Onstage 2016 Swaps

Hi All

Thanks for stopping by. Today we wanted to share the swaps we made for the Stampin' Up! Onstage 2016 event we attended last weekend. 

It's a great event where we get to meet other Stampin' Up! Demos, socialise and generally have a fun day. Plus we got our advance copy of the new Annual Catalogue, see previews of products inspirations, win prizes and watch demonstrations. All we can say at the moment is WOW, your in for a treat. You too can attend this fun event in November by joining our team as a demonstrator.

But before the new catalogue comes out, Stampin' Up! retire some products from the current catalogue. So if you have a favourite, check out the retirement list and grab it before its gone. Details of the retirement list can be found on the link to the left or on the post below this. 

Anyway, got a bit side tracked then, just really enjoyed Onstage Local and back to our swaps. 

For our swap we used the lovely 

Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set

Brick wall embossing folder

Petite Petals Punch

Itty Bitty Punch (this is sadly retiring, booooo)

In Colours 2014 - 2016 Card & Ink (also retiring)

Melon Mambo Card & Ink

Tip Top Taupe ink

vellum 

We also did a version of this card at our Monthly Card Class, demonstrating some new techniques some of our ladies have never tried before. So if you would like to learn something new or just meet new friends who enjoy crafting, why not join us for our fun Stampin' Card Class.

We hope you like our Swap for Onstage Local 2016 and have inspired you to try something new. If you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment or contact us direct. Or if you would like to purchase any of the products used or retiring products visit our 24x7 online shop or again contact us direct.

Have a wonderful day and happy crafting.

Barry & Jay

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Mother's Day Card & Gift

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Thanks for stopping by our blog. Today I would like to share the Card & Gift I made for Mothers day.  

It's a little bit different to my normal style but I have recently found some new products and just had to play. I also wanted to incorporate Stampin' Up! products to show the versatility they have on any project you might be doing.

Firstly I wanted to play with crackle glaze, I know this is not a new product to many of you but it's the first time I've really played with it and been happy with the results. I've also found a new love for Gilding Wax. I've wasted money in the past buying cheaper products and not been happy with the results. So if you can pay a little bit more to get a quality product I'm sure you will be happy with the results. 

Below is the card I made using crackle glaze and filling the cracks with gilding wax. I've also used the Flower Shop, Petite Petals and Itty Bitty stamps and punches from Stampin' Up! The flowers have all been coloured with Blackberry Bliss ink and the Aqua Painters to pull the ink out and give it some shading. To finish them off I've used the Clear Wink of Stella pens to give it the sparkle and Pearl Basic Jewels. The edges have been distressed to finish off the look. 

I was really happy with the final result.

A handmade card wasn't the end of it. Whilst at the Make it Craft show in Farnborough last week, we had a play with Powertex and I needed to play with our goodies. So I decided to decorate a glass jar with this amazing stuff and once again used Stampin' Up products. I won't go into details about Powetex as it will take me to long to write. But if interested click the link Powertex to unleash a whole new world of crafting. 

The Stampin' Up! products used to compliment this gift are the Itty Bitty Punch and Flower Fair Framlits Dies. I have only used the petals from these dies but it's got loads of other uses. It also comes in the Flower Patch Bundle. The sentiment has come from the Crazy About You stamp set which is another great versatile stamp set to have in your stash.

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I had so much fun making these projects and I hope you've enjoyed looking at them. If you would like to purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products used please click on the highlighted products and it will take you directly to our Online Shop.

Please feel free to leave a comment below.

Thank you again for stopping by and for reading our blog. We hope we have inspired you to make something amazing and unique.

Thanks again

Barry

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Gelli Plate Background

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Just wanted to share a 6x6 card using the Flower Patch stamp set with the Gelli Plate to create the  background inspired by Barbara Gray.

Ink up the Gelli Plate, crumple scrap paper and dab.

Tear photocopy paper in 3 parts and place the middle across the Gelli Plate.

Place cardstock on top and press firmly to transfer the ink.

Lift off cardstock and place the 2 other torn photocopy papers to protect the background.

Stamp randomly with Flower Patch stamp set including the sentiment.

I also added glitter around the border of the card base using double sided sticky tape before adhering the topper.

Thanks for looking and happy stampin'

Barry

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Free Download - Stamp Your Own Colour Chart

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I am sharing this chart I made as it has helped Barry and I keep track of what current colours we have or need as well as help colour coordinate projects.



The colour collections are arranged in order of the rainbow, lightest to dark and with the In-Colours at the bottom of the page.

If you would like a copy, right click on the image above and select 'download linked file'

Hope this helps you too, happy stamping.

Jay

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Stampin' Build A Birthday For Our Class

Hi all

 Hope you have had a lovely weekend.

Last week was a busy week for us as we we had our first Stampin' Up! Class on Saturday 6 June. Everything went well and we are both happy with how it went. 

A massive thank you to the ladies who came along to support us. I hope you enjoyed yourselves.

We just need to get some more interest in our little group. So if anyone is interested in joining us then please contact us for some more details. It will be a fun time and a chance for you to meet other people interested in crafting and off course I'm sure there will be biscuits or cake. 

We wanted to show off the new Build A Birthday stamp set from the new catalogue and an easy box made using the Gift Box Punch Board. Both cards and box have been inked using the 2014-2016 & 2015-2017 In Colours Ink pads and card stock as well as whisper white card stock.

We hope you like what we planned.

If you like any of these products you can purchase them via our shop link bellow.

Thank you for looking.

Barry & Jay
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First Version Of Swap For The Stampin' Up! Regional Event 2015 (Telford)

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We are off to the 2015 Stampin' Up! Regional Event which is held at Telford. It's our first one and we are so excited to be able to meet other demonstrators and play with the new products which will be available in June in conjunction with the new catalogue launch.

All demos were asked to create something to swap with others and here's the first version of mine using the Flower Patch stamp set and the matching Flower Fair framelits. 

Everyone loves the pop up boxes so I wanted a project in between a card and a box and came up with this.

It's constructed so it can fold flat and fit in a C6 envelope but it can also stand up on its own when opened.

I am entering this to the following challenges:

Crafting From The Heart - 59 Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenges - 261 Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers And More - 138 Make Your Own Background

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - 103 Flowers

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog - 116 Feminine

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog - Spring Flowers

Scribble And Scrap Blog & Challenge - 44 Anything Goes

Product informations are below and you can buy them from us. I will share my final version net week.

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend.

Jay

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Happy Blooming Birthday

Hi All

Time for another post, Thanks for stopping by & i hope you like and get some inspiration from what you see.

Todays card is made using the Flower Patch stamp set. Ive made my own DSP for the background, which I'm really into at the moment. I've stamped several of the stamps from this set in several colours randomly and then die cut the circle in the top centre. Ive also die cut a smaller circle for the sentiment. 

TOP TIP If you keep the die in place and then ink over the die you can achieve the crisp white edge.

 The centre parts of the flowers have been stamped in versa mark ink and then covered with red embossing powder. I love this technique.

To finish I've layered the whole piece onto blackberry Bliss card stock and raised the sentiment with dimensional pads.

I was quite happy with how this turned out.

Please feel free to leave a comment 

Thank you

Barry

  

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You are Amazingly Amazing

Hi Everyone

Thanks for stopping by our blog today. Todays creation is a card I've made using the Flower Patch & Painted petals stamp sets from Stampin Up!

I'm into trying to make my own backgrounds and have only used one stamp to create this one. The sentiment is from the Painted Petals stamp set along with the strips.

The flower patch set is one of my favs at the moment especially when used with the coordinating dies. Its makes it so much easier to cut out rather than using scissors.

Anyway I hope you like it. You can find a list of products used below.

Thanks

Barry

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Mitosu Crafts Stampin' with the Sheltering Tree

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Todays card is one i made using the sheltering tree stamp set and i wanted to have a play to see what else i could do with it.

The background is the leaves stamp just stamped randomly in hello honey ink, before being mat and layered onto matching card stock.  I was quite happy with how it looked.

For the main image I've stamped the sheltering tree in Mossy meadow and the leaves in Blackberry Bliss and also done a 2nd generation to add some depth.

This stamp set also comes with grass and flowers which i have used around the base of the tree and a nice collection of sentiments.

Both pieces have been mat & layered onto coordinating card stock and stuck on with 3d dimensional pads.

you can find a full list of products used at the bottom of this post.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking, have a great day

Barry 

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Mitosu Stampin' Hooray It's Your Day On Flip It Card

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I wanted to share with you today this Flip It card I made using Hooray It's Your Day stamp set.

I cut the card base and design paper (from Sale-A-Bration catalogue) using ScanNCut. I also cut a smaller piece of white paper for the top layer.

For the front image, I inked the edges of the top layer using a sponge and decorated with the balloons and stars using 2nd generation stamping technique then stamped the sentiments.

For the back, I inked through the sun ray stencil from Hooray It's Your Day Card Kit. I cut a circle from the same paper and used the number 4 sticker from the same card kit. You can personalise this by adding the name of the recipient above 'Birthday Boy'.

The card width is slightly smaller than A6 so I need to redo the template but other than that I'm really pleased with it.

I am also entering this card to the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog - I Can Sing A Rainbow

Crafting From The Heart - 56 Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenges - 258 Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - 85 Sentiment

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog - 143 Anything Goes

Thanks for looking

Jay

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Mitosu Crafts Stampin' Sheltering Tree

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This Card was made using the Sheltering Tree stamp set from Stampin Up!
It was a very simple card to create and can be easily replicated
Please see below a list of products I have used which can be purchased from our online shop or direct from us.

Please contact us if you have any questions

Thank you for looking

Barry
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Mitosu Crafts Stampin' Flower Patch with Flower Fair Framelits Dies

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I wanted to share what I made with the topper I posted on Facebook using the Flower Patch stamps set and the Flower Fair framelits dies. The topper came about after seeing Anna Marie's demo at Ally Pally and I wanted to put my stampin' spin on it using only Stampin' Up! products.

It's an A6 card and thanks to Queen Pip for the mat & layer's dimensions which I used for this (14.9cm x 10cm & 14.4cm x 9.5cm).

I stamped the flowers and leaves using the 2014-2016 In Colours Stampin' Pads and die cut with our Big Shot. I moulded the flowers using a piercing tool & mat before arranging the smaller flowers on top of the largest flower with glue.

Tip: snip up to the stamped image of the centre flower to help shape it better.

I also used a bit of gauze to add a bit of texture. I'm sure everyone's got some in their first aid kit at home - ours permanently lives in our flower making box! If not, use a bit of baker's twine tied in a knot or a bow.

For the mat, I used our brayer to colour coordinate with the flowers; so if you don't have matching card stock, use ink pads with daubers or sponges, or write markers to colour the edges. I've only used our brayer twice and it's good that the middle is hidden. I will be practising using our brayer by making more mats like this :)

For the layer, I stamped the sentiment before embossing the card with the trellis embossing folder (which came with the Big Shot Starter Kit). I used dimensional pads to mat & layer, then used glue to stick the topper.

I was also cutting around the flower die cuts and made a butterfly! I'm sure most will have a butterfly  punch or a die already but I wanted to see what else I could do with what I had and quite pleased with the result.

I am also entering the card to the following challenges:

Crafting From The Heart - 55 Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - 257Anything Goes

Crafty Card Makers - 136 Wings

Creative Card Crew - 85 Sentiment

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - 101 Things With Wings

Creative Moments - 66 Anything Goes/Spring or Easter

Crafty Catz - 275 It's A Girl Thing
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - 76 Anything Goes

Thanks for looking

Jay @ Mitosu Crafts

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