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By The Bay FREE Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set – Quick Card Idea
Hello and welcome to Mitosu Crafts. It’s Jay here with a quick and easy card idea using the FREE Sale-A-Bration Cling Mount stamp set By The Bay I wanted to add colour to the design quickly without being too precise so I decided to use the sponging and masking technique Creating a night scene with this beautiful design makes it forgiving if you make a mistake. You can go straight onto your project with the inked sponge for added texture and still create something wonderful For the mask, I stamped on a sticky note and fussy cut with the snips. Ensure you cut off the lines so your project image…
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Stamp Review Crew ~ Butterfly Gala
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by today. It’s Jay here with the Stamp Review Crew blog hop. The Stamp Review Crew are a group of independent demonstrators sharing inspirations using the same stamp set by Stampin’ Up! For this hop we are showcasing the beautiful Butterfly Gala photopolymer stamp set Make the most of your stamps with Stamp Review Crew and continue along the hop by clicking the ‘Next Blog’ button at the end of this post. If you are following the hop already, you have arrived here from With A Bow On Top by the talented Lou Kitzelman The Butterfly Gala Stamp Set comes…
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Lovely As A Tree for Paper Craft Crew Inspiration Challenge #PCC312
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK. It’s Jay here with my DT card idea for the latest Photo Inspiration Challenge at Paper Craft Crew #PCC312 Although Autumn has arrived, the weather has been mixed lately. It is definitely colder in the mornings on my way to work even when the sun is out! So just like the photo with the sunshine peaking through the trees, I created this simple looking card with Lovely As A Tree stamp and a bit of sponging I used the Stamparatus to ensure this CLEAR mount stamp is straight for the horizon then stamped with Versamark to heat emboss the tree outlines in Black…
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Daisy Delight Punched Background
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay Soriano here with my card idea for Global Design Project Colour Challenge #GDP157 I was creating my projects for next month’s Stampin’ Glam Squad exclusive tutorials when I found that I had used 2 of the 3 colours above. I finished my 2 projects and created another one for this colour challenge using the Daisy Delight Stamp Set and co-ordinating Daisy Punch I sponged Mint Macaron ink on the same coloured card from the bottom to create a subtle ombre look I punched out 6 Whisper White daisies and adhered the end of the petals to create…
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Wishing with Blended Seasons for Paper Craft Crew Challenge #PCC300
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts, thanks for stopping by. It’s time for another sketch challenge with the Paper Craft Crew… I am loving the upcoming Blended Seasons and Stitched Seasons Framelits Bundle at the moment which I have used for my project today I snipped into one of the flourish die cuts then joined them up and created, to me what looks like a dandelion wish, adding white dots at the end with the Chalk Marker I used the debossed side of the Softly Falling TIEF for the main background. The strip on the left was sponged with Coastal Cabana, Pacific Point and Blueberry Bushel inks The sentiment was…
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Colouring Blended Seasons for Paper Craft Crew Challenge #PCC299
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay Soriano here with my DT card for the Paper Craft Crew Colour Challenge #PCC299 I decided to colour the flowers from the new Blended Seasons Stamp Set with a mix of colouring mediums including the new Watercolour Pencils Assortment 2 by Stampin’ Up! The colours I used were Lemon Lime Twist, Lovely Lipstick, Crushed Curry and Blueberry Bushel. I stamped on normal Whisper White and did a quick wash with the ink pads using an Aqua Painter I used the watercolour pencils for the finer details of the leaves as well as alcohol markers, Smokey Slate Stampin’…
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High Tide for Paper Craft Crew Challenge #PCC297
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping. It’s time for another Design Team inspiration card for the Paper Craft Crew challenge #PCC297 I decided to use the High Tide stamp set to fit this week’s ‘By The Sea’ theme challenge. It’s fairly simple with a bit of sponging to create atmosphere I sponged the Whisper White card with Balmy Blue and Pacific Point inks, concentrating on the edges. I then stamped the land in Crumb Cake, grass in Granny Apple Green and the sentiment was in Tuxedo Black, masking the bottom 3 lines The lighthouse requires 2 Step Stamping, as the set is photopolymer, this is achieved…
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OSAT Blog Hop ~ Lay It Out with Swirly Frames
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay Soriano here with my projects for the OSAT Design Team blog hop with the theme of ‘Lay It Out’. We are sharing scrapbook layouts and co-ordinating project ideas with you all today, so be sure to check out all the design team’s blogs for inspirations I don’t do much scrapbooking myself, so this was a challenge for me. My first cruise to Norway with Barry was full of beautiful sceneries which I took inspiration from to create a simple layout using Swirly Frames with Waterfront stamp set. The photo I decided to use is of lake Oldevatnet…
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Stitched All Around for Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge #PCC295
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay here sharing a quick post with my DT card idea for Paper Craft Crew challenge #PCC295. Barry and I are currently on a Norwegian cruise for his birthday week and I am writing this whilst our ship, Azura is docked at Stavanger. If you follow us on Instagram, you would’ve seen photos of the street art we came across whilst walking through the old town Anyways, onto the challenge which is a simple sketch and I’ve used the new Stitched All Around Stamp Set & Stitched Labels Framelits bundle from the Annual Catalogue I created the background…
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Swirly Frames with Rooted In Nature for Paper Craft Crew Challenges #PCC294
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay here with my DT card idea for Paper Craft Crew challenge #PCC294 with the theme of Designer’s Choice For my card I chose to use the new Rooted In Nature stamp set again, this time with the new Swirly Frames from the 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue I used the Stamparatus to stamp the rectangular frame in Tuxedo Black. Coloured the tree in Granny Apple Green, Soft Suede Marker and Garden Green Marker TIP: As the Swirly Frames stamp can easily be stretched and the image distorted, place your stamp on a flat surface and pick it up with…