Stampin' With Michelle Pepper

How fun to open a card and be greeted with this strawberry cake surprise! Click here to see the list of supplies used My inspiration for this card came from a fellow demonstrator Heejung Hunsberger, only I made it a three tier cake with no window on the card front. This is the way CASE works - it stands for Copy and Selectively Edit. Sometimes a CASE is pretty much a straight duplicate; sometimes one changes the colours or stamps used; other times one changes the orientation of the card or instead of a circle element a square shape is used. Still other times, like this one, it takes on another form altogether.  The white "cake" layers were embossed with Subtles 3D embossing folder, reminscent of cake icing. The strawberries were fussy cut out of the FREE Sale-a-bration Berry Delightful Designer Series Paper.  The candles are stamped from another FREE Sale-a-bration item called Approaching Perfection. The blue paper is also from the Berry Delightful DSP - it reminds me of a co...

Create this beautiful card with a large greeting, beautiful FREE paper and some ink! Click here to see the list of supplies I used This is my lazy time poor version of Jennifer Frost @thecraftycarrotco card. I cheated by skipping the bubble stamping technique she did. After masking and sponging with Seaside Spray and Soft Sea Foam (using our amazing new Blending Brushes), I used a sponge dauber to daub on polka dots of Petal Pink.    Michelle's Top Tips Today:   I love Jenn's tip on fussy cutting out some of the words stamped in a different ink - this way, you can tuck the flowers under the sentiment. The flowers were fussy cut from the Paper Blooms Designer Series Paper which you can get for FREE with any qualifying purchase of $110. This Sale-a-bration promotion ends at the end of February though so don't wait! (ps: the reverse of the paper I used to cut the flowers from is the background I used to take the above picture of my card on.) Now the colours I used to sponge...

It's Sale-a-bration (SAB) time so I have combined two SAB free stamps to showcase on this card!   Click here for the list of supplies I used   -The sentiment is from the SAB Approaching Perfection stamp set The wonky donkey is of course from the SAB Darling Donkeys stamp set - you can select either stamp set for free with qualifying order of $110 during January and February 2021. Want both? No problem, as during Sale-a-bration, you get a free "level 1" gift for every $110 you spend.    For the inside of the card, Hee Haw is from Darling Donkeys and Happy Birthday and the candles are from the Approaching Perfection stamp set. I taught this card to my first 2021 class, as you can see, the attendees had fun with varying the placement of the sentiment/image cluster. I will be teaching this again in a few days' time. -Michelle's Top Tips Today:    1. I have also used the Pattern Play stamp set from the 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue. This is one of those sets you ma...

Love me a happy card! Click here to see the list of supplies Happy New Year - 2021, here we are! It's summer here in New Zealand, and what says happy more than a field of daisies? This card features the daisy paper which is from the Flower and Field Designer Series Paper (one of the Sale-a-bration free items with every $110 purchase).   Did I say it's summer here? That means hot, hot, hot. It means we might not be able to stay indoors and craft much, so quick and easy cards it will have to be. But don't be fooled, quick and easy doesn't mean boring! Stampin' Up! has lots of products that will just add that little bit of fun, that little bit of panache to your crafting. This daisy card uses a beautifully designed paper, a stitched rectangle (a little detail that packs a punch), a simple greeting but with stylised font that is also whimsical, and that cute little ladybug trinket - adorable ain't it just!!! Michelle's Top Tip today: When you already have the su...

 The festive Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper is a keepsake! Click here for the supplies that I used   This is one of my favourite go-to mini albums to make. All our Designer Series Papers (DSPs) are so beautiful and one awesome way to show them off is in a keepsake album (it measures about 6"x6" or 15.2cm x 15.2cm). Also, this can be a great card option - you know, when you need a card that has enough space for lots of people to write on.   The album is easily adjustable - here I have used 5 pieces of DSPs for the pages (with pockets for extra journaling, photos or memorabilia), but if you prefer less you can certainly alter that. The whole album is held together with our gorgeous Old Olive/Pretty Peacock Reversible Ribbon (#149496).   Did you also notice that the cover was actually just t he design of the card I posted here ? Why not eh - it'll make a great card and album gift too!   Hope you like looking at pictures because now I will show yo...

A Nativity Christmas Card...     ... and a stepped up version! Dry emboss, and heat emboss in Gold.   Click here for the supplies list for this card     Those who attend the Auckland Extravaganza events (3 times every year - in March, July and November) always get to make five fabulous projects. Judith and I taught this Peaceful Nativity card at our most recent November "Christmas" Extravaganza. Peaceful Nativity is literally the only stamp set you need for this project.  Michelle's Top Tip: To "zush up" a white or predominantly white card, I think you need texture, texture, texture! You'll see here that the frame is embossed with the Subtle 3D embossing folder, and of course, heat embossing in gold also provides texture. Thanks for popping by today to see my card creation. As always, if you have any questions, I am happy to help you. Until next post, have fun stamping! *** Do you have a huge Stampin' Up! wish list? Then our fully customisable Starter Ki...

A Christmas Card in Real Red and Very Vanilla   Click here for the supplies list   Recently, I attended Stampin' Up!'s first virtual conference (you know, a Covid-19 thing in 2020!). So thankful for Stampin' Up! to adapt and be creative and therefore us demonstrators did not have to give up meeting and connecting altogether due to lockdowns and social distancing. Typically, we get to see new products coming out and even stamp with some. This card below was one of the "stamp and share" projects. I didn't have the new products (which I could have pre-ordered) so instead I followed along but I used different supplies. Ta-da - the above Monochromatic Merry Christmas card was born!       Michelle's Top Tips:    - If a layout doesn't quite work with the supplies you have to use, try turning the orientation of the layout as I have done in today's card.    - A monochromatic card is a great idea if you have limited supplies. - 2"x2" squares of DSP...