Words of Cheer for Ink & Inspiration Tool Time Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I am delighted to be taking part in the Ink and Inspiration blog hop for October. The theme this month is Tool Time - they are the unsung heroes in our crafting. There are several tools that I use each and every time I create a project - Paper Snips, Trimmer - and I wouldn't be without them. Others that get used equally frequently are my Cut & Emboss machine, Heat Tool and Stamparatus. They'll all get a work out to make today's card.

I have chosen to use the Words of Cheer set from the Mini Catalogue to make my card today. This card incorporates many of my favourite elements; layers and heat embossing. The die cut frame is the largest die from the Scalloped Contour set which makes a fabulous layering piece. I positioned the stamp on my Stamparatus so that I can stamp the same design again and again. I have plans to make a large batch of these cards in a different colourway! 

The sentiment is gold heat embossed, and the ends of the strip are shaped using the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch. I love the way the gold powder melts and morphs into its raised, shiny state. Heat embossing is magical. Every single time!

I added a few die cut flowers adorned with some gold foil foliage and a champagne rhinestone. The stamped images are also topped with champagne rhinestones, but they were altered using the dark Cherry Cobbler Blend. It really makes them pop!

I hope that you are inspired by my card today and that you will continue along the hop to see what the others have created too - click on the names below to enjoy their  projects. We would love to hear from you and so if you have been inspired, please leave a comment.

Do you need any of the products used on today's card? If you live in the UK you can click on the shopping links below to add them to your collection today. 

Thank you for joining us today! Looking forward to seeing you next time. Stay safe and as always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. Use the hostess code KT396GPK to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get the rewards. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE. 

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

Click on the images below to Purchase them in my online shop:

All Star Tutorial Bundles

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FREE with a purchase from my online store

 

Stamp Sale now on!

Great news! Stampin' Up! Stamp Sale is now on - 15% discount applies to all Red Rubber Cling stamps in the Annual Catalogue, except the Hostess Sets.

The Sale ends at 10.50pm, Wednesday 20th  

You can SHOP in my online store HERE. Don't forget to use the Hostess Code to receive a little Thank You from me the following month. 

Stay safe and as always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. Use the hostess code KT396GPK to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get the rewards. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE. 

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

All Star Tutorial Bundles

All Star Tutorial Bundles have 12 AMAZING video tutorials to inspire you each month.

Click HERE for sneak peeks or to purchase.

FREE with a purchase from my online store

 

 

Scalloped Contours two ways!

Hello and welcome to my blog! Today I am casing myself and using the Scalloped Contours dies and making a tried and tested card layout. There is no shame in using a card sketch or casing a card - absolutely no need to reinvent the wheel!  When I am short of time, or inspiration, I often look through the cards I have made in the past to help me get started. I've already used this layout to make a batch of cards for a swap and for thank you cards, so I thought I would try it again using completely different products.

One of my jobs to do this weekend is to plant up some pots for the garden to give us some Autumn colour. I like pots with a variety of foliage and maybe a splash of colour from some heathers or cyclamen, but I also adore bowls of pansies. Their nodding heads bring a smile to my face whether they are blooming in the Spring or the Autumn!

So, out came the Pansy Suite! The papers are just so cheerful and I've teamed this colourful sheet up with Polished Pink, Soft Sea Foam and Blackberry Bliss layers. To embellish the card I picked the coordinating Polished Pink ribbon and gems. The Hello sentiment from the set is stamped in Blackberry Bliss on a skinny Soft Sea Foam banner. I do like all the nesting layers!

And, now for another take on the same card using the Gingerbread & Peppermint Suite. There is still plenty of time to make Christmas cards and with each one I make I feel closer to my goal of being prepared and not leaving things to the last minute!

This time the colours are Real Red, Basic White, Old Olive and Early Espresso - quite traditional Christmas colours! It's exactly the same arrangement of layers on the card, but doesn't it look different? The sentiment is white heat Embossed on a label from the Pretty Pillowbox dies and adorned with a single red rhinestone.

The Scalloped Contours dies create such beautiful layers and I love using them time after time. Hope you feel inspired to create somthing today. Wish me luck with planting up my pots at the weekend!  

If you want to purchase the items used for these cards, or any other supplies, please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop. You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.

Stay safe and as always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. Use the hostess code KT396GPK to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get the rewards. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE. 

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

Click on the images below to purchase them in my online shop:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Star Tutorial Bundles

All Star Tutorial Bundles have 12 AMAZING video tutorials to inspire you each month.

Click HERE for sneak peeks or to purchase.

FREE with a purchase from my online store

 

Customer Thank You cards for October 2021 - Kylie's Demonstrator Training Program Blog Hop

Hello! I am participating in a blog hop organised by Kylie and Bruno Bertucci as part of their Demonstrator Training Program. We are a group of Demonstrators from around the world who are taking part in training that is helping us to build a successful Stampin' Up!® business and to reach some goals that we have set. 

It's the first blog hop for this new training program, as well as being the beginning of the new  Stampin' Up!® year, and I couldn't be more excited to be participating. So, whether you are a regular visitor or if you have hopped in from another blog, I am delighted to welcome you here to my blog!  

Throughout the hop we are sharing ideas and inspiration for Thank You cards to send to our customers during October.  For today's project I wanted to highlight the same suite that is featured in the All Star tutorial of the month - Blackberry Beauty Suite.

This suite is awash with beautiful images and the richness of the colours in the Designer Series Paper is stunning - just perfect for Autumnal projects! To purchase the suite you can click HERE

If you place an order with me during October 2021 you will receive one of these cards as a thank you for your purchase together with one of the video tutorial bundles as a gift.

I selected my favourite sheet of DSP and used a simple layout to create my Thank You cards. I confess to being a hoarder of DSP - too pretty to cut in to and I don't want to spoil it are a couple of the excuses that I often come up with! However, occasionally a pack of paper contains a design that just screams to be made into a card front! This one wouldn't be out of place if it were framed.

The DSP is layered onto a piece of Early Espresso to frame it before it is mounted onto the matching card base. The Biggest Wish stamp set has a variety of messages in two styles and I chose to use the simple handwriting style, rather than the bold, block font. The thanks is gold heat embossed to echo the gold within the DSP and edged with a strip of the gold shimmer vellum.

The simplicity of this card really appealed to me so once I'd started I cutting I reached for another sheet! The DSP on second card I'm sharing has an all over design, but still has some of the lush gold detailing. The only difference between the layouts is that this time I added some die cut foliage and a stamped image behind the gold thanks.

Thank you so much for visiting today, I hope you have been inspired! As mentioned at the beginning, this is a blog hop so make sure you hop around to see the other amazing projects on the hop! Click on the links below to visit them.

Do you need any of the products used on today's card? Click on the shopping links below to add them to your collection now.

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Stay safe and as always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. Use the hostess code 99QUTV4T to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get the rewards. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE. 

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

Click on the images below to purchase them in my online shop:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Star Tutorial Bundles

All Star Tutorial Bundles have 12 AMAZING video tutorials to inspire you each month.

Click HERE for sneak peeks or to purchase.

FREE with a purchase from my online store