Saturday, 28 September 2024

Thoughtful Journey - Stampin'up

 Hello

I hope you a having a great day.

Thoughtful Journey collection from Stampin'up has been used for these cards.


A panel of Thoughtful Journey paper was cut, embossed with Brilliant Backgrounds die and matted on to Petunia paper. this was then layered on to a Boho Blue card base. Flower stems were die cut from both Petunia and white card and attached. The sentiment from Thoughtful Wishes was stamped in Petunia ink on to white card and cut with a Nested Essentials die. This was mounted to the card with a petunia ribbon bow, pearls, gems, and brass butterflies. Glitter glue and Wink of Stella pen were applied.


A panel of Thoughtful Designs paper and a slightly larger panel of Mossy Meadow card were cut, then placed together and the centre die cut with a Deckled Rectangles die. The sections were taped together to form a frame and a centre piece. The frame was mounted with dimensionals on to a Wild Wheat card base. The centre section was then taped flat inside the frame. The leafy stem and the sentiment from Thoughtful wishes were stamped on to white card, then die cut. The label was cut with a die from an older mini Treat bag set. The stems were coloured with ink and attached to the card with the sentiment tucked in. A wheat bow, some sparkle dots and some brass birds were added. Wink of Stella adds sparkle.


Thoughtful Journey paper was layered on to wheat card, with a strip layered over the top. The sentiment was stamped on to paper and attached with a paper slide added. The large die cut from the set was placed on the lower half of the card and a knotted piece of wheat ribbon added. In Colour dots and brass birds were added and Wink of Stella Pen applied.

More ideas to follow.

Till next time
be happy
BaRb



Sunday, 22 September 2024

Charming Duck Pond ideas - Stampin'up

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Items from Lily Pond Lane suite collection by Stampin'up have been used in the creation of these cards.


The Lily Pond Lane paper is cut into 3 panels. The side panels are fixed to a Pretty Peacock base card and the centre panel to Pretty in Pink and then Balmy Blue card and mounted centrally on top. The sentiment was stamped then die cut with the label from Heron Habitat set. The frog is stamped on white card and coloured with markers. The reeds are fussy cut from the papers. A die cut lily and lily pad have been added along with brass dragonflies and Ombre dots. Glitter glue and Wink of Stella pen add sparkle.


A panel of paper has been layered on to Balmy Blue card then mounted on to a Peacock base. A fussy cut small fish and some lilies and a bud were added. A stamped, coloured and die cut frog and a stamped and sectioned sentiment were added, along with some die cut reeds and brass dragonflies. Ombre dots and glitter glue and Wink of Stella were applied.


A Peacock card base was layered with paper then topped with a panel of paper matted with Balmy blue card. A stamped sentiment was added and some die cut reeds. Small fussy fish were added and a small die cut duck. Brass dragonflies, ombre dots, glitter glue and Wink of Stella were again used for highlights.


This card also has a peacock base. The background is an older paper from Lily Impressions pack. The fish were fussy cut from Lily Pond Lane papers and taped in place. A stamped, coloured and die cut frog was added, and some die cut reeds and lilies, and a couple of brass dragonflies. Glitter glue and Wink of Stella were applied.
A frame was cut from blue foil card using Stitched Rectangle dies. Window sheet was attached to the back, and foam strips added to the sides and edges. This was then mounted to the card front. Gems were added to the top corner.

This is just the first set of ideas from this great collection. I will share more later.

Have a great day.

Till next time
be happy
BaRb




Sunday, 15 September 2024

Golden Greenery - Stampin'up

 Hello

I hope you are having an enjoyable day.

Products from Golden Greenery OnLine collection by Stampin'up have been used in the creation of these cards


Mossy Meadow card is used for the base and is layered with Old Olive paper die cut with Deckled Rectangle dies. A die cut deckled rectangle of Season of Green and Gold paper is matted on top. Branches are die cut from Graceful Greenery Vellum and the bells fussy cut from the paper. The sentiment is stamped using Greetings of the Season set on to vanilla card, and die cut using Unbounded Love dies, with the outer frame in Pecan card. Pecan ribbon is used for the bow and Pecan ribboned dots added to finish.


This card has and Olive base then a layer of Mossy meadow card and a layer of paper. A side panel of the reversed paper has been added. The leaves and branches have been die cut using Gold Mercury vellum paper. The sentiment is from Mistletoe Magic stamp set and has been die cut with Unbounded Love die. These have been added to the card along with a pecan ribbon bow and pecan ribboned dots.

This is a larger 5 x 7 card base of Garden Green. Two layers of different Season of Green and Gold paper have been added. Branches have been die cut from Graceful Greenery and Gold Mercury Vellum and positioned under a stamped, white embossed sentiment from Merriest Moments stamp set. Small knotted pieces of ribbon have been fixed to the branches and some fussy cut bells and ribboned pecan dots added.  Glitter glue was applied to the bow on top of the bells.

Thanks for visiting

Till next time
be happy
BaRb




Wednesday, 4 September 2024

Stampin'up of course

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You will of course, have realised by now that I am a Stampin'up Demonstrater, (and have been for many years) though this is not a Stampin'up blog. I love Stampin'up products and am happy  to share my ideas and designs. Here is the link if you would like to access Stampin'up products to create your own designs.

You will sometimes see projects  here which have been created with other products I have and love to play with.

 Till next time

BaRb

Frosted Forest 02 - Stampin'up

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Frosted Forest stamps, dies and masks sets from Stampin'up, have been used for these cards.


Trees were stamped in grey ink, using first and second generation impressions, on to white card. This panel was then embossed in Snowflake Sky embossing folder. The base of the piece was then smeared with texture paste and allowed to dry. 
Solid trees were die cut in Mossy Meadow card, and the filigree trees in both white and garden green card. These were layered together with the white being the middle layer. Texture paste was swiped round the edges and over the branches.
The stamped, embossed panel was matted with green card and layered on to the white card base. The green die cut trees were added along with two stamped, die cut birds, and ribboned gems to the corners. Wink of Stella pen was brushed over the texture paste and the birds wings for sparkle.

A panel of Old Olive, and an oval die cut from white card were embossed using Evergreen Forest embossing folder. Trees were stamped on white card with grey ink and coloured using the masks. Texture paste was swiped through the top mask.
Cord was knotted across the green panel and it was then added to the Mossy Meadow base. The white oval was mounted on top with dimensionals, and the trees shaped and layered on the oval. Stamped and die cut birds were added along with brass bird trinkets and milky dots gems.
 Wink of Stella pen was applied to the trees and the birds wings, and Stardust pen to the card and oval edges.


Peach card was used for the base and panel, layered with Horizons paper.
The tree was stamped with grey in on to vanilla card and was coloured using the masks and peach, coral, and espresso inks.
Seasonal Branches stamp was used for the sentiment, which was die cut using Lilypad Lake die.
The die cut rabbits are from In the Grove set. A stamped and die cut bird was added along with resin dots. Stardust pen was applied to the paper edges.


Have a great day

Till next time
be happy
BaRb