Garden Walk Suite - All Star Video Class Bundle Blog Hop for December 2023

Hello and welcome to my blog for the December Video Class Bundle blog hop. We create a Video Class Bundle with exclusive tutorials complete with photos, video directions and a supply list that includes both Metric and Imperial measurements, and we also hop together each month sharing another project using the same suite.

This month we are using the Garden Walk Suite and this is a sneak peek of the projects included in this month's bundle of video tutorials.

Here is a closer look at the sneek peek of my project in the tutorial bundle.

To enjoy the video class bundle of tutorials you have several options:

• shop with me -  if you order from my online store you will receive that month's bundle for free
• purchase - buy the bundle for £11.50 
• Join my Team - team members will receive the tutorials for free

Over the last six months we have used products from both the Annual catalogue and the September to December Mini catalogue:

• July 2023 - Earthen Elegance Suite
  
• August 2023 - Bright and Beautiful Suite
  
• September 2023 - Zoo Crew Suite
  
• October 2023 - Les Shoppes Suite
  
• November 2023 - All About Autumn Suite (Mini Catalogue)
  
• December 2023 - Garden Walk Suite (Mini Catalogue)

Thank you for joining me today for the All Star Design Team Video Class Bundle Blog Hop for Decenber 2023. At the start of each month, each of creates another project using the featured suite of products to give you even more inspiration. Here is my additional Garden Walk Suite project.

This is my take on a card design that I learnt in a class hosted by Julie Kettlewell. It's a fabulous way to showcase a pack of DSP and a perfect way to utilise every little piece of leftover paper. I've reduced the size, but increased the number, of the squares used on the centre panel compared to Julie's original card, and these mini squares of paper only measure 1.7cm (approx 5/8"). They were a little fiddly to arrange but I think that the effect is well worth the effort.

The mini squares of paper are tiled onto a rectangle of Basic White card and then I used the Quatrefoil Tile embossing folder to embed the sqaures into it. The result is a beautifully quilted piece without any sewing! 

The flowers are stamped, using Pool Party and Pretty Peacock inks, fussy cut and adorned with some Blooming Pearls. The Enjoy you special day sentiment sits beautifully within the die-cut label from the Stylish Shapes set.

This stamp set includes sentiments suitable for birthdays and Christmas making it quite versatile. I really enjoyed creating my projects and I hope you feel inspired to create with it too. Let me know what you think in the comments below. If you would like more ideas using this suite you can purchase the tutorial bundle (along with previous tutorials) HERE. 

Thank you so much for visiting today. Click on the names below to hop around and see all the other amazing projects. Enjoy! If you live in the UK you can purchase these products below.

Blog Hop List:

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. Remember to use the current hostess code (December 2023 code: 3NCXD39U) 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. This month we are featuring the Garden Walk Suite from the September to December Mini Catalogue.

Click HERE to purchase.

FREE with a purchase from my online store.

 

 

 Today's Project

Click on the images of the products I have used today to purchase them in my online shop:

Rembember to use the current hostess code.  

December 2023 code: 3NCXD39U

 

Softly Said Thank You for the International Blog Highlights Winner's Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog. Earlier in the month, I participated in Kylie Bertucci's International Blog Highlights and after the voting had closed I was delighted to find myself in the Top Ten and therefore able to participate in this blog hop!

Thank you so much to everyone who visited the gallery and voted for my card. If you missed it, you can read all about it here. I am absolutely thrilled to be eligible to take part in this winner's hop.

For my card for today I have chosen to use one of my brand new stamp sets - it is called Softly Said and it is one of the Online Exclusive sets, which does not appear in any of the catalogues and can only be found online! Softly Said is a collection of hand-lettered sentiments which have a watercoloured effect. They are perfect as the focal point on a card, which is exactly what I had in mind.

I stamped Thank you on Basic White card using Pretty Peacock ink and surrounded it with some mini, blossom style flowers from the Modern Garden stamp set. These were stamped off first to create a lighter more subtle shade. To this, I added layers of Pretty Peackock and an embossed layer of Basic white before adding them to the easel portion of a faux stepper card. The background of the card is decorated with one of the floral pieces of DSP from the Garden Walk paper pack. So pretty!

Finally, I added a trio of Bloomimg Pearls. They have such a beautiful lustre (and there is a great selection of colours too). The faux stepper card base looks complicated to make, but luckily it isn't! It is a very adaptable design that is becoming one of my go to card styles. It looks like this from the side:

It's easy to add an extra layer on the reverse of the card to hide the join and to write a message on. And it squishes down to fit in an envelope!

Click on the names below to hop around and see the other fabulous projects. Enjoy! I hope you have been inspired today - please leave a comment let me know what you think, and if you live in the UK you can purchase these products below.

Blog hop list:

If you want to purchase the items used for this card, 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. Remember to use the current hostess code (November 2023 code: CFMZYVJM) 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. This month we are featuring the All About Autumn Suite from the September to December Mini Catalogue.

Click HERE to purchase.

FREE with a purchase from my online store.

 

 

 Today's Project

Click on the images of the products I have used today to purchase them in my online shop:

Rembember to use the current hostess code.  

November 2023 code: CFMZYVJM

 

Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Colour Challenge

Hello and welcome to my blog! Today I am taking part in a blog hop with some fellow enthusiasts who love sharing their creative talents using their Stampin' Up!® products. This month the Stamping Inkspirations blog hop is colour challenge.

The colour combination we have for inspiration includes Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake and Azure Afternoon.

Aren't those sunflowers just glorious? My set of Abundant Beauty masks were still sitting in their packaging - never been used, until now. This challenge was the perfect excuse to unwrap them and to play. 

I collected together ink, Blending Brushes and some Very Vanilla card, which I decided to use for its warm tone. I cut some card front sized layers of Very Vanilla and began blending the flowers and leaves. No two flowers look the same - just like in nature - with varying tones created depending on how much ink is on the brush and how long you swirl over the image. Ink collects on the mask so it can be picked up from there before it's necessary to reink the brush from the pad.

I created several sunflower trios following the layout of the mask and added texture to them using the Time Worn Type embossing folder. Then I moved on to making extra, individual flowers and leaves. I enjoyed fussy cutting them out whilst I was listening to a story on Audible! I added texture to these individual elements by curling them betweem my thumb and bone folder before adding them to the Vanilla layer using a mixture of glue dots or dimensionals to vary the height of the flowers. I think this one turned out to be my favourite!

A loose Linen Thread bow is nestled between the flowers under the sentiment from the Artistically Inked set. It is simply stamped on Vanilla card and mounted on a strip of Early Espresso. A trio of Rustic Metallic dots finishes off the card.

Before I cleaned everything away I decided to make a couple of flat cards. Using a very light touch, and without reinking the blending brush, I created a subtle sunflower background on Vanilla card. Then, I stencilled the trio of flowers over the top using more ink and swirling the ink a little more heavily. One version includes leaves, but the second one only has flowers so that I was able to utilise Azure Afternoon.

Here they are all together!

This challenge was perfectly timed to make a batch of Birthday cards as I have need of several to celebrate birthdays next week! Now, all I have to do is write them out and pop them in the post. I hope that you are inspired by my cards today and that you will continue along the hop to see what the others have created too. Enjoy the projects. We would love to hear from you and so if you have been inspired, please leave a comment.

Angie McKenzie  ●  Leonie Stuart

Tricia Butts   ●   Mo Rootes

Aurélie Fabre  ●  Danielle Kassing

Karen Henderson  ●  Teri West

Judith Patterson  ●  Jan Musselman

Do you need any of the products used on today's cards? If you live in the UK please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today to add them to your collection.

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. Remember to use the current hostess code (November 2023 code: CFMZYVJM) 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. This month we are featuring the All About Autumn Suite from the September to December Mini Catalogue.

Click HERE to purchase.

FREE with a purchase from my online store.

 

 

 Today's Project

Click on the images of the products I have used today to purchase them in my online shop:

Rembember to use the current hostess code.  

November 2023 code: CFMZYVJM