Have you ever used the same card design but switched it up a little from either a card you've made or one you saw? Just over a week ago I was lucky to participate in a demonstrator led training day where I learned some new card designs and was inspired! We were also given creative challenges. One of the challenges was to make one card and then for the second card use the first as inspiration and switch it up. My first card is above. The images are cut from the Snail Mail designer series paper - no stamping needed! Even the bonjour word bubble was cut from the DSP. Isn't it cute how the letters are falling out of the parcels?

To switch it up for the second card I rotated the design but used the same dimensions for all the paper. The snail is stamped and found in the Snailed It stamp set. A piece of Real Red cardstock was embossed using the Painted Texture 3D embossing folder and the Stampin' Cut and Emboss machine. The snail was coloured in using Petal Pink and Real Red Stampin' Blends. To finish the card I added some Snail Mail Twine and Resin Hearts. Which one is your favourite? I think mine is the first card with the mail failing.

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The Ornate Garden specialty designer series paper has some great gold designs on white paper that are perfect to colour in. I used the Stampin' Blends in Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral and Cajun Craze to colour in the DSP with small flowers. For the main stamped focal point I stamped the large floral image onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and a piece of Mint Macaron. I punched a circle from the Mint Macaron cardstock, then cut the bottom of the flag. The Mint Macaron piece is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals to create another layer to the card. The sentiment I used is from the Timeless Tulips stamp set.

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The Ornate Garden suite is an early release of product that will be available in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue. I stamped the Ornate Style stamp onto Soft Sea Foam card stock using Memento ink. Then coloured in the images using Stampin' Blends. If you look closely at the photo above you will notice that some of the colours did bleed a bit. Coloured card stock is not the best to use with Stampin' Blends - Whisper White or Very Vanilla card stock is the preferred ones to use. When using the Blends on coloured card stock try and use a small amount and not over blend or colour the image. This will limit the amount of bleeding that happens.

This card was created during my Facebook live recently. The video is below if you missed watching it. Join me next Thursday at 7pm for my next live!
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It's fun taking projects from any of the catalogues and recreating or CASE them! My card turned out a little different since I used a larger Stitched Nested Labels than the original but it still works. See below for the original version. I used a piece of Parisian Blossoms specialty designer series paper. I just noticed looking at the image below they used a black marker to highlight the inside of the flowers. I added some Pearls coloured with a Basic Black dark Stampin' Blend.


This card was created during my Facebook live last week. The video is below if you missed watching it. Join me this Thursday at 7pm for my next live!
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A fun summer card that is perfect for a birthday or just because. This was one of the card designs that we made at August's Cards & Chocolate class. Most of the cards we made were beach inspired as I'm dreaming of sitting on a beach along the ocean! Join us on the second Wednesday of every month for Cards & Chocolate class (details are below for September's class).

To create this card the Basic Gray panel is embossed using the Subtle Embossing Folder but I stamped the Thinking of You sentiment before embossing the cardstock. We stamped the sailboats and the sun using Momento ink then coloured them in with Stampin' Blends. Its best to colour behind the ships using a Light Pool Party Stampin' Blends as otherwise the ships seem to be floating in the air instead of the ocean!

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Stamps: Lilypad Lake
Colours: Calypso Coral, Basic Gray, Thick Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay
Accessories: Stampin' Blends in various colours, Decorative Label Punch, Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Subtle Embossing Folder, Bird Ballad designer series paper

~ Amanda
Join me for the next Cards & Chocolate evening event on Wednesday September 11. You will create a total of 8 cards. Cost is $20. Please RSVP by Sep 10th. Check out the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2378173045782130/

Are you a crafter looking for some time to get away to work on your projects? Join us Oct. 25-27th at the Four Points Sheraton in Kingston for our annual fall crafting retreat! Click the link for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/290602808288112/

This is my first time using the new Magnolia Lane Memories & More cards and I love them! These cards were made during my Facebook live last Thursday and were very simple to make! No stamping but I did do some fussy cutting on the card above. The pink flower image was hand cut from another card and I coloured it in using the Petal Pink Blends to give it a pop of colour so that it stood out from the rest of the card.

The flower and leaves on this card are from the adhesive images included in the Memories & More card pack. The label and the sentiment are from another sheet of adhesive images in the same pack.

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Stamps: none (images and words are included in the Memories & More card pack)
Colours: Petal Pink, Kraft
Accessories: Magnolia Lane Memories & More card pack, Magnolia Lane Memories & More Large Specialty Cards and Envelopes, Petal Pink Blends, Linen Thread, Pearls, Stampin' Dimensionals

Join me at my next Facebook Live this Thursday Jun 6 at 7pm EDT at www.Facebook.com/FromWhereIStamp
~ Amanda

 Our next crop will be on Saturday June 22nd in support of Make A Wish. Registration is $30 and closes on June 7th. Head over to Facebook to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/2397055546983692/


The new 2019-2020 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue is available today! Place your order online with me here:


Join us on October 25th to 27th, 2019 for our Crop Kingston Fall Retreat. Registration is open until September 1st. Head over to Facebook to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/290602808288112/

Welcome to our Anniversary Blog Hop to celebrate 2 years! I haven't participated for all the blog hops but it's fantastic that this group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators have done them for this long! And what better way to celebrate than creating an anniversary card. This card could also be used for so many other celebrations as well - baby, job promotion, moving into a new home, etc.

With my Holiday Catalogue preorder I decided it was time to order some Stampin' Blends and this card was perfect to try them out. I still have to practice but I really like how the leaves turned out! I also used them to colour the pearls using the Dark Highland Heather Blend. The ribbon is new from the Holiday Catalogue, it's the 3/16" Braided Linen Trim and it is awesome! I puffed out the loops of the bow to give it more dimension. 

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Stamps: Petal Palette
Colours: Highland Heather, Gray Granite, Whisper White
Accessories: Petals & More Thinlits, Pearls, Blends: Highland Heather and Old Olive, Petal Pair Textured Embossing Folders, Stampin' Dimensionals

~ Amanda

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