Quick & Easy Tuesdays

Hello! Welcome to another week of Quick and Easy. Today I'm sharing several cards I made with one of the new Memories & More suites from Stampin' Up!. I used the Colour Theory Pack. It includes over 70 double-sided cards in 3x4 and 4x6, plus some acetate sheets and sticker sheets. What's awesome about this line is that there are also several coordinating products (something Stampin' Up! does so well) that include paper, stamps, dies and embellishments.

Above is the first card. I simply used two of the 3x4 cards, some twine and one of the stickers from the kit. Quick & easy, right?! No stamping required!

For card two, I again used one of the included cards and some stickers, but then also stamped the sentiment with the coordinating stamp set - Colourful Seasons.To give the camera some dimension, I punched the white circle out with a 2" Circle Punch, glued that flat on the card base and then popped the rest up.

Card three builds on one of the printed cards. I simply cut one of the 4x6 cards down and stamped the sentiment on it. To add some dimension, I cut some cherry blossoms using the coordinating Thinlits, Seasonal Layers.

For card four, I created a shaker card. Did you see that one coming when I told you above that the kit includes acetate sheets? ;) Again using one of the 4x6 cards (that happened to have a blank square on it), I carefully cut it and glued my acetate sheet to it. The snowflakes are cut from the same Thinlits as above - you get 17 dies in that set! Not only did I add a few of the snowflakes in the shaker compartment, but I also layered them together on the front of the card.

Hope you liked today's samples... I feel a class coming soon with this kit. You really can do so much with it. I've only begun to explore (and used a mere 6 pieces from it!).

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

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Team Challenge

We were given a team challenge recently to use random pieces together on a card. I love challenges like that! What's better, is that it fits in over at The Friday Mashup too. :)

These were the pieces we were given:

    *1 Leaf
    *1 Doily
    *3 Banners

We were allowed to use other current papers, colours and stamps, just as long as we included all of the pieces we were given.




Here's the card I created:

I'm really happy with how the card turned out. I kept the colour pallet pretty neutral as I wanted the banners to be my pop of colour. I also didn't want to use a lot of other products or special techniques because I wanted to show that they're not always necessary.

Do you notice two leaves on my card? Well, did you know that if you distress Stampin' Up! card stock, it becomes very pliable and you can pull the layers apart? Cool, eh?! This technique is both simple and eye-catching. It gives some texture too!

To add a little interest, I used the Wetlands stamp set. Love it because it offers both images and sentiments.

Hope you love my card... and challenge yourself too with something similar (scraps on your desk, perhaps?!) or enter an online challenge. They're lots of fun!

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

I'm entering The Friday Mashup Challenge #232, I opted for a project with leaves.

The Reveal!

As promised in Wednesday's post, here is the complete project using the Emerging Colours Technique. The card design is from my fabulous upline, Leena Girsa. Her original design used the Sheltering Tree stamp set, and even though it was available to me at the event, I wanted to use a set that I owned. As mentioned in my previous post, the leaf image is from the Wonderous Wreath set and the tree is from White Christmas.

You'd never know it, but I screwed up when putting this card together. I was a bad student and didn't read the instructions. I did my technique (background panel) on the larger Very Vanilla piece of card stock (that was meant for the inside) and not the Whisper White piece that I was suppose to use. So when it came time to put my card together, I wondered why my leaf piece was too big for the Cajun Craze mat. :s

No worries though. All was good! When I got home, I glued a piece of Very Vanilla to the inside and the pieces I cut from my technique panel worked as perfect accents for the front and inside of my card. I'd say it was meant to be!

Hope you enjoyed this reveal. Have a fabulous weekend!

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

Other items used: Kraft & White Corrugated Paper, Linen Thread