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Something Fancy but a little more masculine
Hello & welcome to my blog,
My name is Alison & I am an independent Stampin' Up® demonstrator in Melbourne, Australia. I love creating cards & gifts for my loved ones & this blog will show you how to create something special for those you love. I blog twice a week, once on a Sunday where I mainly showcase a stamp set or dies, embossing folders, projects & sometimes special DSP.
This week I am featuring a stamp set that has been featured here before but now I've teamed it up with some new masculine Designer Series Paper to create some quick & easy cards, mostly for the boys. I hope you like them.
I used a few basic cardstock colours that complimented the new Gone Fishing DSP along with some new & old embellishments. I'll take you through them one by one as they start out super easy & have little additions to make them a little more interesting.
The first card is simply DSP matted onto Early Espresso. I stamped Happy Birthday directly onto the DSP with Early Espresso & Soft Suede, first & second generation to allow for more variety in the ink colours. I used a Stamparatus to make it a little easier to have the sentiment lined up corretly. I added some 2023-25 In Colour dots to the corner & the card was finished. Clean & simple & very quick.
For the second card I started with a Very Vanilla base, added an Early Espresso matte then a matte of DSP. I then diecut some hexagonal shapes in Early Espresso & Very Vanilla, stamping the sentiment of the Very Vanilla then adhered the Early Espresso directly to the card & raised the Very Vanilla on some dimensionals. Again, a very clean & simple, quick card.
Next I stepped it up a little. On a Starry Sky base I added a Pebbled Path matte then a slightly smaller DSP matte which has a diecut removed. This has some Braided Linen trim wrapped around was adhered to the card base. I stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso before diecutting it slightly smaller than the one in the DSP. This was then raised on dimensionals & placed in the aperture of the DSP. At first glance it looks like the sentiment has a matte behind but looking again you see that it is raised. I now have a diecut piece of DSP ready for another card! As the DSP is rather busy I decided not to add any other embellishments leaving it clean & simple but with a braid feature.
The final card probably has the most detail. The base is Basic White & the DSP is the reverse of the first card. As it is a lovely neutral blue pattern I decided to make it a card that could be used for a wedding, engagement or new baby. On a Night of Navy Stitched Rectangles diecut I added the sentiment, stamped in Night of Navy & diecut with the Something Fancy dies. The little flower to the left is one of the dies also. Super cute addition. I then wrapped a piece of Glittered Organdy ribbon around the left edge before raising it on dimensionals. The final touch was to add a few of the last of my 2012-23 In Colour jewels. Still quite simple to create but with more WOW this time.
All in all it took a little over an hour to throw together these creations from deciding which DSP, co-ordinating the cardstock to adding the final embellishements.
I loved creating something a little different with this stamp set & was very happy with how quickly I could create them.
I hope you've enjoyed this post & it inspires you to create some clean & simple creations using what you have. If you do I would love to see what you create so please feel free to post a pic on my facebook page at craftedbyalison.
Stampin' Up® has a number of ways to purchase their lovely products. You can look through their physical catalogue or browse through the Annual catalogue online using this link but there are also some products that are only available exclusively online that don't appear in any catalogues. These products are called the Online Exclusives & will not appear in any catalogues. Click here for the online exclusives. Stampin' Up® have added more product items to the online shop. There are some lovely Christmas themed items available for those who like to start creating their Christmas stash early plus there are kits, embellishments, stamps, dies & embossing folders. Something for everyone! If you would like a copy of the catalogue please send me a message at craftedbyalison@gmail.com or on my Facebook page, craftedbyalison.
NEWS & REMINDERS:
- Stampin' Up® will launch their new Mini Catalogue on 6th September & there are lots of lovely things to get your creative juices flowing. If you would like one when they are available then send me a message at craftedbyalison on Facebook or email me at craftedbyalison@gmail.com & I'll send you one as soon as they are available.
- If you ordered any products during July & received Bonus Days vouchers then now is the perfect time to use them as Stampin' Up have announced they are having a 30% off sale on all Kits!! WOW!! Free cash to spend & a sale of all kits, that's a great offer. Click here to check them all out in my online shop.
- Don't forget the Online Exclusive products with new products added and available now! Check out my online shop here.
- As Stampin' Up® have so many beautiful kits available I will be featuring a different kit in each blog so that you can see the range. This week's feature kit is a little different. It's a memories notebook kit!
It's a journal/notebook/memory keeper all rolled into one. Great idea as a gift in kit form or personalise the notebook specifically for a special gift.
Lastly, there have been lots of new items added to the clearance rack. Check them out HERE!
If you would like to purchase any of my creations that I feature in my blogs they can be found in my FaceBook shop at craftedbyalison or you can order something unique.
If you would like me to send you a copy of the new Annual catalogue then please message me via my FaceBook page, Crafted by Alison or send me an email at craftedbyalison@gmail.com.
My next blog is on Wednesday where I will share some small gifts I created for the wonderful staff at Mum's nursing home for Aged Care Appreciation day.
In next week's Sunday blog I will feature a brand new stamp set perfect for those you know who are crafty. It's called Crafting With You & it's just gorgeous. I can't wait to start creating with it! I hope you can join me for both of those.
Well, that's it for another week. I hope you enjoyed this post & come back for more next week. Til next time, take care & keep creating! XX Alison.
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