Stampin' Up! Australia: Claire Daly Independent Demonstrator Melbourne

Stampin' Up! Masculine Sympathy Card Idea and a great Stampin' Up! Colour Combination for Men.

November 23, 2020

Hello friends. Today I am sharing a masculine sympathy card idea using Stampin' Up! products from the 2020-2021 Stampin' Up! catalogue. Sympathy cards are difficult to make at the best of times, but coming up with ideas for sympathy cards for men can be even more challenging.

I chose to keep my card simple and classic, use colours that felt masculine to me, and feature the sentiment in a small cluster of die cuts. The sentiments are from the Well Said stamp set, and the stems are from the coordinating Well Written Dies. The heart is from the Detailed Hearts Die.

I really love how the colour combination turned out for this card. Misty Moonlight and Cinnamon Cider are my two favourites of the 2020-22 InColours, and they look great together for masculine cards.

I have used the Subtle Embossing Folder again. I seem to use it in on so many cards these days. It's really classic.

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Claire

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Posted at 03:48 PM in 2020 Annual Catalogue, Colour Combinations, Embossing Folders, Masculine Cards and Projects, Sympathy Cards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Art With Heart Team March Creative Showcase: Monochromatic Cards

March 19, 2020

Welcome to the March Art with Heart Stampin' Up! Team Creative Showcase. This month the Art With Heart Team are featuring Monochromatic cards, that is cards that only use different shades of the same colour. This is a great opportunity for us to demonstrate the wonderful range of Stampin’ Up! colours across our inks, papers and embellishments that can be combined to produce the amazing monochromatic samples we have to share with you. To be honest, I found this quite challenging as I am so used to creating with multiple colours.

Here's what I came up with using Rooted in Nature stamp set from the Annual Catalogue. I didn't realise my sentiment wasn't wonky until I edited the pictures, so another post photo correction (I'm on a roll the last week!).

This card is for a lovely man, who lost his wife of 50+ years last week. His wife was a lovely lady, with family values that I admired greatly, I can't imagine his feeling of loss, but I hope my words provide comfort in the months to come.

Here are the steps I took to make my card:

I started with a piece of Shimmery White cardstock 10cm x 14.3cm.
Using a Stampin' Sponge, I started lightly building up colour by spongeing in a circular motion. I started with Soft Sea Foam at the top, then Pear Pizazz and then Old Olive. I wanted the look of a hill which is why I sponged on an angle in a soft curve.
As I was spongeing and going over the edges, this also provided some ink definition on the edges which I liked.
Using an aquapainter, I squeezed a little water from the nib onto some scrap cloth, then flicked the excess off as I didn't want the drops too large. Then I flicked a couple of times onto the sponged piece to create the droplet effect.
I stamped the tree from Rooted in Nature once in Mossy Meadow, and then again without reinking.
My words are stamped in Old Olive onto some scrap Shimmery White which has been lightly sponged,
Finally I tied a little linen thread around the bottom of the card and secured with tape on the back.
I then adhered the whole cardfront onto a base Mossy Meadow card.

Before I made the card above, I came up with this one for my Monochromatic card. I wasn't 100% happy, so I made another card, but thought I would post this one too. I think I would use it as a retirement card for a male perhaps?

This card uses the Timeless Tropical bundle. I have used Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Early Espresso.

Now it's time to visit the rest of the Art with Heart team participants, and see what they have come up with for the monochromatic theme. The next person is the lovely and talented Michele Taylor.

If you have a broken link or have come to this blog hop midway, you can view all the participants below:

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a happy week,

Claire

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Posted at 08:00 PM in Art with Heart Team, Art with Heat Blog Hops, Masculine Cards and Projects, Monochromatic Cards, Sympathy Cards | Permalink | Comments (8)

Art With Heart Team May Blog Hop: New Catalogue Preview

May 23, 2019

Welcome to the May blog hop for the lovely Art With Heart team girls. Tonight the Art with Heart team are sharing creative products using supplies from the upcoming 2019 - 2020 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. If you would like a copy of the brand new annual catalogue, contact any of the girls on the blog hop and we will get in touch with you.

My projects feature a beautiful new Designer Paper called Mosaic Mood. This paper pack didn't immediately jump out at me in the catalogue, but then we received a pack as an all attendee give away on the last day of Onstage. Once opening the pack, the beautiful colours jumped right out at me, as did the clear embossed parts which add beautiful texture and interest. It's a really pretty 12 x 12 paper pack.

I have used the paper to make two cards for some friends that needed a virtual hug recently. There are lots of beautiful floral mosaic images to cut from the paper, and I used those as the feature of my cards.

For some added interest on this first card, I embossed one of the layers with the Subtle embossing folder, which gives a beautiful textured but subtle effect. I also did some very light stamping on the base card (the leaf image is from Healing Hugs stamp set). My greeting on this card is from a set carrying over into the new 2019 Annual Catalogue, called Flourishing Phrases. The inside sentiment says 'with warmth and caring from me'. The greeting on the front of the card fit's nicely in one of the stitched circles from the Stitched Shapes die set. This is one of my most used die sets because it has ovals, squares and circles in the one pack.

As you can see, there's a range of beautiful colours in this paper. The catalogue tells me that the coordinating colours are: Blushing Bride. Crushed Curry, Garden Green, Mint Macaron, Soft Suede, Terracotta Tile, Very Vanilla and Whisper White. I adapted that a little and used the following colours to give my cards a soft pastel look:

I haven't used So Saffron in what feels like forever, but I think it works really well with this new Mosaic Mood Designer Series Paper. The greeting I have used on this card is from Healing Hugs, another set carrying over to the 2019 Annual Catalogue.

I've used the Stitched Rectangle Dies, and the Stitched Labels dies for the layers of my greeting. I do like my stitched dies, and any interesting shapes I can use for stamping greetings or layering. This large stitched label is one of my favourite dies.

I hope you like my preview of this gorgeous new DSP, Mosaic Mood. If you don't have your own 2019 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue yet, click the contact me button, or catalogues button right at the top of the page to give me your details and I will get one out to you.

Now it's time to keep on hopping and see what my lovely team members have been creating to show you the new products. Next up is Catherine Proctor who always blows me away by her creativity!

If you get lost anywhere, here is a full list of team members who are participating in this months blog hop:

Thanks again for stopping by today. Have a fabulous day,

Claire

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Posted at 08:03 PM in 2019/20 Annual Catalogue, Art with Heart Team, Art with Heat Blog Hops, Designer Series Paper, Get Well Cards, Stitched Framelits, Sympathy Cards | Permalink | Comments (9)

Week 13 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop - Crumb Cake

August 28, 2018

Today's card is one of the hard cards we need to make, a sympathy card. Words really are never enough, but they are important to say to the people you care about. I don't think there is any better way to say those words from afar, than with a handmade card.

I have used the Rooted in Nature stamp set from the 2018 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. I created a water wash onto Shimmery White cardstock with a few drops of re-inker and my aquapainter. I used Crumb Cake for the ground, and Pool Party for the sky and Shaded Spruce for the tree. I added a few ink splatters and water splatters for added interest.

The sentiment is also from the Rooted in Nature stamp set, and is stamped in Soft Suede to stand out a little more against the Crumb Cake. Here is my colour combination.

I hope the recipient of this card can feel the love and caring thoughts for them that it hopefully conveys.

Now it's time to head back to Catherine Proctor's blog to see what the other Art With Heart team ladies have been creating with Crumb Cake this week.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Claire

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Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

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Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

Linen Thread

Share What You Love Artisan Pearls

Posted at 08:00 PM in 2018/19 Annual Catalogue, Colour Combinations, Colour Creations Blog Hop, Sympathy Cards, Watercolouring | Permalink | Comments (7)

Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree with Brusho Micropowders

March 28, 2018

Today I decided to show you another card with Brusho, this time a sympathy or get well card using Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree. I have used the Gamboge pot of Brusho for this card.

I really love the effect I got with the Brusho as a bright sky or sunset. I am not sure how that small circular gap happened but I quite like that it did, as it kind of looks like a sun or moon. I did the Brusho piece first (again just sprinkling Brusho onto the watercolor paper which I had sprayed a few times with a water mister). When that was dry, I over stamped the Brusho with the the image from Lovely as Tree stamp set using Early Espresso ink. My greeting is from Flourishing Phrases stamp set. I have used the 1 3/4" circle punch for the greeting and then cut a 2" circle from Copper Foil Cardstock to mat it (I used the Circle Layering Framelits for this step). I carried the Copper Foil Cardstock mat to the stamped image too, and the base card is just Early Espresso.