tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33013414842062924002024-02-20T18:30:12.586-08:00Crafty Chic Stampin' Up Blog, Stamp CrazyLots of tutorials and inspiring projects using Stampin' Up! supplies, paper crafting and rubber stamping.Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-68118106095773404782014-05-31T08:01:00.001-07:002020-01-27T07:49:27.589-08:00Retired list and a sketch challenge<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/6934893/?claim=vrxrpgkg95x">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's been a very busy month and I fell like I'm playing catch up all the time. When you never have enough time to do everything you want to get done and it seems like the more you try to do the less there is that actually gets done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">First things first, the retired list has come so get your favourite stamp sets before they're gone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I had a few minutes "free" time and I did a quick sketch challenge over at hand stamped sentiments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I had to make it a really simple, quick card cause that was all I had time for and I liked how it turned out. It's the first time I've used stitching on a card and even doing it by hand didn't take long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-50536752173607227992014-05-27T05:52:00.001-07:002014-05-27T06:57:28.095-07:00Bendi Card Using Stampin' Up! The Open Sea<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Open Sea is a great set and is incredibly versatile, I like it so much I think I have used it for every Fathers day and every birthday my Dad has has since it was released.</span><br />
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Fathers day again soon and I've been thinking I need to get a new set cause my poor old Dad must be getting sick of the sight of this but he loves boats and I love using this set so much that I've used it again and I think my Dad will love this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a bendi fold card, which I have never done before and I got some inspiration for the card shape while looking through my pinterest boards Tips and Tutorials. There was a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=Q_kXavlZuUs" target="_blank">video tutorial</a> pinned there, I used my own measurements as I like to work in cm's.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The background was done using the world map background stamp, to colour the image I used a watercolouring technique using a clear block and Stampin' Up! markers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cameron was having a pirate and mermaid themed party for his birthday and I wanted to make a banner which he could still have some use of after the party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The banner is now hanging in his bedroom and I am very pleased with how it turned out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't have an electronic cutter which is compatible with MDS so I have printed these, on my home printer, onto whisper white card stock and then I cut them using my big shot and the banners framelit dies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-76305972037620303492014-05-06T03:04:00.000-07:002020-01-27T07:50:43.926-08:00Free Photopolymer Stamps from Stampin' Up!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stampin' Up! will be introducing a range of polymer stamps in the new 2014-2015 catalogue. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have to admit I'm not a fan of polymer stamps, I haven't found any (thus far) that give me the same quality of stamped impression as rubber stamps but I will try to keep an open mind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is no time better than the present to give them a go as you can have them free and that's my favourite kind of stamps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Throughout May an order for £60 or more from the Stampin' Up! range will earn you one free set of photopolymer stamps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I must admit I am looking forward to having a try, there is certainly nothing easier when it comes to placement of your stamps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can purchase all of your <a href="http://www2.stampinup.com/ECWeb/default.aspx?email=marianardone%40hotmail.com&phone=07988642006" target="_blank">Stampin' Up! supplies</a> through my online store.</span>Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-62321567360182630512014-04-28T10:39:00.000-07:002014-04-29T05:34:17.632-07:00Collage Technique with Stampin' Up! Papaya Collage<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thought I should make this post a good one, since I've been slacking a bit lately. We took a lovely little last minute trip to Amsterdam, and I had no time to post before we went. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Excuses made, lets get on with the show.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi-r8RQvbGHTJFdyF8Rms3uATm4v8xrYHhRysMPVU9BJt504z1j3JhoZin7YGrldYkv-Rs9Q5UyOXE8CN0xvp5GEs3VxgBs3uYHKaCZyQKRdh7egdGhdPFQLebWdDMi-tjC5A9mFQPd3k/s1600/IMG_2946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Collage card using the papaya collage stamp set" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi-r8RQvbGHTJFdyF8Rms3uATm4v8xrYHhRysMPVU9BJt504z1j3JhoZin7YGrldYkv-Rs9Q5UyOXE8CN0xvp5GEs3VxgBs3uYHKaCZyQKRdh7egdGhdPFQLebWdDMi-tjC5A9mFQPd3k/s1600/IMG_2946.jpg" height="422" title="Collage technique with Papaya Collage" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love projects that begin with a blank piece of paper, full of potential, waiting to be transformed. In this case I've used very vanilla for the front and naturals ivory for the base.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use versa mark on the frame stamp to clear emboss some patterns for the background. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use some stampin' Sponges and classic stampin' pads to colour the masked area, I used pool party and pear pizzazz. When done wipe with a paper towel to remove any ink which is sitting on the embossed areas, this ink will not dry so needs to be removed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Using pool party ink pad, stamp some leaves randomly over the space. Remember to wipe away any residue sitting on top of the embossed areas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use pear pizzazz to stamp the circular frame randomly across the space and wipe off any excess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heat emboss three butterflies with pool party embossing powder and cut round them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use fabulous phrases along with the stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the words enjoy, smile & celebrate in basic grey on a scrap of very vanilla. Trim around the phrase and ink the edges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To purchase the supplies to make this project, </span><a href="http://www2.stampinup.com/ECWeb/default.aspx?email=marianardone%40hotmail.com&phone=07988642006" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Stampin' Up! Online</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Papaya Collage Clear-Mount Stamp Set<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>126612</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fabulous Phrases - Clear-Mount Stamp<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>120501</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>126982</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>131180</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>126981</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Versamark Pad<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>102283</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>106550</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Naturals Ivory A4 Card Stock<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>108630</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pool Party Stampin' Emboss Powder<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>129398</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>109130</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tools and accesories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heat Tool - Uk Plug<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>129054</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stamp-A-Ma-Jig<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>101049</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stamping Sponges<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>101610</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-50931703301516199662014-04-13T15:36:00.000-07:002014-04-13T15:36:35.315-07:00Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper Photo Book<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Final Sale-a-braition project</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's still not quite finished, I have a few more areas I want to embelish more but I'm posting it as it is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't want to wait any longer as it's already more than a week since sale-a-braition ended.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will add the last few finishing touches as I'm choosing the photographs. I thought the best way to let you all see it was with a quick video, I will try to post some nice pictures of it once it is completely finished.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The book itself was inspired by something I saw by <a href="http://lauradenisondesigns.com/" target="_blank">Laura Denison</a>, I made my version as A4 and decorated it with a whole host of sale-a-braition goodies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Find out what this weeks weekly deals are, <a href="http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/maria-kitching/promotions" target="_blank">buy Stampin' Up online</a>.</span>Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-80480931835972138802014-04-02T05:12:00.001-07:002014-04-02T05:14:41.033-07:00Bye Bye Sale-A-Braition<h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Favourite time in the Stampin' Up! Calender is at an end. Boo Hoo!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you still have some of the free goodies left then wait!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have one last sale-a-braition project to post!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a large project and has taken me longer than I had anticipated so please be patient and check back soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want a sneek peek then check out my facebook page.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I originally carved this image back in January, for my sister in laws birthday card.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The kit has everything you need to carve your image, you only need to provide the imagination which is not as easy as you may think.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The choice of image was perhaps a bit ambitious for my first attempt, the face in particular I had real problems with. I spent a long time trying to get the face right. Eventually when I had ran out of time (she was still looking like she'd gone a few rounds with tyson) I decided it was best to take away the facial features completely. I figured I could probably draw them in better than I could carve them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I seen a product recently and the packaging design had a vintage look, it made me think about this stamp so I decided to use it again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I need more practise with the colouring but overall I'm pleased with how this turned out and it was good to use the image again as I did spend quite a bit of time carving it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>123128</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Many Marvellous Markers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>131264</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I also made a gift box using the stamp.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I only used black this time when I was colouring, I was thinking about a black and white photograph but I fell short of the mark, I'm afraid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I'm still including it in this post because I'm so pleased at how the box turned out. There is a very short video which shows the box opening and closing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Think the box will be my next video tutorial as it wasn't very difficult to make once I'd figured out the mechanism.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm often asked where my ideas come from and, of course, I'm inspired by lots of different things and different people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a crafter (and I'm sure I'm not alone) sometimes I see something I like and I "dissect" it, I think to myself...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"how was that made?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I could make something like that if I just ...and I could use..".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This project began a little like that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I saw someone making paper flowers, they had printed the basic shape from a CD, which is not really my thing, the basic shape was a heart which started me thinking maybe I could make something similar with the heart framelits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Convention was coming up soon (it was last November, it's taken me a while to get round to writing this) and I wanted to make some wow swaps for my Stampin' Up team members. I took the idea about the hearts and some inspiration from the button hole my little boy wore at my sisters wedding. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He was such a cute ring bearer!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So my idea worked out (they don't always) and I am was pleased with the end result, as was the team, at least I think so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The video tutorial is not one of my best as I haven't made one of these buttonholes since the convention but you should be able to follow it ok.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All these supplies can be bought at my Stampin' Up! Store, <a href="http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/maria-kitching/" target="_blank">Stampin' Up! Scotland</a></span><br />
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Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com0Dunfermline, Fife, UK56.071741 -3.45215099999995856.000828500000004 -3.6135124999999579 56.1426535 -3.2907894999999581tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-44097260992644213072014-03-23T13:27:00.001-07:002014-03-25T13:44:17.339-07:00Exploding Box Tutorial<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These boxes make fabulous keepsakes for new babies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since it has now become super simple for me to make videos (thanks to my new dedicated craft room) I thought I'd do another.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lovely little paper shoes are the same as the ones I made for my previous exploding box. <a href="http://crafty-chic.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/exploding-box.html">New Baby Gift</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decorated the box with lots of embossing as this is a great way of adding interest while maintaining a nice clean look. I used some versa mark with the Happy day stamp set on the shoes which made them look like a Jacquard fabric.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To purchase your supplies for this, or any other project, <a href="http://maria-kitching.stampinup.net/" target="_blank">Stampin' Up Scotland</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You may like to take a look at some of my other projects.</span></div>
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Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com5Dunfermline, Fife, UK56.071741 -3.45215099999995856.000828500000004 -3.6135124999999579 56.1426535 -3.2907894999999581tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-43164906222941197622014-03-14T14:50:00.001-07:002014-03-25T13:49:03.533-07:00Wedding Cards<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For this weeks post I had planned on another video tutorial but the week has been a bit hectic so I haven't had a chance to do the video yet. Instead I will be sharing what I have been busy making this week.</span><br />
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We are off to a family wedding at the weekend so this is my theme for the week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one is on shimmery white card, which is very lush, I've kept the design very simple and fresh. I masked a section on the front and stamped some hearts, from the hearts a flutter set, in silver ink. The "congratulations" was cut on my cricut and the sentiment is from teeny tiny wishes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think I saved the best for last. I had originally planned on doing a small heart shaped wreath, rather than a card but decided instead to make it an easel card. I used the hearts framelits to make the card base, whisper white for the front, as well as the flowers, and i reinforced the front with a piece of chipboard (up-cycled from a weetabix box). The flowers were made using the new spiral flower die from the spring/summer catalogue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hopefully the bride will enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To purchase your supplies to make this or any other project, <a href="http://maria-kitching.stampinup.net/">Stampin' Up! UK</a></span></div>
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Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-11996015299277810832014-03-06T05:41:00.001-08:002014-03-25T13:55:48.660-07:00Inspiration From A Wallpaper Pattern (continued)<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The creative juices have really been flowing over the past week and my mind is just buzzing with so many different ideas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a good thing but it means I keep shooting off in tangents and I'm struggling to get things finished. (Does this only happen to me?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have finished all of my cards which were inspired by my Grandmothers wallpaper pattern.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The background for this one was created using the Oh, Hello stamp set and the colours throughout all the cards are Pink Pirouette, Rose Red and Perfect Plum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one was the easiest to finish because I did nothing more to it except for stamp the sentiment which is from Sweet Essentials. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I may have added a few jewels to it but I seem to have misplaced them (oops!). Once I find them I may add a few.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The background for this one was made using the Gorgeous Grunge set, I masked of the side sections with a post it note to create the border on both sides.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I added the butterflies which I made using the embosslits butterflies die and I just inked the edges with my perfect plum stampin' write marker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the texture of these leaves, I created them with a sponge dauber and inked through the negative of the Little Leaves Sizzlits die (I used the positive in the next one). The background was created by inking up 2 clear blocks and stamping directly on the paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also did a little bit of paper piercing with the festive paper-piercing pack and the sentiment was cut out with the labels collection framelits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used the gorgeous grunge again for the background and the Little Leaves sizzlits die with a piece of crumb cake card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I punched out the flowers with Itty Bitty Shapes punch from some silver glimmer paper. I coloured the glimmer paper with a perfect plum marker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little sparkle to the flower centres adds a little bit extra something, and I used the Dazzling Details Silver Sparkle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-89676303029330804222014-03-02T03:07:00.001-08:002014-03-25T13:56:44.472-07:00Inspiration From A Wallpaper Pattern<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inspiration is all around us, maybe even something that we have passed by hundreds of times but never taken the time to see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was at my Grandmothers the other evening and my husband called on my mobile. He works away from home and we usually only have the one opportunity in the day to speak. I had to take the call in the hallway, on account of the TV volume being dialled up to 99 (thank goodness it doesn't go any higher, unlike the central heating which seems hotter every time I visit. I think it might make a reptile sweat).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Grandmother has probably had the same decor in her hallway since I was a teenager, which is quite some time, but I hadn't really given it any attention before. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While standing in the hallway on the phone I took a good look and liked what I saw enough to snap a quick picture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I was looking at it an idea instantly jumped into my head and I knew I had to snap this picture or it would be gone by the time I got home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have done this before; seen something that brought an idea to my head so I took a picture, but this is the first time that I've actually done anything about it. All of the other inspiring images are either still on my phone or filed away on the computer somewhere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I was looking at the picture I started to make a few quick little sketches with some notes on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ignoring how cluttered my workspace is, you can see these are just rough sketches where I've written down all of the ideas as they were coming to me (there were more notes on it by the time I was done but you get the idea).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From my sketches and the original photograph I have now produced six backgrounds!! Still work to be done embellishing and adding sentiments but I think this little snapshot has yielded a few nice ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-60947394239076417282014-02-23T12:28:00.000-08:002014-03-06T05:06:27.921-08:00Triple Heart Easel Card<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This lovely easel card has three hearts stacked on top of one another for a lovely dimensional card which will fold flat and fit into a standard envelope.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The colours are Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Basic Grey and Crumb Cake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The stamps used are from the Hearts A Flutter set and the sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The framelit heart dies were used to form the card base and the co-ordinating Hearts A Flutter framelit's were also used.</span><br />
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Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com0Dunfermline, Fife, UK56.071741 -3.45215099999995856.000829 -3.6135124999999579 56.142653 -3.2907894999999581tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-28843332654537888792014-02-23T08:49:00.000-08:002014-03-25T13:57:45.978-07:00Handbag Gift Bag Tutorial<h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have had a few requests for a tutorial for the <a href="http://www.crafty-chic.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/gift-bags.html" target="_blank">Handbag gift Bags</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been very lucky recently to get my own dedicated crafting room, rather than commandeering the dining room. The new set up now makes it much easier for me to make videos, Yay!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I have a video tutorial on how to make these lovely gift bags.</span></div>
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Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-58868566874843751352014-02-12T02:24:00.002-08:002014-03-25T13:58:44.309-07:00Lovely As A Tree Water Reflection In Spring<h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lovely As A Tree Stamp Set, item# 128655</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brayer, item# 102395</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder, item# 109130</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chocolate Chip Stampin' Pad, item# 126979</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Marina Mist Stampin' Pad, item# 126962</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Old Olive Stampin' Pad, item# 126953</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stampin' Sponges, item# 101610</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers, item# 131261</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brights Stampin' Write Markers, item# 131259</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Subtles Stampin' Write Markers, item# 131263</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blender Pens, item# 102845</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whisper White Card trimmed to 143mm*100mm, item# 106549</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The stampin' Write Markers can be bought in the full colour family (8 or 10 markers per pack depending upon family), you can buy the full set Many Marvellous Markers (131264) or certain colours are available individually. If you are getting them individually then you could use Real Red (item# 100052), Early Espresso (item# 119680) and Blushing Bride (item# 131265) as an alternative to the colours stated above.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To make the masks, stamp the image on a sheet of copy paper and cut along the line of the landscape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can watch me making this card on my You-Tube video.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The supplies for this project can be purchased online, <a href="http://www2.stampinup.com/ECWeb/default.aspx?email=marianardone%40hotmail.com&phone=07988642006" target="_blank">Maria Kitching online store</a>.</span></div>
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Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com2Dunfermline, Fife, UK56.071741 -3.45215099999995856.000828500000004 -3.6135124999999579 56.1426535 -3.2907894999999581tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-86269076780564690252014-02-11T05:44:00.000-08:002014-02-23T12:19:19.923-08:00Feeling Very Stupid<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am having a blond day today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm still not very good at this blogging carry on and I was messing around in my account this afternoon and I have somehow managed to</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DELETE ALL OF MY COMMENTS FROM ALL OF MY POSTS BY ACCIDENT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I was deleting the messages I had telling me I had a comment on my post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I feel very silly, I had lots of great comments from lovely people and now I have none.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let this be a lesson not to mess around with stuff when you have no idea what you're doing.</span>Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-88710132509600688552014-01-10T06:25:00.000-08:002014-02-23T12:46:55.034-08:00Exploding box<h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inside I've put a little pair of paper booties, which I made using a free printable template. Which you can find here <a href="http://www.quietfiredesign.com/Galleries/Projects/BabyShoesKim.htm" target="_blank">Booties template</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They were pretty easy to put together and just a little bit fiddly. I used my cricut to cut the shapes and the letters (decided to use that as it's not seen daylight for almost a year and I was a bit short on time) otherwise a nice alphabet stamp would be lovely and a die cut shape. I used up some of my dsp's which have now been discontinued but I have some left so I want to use them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A nice pool Party bow using the new die finished off the top nicely and the duck on the front is from the easy events set (sadly not a current catalogue item).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These cards were super simple to do and my little boy just LOVES to craft!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not very good at flower arranging so I was very pleased with how this turned out.</span>Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-23887832203485701562013-07-30T07:59:00.000-07:002014-02-23T12:20:38.787-08:00Brayered Christmas<h3>
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Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-35140403665816313912013-07-12T06:13:00.001-07:002014-02-23T12:21:03.693-08:00Elegant Butterfly Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Super simple card using the love blossoms stampin' around wheel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The little bow is made from paper strips and it's finished with a pearl. I love the simple look which is emphasised even more with basic colours black and vanilla.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sheer elegance!!</span>Maria Kitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15760930192200843429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301341484206292400.post-38554602336386633272013-06-19T02:25:00.002-07:002014-02-23T12:26:58.152-08:00Bottle Tag<h3>
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Wine Bottle Gift Tag</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So my exam has passed, and hopefully so have I!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just have to catch up on everything else that I put on hold so I can get some extra study time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The boys nursery are having a fun day next week and they were asking for donations for a bottle stall and this seemed like a good time to get the ink out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I made this quick thank you gift tag to go along with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The colours are pool party and whisper white and it has a little brad and some linen thread.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stamps used were hearts a flutter, En Francais and I also inked up a clear block too and added a few drops of ink. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 1 3/4" circle punch made the hole in the top so it hangs nicely over a bottle.</span></div>
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