Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with special guest - Cindy Schuster

Welcome and thank you for joining me in a special Crazy Crafters team blog hop.

We are hopping with a special guest who is part of the Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team - The amazing and very talented Cindy Schuster.    So exciting :)

The theme of this blog hop was to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) one of Cindy's cards.

Here is the card of Cindy's that I chose to CASE:

I really loved the striped edges of Cindy's card along with the flowers surrounding the sentiment in the centre of the card. To checkout Cindy's card in more detail click here.

Here is my version:

I chose Flirty Flamingo as the main colour for my card with a touch of Emerald Envy. The flower images are from the Blooms & Wishes stamp set and are stamped on Whisper White card stock.

My sentiment (also from Blooms & Wishes) is heat embossed in white on some Flirty Flamingo cardstock, which has been cut using the 2nd largest Circle from the new Stitched Shapes framelits.

For the edges of my card I used the Flirty Flamingo diagonal striped sheet from the 2016-2018 In Colour Designer Series Paper Stack.

To add a little sparkle, I have used some Silver Metallic thread and a couple of randomly placed Silver sequins from the Metallics Sequin Assortment.


Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my creation.

If you enjoyed my card, it would make my day if you left me a comment below :)


Don't forget to continue the hop all the way around to see what the very creative Crazy Crafters team have come up with.

You are currently visiting me - Kirsten Aitchison, so checkout the list below to see who is next in the hop.



You too can make this ....... Here is a list of the supplies and tools used:

Click on a product link to head on over to my Australian online store to purchase your supplies.

Whisper White A4 Cardstock (106549)	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock (141421)	2016-2018 In Colour Designer Series Paper Stack (141408)	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad (141397)	Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad (141396)	Blooms & Wishes Stamp Set (Photopolymer 141784)
Versamark Pad (102283)	Embossing Buddy (103083)	White Stampin' Emboss Powder (109132)	Heat Tool (129056)	Big Shot (143263)	Magnetic Platform (130658)
Stitched Shapes Framelits (145372)	Silver Metallic Thread (138402)	Metallics Sequin Assortment (138390)	Snail Adhesive (104332)	Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)

Australian customers: Join my free Customer Rewards program by making a purchase through my online store. Click here for more details.

**If you do make a purchase, be sure to use the current Hostess Code on your order to receive a free gift from me. Click here for the current code.**

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I have also included this card as my entry for this weeks Crazy Crafters Team Project Highlight.

Click Here to view the projects submitted by the very creative Crazy Crafters Team, and to vote for your favourite projects. (Link goes live 2nd Dec 2016 at 7pm AEDT)

If you love my card, I'd love it if you voted for me :)

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Online Extravaganza

 From 21st till 28th November selected products are on sale with discounts up to 40%. Additional items are available on 28th November for a 24hr only sale.

Some items are only available while stocks last, so get in quick.

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Stitched Shapes Framelits are here!
Plus get 25% off selected co-ordinating stamp sets during November.
 Purchase the new Stitched Shapes Framelits ahead of their release in the 2017/2018 Annual catalogue, from 1st November 2016.
 For the month of November, you can also purchase selected co-ordinating stamp sets at 25% off.
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Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with special guest - Amy Koenders

Welcome and thank you for joining me in a special Crazy Crafters team blog hop.

We are hopping with a special guest - The inspiring Amy Koenders.

The theme of this blog hop was to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) one of Amy's cards.


Here is the card of Amy's that I chose to CASE:

To checkout Amy's card in more detail click here.

I only recently purchased the new 2016-2018 In Colour collection, and they are such an awesome collection of colours, I just can't understand why it took me so long. So .... like Amy, I decided to make a set of cards using all of the colours in this collection.

Here are my versions:

Flirty Flamingo

Sweet Sugarplum

Emerald Envy

Peekaboo Peach

Dapper Denim

I just loved the layout of Amy's cards as well as how she stamped the images in the same colour ink as the cardstock.

To make mine, I cut out 3 different sized rectangles (see below for the sizes**) in each of the new in colours, and stamped one of the small flowers from the Blooms & Wishes sets in a random pattern on the largest pieces in the matching ink colour. The middle sized pieces were run through my big shot with the Petal Burst embossing folder. For the smallest pieces I used the stamp off technique (to get the lighter images) with one of the bud branch images from the Blooms & Wishes stamp set and just stamped the image a number of times in the same area.

My sentiments also come from the Blooms & Wishes stamp set and were stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed using White embossing powder.

I adhered my coloured cardstock pieces on to some Whisper White cardstock and then trimmed them all to have a small white border.

Before assembling my cards using snail, I cut a small DSP strip of each colour from the In Colour Designer Series Paper stack, and used the Triple Banner punch to cut the bottom of each strip.

I am very happy with how these turned out and I hope you like them too :)

(**My cardstock sizes: Large 9.5cm x 13.8cm, Medium 6.5cm x 9.5cm & Small 4.5cm x 7cm)

So..... in addition to only recently getting the new In colour collection, I took advantage of the current 25% off sale to get my hands on the gorgeous Blooms & Wishes stamp set. Check out the sale details below - but you can get this and a number of other stamp sets at 25% off, that co-ordinate with the newly release Stitched Shapes framelits (which I also purchased :) )


You too can make these ....... Here is a list of the supplies and tools used:

Click on a product link to head on over to my Australian online store to purchase your supplies.

Blooms & Wishes Stamp Set (Photopolymer 141784)	Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (141493)	Big Shot (143263)	Triple Banner Punch (138292)	Snail Adhesive (104332)	Whisper White A4 Cardstock (106549)
2016-2018 In Colour A4 Cardstock (141434)	2016-2018 In Colour Designer Series Paper Stack (141408)	Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock (141419)	Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad (141394)	Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock (141420)	Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad (141396)
Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock (141421)	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad (141397)	Peekaboo Peach A4 Cardstock (141422)	Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad (141398)	Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock (141423)	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad (141395)
Embossing Buddy (103083)	Versamark Pad (102283)	White Stampin' Emboss Powder (109132)	Heat Tool (129056)

Australian customers: Join my free Customer Rewards program by making a purchase through my online store. Click here for more details.

**If you do make a purchase, be sure to use the current Hostess Code on your order to receive a free gift from me. Click here for the current code.**

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I have also included these cards as my entry for this weeks Crazy Crafters Team Project Highlight.

Click Here to view the projects submitted by the very creative Crazy Crafters Team, and to vote for your favourite projects. (Link goes live 18th November at 7pm AEDT)

If you love my cards, I'd love it if you voted for me :)

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Stitched Shapes Framelits are here!
Plus get 25% off selected co-ordinating stamp sets during November.
 Purchase the new Stitched Shapes Framelits ahead of their release in the 2017/2018 Annual catalogue, from 1st November 2016.
 For the month of November, you can also purchase selected co-ordinating stamp sets at 25% off.
 Shop Now, by clicking here

The new holiday catalogue started on 1st September.

Check out all the fantastic new products here.

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my creations.

If you enjoyed my cards, it would make my day if you left me a comment below :)

Don't forget to continue the hop all the way around to see what the very creative Crazy Crafters team have come up with.

You are currently visiting me - Kirsten Aitchison, so checkout the list below to see who is next in the hop.