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Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Caught In Crystal Class Projects

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Thanks for stopping by

Today we wanted to share the cards we made in class today and hopefully inspire you to try something like this yourself.

The technique we've done today was the Caught in Crystal technique. This technique has been something we've seen 2 of our favourite 'celebrity' crafters do and we have been wanting to teach in class for a while now. So I'm calling it Stampin' Up! meets Sue Wilson & Sheena Douglas as these two amazing crafters have inspired us to try it.

Firstly we started with an A5 piece of accertate and coated it with floor polish (Sheena Style) then added drops of Stampin' Up! re inkers and mix it around to blend. Be careful not to over work the colours as you don't want to end up with a muddy mix. Once you are happy with the mix of colours, sprinkle it with some mica powder or glitter. Both if your feeling brave like Andrea did in our class.

Now get some white tissue paper or plain kitchen roll and screw it up. Open it up and place it over the floor polish mix making sure it's all covered and no dry bits of paper are visible.

Now it's a waiting game, this needs plenty of time to dry and we would recommend at least 24hours. As this is a technique which requires drying time, it might be worth doing several sheets in one go, so you have some on hand for when you need it.

When its dry, trim the excess paper from the edges and do with it as you please.

You can see from the pictures below what we designed for our ladies to create in class today using their Caught in Crystal masterpieces.

Use the Butterfly thinlit for the corners before adding glitter on double-sided adhesive sheet.

Use the off-cut from the previous card for the topper and decorate with flowers.

Corner punch, pearls and a sentiment with a bit of sponging and 2 scored lines.

We hope we have inspired you to give this technique a try and if you have any questions please drop us a message or leave a comment bellow.

All Stampin' Up! products used today are listed below and available to buy from our online shop.

Real Red Classic Stampin' Ink Refill - 103287
Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Ink Refill - 111840
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Ink Refill - 119672

Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter - 133751

Pearl Basic Jewels - 119247

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad - 126944
Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad - 126946
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad - 126965
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad - 131179

Botanical Blooms Photopolymer Bundle - 140819
Endless Birthday Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set - 140273
Butterfly Basics Photopolymer Bundle - 138865

Whisper White A4 Cardstock - 106549
Very Vanilla A4 Cardstock - 106550

Thank you for looking and happy stampin'

Barry & Jay
@Mitosucrafts

Class Projects - Shaker Cards

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So we had another class on Tuesday and we would like to share with you the Shaker Cards we created. We really enjoyed teaching the ladies how to construct these and we're so happy that they enjoyed it too.

We started with a basic card using the medium Butterfly thinlet die and a stamp from Watercolour Wings.

Card Size 10.5cm x 10.5 cm

Frame 8.7cm x 8.7cm with 1cm border

We used the Stampin' Trimmer to prepare the frame which was much faster and accurate than using a knife.

The card base is embossed but it works better debossed as Andrea suggested during class - this is why it's great to craft with others and share ideas!

We then created a Christmas Shaker Card using the Sheltering Tree stamp as well as the sentiment and bow from the Wondrous Wreath stamp set.

Card Size 14.8cm x 14.8cm

The tree was embossed in silver before sponging Island Indigo and Night of Navy for the background. Embossing the tree catches the glitter flakes on the branches which we prefer.

For the last project we made this Shaker Bag using the Mini Treat Bag thinlits and the elephant from Zoo Babies set.

Some of the silver hearts confetti were raised with foam pads to catch the sequins, papers and glitters. The sentiment was coloured using Tempting Turquoise marker which made stripes on the card to match the elephant and the Go Wild DSP.

What do you think of these Shaker Cards?

If you or know of someone that might be interested in joining us at our classes in Basingstoke, please don't hesitate to contact us. Or pop in to Hobbycraft (Winchester Road, RG22 6HN), Tuesday 18th August, 3pm - 5pm for a chat and some stampin'.

Our next class is on Saturday 29th August, 10am-12pm.

Thanks for looking and happy stampin'

Barry & Jay

Butterfly Easel Card With Watercolour Wings

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I would like to share with you today a version of what I made for the ladies that attended our last class and for my swaps at team training.

This Butterfly Easel is such a quick and easy card to make once you've decided what colours to use! Wouldn't it look lovely as placecards?

I am entering this to the following challenges:

Crafting From The Heart - 71 Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenges - 273 Anything Goes

Creative Moments - 74 Anything Goes / Summer Sun

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog - 158 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - 89 Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - 118 Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog - Anything But A Birthday

Thanks for looking and happy stampin'

Jay

Stampin' With Watercolour Wings

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Hope you had a lovely weekend. Here's a card I made for a friend last week using the Watercolour Wings.

This was my first card using this stamp set but I see myself using this a lot in future projects. The butterflies comes in 2 different sizes and with the 2 stamp technique, you can create a lot of different butterflies.

After stamping the butterfly, I wrapped the gold thread around my fingers 3 times, pinched in the middle before adhering with tombow.

I cut the medium sized butterfly die in vellum and coloured the edges with Daffodil Delight and Elegant Eggplant Stampin' Write Markers. I curled the wings and stuck on top of the gold thread.

I stamped the dotted image and used it to guide where I put the sentiment, which is from the Butterfly Basics set.

For the mat, I sponged the edges of a white cardstock with Elegant Eggplant to coordinate with the Butterfly.

You can check out all of the Stampin' Up! products I have used below which can be purchased from our online shop.