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Prized Peony stamp set and the Rectangle Postage Stamp Punch, with a new video.

Hello friends. Today we are playing with the Peony Garden product suite and I have also incorporated my fave new punch from the 2020 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue, the Rectangle Postage Stamp Punch.

Peony Garden | Prized Peony 2020 Stampin' Up! card with video by Claire Daly Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Melbourne Australia

There's lots of layers and textures in this one! Here are the measurements of the layers I have used:

  • Base card is a 14cm x 14cm Blushing Bride card
  • Layer 2 is a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock 13.5cm square, which I have embossed with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder (see links at end of post) which is attached with Stampin' Seal.
  • Layer 3 is a piece of the Gray Granite DSP 11.5cm squared. This acts as a mat to layer 4 (attached with Stampin' Seal), and that combined layer is attached to layer 2 with Dimensionals.
  • Layer 4 is a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock 11cm square, and I have arranged punched Peony Garden DSP over the cardstock, leaving a small gap between each one to show the punched edges and colour through (see picture below which shows how I arranged the punched shapes).
  • Layer 5 is a 7cm square piece of Blushing Bride cardstock, which acts as a mat to Layer 6 (adhered with Stampin' Seal). That combined layer is attached to layer 4 using Dimensionals.
  • Layer 6 is a 6.6cm square piece of Shimmery White cardstock and the sentiment is stamped in Gray Granite.
  • Layer 7 is lots of looped ribbon and trim for texture (see the video below); and finally
  • Level 8 is the single peony stamp from Prized Peony Stamp Set . I embossed it in white, and added a wash of Blushing Bride with my Water Painters, and then added some additional shading with Rococo Rose.

Stampin Up Prized Peony stamp set 2020 card by Claire Daly Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Melbourne Australia

Here's a look at how I did the Rectangle Postage Stamp arrangement. I arranged them on the corder of a piece of A4 cardstock so some would be overlapping the edges and be a straight cut when I trimmed this piece to size.

Postage Layer

If you are relatively new to cardmaking, and would like to see how I have used and attached the ribbons and trims for added texture, I have created a short video for you.

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Don't forget there is just 2 more days to take advantage of June Specials. Get an extra free bundle in your starter kit (details HERE), or get an extra $40 Stampin Rewards to spend (so a total of $80 to spend on whatever you want) with a $400 plus order. Both end June 30th.

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Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and I will see you back here again soon.

Claire


Stampin' Up! Zany Zebras stamp set

I'm brighetning things up a notch or two today, with a super bright birthday card featuring the new Zany Zebra Stamp Set from the 2020 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. 

Zany Zebras party animal

My colours are Magenta Madness, Basic Black and Whisper White, and I have added a layer of silver foil cardstock in there too. The punch sizes to cut out the circles were 2 and 1/4" and 1 and 1/2".

This is a great stamp set for teens and kids too. Here's a softer version.

Sany Zebra embossed on watercolour wash

You can find the Zany Zebra stamp set in my online Stampin' Up! store (follow the links at the end of the post to see all the products I used today).

 

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Only 2 more days to take advantage of these amazing special June specials.

1. Get an extra FREE Bundle in Your Starter Kit (June 3rd to 30th) - up to $339 value, for $169 plus FREE POST

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You can join my team just for yourself or to sell the products - the choice is yours and everyone gets the same joining deal and benefits. You can enjoy my great team community and the overall Stampin' Up! community, as well as get great savings with your Starter Kit and an ongoing 20% discount. For just $169, you get to choose $235 worth of whatever you like, plus you get free postage on your kit! The deal is even sweeter between June 3rd and June 30th because you get an extra FREE die/stamp set or punch/stamp set bundle (of your choice and of any value) in your kit. There are over 30 fabulous new bundles to choose from.

Find out more HERE about this great opportunity to join AND get a huge value deal on new catalogue products.

2. Get $40 extra Stampin' Rewards on a $400+ order (June 3rd to 30th)

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When you place a combined (say, an order with friends or from a virtual party) or individual order of $400+ between June 3rd and June 30th, you get an extra $40 Stampin' Rewards! This means that for a $400 order, where you woulr normally receive $40 Stampin' Rewards, you will receive $80 instead. The best bit is you can spend that on anything you want in the current catalogue! To take advantage of this offer:

  1. If you shop online, the extra Stampin' Rewards will automatically be applied when you check out;
  2. If you shop directly with me by phone or email, I'll work out your Stampin' Rewards for you (and even help you decide what to spend it on if you need some help.

You can shop 24/7 in my Online Store using the button below, or the links at the end of the post. You can get a free gift if you shop online and use the Host Code below with orders over $50 (read how the host code works here).

Shop Online

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Thanks for checking in with us today. Have a happy day, and look forward to seeing you back here again soon.

Don't forget to subscribe if you would like to get my free weekly tutorials. I'd love to share my creating with you each week.

Claire

 


Your Creative Connection 110: Hey Dude

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Hey crafty people! It's time for another global Your Creative Connection Showcase #YCC110. This month our theme is Hey Dude, as in masculine cards. This was perfect timing for me, as one of my son's needed a birthday card for a mate this week. He likes to fish and also hang out at the river, so I wanted to incorporate water somehow. This new DSP (the blue waves one) is from Whale of a Time Designer Series Paper (all the links for products I have used today are at the end of the post), and was perfect to represent the ocean.

Stampin Up A Good Man and Many Mates stamp set. 2020 card by Claire Daly, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Melbourne Australia.

I used one of the 4 patterns of the Sahara Sand DSP from the new 6x6" Neutrals paper pack as the sand. The stamped image is from A Good Man stamp set which I'm so glad has carried over to this years 2020 Annual Catalogue, because it's a favourite of mine to watercolour. I just picked up the colours from the DSP (Pacific Point and Sahara Sand) and added in Crumb Cake for some watercolouring, and Early Espresso for the greeting.

Stampin Up A Good Man and Many Mates stamp set. 2020 card by Claire Daly, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Melbourne Australia.

I've used a new greeting set on this card. It's called Many Mates, and I love it! It's new in this year's 2020 Annual Catalogue and has sentiments for the outside and inside of cards, plus great modern fonts. It's perfect for a wide variety of cards. I used the 'I'm glad your were born' sentiment inside the card as it seemed like the kind of random thing teen boys might jokingly say to each other.

Many Mates stamp set from Stampin Up. Buy in Australia now.in my online store

I'm looking forward to see what my demonstrator friends around the world have done with today's masculine theme. First up it's time to visit Dawn Olchefske in Minnesota, USA.

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If you get lost along the way, here's the list of the Your Creative Connection Crew playing along today:

Claire Daly, Australia 

Dawn Olchefske, USA

Barbara Meyer, Austria

Kristine McNickle, New Zealand

Jenn Tinline, Canada

Janneke Dijkstra - de Jong. Netherlands

Michelle Last, UK

 

If you are in Australia, and would like to get a little bit more or know a little bit more about Stampin' Up!, I can help you!

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We also have two amazing specials on during the month of June where you can gets lots extra for FREE. 

1. Get an extra FREE Bundle in Your Starter Kit (June 3rd to 30th) - up to $339 value, for $169 plus FREE POST

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You can join my team just for yourself or to sell the products - the choice is yours and everyone gets the same joining deal and benefits. You can enjoy my great team community and the overall Stampin' Up! community, as well as get great savings with your Starter Kit and an ongoing 20% discount. For just $169, you get to choose $235 worth of whatever you like, plus you get free postage on your kit! The deal is even sweeter between June 3rd and June 30th because you get an extra FREE die/stamp set or punch/stamp set bundle (of your choice and of any value) in your kit. There are over 30 fabulous new bundles to choose from.

Find out more HERE about this great opportunity to join AND get a huge value deal on new catalogue products.

2. Get $40 extra Stampin' Rewards on a $400+ order (June 3rd to 30th)

06-03-20_dheader_ackickoff_uk

When you place a combined (say, an order with friends or from a virtual party) or individual order of $400+ between June 3rd and June 30th, you get an extra $40 Stampin' Rewards! This means that for a $400 order, where you woulr normally receive $40 Stampin' Rewards, you will receive $80 instead. The best bit is you can spend that on anything you want in the current catalogue! To take advantage of this offer:

  1. If you shop online, the extra Stampin' Rewards will automatically be applied when you check out;
  2. If you shop directly with me by phone or email, I'll work out your Stampin' Rewards for you (and even help you decide what to spend it on if you need some help.

You can shop 24/7 in my Online Store using the button below, or the links at the end of the post. You can get a free gift if you shop online and use the Host Code below with orders over $50 (read how the host code works here).

Shop Online

June Host Code

Thanks for checking in with us today. Have a happy day, and look forward to seeing you back here again soon.

Don't forget to subscribe if you would like to get my free weekly tutorials. I'd love to share my creating with you each week.

Claire

 

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Stampin' Up! Prized Peony with a Video Tutorial

Hello lovely friends,

It's good to be back. Thanks for being patient while I settled my teens back into 'real' school following home schooling and got the family back into some type of routine. It's been so hard to have routine for any length of time this year hasn't it? 2020 has been quite the year so far. I hope you and your family are safe and well.

Today I wanted to blog one of my subscriber tutorial cards so I can pin it onto Pinterest boards. The Prized Peony set is a beautiful NEW Stampin' Up! stamp set and bundle from the 2020 Annual Catalogue.

Video Tutorial Prized Peony Watercolouring. Claire Daly, Stampin Up Demonstrator Melbourne Australia.

Here's a look at this beautiful Prized Peony stamp set (Find it HERE in my online store).

Prized Peony stamp set by Stampin' Up! . Buy online in Australia.

I wanted to colour it in a really vintage way, so a bit messy with lots of variation in colour, and some ink splatters. I created a video to show you how I did the colouring.

This type of watercolouring won't be for everyone, but I personally love how it turned out, and like having no dark lines from stamping the image.

Prized Peony stamp set Stampin Up. Watercoloured (video tutorial), Claire Daly | 2020 | Stampin Up Dempnstrator, Melbourne Australia

Here's the colour combination I used:

Stampin Up Colour combination: Rococo Rose. Old Olive, Pear Pizazz, Rich Razzleberry, Gray Granite

I hope you enjoyed today's video.  If you are in Australia, and would like to get a little bit more or know a little bit more about Stampin' Up!, I can help you!

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You can shop 24/7 in my Online Store using the button below, or the links at the end of the post. You can get a free gift if you shop online and use the Host Code below with orders over $50 (read how the host code works here).

Shop Online

June Host Code

The brand new 2020/21 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue has just launched to customers. Click HERE to see how you can get one for free. 

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We also have two amazing specials on during the month of June where you can gets lots extra for FREE:

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Thanks for checking in with me today, and I will see you back here again soon. Sending hugs to anyone who is struggling in any way today, for any reason. I hope tomorrow is an easier day for you.

Claire

 

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Your Creative Connection 109: Something Old, Something New

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Welcome back to another showcase with the global Your Creative Connection team. Today our theme is 'Something Old, Something New', which is perfect timing with the release last week of the NEW 2020/21 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. For my NEW, I have chosen two of the new Stampin' Up! 2020-22 In Colors as well as the new Flowers for Every Season Memories and More Card Pack. For my OLD, I have chosen  the Stitched So Sweetly dies which first featured in the 2020 January to June mini catalogue.

NEW Stampinup Flowers for Every Season | Misty Moonlight | Memories and More Cardpack | Claire Daly, Stampin Up Demonstrator Melbourne Australia | 2020

I really like the crisp fresh colour combination I have used today which is three of the new 2020-22 In Colors: Misty Moonlight, Just Jade, Bumble Bee and Whisper White. My base card is Misty Moonlight, and there is a Just Jade layer in there too. The Bumble Bee colour comes from one of the elements included in the Memories and More Card Pack.

Claire Daly Creates Stampin' Up! Colour Combination (5)

The Flowers for Every Season DSP and Flowers for Every Season Memories and More Card Pack (links at the bottom of the post) are really great because they coordinate with ALL five of the new 2020-22 InColors. You will find great versatility with these two products. The cardstock weight flower stickers are included in the Memories and More Card Pack, and they coordinate really well with all the colours. The Stitched So Sweetly dies are also a really versatile product because there are so many ways you can layer them. Check out all the products below my signature in the links. The greeting I have used is from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set, which is also linked below.

NEW Stampinup Flowers for Every Season | Misty Moonlight | Memories and More Cardpack | Claire Daly, Stampin Up Demonstrator Melbourne Australia | 2020

Now it's time to virtually circle the globe and see what the other Your Creative Connection ladies are up to. Next up we have Dawn Olchefske in the USA. 

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If you get lost along the way, here is a list of our participants.

Dawn Olchefske - USA

Barbara Meyer - Austria

Kristine McNickle - New Zealand

Jenn Tinline - Canada

Jennifer Pauli - Germany

Janneke Dijkstra - de Jong - Netherlands

Michelle Last - UK

Claire Daly - Australia (<-- you are here)

 

If you are in Australia, and would like to get a little bit more or know a little bit more about Stampin' Up!, I can help you!

Join my Subscriber Community for a free PDF Tutorial every week.

or Subscribe to receive all my Blog Posts by Email

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You can shop 24/7 in my Online Store, and get a free gift if you shop online and use the Host Code below with orders over $50 (read how the host code works here).

Shop Online

June Host Code

The brand new 2020/21 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue has just launched to customers. Click HERE to see how you can get one for free

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We also have two amazing specials on during the month of June where you can gets lots extra for FREE:

Join special

Save special

Thanks for following along with Your Creative Connection today, 

See you back here again soon,

Claire

 

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