Floral Mum Card

Hi Everyone

I am still loving the Flower Fair Framelits which I used for this Floral Mum Card

Combined with other Stampin' Up! products:

Reeds from Wetlands

Birds from Wherever You Go

Sentiment from Crazy About You

Large Letters Framelits & Letters For You Bundle

Gold Wink Of Stella

Marvelous Markers

The Stamp-a-ma-jig is one of my fave tool as it allows me to stamp exactly where I want. I also used the side of my Paper Snips to shape the larger flowers.

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Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like the card.

Jay Soriano

Mitosu Crafts

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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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Flower Patch - Blooming Birthday

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Hope you've had a lovely week and a better weekend to come. I want to share with you a card using the Flower Patch stamp, the matching Flower Fair Framelits Dies and the Deco Label Framelits. 

The idea behind this was using the dies to cut out the card base to help with composition and masking then putting it all back like a puzzle!

Die cut the smallest and 2nd smallest Deco Label framelit at the middle.

Ink around the edges of the label.

Die cut the leaves at the bottom left and the flowers at the top right.

Stamp the matching images on the die cut pieces.

Stamp on the Very Vanilla card, use 2nd Generation stamping technique to add more depth.

Mat onto Navy card and adhere the die cut pieces back.

Stamp sentiment and heat emboss with opaque embossing powder.

Adhere to card stock and add 3 Pearl Basic Jewels under the sentiment and on the flower.

The magnetic platform was very handy for this project in keeping the dies exactly where I needed them!

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges:

Crafting From The Heart - 75 Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenges - 277 Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers And More - 146 No Patterened Papers

Creative Moments - 76 Anything Goes / Use A Sentiment

Crafty Catz - 291 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - 91 Anything Goes

Thanks for looking

Jay

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Actual Swap And Name Badges

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This week has gone very quick as I have been busy with work and other projects so this is a little late but as promised here's my actual card which I swapped with other demonstrators at Telford last Saturday.

The only differences are the background stamp, sentiment and colours. I used the Something Lacy background stamp with the sentiment and border for the banner from the Butterfly Basics set.

I also altered the colours for the flowers so I ended up with 10 each and Barry made 20 of his card  (from the previous post) in different colours.

The construction and measurements are the same as the original which is A6 and folds flat to fit nicely in an envelope.

We also made our own name badge below.

I created a mask with the Little Letters Thinlits then used the rock 'n' rolling technique with the leaves stamp from the Sheltering Tree set. I added shadows around my name to make it stand out more before daubing around the edges.

Barry used the Gorgeous Grunge set on A6 card then die cut his name with the same thinlits. He then used dimensionals before matting onto Lost Lagoon card.

Unfortunately, I haven't taken pics of the swaps we received from other the demonstrators so I will have to post those another time.

Thanks for stopping by

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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You are Amazingly Amazing

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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' Flower Patch

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Here is a simple card I made using the Stamping Up! Flower Patch stamp set. I have incorporated the stamp set with the Lyra Gemini die from Sue Wilson.
The flowers and leaves have been arranged onto the red card and layered using the dimensional pads from Stamping Up! to give it some depth and interest.
For extra interest I have stamped the sentiment using versamark and embossed with a red embossing powder.

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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