Category Archives: Big Shot

Sweet Sorbet Circle Thinlit card

17 Monday Mar 2014

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I’m really excited to show you today’s card.  I wanted to make a special card for my Mum’s birthday and I’m really pleased how it turned out.   It is my favourite card I’ve made in a long time – and I finally got to play with my Circle Thinlits die which was an added bonus!

Sweet Sorbet Circle Thinlits 'flip' card

(I bought Mum the Circle Thinlits die as her birthday present so wanted to make the card with my die so she’d see an example of her present in action!)

The card base is die cut from Pistachio Pudding and I’ve used the Sweet Sorbet DSP you can get for free from Stampin’ Up! during Sale-A-Bration.   I followed the instructions on Sara’s Crafting & Stamping Studio blog to die cut the DSP layers – thanks Sara!

I cut 2 Whisper White circles from the Circles #2 originals die (largest circle) to stick on the circle ‘flip’ part.   I sponged around the edge in Crisp Cantaloupe to bring out the colours in the DSP.

Inside of Sweet Sorbet 'flip' card

The flower on the front of the card was stamped in Crisp Cantaloupe from the Mixed Bunch stamp set , and punched out with the Blossom Punch.   I used Pistachio Pudding to stamp the flower centre (also from the Mixed Blossom set) and punched it out with the 1 inch circle punch.  I stuck the layers onto the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals and added a pearl for added effect.

Mixed Blossom flower

 

I really loved how this card turned out.   I think I see a few more flip cards in my future!

Thanks for reading – and happy birthday Mum!

Caro x

Easter Bunny treat boxes

04 Tuesday Mar 2014

Posted by in 1 1/4 inch circle, 3/4 inch circle, 3D projects, Big Shot, Boxes, Candy Wrapper, Dies, Extra Large Oval, Gift bags, Home decorating, Kids party, Punches, Small Heart, Word Window

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Given we’re starting to head towards thinking about Easter crafts I thought I would show you some pictures of some little Easter gift boxes I made last year for our Easter brunch.

Candy wrapper Bigz die easter treatsThese are made with the Stampin’ Up! Candy Wrapper Bigz Die which is retired from the current catalogue, but thankfully making a return at a whopping discount in the current Clearance Rack *.

Here is a close up of one:

Easter Bunny gift box

The eyes are made with circle punches, the nose is an upside down small heart punch, and the ears are made from the extra large oval punch and the word window punch (cut off). I drew on the whiskers but you could probably be fancy and use twine.

These looked so cute on the table and lots of mini eggs fitted beautifully inside.

I hope that kick starts you thinking of some cute Easter craft!  Thanks for reading.

Caro x

*As always, please let me know if you’d like to purchase any of the Stampin’ Up! products you see on my blog, or any of the other products in the catalogue for that matter 🙂

“Scribble scrabble” butterflies

02 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by in Beautiful Butterflies, Big Shot, Bitty Butterfly, Butterfly (retired), Dies, Elegant Butterly, Kids craft ideas, Punches, Using up scraps

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One of the things that my little boy loves to do is make a “scribble scrabble” – a piece of paper where you scribble colours all over it to make a pretty picture.

Scribble scrabbleHe loves making them, and sometimes we use them as wrapping paper or the background for a card.

The other day it occurred to me that they would make gorgeous butterflies, so I got out my Beautiful Butterflies die and the Big Shot, as well as my butterfly punches and set him loose.   He adores being allowed to play with “Mummy’s precious toy” (AKA my Big Shot!).

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Scribble scrabble butterfly

Beautiful butterflies

 

This next photo shows you how to make the largest butterflies from the Beautiful Butterflies die – fold a piece of paper in half and line the fold up along the edge of the ‘half’ butterflies on the die.  This way you get 6 butterflies out of one run through the Big Shot.

Beautiful Butterflies negative image

 

This is his ‘art work’ after spending a happy half hour with his butterflies and a glue stick.

Scribble scrabble butterfly artYou could use the same technique to make gorgeous butterflies for grown up cards and decorations.

Thanks for reading

Caro x

 

Apothecary Art thank you cards

15 Friday Nov 2013

Posted by in Big Shot, Cards, Labels collection, Thank you

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Hello – thanks for dropping by Caro’s Pretty Things!

I have been very lucky to have many people in my life I need to say thank you to recently.  So I sat down the other day to make a few thank you cards.   I wanted to do something a little out of my comfort zone and try and make some cards that would convey a little of how grateful I am to the recipients.

I used the largest image from the Apothecary Art stamp set cut out with my Labels framelits, and my embossing powders with VersaMark ink to make the stamped images really ‘pop’ off the page.

Here are the cards, I hope you enjoy.

Caro

Melon Mambo:

 

Apothecary Art thank you card - Melon Mambo

(I used the thank you greeting from the Simply Sketched stamp set and the tag is from the Designer Frames embossing folder)

Basic black:

Black embossed Apothecary Art card

 

Here’s a close up of the embossing:

Black embossing powder

Simple ribbon card front (stamping on the inside):

 

Simple black and white card

 

Black embossed Apothecary Art card

 

Chocolate chip and gold ink (with First Edition DSP):

Gold embossed Apothecary Art card

Winter Frost 30th birthday card

13 Wednesday Nov 2013

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I have been looking at lots of Christmas cards on the internet using Stampin’ Up!’s Winter Frost designer series paper.  It is gorgeous paper and the cards are beautiful – but for some reason it doesn’t really scream ‘Christmas’ to me.   The paper also uses colours that are usually a bit out of my comfort zone.   So I set myself a challenge of using the paper for some non-Christmas cards.

Today I wanted to show you a card I made for a good friend’s 30th birthday.

Winter Frost & Memorable Moments 30th birthday cardThe card is Smoky Slate with Winter Frost DSP in Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana and Pool Party.   The ribbon is some I saved from the wrapping on a present I was given.

The label and stamping uses the Memorable Moments stamp set, which has to be one of the most versatile sets in the current catalogue.   The outline of the label perfectly matches the Labels Framelits dies.   Here’s a close up of the label:

Memorable Moments 30th birthday

Stay tuned and I’ll show you some other non-Christmas cards I made with Winter Frost.

Thanks for reading

Caro x

 

Wildflower Meadows and Simply Sketched

30 Wednesday Oct 2013

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The cards I have to show you today follow a similar layout to a baby card I showed you a few weeks ago.

Both of these cards were inspired by a demonstrator in the UK called Sam Donald who has an awesome blog/YouTube channel called Pootles Papercraft.   I encourage you to check it out – I get so many ideas from there.  Here’s the card she called ‘Elements of Wildflower Meadows’.

And here are my versions, using the Wildflower Meadows stamp and a greeting from the Simply Sketched set (my favourite hostess set in the current catalogue):

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Wildflower Meadows & Simply Sketched

 

Embossed Wildflower Meadows with Simply Sketched greetingHere’s a little close up of the embossing:

Embossed Wildflower Meadows elementsThere are so many things you can do with the Wildflower Meadows stamp.  I hoped you enjoyed having a look at some of the things I’ve made with it.

Thanks for reading

Caro

 

 

 

Embossed Wildflower Meadow cards

29 Tuesday Oct 2013

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Yesterday I showed you some cards I’d made with my Wildflower Meadow stamp and matching embossing folder.    Today I wanted to show you some cards I’d made using the stamp with Versamark ink and embossing powder.

Here are some Crumb Cake cards with Versamark ink and clear embossing:

IMAG0118It’s a little hard to see the details of the sheen but it is easier to see in a close up:

IMAG0120It also looked pretty amazing with silver embossing powder:

IMAG0121Here are some made from Pretty in Pink (retired) card stock, Versamark ink with clear embossing powder:

Embossed Wildflower MeadowHere is a close up:

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I had so much fun embossing I am going to have to try some more soon.

Enjoy!

Caro

 

 

 

Wildflower meadow cards

28 Monday Oct 2013

Posted by in Cards, Embossing folders, Framelits, General occasion, Labels collection, Wildflower Meadow

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Sorry for the long gap between posts.  Life has been a little hectic lately (to say the least!)   I haven’t had any chance to make any cards lately, but I do have a few photos to show you from the last time I managed to spend a few hours on my card making.

One of the card sets that most caught my eye in this year’s Stampin’ Up! catalogue was the Wildflower Meadow set – and it has a matching embossing folder!  Who could resist?

It is such a beautiful set and the extra depth from the embossing means you can get an amazing effect from the simplest card.

This card was just stamped with Whisper White ink on Crumb Cake card stock:

Wildflower Meadow - whisper white on crumb cake

I was thinking about how to ‘step it up a bit’ and decided to use my Stampin’ Write markets to add some highlights over the white ink:

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The markers over the white ink gives a really lovely, soft effect.  Here’s a close up which gives you a better idea:

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You can also use your markers to colour directly onto the stamp to give a multicolour effect:

IMAG0109Here’s one where I used the off-cut from a labels framelit to act as a border:

IMAG0110 I had such a lovely time playing with this stamp set.  I’ll show you some more of the results of my experimenting over the next few days.

Thanks for reading

Caro

Simply Sketched bird cards

07 Monday Oct 2013

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Hello!  I hope you’re having a great day.

Today I wanted to show you a card I’ve made with one of my favourite stamp sets from the new Stampin’ Up! catalogue – Simply Sketched.   This is a hostess set so you can only get it by hosting a workshop or party (or doing a REALLY big order all by yourself!) I’d like to get back into doing a few workshops, so please let me know if you live in the Wollongong or southern Sydney area and would be interesting in hanging out with your friends and making cards 🙂

Here’s the card I made:

IMAG0187I used Crumb Cake as the base card with matching seam binding ribbon.   The bird is coloured with my Stampin’ Write markers.  The blue layer is from a pack of corrugated cardboard I bought at a $2 shop but I think this card would also work beautifully with some of the new Soft Sky card stock from Stampin’ Up!  The watercolour paper is cut out with a Labels Collection framelit.

Here are another couple I made:

Simply Sketched bird

IMAG0163See the ribbon on the last card?  You know those ribbons that are sewed into shirts to keep them onto coat hangers?  Those ribbons which, if you’re anything like me, you cut off before you wear them for the first time?  Well, this ribbon came off a tshirt I bought recently.   So don’t throw them away – see what you can make out of them!

Thanks for reading

Caro x

Using my colouring in … Part 3

03 Thursday Oct 2013

Posted by in 1 1/4 inch circle, 1 3/8 circle, Baby cards, Cards, Embossing folders, Perfect Polka Dots, Scallop edge

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The past few days I’ve been showing you some pictures of some of the cards I made with my stash of coloured-in images.

Today I want to show you one of my favourite set of cards I’ve made in a long time. Such a cute baby card (if I do say so myself!)

I’d coloured in a whole heap of small imaged from a retired Stampin’ Up! set called Baby Bundle.  You could make a similar card from the current A Fitting Occasion set, or any other set with cute small images  (PS the images in the Baby Tees jumbo wheel are also gorgeous and great for colouring in).

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I cut out the coloured image with my 1 1/4 inch circle punch.  The matted circle was cut from the 1 3/8 inch circle punch.  I like this as it gives just a hint of background colour, but you could use your 1 3/4 inch circle if you like more background.

The white cardstock layer was run through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.

I then used my Scallop Edge border to cut along the edge – I thought the card needed a bit of balance on the right and I love how the scallop edge turned out. This photo gives a better idea of what I did (sorry it’s a bit grey)

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Here are some more:

Gorgeous baby card

 

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IMAG0098I’m so in love with these cards I almost couldn’t bring myself to give them away!  (I must confess I’ve kept quite a few.  I need some people to have babies so I can use them!)

Thanks for reading

Caro