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HOW TO USE A SMALL IMAGE TO CREATE A BACKGROUND

As I mentioned yesterday, this week I want to focus on stand-alone stamp sets from the upcoming January – April 2025 Mini Catalogue.

The stamp set I am using today is ONE MORE YEAR. It is a set that focuses on birthdays and is loads of fun.

The simple technique I am featuring today is how to use a small image to create a background layer for a card front.

The stamp set I have chosen has a small image of five starbursts – a bit like fireworks. I used it to stamp a Basic White panel using Petunia Pop ink.

For the rest of the card front, I stamped the birthday cake and coloured it using Stampin’ Blends Pens in Petunia Pop and Ivory. I also used my Crushed Curry Stampin’ Write Marker to colour the candle flames.

I cut the cake and a Petunia Pop background layer using two of the dies from the Nested Essentials Dies.

These were then adhered together and added to the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting was stamped in Petunia Pop and die cut using the same set.

I stamped the little fireworks on the card insert and the back of the envelope.

Finally, I added some 2024-2026 In Colour Shimmer Gems for that little bit of bling.

Tomorrow I have a birthday card to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. As you read through this post, you will see the products I used for this project. The new items are available from January 7th.

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HOW TO USE THE SNOWMAN HUGS STAMP SET TO MAKE A VERY CUTE CHRISTMAS CARD

There are always loads of gorgeous, new Stampin’ Up!® stamp sets and products each year for Christmas.

Most of the Christmas products are beautifully designed for a northern hemisphere Christmas but I am always drawn to those that suit a warm and summery Christmas experience.

So today, my project features the very tropical Snowman Hugs.

I chose the snowman wearing the hibiscus shirt and panama hat for this card … and, it was so much fun to colour!

I used my Stampin’ Blends to colour the snowman. The colours I used were Balmy Blue, Bubble Bath, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twiat, Pecan Pie and Pumpkin Pie.

After stamping and colouring the snowman I used the largest circle, from the Stylish Shapes Dies, to cut around it.

I used a Balmy Blue cardbase and added two smaller panels – a panel of Basic White that I flicked Balmy Blue ink across using the Blends pen and a panel of Beautiful Bokeh 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper (this DSP is available from January).

Positioning the smaller panels at different angles creates a wonderful impact to the front of the card.

Before securing the snowman circle to the card front I took two lengths of Iridescent Striped Trim and coloured each using Balmy Blue and Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends.

I looped these ribbon lengths and secured them to the back of the circle before popping them on the card front, using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting, from the same stamp set, was stamped onto a scrap of Lemon Lime Twist card and cut using one of the banner dies from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I added a dimensional to the left-hand side of the banner and some adhesive to the right before adding it to the card front.

I added a strip of the DSP to the card insert and a panel to the back of the envelope.

Finally, I coloured some of the white sequins from the Adhesive-Backed Sequins Trio with my dark Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Pen and added them to the card.

For the rest of the week I will be sharing projects I have made using some stand-alone stamp sets (they do not come in a bundle or suite) from the upcoming January – April 2025 Mini Catalogue.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. As you read through this post, you will see the products I used for this project. The new items are available from January 7th.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
$21.00
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SURFING SANTA FINDS HIMSELF ON A FRIDAY FUNFOLD CARD

I think this is one of easiest funfold cards to make.

Using a standard card base fold it in half and burnish the fold using a bone folder. Then fold the front panel of the card base in half back on itself and burnish it also, creating a little Z style fold.

The card base is Azure Afternoon and I used some of the Brights 6″x 6″ DSP in the same colour to fill the panels.

For the white panel I used the largest of the circles from the Stylish Shapes Dies to cut two.

The Santa image was stamped on one circle then coloured, sporting more of a tan this time.

I cut around the bottom of the surfboard so that it could be popped up over the stamped waves image.

Inside the card, I added two Basic White panels and stamped some waves and a sun on one of them.

To finish the front of the card I added a small square die cut greeting and some Daffodil Delight Glossy Dots.

A sun was stamped on the envelope as well.

Next week I will likely start sharing some projects using new products from the upcoming January – April 2025 Mini Catalogue … I’m so excited by the goodies that have arrived with my pre-order!

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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Bone Folder
[102300]
$14.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$21.00