The Inkspirational Crafter: March 2023

Tuesday 21 March 2023

Suite Showcase #6 - Ready to Ride

Happy Spring Everyone,

Welcome to the second Suite Showcase of March and thank you for spending the time to come and have a look at what we have created using Stampin’ Up!s Ready to Ride Suite.

Joanna (Purrfectly Creative) and I chose this suite as it is male orientated, and this is something out of my comfort zone when it comes to card making. I am pleased to say that I truly did enjoy playing with this suite and showing ways of using it without actually purchasing the Legendary Ride stamp and dies bundle.

When I looked at the Ready to Ride Designer Series Paper (DSP) I instantly saw so many fussy cutting opportunities.

As always I got carried away cutting out all pieces that I planned to use on these projects so I have several extra pieces for another time.

To start with, I cut the DSP and put it through the Metal Effect embossing folder to add some extra texture then I started layering all the pieces in place, stamped a greeting using the Happy Labels stamp set and Early Espresso ink and attached them with glue and mini dimensional pads.

The second card was using the glossy side of the DSP and I added a strip of Pumpkin Pie DSP to add a bit of colour and water coloured some of the cut-outs using ink from the pads and a watercolour brush. By adding everything on the card with mini dimensional pads and glue it gave a 3D effect.

As I always do a six-inch card I would do something different and as I love scrapbooking I wanted to do a scrapbook page. However, I decided to do a A5 sized card that was a scrapbook page. I didn’t have a photo to use at the time of creating it but I have left a two-inch by three inch space for my Canon Zoemini printer photo to be inserted.

Again, thank you so much visit my page and if you pop over to Joanna’s page you will be able to see what she has also created using this suite. Don’t forget to come back on 7^th April to see what we have created using the Rain or Shine suite from Stampin’ Up!

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Tuesday 7 March 2023

Suite Showcase #5 - Fancy Flora

Hello,

Thank you for taking your time to pop in and have a look at the first Suite Showcase of March. This month sees us starting off by showing you the Fancy Flora suite by Stampin’ Up! When I saw this suite in the January to April mini catalogue I instantly fell in love with it for so many reasons, but mostly because I love the big die in the Two Tone Flora die set.

For my first card I created a die-cut blank and then I couldn’t resist using inks and blending brushes to add colour, especially when you open up the card and all the colour has created a stencil effect.

Card two was created by using a die-cut topper and adhering to the Evening Evergreen base to make the stencil effect pop. This just needed some flowers and leaves along with a greeting and my forever go to linen thread for a bow. Once I added some Iridescent Pastel Gems on the card I was finished.

As always, card three had to be a six-inch square card and I decided to cut a window out of the base and the Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper and insert a die-cut piece of card to show the beautiful detail. I anted to add a bit of the Pool Party Grosgrain ribbon for effect with the two-step stamped flowers and more of the Iridescent Pastel Gems. I didn’t want the greeting as it was, so I stamped it twice next to each other and I got lucky on the first time.

To be honest I was struggling with a bit of crafters block when I was making these cards, not sure if it was because I wanted to do so much with the suite or this silly cold that I have but hopefully I will get to create some more projects using this suite soon.

Well thank you again for looking at my projects and why not pop over to see what Joanna of Purrfectly Creative has made with this suite and I look forward to seeing you again when we publish the next Suite Showcase on the 21^st March.