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Happy Birthday (Penguin Place / Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder)

by Kylie July 26, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, today I am sharing a really pretty card featuring the Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder. The Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder is fabulous. It can be used in so many different ways. I’ve already shared one idea here.

To create today’s card, start with a panel of Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper and spray with water. Smoosh some Balmy Blue, Coastal Cabana and Crumb Cake inks onto a non-porous surface and spray with water. Then ‘pounce’ the Watercolour paper into the different colours. Stop when you are happy with the look. Let it dry, or heat with your Heat Tool.

Position the watercolour panel in your Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder and run it through your Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. It will look so pretty! With the White Pigment Ink, gently tap this over the raised parts of the embossed panel. If you aren’t getting the look you want, apply the white ink with a Sponge Dauber. White Pigment ink does take a while to dry so either put it aside or heat with your Heat Tool.

Create your card base. I used Pool Party and added one side to the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder. Run this through your Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.

Next up, is the assembly. Add your decorative panel to a Basic White Cardstock mat so you can see a small white border. Pop up the panel with Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhere to your card base.

Stamp the sentiment (and white heat emboss), from the Penguin Place stamp set (coming soon), on a small piece of Pool Party cardstock and then cut this out with a die from the Ornate Frames die set. Add the sentiment to your card. The final touch is to add some Rhinestones.

Here’s the card…

This is such a fun and easy card to make. The technique is so simple too. I know you’ll have fun playing around with different colour combinations. If you need any products to create this card, you can find them in my online store here.

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Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set, die set, etc, also comes a part of a bundle or suite, I link to all so that you have choices. I also link refills and basic supplies like adhesives which correspond with items used to make my projects. These links take you to my online store.

July 26, 2021 0 comment

Happy Birthday to You (Hand-Penned Petals / Best Year)

by Kylie July 18, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, a week or so ago I shared a card CASEd (Copy And Share Everything) from fellow Demonstrator Maheswari Rajaguru. It was stunning! When making the original card, I actually messed up the spacing of the patterned paper so put it aside and started again. I was looking at it today and realised that although the spacing was strange, I could still use it but I would just need to be a little more creative.

To create the card, take a sheet of Gray Granite cardstock and create a card base. Take another panel of Gray Granite cardstock (cut to 10cm x 14.4cm) and emboss with the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder. Adhere this panel to the card base. Next, cut a sheet of Basic White cardstock to 12.9cm x 9cm. Choose four patterns from the Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper and cut each one to 3 cm x 8.7cm. Adhere these pieces to your Basic White cardstock panel and attach this to your cardstock base. I started by adhering the two end pieces and so when I stuck the third piece down I had a much larger white gap. It was not evenly spaced. To combat this I rotated the card to be portrait instead of landscape. I then added some white twine from the Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack to cover this gap. Now, no one knows I messed up. All that is left is to finish the card.

Stamp, in Basic Gray ink, the floral images from the Hand-Penned Petals stamp set and die cut. I added a light wash of Wink of Stella to these flowers to give them a little more sparkle. Position them on the card and pop up the main image for a little extra dimension.

Stamp the sentiment in Versamark on Basic Gray cardstock and emboss with White Embossing Powder. Die-cut this sentiment using a die from the Ornate Frames die set. Pop this up on the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Finally, add a few clear dots from the Silver & Clear Epoxy Essentials pack.

Here’s the card…

Don’t ever think that just because you have ‘messed up’ that the card isn’t salvageable. You might need to sit on it for a few days before you take action. In the end, I was able to create another pretty card from a mistake!

If you love the paper I used to create today’s card, you will also love that the Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper is currently on sale for 15% off! All products are available in my online store.

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July 18, 2021 0 comment

Birthdays Blog Hop Challenge Sketch Stampers Anonymous Stellar Birthday

Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop #32: Sketch Challenge

by Kylie July 14, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, welcome to the Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop day! Thanks so much for hopping with us this month. The theme for our July 2021 Blog Hop is a Sketch Challenge. We were challenged to create a card based on the sketch featured below.

Here’s the Challenge…

I really like this sketch and I knew exactly what I was going to do as soon as I saw it. It rarely happens for me this way! The Stellar Birthday stamp set had been laying on my desk unused for a week or so. I thought this sketch would be perfect to create a scene of an astronaut child passing by the moon on a dark and starry night.

Here’s the card…

I used a Layering Circle die and cut out a mask from a Post-It note. This was going to be my moon shape. (If you don’t feel like masking, you could simply die cut a circle from Basic White cardstock and stick it down instead). After adhering my mask, I used a Blending Brush to add a layer of Misty Moonlight ink. Then I added a layer of Night of Navy ink. I wanted this to be darker around the edges of my panel. Depending on how juicy your inkpads are, you might find that some of the ink seeps through the mask. Don’t worry about it! In fact, it helps to add a little interest and you then don’t have to try and add anything to make it look more like a moon (well, that’s my theory anyway).

Once you are happy with the colour of this panel, splash some water droplets on it as this will ‘lift up’ the colour in places. Helps it look a bit more like a sky. Then put this panel aside to dry very well. I let mine dry overnight. You could heat it with a Heat Tool, but remove the mask first. Once the panel is completely dry, randomly stamp the stars from the Stellar Birthday set all over this panel with Versamark ink and heat emboss with White Embossing Powder. Put this panel aside. (If the panel isn’t completely dry you will end up with flecks of embossing powder where you do not want them).

Stamp the astronaut in Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colour with your Stampin’ Blends. Cut out the image and add Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop the image up on the card. I added a torn strip of Polished Pink cardstock and a strip of paper from the Expressions in Ink Designer Series Paper pack to the sky panel. The sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy. It was also popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The final touch was to add some silver diamond shaped epoxy stickers from the Silver & Clear Epoxy Essentials pack.

Let’s continue on the hop…

You might have come here from Melissa Gifford’s blog. Next up, please hop along to Marelle Taylor’s blog. Here’s a list of all the participants:

Kylie Page | Stampers Workshop (You Are Here)

Marelle Taylor

Meighan Wheller

Sharon Wilson

Thanks for hopping along with us. I had so much fun with this sketch. I hope you’ll try your hand and creating something based on it too. We’d love for you to continue on the hop and see the wonderful projects by the rest of the Stampers Anonymous ladies.

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July 14, 2021 15 comments

Best Year Birthdays Peaceful Moments Technique

Create pretty cards with the Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder (Peaceful Moments / Best Year)

by Kylie July 12, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, a couple of years ago I shared a card that continues to draw interest from people who have seen it. Unfortunately, the embossing folder I used to create it retired and there was nothing in the Stampin’ Up!® range that I felt was a suitable substitution….until now! YAY! The Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder is perfect for this technique. You are going to love it and you will be addicted to making this style of card just as much as I am. It’s super easy and the result is so beautiful!

Take your Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder, add some Basic White cardstock and run it through your Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. I’d suggest making a few panels at this time because trust me, you won’t stop at one. Next, take your Stampin’ Blends and colour the embossed (raised) part of the design. The ink from the Stampin’ Blends will naturally bleed into the cardstock so use a gentle hand but don’t worry too much if it does bleed. The overall effect will still wow!

Finish off the card by adhering the panel to a card base and adding your sentiment and any bling you might like.

I’m sharing three cards based on this technique today. The first two cards have the embossed image facing up. The third card was coloured in the same way but when I adhered it to the card base I flipped it over so it’s a much more subtle look. I just love it!

Here’s the first card…

Here’s the second card…

Here’s the third card…

They are just the prettiest of cards, aren’t they? I could just colour them all day. I cannot wait to make some more and play around with some different colour combinations. So much fun!

If the Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder is now on your wish list too, you can purchase it from my online store.

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July 12, 2021 0 comment

Art Gallery Birthdays Celebrate Sunflowers

Just want to say (Art Gallery / Celebrate Sunflowers)

by Kylie July 2, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, today I’m sharing a card which is a little different from my usual style both in terms of design and colour combination used. I was on canva.com earlier and saw a fun template and was immediately inspired to create. Unfortunately, I cannot link to the exact template as I didn’t save it and couldn’t find it again.

I started this card by preparing a Very Vanilla cardstock base. I stamped the large sunflower and leaves from the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set all over the background. I used Night of Navy for the sunflower and a combination of Pumpkin Pie and Granny Apple Green for the leaves.

The next step was to die cut the “Just want to say’ sentiment from the Floral Gallery die set. As I planned to pop this sentiment up I added the Foam Adhesive to the Pumpkin Pie cardstock before running it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. I will often run it through a couple of times just to make sure it really cuts through. Don’t worry about the Foam Adhesive flattening as it does pop back up again.

I added the sentiment to a Night of Navy cardstock panel which I had matted on two sides with a small border of Pumpkin Pie cardstock. It was after I had attached the sentiment that I realised the Night of Navy cardstock needed something more. If I hadn’t already adhered the sentiment I could have run it through an embossing folder. In the end, I stamped the smaller sunflower stamp from the Celebrate Sunflowers set around the edges (in Night of Navy for that tone on tone look). If you forget to do this step first, then I’d recommend using some post-it tape to cover the Pumpkin Pie edge so as not to get ink on this border.

When it came time to add the sentiment, I white heat-embossed ‘Happy Birthday’ from the Art Gallery stamp set on a small piece of Granny Apple Green and trimmed it to size. The final touch was to add some Rhinestones. I think, if I was to re-create this card, I might use either the Artisty Bloom Adhesive-Backed Sequins or the Sequins for Everything sequins in an orange colour just to add a little bit more colour.

Here’s the card…

I keep looking at this card. It is so different from my usual style in so many ways. I’m challenging you today to step out of your comfort zone and try something a little different today.

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July 2, 2021 0 comment

Birthdays CASE the Catalogue In Bloom

Happy Birthday (In Bloom)

by Kylie June 13, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, while we all love stamping, there are so many fabulous dies out there too. Today’s card is made up of mostly die cuts – only the sentiment has been stamped. I’ve used the In Bloom Bundle (available at a 10% discount, or you can buy the In Bloom stamp set and Pierced Blooms dies separately).

This is such a fun set to create with. I picked out a range of colours – Blushing Bride and Polished Pink for the flowers and Just Jade for the leaves. I added Adhesive sheets to the back of the cardstock (this makes it so much easier to stick down all the more fiddly pieces). Next up I die cut an assortment of dies (cut as many as you can as this will give you more choices as you construct your card).

While I had the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine out, I also die cut a shape from the Hippo & Friends dies to use for my sentiment. I used the Blending Brushes to add some Polished Pink ink to the edges of this shape so the Basic White cardstock didn’t seem so stark. I also ran the Basic Gray cardstock base through with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder (this is my new go-to Embossing Folder for a more neutral textured background now that the Subtles Embossing Folder has been retired).

The sentiment is from the In Bloom stamp set. I masked the stamp with post-it notes so that I only stamped the part of it I wanted. My recommendation is to stamp the sentiment before you do your die-cutting in case you mess it up. It also allows you to have the sentiment exactly where you want it. Also, when masking make sure you clean and thoroughly dry the stamp before moving on to each stamping stage.

The next step is the fun step. Take all your die-cut shapes and play around with positioning them on your card. Once you are happy with the layout, pull off the adhesive backings, or add Stampin’ Dimensionals, if necessary, to secure everything in place. The final step is to add some bling (if you want). I used the Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Here’s the card…

So there you have it! If you are like me you now have a heap of die-cut images left over. You can either make another card straight away or put them away with the dies (depending on the number of, and size of the dies, I either just throw them in the back of the package or I add them to a Clear Medium envelope and tuck this in the back) so you have them ready for another occasion.

I hope you will give this a go! Let me know if you do.

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June 13, 2021 0 comment

Birthdays Blossoms in Bloom CASE the Catalogue

Happy Birthday (Blossoms in Bloom)

by Kylie May 31, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, wow, can you believe the end of the month is here? Hasn’t May flown by?! I’m sorry I’ve been missing over the past week. As long term readers know, I injured my back last year while in Hotel Quarantine. Over time it has been getting heaps better but I had a setback last week and I’ve not been able to do much of anything. My poor partner even had to delay his flight back to work so he could stay home and look after me. I’m gradually starting to get better though so I’m back in the craft room today. I probably will be posting a little less regularly over the next week or so as I don’t want to overdo things. I hope you’ll understand.

I thought I’d turn to the catalogue for inspiration to create today’s project. The card I’m sharing is inspired by a card from last years catalogue (page 171). It’s a lovely card and features the Blossoms in Bloom stamps and Many Layered Blossoms dies (also available in a Bundle for a 10% Discount). There are a few things I love about this card but the main thing which drew my attention was the colours used. The card sample features Cinnamon Cider, Bumblee Bee and Pear Pizzazz. So lovely and quite different from my usual colour choices!

The card is super easy to create. Start by attaching an Adhesive Sheet to Basic White cardstock (this will make it so much easier to adhere the flower die-cut to your card at the end). Next, die-cut the thin floral die from the Many Layered Blossoms die set. I do recommend doing this step first as it will help with the placement of your stamps.

The next step is to cut a panel of Basic White Cardstock. I usually cut up an entire pack of cardstock. Each sheet is cut into four so I have front panels ready to go. I trimmed a centimetre from this panel as I wanted to have a little strip of the Cinnamon Cider cardstock base showing on each edge.

Now we move onto stamping. Ink up the main floral image from the Blossoms in Bloom stamp set in Bumblebee ink and stamp on Basic White cardstock. Ink up the different leaves in Pear Pizzazz. I tried to place the leaves in roughly the same position as the die-cut (which is why we cut it first). Before adhering the die-cut piece to this panel, I added a splatter of Cinnamon Cider ink over the panel to give it a little more interest. Now we can adhere the floral die cut we cut at the start.

I added a sentiment strip which was White Embossed on a piece of Cinnamon Cider cardstock. The final touch was to add a few of the white Elegant Faceted Gems.

Here’s the card…

So what do you think of the colours? Pretty cool, huh? I challenge you to create the above card using colours that are not your usual go-to colours! If you need any supplies, please go to my online store as it will have everything you need to recreate this project.

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May 31, 2021 2 comments

Artistically Inked Birthdays

Happy Birthday (Artistically Inked)

by Kylie May 20, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, the new Expressions in Ink suite is amazing! It’s quite different from anything I’ve been aware of Stampin’ Up!® doing in the past. The Expressions In Ink Specialty Designer Series Paper, in particular, is really quite stunning – it has gorgeous gold foiling on one side of the papers. Divine!

I couldn’t wait to start creating with the suite and I wanted to make the gorgeous patterned paper the focus of my cards. This led me to design a really simple card and it is one you could easily replicate. In fact, I couldn’t stop with one – so I am sharing two cards today.

All you need to do is select the paper you want to use and pick a coordinating sheet of cardstock for the card base. For the first card I’ve used Polished Pink, and for the second I’ve chosen Just Jade. I trimmed the patterned paper to 12.4cm x 8cm and matted it on a mat of Basic White (12.8cm x 8.4cm). You could pop this panel up with Stampin’ Dimensionals if you wanted. I decided to add it directly to the card base.

The next step was to die cut the beautiful leaves from the Artistic die set. As it is quite a delicate die, I used Adhesive Sheets and applied it to the Basic White cardstock before I ran it through the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine. It makes it easier to adhere the die-cut to your card.

For the sentiment, I stamped Happy Birthday (from the Artistically Inked stamp set) in Versamark and then embossed in Gold. So pretty! I die cut this sentiment using one of the dies from the Stitched Rectangles die set. As the dies weren’t the perfect size I positioned the die over the sentiment and then made sure the part I didn’t want cut was kind of hanging off the edge of the cutting platform. This meant that when I ran it through the die-cutting machine only half of the sentiment was cut out. I then moved the die so it would cut the other end of the sentiment strip. Once again, I placed the die in the machine so the part I didn’t want cut was hanging off the edge of the cutting platform. This technique enables you to extend the use of your dies.

The final touch was to add a bow of gold trim from the Simply Elegant Trim pack. I adhered the bow with a Glue Dot.

Here’s the first card…

Here’s the second card…

Aren’t they both so lovely? The colours are so rich and lovely. Which colourway do you like best?

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May 20, 2021 0 comment

Birthdays Blog Hop Challenge Way To Goat

Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop #30: Sketch Challenge

by Kylie May 14, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, welcome to the Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop day! Thanks so much for hopping with us this month. The theme for our May 2021 Blog Hop is to create a card based on the sketch below.

Here’s the Challenge…

Here’s the card…

Initially, I thought this sketch was going to be super easy but I soon realise that I underestimated it. I don’t tend to do a lot of split backgrounds. It’s usual for me to have only one patterned paper or one colour of cardstock or even a stamped background. Mixing and matching isn’t something I do very often at all. So I started swimmingly…I picked the stamp set – Way to Goat, picked the patterned paper and the coordinating cardstock. Then I started to assemble it and realised I needed another piece of paper but nothing quite fitted. Thankfully the Way to Goat stamp set had a cute tin can stamp which was perfect to randomly stamp and create my own patterned paper.

Let’s continue on the hop…

You might have come here from Nikki Stalker’s blog. Next up, please hop along to Elizabeth Yager’s blog. Here’s a list of all the participants:

Nikki Stalker

Kylie Page | Stampers Workshop (You Are Here)

Elizabeth Yager

Melissa Gifford

Sharon Wilson

Thanks for hopping along with us. Sketch challenges are always fun, and I’m inspired to try and create another card based on this one. I hope you’ll play along. Please continue on the hop and see the fabulous projects by the wonderful Stampers Anonymous ladies.

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May 14, 2021 7 comments

Birthdays Party Puffins

Happy Birthday Trio (Party Puffins)

by Kylie May 6, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, recently I attended an online Stampin’ Up!® event called OnStage. Before the global pandemic, these events were always fun to attend in person. Stampin’ Up!® always strives to make the Demonstrator only events fun and informative. At these events we get to see new products unveiled, with hints and tips to create awesome projects with them; there are business tips too and we also get to network with other demonstrators. It’s fun! Stampin’ Up!® encouraged us to create cards to “swap” virtually. This basically meant creating a card which we then displayed for other people to see during small Zoom networking sessions and we talked about how and why we created the card. I ended up making three cards because…well, who can stop at one?

My cards feature the new Puffin Party stamp set which is so fun! To create my card I also used the new Designer Series Paper pack called Pattern Party. This paper is only available to customers who meet certain buying criteria but it is definitely such a cool pack! It has fun colourful patterns on one side and lovely black and white designs on the other (and you know how much I love black and white papers!).

Here’s the first card…

Here’s the second card…

Here’s the third card…

You might be wondering why I made three cards that are ostensibly the same? I wanted to illustrate that by changing your colour combinations, you can easily change your audience. For example, I felt the Misty Moonlight card was potentially more of a masculine card. The bright Poppy Parade card could be more suited to a juvenile whereas the Pool Party/Flirty Flamingo card, with a few Rhinestones, could potentially be considered more of a feminine card.

No matter how you look at these cards, I’m sure you will agree the Party Puffins are so very cute! I know you are going to enjoy creating with them as much as I did!

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May 6, 2021 0 comment

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