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    Bokeh Technique with Shimmer Paint for Paper Craft Crew Challenge #PCC307

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by today. It’s Jay Soriano here with my DT card idea for the new Paper Craft Crew Inspiration Challenge #PCC307 I took inspiration from the background and created the bokeh effect with Frost White Shimmer Paint and Whisper White Craft Ink Refill I applied Lemon Lime Twist and Granny Apple Green inks with a sponge brayer, flicking droplets of water after I created my own circle stencils using the circle dies from Stitched Shapes Framelits as well as the 1/2″ and 1″ Circle punches I also used the Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint on the punched sprigs which were adhered on…

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    Creating Kindness Blog Hop – Circles

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay Soriano here with the Creating Kindness Design Team blog hop. Our Special Guest Designer this month is the fabulous Ashley Fifer of Stamped AF You may have arrived here from Jenny Hall’s blog or started here, you will find all the blog links at the end of the post to continue along the hop and check out all the projects by the design team Our theme this month is Circles which can be interpreted in any ways. For my projects, I created 2 wreath cards using the new Peaceful Noel & Sprig Punch bundle from the Autumn…

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    Card Idea with 3 Shimmer Paint Techniques for Paper Craft Crew Challenges #PCC305

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay Soriano here with my card idea for the Paper Card Crew Card Sketch Challenge #PCC305 I used the upcoming Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint in 3 ways to create my card for this sketch with the Hexagons DTIEF, Daisy Punch and Bee die from Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits I applied the Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint on the Hexagons DTIEF with sponges before running through the Big Shot To create more contrast and cover more areas, I also sponged the gold around the edges ~ use a non porous surface to sponge the shimmer paint like a window sheet I punched…

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    Stitched Birthday Season U Fold / Bridge Card for Paper Craft Crew #PCC304

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay Soriano here with another creative share for the Paper Craft Crew Fancy Fold Theme Challenge #PCC304 It was my Dad’s birthday yesterday and last year I made him a U Fold / Bridge Fold card so I made him another one this year. This time I used the Stitched Season framelits from the Blended Seasons Bundle to create the shaped Smokey Slate card base I love this type of cards as it folds flat for posting and looks great when displayed The Designer Series Paper comes from Garden Impressions Pack and was die cut with the middle…

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    Marbled Seasons Floral Card Idea

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay Soriano here sharing my last project for the week using the Marbled Background stamp set I have mixed other sets with the Marbled stamp for this floral card idea which I am entering to the following challenges Just Add Ink #422 ~ Choose Two As You See It #182 ~ Divided HLS August Watercolour Challenge ~ Anything Goes (Flowers) I used the layout from As You See It challenge, chose Embossing Powder with Embossing Folder and added the watercoloured flowers to fit all challenges above I white embossed the Marbled design on Blushing Bride card stock and…

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    Marbled Background for Paper Craft Crew Challenge #PCC303

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping. It’s Jay Soriano here with my card idea for  this week’s Paper Craft Crew card sketch challenge #PCC303 I used the Marbled Background stamp set with a new embossing folder and a sneak peek product from the upcoming Autumn / Winter Holiday Catalogue I applied Smoky Slate and Tuxedo Black inks on the Marbled Background design then stamped on Smoky Slate cardstock I used a circle die from Layering Circles Framelits set to cut out the middle area for the topper. This topper was created the same way as the previously shared card HERE, this time using Pool Party Stampin’ Marker…

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    Embossed Marbled Background Card Idea

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. Today we have our morning class at Chineham, Basingstoke and hopefully register for OnStage, a Stampin’ Up! event in November. This one will even be more special as Stampin’ Up! is celebrating it’s 30th Anniversary Demonstrators get together to get inspired, preview new products from the upcoming catalogue and most of all have fun! We can’t wait, will we see you there? On to today’s creative share, a heat embossed card idea with the Marbled Background stamp set Apologies for the photos, we have already given this card to it’s recipient and didn’t realise the pictures were out of…

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    OSAT Blog Hop ~ End of Summer Tic Tac Toe

    Hi and thanks for stopping by. Welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, it’s Jay Soriano here with my projects for the OSAT blog hop You may have arrived here from Renee’s Rubber Stamping Ramblings by Renee Ondrajka or started here. Be sure to make your way around all the Design Team’s blogs for more papercraft inspirations with our Tic Tac Toe below End of Summer means Autumn/Winter Catalogue has arrived! Seeing all the holiday creations have inspired me to create seasonal projects. We are still waiting for our pre-order so I finally got a chance to create a poinsettia from a leaf die in Nature’s Root Framelits ~ video tutorial at…

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    Blended Seasons & Stitched Season Bundle for Paper Craft Crew Challenge #PCC302

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks so much for stopping by. It’s Jay Soriano here with another sketch challenge from Paper Craft Crew #PCC302 I am loving the Blended Seasons & Stitched Season bundle at the moment and have used it again for my card idea I white embossed the leaves on Very Vanilla card and die cut the smallest Stitched Season frame Using ink pads and Aqua Painters, I coloured the topper with Granny Apple Green, Cajun Craze and Balmy Blue. I opted for these colours as they are also available in the Watercolor Pencil Assortment 2 I die cut another frame, adhered the watercoloured topper at…

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    Stamp Review Crew ~ Rooted In Nature

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts in the UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay Soriano here, delighted to be be back with the Stamp Review Crew. For today’s blog hop, we are showcasing the Rooted In Nature stamp set You may have arrived here from Heartfelt Inkspiration by Debra Burgin or started here, be sure to continue along the hop by clicking the ‘Next Blog’ button at the end of this post The Rooted In Nature set comes with 16 rubber stamps and co-ordinates with Nature’s Root Framelits Dies, order both to receive 10% savings in either CLEAR Mount or WOOD Mount. It is one of my favourite bundle…