creating art with marilyn

Have you seen the New Fitting Florets Collection? This collection includes a Framed Florets Stamp Set and Framed Florets Dies that will be featured in the New January – June Mini Catalogue. The collection consists of a stamp set, dies, 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper, some gold gems and a Christmas stamp set. The collection is available for customers now. Unfortunately the Fitting Floret Designers Series Paper, the Gold Adhesive Backed Swirl gems, and the Framed & Festive Christmas Stamp set will only be available while supplies last.

I created this Gate Folded card with the Stamp set, the Dies and the Designers Series Paper.

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I love playing with the New Framed Florets Bundle that will be in the New January – June Mini Catalogue. This Bundle comes as a collection that is available for customers now. The collection comes with the Framed Florets Stamp Set, Framed Florets Dies, Fitting Florets 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper and Gold Adhesive Backed Swirled Gems and a Christmas Stamp set called Framed and Festive. Unfortunately only the Framed Florets stamp set and dies will be in the new January to June Mini Catalogue. For this card I used a card Sketch from Stampin With Diane, Diane Evans.

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It’s time for another Canada Inks Up! Team Blog Hop. We are a group of Canadian Demonstrators that love to share the projects we make and hope you get some ideas and tips from what we share. This month’s Blog Hop is Silver, Purple and Black. My first thought was a Halloween card but I decided to make a card using the Fresh Cut Flowers stamps set and use the Heat Embossing technique on Vellum.

Here are the cutting instructions and details for my card:

1. Card base is Basic Black card stock cut at 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored and folded at 4 1/4″
2. Layer 1 is Highland Heather card stock cut at 4″ x 5 1/4″
3. Emboss the Highland Heather layer with the Timeworn 3D Embossing folder and adhere directly to the black card base with liquid glue
4. Cut a piece of Vellum card stock 3 1/4″ x 4 3/8″
5. Using Versamark, stamp an image from the Fresh Cut Flowers stamp set and heat emboss with Silver Embossing Powder
6. Turn the vellum over and color the back of the image with Stampin Blends. I used Dark Highland Heather and Dark Old Olive. For the colors to show from the front of the vellum you may need to use darker colors
7. Adhere the vellum to the card with glue dots. Place the glue dots on places they will not be seen. Use a sponge and lightly sponge some liquid glue on the corners of the vellum, by lightly sponging the glue it will not be seen on the vellum
8. Stamp a sentiment from the Go To Greetings stamp set in Versamark and heat emboss with silver embossing powder
9. Attack the sentiment to the card with dimensionals
10. Tie a small bow using the Silver Simply Elegant Trim and attach with a glue dot
11. Place some Basic Rhinestones on the card for some bling

Fresh Cut Flowers Cling Stamp Set [159018] $30.00	Go To Greetings Cling Stamp Set (English) [158763] $33.00	Timeworn Type 3 D Embossing Folder [156505] $13.75	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $12.75
Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986] $12.75	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856] $13.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $25.00
Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154887] $12.25	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $12.25	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.25	Simply Elegant Trim [155766] $10.25
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00

It’s time once again for another Festive Friday Challenge. This challenge is designed by several talented Demonstrators from all around the world. We are given a list of 10 inspirational items for pick from and we must use at least 3 to create our card. This weeks challenge is Halloween FF#0120. I used witches, cat, moon and stars. For the details for this card read more

I am so excited to be participating in the Festive Friday Challenge once again.

This challenge is designed by several talented Demonstrators from all around the world. We are given a list of 10 inspirational items for pick from and we must use at least 3 to create our card. This weeks challenge is Farmer’s Day FF#0119. I decided to create a card using the Peekaboo Farm stamp set.

The inspirational items I used were Farm Animals, Green, Die Cut and Thank You Sentiment

Here are the details to create my card:

1. Card base is Basic White card stock cut at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ scored and folded at 4 1/4″ forming a landscape card
2. Next layer is Basic White card stock 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and this is our focal image
3. To form the hills, I used a piece of copy paper and cut it to make a template for the hills and used a Blending Brush and lightly sponged it with Old Olive ink
4. Lightly sponge the sky with Balmy Blue ink
5. Stamp some trees on the hills from the Grassy Grove stamp set in Mossy Meadow ink
6. Stamp a sentiment in Memento Ink on the sky
7. Adhere this layer directly to the card base with liquid glue
8. The clouds were die cut from the Waves Die in Snowy White 12 x 12 Velvet paper
9. On a piece of Basic White card stock, stamp the stone wall stamp from the Peekaboo Farm stamp set several times forming the wall. Stamp them close together to make a continuous wall
10. Stamp three of the farm animals from the stamp set in Memento Black
11. Color the stones on the wall and the animals with Stampin Blends and fussy cut the animals
12. Adhere the wall and the animals to the card with dimensionals

Peekaboo Farm Photopolymer Stamp Set [155683] $24.00	Grassy Grove Cling Stamp Set (English) [157836] $33.00	Waves Dies [158840] $47.00	Snowy White 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Velvet Sheets [156405] $7.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $11.00	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $11.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $11.00
Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] $12.25	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $12.25	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154906] $12.25	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $12.25
Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154843] $12.25	Stampin’ Blends Medium Deep Combo [159461] $12.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Foam Adhesive Sheets [152815] $11.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $86.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $17.00	Paper Snips [103579] $15.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $34.00

I’m so excited to be able to participate in Kylie’s Monthly International Blog Highlights for October. I’m always up for a good challenge and this month, I decided I wanted to play with the new Warm Welcome stamp set that was featured in Stampin Up’s World Card Making Day on October 1st. This is a sneak peak of a stamp set that will be in the January to July Mini Catalogue.

This gallery challenge is made up of very talented stampers that create amazing cards that you are able to vote on and pick your favorites later on in the month. The top ten winners will get to be part of an International blog hop at the end of the month.

I would really appreciate you taking the time and voting for my card.

Products used in my card:

• Stamp set-Warm Welcome
• Embossing Folder-Brick And Mortar 3D
• Basic White Card stock-5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ and 2″ 3 1/2″
• Lights Aglow 6×6 Designer Series Paper-1 3/8″ x 4 1/4″
• Basic Gray card stock-3 1/4″ x 4″
• Crumb Cake card stock-2″ x 1 1/4″
• Basic Black card stock-3/4″ x 3″
• Gold Foil Paper-2″ x 1″
• Scrapes for stamping images
• Stampin Blends

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I am happy to once again be participating in the Canada Inks Up Blog Hop for September. We are a group of Canadian Demonstrators that love to share the projects we make and hope you get some ideas and tips from what we share. This month’s Blog Hop is Your pick from the July to December Mini Catalogue. I decided to make a Christmas card using the Merriest of Moments stamp set and the Merriest Frames dies and the Hybrid Embossing Folder.

I used Blushing Bride ink to color the poinsettias and Mint Macaron for the leaves and foliage. I used the Hybrid Embossing folder and embossed the large leaf image in Basic White card stock and then die cut the large image with the matching die.

Here are the cutting and instructions to create my card:

1. Card base is 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored and folded at 4 1/4″. I made a landscape card
2. Using the Merriest Frames Hybrid Embossing folder, emboss a piece of Basic White card stock that is 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″
3. Use the large matching die and cut out the embossed image
4. Die cut the embossed image out once again with the detailed die, giving a much more detailed layer
5. Stamp a sentiment from the Merriest Moment stamp set in Mint Macaron and die cut using the square die
6. Stamp the two poinsettias in Blushing Bride ink and the leaves and foliage in Mint Macaron ink and die cut them with the matching dies
7. Add the embossed layer to the card with dimensionals
8. Glue the sentiment to the embossed layer with liquid glue
9. Build the two poinsettia flowers together with a dimensional and add to the corners of the card with a dimensional
10. Add the leaves and foliage to the card with glue dots
11. Place a 2021-2023 In Color Opal Round in the centers of the poinsettia and place some on the card

Merriest Moments Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [156353] $30.00	Merriest Frames Hybrid Embossing Folder [156385] $54.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] $11.00
Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [147106] $11.00	2021 2023 In Color Opal Rounds [159185] $11.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $170.00

I am so happy to be able to participate in Bruno and Kylie’s Demonstrator Training Program. This is a monthly training program that has so many Talented Stampin Up Demonstrators from all around the world, showing us their talent as well as sharing and learning from each other.

I chose to use the new Fond of Autumn Bundle from the Jan to Dec Mini Catalogue.

Details and cutting instructions to create this card:

1. Card base is Calypso Coral card stock cut at 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, scored and folded at 2 3/4″ and 7″
2. Fold flaps to the front
3. Cut a piece of Basic White card stock at 2 5/8″ and 1 3/8″
4. Emboss the Basic White layers with the Timber 3D embossing folder and adhere to the card front
5. Stamp the large flower and leaf images from the Fond of Autumn stamp set in Memento Black ink
6. Die cut the image with the matching die from the Autumn Bouquet die. This die cuts the stamped image into several smaller pieces.
7. Color the image with Stampin Blends. I used Light and Dark Old Olive for the oak leaves and Light and Dark Crumb Cake for the acorns and Dark Soft Suede for the swirls. The berries are colored in Light and Dark Calypso Coral and the leaves Light and Dark Granny Apple Green
8. Stamp a sentiment from the stamp set, in Early Espresso ink, on a piece of Basic White card stock and die cut it with the Stylish Shapes
9. Attach the circle to the left side only of the card with dimensionals
10. Arrange the oak leaves and the berry sprigs around the circle with dimensionals
11. Tie a small double bow with Crumb Cake Baker’s Twine and attach with a glue dot to the card
12. Add some Copper Brushed Metallic Dots on the card to finish it

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