Earthen Textures creations
Hello & welcome to my blog,
My name is Alison & I live in beautiful Melbourne, Australia. For those of you who have previously visited my blog & are now returning, thank you. For those of you who are here for the first time, welcome!
Here's a little bit about me. 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 and Wednesday evenings when I highlight a technique, fun folds or tools & tips. I would love to hear from you if you have any questions or suggestions & my email address for that is craftedbyalison@gmail.com.
This week's blog uses a beautiful collection of products from the annual catalogue. The focus suite is Earthen Elegance & I use most of the suite, namely the Earthen Textures stamps & dies as well as the DSP & co-ordinating ribbon in one of the featured colours, Pecan Pie. I loved creating with this set & hope you love them too.
I created them at my monthly card group get together as we chatted & shared ideas & stories. I think they're great for males but also for the ladies who aren't into lots of flowers or girly colours. Here's what I came up with...
I used mostly current products but added in some retired bling that is the same colour.
For my first card I started with a Pecan Pie card base, added a DSP matte the stamped Pecan Pie branches in a circular pattern on a Pecan Pie matte & adhered the 2 mattes to the card base.
For the vases & urns I diecut a small & large urn from DSP & stamped in Pebbled Path on Very Vanilla to create the smaller jug. I topped that with a Pretty Peacock diecut.
Next I diecut the patterned detail from DSP & placed it behind the vases, layering them by raising one on some glue dots & the front one on dimensionals. The sentiment is stamped in Cajun Craze directly onto the card base. The finishing touches were a Pecan Pie Bordered Ribbon bow & some Brushed Metallic dots.
The second card was easy with just some DSP, stamping & diecutting plus one little bit of fussy cutting for the sentiment.
The base is Copper Clay with a matte of the stunning Earthen Textures DSP. It's such a beautiful design that you don't need to add much to it. I simply stamped 2 vases in Saddle Brown Stazon & Pretty Peacock & diecut them plus one set of Very Vanilla handles. The ferns & leaves are in Very Vanilla, Pecan Pie & Pretty Peacock. The die for the large fan leaf also scores the centre of each leaf so all you need to do to achieve the same 3D effect as in the pic is to use a bone folder to gently curl each side.
The final card required no stamping at all except the sentiment. Pretty Peacock base, crosshatch patterned DSP & vases diecut from more DSP are the main features of the card. Fronds are in Gray Granite & the cross/lattice detailing was diecut in Pecan Pie. Now I have to own up to using some leftovers for this card as the sentiment, which is stamped in Saddle Brown Stazon is actually a piece left over from a fishing themed card I made last year. The Gone Fishing dies have a die that makes the tray shape of a fishing tackle box & of course you end up with all of these little shapes where the windows are. So, I upcycled one of them for the sentiment! All that was needed then were a few Cork Rounds & the card was complete.
These cards were so easy to make while chatting with other crafters & I love how they've turned out. If you have the set & make any then I would love it if you posted a pic on my Facebook page at craftedbyalison. If you don't have any of these products but would like to purchase them then you can follow the links at the end of my blog.
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 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 & are only online. Check out the online exclusives in my online store. Stampin' Up® adds more product items to the online shop so don't forget to keep checking the store to see what's new. There are some lovely new products now available including 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® launched their new Mini Catalogue on 4th January & there are lots of lovely things to get your creative juices flowing. If you would like one then send me a message at craftedbyalison on Facebook or email me at craftedbyalison@gmail.com & I'll send you one. In conjunction with the new catalogue, Stampin' Up® is also running their bi-annual Sale-A-Bration where you earn FREE products when you spend at least $90. Here's a link with more information.
- Stampin' Up® have a great range of Kits including crafting, card making & gift giving. 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 the gorgeous Painted Wishes kit
This one is so pretty & comes with everything you need to make 9 beautiful cards with NO stamping!
It's also a great gift for anyone who likes to create but isn't confident or doesn't have a lot of supplies. In fact, it would be a perfect kit to create with the kids over the school holidays! These are available in my online store or there's a link below if you feel you 'need' this one. 😁
A lot of demonstrators use the special Host Code for their customers but I'm trying it this year as a new idea to see if this is what you, my customers would like to use. If you shop with me then don't forget to use this month's host code B92V76BM. This will allow me to pass on any hostess benefits to customers when the sales reach the required qualifying amount.
Lastly, there have been lots of new items added to the clearance rack so make sure you check them out using the link in my store.
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 and I am creating a fun fold to share with you. I love fun folds. 😍💖
In next week's Sunday blog I will feature the Let's Go Fishing suite which has the Gone Fishing stamps & dies, DSP & a great embossing folder. It's a lovely suite that can be used for male or female creations & has beautiful earthy, natural colours as well as beautiful blues as part of the suite. I can't wait to show you what I've been 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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