Telescoping - Totally Techniques

It is time to hop again with the Totally Technique design team. 

This month we are doing Telescoping. As the name says, this is about creating the effect of a telescope on your card. This is done by cutting several of the same shape in various sizes and then stacking with dimensionals. This can either be down up or down. I choose to start low with the background and then build the shape up as it got smaller and smaller, so my middle circle has four layers of dimensionals.

I used the Mediterenian Bloom DSP and the Citrus Bloom stamp set. This is the first time I have used this suite, but definitely not the last. I cannot wait to actually stamp the citrus images and colour them. And the paper is really nice.

I layered the DSP on on a layer of Garden Green on a Basic White card base. I used the dimensional foam strips instead of regular dimensionals as my circles are quite narrow. The strip are a bit higher than the standard dimensionals, so the middle circle is quite high. Wouldn't put this card through the post.

I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set in Memento on Basic white and wrapped some linen thread underneath before adhering with dimensionals. I also fussy cut a little flower from the DSP and added to the sentiment. 

This is a really simple card that only took 30 mins from start to finish, but I really like it. Make sure to let me know in the comments what you think.

Don't forget to check the links below to see what the rest of the design team has created this month, there are some great cards.

On 4 September, the holiday mini catalogue goes live and there are some lovely new stamp sets and papers etc on offer. On the same day we also have the new Scrapbooking offering go live. There is a nice little brochure with some great scrapbooking kits for Halloween, autumn and Christmas. Check it out, these kits make it easy for everyone to scrapbook even people that have never tried. The kits come with full instructions and all you need is a trimmer, some adhesive and your photos, I am really excited. Let me know if you would like to know more or come to a class to learn more.

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Spotlighting - Totally Techniques

It is time to hop again with the Totally Technique design team. I missed the last hop, so it has been a while.

This month we are doing Spotlighting. As the name says, this is about spotlighting something on your card. Usually, the spotlight involves colouring part of an image, either stamp or Designer Series Paper, and spotlighting it with a type of frame. 

I choose to use the Lovely and Sweet stamp set. I really like the almond branch image in this set, the flowers are nice and small, and the leaves are big, with a few almonds in there as well. 

I stamped the almond branch image several times on a piece of Basic White cardstock in Pebbled Path ink. I then stamped the image again on a scrap piece of Basic White.

This image I coloured with Stampin' Blends - Berry Burst, Bubble Bath, Crumb Cake and Granny Apple Green. I coloured the white parts with a light Pool Party Stampin' Blend.

I then punched out part of the image with a circle punch. You can also use a circle die for this.

I mounted this circle of a circle of Pebbled Path cardstock which I cut out with one of the stitched circle dies from the Stylish Shapes dies. I then placed this on my stamped Basic White layer where it fit into the pattern.

I layered my white piece on top of a piece of Berry Burst and finished off with a Pebbled Path card base.

I felt it was a bit empty at the top so I cut a narrow strip of Berry Burst cardstock and layered across the top of my Basic White piece. I then stamped a greeting from the stamp set with Pebbled Path on Basic white, trimmed and mounted to a piece of Pebbled Path. I added some Linen Tread behind and mounted it to the strip of Berry Burst.

This was a super quick card to make and a technique I haven't used in years. Always nice to revisit techniques you may have forgotten about.

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Thank you for stopping by today, don't forget to hop around and check out the other cards. There are some great examples.

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Ink Smooshing - Totally Techniques

It is time for another blog hop with the Totally Technique design team.

This month we are doing Ink Smooshing. This can be done in a number of different ways, with a mix of ink and water.

I had some photos from a few very wet days last year where we had family visit. I also had an idea of what i wanted to do and it fit very well into this month's technique. However, it is all retired stamps and dies that I used - sometimes we need to use our stash 🙂

I added some Night of Navy ink to a plastic container and spritzed some water with a Stampin' Spritzer. I took an acetate sheet from a Photomolymer Stamp set and dipped it into the ink. I then smooshed the ink onto a piece of retired Shimmer White cardstock. If I was making a card i would have used a sheet of water colour paper, but I wanted a bigger piece, so had to dip into the retired stash for an A4 size Shimmer White.

I really liked this effect. You could also do this with alcohol in the spritzer instead of water and then add to Thick Basic White cardstock.

I added this piece to a piece of Basic Grey 12x12 cardstock and stamped some clouds and water puddles from the retired Playing in the Rain stamp set. I think stamped more clouds and umbrellas from the retired Under my Umbrella stamp set. I stamped these on Shimmer White and coloured with ink and a water painter.

I stamped a couple of characters and puddles on Basic White cardstock and coloured with Stampin' Blends. I cut all these out with the matching dies.

I then cut some leaves from the retired Tropical Thinlits dies in Granny Apple Green and some leaves from the retired Little Letters Thinlits dies.

I matted my photos on white and black and then added it all together.

This is not my usual scrapbooking style, but I really like how it turned out. Now i just need to make the second page to go with it 🙂

Hope you like it and don't forget to use your stash.

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Mirror stamping - Totally Techniques

It is time for another blog hop with the Totally Technique design team.

This month we are doing mirror stamping. This can be done in a number of different ways, and the easiest way is using a stamp positioning tool like the Stamparatus if you are lucky enough to have one of those.

But as the Stamparatus is no longer available for purchase, I will show you another way to do mirror stamping.

All you need is a silicone mat.

Stamp your image on the silicone mat.

Place your cardstock on top - face down the side you want to stamp on. and rub it with a clear block to ensure full transfer.

And voila, you have stamped a mirror image.

This turtle from the Zany Zoo is super cute.

and it was perfect to be able to mirror stamp it to ensure not all turtles were facing the same way

If you want the Zany Zoo stamp set, you better get in quick, it retires at the end of the month along with the matching dies and the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper. And don't forget to add a silicone mat to your order.

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Embossing Folders and Ink - Totally Techniques

It is Easter and time for another technique blog hop. This time it is Embossing folders and ink.

For my card i used the new Hybrid Embossing Folder 'Thoughtful Moments' from Stampin' Up!

This folder comes with dies, where the main die fits inside the embossing folder and you can emboss and cut your words at the same time.

I inked up the folder (the side with the Stampin' Up! logo) with a brayer and Pebbled Path ink. I then added in the die then Basic White card stock, close the folder and run it through the Stampin' Cut and Emboss machine.

I used a thick Basic White card base and added a mat of Pebbled Path.

I then cut another Basic White mat and ran it through a retired script embossing folder. I used my brayer and Pebbled Path ink again and ran the brayer across the embossed card stock to add a bit of colour. When you do this, some of the ink will get in between the raised script/image, but that is ok, it just give a more distressed look. Only ink the brayer lightly, and run some of the ink off on scrap paper, if there is too much, otherwise it will look pretty messy.

I added some ribbon, a Pebbled Path punched circle and the Hello from the Thoughtful Moments and that is it. A super simple card today.

Don't forget that the Annual Catalogue will retire in about a month, so if there is anything you want make sure to get it now. A lot of things will be discounted in a few days and they will sell out quickly. 

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Don't forget to hop around and check out the other cards. There are some great examples.

Happy Easter

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Baby Wipe Technique - Totally Techniques

 

It is time for another bloghop with the Totally Techniques design team. This month we are doing the Baby Wipe Technique.

This is not just one technique, there are quite a few different ways to use baby wipes in your card making.

I decided to use the Jungle Pals stamp set and dies, which you can earn with Sale-a-Bration. But you have to be quick, Sale-a-Bration ends at the end of the month.

Today I did the literal wipe 😊 I added some water and a drop of ink to a clear block. Used a folded up baby wipe to pick up the ink and wipe it across the card stock. First i did the top half with Balmy Blue. Then I did the bottom half with Old Olive.

I also used Sweet Sorbet and Pumpkin Pie for the flowers. I added an extra drop to the wipe and wiped it around the middle for a darker colour in the middle of the flower.

With the baby wipe technique the most common is probably to add drops of ink to a baby wipe and use that as your ink pad. However the stamps in the Jungle Pals stamp set are all line art stamps for the different animals, so they don't really work with this technique, but I am sure you will se an example if you hop along with my fellow design team members.

I cut the tree from Pecan Pie card stock, the greenery from Parakeet Party and Shaded Spruce. I stamped 3 animals and coloured them with my Stampin' Blends. I adhered the tiger, tree and greenery flat and added the last animals and flowers with dimensionals. I curled some of the greenery to add a bit of extra dimension.

Hope you like the card and my take on the baby wipe technique, have a go, it is fun and you can get some great results.

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Block Building Cards - Totally Techniques

 

Last blog hop of the year for the Totally Techniques' Design Team, and it is a great one to end the year with - Block Building Cards.

My card is a New Year's card featuring the Light the Sky stamp set and the new Sale-a-Bration DSP - Flight and Airy, which will be available for free with a $90 order from 4 January.

My base card, following this tutorial, is Night of Navy card stock. The next layer is the Boho Blue sheet of the Flight and Airy DSP.

The top layer is a piece of Basic White card stock which has been ink blended to create a night sky. The colour in the photo is not really showing, but it is Boho Blue, Night of Navy, Starry Sky, and Gorgeous Grape,

On top of this I have stamped some of the fireworks images from the stamp set with Versamark ink and added silver and gold embossing powder before heat setting.  

For the Building Blocks I cut out the number 2024 from Silver Foil cardstock. The letters are the retired alphabet set, Alphabet a la Mode. There is a new set of alphabet dies coming in the new mini catalogue starting 4 January 2024, but I haven't got them yet. 

I finished off by stamping the sentiment on the front and heat embossing with Silver embossing powder. I really liked how this card turned out, how about you?

The last chance list is out, and the current mini catalogue ends on 3 January 2024, so make sure to place your order now, if there is anything you would like. Some of it is 60% off!!!

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Hope you hop along and check out the rest of the creations 😄

Wishing you a Happy New Year

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Pinwheel Card - Fancy Fold

 

It's already November and time for another hop with the Fancy Folds Design Team. This time we are doing a Pinwheel card. There are a few versions of pinwheel cards around, and some are bigger box cards. This fold is not so much a card fold as a design element fold as in the pinwheel is attached to the front of the card. This tutorial from Karen Titus is easy to follow.

We are halfway through November, and I am yet to start my Christmas cards, so I thought this card was a good opportunity to get started.

I don't have any of the current Christmas Designer Series Papers from Stampin' Up! They are on their way, but not here yet, so I went through my stash to see what I could find.

I found a more or less unused packet of Celebrate Everything DSP from last year's holiday mini. It was a host packet with 48 sheets with a pattern for every celebration, Christmas, New Years, Halloween etc.

The paper I chose has a directional pattern on one side, so is a bit tricky to use for a card like this as no one wants trees that are lying down. However, as you cut the four corner squares off, I decided to use these, so cut them in half diagonally and glued them on to give me upright trees on the front of the card.

I stamped the rhino image from the Festive and Fun stamp set and coloured it in with my Blends. I used both light and dark of Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Bubble Bath, and Smoky Slate.

I matted my stamped image on Real Red card stock before adding it on the inside of the pinwheel.

I added my pinwheel on a mat of Read Red and then on a bigger mat of Basic White before matting on a Real Red card base.

I stamped the little bird in the bottom corner of my bigger white mat and also added a greeting.

Inside I added a Basic White mat and stamped and coloured the giraffe image. This was the image I originally wanted to use of the front but it was too big for the pinwheel. 

A fun and quick little card and my Christmas cards are now underway.

Let me know if you give this fold a try.

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Not long until the last change list for the September-December mini-catalogue goes live and then things will sell out quick. Make sure to order now to before it disappears. Let me know if you would like a copy, there are some beautiful Christmas sets in this catalogue.

And don't forget we have online exclusive products, these are available while supplies last, so if there is something you really want - don't delay getting it.

If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, you are more than welcome and were currently have a great special.

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Mary Ann is next and then

Astrid

Happy stamping

 

 

Corner Box Card - Fancy Fold

It is time for another fancy fold, this one is super easy and a card you can put together in less than half an hour.

The fold is a Corner Box card. Not sure where the corner part of the name comes from, as to me it is basically just a box card. We used the video by 'Creating with Kristina' for inspiration.

I haven't bought any of the Christmas DSP yet, so I looked through my current papers and found the Stargazing paper which I had not even opened yet. It is absolutely beautiful with galaxy patterns and planets.

I started with a 6" x 8 1/4" piece of Basic Black cardstock. As I am in Australia and using A4 paper our cardstock in not 8 1/2" wide but only 8 1/4" wide so instead of scoring at every 2 1/8" as Kristina does in her video. I scored at every 2 1/16" to get 4 even panels. I then cut 3 DSP panels to about 1 7/8 x 5 7/8" to fit with only a small border and then a Basic White panel to add a message I adhered all these with Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue. 

I then cut a 1" strip of black cardstock and scored it down the middle and used this to close up the card, so make it into a 'box' which can still fold flat as a card.

I stamped the astronaut from the Reach for the Stars stamp set in Berry Burst ink on Basic White card stock. I used a Blender Pen to drag a bit of the ink into the image to soften up the lines and add a bit more colour to the image without having to colour the whole thing.

I then cut out the image with the matching die from the Reach for the Stars dies. 

I cut out a few of the planets from the DSP and added these to my 'front' panels.

I stamped my greeting with Memento Black ink on Basic White and added the 'bubble' stamp in Berry Burst and cut it out with one of the circles from the die set. I also cut out 2 1" circles from basic black cardstock to use to adhere my greeting circle to the center front of the card.

You score the circles in half and then adhere them on each side of the center score line of the card with score lines butting up to the card score line. Then you adhere the greeting circle or other focal piece to these two circles. This makes the card able to fold flat but makes the focal point 'pop out' when you stand the card up open.

I didn't have any of the Holographic paper from the suite, but I had some old, retired stuff that I cut out some stars from and that was it.

Super cute card which can be done in about half an hour.

Hope you give it a try. Let me know if you do by leaving a comment below.

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The new September-December mini-catalogue is now live with lots of beautiful stuff. Make sure to let me know if you would like a copy. Some beautiful Christmas sets in this catalogue.

And don't forget we now also have online exclusive products, these are available while supplies last, so if there is something you really want - don't delay getting it.

If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, you are more than welcome and were currently have a great special.

From 3 to 31 October, anyone who joins our fun crafting community as a new demonstrator can choose either 35% OFF the cost of their Starter Kit or get 35% MORE product with their Starter Kit! What a deal! Use the resources provided below to share the news of this amazing Starter Kit offer before it’s over!

 Are you interested in a DSP and/or Ribbon share? Let me know and I will explain it all.

Hope you hop along and check out the rest of the creations 😄

Astrid

Teresa

Happy stamping

Bordered Sentiments - Totally Technique blog hop

I can't believe it is almost Christmas!

And the card today is officially my first Christmas card of the year. I better get a move on if I am to send any Christmas cards this year.

The technique for today's blog hop is bordered sentiments. This is a very simple technique which basically means that you border your sentiment and stamp on both sides of it.

First, I stamped my Season's Greetings sentiment from the Christmas Classics stamp set in Cherry Cobbler. I then used my ruler and drew a line border above and below my sentiment. I drew this line with the Basic Black Journal pen.

I then cut a strip of Masking paper that fit in between my borders and covered up my sentiment.

I then stamped the pine stamp above the sentiment, so it looks like it is coming up behind the sentiment and then turned the stamp 180 degrees and stamped it below, so it again looks like it is coming out from behind. Before removing the masking paper, I flicked some ink onto the card stock with an Early Espresso Stampin' Write Marker.

After removing the masking paper, I added a thin strip of Cherry Cobbler cardstock to the left of my panel and then stuck the whole panel to a Basic White base card.

I could have stopped here with a very simple card, but I wanted to add a bit more. I stamped the little holly leaf in Mossy Meadow ink on a scrap of white. I gave it some colour with a dark Old Olive and a light Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blend. I also stamped the holly berries in Cherry Cobbler. I do not yet have the dies for this set, so I fussy cut the holly leaf and the berries and added them to the front of the card with some dimensionals and glue. I also added a little twine bow.

Finally, I added a bit of Wink of Stella and my card was done.

I hope you give this technique a go, it is very simple, and you can do it with anything.

The current host code is XDMEWT4F, make sure to use it to get a little something from me.

The new September-December mini-catalogue is now live with lots of beautiful stuff. Make sure to let me know if you would like a copy. Some beautiful Christmas sets in this catalogue.

And don't forget we now also have online exclusive products, these are available while supplies last, so if there is something you really want - don't delay getting it.

If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, you are more than welcome and were currently have a great special.

From 3 to 31 October, anyone who joins our fun crafting community as a new demonstrator can choose either 35% OFF the cost of their Starter Kit or get 35% MORE product with their Starter Kit! What a deal! Use the resources provided below to share the news of this amazing Starter Kit offer before it’s over!

 Are you interested in a DSP and/or Ribbon share? Let me know and I will explain it all.

Hop along and see the other creations from our talented design team.

Happy Stamping!

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