Stampin' Up! Australia: Claire Daly Independent Demonstrator Melbourne

Stampin Up Nothing Better Than handmade Cocktail Card for a friend

September 08, 2021

Hello stampers. It's time for a colour challenge. This week the Art With Heart Colour Creations girls are playing with Daffodil Delight, a lovely crisp bright yellow that reminds me of Spring and all things happy.

For today's card, I have decided to play with the Nothing More Than stamp set, a fun stamp set which you will find in the Stampin' Up! Australia Annual Catalogue. I love playing with layers of cardstock and Designer Series Paper. You can find all of the products I have used in today's card, by using the individual product shop links at the end of the post.

Here is my colour combination for today.

The Polished Pink and Pool Party patterned papers I have used are the reverse sides of the Whimsy and Wonder DSP from the July to December Mini Catalogue. This is a gorgeous Christmas paper, but the reverse sides are really versatile too.

The dotty embossing folder is from the Checks and Dots Mini Embossing Folder duo in the Annual Catalogue.

For the cocktail image, I stamped the outline in Memento Black, and used the Pool Party and Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends for the lemon and umbrella. The glass contents is a stamp which I inked up in Daffodil Delight and then lightly stamped off once. I then sponged a little Polished Pink ink around the base before stamping into the glass. As it's a Photopolymer stamp set, it's super easy to line up. I finished my card off with some white embossed sentiments (on Polished Pink cardstock, some white bakers twine, and some of the Polished Pink Jewels (from the 2021-23 InColor Jewels pack).

Here's a look at the stamp set and coordinating dies (I only used the stamp set today).

Now it's time to visit the rest of the Art with Heart team and see what they have been making with Daffodil Delight. Next up we have the lovely Di Furniss in South Australia.

If you get lost anywhere along the way, or would like a full list of all the participants this week, please head to our fabulous coordinator Cathy Proctor's blog.

Would you like to have fun creating and sharing with our team. and meeting a whole lots of crafty friends? We would love to have you in the Art with Heart Team. There's an awesome joining deal on right now where you get an additional FREE BUNDLE valued at up to $104 (in addition to the $235 products of YOUR choice and FREE postage), all for just $169 so you save up to 50%. This deal is only on for 3 more weeks, so make sure to contact either myself, or any of the girls along tonight's blog hop for more information. You will also find lots more information below.

Thanks for checking in today with the blog hop! Have a happy week.

Claire

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Posted at 07:59 PM in 2020 Annual Catalogue, 2021 Annual Catalogue, Art with Heat Blog Hops, Bright Bold Cards, Colour Challenges, Colour Combinations, Friendship Cards | Permalink | Comments (12)

Stampin' Up! Teenage Boy Birthday Card

April 03, 2021

Today I have a teen boy birthday card for you, featuring the Stampin Up A Good Man stamp set. It's a super versatile masculine set and I have used it for lots of masculine cards. This one was for my son's 16th birthday during the week.

It's a very simple design. Here's what I did:

My base card is Sahara Sand.
Cut two pieces of Neurals 6x6" DSP. The darker piece on the right is 14cm x 5cm (or 2" x 5&7/8"), and the lighter piece is 7cm x 12.5cm (or 2&3/4" x 5").
The image is stamped in Stazon Black ink, onto Fluid 100 watercolour paper. I have used Bermuda Bay for the shirt, Seaside Spray for the deck chair stripes and a combination of Crumb Cake and Soft Suede for the hat and shorts. There are also a few strokes of Sahara Sand under the chair.
The coloured image is cut out using the largest cirle in the Stitched Shapes dies (these are retiring soon, so get in quick).
I then used my blending brushes and a litle Pool Party ink to add a little sky colour around the top half of the image.
The label for the sentiment is cut using Stitched Nested Dies (also retiring soon). I wish I could tell you which set I used to stamp the greeting, but the stamped label was in my 'stamped and not used' tray, and now I can't remember!
The number '16' is adhesive letters from my scrapbooking stash pre Stampin' Up! days.

Grab some Retiring Products Bargains

The retiring products list from the 2020-2021 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue has been released and quite a few products are reduced with huge savings of up to 75% off. All of these products are now only available while stocks last (and some have already sold out) so get in quick. If an item is still available, it will be showing in the online store.

View all the retiring Annual Catalogue products / sale items HERE in my online store.

When you shop online with me in Australia, and use the monthly Host Code, you also qualify for a thank you gift mid the month after your purchase. My customers love getting these little gifts in the mail. Click the button below to go to my online store (individual products are linked direct throughout the post, and in the links at the end of the post). This month's host code is also listed below. If this isn't the current month (because you are reading the post at a later date), this month's code is in the right hand column or HERE. You can read about three ways to shop with with me, and all the benefits my VIP customers get HERE.

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If you live in Australia, and you are not a demonstrator yourself, I invite you to join my subscriber list to receive Stampin' Up! updates, inspiration from me and details of my online classes and special offers. Subscribe HERE.

Australian and International Customers and Demonstrators are invited to:

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Thanks for checking in today. Have a great day and see you again soon!

Claire

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Posted at 05:58 PM in 2020 Annual Catalogue, Birthday Cards, Masculine Cards and Projects, Teen Cards, Watercolouring | Permalink | Comments (1)

Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop: Rich Razzleberry

March 24, 2021

I'm excited to have had some time on the weekend to create a card for our Art with Heart Stampin' Up! team's Colour Creations weekly blog hop. This week's colour is Rich Razzleberry, one of my favourite colours for many years. It's a beautiful deep purple pink colour, and a member of our Regals collection.

My card is a watercolour scene. I haven't played with the lovely Grace's Garden stamp set for so long, and Rich Razzleberry made me think of deep pink/purple Hollyhock flowers, so that's what I went with. My scene is made on watercolour paper, with a Crumb Cake mat, and adhered with Dimensionals onto a Rich Razzleberry card base. The card base has also been embossed with the Subtle 3D embossing folder.

I have used Rich Razzleberry, Gorgeous Grape and Bumblebee for my flower colours and Garden Green for the foliage. The gate is a combination of Crumb Cake and Soft Suede, the cat is watercoloured in Gray Granite and the bird is Early Espresso with a teeny bit of diluted Real Red on the tummy. For the foreground, I have used a watercolor wash of Sahara Sand and for the sky I have used my blending brushes and Pool Party for a very light sky effect.

To finish off my card, I have added some Linen Thread, and stamped the 'Hello' sentiment from Graces Garden stamp set, in Early Espresso. I also added a metallic heart brad that has been sitting in my scrapbooking stash for many many years.

Here's a closer look at the goregous Graces Garden stamp set from the 2020 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. I love how you can use the images either individually or to make your own garden scene.

To check out other team member creations using Rich Razzleberry, head over to the lovely Cathy Proctor's blog.

If you are interested in viewing or purchasing any of the products I have used on today's card, click on any of the links below which will take you to my online Stampin' Up! store.

Have a fabulous week,

Claire

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Grace's Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

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Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

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Subtle 3D Embossing Folder

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Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

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Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

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Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad

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Water Painters

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Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

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Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

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Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad

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Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

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Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

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Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

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Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

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Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

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Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

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Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

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Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

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Linen Thread

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Blending Brushes

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Posted at 07:50 PM in 2020 Annual Catalogue, Art with Heat Blog Hops, Blending Brushes, Colour Creations Blog Hop, Colouring, Garden, flower and plant inspired cards., Hello Cards, Watercolouring | Permalink | Comments (11)

Sponged embossing card making technique on a 2021 Mothers day card.

February 21, 2021

Hello friends. Today I have a 2021 Mothers day card for you. A little early maybe, but I wanted to play with the Meadow Moments embossing folders and use the sponged embossing papercraft and card making technique. The soft colours I wanted to use were perfect for a Mothers Day card.

Here's how my card turned out.

I started with embossing a piece of Basic White cardstock with one one of the two embossing folders in the Meadow Moments embossing folder pack. Using sponge daubers, I lightly sponged the raised bits. I used the dauber and Blushing Bride ink pad for the flowers, Mint Macaron for the butterflies and Soft Sea Foam for the stems and leaves. I also lightly sponged the white areas in between with Soft Sea Foam.

Next steps were to add a thin strip of Mint Macaron cardstock to the left side of this strip, and to adhere it to a Blushing Bride card base which had been embossed with the subtles 3D embossing folder. To finish my card off I embossed the Happy Mothers Day sentiment from the Strong Women stamp set in white embossing powder onto Mint Macaron cardstock. I cut the butterfly embellishment using the Butterfly Duo Punch, and a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock which I had also embossed with the Subtle 3D folder.

Here's another look at my colour combination for this one.

If this is a technique you think you would like to try at some stage - pin this image to your Pinterest boards to help you find the post for the future.

Where do I get the products used today?

All the products I have used today are available NOW to Australian residents in my Online Stampin Up Store. Just click on the individual produc links below to go to each product in the store. If you are in another country besides Australia, the products will be available from a local Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. When you shop online with me in Australia, and use the monthly Host Code, you also qualify for a thank you gift mid the month after your purchase. My customers love getting these little gifts in the mail. Click the button below to go to my online store (individual products are linked direct throughout the post, and in the links at the end of the post). This month's host code is also listed below. If this isn't the current month (because you are reading the post at a later date), this month's code is in the right hand column or HERE. You can read about three ways to shop with with me, and all the benefits my VIP customers get HERE.

Want more Stampin Up Inspiration from me?

If you live in Australia, and you are not a demonstrator yourself, I invite you to join my subscriber list to receive Stampin' Up! updates, inspiration from me and details of my online classes and special offers. Subscribe HERE.

Australian and International Customers and Demonstrators are invited to:

Subscribe to my blog posts by email so you never miss a thing. Each blog post will be sent to you and you can choose how and when you want to receive these when you subscribe. This is the best way to follow me and get step by step projects.
Follow me on Pinterest (every single blog post gets published to Pinterest too)
Subscribe to me on YouTube (I'm building up my channel this year and would love your support via subscribing to my channel). YouTube is great visual way to learn.
Follow me on Instagram or Facebook for more social interaction, chats and some crafty inspiration. Not everything I make gets shared to these platforms but it's a great way to socially connect more in 2021.

Thanks for checking in with me today. let me know if I can help you with anything.

Claire

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Posted at 04:53 PM in 2020 Annual Catalogue, Backgrounds, Butterflies, Colour Combinations, Embossing Folders, Ink Techniques, Mother Day Cards, Sponging, Techniques | Permalink | Comments (1)

4 Tips to Use the Ink Stampin Up! Ink Blending Brushes on Patterned Paper

February 13, 2021

Hi crafters. In today's card I am following up with some more ink blending. This time on patterned paper. If you watched the video in the last post you will see this technique in action there too (I have also included the video in this post). In today's post, I show the completed card and share 4 ways to blend ink effectively on patterned paper using the newly released Stampin' Up! Blending Brushes. I have used the True Love Designer Series Paper from the 2020 January to June Mini Catalogue to blend the ink onto.

The True Love Designer Series Paper is a really versatile paper pack for using with a range of techniques. I found the blending brushes blended the ink really nicely on this paper. I have used Melon Mambo and Calyso Coral for my ink colours.

Four Tips for using the Stampin' Up! Blending Brushes on Patterned Paper (Video below)

In working with the blending brushes on patterned paper, I found these these tips to be helpful.

Hold the area you are blending with your fingers of your other hand at the top and bottom, to keep the paper flat and taut while you are blending (it has a tendency to slide and crease otherwise).
Start with the middle colour first - I find that works best and allows you to come back and blend over the joins of the two colours. If you are only using two colours I would start with the lightest first.
Start blending in a circular motion off the page near the paper and work onto it, so you don't get a build up of ink in one spot.
Choosing a light coloured pattern paper is going to give the best result. Black and white is perfect.

Here's the video again, to show you how I achieved the blending.

To put the card together, I added a Calypso Coral mat to the blended piece, and adhered one of the cut out fowers from the DSP at the top left (before I added the mat). The front of the Basic Black card is also embossed with the Subtle 3D Embossing folder. My breeting (from Best Year stamp set) was stamped in Black Stazon onto a 3/4" strip of Basic White cardstock and the decorative ends were cut with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch.

I would definitely recommend adding the Stampin Up! Blending Brushes (a pack of 3 is just $21AUD) and the True Love Designer Series Paper Pack to your next order.

Where do I get the products used today?

All the products I have used today are available NOW to Australian residents in my Online Stampin Up Store; if you are in another country besides Australia, the products will be available from a local Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. When you shop online with me in Australia, and use the monthly Host Code, you also qualify for a thank you gift mid the month after your purchase. My customers love getting these little gifts in the mail. Click the button below to go to my online store (individual products are linked direct throughout the post, and in the links at the end of the post). This month's host code is also listed below. If this isn't the current month (because you are reading the post at a later date), this month's code is in the right hand column or HERE. You can read about three ways to shop with with me, and all the benefits my VIP customers get HERE.

Want more Stampin Up Inspiration from me?

If you live in Australia, and you are not a demonstrator yourself, I invite you to join my subscriber list to receive Stampin' Up! updates, inspiration from me and details of my online classes and special offers. Subscribe HERE.

Australian and International Customers and Demonstrators are invited to:

Subscribe to my blog posts by email so you never miss a thing. Each blog post will be sent to you and you can choose how and when you want to receive these when you subscribe. This is the best way to follow me and get step by step projects.
Follow me on Pinterest (every single blog post gets published to Pinterest too)
Subscribe to me on YouTube (I'm building up my channel this year and would love your support via subscribing to my channel). YouTube is great visual way to learn.
Follow me on Instagram or Facebook for more social interaction, chats and some crafty inspiration. Not everything I make gets shared to these platforms but it's a great way to socially connect more in 2021.

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Thanks for checking in with me today. let me know if I can help you with anything.

Claire

Posted at 01:16 PM in 2020 Annual Catalogue, 2021 January to June Mini , Backgrounds, Blending Brushes, Designer Series Paper, Ink Blending, Ink Techniques, Techniques | Permalink | Comments (1)