my crafting I'm following along with the Great American Stampin' Show as they use the sketches from the catalogue as inspiration. This week it is sketch #14 and as usual, you do not have to follow strictly to the same formula. Use the sketch to inspire, and don't forget to send the cards you create.

With it being only two calendar months until Christmas day, it seems a perfect opportunity to interpret this sketch using Merriest Trees, a Christmas bundle released in 2023 and still going strong.

Just to give it a fresh twist, I included some paper from Season of Green & Gold SDSP and kept it fairly true to the sketch. If you stamped and die cut a number of these trees, this card would be a good design to mass produce.

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Wednesday, 11 September 2024

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 20 - Crumb Cake

Contributors to this blog hop are all members of Claire Daly's Art With Heart group. Every Wednesday night at 8p.m AEST we feature a fabulous Stampin' Up! colour, in alphabetical order.

This week our featured colour is Crumb cake, a wonderful neutral that goes with anything. It will be interesting to see how everyone has used it this week. I decided to make some Christmas cards, it's never too early.

A Real Red base was paired with the Crumb Cake panel and a die cut crate from Rustic Crate. This stamp set does not include a Christmas greeting despite having poinsettias to place in the crate, so I pulled a sentiment from Merriest Trees.

These are both older stamp sets which are still current, all the more reason to give them another inking. The designer series patterned paper is a new one though - Take a Bow DSP.

The design was inspired by a sketch on page 22 of the Stampin' Up! annual catalogue, and I made two versions. One has the crate under the poinsetties, the other is without.

Without the crate allowed more space for the sentiment, so it gives a 'cleaner' look, but they are basically the same.

Do you prefer one over the other?

Our next talented Art With Heart team member is Ros Davidson.

If at any time you find a broken link or would like to see a full list of participants, please head to the blog of our host of the AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop, Catherine Proctor.

Happy crafting,

Sunday, 22 October 2023

CTC #442 CASE a Sketch

CASE-ing The Catty Crew are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from Australia & New Zealand who take inspiration weekly from the catalogues. The catalogues are a fantastic resource, and we love to inspire you to seek inspiration there too.

This week we are CASE-ing a Sketch from page 48 of the mini catalogue. That's the No Bones About It card, but to make it simpler, we have a sketch for you to use.

Each of my cards is a variation of the sketch, using Inked & Tiled stamp plus Inked Botanical DSP just to share how versatile a sketch can be.

Card 1:

A single sheet of DSP for the background, with Lost Lagoon cut with a Countryside Corners die and a tag die from Merriest Trees.

Just for a bit of fun the tag has been tilted.

Card 2:

My pack of paper had a lot of leftover strips, so I decided to use the smallest stitched square from Stylish Shapes dies and create a patchwork background.

This is the same label as card one, stamped with a small stamp to give some texture. Another stamp from Inked & Tiled was stamped along the bottom to fill that space.

Card 3:

Nearly the same as Card 2 with a change of colour for the label. While I was embossing the label, I added in a strip for the bottom of this card. Distressed Tile 3D embossing folder is the name of this one and doesn't it look lovely on the Very Vanilla?

We love for you to share your projects using the challenges. We do request that the projects you submit have been created especially for this challenge. You can CASE directly or be inspired by a sketch/layout, colour combo or embellishment. Ask to join our Facebook group, and then add a picture of your CASE.

I'm looking forward to seeing what the crew make using the sketch this week, my favourite type of challenge.

Next CTC design Team member joining the hop this week is Rebecca Scurr

All products used to make these cards are Stampin' Up! and are available in my online store or contact me to find out more details.

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Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums, and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days.

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Stampin’ Up! are celebrating their 35th anniversary this year, and what better way to do that then with a special Starter Kit offer? From 3 to 31 October, new demonstrators will be able to choose either 35% OFF the cost of their Starter Kit or get 35% MORE product. If you have any questions about this offer, please don’t hesitate to get in touch or click on FAQ to read more.

Frequently Asked Questions

Option 1: Get 35% OFF the normal cost of a Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit. Those who select this option will receive $235 AUD worth of product for only $109.85 AUD!

Option 2: Get 35% MORE product with their Starter Kit. Those who select this option will receive $317.25 AUD worth of product by spending $169 AUD!

No matter which option new demonstrators choose for their Starter Kit, both provide them with free business supplies and free shipping on their Starter Kit—not to mention all the fun that comes with being part of Stampin’ Up!

FREE OnStage@Home Registration

It gets better! Those who sign up for a Starter Kit during this offer will also be automatically registered for FREE* to our virtual OnStage event on 11 November—a $123 AUD!

Those who sign up for this offer have the opportunity to watch the event independently, gathered together with other demonstrators, or with their Team Leader.
Demonstrators who join during this promotion will be automatically added to the OnStage attendees; they do not need to register separately.
Demonstrators who join during this promotion will also receive an email with all the information about this event.

*Please note that free registration will not include the gift box.

Sunday, 15 October 2023

CTC #441 CASE an Annual Catalogue project and Give a Christmas Twist.

The challenge this week is to use the Annual catalogue, select a project and put a Christmas twist to it. I chose the centre card below from page 16 and mimiced the rows of scalloped pattern paper using the very modern Merry Bold & Bright DSP.

I'm sure that without the catalogue to inspire I would never have thought of this card but immediately I reached page 16, I knew exactly how my card would look.

There are three greens listed on this paper, so the tree could have been cut from any of those. Granny Apple Green stamped with Shaded Spruce was my choice here using Merriest Trees bundle for all the stamping and die cutting.

It seemed appropriate to use Real Red for the tree stand to show it up on the Poppy Parade Fa La La La DSP. Because it was modern paper, I gave the panel of tiered papers a jaunty twist instead of placing it square to the base.

Next CTC design Team member joining the hop this week is Peta Stephen

Fancy Giving Yourself An Early Christmas Present?