MERRY, BOLD & BRIGHT – mmm…Stampin' Time

Posted on October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 by mmmstampintime — Leave a comment

CAN YOU EVER GET TOO MUCH MERRY, BOLD & BRIGHT?

Hello and welcome back to another pair of Merry, Bold & Bright projects. I am so pleased to be able to share them with you.

Let’s start with a 3D project.

Have you ever been at a Christmas lunch or dinner and don’t know which glass is yours? I have a solution for you!

I made a set of wine glass charms.

When I saw the lightbulb dies in the Merry & Bright Dies set, I knew that I wanted to make some charms. Fortunately I already had some Sizzix shrink plastic in my craft drawer.

I cut six of the oval shaped bulbs using the Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.

Then I punched a small hole in the top of each bulb.

I used a coordinating variety of Stampin’ Blends to colour each of the die cut pieces.

After each of the bulbs were coloured, I used my heat tool to shrink them down. Isn’t it amazing – the difference in size – before and after! The colour actually intensifies.

I found these looped shapes in the jewellery making area of my local craft store. It took me a while to find coordinating glass beads to use in this project.

Then I created a gift box to hold six wine charms. I used Gold Foil 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper and Gold Celebrations 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper to make the box and acetate slide on cover.

Now, I need to make a few more for my daughter – she has placed her order for Christmas stocking fillers.

Now for a card inspired by Mary Knabe! It is a SQUARE TRI-FOLD FUN FOLD CARD. Here is a link to her creative process – https://www.stampinpeace.com/2023/08/square-tri-fold-fun-fold-card-meets-the-zoo-crew.html

The finished card measures 4″ x 4″ and has a specially folded envelope for it to go in.

This shows the card fully folded out, with all of the panels. I love the way each of the designs in this collection of Designer Series Paper coordinate so well.

After I stamped the Christmas greeting on the Granny Apple Green card, I used the Banners Pick a Punch to finish each end.

There is lift up panel so that you can write your Christmas message.

A special card needs a special envelope.

And, there is more writing space on the back of the card.

What do you think of these two projects?

More to come tomorrow. So 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.

Product List

Merry Bold & Bright Suite Collection (English) [161956] $150.75	Merry & Bright Bundle (English) [161951] $83.50	Merry & Bright Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161946] $35.00	Merry & Bright Dies [161950] $58.00	Merry Bold & Bright 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161945] $21.75
Christmas Tidings Embossing Folder [162115] $15.00	Banners Pick A Punch [153608] $47.00	Adhesive Backed Sequins Trio [161206] $14.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $15.75	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $17.50
Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $17.50	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75	Gold Celebrations 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [161745] $15.75	Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad [147138] $15.75	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $15.75
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $15.75	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $15.75	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $15.75	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $15.75	Blueberry Bushel Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161679] $17.50
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $17.50	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $17.50	Melon Mambo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153112] $17.50	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958] $17.50	Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154903] $17.50
Heat Tool [129056] $54.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $9.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $115.00	Paper Snips [103579] $19.25	Paper Trimmer [152392] $46.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $15.00

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Posted on October 3, 2023October 3, 2023 by mmmstampintime — Leave a comment

TIME FOR SOME MORE MERRY, BOLD & BRIGHT CREATIONS

If you didn’t see my post yesterday, make sure you pop back and have a look. It explains why I have so many Merry, Bold & Bright projects to share with you.

It has something to do with these next two images –

Today, I have another 3D project and card to show you.

These Christmas gift bags were inspired by Sam Hammon Donald – thank you Sam for always sharing your creations (with instructions!). Here is a link to see her creativity in action – https://pootles.co.uk/2023/08/18/stampin-up-zany-zoo-gift-box-idea/

I made these to showcase the amazing designs in the Merry, Bold & Bright 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper.

The wonderful Deckled Circles Dies were used to cut the sentiment label for the front of each bag. Then the Christmas bulbs were stamped, die cut and attached to the labels.

Each label then had Iridescent Adhesive-Backed Discs were added to give the bags a little bling.The bags were closed with coloured mini bulldog clips that I found at my local stationery store.

Now for a card!

For this card I wanted to create a gift card holder. I started with a Poppy Parade landscape tent fold.

I took a piece of Basic White card and used the Christmas Tidings Embossing Folder to add this amazing texture. After I attached this embossed layer to the front of the card, I created the gift card pocket and cover.

The Shaded Spruce gift card pocket was a trial and error process to get the right measurements. I added an insert of DSP to add to the Christmas theme.

A length of Silver Trim was attached to the back of the pocket and was then tied into a bow behind the ‘Santa was here’ greeting. The greeting was cut using one of the dies from the Autumn Leaves Dies.

The same greeting was stamped on the white card insert and envelope. The same Iridescent Adhesive-Backed Discs were added to the card front.

Tomorrow – some more Merry, Bold & Bright to share.

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.

Product List

Merry Bold & Bright Suite Collection (English) [161956] $150.75	Merry & Bright Bundle (English) [161951] $83.50	Merry & Bright Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161946] $35.00	Merry & Bright Dies [161950] $58.00	Autumn Leaves Dies [162185] $67.00
Deckled Circles Dies [162286] $65.00	Gold & Silver 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Trim Combo Pack [161633] $15.75	Iridescent Adhesive Backed Discs [161954] $12.25	Merry Bold & Bright 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161945] $21.75	Christmas Tidings Embossing Folder [162115] $15.00
Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $15.75	Blueberry Bushel A4 Cardstock [146991] $17.50	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $17.50	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] $17.50	Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $17.50
Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock [147006] $17.50	Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad [147138] $15.75	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $15.75	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $15.75	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $15.75
Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $15.75	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $15.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $9.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $115.00	Paper Snips [103579] $19.25	Paper Trimmer [152392] $46.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $15.00

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Posted on August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 by mmmstampintime — Leave a comment

GLOBAL DESIGN PROJECT #409 – COLOUR CHALLENGE

Oops – I missed #408. I made a card for it but was too late to photograph and share. I’ll post this one in a few days.

Today, I will show you the project I made for this week’s challenge. This is one is a colour challenge. A rainbow challenge!

Who doesn’t love a beautiful rainbow?

I think this may be a week of rainbows. So far I have made two projects and I will any others I create during the week.

For this project I am featuring the Meery & Bright Bundle and the Joy to You Cling Stamp Set

I started by choosing my rainbow colours – Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel and Gorgeous Grape.

The first image stamped was the looped string that the Christmas lightbulbs would be suspended from. I stamped it using Versamark and then heat embossed the silver Metallic Embossing Powder.

Then I stamped the four caps for the bulb, in the same way as the string, directly on the Basic White layer.

The Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Azure Afternoon and Gorgeous Grape bulbs were then stamped.

The three remaining Christmas lightbulbs and silver embossed caps were then stamped on a separate piece of Basic White cardstock, before being cut using the Merry & Bright Dies. The filaments were stamped using Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

The last three bulbs were added to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The Christmas greeting is from the Joy to You Cling Stamp Set. It was stamped in three different colours and then each line was trimmed separately before being popped up on the card front using dimensionals.

I used my dark Stampin’ Blends in Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green and Blueberry Bushel to colour some of the silver Neutrals Adhesive-backed Sequins. Two sets of three coloured sequins were placed on the card for a bit of coordinated bling.

Because some of the products I have used to make this card are not yet available to customers, I am not able to show them at this time, so I have included product images in this post. As soon as product images go live, I will create this section.

I have already made several projects using the Merry, Bold & Bright Suite Collection in preparation for a display that I am presenting for a Stampin’ Up! event in September. However, this is the first time that I have used the Joy to You Stamp Set and I am looking forward to using it more.

My next post will be another rainbow creation.

Until then, happy stamping.