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Art With Heart, Beyond The Basics, Thank You Crafts ·

Create Elegant Sea Turtle Keepsake Card

Hey there, paper crafters!

Are you ready to dive into the world of papercraft and create an elegant sea turtle keepsake card?

Well, buckle up because today we are going on a creative journey with the Sea Turtle stamp set and the mesmerizing Starry Sky colour. Get ready to be inspired!

Welcome to the Art With Heart Starry Sky Colour Creation Blog Hop. We are thrilled to have you join us today. Our hop features some of your favourite Art With Heart Team Members sharing projects made with Stampin’ Up! products. In fact, you may have just come from fellow creative Christine Blain’s blog.

I am joining in with the Art With Heart Team’s Colour Creations Blog Hop with this Starry Sky elegant sea turtle keepsake card. Click here to see more Starry Sky inspiration.

Imagine being transported to a tranquil beach, where gentle waves lap against the shore and the sun casts a golden glow on everything around you. That’s exactly how I felt when I first laid eyes on the Sea Turtle stamp set. It instantly captured my heart with its intricate designs and whimsical charm.

This stamp set features a small and large sea turtle reversible image. These stamps allow you to create breath-taking scenes that truly come alive on your cards. The attention to detail is remarkable, capturing the essence of these magnificent creatures in every stroke.

But it doesn’t stop there! The Sea Turtle stamp set also includes an array of coordinating elements such as sea stars, seaweed, bubbles and fish. These additional stamps add depth and dimension to your creations, making them feel like a mini underwater paradise.

Now that we have our sea turtle friends ready to make a splash on our cards, let’s talk about the perfect backdrop for their aquatic adventures – the Starry Sky colour.

Imagine gazing up at a clear night sky, filled with millions of twinkling stars. That’s exactly what this color brings to your papercraft projects. It’s a deep, rich shade of blue that evokes feelings of wonder and awe. When used as a background or accent color, it creates a sense of depth and mystery.

The Starry Sky color is incredibly versatile. You can use it to create a serene ocean scene, with the sea turtles gracefully gliding through the depths. Or you can pair it with vibrant colours to create a striking contrast that will make your cards pop. The possibilities are endless! And that’s why it is so sad to see this colour being retired from Stampin’ Up!s In Colour range next month.

Now that we have our Sea Turtle stamp set and Starry Sky colour ready to go, let me share a tutorial on how to create this elegant sea turtle keepsake card.

What You Need

Cut your card stock into pieces.

Orchid Oasis Card Stock:

  • Card base – 14.8 cm x 10.5 cm

Basic White card stock:

  • Layer – 12.8 cm x 8.5 cm
  • Sentiment – 8 cm x 1 cm
  • Scraps to stamp large Sea Turtle and Sea Stars

Starry Sky card stock:

  • Layer – 13.8 cm x 9.5 cm
  • Sentiment layer – 8.5 cm x 1.5 cm

Elegant Sea Turtle Keep Sake Card

  1. Burnish the fold of the Orchid Oasis card stock with a bone folder.
  2. Stamp the reverse of the large turtle stamp in Mossy Meadow ink onto basic white card stock. Then using the Baby Wipe Technique (using colour combination Mossy Meadow ink refill, Early Expresso ink refill and Pumpkin Pie ink refill) stamp the large sea turtle image onto the Mossy Meadow image.
  3. Click here to learn more about the Baby Wipe Technique!
  4. Stamp the reverse of the small and large sea stars in Pumpkin Pie ink onto basic white card stock. Then stamp the small and large sea star images onto the Pumpkin Pie image.
  5. Fussy cut the sea turtle and sea star images.
  6. Stamp the basic white card stock layer with the Drizzling Droplets background stamp in Starry Sky ink.
  7. Adhere the stamped layer to the Starry Sky card stock with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
  8. Stamp the sentiment in Starry Sky ink onto the basic white layer and adhere to the Starry Sky layer with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
  9. Wrap the stamped layer five times with twine, as shown.
  10. Using foam dimensionals adhere the sentiment over the wrapped twine.
  11. Adhere the sea turtle and the sea stars to the stamped layer with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
  12. Adhere the Starry Sky card stock to the card base with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

Embellish. Add a few touches of bling.

Personalise. Use Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere patterned paper to the outside flap of an envelope.

Showcase. Once you’ve completed your masterpiece, it’s time to showcase it in all its glory! Consider framing your card as wall art, allowing its beauty to brighten up any room. Alternatively, pair it with a handwritten note for a heartfelt gesture that will surely bring a smile to someone’s face. Remember, each card you create is a work of art deserving of admiration and appreciation.

Explore. Exploring further possibilities, don’t stop there – let this project be just the beginning of your creative journey. The versatility of the Sea Turtle stamp extends beyond cards. Explore further possibilities by using it in scrapbooking layouts or creating stunning home decor items like framed art pieces or decorative boxes. The only limit is your imagination!

Now that you have learned how to make an elegant sea turtle keepsake card, it’s time to put your newfound knowledge into action! Gather your supplies, let your creativity flow, and start creating beautiful cards that will leave a lasting impression. Don’t forget to share your stunning creations with us on social media using the hashtag #seaturtlelove. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Happy crafting!

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

Next on our Bermuda Bay Blog Hop is the very talented Kathryn Mangelsdorf. Click on the link below.

If the next button link is not working or you’d like to see the entire list of participants go to Cathy Proctor’s blog.

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Happy crafting!

Amie x

Art With Heart, Beyond The Basics, Birthday Crafts, Crafts For The Boys ·

Triple Layer Stamping with Ocean Waves Stamp Set

How can you resist triple layer stamping with the Ocean Waves stamp set?!

I am loving creating lots of ocean cards using the Waves of Inspiration bundle. The dies include two lovely labels, the pelican on the posts and two gorgeous large wave dies.

I am joining in with the Art With Heart Team’s Colour Creations Blog Hop with this Bermuda Bay boy Ocean Waves card.

What you need

The Bermuda Bay colour from Stampin’ Ups!® Bright colour family is our focus and I have gone with a Bermuda Bay base and layers. Three Basic White laters have been stamped with the Ocean Wave stamp that has been inked up using the baby wipe technique. The card is finished with seagulls die cut and stamped in Basic Grey. Die cut Basic White clouds are adhered to the card front and finally a Basic White tag and twine, stamped in Pacific Point.

How gorgeous are those clouds with embossing detail?

Triple Layer Stamping Card Recipe

It really is an easy card to make. Follow the instructions below.

  1. Begin with a Bermuda Bay standard card base.
  2. In Bermuda Bay, cut a 12.3 cm x 8 cm piece and a 10.3 cm x 6 cm piece.
  3. In Basic White cut a 13.3 cm x 9 cm piece, a 11.3 cm x 7 cm piece and a 9. 3 cm x 5 cm piece.
  4. Place low tack glue behind the smallest two pieces of basic white and adhere all three pieces together, ensuring there is an equal border all the way around each piece.
  5. See this post for the Baby Wipe Recipe. Using a pre-prepared baby wipe ‘ink pad’, ink up the ocean wave stamp and stamp image over the adhered Basic White card stock.
  6. Stamp the gulls in Basic Grey on the smallest Basic White piece.
  7. Adhere the 9.3 cm x 5 cm stamped piece to the 10.3 cm x 6 cm Bermuda Bay piece.
  8. Adhere the 11.3 cm x 7 cm stamped piece to the 12.3 cm x 8 cm Bermuda Bay piece.
  9. Adhere these two pieces to the 13.3 cm x 8 cm Basic White piece.
  10. Die cut the wide label in Basic White and stamp sentiment in Pacific Point.
  11. Cut a 30 cm piece of white twine, fold in half and secure it to the right side of the label using the loop. Cut a 20 cm piece of twine,fold it in half and secure it to the left side of the label using the loop.
  12. Adhere label to the card front. Wrap twine around front of the card and secure to the back of the card front.
  13. Die cut three clouds in Basic White and adhere to the card front.
  14. Die cut three gulls in Basic Grey and adhere to the card front.
  15. Adhere completed card front to the Bermuda Bay card base.
  16. Inside the card adhere a piece of Basic White 14.3 cm x 10 cm. Stamp the pelican on the posts image in the bottom right corner.
Product List
Waves Of Inspiration Cling Stamp Set (English)
$39.00
Waves Dies
$60.00
Waves Of Inspiration Bundle (English)
$90.75
Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad
$14.00
Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad
$14.00
Basic White A4 Cardstock
$18.00
Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay
$16.25
Basic Gray A4 Card Stock
$16.25
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
$7.00

Thank you for stopping by today. I am excited to explore ways you can save time and organise your card making supplies so that busy card makers like you can make more cards, more often. That’s what it means to be ‘eager to stamp’!

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Next on our Bermuda Bay Blog Hop is the very talented Tina Gillespie. Click on the link below.

If the next button link is not working or you’d like to see the entire list of participants go to Cathy Proctor’s blog.

Beyond The Basics, Crafts For The Boys, Thank You Crafts ·

Baby Wipe Technique Wave of Inspiration Thank You Card

Have you tried the baby wipe technique with your stamps yet?

When I saw the Waves of Inspiration stamp set in the 2022 – 2023 Stampin’ Up!® catalogue, I knew straight away that the baby wipe technique was a MUST.

I’m taking part in Kylie’s International Blog Highlights for May. I’m so excited to showcase my card amongst some amazing card artisans! This is a contest where your vote counts towards the Top 10, who will then go on to participate in an International Blog Hop. Would you consider voting for my card? I’d really appreciate it!

How to do Voting?
 Click on this link to cast a vote for all the cards you love. Please look for my card #13 and click on the little heart sign on the right-hand top side of my photo. Once you’ve touched the little clear heart it will turn to Red Color and that is the notification that you voted. You can vote for up to five, but it’s not required, you can also just vote for one. Thanks so much, I truly appreciate it!

What you need

This Wave of Inspiration card uses a Pool Party base. A 14.2 cm x 10 cm piece of Basic White card is stamped with the wave using the baby wipe technique. The clouds and label are cut from Basic White card using the Waves Dies. The gulls are stamped using Basic Grey and the sentiment is stamped in Pacific Point. A piece of Pacific Point card is threaded through the label and wrapped behind the Basic White card front.

To prepare for the baby wipe technique, lay two or three baby wipes inside an open stamp case. Try to find the plain baby wipes without an embossed image. I used three re-inker colours: Pool Party, Bermuda Bay and Pacific Point.

Baby Wipe Technique Card Recipe

It really is an easy card to make. Follow the instructions below.

  1. Onto the baby wipes that have been laid out inside an empty stamp case add lots of drops of Pool Party from the re-inker. As the ink spreads add drops of Bermuda Bay re-inker in the white spaces between the drops of Pool Party. In a few white areas of the baby wipe add drops of Pacific Point re-inker.
  2. As Pacific Point is the darker more dominant colour add more of the other colours and less of this colour to fill the white spaces.
  3. When the ink on the baby wipe has spread and there is no more white space, the baby wipe is ready to be used like an ink pad.
  4. Using the wave stamp from Waves of Inspiration stamp set, press it onto the baby wipe. Don’t move the stamp around, if you can avoid it. Really press down onto the baby white to get the wave completely inked up.
  5. Stamp the wave image onto the Basic White card front, about 2 cm up from the base.
  6. Clean your stamp and close the stamp case. The baby wipes should stay moist for further stamping over the next few days.
  7. Stamp the gulls in Basic Grey.
  8. Adhere the clouds to the card front.
  9. Take a strip of Pacific Point card that fits through the stamped label. Apply a dab of glue to the back of the label and thread the Pacific Point card through.
  10. Apply glue to the back of the Pacific Point strip and adhere to the card front, just along the bottom of the stamped image, centring the label.
  11. Fold the Pacific Point strip ends to behind the card front. Adhere in place.
  12. Adhere the card front to the card base using multipurpose glue.
Product List
Waves Of Inspiration Cling Stamp Set (English)
$39.00
Waves Dies
$60.00
Waves Of Inspiration Bundle (English)
$90.75
Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad
$14.00
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
$7.00
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
$7.00
Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
$7.00
Basic White A4 Cardstock
$18.00
Pool Party A4 Card Stock
$16.25
Pacific Point A4 Card Stock
$16.25
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
$7.00

This would make a great card to give to any ocean lover. It’s a little masculine which would be great for a guy. Here’s some other cards for guys that I have done.

Thank you for stopping by today. I am excited to explore ways you can save time and organise your card making supplies so that busy card makers like you can make more cards, more often. That’s what it means to be ‘eager to stamp’!

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Amie

HELPING YOU TO FIND TIME TO CREATE, ESCAPE SUPPLY CHAOS AND MAKE MORE CARDS!

Beyond The Basics, Fancy Fold Friday, Technique & Tutorial Tuesday, Thank You Crafts ·

Fun Fold Thank You – Playing with the Z Fold

Welcome! I’m showing you my Fun Fold Thank You card that I’ll be sending out to my Stampin’ Up!® customers that purchased from me this month.

Fun Fold Thank You card open

Thank you for joining our us for our Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator Monthly Team Blog Hop! We are so happy that you could join us today for this blog hop of ideas and creative inspiration. We are a group of Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from around the world that are taking part in training that is helping us to build a successful Stampin’ Up!® business and reach some goals we have set. We really appreciate your support.

You may be starting here or have come from another blog – either way you can find the link list at the bottom of this post so that you can see every blog post and idea today.

Regular readers will know how much I LOVE this bundle! It never fails to be my go-to set when I need a card in a hurry. This Fun Fold Thank You card comes together very quickly but packs a whole bunch of WOW!

Fun Fold Thank You card closed

I went with a basic Z Fold on a base of Pool Party and placed a stamped mat of Whisper White on it. Then I wrapped a long piece of Pool Party sheer ribbon around the middle of the card and tied into into a bow to the right of the fold. When I was happy with the bow placement I adhered the ribbon on the folded card front.

After that I adhered the die cut sunflower over the top of the ribbon, leaving half the sunflower centre hanging of the edge. I kept the centre attached and adhered some sequins from the Woven Threads packet.

To complete the card I stamped the sentiment with Versamark onto black card stock. Sprinkled white embossing powder over it and heat embossed. Next I fussy cut the “bunch” saying from the main sentiment and set to the side while I fussy cut the rest of the sentiment. Finally I mounted the “THANKS A” with dimensionals onto the card front and adhered the “bunch” saying below (no dimensionals).

Fun Fold Thank You card

Fun Fold Thank You Baby Wipe Stamping Technique

Have you tried the Baby Wipe Technique? As a lover of colour, it’s one of my favourite techniques!

The colours I decided to go with were Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana and Granny Apple Green.

Using an empty stamp case I layered a clean baby wipe on the base. I then chose my reinker colours. I decided Coastal Cabana would be the sunflower centre and Pool party would dominate the top and bottom areas of the stamped image. Drops of Bermuda Bay and Granny Green Apple were given the left and right sides respectively. After watching the spread of colour I sprinkled some more drops of Pool Party to ‘fill-in’ some of the gaps.

I was sparing on the dominate Bermuda Bay and Granny Apple Green, but looking at my card I think a bit more Granny Apple Green could have worked.

Fun Fold Thank You card using baby wipe technique

When I was happy with the spread of the ink (i.e. no more gaps), I pressed the large sunflower image into the baby wipe. Just press. Don’t lift and repress like you would on an ink pad. After giving the stamp a good press down onto the baby wipe, lift and check that you are happy with the ink distribution.

On my first go I realised the ink area needed to be wider to fit the large stamp. So I added more drops of ink from the reinkers. I cleaned the stamp and pressed down into the baby wipe.

Lift. Check. Stamp. {smile}

Thank you for stopping by today. I am excited to explore ways you can save time and organise your card making supplies so that busy card makers like you can make more cards, more often. That’s what it means to be ‘eager to stamp’!

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