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

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Make Your Own Bendi Card With Our Tutorial

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We made this Bendi Card at our card making class. It's easy to do once you know the measurements so I thought I would share with you today how I made the templates which we gave to our class attendees.

The final piece folds flat into A6 which will fit in a C6 envelope. You can also make 2 Bendi Cards from 1 A4 card.

Cut an A4 card at 10.5cm lengthways.

Score at 1cm and 15.8cm, then cut at 16.8cm.

The panels are made from the left over piece. Score at 1cm. Turn and cut at 6cm lengthways.

Use the scored lines to cut tabs for your panels.

Align Left Panel along the scored line on the Main Card and mark the top corner to determine where the Main Card tab should be. Do the same for the Right Panel. Cut excess off.

Put Left Panel on top of Main Card, align along the bottom at 10cm and mark the tabs.

Cut in between the marked areas as this is where your Left Panel tab will go into.

Put the Right Panel on top of the Left Panel, align along the bottom at 6cm and mark the tabs.

Cut in between the marked areas for the Right Panel tab to go into.

Adhere all pieces together and you have a Bendi Card!

Hope this will help you in creating your own Bendi Cards. Why not share your creations on our facebook page

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Or tweet us

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Have fun and happy craftin'

Barry and Jay

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24th May Class

Hi All

Our fun Stampin' Up card class is on

Tuesday 24th May

10am - 12pm
Hannah Moore Room

Christ Church

Chineham

Basingstoke

RG24 8LT

All levels of crafters are welcome 18-80+

You will be making pre-planned projects to take home using a range of Stampin' Up! products with the technique Caught In Crystal.

The class is £10 per person or FREE when you place a £25 order but no obligations to do so.

Please book your place in advance so we can prepare enough materials.

Hot drinks will be available and all materials provided but please bring a basic craft kit including your favourite adhesives, scissors and 3D foam pads.

Contact us today to book your place.

Barry & Jay

07746 921967

mitosucrafts@yahoo.co.uk

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Teepee Card

Hi All

Just want to share one of our class project which is a Teepee card!

It's easy to construct and with our measurements it will fold flat and fit in a c6 envelope.

Cut 3 cards measuring 9.5cm x 9.5cm

Score diagonally and use a bone folder

Adhere the 3 pieces together along the diagonal folds - see photo for *placements

Cut 3 mats measuring 8.5cm x 8.5cm

Cut 3 DSP measuring 7.5cm x 7.5cm

Cut all mats and DSP diagonally and adhere to the card base.

Use velcro or glue dots

Decorate as you wish.

And you have a teepee card.

Hope you love this card as much as we do.

Happy craftin'

Jay

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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

Mitosucrafts

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Stampin' Up! Retiring Products

Hi all

Once again sorry for not blogging for some time. I really have no idea where the time goes. I can't believe we're nearly into May.

Well I just wanted to share with you the retiring product list which has been released from Stampin' Up ahead of the new catalogue launch on the 1st of June.

So if you have a favourite stamp set or accessory now is the time to grab it because if its on the list it won't be coming back.

You can shop on via our 24x7 online shop or contact us direct.

If you have any questions please contact us and we will do our best to help.

Thanks for looking and happy shopping

Barry & Jay

Mitosu Crafts

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April Class

EDIT: We will not be using the Bones About It stamp set for this class but will do in the future.

Hi All

Our fun Stampin' Up card class is on

Tuesday 26th April

10am - 12pm
Hannah Moore Room

Christ Church

Chineham

Basingstoke

RG24 8LT

All levels of crafters are welcome 18-80+

You will be making pre-planned projects to take home using a range of Stampin' Up! products including Garden In Bloom and No Bones About It stamp sets.

     

The class is £10 per person or FREE when you place a £25 order but no obligations to do so.

Please book your place in advance so we can prepare enough materials.

Hot drinks will be available and all materials provided but please bring a basic craft kit including your favourite adhesives, scissors and 3D foam pads.

Contact us today to book your place.

Barry & Jay

07746 921967

mitosucrafts@yahoo.co.uk

twitter.com/Mitosucrafts

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March Class

Hi All

Our fun Stampin' Up card class is on

Tuesday 22nd March

10am - 12pm

Christ Church

Chineham

Basingstoke

RG24 8LT

All levels of crafters are welcome 18-80+

You will be making pre-planned projects to take home using a range of Stampin' Up! products including Gorgeous Grunge stamp set and Brick Wall textured impressions embossing folder.

The class is £10 per person or FREE when you place a £25 order but no obligations to do so.

Please book your place in advance so we can prepare enough materials.

Hot drinks will be available and all materials provided but please bring a basic craft kit including your favourite adhesives, scissors and 3D foam pads.

Contact us today to book your place.

Barry & Jay

07746 921967

mitosucrafts@yahoo.co.uk

twitter.com/Mitosucrafts

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Mother's Day Card & Gift

Hi

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

xxx

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Thank You All

Hi All

We have reached just over 100 likes on our Facebook page and we both wanted to thank you all for your continued support by reading our blog, liking our photos and sharing our posts. 

We love playing with Stampin' Up products and sharing our creations to hopefully inspire others to get crafting. If you are near Basingstoke, join our fun stampin' class which we hold once a month, where you can try your hands on different products and techniques.

Here's a pic of a recent class gift we gave our attendees - a sweet jar with tag using the Balloon punch and Another Thank You stamp.

We will let you know our next class date soon.

'Til next time, happy stampin'

Barry and Jay

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Balloon Celebration and Number of Years

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Here are full pics of recent cards we've made using the Balloon Celebration and Number of Years stamp set from the Spring/Summer catalogue.

I love how the background pop on this card which Barry made.

Other products used:

Brick Wall embossing folder

Gorgeous Grunge stamp set

Petite Petals Bundle

Flower Shop Bundle

Beautiful Bunch Bundle

Triple Banner Punch

Flower Fair Leaf Die

I like how the ink fades on the edges of the card which were sponged through the mask.

Other products used:

Happy Patterns Mask

Zig Zag Embossing Folder

Alphabet Rotary Stamp

I used a pigment pen to draw the border free hand and added dots on the 3 flowers.

Other products used:

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

Little Letters Thinlits

Stampin' Write Markers

Hope you like them and thanks for looking.

'Til next time, happy stampin'

Jay

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Sale-A-Bration: Sky Is The Limit Inspirations

Hi All

Just wanted to share these recent cards using the Sky Is The Limit set which you can earn free during Sale-A-Bration. It is one of the limited free gifts which are only available until 15th February. 

Spritz background and used Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the image and text closely

Quick and simple with 2 panels

Used for the background with the Triple Banner and Itty Bitty punches

Using the Zig Zag embossing folder on the bottom half of the card.

Watercolour wash for the sky and Triple Banner punch to create the epaulette 

Shaped card using the Deco Labels framelits

Check out the other Stampin' Up! products used below.

Hope you like them. Thanks for looking

Jay

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February Class

Hi All

We can't wait for our next Stampin' Up! class on

Tuesday 23rd February

10am-12pm

Christ Church

Chineham, Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG24 8LT

All levels of crafters are welcome 18-80+

You will be making pre-planned projects to take home using the Number of Years Bundle with the Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum (which you can earn during Sale-A-Bration) amongst other crafty products.

The class is £10 per person with refreshments available and all materials provided. Please bring a basic craft kit including your favourite adhesives, scissors and 3D foam pads (if you have them).

If you would like to join us on our next fun crafty class or need more information, contact us:

mitosucrafts@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks for looking.

Barry and Jay

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Sheltering Tree weekly deal

Hello all

Hope your having a lovely relaxing sunday?

We just wanted to share with you the amazing Sheltering Tree stamp set which is on offer until Wednesday. It's a great versatile stamp which can be used for many occasions.

If you would like to own this amazing and fun stamp head over to our shop whilst it's at a great price.

Enjoy

Barry & Jay

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