The Paper Creative LLC-Stamp the Fun Up

Head over to the Altenew Card Blog, where the blog hop will be hosted – https://wp.me/p6Dps1-iYe as well as the Hero Arts blog to follow along: https://heroarts.com/ If you came her from Ilina Crouse’s blog https://ilinacrouse.blogspot.com/2023/09/altenew-x-hero-arts-stampwheel.html Hi! And thank you for visiting The Peper Creative LLC! Woohoo! I am beyond honored to be repping two amazing companies for this blog hop!!! So… here’s what I did!!!

First let’s discuss colors. If you know me, you know I LOVE color! To get an idea of my love for color in projects, check out my previous blog over at:

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My autumn palette this year is from the Altenew Crisp Dye inks in Ruby Red, Canyon Clay, Limeade, Lime, Desert Night, Deep Iris, and Rhodalite. Check out other perfect seasonal palettes I’ve curated over at my Pinterest.

This Autumn card project is made on a 5 x7 card base from Classic Crest solar white 80lb cardstock in a standard book fold. The panel is 4 x 5 3/4 cardstock from 110lb Classic Crest solar white cardstock (It was trimmed down to the finished size after I did the blending.) I love how the Stampwheel is the third hand I always needed for crafting: it holds cardstock perfectly for working!

Now, rainbows aren’t only for April showers when done with different tones of color. So, I knew I wanted to make this background a blended Autumn rainbow. But, to give it a meadow like feel, I cut a stencil out of scrap cardstock and, flipping it over and around as I added every color, I was able to get some pretty perfect rolling meadow hills.

To make your own stencils out of cardstock, use 110lb or heavier cardstock.

When I’m using the bed of the Stampwheel to hold a panel I’m working on, I use the top plate as a palette. I’m a painter by trade so this is awesome for blending and inking like I do with paint on a traditional palette.

Next, using the BOLD PRINTS Flower Garden 6 x 6 cling stamp from Hero Arts, I inked it up with the Rhodalite ink and pressed it over the blended meadow background. The stamp comes on a large sheet of acrylic so I left that on it so I could press it down with my breyer.

That was it for this quick, simple yet effective art panel for the front of the card. I adhered it to the card base with liquid glue.

The bed of the Stampwheel cleans up easily-I used just a spritz of water to clean up the crisp dye ink mess from blending and stamping.

Next, for the embellishment, I used the Florals Mum STAMP & CUT set from Hero Arts, stamping the mum on 110lb classic crest cardstock with Versamark embossing ink.

Now, I love combining opposites with my artwork, so I thought it would be a cool contrast to the bold background if I had a subtle centerpiece embellishment. However, I thought it would be even cooler to do an ombre metallic look to a subtle flower, so I layered Altenew embossing powder in Platinum and Antique Gold over the image and heat it with the heat gun.

It’s interesting how, individually, these powders are bold and attention grabbing, but when layered next to each other, they kind of tone each other town and create a more subtle, natural shine.

I layered the inks on the stamp to get an ombre finish of colors to the flower.

And then cut it out with the matching die.

The Stampwheel holds the base of your project firmly for perfect placement of embellishments.

Finally, using scraps of Altenew Brushed Gold card stock I added the sentiments, stamped in the Rhodalite ink.

The Stampwheel is amazing for holding small scraps for layering up sentiments.

I hope you like this project! These techniques would be great for standalone looks as well! I can’t wait to see how this project and these items inspired you, so please tag me on Instagram @scrappystampthefunup.

Giveaway Prizes

$400 in total prizes! To celebrate this collaboration, Altenew is giving away FOUR $50 gift certificates and Hero Arts will be giving TWO $100 gift certificates! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 10/03/2023 for a chance to win. Altenew and Hero Arts will draw 6 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 10/06/2023. And head over to the Altenew shop (main site www.altenew.com or the Stampwheel product page – https://altenew.com/products/stampwheel For more info on this amazing product! Literally, it’s the third hand you need for your artwork and paper crafting.

Now, head on over to Virginia Lu’s post https://virginialusblog.blogspot.com/2023/09 to see her amazing project!

I hope you have fun on this hop and get loads of inspiration! Also, while you’re here, create an account with your email address so you can keep updated on all the crafty fun happening here at Stamp The Fun Up! See you soon!

Woohoo!! I’m officially back Live on Facebook!! Wednesday’s will be the “Smash Your Stash” crafting hour (or so). Join me tonight at 7:30pm EST over at the Facebook page! Below the link is the list of things you might wanna find in your stash if you want to craft along!!

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I am officially opening up the Fall-O-We’en supply box tonight!! Check your stashes out there, if you have pumpkin dies with coordinating stamps, speckled, or dotted or patterned embossing folders, scraps of plain cardstock in Halloween colors, an A2 and or 5×7 card base in white or Halloween colors, and some coordinating ink colors in the colors of your scrap cardstock. Woohoo!!! let’s hit it!

Hi everyone!! Here’s how my social media schedule looks so you can mark your calendars!

Mondays: I’ll be actively posting on the Facebook page and Instagram

Tuesdays: I’ll be posting a reel on Instagram

Wednesdays: “Smash Your Stash Day!” I’ll be listing what supplies you’ll need from your stash for the craft-a-long at 7:30pm EST on the Facebook page.

Thursdays: I’ll be posting a reel on Instagram

Fridays: I’ll be actively posting on the Facebook page and Instagram

Saturdays: A new video will be up on the You Tube channel

Sundays: I’ll be updating the blog with product info, helpful info, class info and any other info you need for your crafty week.

Create an account so you can add your email address to the blog to get updates immediately as they happen, so you don’t miss any crafty goodness or info!

Below are the links to You Tube, Facebook and Instagram, I’ll see you there!

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Hi everyone! I am so happy to welcome you to The Paper Creative LLC, your online crafty home of Stamp the Fun Up! This has been a long time coming (two years!) I hope you will join me tonight at 7:30 pm EST over on the Facebook page as I give you a virtual tour of what The Paper Creative means to me and what it has for you. If you miss the live, it will stay up on the Facebook page, or, go rogue and wander around the site here, the shop, the classes, and of course, don’t forget the “Who Is” page to learn a bit about me, Scrappy.

In the shop we’re having a grand opening sale, so check that out! I encourage you to add your email to this site so you can stay up to date on all the happenings and offerings going on here. There is a You Tube page, Pinterest Page, of course the Facebook page and Instagram! I will post a schedule for all social media avenues starting Monday, September 25th so you can mark your calendars. I will also be doing a weekly Facebook live hang out session on Wednesdays at 7:30 pm EST. starting next Wednesday, the 27th.

Also, you will notice in the shop the “Kitty Kits”, the proceeds of which go to care and feed for our rescue cats and ferals. The cat page will be going up soon as well (as soon as I can get pictures of all of them lol!) so you can get to know my partners in crime (The chubby wubby fluffy as the page icon just happens to be one of our rescues 🙂

Below are all the social media links to check out, subscribe to, like, follow and all that fun stuff (these avenues are just getting going for me, and it would be awesome if you became some of my first members and followers!

So, that’s it for now, I will see you over on the Facebook page this evening, and if not, I will see you around the site or online. Thank you again for visiting, and I hope you will find The Paper Creative to be your creative safe-zone.

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I hope you will all join me over on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ScrappyEvie/ this Wednesday, September 20th at 7:30 pm EST for the Grand Opening get-together of my business; The Paper Creative LLC!! Please share the date with all your paper crafting friends! I cannot wait to tell you about my business and all about being brave in your paper crafting! In the meantime, have a look around the site here and you will get a little head’s up of what to expect from The Paper Creative LLC. The grand opening event will announce shopping specials and deals, classes I will be offering, and all other kinds of info about me and my business. Thank you so much for considering me for your paper crafting needs and classes 🙂

Don’t let the small size of this project fool you-it’s a 3″x3″ square “One Sheet Wonder” folding album and holy wow can it fit a lot!

So, last week I was beyond burnt out and needed to just sit down and do some mind-less crafting (FYI, these creative moments most often become one of our best and most productive ever, so never feel bad for taking the time for some mindless crafting!) I didn’t intend to create a teaching project, but here are.

It started with this little album I have had sitting around. I watched a tutorial on it months ago, I have no idea who’s You Tube this came from. I had no idea what I was ever going to do with it. But here I was on a Thursday night at 12:30am needing to get my creative bugs out. So, I grabbed this little guy. He has a total of 29 pages that needed some panels, so I grabbed my scrap paper folder, picked out the most random, most colorful scraps in it and cut 29 little 2 3/4″x 2 3/4″ squares. I stacked them all up and just started adhering them to the pages. NO rhyme or reason.

So, that was fun. I was already starting to feel good and inspired. But now these little pages needed some decorating. Now, if you are like me, and you always make more embellishments than needed when you are making your projects, you probably have a container somewhere of all these random bits and pieces. Mine was literally exploding! lol!

Yeah, just a bit overwhelming! lol, but I took a deep breath and started sifting through all the goodies. Starting with the front page square, I picked out some fun colorful elements. When I was done with the front page, I realized i unknowingly had put it together using the color and composition techniques. That was totally unexpected, as this was supposed to be a no-brainer project. Turns out, this made me even more motivated and made me feel even more creative! So, page by page as I went through this, I turned it into a game. Using only what was in my box of goodies, I challenged myself to use color and composition theories in putting each page together.

The page spread above is an example of composition. The big pink flower started life as a cluster, but I snipped off the leaves and smaller cluster that were attached to it and used them on the facing page. This, as well as using the same color accessory embellishments, bridges the two pages together, regardless of the different backgrounds.

The page spread above is some color theory and balance: both pages use pinks and blues and are balanced with the colors as well as the color temperature (meaning; blue is on the cool side of the color wheel and pinks are on the warmer side of the color wheel.)

The spread above shows a good example of balanced composition, use of complimentary colors from the color wheel, and utilizing texture to add depth (the blue and gold washi strip on the left panel and the orange “snowflakes” on the right panel.)

Before I realized it, it was 3 am! Lol, and I felt great and surprisingly ready to sleep. And I slept great that night! But most importantly, MY BOX CAN SHUT AGAIN!!

This blog post is just highlighting some points from this project, but I did do a walk-through video of each page, explaining the theories and techniques I used. Hit the link below to head over to Stamp the Fun Up on You Tube and check it out! Let me know if this helps inspire you!

Yep, I went there lol. You know as a paper crafter, or crafter in general, that we are always thinking 2-4 seasons ahead! It sounds crazy but hey, greatness takes time! I have been spending the week loading up my Pinterest with Autumn and Winter color palettes and color inspirations and you really need to see them!! I cannot wait to start putting idea boards together for my “Fall O’We’en Season” projects!! Head on over to the Pinterest, check them out and find all kinds of other colorful inspiration for your crafty life!

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Woot woot Last Call! You can still sign up for my Altenew Workshop this Sunday, at 1pm est. Share to all your crafty peeps! This workshop is a must if you want to learn all the pro-tips to get the most of your embossing folders, and *BONUS* how to use coordinating stencils with them! Spots are limited, cost is $25 Venmo or Pay Pal accepted. Comment on this post saying, “Yes I can’t wait!!” and which payment method you prefer so I can get you the class tutorial before Sunday. I will be using the Altenew Daisies embossing folder (but feel free to use your favorite floral embossing folder if you don’t have Daisies) We’ll be creating three cards! The techniques you will learn can be used for many different styles of embossing folders, so you will be able to get more bang for your crafty buck. This is the exact same class I did at the Great Lakes Mega Meet this year, so if you couldn’t attend those classes (both sold out in record time!) then you definitely don’t want to miss this. Become an embossing folder wizard! I am so excited!! This is a crazy fun class that will blow your crafty mind! Tell your friends!! I can’t wait to craft with you!!

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I was completely inspired by the color palette in this month’s inspiration photo. So soft and light, but still warm enough for summer. I loved that Lavendar color. My go-to products for this project were all from Stampin’ Up, because I knew I wanted some great coordinated cardstock and inks to pull off my take on this project. Below is the color palette I chose from my cardstock. Stampin’ Up! does such a great job with their coordinated cardstocks!

I started with a 5″x 5 ” card base. I chose my layers: a fuchsia weathered layer to back the geometric patterned paper for the front and just a simple layer of soft yellow on the inside. I inked the edges of the yellow in ink that coordinated with the card base, and both layers on the front got inked edges in coordinating colors as well. I adhered these down, then went right to making the details and embellishments.

I absolutely love this new die set from Stamin’ Up! There is a matching stamp set, but I only have the die set. I cut out all the embellishment pieces I wanted for the front of the card, including the ticket for the sentiment. Now, because this is only a die set and I don’t have the matching stamps to add interest to the flowers, my quick and simple yet effective go-to technique to add texture and depth, is to simply run a coordinating ink pad over the die cut, or to press the die cut into a coordinating ink pad. Always start this technique with light pressure and repeat for more pressure, because once to add the ink, you can always add more but you cant remove it.

For the sentiment banner I cut a strip of card base scrap, ran it through a wood plank embossing folder and did the same tone on tone inking technique to bring out the wood grain. I stamped my sentiment also in coordinating ink.

I did not attach any of these embellishment to the front of the card yet, because I wanted to do the stamping on the inside of the card.

This is one my favorite Stampin’ Up! stamp sets ” Artistically Inked” because it’s very forgiving with the stamping, and even looks better if you get sloppy with it and overlap the stamped images.

The next step was to make the pop-up that runs through the middle of the card. I chose to make this out of acetate, so it wouldn’t take away from the stamped background. Making this was super easy. Measure the length of your card, cut the acetate to the length and width you want and fold it in half. Then, fold each half in half. You want a “W” when you’re done. My piece is roughly an inch wide. I knew I needed to use glue dots to hold the acetate down, so, to help hide the glue dots, and to give a bit of texture to the acetate, I ran it through my spatter embossing folder.

Next, I stamped the inside sentiment. Then it was time to take my remaining scraps to cut the flowers to adhere to the acetate pop-up. I used liquid glue to adhere these and let them set up overnight because it can slip off the acetate, so I would suggest using glue dots for embellishing acetate if you need the project done quick. And that was it!

I had so much fun seeing this card come from an idea to a project and can see so many more uses for this acetate pop-up. Imagine it with snowflakes for winter! At the top of the blog post, under the inspiration photo, is the link to hit the Inspiration Station blog to hop along and join in the fun this month! I would love to see your take on the inspiration photo so please feel free to tag me on IG @scrappystampthefunup or leave me a comment here on the Facebook page: Stamp the Fun Up. The list of Stampin’ Up! supplies I used are listed below and you can head over to the Shopping Links page to snag them from my Stampin’ Up! shop. Can’t wait to see you next month!

Inks: Lost Lagoon, Fresh Freesia, Calypso Coral

Embossing folders: Strips and Splatters mini embossing folders-these come as a two-pack

Cardstock: Subtles pack, New Core Colors pack and Bright & Beautiful 6″ x 6″ designer series paper.

Stamp sets: Artistically Inked and Biggest Wish

Die set: Cheerful Daisies Dies

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