Stampin' With Michelle Pepper

Well, it seems August 26th is Dog Appreciation Day! And I remembered that I still haven't shared this card which Claire Hill and I taught at the Auckland Extravaganza back in July! We used everything in the Playful Pets Suite in this card - the stamps, dies, Designer Series Paper, Trim and Trinkets! And wow, you can use this one code to order all the products in this suite .   Check out the full list of supplies here .  Below is the same card, standing on display. Here, here, three cheers for our family pets ! I made a short video tutorial on how to make this fancy fold card. In the video, I did not walk through how I decorated this card. I wanted it to be a short video. I know the card looks complicated, but hopefully my video will show you that you can easily re-create this card. Enjoy!   Until next post, have fun stamping!  *** Do you have a huge Stampin' Up! wish list? Then our fully customisable Starter Kit is for you, check it out now! For current specials, cli...

Bumblebee is the name of one of the 5 new In Colours in our 2020-21 Annual Catalogue.   Michelle's Top Tip Today: When a large area of your card is to be covered up, consider cutting out that area with shaped dies or punches, to be used either on the inside of the card, or envelope or in another card.  All these three cards are linked by the circle diecuts. When I made the first card, Country Home Hello Card, I had cut out a circle from the Bumblebee Stitched Lace Die background with one of the dies from Layering Circles dies. This I used in the card below.  This card is a variation of the sketch I used for the Country Home Hello card .  Here, I have used the happy and cheerful sunflower card from the Flowers For Every Season Memories and More Card Pack, and also featured the Bumblebee gingham ribbon. I have heat embossed the sentiment in White as I wanted to keep this card Monochromatic. You can find the list of all the items used in this card here . Now, of course...

Oh, Country Home goodness! Did you know that constraints can make you more creative? Sometimes, when we have so much available to us, it is hard to know where to start! That is why I love participating in card challenges. Today's project came about as I worked through the confines of not one but two card challenges. First, a sketch challenge, from #stampinfancyfriday   Next, a colour challenge from Colour INKspiration challenge #CI83 See, now all I have to decide is the images (stamp sets/dies/sentiments). Well, that is enough things to decide on, I say! You can see all the supplies I used here (including all the basic items such as adhesives) -  https://s.tamp.in/7WO4eW Michelle's Top Tip Today:  So, I decided to jazz up the milk jug a bit. I didn't have any ornate stamp...until I remember the one from Still Scenes. So I heat embossed that image in silver then stamp the milk jug over it (it's photopolymer so I can clearly see through for placement).  Your Turn: Will...

Why make one card when you can make two?       The large floral image from the Blossoms in Bloom lends itself very well to what is known as the Split Card Technique. (Shown below are the coordinating dies, Many Layered Blossoms, for this stamp set. Get both the stamps and the dies as a Bundle and save 10% - woohoo!) You can see all the supplies I used here (including all the basic items such as adhesives).        Split Card technique: Take two Whisper White pieces (I have cut mine at 9.7cm x 14cm) and place them side by side. Stamp the floral image (I have used Misty Moonlight) across both Whisper White pieces. That's it - one image split across both pieces! Oh, and I used Bumblebee yellow to colour in the centre of the flowers.       There are two coordinating die cuts for this floral image. I have used the thin outline,  cut out in Smoky Slate, carefully applying glue all over it then adhere to the floral image. Then carefully use...