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Maintaining special friendships with Friends For Life stamps & dies
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.
Stampin' Up® launched their new Annual Catalogue in May & it's a beauty! It's set out quite differently to previous catalogues but there are benefits to that. They now have sectioned it to have beginners, which is a step by step collection of materials in kits, then there is quick & easy where you select base materials & packs of pre-printed or diecut materials plus some stamp sets then there is create your way where you choose all the materials, stamps etc yourself & create your way! In the quick & easy section Stampin' Up® have also provided some inspiration with a colour wheel & information of various ways to use colour combinations. There is a section explaining 4 different ways to vary your colours - Monochromatic, Complementary, Analogous & Triadic. It's a wonderful tool to help with creativity & I shared my first post using it in my midweek blog of 29/5/24 & also in my midweek blog of 24/7/24 but it's not what this week's post is about, that is something I will explore more in future blogs.
This week's post is about keeping in touch with friends. Friendships are very important & everyone loves to receive something nice in the mail, especially if all you usually get is junk mail or bills. With that in mind I have created a little set of notecards inspired by a creation from the Annual Catalogue. I'll be gifting the set to my daughter who asked for some smaller cards to have on hand for birthdays or notes. I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed creating them.
I used the Friends For Life stamps & dies which are part of the Full Of Life suite. There is also some stunning, bright 6"x6" DSP plus iridescent gems & ribbon.
Above are the 12 note cards I created with colours chosen from the DSP - Melon Mambo, Blueberry Bushel, Pumpkin Pie, Lemon Lime Twist, Daffodil Delight & Shy Shamrock.
The notecards measure 5" x 3 1/2". Normally I use metric measurements but for this project it was easier to use inches to suit the envelope measurements. Half of them open in the landscape view & the other half is portrait.
There are two Basic White mattes for each card measuring 4 1/4" x 2 3/4", one for the front & one for the inside. For the front of each card I used the same stamped image, stamped 3 times in decreasing strength, as a background but changed the colours to suit the cards. Some were 2nd & 3rd generation stamped, some had complementary colours used to lighten the colour. I also stamped & diecut hearts & leaves in each colour.
I then stamped a variety of different sentiments over the background images. There are also a couple that have part of the sentiment diecut, raised on dimensionals or glue dots & one of the Shy Shamrock sentiments also has a layer of clear embossing over it. The hearts & leaves were added next, some raised on dimensionals or glue dots. For ease of adhering I used some Adhesive sheets behind the cardstock when diecutting the Friend sentiment.
For the inside of the card I stamped a matching image before adhering it.
Here are the finished notecards with co-ordinating embellishments added.
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| Blueberry Bushel |
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| Daffodil Delight |
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| Lemon Lime Twist |
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| Melon Mambo |
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| Pumpkin Pie |
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| Shy Shamrock |
NEWS & REMINDERS:
- Stampin' Up®'s newAnnual Catalogue is a beautiful piece of artwork as well as an amazing resource for crafting. As mentioned before, it's very different to any other catalogue that I've seen from Stampin' Up®. They have changed the front cover from featuring cards or supplies to a casual stamping picture as well as a radical change to the layout of the contents. There are still lots of beautiful pics of the products & ideas aplenty, it's just set out differently. I think you'll love it. If you would like a copy of the new catalogue then send me a message at craftedbyalison on Facebook or email me at craftedbyalison@gmail.com & I'll send you one.
- The brand new Mini catalogue will launch on 4th September! There are lots of gorgeous items ready to inspire your creativity. If you would like me to send you a copy when it goes live, send me a message on my facebook page or email me.
- Don't forget the Online Exclusive products with new products added and available now Check out my online shop here. Stampin' Up® have also released a whole lot of new items at the beginning of July. As a demonstrator I was able to order in a pre-release which is a great perk of being a demonstrator.
- 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. 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.
- Exciting news! For the month of July, Stampin' Up® had a rewards promotion that gave you credit vouchers to use in August! For every $90 you spent during July, Stampin' Up® sent you a voucher for $9 that can be redeemed in August. This means that if you shopped in July & earnt some of this free money you can now redeem them!
But... before you race off to redeem them, Stampin' Up® also have a promotion starting on the 6th August with 15% off of selected DSP.
Sit back, relax, and take family and friends to the beach from the comfort of your home with our latest kit: the Boho Beach Kit! It comes with everything you need to make eight beach-inspired cards, evoking peace and relaxation in mere minutes! The acrylic-poured-paint art style used in this kit creates a dazzling marbled colour effect. Create your own cards with boho beach style and send a friendly note to the people you love today!
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.
- Basic White Thick cardstock
- Basic White cardstock
- Blueberry Bushel cardstock
- Daffodil Delight cardstock
- Melon Mambo cardstock
- Lemon Lime Twist cardstock
- Pumpkin Pie cardstock
- Shy Shamrock cardstock
- Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' pad
- Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' pad
- Lemon Lolly Classic Stampin' pad
- Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' pad
- Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' pad
- Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' pad
- Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' pad
- Peach Pie Classic Stampin' pad
- Shy Shamrock Classic Stampin' pad
- Summer Splash Classic Stampin' pad
- Clear embossing powder
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