Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team - August - Detailed Laser Cut Paper

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to the Artisan Design Team Blog Hop for August. This month we are showcasing the super stunning Shimmer Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper (#149611). You can find this gorgeous pack of Paper on Page 169 of the 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue.

There are 6 sheets to the pack, 3 each of 2 designs. One design is a full 12" x 12" sheet and the other design has multiple "panels" or frames. One side of the Paper is Vanilla and shows the shimmer really well, the other side is White and is easy to colour.

The first three cards I have to share with you today use two designs of the larger "cut frames". I have used them to provide a bit of interest and texture over the sponged backgrounds. Easy and simple to use, all three were adhered using Tombow and a sponge, dabbing the glue lightly.

All three cards use the Orchid image from Rare Blessings (#149241) along with the "Just For You" greeting, which has been white heat embossed onto Black cardstock, fussy cut and adhered with Foam Adhesive Strips.

The first card in this collection has a Blushing Bride card base, Shimmery White card that has been sponged in Flirty Flamingo ink and flicked with a Lovely Lipstick Stampin' Blend. The Gold Foil Frame was created with the Stitched Rectangle Dies and was adhered with Foam Adhesive Strips for extra height. The Orchid image has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I have used a different panel of the Detailed Laser Cut Paper for this Highland Heather creation. After sponging a piece of Shimmery White card with Highland Heather ink, I used Stampin' Blends in the same colour to apply the flicks of ink. To the centre of the card front, a Sahara Sand panel has been embossed with the Subtle 3D embossing folder, adhered to a shimmery white layer of card and then to the card front. The stamped image was coloured using Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather and So Saffron inks with an Aqua Painter.

The final card in this collection has the same layout as the first card I shared, replacing the Gold Foil Frame with a Gold Glimmer Circle and changing the colour of the stamped Orchid.

Below are another four samples showing how I used the different sized panels of DSP. The first fits an Australian card front perfectly and was used to frame this field of Iris's. The stamped images from Inspiring Iris (#149268) were coloured using Stampin' Blends. The greeting "It's Your Time To Bloom", from the Rare Blessings Stamp Set, has been white heat embossed on Vellum and tucked into the side of the Laser Cut DSP Frame.

For the next card I used two of the smaller square panels of Laser Cut Paper and joined them together, disguising majority of the join with the Stitched Nested Labels die cut and water coloured leaves.

Using one of the larger panels, I removed the border and adhered the shimmery side to a Blushing Bride Card Front. An embossed panel of Vellum is next with  Gold Foil details created using the Band Together Dies. The floral image from Inspiring Iris has been stamped in Black ink and clear heat embossed. The greeting from Band Together stamp set has been white heat embossed onto Black card. A little white Bakers Twine and a White Mini Library Clip were also added.

And finally, a mix of one of the smaller Detailed Laser Cut Paper panels which has been coloured with Granny Apple Green ink and tucked behind the Whisper White die card card front. I have combined this circular designed panel with water coloured pieces that have been cut from the large 12"x 12" sheet. The floral image is from the Beautiful Friendship Stamp Set (#149252).

That is all from me today. Up next in this months Artisan Design Team Blog Hop is Jennifer Picard with her stunningly gorgeous creations. Enjoy xx

2019 Artisan Design Team Blog Roll

Angela Meiritz-Reid

Ashley Van Camp

Aurelie Fabre

Emma Goddard

Jackie Aitken < that's me >

Jennifer Picard

Kaylee van Es

Lauren Alarid

Maike Beimler

Manuela Geiswinkler

Mikaela Titheridge

Narelle Farrugia

Rochelle Blok

Stesha Bloodhard

Sylwia Schreck

Tanya Rees

You can shop for all the products used to create the projects in today's post by clicking on the images below. Happy Shopping


Product List

Shimmer Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper [149611] $25.00	Rare Blessings Cling Stamp Set [149241] $38.00	Inspiring Iris Photopolymer Stamp Set [149268] $37.00
Beautiful Friendship Photopolymer Stamp Set [149252] $38.00	Scripty 3D Embossing Folder [149634] $17.00	Subtle 3D Embossing Folder [151775] $17.00
Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75	Gold Glimmer Paper [146958] $8.75	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $15.25
Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717] $17.50	So Saffron A4 Card Stock [108611] $15.25	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287] $15.25
Highland Heather A4 Cardstock [147010] $15.25	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25
Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock [150886] $15.25	Stamping Sponges [141337] $7.00	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00
Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $13.00	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $13.00	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [147109] $13.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00	Band Together Bundle [151076] $95.25
Stitched Nested Labels Dies [149638] $61.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $61.00	Perennial Flower Punch [149522] $31.00
Subtles 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [149615] $20.00	Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147276] $15.50	Pool Party Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144594] $7.75
Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $10.50	Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder [109130] $10.50
Mini Library Clips [149445] $16.50	Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine [124262] $6.00

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

Just Add Ink #467 - Sketch

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add A Sketch.  I absolutely love sketch challenges!! I personally find them easiest and therefore the most enjoyable of all the types of card making challenges. You are free to use what ever colours and images tickle your fancy. I also find with less creative restrictions, I tend to use up more of my patterned papers which helps get those pretty papers off the shelf and onto cards.

I am such a symmetrical person and find I my eye is often drawn to right angles especially when they are off centre. The angled square in this sketch is so eye catching however when it came to creating my design the angle did not suit the scripty font that I used to emboss the square panel.

I love Polka Dots and Stripes especially in Black n White. And I especially adore when they are mixed with brightly stamped images. The dotty paper is from a retired Sale-a-Bration DSP Pack which I stocked up on during the promotion purely for the Polka Dot and Diagonal Striped sheets.

Using the images from Beautiful Friendship stamp set, I have stamped the flowers in Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight with the leaves inked in Granny Apple Green. These were fussy cut and adhered to the card front using Dimensionals.

To finish the card a heat embossed sentiment from the Rare Blessings stamp set was adhered with Tombow along with a few Glitter Enamel Dots in Granny Apple Green.

That's all for today, crafty friends. Be sure to stop by all the Just Add Ink Design Team members blogs for more inspiration using this weeks Sketch Challenge.

We would love for you and your crafty friends to play along, if you have a blog you can add your creation to the Just Add Ink gallery here. Don't have your own blog? No problem! Just send us an email  to  just-add-ink@hotmail.com with a photo attachment. We will upload it to our challenge entry blog for you.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Until next time stay awesome and stay crafty.