New at SU! April Blog Hop - Casing Angie's Treat Box

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today, I am participating in the New at SU! blog hop. We are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world who are full of creative papercrafting ideas to share with you to get you crafting. This month we are using current products to CASE another team member. It is my absolute pleasure to be casing Angie McKenzie of Nature's Inkspirations. 

Angie's project I've chosen to CASE is last month's New at SU! blog hop project which I absolutely love. It's a darling treat box created and filled with love. Angie created her treat boxes as an Easter gift for her parent's friends - I thought they would make fabulous table gifts for my next crafty class.

I've retained the general size of Angie's box, the wrapped layer and the ribbon. I have also included a bookmark, of sorts, and the crumpled filling although I have changed up the theme as my decoration utilises the Online Exclusive Latte Love products.

I constructed the box from a piece of cardstock measuring 23cm x 7cm -scoring at 1cm, 8cm, 12cm and 19cm creates the sides of the box. Each long side was scored at 1cm - one edge forms the folded border at the top and the other edge is snipped to create flaps to adhere the base piece to. After creating a tube from the scored card a rectangular piece of matching card, measuring 7cm x 4cm, can be adhered to the flaps to create the bottom of the box.

The box is wrapped with a narrow strip of the A Little Latte DSP, some Baker's Twine or Lost Lagoon Ribbon (retiring) and a couple of die cut cups. A triangle of Swirl Dots finish off the decoration.

I decided to use my bookmark as a means of introducing the new InColors. I stamped the coffee drips, which make convincing ink splatters, in each of the new colours and added a matching die cut cup together with a Shimmer Gem. Initially, I wasn't sure about a couple of the new colours, but even after this quick stamping session I am now converted to them. At the moment my favourite is Summer Splash.

I intend to sit the filled boxes alongside the card kits at my next card gathering. Coffee and biscuits are always part of the occasion, but it is so much better when they are presented in pretty boxes! So, nestled amongst the thin strips of crumpled card (Lost Lagoon or Pecan Pie) there will be some tasty nibbles, a tea or coffee bag together with the InColor bookmark.

I hope that you have been inspired by my project today. Continuing along the hop to the others will provide you with even more project ideas - you are currently with me, Furry Cat Designs by Karen Henderson - but before you hop on to see what Angie has made this month, please take a moment to leave a comment. We love reading your comments!

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Do you need any of the products I have used today? If you live in the UK 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 current hostess code (April 2024 code: 9WCSE4QX) 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 of the products I have used today to purchase them in my online shop:

Rembember to use the current hostess code.  

April 2024 code: 9WCSE4QX

 

Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Fun Fold Time!

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 all about Fun Folds.

I love making fun fold cards and for this blog hop we were encouraged to make a fun fold card that is new to us. I am looking forward to trying out some new recipies from the other participants.

Whilst it is true that new and unique cards can be made simply by revamping the stamps and papers used with old favourite folds, I'm always on the look out for a new favourite fold! I saw Connie Stewart demonstrate this one, and knew that I had to try it myself.  She called it a book fold explosion card and I can see many possibilities!

From the outside this looks just like any other book fold card, except it's a little more bulky! The front of the gorgeous Grape base card is divided such that the right hand side is a square and it's decorated with Painted Lavender Designer Series Paper on a matting layer of Pretty Peacock. The spine part has a layer of Pretty Peacock decorated with an embossed layer of Gorgeous Grape card. I used a new 3-d embossing folder from the new Annual Catalogue called Eyelet. I also used a strip of embossed card beneath the sentiment, using the dots as a sort of punctuation mark!

The Linen Thread coordinates perfectly with the background of the DSP, which is also adorned with some Purple Fine Shimmer Gems and a couple of extra stamped butterflies. 

Opening the cover reveals the first page of the book which I've decorated simply with a birthday message and a couple of stamped and die cut butterflies.

Turning the next page of the book unveils my favourite page! I used the second largest of the Perennial Postage dies to cut a square matting layer - the die is rectangular in shape, so you have to shorten it by doing two passes through the die cutting machine to create the square shape.

The embossed layer is made from the new Basic Beige card, which is a colour that I already love. It is decorated with a little lavender posy and some more of the Purple Fine Shimmer Gems. 

I think that this panel really deserves to be on the front of the card! 

Finally, the last page opens upwards - hence the explosion part of the name! Here there are a further two postage squares stamped with more butterflies and another birthday greeting. There is plenty of space to write a message. Both sentiments on the card are from a new set appearing in the new Annual Catalogue - it's called Simply Said. There are a mixture of fonts and sayings, which I know are going to be so useful.

The exploding piece of DSP is folded in to quarters and to allow it to fold up like a book one of the fold lines is cut from the outside edge to the centre (as shown by the white line). This side of the paper has an obvious direction so it is important to check that the orientation is correct before you stick it into the book and attach the layers! Perhaps, using a non-directional pattern would be easier next time.

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. Enjoy the projects. We would love to hear from you and so if you have been inspired, please leave a comment.

Aurélie Fabre ● Tricia Butts

Leonie Stuart  ●  Danielle Kassing   ●   Kim Fee

Marga Bultena  ●  Karen Henderson  ●  Rebecca-Jo Unwin

Mo Rootes  ●  Jan Musselman  ●  Judith Patterson

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. 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 current hostess code (April 2024 code: 9WCSE4QX) 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 of the products I have used today to purchase them in my online shop:

Rembember to use the current hostess code.  

April 2024 code: 9WCSE4QX

 

New at SU! - Nature's Sweetness Mini Album

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today, I am participating in the New at SU! blog hop. We are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world who are full of creative papercrafting ideas to share with you to get you crafting. This time we are showcasing projects using the January - April Mini Catalogue or items available from the Online Exclusives to make a project that isn't a card!

I've chosen to use the Nature's Sweetness Designer Series Paper to create a Mini Album. I was inspired by a demonstration that I saw at the weekend whilst I attended Stampin' Up!'s OnStage event for demonstrators in Rotterdam.

The carcass of my album is finished and, striking while the iron is hot, I have even started to add some photos and journalling. I chose a selection of photos to print on my little Zoe Mini Print, which creates self adhesive, 2" x 3" photos that are really convenient for mini albums.

The project I saw at OnStage was constructed from several 6" x 6" sheets of DSP folded in half, adhered together and covered with coordinating card. It was designed to be slipped into a bag or a pocket and was quite slim. I adapted this idea a little and scored the 6" x 6" pieces of DSP at 2" (instead of 3") which resulted in a wider journal. Altogether, I used 10 sheets of 6" x 6" DSP to create the inside pages. 

I adhered the pages together using Tear & Tape - simply match up the pages so that they alternate between 2" leaves and wider 4" ones. On some of the pages I only applied the tape to three sides so that an opening was created, allowing for tags to be slipped in the top or extra pages popped into the side openings. 

I used the Perennial Postage dies to cut some large labels from Basic White and Pecan Pie card. Some of them I used as traditional matting layers and with others I created extra faux pages by sandwiching the 2" wide piece of DSP between two die-cut labels.

I love the extra pages and pockets that are created.

The album cover is made from Pecan Pie card, decorated with more DSP and the letters for the title are cut using the Alphabet a la Mode dies. (I remembered to apply adhesive sheet to the card before I did the die cutting, so adhering the letters was easy!) The inside pages are a work in progress, as I have plenty of spaces left to add extra prints and journalling, but that's ok as I can add more photos as I print them.

I hope that you have been inspired by my Mini Book project and that you'll capture some of your treasured memories in your own version. Continuing along the hop to the others will provide you with even more project ideas that are not a card - you are currently with me, Furry Cat Designs by Karen Henderson - but before you hop on to the next post, please take a moment to leave a comment. We love reading your comments!

New at SU! Blog Hop - Online Exclusives or Mini Catalogue Projects - but not a card!

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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. 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 current hostess code (March 2024 code: GKVYMKKM) 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 of the products I have used today to purchase them in my online shop:

Rembember to use the current hostess code.  

March 2024 code: GKVYMKKM