Stampin' Up! Window Cards

Hello, thank you for joining me today.  I have something a little different to share with you today!
Have you made a Window card?  This is a window card and I love creating them...
Three layers of cardstock joined at the sides and bowed to create a three layer effect...


A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up!

I ran a class and these are the cards the girls created.  The photos are not crash hot because I had to use a flash so you can see the detail in the window...

A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up!

This is literally a Window card - peek through the window to see a lady dancing in front of a seat of cushions...

A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up!

The background layer.. Below we used "Sitting Here" but "Mediterranean Moments" is another excellent choice


A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up!

The second layer (which is the middle layer)  is adorned with the image of the lady from the "Beautiful You" set, and lace to dress the window ...

A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up!

The top layer or card face highlighting the window frame...


A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up!

This card was created by one of my beautiful ladies - June for her sister Val.  It uses a combination of Stampin' Up! products and other products (silver stickers) to create a stunning 80th Birthday card.


A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up!

The cards are created from varying sized rectangles, taped at the edges - we used the dimensional strips, to give more depth.



Stampin' Up! Butterflies

To showcase Stampin' Up! new 2017-19 In colours, I decided to make a picture frame like so many I've seen on pinterest.  The layout is another KISS (Keep It Simple Sweetheart) but two layers - a base card and mat of the same colour, to give it depth, not really caught by my photos...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Butterflies, Layering Squares, Stitched Shapes

The colours above are (left to right) Tranquil Tide, Lemon Lime Twist, and below Fresh Fig, Berry Burst and Powder Pink...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Butterflies, Layering Squares, Stitched Shapes

The idea came from Pinterest, Mary Brown but I mixed it up a little, using the stitched shapes and vellum.
From one layer of the butterflies to two and mixing up the matting....


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Butterflies, Layering Squares, Stitched Shapes

Fresh Fig with Sweet Sugarplum with Whisper White... the leaf created from velum with the leaf die out of the Stampin' Up! set Flourish Thinlits (141478)


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Butterflies, Layering Squares, Stitched Shapes

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Thank you for joining me,
Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! Beautiful You

Do you want a stamp set to create elegant cards with, for many occasions? I think I may have found it - "Beautiful You" released by Stampin' Up! is just magic.  The more I create with it, the more I want to do... my creations for class

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Beautiful You, DSP, Stamping and colouring with an aqua pen.

 Simply Smokey Slate and Denim Dapper to Flirty Flamingo and SAB 2017 Ribbon...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Beautiful You, DSP, Stamping and colouring with an aqua pen.

 DSP always adds a lovely feature to the base card...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Beautiful You, DSP, Stamping and colouring with an aqua pen.

 Peak a boo Peach and the edge die cut with "Lots of Labels"

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Beautiful You, DSP and Stamping.

 Sweet Sugarplum with rhinestone feature and DSP background...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Beautiful You, DSP, Stamping and colouring with an aqua pen.

 Gotta add a tickly of Wink of Stella...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Beautiful You, DSP, Stamping and colouring with an aqua pen and Wink of Stella.

 Flirty Flamingo with the flower die cut from May Flowers Framelits...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Beautiful You, DSP, Stamping and colouring with Wink of Stella.

 Emerald Envy - this might be a trend colour but I LOVE IT...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Beautiful You, DSP, Stamping and colouring with an aqua pen.

 Peak a boo Peach and the flowers die cut from Flourish Thinlits...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Beautiful You, DSP & Stamping.

I want to do so much more with this set!  So stay posted, many more ideas to come.

Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! Detailed Dragonfly

Stampin' Up! In colours are trendy, in fashion and five change each year.  To show case the five 2016-18 colours for catalogue launch, I decided to employ four die sets - the Detailed Dragonfly (142749), the Stitched Shapes (145372), Laying Squares (141708)  and Flourish Thinlits (141478) for the leaf.


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Detailed Dragonfly, Layering Squares, Stitched Shapes

Peek-a-boo Peach, Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum above, left to right; Emerald Envy and Denim Dapper below...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Detailed Dragonfly, Layering Squares, Stitched Shapes

Two tone with Berry Bliss and Sweet Sugarplum and Whisper Shite highlights...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Detailed Dragonfly, Layering Squares, Stitched Shapes

By mounting one colour on top of another and slightly offsetting the two, the die cuts really pop!


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Detailed Dragonfly, Layering Squares, Stitched Shapes

The look great!  I hope these creations inspire you to create and give a set of KISS cards, colour coordinated in a manner that suits you.  Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to your company at the next post.

Yours in paper craft,