Finishing Up Friday – Remembrance Poppies

November 11, 2022November 9, 2022 ~ Karen Young

This week’s Finishing Up Friday is all about remembrance.

I had some pre-cut leaves from the Poppy Moments Dies in my stash, so I set about recreating this previous project. It seemed perfect for the time of year.

My colours are obviously Poppy Parade, along with Garden Green, Basic Black and Basic White.

The background ‘splats’ are from the coordinating Painted Poppies Stamp Set.

Lengths of Basic Black Baker’s Twine are wrapped across the project.

Rather than cut the inners and outers of the flowers and leaves in different shades of red and green, I used just the one shade of each. I then darkened the top layer with the corresponding Ink Pad and a Sponge Dauber, before sticking the layers together.

The leaves and bud are then stuck down onto the background. Using Dimensionals, the two flowers are then attached.

As I wanted this project to be sentiment free, a bunny ears bow is added to the Baker’s Twine for a finishing touch.

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Finishing Up Friday – For You in Balmy Blue

November 4, 2022November 3, 2022 ~ Karen Young

This week’s Finishing Up Friday uses a pre-embossed piece and some punched pieces I had in my crafting stash.

For this monochrome card I chose Balmy Blue alongside Basic White.

I cut the pre-embossed piece from the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder into three, and added some ink around the edges of each piece using a Blending Brush.

Then I used the Double-Stitched Ribbon in coordinating Balmy Blue and White and separated it. As the thin blue ribbon is stitched to the white ribbon with a clear thread, I carefully unpicked the stitching to create two ribbons.

The white part of the ribbon is then stuck across the project before adding the punched shapes. These are cut using Bough Punch.

Next, it was the turn of the thinner blue ribbon to create a ribbon swoosh. Head to this Top Tips, Tricks & Techniques video for a demonstration on how I create mine.

A sentiment from the Soft Seedlings Stamp Set is then cut out using the Beautiful Shapes Dies and layered onto a circle cut from the Stylish Layers Dies.

Finally, some Solid Faceted Gems, also in Balmy Blue are dotted across the project to maintain the monochrome look.

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Finishing Up Friday – Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set & Dies

October 28, 2022October 27, 2022 ~ Karen Young

This week’s Finishing Up Friday uses leftover items from an online Stampin’ Up! training event from earlier in the year.

At the training event, we were crafting with the Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set and Splendid Stems Dies and creating projects together. So the leaves on this project were in my ‘use me’ pile.

The colour combination is Soft Sea Foam, Calypso Coral and Basic White. All of the stamping is in Black using Tuxedo Ink.

Using a Blending Brush, I have created a colour flare in the background with Soft Sea Foam Ink.

Next, the leaves are layered together.

A length of coordinating Seam Binding Ribbon sits across the project.

My sentiment is from the Go To Greetings Stamp Set and cut out using a shape from the Holly Berry Dies.

More Seam Binding Ribbon creates some loops on either side of the sentiment.

The sentiment is then raised up on Dimensionals.

Finally, some Fine Sparkle Adhesive Backed Gems in Calypso Coral are dotted across the project.

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Finishing Up Friday – Fern 3D Embossing Folder

October 21, 2022October 16, 2022 ~ Karen Young

This week’s Finishing Up Friday uses an leftover embossed piece from this previous Card & (Your) Cuppa project.

The Embossing Folder is part of the Sun Prints Suite Collection in the Annual Catalogue. Previously, when using this collection, I’ve used the DSP which has blue and grey shades.

For this project, I’ve chosen Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry for a more cheery project.

All of the stamping and die cutting come from the Nature’s Prints Bundle (Nature’s Prints Stamp Set and Natural Prints Dies).

I have used a Blender Pen to pull some colour on the Melon Mambo stamped pieced.

Each piece is is then layered onto the embossed background.

A swoosh of Simply Elegant Trim in silver is then added.

The sentiment from the Stamp Set is cut out using the Lasting Label Punch before sitting on top of the ribbon.

Finally, a few Festive Pearls, also in silver are then dotted across the card.

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Finishing Up Friday – A Wall of Daisies

October 14, 2022October 13, 2022 ~ Karen Young

This week’s Finishing Up Friday uses pre-made items from this previous Card & (Your) Cuppa project.

I chose a soft colour combination of Petal Pink, Crumb Cake and Basic White.

Using a Blending Brush, I began by running some Crumb Cake ink over my pre-embossed wall piece to add highlights to some of the bricks. This piece is from the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder.

Next, the daisies are stuck together in pairs. I had to punch a few more of these using the Medium Daisy Punch to add to those I already had in my stash.

Then, each daisy is given a touch of colour in the centre using a Sponge Dauber, and a touch of Wink of Stella for some sparkle.

Background leaves are cut using the Bough Punch.

My sentiment is from the Sending Smiles Stamp Set and cut out using the coordinating Sending Dies. These are available as a Bundle in the Annual Catalogue.

Finally coordinating embellishments from the Elegant Faceted Gems pack provides a touch more sparkle.

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Finishing Up Friday – Orange Flowers

October 7, 2022October 1, 2022 ~ Karen Young

This week’s Finishing Up Friday uses leftover pieces from this recent Card & (Your) Cuppa project.

To begin with, I shaped the edge of my cardstock pieces using the Very Best Trio Punch from the July-December Mini Catalogue.

Next, I stamped an image from the Flowers of Friendship Stamp Set and coloured the leaves with my Pear Pizzazz Ink Pad and a Blender Pen.

An additional large flower shape was cut out using the same Flowers & Leaves Punch. All of the flower shapes were then given some colour on the edges using a Mango Melody Ink Pad and Sponge Dauber.

The flower pieces were curled with a Paper Folder and layered together in pairs with a Glue Dot and stuck to each stem.

My sentiment is from the Go To Greetings Stamp Set stamped onto a shape from the Beautiful Shapes Dies.

This sits on a length of the Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon coloured with a coordinating Stampin’ Blend.

Finally, some Adhesive Backed Seasonal Sequins, also from the Mini Catalogue were added to the centre of each flower.

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Finishing Up Friday – Picture This with Nuts About Squirrels

September 30, 2022September 22, 2022 ~ Karen Young

This week’s Finishing Up Friday uses a pre-cut piece of Basic White cardstock from my ‘use me’ pile.

There is a definite feel of autumn in the air, so with my pre-cut piece from the Picture This Dies, I chose to team it with the cute Nuts About Squirrels Stamp Set.

The images were stamped onto cut outs from the Picture This Dies.

As the squirrels I see out of my craft room window are grey, I chose Basic Gray for my outline stamping. The squirrels were then infilled using Smoky Slate.

Crumb Cake provides the colour for the acorn.

For the leaves, the veins are stamped first generation, with the outer in 2nd generation.

Here I used Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Cajun Craze to continue the autumnal feel.

The sentiment has each word stamped separately to allow it to fit into the circle.

Finally, each piece was stuck into it’s relevant hole, like a jigsaw puzzle.

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Finishing Up Friday – Splendid Day Suite

September 23, 2022September 22, 2022 ~ Karen Young

This week’s Finishing Up Friday uses leftover items from this recent Card & (Your) Cuppa project.

Today’s card is inspired by the project on Page 64 of the July-December Mini Catalogue.

It uses Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake and Basic White.

Both the Stamp Set and Die Bundle, and the Splendid Day Specialty DSP are from the Splendid Day Suite.

I have stamped leaf images in my usual diagonal pattern across the project using Petal Pink and second generation stamping.

Then the sentiment is stamped and cut out using the Splendid Stems Dies.

A length of coordinating Petal Pink Soft Polyester Ribbon is stuck to the project.

Next, the pre-cut leaves, also from the Splendid Stems Dies are attached. The sentiment is then raised up on Dimensionals.

Finally a tiny bee, cut out from the DSP is added. This provides the project with a touch of sparkle.

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Finishing Up Friday – An Artisan Butterfly

September 16, 2022September 16, 2022 ~ Karen Young

This week’s Finishing Up Friday uses leftover items from two previous Card & (Your) Cuppa projects.

The previous projects are here and here.

I chose to create a monochrome project with Mint Macaron and Basic White using the leftover pieces.

First, I stamped my sentiment from the Art Gallery Stamp Set in the top right corner.

As one of the pre-cut items in my stash was the ornate piece from the Artisan Additions Dies, I stuck this over Mint Macaron cardstock to create the pretty bottom section for the card.

A length of the Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon then covers the join.

Another item from my stash was the detailed pre-cut butterfly from the Brilliant Wings Dies. This sits on a solid butterfly shape, only glued down the centre to show the wings.

Finally, the butterfly is raised up on Dimensionals for a more 3D effect.

I’m continuing to make a dent in my pre-cut butterflies!

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Finishing Up Friday – Aspen Tree Dies

September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 ~ Karen Young

This week’s Finishing Up Friday uses pre-cut pieces from this Card & (Your) Cuppa project.

The tree cut out and embossed leaves are from the Aspen Tree Dies from the July-December Mini Catalogue. Other leaves are cut from the Forever Flourishing Dies and Poppy Moments Dies.

Splats from the Quiet Meadow Stamp Set are stamped tone-on-tone onto the rear Crumb Cake piece to create a background.

I then used a Sponge Dauber and added some colour to the trees and also to the leaves.

When sticking the tree piece to the background piece, I only used glue around the edges. This then shows more depth through the trees.

Three of the leaves are tied together with a piece of coordinating Baker’s Twine from the Essentials pack, with the other two leaves stuck to the side.

A sentiment from the Nuts About Squirrel Stamp Set is again stamped tone-on-tone and this is attached to the leaves.

Finally, the whole leaves and sentiment pieces is raised up on Dimensionals.