How to make a grid card with a medley of Stampin' Up! stamps

I had a lot of fun making this card.  I used a 6" x 6" piece of designer paper called Feels Like Frost from the upcoming Stampin' Up! winter catalogue. It's a stack of papers of the same size which feature on one side stunning prints of frosted scene photographs and on the other white with hand drawn silver designs.  

I took just one sheet, after all it does plenty, and stamped 2nd and 3rd generation ink over it using the Birch background stamp and also stamps from the beautiful Very Versailles stamp set in shades similar to those in the paper.  I then cut 9 11/4" squares and white and copper embossed different images on to the squares.  You could also do this prior to cutting the squares.  

I stuck the squares onto a piece of thick whisper white card that was 43/4 inches square.  I've done the sticking by eye and so it's not quite perfect, but if you are a neat freak then you could measure and get it spot on.  I  added another whisper white layer that was 5" square adhering my art piece on with Stampin' Dimensionals.  The whole piece was then stuck to  base card that is A5 in folded size.  I added a sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings which is heat embossed in copper.  

The final touch was to add a handful of self adhesive sequins.  

There is lots of inspiration on Pinterest for this type of card and it packs a wow without too much effort or skill required.  Have a go and see what you can make.  There are endless possibilities as you can reduce the number of squares, change the sizes whatever you choose really.  

All the products I used are Stampin' Up! of course and can be bought in my online shop.  The papers will be available to order from 4th September when the Stampin' Up! Winter catalogue goes live.  

Stamps used included 

Rooted in Nature (148217)

Floral Essence (149450)

Very Versailles (149275)

Birch (149256)

Itty Bitty Greetings (151331)

Sequins (146933)

Feels Like Frost Papers (150444) 

Happy crafting 

Zoe x

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Rooted in Nature Stampin' Up! New Tree set with dies

Playing with ink is one of my favourite parts of my crafting.  It always fascinates me to watch what the ink does and where it goes depending upon what you've done with it.  My stampin' re-inkers come into their own on days like this.

First of all I stamped and heat embossed white leaves on a piece of water colour paper to create a resist effect over the paper.  To add the colour I  painted small parts with water to give the ink that I then added somewhere to 'run'.  As the colour ran I moved about the paper adding new patches of water and different colours so that as they ran they would blend into each other.  You can use any colours that blend, but be careful not to go too mad or you can end up with brown or worse.

Also remember to paint the reverse of the card with a thin layer of water as this helps to stop the paper from bending and curling.

Once this had dried completely I used a die which is for embossing only to add some more texture in the form of veins to the leaves.  I didn't have the embossing mats at the time I made the card so just put the die face down onto the paper and ran through the big shot.  It left enough of an indentation to give the effect I wanted and allowed me to line up the die better with the stamped leaves, although this isn't always a perfect fit as I didn't want to tape the die in place as it risked tearing the water colour paper when I removed the tape.

I also cut two leaves from whisper white card and used the die to emboss them also.  I wrapped silver thread around the stems to add a mini detail and some rhinestones.  The sentiment is a combo of products but the black lettering makes it pop and the black matting layer helps project the colour.

Have some fun with your ink and also take a look at the embossed leaves I created in my White on White Christmas Card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Zoe x