Tea Together

On this gloomy, rainy day, why not grab a cup of tea and craft along with me?

I created this card for a shoe box swap, this past weekend. I love this idea because we actually get to MAKE the cards!!!

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Instructions:
Petal Pink Card Stock : 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ (card base) (1-1/2″ punch to mat greeting)
Very Vanilla Card Stock: 3-1/2″ x 5″ (adhere with glue dots behind laser-cut paper)
Scrap piece approx: 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ to stamp and cut out tea pot, flowers and greeting
Beautifully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper (cut one of the card front designs to 3-1/2″x 5″)
Very Vanilla Polka Dot Tulle -15″ ( tie around card, near fold & trim)

  1. Fold card base in a half, add ribbon close to the folded edge
  2. Adhere laser-cut paper to Very Vanilla, adhere to card front
  3. Stamp teapot image, with Memento Black and cut out using coordinating die from Tea Time Framelits dies
  4. Stamp flower buds with Crumb Cake and cut out using coordinating die.
  5. Ink up greeting with Memento Black and punch out using 1-3/8″ scallop punch, attach to Petal Pink mat, adhere to card base using dimensionals
  6. Colour flower buds with Petal Pink and Pear Pizzazz with a blender pen, tuck in-between greeting and mat.
  7. Beautiful and Elegant card!!

Supply List:
Tea Together Stamp Set (148779)
Tea Time Framelit Dies (149697)
Label Me Pretty Stamp Set (143861)
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad (147116)
Memento Black
Very Vanilla Cardstock (101650)
Petal Pink Cardstock (146985)
Very Vanilla Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon (147629)
1-3/8″ scallop circle punch (146139)
1-1/2″ circle punch (138299)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (143263)

Take time to create every day and feel free to share:)

Creatively Yours,

Roxane

Twelve Weeks of Christmas

This series will begin the week of October 1. It my hope to inspire you with great card and gift ideas for Christmas and tempt you with some yummy Stampin’ Up! stamps, dies and delicious bling!

To kick start the series, watch this short video featuring some of this year’s fixings from the Holiday Catalog:

Be sure to leave a comment and let me know a few of your favourite things!

Stay tuned for upcoming project ideas.

Creatively Yours,

Roxane

Day 2- Stampin’ Up! Brusho Crystal Colours and Salt Technique

Well here we are watching paint dry…lol
Day 2 of the salt technique, now that the paint and salt are dry, we are ready to remove the salt and create some amazing cards.
I feel that the background technique that I am sharing, speaks volumes in terms of your card, so I kept the inking simple. One image, a greeting and a bit of bling! Enjoy the video and be sure to comment below about what colour combination you have used or are thinking of trying for your salty background.

 

To create this stunning card, you will need the following supplies:

Your amazing salted Brusho Background, trimmed to  3/3-4″ x 5″

Basic Black cardstock #121045, cut at 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″

Whisper white cardstock #100730 cut at 4-1/4″ x 11″, scrap 1/2″ x 3″

Metallic Enamel Shapes #141678 

1/2″ Finely Woven Ribbon- Tranquil Tide #144136, approx 6″

Sheltering Tree Stamp set:#137163

In case you missed part 1 of the video, hop on over to this blog post:

Stampin’ Up! Brusho Salt Technique

 

Stampin’Up! Brusho Salt Technique

Check out this video,to see how to create a new and fun background using Brusho Crystal Colours and salt!

Yep, regular, ol’ table salt!

 

Interested in trying out this technique? Here is the product list:

Brusho Crystal Colours #144101

Watercolor paper #122959

Stampin’ Spritzers #126185

Aquapainters #103954

Cut your paper 1″ larger, both sides, than you would like the finished size to be, this way, there is room for trimming.

Mister

masking tape,  plastic board

Mount the watercolor paper to your board. Watch the video and follow along:)

In part 2 of the technique, I will show you how to  take the salt off, and create a beautiful card!

Stampin’ Up! Brusho Blunders

Well here I am on Monday, attemping to record a video for my weekly post and what happens? It takes me the entire day to get it all together. Wow! I think to myself, do I really want to post this? Then I realize, that I am not the only one who is playing with this new product and not yielding the “As Seen On TV” results I was hoping for.

So here is a short video on my crafty adventure with brusho and  the cards that made the directors cut! Enjoy!

To order the products in this video, go to my ONLINE SHOP.