Ros Davidson, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator, Melbourne, Australia

Stampin' Up! Stitched Triangles Christmas Cards with Inspired Thoughts Stamp Set

Our forty ninth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "soft sea foam" from the subtles collection. I have chosen soft sea foam, granny apple green and shaded spruce from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 

The trio of green colours screamed Christmas tree to me and that is why I am making Christmas cards in May! I have made two cards for today as what I had originally planned I wasn't 100% happy with and what I was going to use for inside the card looked really good and I thought deserved to be on the front of the card not hidden on the inside! 

Card one, was my original card. I think the flirty flamingo background is too strong for the background and needs to be toned down with a vellum overlay or a softer colour but my stitched triangle tree was always stuck in place so I tried to lighten it up with a white sentiment strip and some champagne rhinestone jewels.



Card 2, also has a stitched tree and a flirty flamingo brights DSP (like card 1) only everything is in a smaller proportion and there is a lot of white space. The sentiment is the again the same (from Inspired Thoughts stamp set) only I have heat embossed this in white embossing powder on basic black cardstock and used the layering circle dies with it popped up with Stampin' dimensionals.   


With envelope


Inside card - I kept very basic but again used Inspired Thoughts stamp set and stitched triangles dies


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Inspired Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [155536] $33.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50
Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $15.25	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00	Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock [147006] $15.25	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $13.00
Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $15.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00	Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012] $15.25	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $13.00
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 CM) Designer Series Paper [155228] $20.00	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Stitched Triangles Dies [152710] $61.00	All Dressed Up Dies [151665] $61.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00	Stitched Stars Dies [150653] $66.00
Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193] $10.50	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $31.00

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Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue Card CASE featuring Playful Alphabet Dies with Brights Designer Series Paper

Our thirty second colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is pacific point from the brights collection. I have chosen pacific point, granny apple green and daffodil delight from the colour coach to work with today. 

For my card today, I turned to the annual catalogue for inspiration as it is a great source for ideas as well as a catalogue and CASED my card from there. First up, you will see the card I have CASED before you see my version. The card shown below is from the 2020 - 2021 annual catalogue, page 100 ©2020 Stampin' Up!®.


My version of the card:


I have used the brights designer series paper (daffodil delight) to create the strips of paper "woven" in between the stitched rectangles dies frame. I have also used the brights designer series paper (pacific point) as strip of paper in the background of my card as for my frame to sit on. I used the foam adhesive sheets with pacific point cardstock to add dimension to the playful alphabet letters and my DIY faux resin dots to complete the card. 


Inside card:


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Happiest Of Birthdays Cling Stamp Set (English) [152539] $33.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Pacific Point A4 Card Stock [116202] $15.25	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098] $13.00
Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $15.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $15.25	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $13.00
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152487] $20.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00
Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	Foam Adhesive Sheets [152815] $14.00	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00

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Stampin' Up! Re-colour your DSP and make new papers into Thank You Cards

Our twenty ninth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "mossy meadow" from the neutrals collection. I have chosen mossy meadow, flirty flamingo and coastal cabana from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 


I begun with a mint macaron sheet of designer series paper from the ornate garden specialty designer series paper (DSP) and a blending brush (coming in the upcoming January - June 2021 mini catalogue) and I re-coloured my designer series paper to mossy meadow. I loved the gorgeous design but the colour just wasn't working for me today. You can use other tools to colour the paper, blending brushes just happen to be my new favourite! (Sponges/sponge daubers, brayers etc. also work.)
After I had my mossy meadow DSP, I cut it on an angle along with some coastal cabana from the brights DSP pack (truthfully it was a scrap left over which is why it is smaller than the others!) and finished off with some flirty flamingo cardstock. I kept the flirty flamingo "plain" as I had planned for the sentiment to be on the bottom right hand side of the card.
I used the well written framelits for the sentiment and my faux resin dots in mossy meadow.


Inside card


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

Here is my card from 2018.

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Massive Thanks Cling Stamp Set [152578] $38.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $15.25	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $13.00
Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302] $15.25	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $13.00	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock [141421] $15.25	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper [152488] $26.00	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152487] $20.00	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Well Written Dies [151816] $70.00	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50

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Colour Creations #24 - Mango Melody

Our twenty fourth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "mango melody" from the brights collection. I have chosen mango melody, garden green and flirty flamingo from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 

I have used the spring trio of colours to create a floral card featuring the many layered blossoms die. I love how this die can create many different looks. If you are a regular reader of my colour creations posts, you may have noticed I have used this die on 3 other cards yet I think it still looks unique when I use it again and again.
I have die cut the two layers of the die in the following colours: early espresso and mango melody in the fine thin layer and the other layer in flirty flamingo and whisper white. I cut garden green cardstock in both layers of the dies. I took some time to create the inlaid die cutting technique as I love the look it gives and it provides a stand out design on the mango melody designer series paper.
As the card front is quite bright and bold, I decided to have this card as a blank/no sentiment card and also left in the inside of the card reasonably plain as well.

Is this a die set, you can see yourself creating with?


Close up


Inside card


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Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $15.25	Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $15.25	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $13.00	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock [141421] $15.25
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $15.25	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152487] $20.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Many Layered Blossoms Dies [153582] $78.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75
Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50

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Making Merry Monday #6 2020

For my Making Merry Monday card today, I had a poll on my Facebook page where I asked if I should make a traditional or a modern/bright card. The answer was 100% modern/bright card and this was my attempt at modern/bright. I went with bermuda bay for my colour and felt it would have been brighter if I had of chosen a different colour but I felt it is bright and modern in design for me.


I have used brown paper (from old Stampin' Up! packaging) to create a faux silk background ink the sky and have fussy cut the designer series paper trees. I used the playful alphabet dies with foam adhesive sheets for added dimension and height and of course, my homemade faux resin dots.

Close up


Inside card - I typed a sentiment (font Bradley Hand, size 17) as I didn't have the right sentiment and tried to replicate the front of the card 


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Coming Home Bundle [155144] $81.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $15.25	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $8.75	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152487] $20.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00
Foam Adhesive Sheets [152815] $14.00

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Colour Creations #19 - Granny Apple Green

Our nineteenth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "granny apple green" from the brights collection. I have chosen granny apple green, balmy blue and highland heather from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 
 

For my card today I tried using the Playful Alphabet Dies for the number 16 but I felt that they were underwhelming and not giving a big enough "wow" impact.


I switched to a retired numerical die in a larger size and kept the Playful Alphabet Dies for the inside where I found it was better suited.
I used the chevron fold technique with the brights designer series paper on highland heather cardstock which also has the faux silk technique. A painted label die in gold foil with layering circle dies in whisper white finished with large number dies in balmy blue glimmer paper. I also added my faux resin dots in granny apple green in the background along with the "Happy Birthday" sentiment stamped in Memento onto a punched out classic label. 
 

Close up


Inside card - I continued the chevron fold on the inside of the card and used the Playful Alphabet 16 from the front of the card and stamped one of the sentiments from the "A Grand Kid". 
I made this card for my eldest daughter who's birthday is on Saturday. She has been saving up her money from working at Maccas  to buy herself a new iPhone and we are giving her some money as part of her birthday present hence why I went with the "money" sentiment from "A Grand Kid". 


This is my granny apple green card from 2018. I used the same colour combination as tonight, but couldn't find a way to work in the balmy blue. 


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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A Grand Kid Cling Stamp Set (English) [152500] $37.00	Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set [148618] $40.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $15.25
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock [147007] $15.25	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $13.00	Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper [153513] $8.75
Highland Heather A4 Cardstock [147010] $15.25	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152487] $20.00
Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00
Painted Labels Dies [151605] $61.00	Classic Label Punch [141491] $31.00	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00

Colour Creations #17 - Garden Green

Our seventeenth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "garden green" from the regals collection. I have chosen garden green, melon mambo and coastal cabana from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 
Here is my garden green card from 2018. 

I am calling my card today my not so garden green card as it started out greener in my head! I started with a misty moonlight sponged background that I added water droplets to (some a little larger than I intended and not exactly where I wanted!) and some Wink of Stella droplets (again larger and not where I wanted but moving on...)
I used 3 of the 4 houses from Coming Home stamp set, stacked to look like one house and I coloured main portion of the house with the melon mambo stampin' blend. I added a coastal cabana door using the woodgrain paper from the brights designer series paper stack and coloured the windows in with pool party stampin' blend. I finished the house with colouring the roof in with a smoky slate stampin' blends.
The trees are garden green sponged cardstock fussy cut with the trunks coloured with soft suede stampin' write marker and finished on whisper white die cut cardstock.
I hand cut a path from smoky slate cardstock and finished the card front off with a Merry Christmas embossed sentiment from Christmas Gleaming stamp set and some of my homemade faux resin dots in garden green. 


Close up view


Inside card - I used the 4th house from the Coming Home stamp set to decorate the inside of the card and the sentiment is from the Tree Angle stamp set


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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Coming Home Bundle [155144] $81.00	Tree Angle Photopolymer Stamp Set [153442] $30.00	Christmas Gleaming Cling Stamp Set (En) [150464] $37.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $15.25	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $13.00	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] $15.50	Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $15.25
Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $13.00	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $13.00	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144605] $15.50	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] $15.25
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $13.00	Melon Mambo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153112] $15.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152487] $20.00
Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [147158] $52.50	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $52.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00
Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $10.50	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00

Colour Creations #11 - Coastal Cabana

Our eleventh colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "coastal cabana" from the brights collection. I have chosen coastal cabana, melon mambo and gorgeous grape from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 
Here is my coastal cabana card from 2018. 

For my card today, I have been heavily inspired and basically CASED this amazing card from Melissa Stout. I've used the same bundle, peace and joy and practically the same colours, only I have changed the orientation of the card to a horizontal card and also made my card into a shaker card.
I used the joy dies to die cut the word "bright" and stamped the words the two words "merry & and" from the peace & joy stamp set. I made a simple frame using the paper trimmer and finished it off with the window sheets and foam adhesive strips to create a shaker panel. This created the focal point for my card sitting on a sheet of coastal cabana designer series paper from the brights 6" x 6" designer series paper pack.


Close up


Inside card
 

Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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Peace & Joy Bundle [155167] $78.25	Perfectly Plaid Photopolymer Stamp Set (En) [149418] $30.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] $15.25
Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] $15.25	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302] $15.25	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $13.00	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] $15.25
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152487] $20.00	Window Sheets [142314] $8.75
Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] $14.00