Deb Schultz: September 2023

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Sep - Jan Mini Catalog - Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Hello everyone - we have a new catalogue. I've been so excited and wanting to share with you, so here is your first look.

I'm hopping with my friends again from all around the world, and there are some amazing cards to share with you this time. I hope you will love them.

The year seems to be moving by so quickly and before we know it Christmas will be here. So with the gorgeous new papers available in the mini Cataogue, I thought a Christmas Card would be a great place to start. I decided to start with the Joyful Designer Series Paper. 2 sheets each of 4 different designs, all embossed with gold foil. The hardest part is choosing one.

I went wih the Holly and Berries piece.

I have:

Cherry Cobbler cardstock - 14.9 x 10.5 cm

Joyful DSP - 13.9 x 9.5 cm

Cherry Cobbler cardstock - 13.9 x 5 cm

Basic White cardstock - 13. x 4 cm

Firstly, I stamped the image and sentiment from the Joy of Noel Stamp Set using Versamark Ink.

Then I used the gold embossing powder from the metallic set.

I have heat set the powder and coloured the berries with the dark Cherry Cobbler Blend Pen.

Next step is to create the card front and to do that I just layered the 3 pieces together using the Stampin Seal to adhere them together.

I used the natural ribbon and wrapped a piece around this card front also using the Stampin Seal to keep it in place securely.

I created this pretty bow using the natural ribbon and the natural baker's twine.

The ribbon was too wide for me to manage a neat bow so this was a simple solution.

I used the glue dots to stick the bow in place on the ribbon. Then I attached the front to the card base.

To complete my card, I've added 3 gold trinkets from the Adhesive Backed Start Trinkets Pack. How simple was that? And you know how much I love simple cards.

I hope you follow along on the hop and see what all our other craftya nd creative friends have been up to. You will find the link below - just click on "next".

Happy crafting.

Product List

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

[121681]

$17.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$18.50

Joyful 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[161980]

$21.00

Copper & Natural Ribbon Combo Pack

[162192]

$16.75

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]

$19.25

Joy Of Noel Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[161959]

$42.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.75

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

$32.00

Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154880]

$17.50

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$14.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$10.25

Adhesive Backed Star Trinkets

[162010]

$14.00

Joy Of Christmas Suite Collection (English)

[161983]

$248.00

Add All to Cart

If you live in Australia and do not have a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, please contact me at
creativejunction@bigpond.com
I would love to help you with your creative discoveries.

Reach out if you would like a copy of our new catalogue - products are available now while stocks last.

Cheers
Deb

Sunday, September 3, 2023

Waterfall Card Technique - Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Hi crafters - its great to see you back here again.

This card challenge was very daunting but actually heaps of fun once I got started on it.

This time we are making a waterfall card.

I have to admit, I had so much fun playing with the finished card that I forgot to take a photo of it. Just some of the steps along the way and the waterfall mechanism working, but I'm sure you will get the idea. I created this one to gift to my grand daughter who recently had a beautiful baby boy - yes, that makes me a Great Grandma and I love it.

This is what it looks like once complete:

Let's step you through how to make one.

I started with cardstock :

Azure Afternoon - 21 x 14.9 cm (score at 10.5 on the long side)

Basic White - 13.9 x 9.5 cm (emboss with Stripes and Splatters Embossing Folder)

Basic White - 6 x 6 cm (x 5)

Basic White - 21 x 3 cm (Scored at 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 cm)

Basic white - 6 x 3 cm (scored at 1 and 5 cm)

Crumb Cakes - 6.5 x 6.5 cm (x 5)

Firstly I took all the 6 x 6 cm squares and stamped them in Momento Ink using images from Places in the Heart stamp set and Sweet and Precious stamp set.

Then I used a selection of Stampin Blends to colour the images.

Now we take the piece of long white cardstock and attach the crumb cake squares. I used Multipurpose glue for this section so that I had time to wriggle the cardstock to make sure they were sitting in the right place. Place the first piece of crumb cake up to the score line, then place each crumb cake square on top of the previous one - pressed up to the next score line. Only place adhesive on the small section of white between the two score lines so they don't stick together. From the back, this is what this process looks like.

And the whole piece can bend easily at each score line.

Using the 6 x 3 cm white cardstock - attach the folding piece to your card front. Again I used the multipurpose glue only on the folded tabs (glue side to the card base - not to the waterfall mechanism). The small piece will wrap around the longer pieceand then stick to the card front like a little pocket or tab, so the longer piece can slide back and forth. Its a good idea to test the positioning first to make sure there is room for the cards to flip as you pull the tab down.

Now we can attach the stamped squares to the crumb cake squares. Make sure you have the order of the squares correct so they run in the right order. I used Multipurpose glue for this section so that I had time to wriggle the cardstock to make sure they were sitting in the right place.

I placed the bottom card first (with the mum and bub) then the next one (giraffes) on top of that and continued until they were all attached. Trim and decorate the tab as you like.

(Edit note - having completed these instructions I can see some steps may be difficult to understand, so I will try to create a video of each step and will attach later)

Product List

Azure Afternoon A4 Cardstock

[161728]

$17.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$18.50

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$17.50

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$46.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$12.25

Places In The Heart Cling Stamp Set (English)

[158964]

$39.00

Sweet & Precious Cling Stamp Set (English)

[161588]

$46.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$11.50

Wild Wheat Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[161661]

$17.50

Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[161682]

$17.50

Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154886]

$17.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$9.75

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$14.00

Add All to Cart

Cheers
Deb

Saturday, September 2, 2023

Autumn/Winter Catty - Ink Stamp Share

Today I'm hopping with the Ink Stamp Share group and the theme is Autumn or Winter. Living in the southern hemisphere, we have just celebrated the first day of spring. I wanted to create something with colour and fell in love with this Designer Series Paper from our new catalogue, so thougt I'd play along with that. I've created a very simple card using a very basic layout, but I love the end result.

I started with:

Moody Mauve Cardstock - 29.5 x 10.5 cm (scored at 14.75cm)

Bubble Bath Cardstock - 14.5 x 10 cm

Smoky Slate Cardstock - 14 x 9.5 cm

All About Autumn DSP - 13.5 x 9 cm

I layered the DSP, the Smokey Slate and the Bubble Bath first - adhering with Multipurpose Glue. Then I used the natural Baker's Twine and wrapped it around the first 3 layers, fixing in place with Stampin' Seal and Mini glue Dots and tied a bow. I attached the front to the card with Stampin' Seal.

I cut out a leaf from the Autumn Leaves Die Set and stamped it with a sentiment from the Autumn Dies Stamp Set. I dipped the edges of the leaf in Versamark Ink and Gold Embossing Powder and set that with the Heat Embossing tool to add a bit of sparkle.

I placed the sentiment leaf using Stampin Dimensionals to the front of the card and I added some Adhesive Backed Speckled Dots as well just to complete the look.

I love the colours in this DSP and can't wait to play with some more of the fantastic designs in the collection. I hope I have inspired you to get into your craft space and be creative this weekend too.

Follow along to our next lovely hopper and see what amazing projects have been made to share with you today. Happy crafting.

Product List

I have used products from the new All About Autumn Suite which is available for purchase from September 6.