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    Home To Roost for Paper Craft Crew Challenge #PCC323

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay here with my DT inspiration card for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge #PCC323 I used the Home To Roost Cling Mount Stamp Set from the Sale-A-Bration brochure for my project today. We recently ordered amazing new cardmaking products from the 2019 Spring / Summer catalogue and earned this set (and other items) for FREE. Using card sketches are a great way to get started on projects and we will be showing off this card on our display board for our local classes and demonstrations I stamped the cockerel in Tranquil Tide on normal Whisper White…

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    Beautiful Day for Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge #PCC291

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay here sharing my DT project for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge #PCC291 I didn’t think I had enough time to join in today as I am in Cyprus for a week. I rushed to get this card done, photographed and blogged before we had to leave and catch our flight Luckily, I found this Beautiful Day topper stamped on Whisper White and gold embossed on Tranquil Tide mat in my craft tub full of unfinished projects I used Aqua Painters to watercolour the image in Pink Pirouette, Rose Red and Emerald Envy then added Gold…

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    2 Watercolour Card Ideas using Garden In Bloom

    Welcome to Mitosu Crafts and thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay here sharing two watercolour card ideas using Garden In Bloom stamp set from the Annual Catalogue The colours for both projects were inspired from the Global Design Project Colour Challenge #GDP125 which I am entering my projects to For the Dapper Denim card I made 2 masks by stamping the flower design on sticky notes then fussy cut. I also used 2nd Generation Stamping technique to achieve a lighter shade of Dapper Denim on the Shimmery Cardstock for the No Line Colouring technique I am loving using the Aqua Painters at the moment and got them out again to…

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    Waterfront & Brusho Crystals ~ Top 10 Winners Blog Hop for Kylie Bertucci’s International Highlights

    Welcome to the Top 10 Winners’ Blog Hop for Kylie Bertucci’s International Highlights. Thanks for stopping by You may have arrived here from Sense of Whimsy by Cheryll Miller or started here at Mitosu Crafts in the UK with me Jay Soriano, you will find the Top 10 list at the bottom of this post to continue along the hop. I’m so excited to be hopping along Kylie and the other winners again and it’s all thanks to all of you that voted for my project last month The theme for the hop is Sale-A-Bration and 2018 Spring/Summer Occasions Products. My project for today was made using the beautiful Waterfront…

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    Oh So Eclectic Watercolour Card for Challenge Blogs

    Hi and thanks for stopping by today. It’s Jay here with a watercolour card idea using the Oh So Eclectic stamp set from the Annual Catalogue This card was inspired by the challenge at Global Design Project #GDP124 Case The Designer ~ Louise Sharp I love Louise’s bright colours and white space on her project which I tried to recreate on my card. I also used the Sahara Sand mat and Linen Thread on my watercolour card The colours I used were inspired by the recent Stampin’ Up! rebranding for their 30th Anniversary. 3 designs in the Oh So Eclectic set have a lovely watercolour wash effect when stamped but…

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    Beautiful Day Butterfly Thank You Card with Brusho Crystal

    Welcome to Mitosu Crafts and thank you for stopping by. It’s Jay here with a couple of watercolour Thank You cards using Brusho Crystal and the butterfly from Beautiful Day stamp set We’ve had a box of Brushos for sometime now but haven’t used them for a while, it’s great that Stampin’ Up! have included them in the new 2018 Spring / Summer Occasions Catalogue! The Brusho Crystal Colour is great for creating easy, quick and fun backgrounds. It is random but can produce different effects from light washes to intense colours depending on how you apply water or how much I used the emboss resist technique for the butterfly…

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    Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge #275

    Hello and welcome to Mitosu Crafts in the UK with me Jay Soriano. It’s time for another Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge #PCC275 For my take on the sketch I used the Oh So Eclectic & Eclectic Layers Framelits Dies Bundle with an exclusive Sale-A-Bration FREE item Happy Wishes. This versatile stamp set consist of 16 rubber stamps that allows you to create different sentiments Pink Pirouette card base was stamped with the cross design in Emerald Envy To get the diagonal cut on Whisper White, I aligned one corner on the cutting line of the Stampin’ Trimmer and the other corner at 3cm I clear heat embossed the big…

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    Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge #PCC274

    Welcome to the first Paper Craft Crew challenge of 2018. You are at Mitosu Crafts with Jay Soriano and here is the card sketch for your inspiration #PCC274 With the launch of the 2018 Spring/Summer Occasions Catalogue today, I decided to use the stamp set I won on Prize Patrol at OnStage, Perennial Birthday A6 Cardbase Flirty Flamingo mat 13.8cm x 9.5cm Whisper White layer 13.3cm x 9cm I stamped the flower & leaf clusters in Archival Black and wait to dry before applying Emerald Envy and Flirty Flamingo inks with Aqua Painters I used the Everyday Label Punch on Wood Textures DSP and sponged Emerald Envy on top before…

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    Pinewood Planks with Hometown Greetings for #GDP119

    Hope you had a lovely Christmas and enjoying the holidays. It’s Jay here with a quick creative share of my challenge entry for Global Design Project #GDP119 With the theme of ‘Home for the Holidays’, I decided to use Hometown Greetings Edgelits with Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Emerald Envy cardstock was die cut in circle first. I applied Tranquil Tide ink on one side of the embossing folder before running through the Big Shot again. I then sponged Emerald Envy and Tranquil Tide ink around the edges I did a quick wash of Night of Navy ink with Aqua Painter on another piece of Whisper White cardstock…