Stampin' Fancy Friday | Not a Card Challenge

 Hello stamping friends! It's a new month and its time for us to get our fancy on with the new Stampin' Fancy Friday Challenge. This month we are all about not creating a card but creating things 3D, home decor, scrapbooking, etc. Anything that isn't a card.

I've made for you today some Two-Tiered Gift Boxes. Thank you to Claire from @createdtheotterway for your fantastic You Tube Tutorial.  Making these boxes has reminded me at how much I love making 3D/boxes which I haven't done much of this year. 

I love creating gift boxes for fun and personalised gifts. They are also a fantastic way to dress up chocolates or sweets when giving them as gifts. Just makes them a little bit nicer than giving them in their original packaging.

I've used the super cute products from the Reindeer Days suite for some gorgeous Christmas gift boxes.

I've created the boxes in three different colour/DSP combinations just to show a different look with the different colours. All the DSP used comes from the Reindeer Days DSP pack. I've used only three of the sheets from the pack but any one of the designs would work well. How amazing is that DSP though??!! The Stampin' Up! designers outdid themselves on this one, that's for sure!

Upon removing the lid, the box has two trays on the inside to either put chocolates or sweets or a small gift. Or chocolates/sweets and a small gift. Each tray can hold 4 of the chocolate balls (if made to the same measurments) so they can hold a fair bit.

I've used the Reindeer Fun Dies to make a super cute coordinating tag. How cute are these reindeers??!! They are so fun and so festive. 

I've kept the boxes fairly simple as the DSP used is pretty busy. I finished them off with a paper bow that I cut using a template. These boxes are super cute and super fun and perfect for that little Christmas gift.

Why not give these boxes a go? They are perfect to use some of the DSP we've got stored in our craft stashes.

I do hope you like my Fancy 'Not a Card' creations. Check out the rest of  all the different creations that the Stampin' Fancy Friday Design Team has made on the Stampin' Fancy Friday Instagram Account or on the Stampin' Fancy Friday Facebook page. This is where all their creations will be shared throughout the month, so make sure that you are following them to get all of the amazing ideas! You won't be short of inspiration to get those ideas flowing on those 'Not a card' creations.

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CASE-ing the Catty | #CTC492 | CASE a Bundle Pg.s 57-73 Annual Catalogue

 Hello Stamping Friends. Welcome to a super exciting CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop. We at CASE-ing the Catty are about CASE-ing the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues (Catty) with a different theme to CASE each week. To CASE is to Copy and Selectively Edit.

This week, we are CASE-ing the samples from the bundles showcased on pages 57 - 73 of the Stampin' Up! 2024 Annual Catalogue.⁠

If you've come from Julia Quinn's blog, welcome, if you've started here with me also welcome.

I've said it before Stampin' Up! bundles make crafting coordination easy. The stamp & tool bundles help you to quickly cut out stamped images to simplify your paper crafting while also at the same time saving you money. Who doesn't want to save money?

There are 17 amazing bundles in the catalogue from pgs.57-73 for just about every occasion to cover all your crafting needs.

I chose this sample from the bundles in the Annual Catalogue that is made with the Bistro Burger Bundle and used it for the basis of my neutral Christmas card using the Decorative Trees Bundle that is found in the 2024 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue.

I've kept most of the design elements the same as the original, but I changed up the layering on my card as I felt my card looked better that way. Just my personal preference. I wanted more a rustic/neutral look and knew I wanted to have the Country Woods DSP on the card and then I built the card up from there.

I've started the card with Basic White thick cardstock and a double layering of dry embossed cardstock. And then over the embossing I've added a layer of the Country Woods DSP. I did try a piece with banner ends like the original sample but liked the DSP without the banner ends. Again, just personal preference and I love clean/straight lines on my cards.

I've then added one of the Spotlight on Nature die cut circles and then layered on that the Decorative Trees die cuts. I layered Crumb Cake cardstock and the super pretty retired Gold Glimmer Paper that I've still got a bit of a stash of. #useyourstash 

I've finished the card off with the heat embossed Merry from the Reindeer Fun stamp set, the die cut Christmas from the Peaceful Season dies, Iridescent Pearls, Linen Thread, and Black and Vanilla large check ribbon.

I hope that my card today inspires you to use the catalogue samples as the basis for your cards. They are the perfect starting point for inspiration and to help you to get creating. I love keeping similar design elements from the samples and changing them up to create my own cards. 

Follow the hop though to visit Kathryn Mangelsdorf to see what catalogue sample inspired her.

Rebecca Scurr

Julia Quinn

Rochelle Blok - You are here

Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Peta Stephen

Michelle Strazds

Andrea Sargent

Judy May

Monique Fielder

We would love to have you join us over at our Facebook group to share your creation CASE-ing a project from the 2024 - 2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue and join in this week's challenge. You don't need to have a blog to join in!

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Just Add Ink #724 | Colour Challenge

 Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day.  I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #724 | Colour Challenge.

This week we have a colour challenge but with a difference. We have given you the first two colours and you can choose the third one. How fun! The colour that I chose to go with the two colours already given to us is Old Olive. I think I snuck in Garden Green there too, but we won't tell anyone. 

I've just this week received the Online Exclusive Happy Hibiscus Hybrid Bundle, which is currently on demo preorder and will be available to purchase from the Stampin' Up! Website come Nov 5th, and I thought the Peach Pie colour was perfect for the gorgeous Hibiscus image. So then adding Old Olive as my colour of choice I was then able to add some foliage to go with the Hibiscus blooms.

I heat embossed the Hibiscus flowers on a sheet of the Unbounded Beauty 12" x 12" DSP.  This Peach Pie sheet of the DSP with its mottled look gives the stamped flower a water colour washed look with some textural stamping without having to do any of the work. It's such a gorgeous look!

The Happy Hibiscus Hybrid Embossing Folder, used for my card base layers, is also part of the Happy Hibiscus Bundle. This embossing folder is stunning and is able to use as is or with the use of the coordinating dies is able to die cut the beautiful, embossed images. If there was one online exclusive bundle to purchase this year, it would have to be this one!

I've used two layered layers of Misty Moonlight with Basic White for the base of the card and then layered the die cut and stamped pieces for this tropical Hibiscus card. I've accented the card with some Textural Element pieces, Gold Twisted Thread -that I unraveled to pull some strands out of, the cute little die cut flowers and the Happy Birthday from the Friends for Life Stamp Set.

I do hope that I've inspired you not only with this sneak peek of some new and upcoming products but also with the colours for our colour challenge. Go and check out the design teams take on this week's colour challenge at the Just Add Ink Blog and then come and join us for this week's colour fun.

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CASE-ing the Catty | CTC#491 | Case a Sketch from Pg. 16

Hello Stamping Friends. Welcome to a super exciting CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop. We at CASE-ing the Catty are about CASE-ing the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues (Catty) with a different theme to CASE each week. To CASE is to Copy and Selectively Edit.

 This week we are CASE-ing the sketches on pg.16 of the Stampin' Up! 2024 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue.

Do you use the sketches in the catalogues? I love the sketches in both the Annual and Mini Catalogues. They are a fantastic tool and sometimes just the inspiration that you need to get creating. I hope that they will be an addition to the future catalogues.

These are all the sketches from the Mini Catalogue. How fun are they?! I love how varied they are too. I was drawn to the one at the very top right. After I had finished making my card, I realised that I have used that very layout on a few of my cards recently so no wonder I was drawn to it. But my card was made by the time I realised so I stuck with it. If we do a CASE the Sketch challenge in the future, I'll make sure that the sketch I choose will be something completely different to what I normally do. There, I've set myself a challenge.

My card today uses the Enduring Beauty Stamp set and I've coloured  it with Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers. I love using the coordinating masks that go with this set, but I also love colouring the image with other colouring mediums too. The Stampin' Blends won out this time. If you want to see this set being using with watercolouring check it out HERE and HERE or used with the masks HERE.

For the flowers I didn't use a standard combination of Blends Markers but used Dark Flirty Flamingo, Light Pretty in Pink and Dark Petal Pink. For the leaves I used Dark and Light Mossy Meadow. I coloured in and around the floral image with Light Pool Party so that the white cardstock blended in more with the Pool Party layer behind it.

 I've finished the card off with some embossed splatters, the Happy Birthday from the Friends for Life Stamp Set, some White ribbon from the Petal Pink & White Diagonal Trim Combo Pack, and some Opal Rounds. I love how this card turned out. It's just so pretty!

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Peta Stephen. Be sure to go around and give her some blog hop love.

Julia Quinn

Rochelle Laird-Smith

Rochelle Blok - You are here

Peta Stephen

Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Rebecca Scurr

Andrea Sargent

Monique Fielder

Judy May

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Just Add Ink #722 | Sketch Challenge

Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day.  I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #722 | Sketch Challenge.

This week we have a fabulous sketch for you designed by fellow JAI team member - Lou Kitzelman.

I recently recieved in my  Stampin' Up! order the super fun products from the Reindeer Days Suite that is found in the Stampin' Up! 2024 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue. This suite is so fun and so cute and makes for some fabulous Christmas cards.

I've started the card with a Basic White base and added some Basic White die cuts for a Faux Embossed look. Faux Embossing is a fantastic way to add to your creations for that added something extra. Try it with other cardstock colours to incorporate into your creations.

 

I thought a fantastic contrast to the Basic White was the Real Red sheet from the Reindeer Days DSP. I cut up the DSP in strips and sponged around the edge of each of each strip with Real Red Ink. I then arrnged the strips like the sketch to create a fun DSP background.

I've then finished the card off with my current favourite ribbon - Pool Party Pom Pom Ribbon and then added the Spotlight on Nature cirle and the super fun Reindeer Fun Dies. Aren't they the cutest??!! The heat embossed 'Merry Christmas' comes from the Reindeer Fun Stamp set and is the perfect addition to finish off the card.

I do hope that I've inspired you with my card for this week's sketch challenge.Go and check out the design teams take on the sketch at the Just Add Ink blogfor some inspiration and then come and join in this weeks sketch fun. I can't wait to see what you create.

 

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CASE-ing the Catty | #CTC489 | CASE a Bundle

 Hello Stamping Friends. Welcome to a super exciting CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop. We at CASE-ing the Catty are about CASE-ing the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues (Catty) with a different theme to CASE each week. To CASE is to Copy And Selectively Edit.

This week we are CASe-ing the Bundles found on Pgs. 39 - 50 in the Stampin' Up! 2024 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue.

 

If you've come from Julia Quinn's blog, welcome,  if you've started here with me also welcome.

 The Stampin' Up! bundles make crafting coordination easy. The stamp & tool bundles help you to quickly cut out stamped images to simplify your paper crafting while also at the same time saving you money. A double bonus if you ask me!

There are 12 amazing bundles in the catalogue from pgs. 39 - 50 that cover every occasion for the coming Christams/Holiday season. 

 I chose this sample from the Mini Catalogue for the basis of my CASE-d card today. It uses the Hang on Ornament Bundle but for my card today I've used the Sentimental Christmas DSP as the main feature of my card.

In the original card I liked the strip across the front and then the placement of the die cuts in a cluster to the right so I've used those design elements for this Merry Christmas Card.

Have you seen the Sentimental Christmas DSP? Its a stunning patterned paper filled with vintage traditional Christmas images. It reminds me of the Christmas wrapping papers and cards in the '80's when I was a kid growing up. It's very nostalgic! This paper was hand-drawn in coloured pencils for original designs that you won't find anywhere else. Here on my card I've fussy cut the stocking image to use as a feature element on the front of my card.

How beautiful are the traditional colours in the DSP??!! I do love using traditional and non-traditional colours when creating Christmas cards nothing screams Christmas as much as green and red. I've coordinated the Forever Plaid Embossing folder to add that extra texture and I've finished the card off with some Pool Party Pom Pom Trim, Linen Thread, Shaded Spruce Satin Sheer Ribbon, Embossed Merry Christmas from the Peaceful Season Stamp Set, and some Drusy Adhesive-Backed Embellishments.

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Kathryn Mangelsdorf. Be sure to go around and give her some blog hop love.

 

We would love to have you join us over at our Facebook group to share your creation CASE-ing a project from the 2024 - 2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue and join in this weeks challenge. You don't need to have a blog to join in!

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

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