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Pink Cat Card – Nine Lives – Stampin’ Up!

I am calling this my Pink Cat Card. The pink is Melon Mambo which is one of my favourite pink colour. In this card, it is combined with cats which I adore.

I love cats and dogs but mostly cats. I have been through several periods of poor mental health and still suffer from anxiety. Cats are a great source of comfort for me. I feel safe and accepted by them. When I saw this set, therefore, I knew it was one for me.

Nine Lives is a two-step stamp set. You can stamp the cat as an outline, with patches or with stripes. The Stampartus comes into its own for stamps like these. The cat does have a matching punch but I’ve used it here.

measurements

Thick Whisper White A6 Cardbase – This is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half
Melon Mambo Designer Series Paper (DSP) – 14.35cm x 10cm
Melon Mambo DSP – 14.35cm x 5cm

other similar projects

The video tutorial and supply are below as usual. Thank you for coming and until next time Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock	Brights 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper	Cat Punch	Nine Lives Photopolymer Stamp Set
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Glitter Enamel Dots	Whisper White 5/8″ (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon	Neutrals Stampin’ Write Markers
Stamparatus	Snail Adhesive	Stampin’ Dimensionals	Take Your Pick

Maltesers Box – From My Heart – Stampin’ Up!

This box turns a simple box of Maltesers into something special. It is very easy to make and the paper does all the talking.

Malteser Box - From My Heart - Stampin' Up! — Maltesers Box – From My Heart – Stampin’ Up!

As I said this is a great way to jazz up a box of Maltesers. I’ve used the From My Heart Designer Series Paper (DSP). It is a great paper for Valentines’Day but also for any occasion when you want to celebrate someone. I love the foiling on each sheet which adds a touch of luxury.

The box is made in the style of a pizza box from one sheet of 12″ x 12″ paper. This includes the belly band. I would love to send this to an old school friend of mine in Sydney but I don’t think it would hold up in the post so I will have to send it via this blog.

measurements

From My Heart DSP – 11 1/2″ x 8 3/4″ Scored at:
- 1 1/2″, 5″, 61/2, 10″ on the 11 1/2 side
- 1 1/2″ and 7 1/4″ on 8 3/4″ side.
From My Heart DSP – 11 1/2 x 3 1/4″ – This is the leftover from cutting the above piece.

other projects

The supply list and video tutorial are below as usual. Thank you for coming by and until next time Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper	Heartfelt Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)	Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock	Heart Punch Pack	Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Snail Adhesive	Bone Folder	Simply Scored	Paper Trimmer	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Take Your Pick

I Love Paris Card Share Tutorial – Stampin’ Up!

I have this French-inspired “I love Paris” card using the Parisian Blooms Suite of products. This card is ideal if you like soft, muted colours.

The Eiffel Tower is one of those icon structures that is recognised the world over. To me, it is the symbol of Paris and of love. I’ve used the shimmery laser-cut speciality designer series paper as a layer over the Parisian Blooms paper.

measurements

Parisian Blooms Designer Series Paper (DSP) 14.35cm x 10cm
Thick Very Vanilla A6 Cardbase – This is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half)

So have you been to France? We started to learn French very early in school. I think I was about 7 years old or even younger. The junior school I went to had a sister school in France, about two hours inland from Bordeau. From the age of 9, we visited as a class for 10 days each year for the last 3 years of school. Living in London I loved the freedom, beauty and silence of the French countryside. I would love to live in France or an extended period of time so that I was totally fluent in French.

other projects

There is the normal video tutorial and supply list below. Thank you for visiting and until next time Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Very Vanilla A4 Thick Cardstock	Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock	Parisian Beauty Cling Stamp Set (English)	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels	Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Snail Adhesive	Parisian Beauty Bundle (English)	Stampin’ Dimensionals
Parisian Dies	Shimmer Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper	Timeless Label Punch

It Starts with Art – Friendship Card

It Starts with Art is one of my favourite stamp sets. The sentiments are super cute and the whole suite is superb for crafters everywhere.

I think this stamp set is also great for scrapbooking. You can make your own embellishments with the stamped images and matching dies. The dies also have extra pieces to make buttons, paper clips and such like.

Normally, I wouldn’t put Calypso Coral and Coastal Cabana together but they actually work quite well. The images are all coloured in using the Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers. There is no Coastal Cabana in the Stampin’ Blends so I used Pool Party and Bermuda Bay instead. They work well together.

measurements

Coastal Cabana A6 Cardbase – This is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half
Follow Your Art – 14.35cm x 10cm

other projects using this Suite

I love the Follow Your Art Designer Series Paper (DSP). I have quite a bit of this paper still and I want to use it up. What do you suggest I make with it? I was thinking of another mini album to hold tags?#

As always there is a video tutorial and supply list below. Thank you for visiting and until next time Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	It Starts With Art Cling Stamp Set	Follow Your Art Designer Series Paper	It Starts With Art Bundle	Arts & Crafts Dies	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad
Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack	Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack	Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack	Gray Granite Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack	Glitter Enamel Dots	Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Stampin’ Dimensionals
Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals	Bone Folder	Snail Adhesive	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Stamparatus	Simply Shammy

Under my Umbrella – Stampin’ Blends Markers

I have this cute, bright and sunny card to share with you today. I knew I wanted to get “Under My Umbrella” the minute I saw it in the catalogue. The flowers growing in the wellies are just so dinky.

Under my Umbrella - Stampin' Up! — Under my Umbrella – Stampin’ Up!

I debated what colours to use in this card and eventually went for so saffron, balmy blue, highland heather and old olive. I think they make the card look like a summer’s day.

Everything is coloured in using the Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers. I love the seamless colouring and easy shading of the Stampin’ Blends. What is your favourite colouring medium? I do love watercolouring but the Blends are great for quick and easy colouring too.

measurements

So Saffron A6 Cardbase – This is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half.
So Saffron Subtles Designer Series Paper – 14.35cm x 10cm

I can’t wait for spring and all the flowers to start coming out. The trees always look so bare without their leaves. I wanted to make a card to remind me of the sunny days that will hopefully come soon.

Other projects using Stampin’ Blends

The video tutorial and supply list are below. Thank you for visiting and until next time, Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

So Saffron A4 Card Stock	Subtles 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper	Under My Umbrella Bundle (English)	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Timeless Label Punch	Umbrella Builder Punch
Under My Umbrella Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)	Stampin’ Dimensionals	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals	Paper Snips	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack
Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack	Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack	Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets	Snail Adhesive	Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Paper Trimmer

See a Silhouette – Happy Birthday – Stampin’ Up!

I haven’t used the See a Silhouette Designer Series Paper (DSP) as yet and thought I would change that with this card. This card is bright and bold but very simple and easy to make.

The See a Silhouette DSP has a sheet with all these flowers on it. I’ve fussy cut these out to use on this card. It was super easy to do while I was watching TV. I’ve used the DSP for the background as well. The sentiment is from one of my favourite sets Perennial Birthday. I love big and bold sentiments as they make for easy and simple cards.

measurements

Thick Whisper White A6 Cardbase – (This is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half)
See a Silhouette DSP – 14.35cm x 10cm

I am pleased that I’ve used this DSP and I think I rather like it. I want to try and use up as much of my paper before it retires at the end of May. Do you have any crafting goals for this year?

other simple projects

There is the normal video tutorial and supply list below. Thank you for dropping by and until next time Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock	See A Silhouette Designer Series Paper	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock	Perennial Birthday Cling-Mount Stamp Set	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin’ Pad
Gold Faceted Gems	Snail Adhesive	Stampin’ Dimensionals	Paper Trimmer	Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Paper Snips

How to Make a Travellers Notebook – Junk Journal

This is my first attempt at a junk journal. I decided to make in the style of a traveller’s notebook. It turned out great, I think. I used the Pressed Petals Designer Series Paper (DSP) to decorate it.

Making mini albums is one of my favourite things to do. I love how out of a few pieces of chipboard you can create something unique and beautiful to hold all your precious memories and mementoes.

This travellers notebook (TN) is made from chipboard. It measures 7 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ with a 1 1/2″ spine. You can make them whatever size you want though. If you wanted to you can make the basic album and instead of making a TN you could widen the spine and use a hinge binding system instead.

measurements

Chipboard 7 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ X 2, spine – 7 1/2″ x 1 1/2″
Early Espresso cardstock – 9 1/2″ x 7 1/2″ X 2, A4 sheet cut to 7 1/4″ on the short side

other albums

Thank you for visiting. There are a supply list and video tutorial below. Until next time, Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock	Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper	Blueberry Bushel 1/8″ (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon	Rococo Rose 1/2″ (1.3 Cm) Scalloped Linen Ribbon	Night Of Navy/Sahara Sand Baker’s Twine	Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots
Tear & Tape Adhesive	Snail Adhesive	Bone Folder	Simply Scored	Mini Glue Dots	Paper Trimmer

Detailed Hearts Die – Valentine’s Day Card

I have this beautiful Valentine’s Day Card to share with you today. This uses the delicate Detailed Hearts Die. Oh my but’s so lovely and dainty. I love it!!

This die is part of the Valentine’s Day suite in the new catalogue. The colours in the paper are Flirty Flamingo and Real Red so I decided to design this card with the same colours.

The Detailed Hearts Die is all one die. Most of the little hearts pop out and I am saving these to use on a shaker card. You can hide the adhesive behind the few hearts that don’t pop out or use an adhesive sheet as I have done here.

I used the Scripty embossing folder on the real red piece to give it some added interest behind the die-cut. All in all, this is a very simple and easy card to make but really has that wow factor.

measurements

Thick Whisper White A6 Cardbase – (This is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half)
Real Red – 14.35cm X 10cm
Flirty Flamingo – 14.35cm x 10cm

Other projects

Thank you for visiting. There is a video tutorial and supply list below. Until next time Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock	Real Red A4 Card Stock	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Heartfelt Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
Silver Foil Sheets	Detailed Hearts Die	Heartfelt Bundle (English)	Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad	Scripty 3D Embossing Folder
Snail Adhesive	Heart Punch Pack	Stampin’ Dimensionals	Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Bone Folder

The Gang’s All Meer Card – Stampin’ Up!

I have a card to share with you today using the sale-a-bration offering stamp set “The Gang’s All Meer”. These adorable little meerkats are coloured in using the Stampin’ Blend alcohol markers.

Aren’t these little guys so cute? I’m surprised to see how obsessed people are with meerkats as they are not animals we find in the UK. As some of you may know my mother was born in South Africa. My grandparents were farmers in the Orange Free State and we had meerkats on the farm. You may not know but meerkats are insectivores which is great. They hoover up all these nasty creepy crawlies but also do like eggs. My Granny kept hens for personal use and to sell the eggs. You had to be wary of the meerkats as they loved to get into the hen house and steal the eggs. The naughty little rascals!!

In this card, I’ve used the main stamp and just repeat stamped it across the card to get a whole gang of meerkats. I love colouring in and found it so therapeutic colouring in all these little guys.

measurements

Early Espresso A6 Cardbase – (This is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half)
Subtles Designers Series Paper – Early Espresso – 14.35cm x 10cm
Whisper White 14.35cm x 10cm

other projects using Stampin’ Blends

Thank you for dropping by. Do you like Meerkats, let me know in the comments. As always there is a video tutorial and supply list below. Until next time, Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock	Subtles 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper	Classic Label Punch	The Gang’s All Meer Cling Stamp Set (English)
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad	Rococo Rose 1/2″ (1.3 Cm) Scalloped Linen Ribbon	Noble Peacock Rhinestones	Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack	Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack
Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack	Paper Trimmer	Snail Adhesive	Stampin’ Dimensionals

Rainbow Card – Use up your Scraps – Stampin’ Up!

I love this rainbow card. I’ve used up strips of cardstock that I had in my scrap pile and just added a sentiment and some rhinestones. I love how it came out, so bright and bold. A ray of sunshine to make me smile on this gloomy cloudy days.

The colours I’ve used here are:

Real Red
Pumpkin Pie
Daffodil Delight
Granny Apple Green
Pacific Point
Highland Heather
Gorgeous Grape

The sentiment is from the set So Sentimental. I love these big and eye-catching sentiments. It pairs beautifully with the matching Stitched so Sweetly Dies.

Measurements

Thick Whisper White A6 Cardbase – This is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half
Whisper White – 14.35cm x 10cm

other cards using scraps

Thank you for joining me today. I hope you enjoyed the post. There is a supply list and a video tutorial below. Until next time, Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock	Real Red A4 Card Stock	Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock	Pacific Point A4 Card Stock	Highland Heather A4 Cardstock
Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Silver Foil Sheets	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	So Sentimental Cling Stamp Set (English)	Stitched So Sweetly Dies	So Sentimental Bundle (English)
Rhinestone Basic Jewels	Noble Peacock Rhinestones	Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels	Take Your Pick	Paper Trimmer	Snail Adhesive	Stampin’ Dimensionals

Maltesers Box – From My Heart – Stampin’ Up!

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How to Make a Travellers Notebook – Junk Journal

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