Stampin’ Up! cards – Page 2 – Maudie Papercrafts

Stampin’ Up! Birthday card using Colorful Seasons and Color me Happy

I’m super excited today because my card was designed for the Daring Cardmakers. I am a guest designer for them for January and February – how good is that! Check out the other designers and what the Daring Cardmakers are all about HERE

This week we were challenged to make a card using this picture for inspiration:

And here is my card:

Stampin Up Color Me Happy and Colorful Seasons

I’ve used a Very Vanilla base for this card, and Pool Party for the blue. I used two stamp sets – Colorful Seasons and Color Me Happy.

The little bird is from the Birds and Blooms thinlits, and the scalloped edge die is from the Seasonal Layers thinlits that goes with the Colorful Seasons stamp set.

Stampin' Up! Color Me Happy and Colourful Seasons

I used Pool Party and Bermuda Bay blends for the lanterns, then added some Wink of Stella, but that doesn’t show up well in the photo.

I think this card looks quite peaceful which I’m pleased with. It’s not at all the card that I set out to make, but that’s OK, I’m happy with it anyway.

Don’t forget to come back next Friday to find out what the next Daring Cardmakers challenge is.

Stampin' Up! Color Me Happy and Colorful Seasons

A word about Sale-a-bration. From now until the end of March you can earn free products for each €60/£45 you spend.

There’s also a great joining offer. Choose any products you like up to a value of €175/130 and pay just €129/£99 – you get free postage on your first parcel, plus catalogues and other things to help your business if that’s what you want. PLUS, during Sale-a-bration you can choose an extra 2 stamp sets free!

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

Pootler’s Blog Hop, Picture Perfect Birthday card from Stampin’ Up!

Today’s post is part of the Pootler’s Blog hop, organised by the lovely Hannah. We’re featuring new products from the Spring/Summer catalogue, and we’d love it if you have time to hop around everyone.

My choice for this hop is a stamp set right at the beginning of the catalogue – Picture Perfect Birthday. It was those two step bows that drew me to it, so they had to feature prominently on my card.

Stampin' Up! Picture Perfect Birthday card

The stamp set has lots of images and sentiments, all great for birthdays. I used Lemon Lime Twist, Tempting Turquoise and Powder Pink for the main colours.

When choosing your colours, make sure you have a co-ordinating darker colour to hand for the darker inside bits of the bows. I found that they take a bit of practice to line up, but once you’ve worked it out it really makes the bows pop.

Here’s a close up of the stamp set:

Stampin' Up! Picture Perfect Birthday card

I painted each bow with my Wink of Stella pen to add some sparkle, but it doesn’t show up well on the photos.

I have lots more cards lined up for this stamp set – candles, confetti, hooters – so make sure to come back and see what I’ve made (or just subscribe to my blog and get it delivered to your Inbox).

Stampin' Up! Picture Perfect Birthday card

Don’t forget that Sale-a-bration has started now! From now until the end of March you can choose an item FREE from the Sale-a-bration brochure for every £45/€60 you spend. So the more you spend, the more free stuff you get. Yippee!

Here are the rest of the blogs on this blog hop – be sure to take a look at the wonderful creations!

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Stampin’ Up! Another Happiest of Days birthday card

Today’s card uses the Happiest of Days card like the last post, but in a completely different way. I’ve used the Lemon Lime Twist DSP from the Fresh Florals pack to make a very cheerful card.

Stampin' Up! Happiest of Days birthday card

And like there had to be cake on the last cards, there had to be presents on this one. Once again I used Stamin’ Blends to colour them in – I can’t stop using those pens!

There’s not much more to it. I die cut the presents using the Stitched Shapes Framelits and popped it up on the background.

Stampin' Up! Happiest of Days birthday card

I don’t know what I’ll be posting next – sneak peek or not? You’ll have to wait and see.

Here’s both types of card I made with this lovely stamp set.

Stampin' Up! Happiest of Days birthday card

Back soon!

Here’s what I used to make this card:

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

Stampin’ Up! Happiest of Days card with vellum

Stampin' Up! Happiest of Days card with vellum

Back to the annual catalogue today so that I can use the beautiful Happiest of Days stamp set. I love the whimsy of it, and you can do lots with it.

For these cards I used the rose stamp to make a background. Then I coloured each rose with the Blends markers – Pink Pirouette, Old Olive and Pool Party.

Stampin' Up! Happiest of Days card with vellum

Because I liked the background I didn’t want to cover it up too much so I used a vellum strip heat embossed with the sentiment – that way you can still see what’s below.

There had to be cake! So I stamped and coloured it using Crumb Cake and Daffodil Delight. I used the darker pens at the side to try to give the cake a rounded look.

Stampin' Up! Happiest of Days card with vellum

I took one of these cards in pink to a craft fair the other week and sold it straight away. So I made these and my husband chose it to send to his sister. Obviously I’m not the only one who likes the set.

Plus, it’s another one of the few where I know I’ll use all the stamps which is always a bonus. Next time I have another card made with this set using a different stamp.

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Stampin’ Up! Christmas card using Lovely as a Tree eclipse technique

Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree eclipse Christmas card from Maudiepapercrafts

I wanted to make a Christmas card that used trees, and the only set I have that has trees is Lovely as a Tree. Then I wanted to use my lovely new Large Letters Framelits, and Softly Falling embossing folder. I had it all planned in my head, then found that Jan Clothier – a demo in New Zealand – had made the exact card that I had planned already! I guess that does happen sometimes.

This is such a striking card that I have made several to give to family members. You do need to make it in a certain way to get it all to work properly.

Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree eclipse Christmas card from Maudiepapercrafts

The first step is to blend in your snow banks, and then stamp your trees. I stamped mine so that that part of them would be cut out with the framelits.

Then add the Noel word from you Large Letter Framelits and die cut it out, making sure to keep the middle bit from the O.

Then, use the Softly Falling embossing folder to emboss the snow. Put the middle bit from the O in somewhere so that it fits with everything else.

Then you can add back your letters to the card. I used a Real Red background to contrast against the white.

Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree eclipse Christmas card from Maudiepapercrafts

The last step was to add some glitter to the trees which doesn’t show up well in the photos, but does make a difference.

Hope you like it!

This is what I used to make the card:

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

Stampin’ Up! Half Full birthday card

Stampin' Up! Half Full birthday card from Maudiepapercrafts

I CASE’d this card from one I found on Pinterest by Paula Dobson. I needed a birthday card, and this fitted the bill perfectly!

I’ve mentioned before how much I like this stamp set, not least because I know I’ll use every stamp in the set. There is usually a stamp in each set that you are unlikely to use isn’t there? Well not in this set – not for me anyway.

I used watercolour paper and my Stamp-a-ma-jig to repeatedly stamp out the bottle and glass with Memento Tuxedo black ink.

Stampin' Up! Half Full birthday card from Maudiepapercrafts

Then I used Aqua Painters to paint the bottle and glass. For the bottles I used Pear Pizzazz, and for the glasses Real Red and So Saffron. I used a watered down wash of Crumb Cake for the labels.

I popped up the sentiment – may your glass always be half full – on the front of the card.

Stampin' Up! Half Full birthday card from Maudiepapercrafts

For the cardbase I used Fresh Fig which seemed to go well with the wine theme, and added some Whisper White on the inside to write on.

I hope this set gets carried over to next year!

Here’s what I used to make the card:

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

Pootler’s Design Team – The Little Things week 5

I can’t believe it, my last week on the Pootler’s Design Team. Thanks so much to my wonderful upline Sam for giving me the chance to bring these projects to you – 5 projects made using The Little Things stamp set.

This week I’ve made a box in a card that you may have seen on Pinterest or other social media. I have to give my credit to Dawn Griffiths for the box, but I think Rachel Tessman may have been an earlier designer.

Stampin' Up! The Little Things box in a card

For the box I used the Clear Tiny Treat boxes – they are 2″ x 2″ x 2″ (5.1cm x 5.1cm x 5.1cm) so just the right size to fit something tiny but delicious or adorable, or both in. They also fit in the card beautifully.

To make this card you need to cut a 2″ x 2″ (5.1cm x 5.1cm) hole out of the card 1″ (5.1cm) in from the edge. Cut through both pieces of card.

Stampin' Up! The Little Things box in a card

For the DSP background I used the Lemon Lime Twist from the Fresh Florals DSP, and added some red berries with my Real Red marker to make it look more festive. The trees along the strip at the bottom are from the Hearts Come Home stamp set.

I heat embossed the sentiment in gold, and die cut it using the Layering Ovals framelits.

Stampin' Up! The Little Things box in a card

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing my projects as much as I’ve enjoyed making them!

Look out for Christmas ideas coming in the next few weeks.

Here’s what I used to make this card:

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

Stampin’ Up! Remarkable You card using Blends Markers

Stampin' Up! Remarkable You card with Blends pens

Oooh, I love this card! I wanted to try out my new Blends pens and thought the Remarkable You stamp set would be a good one to use because the flowers are quite large. I used both the light and dark Pumpkin Pie. I love orange and think this looks great.

I paired it with the Lemon Lime Twist DSP from the Fresh Florals DSP – the orange and green go well together don’t they.

Stampin' Up! Remarkable You card with Blends pens

I used Memento Tuxedo Black to stamp the image on Whisper White cardstock and gave it a minute or two to dry.

It doesn’t matter whether you use use dark pen or light pen first, you can still blend with them. It is easier though if the ink is still wet. It is normal to get some bleed through of the ink so remember to put something under your card.

Stampin' Up! Remarkable You card with Blends pens

Then I added gold accents. I’d always choose silver before gold, but this needed a warm gold to complement it.

The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Best Birds stamp set. I heat embossed it, and while I had the set out I remembered that there was a little bird in the framelits which could sit next to the sentiment. Et voilà finished!

I have another card using Remarkable You and Blends pens for my next post. Be sure to check in and take a look.

Here’s what I used to make this card:

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

Stampin’ Up! Painted Harvest eclipse Thank You card

Hello! Today’s post is part of a blog hop to say thanks to Sarah Reynold who has helped a group of use start, or like me, move our blogs. Sarah has the patience of a saint and has answered all our questions without grumbling (not that we heard anyway!) So, thanks Sarah.

My card combines the Painted Harvest and Large Letter Framelits, and uses the popular eclipse technique.

Stampin' Up! Painted Harvest eclipse Thank You card

As you can see the sunflowers don’t have to be sunflowers – here I’ve used Powder Pink and Berry Burst to make a beautiful colour combination.

The eclipse technique that is so popular at the moment is easy to do – simply create your design, or use some DSP, then die cut your image, word, number or whatever, then pop it up and fit it back into the image.

Stampin' Up! Painted Harvest eclipse Thank You card

It’s easier to see the effect from the side. I added some Wink Of Stella to make the letters really pop but it doesn’t show up well in the photos.

The Large Letter Framelits are fabulous, but are a real investment. You can fit 4, or at most 5 letters on a standard size card, but they do also look effective on a longer one. Expect to see more projects from me that use them – now I’ve got them they have to be used!

Stampin' Up! Painted Harvest eclipse Thank You card

We’d love it if you had time to visit all the blogs in today’s hop. Thanks again Sarah!

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Stampin’ Up! Pootler’s Design Team Challenge – The Little Things

Pootler’s Desgin Team Challenge, The Little Things, week 1

It’s Thursday so it must be Pootle’s design team challenge. This month I am lucky enough to be on the design team, so for every Thursday in November you’ll be seeing a project from me using The Little Things stamp set.

I have to admit that this isn’t a stamp set that jumped out at me. However I have had great fun with it, and will be using it for more than 5 projects.

So, here’s the first one:

Stampin' Up! The Little Things cards

To make these cards I used the beautiful Year of Cheer speciality DSP. I heat embossed the greeting on both cards in copper and then finished them both differently.

On one I used the striped ribbon going down the card rather than across. I also used some of the Champagne foil sheet and a Foil snowflake behind the greeting.

Stampin' Up! The Little Things