Bubble Technique - Totally Techniques Blog Hop

 

It is time for another Totally Techniques blog hop, and I struggled with this one. This month we are doing the Bubble Technique. It is actually pretty simple, but I could just not get it work and look the way I had envisaged.

Basically, you put some water and detergent in a cup/bowl of water, blow into it with a straw to create bubbles and then you add re-inker to the bubbles. The idea is that the ink kind of stays in the veins of the bubbles. I am not sure if it was because I was using some environmentally friendly detergent, or whether there is a special trick, but my bubbles kept bursting when I added the ink. It was like they were not strong enough to hold the ink. However, I persisted and kept blowing bubbles with the coloured water, and it kind of worked, but ended up with a lot of tiny coloured bubbles which gave some more colour concentrated patterns.

The colours I used were Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry and Highland Heather.

I had originally wanted to use the citrus stamp set, embossing folder and die, but it wasn't working for me, so I had to come up with something else.

I ended up making 2 cards. I used the Balloon stamp set and dies as well as the Zany Zoo stamp set. I have misplaced my dies, so I had to do some fussycutting.... 

First I made the balloon card.

I cut the balloons from the darkest Melon Mambo and Highland Heather bubbled pieces of cardstock. I ink-blended a piece of Basic White cardstock with Azure Afternoon ink and added 2 pink and a purple balloon. For the 2 big balloons I stamped the string, but for the little one I added some skinny pieces of ribbon to add some texture.

I stamped the sentiment and flagged the ends and then curled the piece with my bone folder to create more texture.

Finally, I added some Wink of Stella to the little balloon for some extra sparkle and interest.

It's a very simple card, but I do quite like it.

My second card uses a very lightly coloured Melon Mambo bubbled piece of cardstock. This is actually a piece of Fluid 100 water colour paper, where the others were Basic White.

Being water colour paper, the paper already have some texture and you don't need to add as much extra to create interest on the card.

I stamped the sentiment and the music nodes in Versamark and heat embossed with black embossing powder.

I stamped the singing turtle with Memento Black and coloured him with a selection of green Stampin' Blends - Granny Apple Green, Parakeet Party and Lemon Lime Twist.

I punched a circle out of Basic Black cardstock and trimmed it to create a little stage for the turtle.

I added some Wink of Stella to the top of the microphone and adhered the turtle with Dimensionals. Finally I added some Rhinestones. 

I really like this turtle guy, he is so cute.

So, here are my cards for this month, I had quite a lot of fun with this technique, and I might need to try it again, as it definitely didn't work the way I had intended, but maybe I just need a bit of practice.

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

The new Annual Catalogue is now live with lots of beautiful stuff. Make sure to let me know if you would like a copy. 

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 can choose $235 worth of products for only $169 and don't forget free shipping on starter kits.

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

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Double Fan Fold card - Fancy Fold blog hop

It's July and it is time for another Fancy Fold blog hop. This month we are doing the Double Fan Fold card. Which is an easy fold with just the half a piece of card stock and a few score lines. However, you need to be reasonably precise with your scoring, otherwise it won't fold flat. And it does fold flat and fit into a standard envelope.

We are using this easy-to-follow video tutorial by Brenda Quintana.

I started with a piece of 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 Blueberry Bushel card stock and scored on the long side at 1 3/8, 2 3/4, 5 1/2 and 6 7/8. I then scored on the diagonal from the corner to the opposite second scoreline. Both sides at both ends. Then I folded one way on the straight scorelines and the other on the diagonal ones. and you can then make the double fan fold. A bit hard to describe in writing, but easy to follow on Brenda's video.

I used the Bright and Beautiful Designer Series Paper on the side panels. The panels are 2 pieces of 2 1/4 x 5 and I made a light pencil line on the 2 diagonals. I then cut the first cut and could see where I needed to cut on the second. You then cut the top triangle in half through the point.

For the middle (front) panel I cut a piece of 2 1/2 x 5 1/4 Basic White and added a little strip of Blueberry Bushel cardstock about 1/3 up. I cut 2 1" strips of the Designer Series Paper and put it through the Stampin' Cut and Emboss with the long fringe die from the Beautiful Balloons Dies. I added the blue one first and then the green one on top. I finished this little piece off with a piece of Gold and Vanilla Satin Edged ribbon tied in a bow.

I stamped the curved 'Let's get our celebration on' from the Beautiful Balloons Stamp set with Versamark on Blueberry Bushel cardstock and embossed with White Embossing Powder. I then cut it out with the 2 3/8 Circle Punch.

I stamped the little balloon and the balloon strings in Blueberry Bushel and cut out the balloon with the die, and then fussy cut then strings out.

For the larger balloon (medium balloon stamp) I first stamped the bottom in Lemon Lime Twist ink and then top in Blueberry Bushel ink. I then took a sponge dauber and daubed where they 2 inks met to blend the 2 colours before cutting it with the matching die.

I added the balloons to the circle and added it all to the top 2/3 of the Basic White panel.

I painted the balloons with a bit of Wink of Stella and also flicked some Wink of Stella aver the card.

When I am ready to send the card, I will probably cut another 2 1/2 x 5 1/4 panel of Basic White and add to the back for writing on.

This was a fun and easy card to make - it took me less than an hour.

I hope you give this fold a try and hop around to check out the rest of the hop participants. Teresa is next, so hop on over and check out her creation :-)

The current host code is XAHXH22Y, make sure to use it to get a little extra from me.

The new Annual Catalogue is now live with lots of beautiful stuff. Make sure to let me know if you would like a copy. 

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. We got some new addittions this month, a bit of Christmas with the One Horse Open Sleigh suite and don't miss the Trucking Along Bundle, with the cute truck punch.

If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, you are more than welcome and can choose $235 worth of products for only $169 and don't forget free shipping on starter kits.

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 hoppers 😄

happy stamping

  

Dry Embossing on Vellum - Totally Techniques Blog Hop

It is time for another Totally Techniques blog hop. This month it is dry embossing on vellum. It has been a very long time since I dry embossed on vellum. I generally don't use vellum much, not because I don't like it, but I seem to just forget about it. Vellum is great to add a bit of a softer look and to add as a subtle filler as foliage etc. 

I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do this month, but it just didn't turn out as I had envisaged. So back to the drawing board.

I still had the Playing in the Rain stampset sitting on my desk from a few weeks ago, and I thought I could come up with something. I remembered the designer series paper that was originally released to coordinate with this stamp set. One of the sheets had a beautiful gray background with raindrops on it. This dsp retired when the last catalogue retired, so I had to come up with something else.

Cue dry embossing on vellum...

First I embossed a piece of vellum with the Raindrops embossing folder. Then I used a blending brush with Balmy Blue ink to add a bit of colour to the back of the vellum before adhering to a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock. As you know you can see most adhesive through vellum so it can be a bit tricky. However, I wanted the vellum to lie flat on the cardstock, so I used a sponge to add liquid glue to the back of the vellum. I smeared it on, so it was a very thin layer and you can't see it at all.

I cut out 3 clouds with the Cloud Punch from Basic White cardstock and stamped the greeting on one of these clouds.

I stamped the bunny from the stamp set in Memento black ink and coloured with Stampin' Blends. A bit of pink for the nose, ears and cheeks. Balmy Blue for the jacket and Smoky Slate for the puddle. It is such a cute bunny.

I finished off the card by added some Wink of Stella to the bunny's nose, ears, cheeks and jacket as well as to the puddle. Then I flicked more Wink of Stella across the whole card to give it a bit interest.

This was a super quick card to make, and I am really happy with it, even if it was not what I originally had in mind.

The current host code is XAHXH22Y, make sure to use it to get a little extra from me.

The new Annual Catalogue is now live with lots of beautiful stuff. Make sure to let me know if you would like a copy. 

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 can choose $235 worth of products for only $169 and don't forget free shipping on starter kits.

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 hoppers 😄

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Double Decker Pop-Up card - Fancy Fold blog hop

It is time for another fancy fold blog hop and this time it is a double decker pop-up card.

It is another easy fold to make and it is only a few little bits that make it extra fancy. The card base is a standard card size with an extra score to make it a Z-fold. adding a little box to the inside an extra layer makes it a double decker pop-up.

I used this tutorial by Sue Campfield, which is easy to follow and has a few great examples.
For my card base I used Basic Black cardstock. I dry embossed 2 smaller pieces of Basic Black with the dots from the Basic 3D embossing folders (available as online exclusive only) to give a bit of texture to the 2 narrower sections.

On the 'inside' layers a piece of Lemon Lime Twist with a piece of Pretty Peacock Designer Series Paper from the Daisy papers. The 'b-side' of these papers are great to use with other stamps/bundles than the Daisy suite as they are more neutral.

The pop-up has a piece of Basic White, which i stamped with the flowers from the Playing in the Rain stampset and coloured these with Berry Burst and Lemon Lime Twist Blends.

The front panel is Lemon Lime Twist and Basic White layered. I stamped the greating in Pretty Peacock directly on this piece and added some Lime Lime Twist ribbon from the Zany Zoo suite.

I stamped the little turtle from Playing in the Rain in Mememto Black ink and coloured with Pretty Peacock and Lemon Lime Twist Blends. I cut it out with the matching dies and adhered with dimensionals to the front after adding a bit of Smoky Slake blend to ground the turtle. 
This was a super quick card to make and a bit of fun.

I have been wanting to use this stamp set for a while, but never had a reason, so was good to get it out and inked up.

I hope you give this fold a try and hop around to check out the rest of the hop participants. Astrid is next, so hop on over and check out her creation :-)

The current host code is XAHXH22Y, make sure to use it to get a little extra from me.

The new Annual Catalogue is now live with lots of beautiful stuff. Make sure to let me know if you would like a copy. 

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 can choose $283 worth of products for only $169 until end of June. That is an extra almost $50 than usual, so i great offer and don't forget free shipping on starter kits.

We also have a DSP promotion this month, with 15% off select DSP. Are you interested in a DSP share? Let me know and i will explain it all.

See you in a couple of weeks for a hop with the Totally Techniques design team

See you next month for another fancy fold.

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Shaker Card - Totally Techniques Blog Hop

I have joined another design team doing monthly blog hops, this one is the Totally Techniques Design Team and I am super excited to be doing a monthly technique, and most likely learn a few things along the way.

This month we are doing shaker cards.

I love a shaker card. It is super fun and so easy to make. Kids especially love these, but adults do as well. Always fun with a card that is a bit interactive just like last week's fancy fold wiper card.

This card meant that I finally got the Share a Milkshake stamp set and dies out. I have had that bundle sitting on the shelf for quite a while, but never gotten around to playing with it, so now was the chance.

I started with a piece of Bubble Bath card stock which I stamped with the little hearts and cherry from the stamp set with Bubble Bath ink to create a background. I also cut the milkshake glass out from this piece of cardstock. On a piece of Basic White cardstock i stamped the 'pattered' glas stamp with Bubble Bath ink.

I stuck a piece of window sheet to the back of the piece of Bubble Bath cardstock to cover the cut out and added the foam adhesive strips all around the back along the cut out edge of the glass. Make sure there are no gaps. I added some Love Silver Sequins to the stamped piece of white cardstock and placed the Bubble Bath piece on top ensuring to center the cut out glass on top. I pressed down firmly to ensure none of the sequins will escape.

I then stamped the cream/icecream top in Versamark and Sweet Sorbet ink. I then added clear embossing powder and heat set it.

Dipping in Versamark first and then straight into a classic ink gives you a bit longer to add embossing powder. If you use the classic ink only, you have to be super quick, but it can be done. I then cut it out with the matching die.

I did the same with the Celebrate! stamp. I used the cut out cream to cut out the Celebrate! The die cuts a little slit to place the spoon or straw in, and I didn't want that on my sentiment.

Finally I cut out the spoon in silver foil and adhered it all. I then adhered this Bubble Bath piece to a piece of Basic White cardstock which I again adhered to a Sweet Sorbet cardbase.

And that was it.

I hope you will hop around and check out the rest of the design team.

The current host code is XAHXH22Y, make sure to use it to get a little extra from me.

The new Annual Catalogue is now live with lots of beautiful stuff. Make sure to let me know if you would like a copy. 

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 can choose $235 worth of products for only $169. 

See you next month for another Totalle Techniques post.

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Easy Wiper Pop Up Card - Fancy Fold blog hop

It is May and autumn seems to finally have arrived in Cairns. A balmy 28 degrees celcius (82F) and should get down to 15 (60) tonight so we might be able to finally turn of the aircon overnight. Being Danish I really struggle sleeping when the temperature is over 20 (70). Hopefully we have a long winter this year, often it is only about a week of winter in the tropics :-)

This month's fancy fold is a wiper pop up card. I have never made a wiper card before so this was a fun challenge. We used this tutorial by Jacque Williams at StampHappyNZ, and it is super quick and easy.

Here is the card when closed and folds flat to fit in an standard envelope

And here it is open, where it can stand up

I again pulled out some of the new core colours - Pecan Pie, Bubble Bath and returning favourites Berry Burst and Lemon Lime Twist along with Crushed Curry.

I also used one of our new bundles, which is part of a full suite - the Fresh as a Daisy suite. The stamp set and dies are called Cheerful Daisies and they certainly are cheerful.

My base card is Pecan Pie. I stamped the base card with the smaller daisy in Versamark, which just gives a darker shade of the Pecan Pie.

For the focal point I used the 3 layers of dies to create the daisies. The full flower layer is cut in Basic White, the next in Berry Burst and the top layer in Basic White. The bottom layer has been sponged with Crushed Curry ink and the top layer with Bubble Bath.

I also added some greenery which I cut out of Lemon Lime Twist cardstock.

I cut the label from the dies in Basic White and stamped the greeting in Pecan Pie. I thought the card needed something more at the top, so I stamped one of the full flowers in Bubble Back and Berry Burst and added along with some more greenery. 

Finally, I flicked some Wink of Stella and added some extra to the 3 flowers at the bottom. 

I hope you give this fold a try and hop around to check out the rest of the hop participants. Gina is next, so hop on over and check out her creation :-)

The current host code is XAHXH22Y, make sure to use it to get a little extra from me.

The new Annual Catalogue is now live with lots of beautiful stuff. Make sure to let me know if you would like a copy. 

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 can choose $235 worth of products for only $169. 

See you next week for a new post as I am now part of another design team, the Totally Techniques team, and I cannot wait to show you all some great techniques.

See you next month for another fancy fold.

happy stamping

Double flap Fun Fold card - Fancy Fold blog hop

Only 10 days away from a new annual catalogue and a colour refresh, so much happening in the world of Stampin' Up! at the moment.

I am very excited about this colour refresh. It is sad to say goodbye to some of our favourites, but there are a number of returning favourites - i have used some on this month's fancy fold and some brand new colours. You can see what the full colour collection will look like after 1 May 2023 below:

The in-colours are very different from anything we have had before, so that is also a bit exciting to work with. Hopefully they will all arrive shortly so i can start creating with them.

This month's fancy fold is a Double Flap Fun Fold card, and we again used one of Dawn's videos for tutorial and inspiration.

I decided to use some of the DSP that is just about to retire, as i had not even opened the pack...., but i also wanted to show that you don't always have to pair your DSP with the coordinating stampset or bundle, you can mix and match.

My card starts with a 10" x 5.5" card base in Berry Burst - a returning favourite and i still have the old inkpad and some cardstock, so that was easy. It is scored on the 10" side at 1.5" at one end and at 4.25" at the other end. I then layered with Lemon Lime Twist - another returning favourite where i had the inkpad and cardstock. These 2 colours are great and go so well together. 

The DSP i used, is the 'By the Bay' dsp. It is beautiful, with gold foil through on one side of the papers. It is obviously a beach theme in the paper, but not all of them are strictly beach or seaside and can easily be used with other products.

On the Basic White square i ink-blended Polished Pink and Berry Burst ink and left a bit of white at the top. I added a bit of gold leafing to the blended (thanks for the tip Vicki Boucher 😃) and stamped the trio of flowers from the Sweet Citrus stampset in Polished Pink. I added a few droplets of water and some Wink of Stella. Such a pretty background.

For the citrus, I placed a piece of watercolour paper into the Sweet Citrus hybrid embossing folder along with the die. This embossed and cuts out 4 citruses in one pass through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss. I then water coloured the citrus with very diluted Lemon Lime Twist ink for segments and Parakeet Party and Granny Apple Green on the peel.

For the flowers i stamped these with Versamark on the Watercolour paper and lightly coloured them with diluted Polished Pink ink and then a dab of Berry Burst ink in the middle of the bigger flowers. Then i cut them out with the die.

I punched the 'greenery' out of Vellum cardstock with the Bough Punch and stamped part of the 'Enjoy the sweeter things in life' greeting from the Sweet Citrus stampset with versamark on Night of Navy cardstock and embossed with white embossing powder. I added it all to the little notecard front along with some Parakeet Party metalic woven ribbon.

On the inside of the notecard i stamp the remainder of the greeting from the front in Night of Navy ink and also stamped the trio of flowers in Polished Pink.

On the inside of the bigger card i again stamped the flowers and another greeting from the stampset.

I really enjoyed making this card, the fold is fun and it is often fun to create a card front in a different size than usual and the notecard front is only 3.5" x 3.5", so quite a bit smaller than my usual card front size.

I also really enjoyed making this card front. This is actually a case of a card a made on Thursday for something else. This was a case of a card by Vicki Bucher. Vicki used blues and purples on her background and purples on her citrus. I used Lemon Lime Twist, Parakeet Party, Granny Apple Green, and Shaded Spruce for my background and did the citrus in Polished Pink, Berry Burst and a tiny bit of Blackberry Bliss.

I hope you give this fold a try and hop around to check out the rest of the hop participants.

The current host code is F74KPYKZ, make sure to use it to get a little extra from me.

Both the current Annual Catalogue and the January-April mini catalogue only has about 1 week left and things are already selling out. Make sure to get what you want before it is gone. When something is gone, it will not get replenished. 

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 can choose $235 worth of products for only $169. 

See you next month for another fancy fold

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Window slider card - Fancy Fold blog hop

 

We are in March already - this year is going to fast. Summer is over here in Australia, but these first couple of months of autumn are still as hot and humid as summer.

Easter is only a few weeks away and i thought this month's Window Slider card would be perfect for the Easter Bunny stamp set and punch.

We are again using a tutorial from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts, she does a lot of great folds and use to follow tutorials.

This one is also easy to follow and would be very cute for any kids card.

Here is my card I made with the Easter Bunny

My card base is Granny Apple Green with a layer of the green patterned paper from the Dandy Designs designer series paper which was available during Sale-a-bration. This is obviously no longer available, but can be substituted with any designer series paper.

The great thing about this card is that it is just a standard card base with a couple of score lines and a couple of cut lines. Remember to stick the DSP on the front of the card before cutting, it makes it much easier 😊

When i looked at the different stamps in the set and realised that i needed to one bunny to face the opposite way, so i had to do some mirror stamping using the Stamparatus and the silicone mat. It is really easy and doesn't take long.

After stamping I did some masking so I could stamp the grass at the bottom and i also did a bit of ink blending with Granny Apple Green and Balmy Blue to give a bit of extra green and some blue sky.

I coloured the bunny with Blends - Smoke Slate and Petal Pink.

I coloured the other bunny the same way and punched it out as it was slightly too big to stamp on the piece of cardstock.

I also stamped the little butterfly and coloured it in with Mango Melody and Polished Pink Blends.

On the other side of the bottom white layer i stamped the eggs and the Happy Easter. I lined the words up in the Stamparatus and then only inked half the stamp, then repositioned and stamped the other half. You can also cut this stamp in half if you wish. I often do that with stamps that can be used either separate or in different 'order'.

This was a quick and easy card to make and super cute with the slider mechanism. And with the punch it is even faster.

I hope you like my card and give this fold a try. Leave a comment below, so I know you were here and hop along and check the other creations - Gina always makes great projects.

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

The January-April mini catalogue only has about 7 weeks left and things will start sell out. Make sure to get what you want before it is gone. When something is gone, it will not get replenished. 

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.

We have been advised, that a colour refresh will be happening with the new catalogue in May. When you are a demonstrator you get prior notice of these things and are able to pre-order, that means that demonstrators can pre-order new products and and NEW COLOURS early, woot woot.

If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, you are more than welcome and can choose $235 worth of products for only $169. 

See you next month for another fancy fold

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Diamond Flip Fold Card - Fancy Fold blog hop

It is February and the Fancy Fold team is back from our Christmas Break.

I am back from Denmark, school is back, and all the extra curricular activities are back. It is a bit of a logistical puzzle working all the driving out with 2 girls and dance lessons.

This month we are doing the Diamond Flip Fold card. I started with a tutorial by Linda Bauwin and then I came across another by France Martin so I added a couple of extra cuts. 

I used the Fitting Florets bundle, and the DSP is no longer available, so had to make my own.

My card base is Basic Gray layered with Night of Navy and stamped Basic White. I layered a Night of Navy square bottom angles.

I stamped the leaf and flower images on Basic White cardstock with Basic Gray ink and coloured in with the Balmy Blue, Evening Evergreen and Soft Socculent Blends. That gave me my DSP.

For my focal point a cut one of the frames from the Framed Florets dies and stamped my words in Mememto Black and another floral image in Basic Gray.

Again, i coloured with blends, adding the Polished Pink duo and then cut one of the floral dies from Night of Navy. I added this to the front diamond.

This card is super easy to make and had I used DSP it would not have taken more than 30 minutes.

It is a simple card, but it will still stand and can be on display.

Hope you like it and enjoyed this fold and card and leave a comment below, so I know you stopped by. Also, please keep hopping to see the other great creations from the team. Gina is next, so hop on over and check out her card 😊

The current host code is P6ASSXYJ, make sure to use this for a little gift from me.

The January-April mini catalogue is live with lots of great products and next month we start with online exclusives. There will be 3 of those every year in between the catalogue launches, so there is lots to be excited about..

If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, now is a great time as it is Sale-a-Bration and you $283 worth of products for only $169, but only this month, next month it is back to normal with $235 worth of product. You can even add a mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine in white or Boho Blue at an amazing price.

See you next month