Simple and easy handmade card ideas using Stampin' Up! supplies

Hello stamping friends. Today I am sharing with you some simple and easy handmade card ideas using Stampin' Up! supplies and I also have a free PDF tutorial for you to show you exactly what I did with each card. These are great cards for beginners, and the stampset, watercolour pencils and note card and envelope packs are inexpensive items to get you started in your card making hobby.

Even though I have used Stitched Rectangle dies in my card, I have given the measurements in the tutorial to just cut a rectangle for these pieces. You could also substitute a rectangle of patterned paper for the two cards where I have used the vellum doily coloured with Stampin' Blends (again the measurements are in the tutorial). The vase and the mason jar are from the Jar of Flowers bundle which I have shown below. They are a great compliment to the Four Seasons Floral stamp set I have used in this project. The Four Seasons Floral stamp set is great for beginners and is just $24. 

I couloured the images using Watercolour Pencils and a Blender Pen (you can also use a Water Painter). You need to stamp the images onto the card using a black Stazon ink pad, so that the outline doesn't run when you add the moisture from the Blender Pen. Stazon is a solvent based ink pad which is why it doesn't run. I have combined a few different colours of pencil in colouring these images, which gives a more realistic effect.

We sell two different sets of watercolour pencils and you can find them both HERE in the online store. 

I used the jar punch (which is shaped and sized just like a mason jar) for the vase in this card. This can be purchased alone, or as part of the Jar of Flowers Bundle (where you get 10% off by purchasing them together). 

There are lots of other floral shapes in the Jar of Flowers stamp set, which coordinate with the jar punch too. The Jar Punch can also be purchased separately.

 

Download the PDF Tutorial for these Beginner Cards: Download MWC39 Set of 4 Beginner Notecards PDF

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Claire

 

Product List

Four Season Floral Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

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Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes

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Watercolor Pencils

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Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad

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Blender Pens

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Water Painters

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Jar Of Flowers Bundle

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Jar Punch

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Jar Of Flowers Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Stampin' Up! Graceful Garden with some vintage inspired texture.

Hello lovely friends. 

This week I was lucky enough to attend the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, which is a really fabulous floral, backyard and landscape gardening show in Melbourne. Seeing all the beautiful floral displays motivated me to come home and finish this card I had started at a friends last Monday.

This stamp set is called Gracious Garden and it's from the 2017 Annual Catalogue. I hadn't played with it before, but now I really love it! I coloured it with the Stampin' Blends (light and dark Pink Pirouette, light and dark Old Olive and light Rich Razzleberry). I then fussy cut the image and adhered both the stamped image and stamped rectangle using Dimensionals.

I have used the debossed side of the Garden Trellis embossing folder (I really like how this pattern coordinates with the background pattern in the Gracious Garden stamp set. My greeting is from Cake Soiree stamp set and I have stamped in Early Espresso and cut the greeting out with a 1" Circle Punch. A bit of lace tied around the stem and a White Lace Doily finishes off my card.

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Claire

Product List

Graceful Garden Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Cake Soirée Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Garden Trellis Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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Pink Pirouette Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

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Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

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Rich Razzleberry Light Stampin' Blends Marker

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Very Vanilla 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Lace Trim

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Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

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Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

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Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

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Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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Paper Snips Scissors

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Art With Heart Team Blog Hop: Showcasing Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper on Sale

Today some of my Art with Heart Stampin’ Up! team girls are sharing some wonderful ideas to inspire you with our Designer Series Papers. This month is the start of the new Stampin' Up! year and we have a special promotion on our Designer Series Paper, buy 3 get 1 FREE for the month of October and there is no limit! You have come here from Rebecca Jacavou, one of the talented stampers on my team. Blogs are full circle so just keep hopping and there in a full list of participants at the end as well.

I am featuring the lovely Fruit Stand Designer Series paper. To be honest, this wasn't a paper that immediately caught my eye, but I received a small sample in a team product share and when I was looking for a paper to use for this card set, the bright colours really caught my eye and now I really like and have ordered a whole pack as part of the special so I can use more of it!

My project is a card box which holds four mini cards and envelopes. The box and envelopes are made using our Envelope Punch Board.

The box and envelope colour is Cucumber Crush and the card colour Flirty Flamingo which coordinate perfectly with the Fruit Stand DSP. The other colours featured in the DSP are Daffodil Delight, Peekaboo Peach, Pear Pizazz, Tangerine Tango, Watermelon Wonder and Whisper White.

The box holds four mini cards and handmade envelopes. The cards are 3.5" x 3.5" and the envelopes are made using the Envelope Punch Board starting with a piece of 6x6" DSP from the 2015-2016 InColour Paper Stack.

Here's some quick instructions to make the card box using the Envelope Punch Board.

Start with a piece of cardstock 8" x 8". Stamp on this if you wish. I have stamped some of the smaller images from Blooms and Wishes stamp set using Cucumber Crush ink.

Place the top left corner at the 3.5" mark on the punch board. Score and punch.

Move the top left corner I" to the left (to the 4.5" position) and score and punch again.

Rotate the cardstock 90 degrees anticlockwise. You don't need to pay attention to the ruler at the top anymore, just line up each of the score marks and punch and score.

Rotate and do this on the other two sides. Using a pair of paper snips, cut sideways on the bottom tabs so they fold inwards, and cut down on the top tabs so they fold downwards as shown.

Use a bone folder to crease each of the scored lines, Apply adhesive to the outside of the bottom flap.

Fold to close the side flaps over the bottom tab (place your bone folder inside the box and press down on a flat surface to apply pressure for better adhesion). The box closes with the addition of a belly band.

Next up on our blog hop is my lovely team member Rachel Woollard in Ringwood East. Rachel is one of my leaders with a growing team and is super creative with her classes and teaching. If you are looking for classes or a great demonstrator to join under, Rachel would be perfect.

If you get lost along the way or find any broken links, here is the list of participants.

1. Judy May
2. Rachel Palmieri
3. Tina Gillespie
4. Ros Davidson
5. Monika O'Neill
6. Kate Morgan 
7. Kathryn Mangelsdorf
8. Rebecca Jacovou
9. Claire Daly (you are here)
10. Rachel Woollard

Enjoy hopping with the Art With Heart Team girls today. We'd love to have you join our fun and friendly team. Hobby and business demonstrators are both welcome. We are all about fun, friendship and support.

See you back here tomorrow,

Claire

 

Stampin' Up! Perfectly Wrapped Stamp Set with Pop of Pink DSP - Bright and Cheery!

Hello! Let's brighten things up with some bright and cheery cards shall we? Gold is still so on trend and it looks fabulous when combined with black and white and bright pink, as we have in the Stampin' Up! Pop of Pink Designer Series Paper and matching Pop of Pink Washi tape. The bold Perfectly Wrapped stamp set is a great match for these papers. It's super simple to put together a bright and cheery card like this for you card. Imagine giving this bright and happy card to a friend with a bunch of bright pink and yellow and orange Gerbera flowers?

My second card is a birthday card. Super quick and simple with the bright elements. The daisies look great stamped on the background too don't you think?

The Perfectly Wrapped stamp set is designed to go with the project kit of the same name, but as you can see it works great on it's own as well.

Here's a picture of the Perfectly Wrapped Project Kit all made up too.

 

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Claire

Stampin' Up! products used in today's projects:

 

Stampin' Up! Thoughtful Branches Watercolour Hydrangea Card

Hello lovely friends.

Have you heard about the fantastic Thoughtful Branches Bundle from Stampin Up that is a limited time release and available to purchase only between August 2-31st? It makes a fabulous Hydrangea and a whole heap of other lovely things! My purchasing customers received step by step instructions to make this card this month. Place an order with me this month and I will forward you the newsletter with the instructions in too. Here's information about how to order.

 

Here's a closer look at the beautiful products. Find the bundle HERE in my online store (or enter individual item numbers in the search box if you only want the stamp set or thinlets) 
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Here's some more samples using this beautiful suite of products.

Here's what's available, but remember it's available 2-31st August only. Also don't forget to use my August Online order hostess code for  free gift in September.

August Hostess Code = 9M2CVRAJ

Shop the Thoughtful Branches bundle in the online store HERE (or enter individual item numbers in the search box if you only want the stamp set or thinlits).

Thanks for visiting today, hope to see you back here soon,

Claire

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