Stampin' Up! Poppin' Box Cube card

Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

My lovely husband celebrated his birthday at the beginning of January so I made him a Poppin' card. I watched a You Tube video by the very talented Gemma Clarke of Made By Gemma last February and have wanted to make one since. You can find Gemma's link here, please check it out.

I started with a base of our favourite colour, Elegant Eggplant and as SU don't have any DSP with Elegant Eggplant I decided to make my own. I used one of the stamps from the Timeless Textures stamp set and stamped at an angle all over the Whisper White Layer. I the used the Happy Birthday die to cut out an Elegant Eggplant sentiment which I cut in half.

Thanks to Gemma's great tutorial and the PDF instructions, the box was very straightforward to put together. I used the large letters framelits to cut out a G, A, R and Y which I adhered on the four sides of the cube.

I'm pleased to say that Gary loved his card and it still has pride of place on our mantelpiece.

Thank you for stopping by this week and reading my blog, I do hope you’ve enjoyed it. Until next week.

Jillian xx

Stampin' Up! Falling Flowers Stepper Card

Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

In August I took part in the Crafty Cupcakes Stampin' Showcase Challenge. The theme was Birthdays and I decided to make a stepper card. I cased this card from Mixed up Craft and you can see her YouTube video here.

I love the fact that the front is so simple and it is only when you open up the card that you see the surprise - are you ready for the big reveal!

The side view is even more stunning.

I loved making this card and have ideas of others I can make, so watch this space! 

Thank you for stopping by this week and reading my blog, I do hope you’ve enjoyed it. Until next week.

Jillian xx

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge June 2017

Thank you for joining us for another Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge! We’re so excited to be sharing this hop with you.  The products used are all available in the current Annual, or seasonal, Stampin’ Up!® Catalogues*. Simply use the buttons at the bottom of the post to keep hopping!

Our challenge this month was set by Hannah McCurley of Stampin by Hannah. For a change Hannah decided to give us a colour challenge, using these colours:

I decided to use the smoky slate as my card base and front layer and to use the other three colours for my sentiment. Firstly I ran the front layer through the new Ruffled Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Then I cut narrow strips of Fresh Fig, Blushing Bride and Calypso Coral and adhered them to a piece of the new Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets at an angle and then used the new 'Happy Birthday' die to cut out my sentiment. It was then so easy to stick the sentiment on the front of the card. 

 I'm not sure the sentiment stands out enough but surprisingly I do like all these colours together, they are certainly not four colour I would have put together!

 I absolutely love the texture you get from this embossing folder, I've zoomed in on the front of the card so you can see the texture, isn't it amazing?

Thanks for stopping by today, I do hope you like this weeks card.

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Until next week

Jillian xx