Painted Patch – Creative Juice by Loni

Lost your stampin’ mojo? Feeling uninspired? Look no further than your Stampin’ Up!®️ catalog to rev up your creativity! Today’s LIVE crafting video will have you turning down the corners of your catalog to remind you of ideas to emulate, sketches to steal and techniques you can’t wait to try!

I turn to my stash of dog-eared catalogs whenever I need a starting point for a project because there are so many terrific ideas to turn into my own.

The first card I “CASED” was from page 46 of the September-December Catalog showing the Thinking of You Card:

Here’s my version using the Words & Wishes Bundle paired with the new Mosaic Garden Designer Series Paper:

This card may have a layer of Peaceful Pine on a Peaceful Pine card base, but it looks to me like a scoring technique I’d forgotten about, so I used it to inspire me to try the technique again:

I flipped it sideways and used products from the new Painted Patch Suite for my take on this technique. The scored border gives the illusion of layers, or a simply elegant frame to bring your message into focus. Also loved the ribbon detail under the sentiment:

On page 44 I saw this card and it was actually the first one I flagged to try.

Since I wanted to teach you how to use the masks from the Frosted Pinecone bundle, this was an easy substitute, and a change of color makes it feel like a different card, though it’s easy to see where the inspiration came from:

Have you ever turned to the catalog for stamping ideas?

The supplies I used are listed at the bottom, and when you shop from my stampin’ store, I’m delighted to send a hand-stamped card to thank you AND when your order is over $50, you get a BUNDLE of tutorials (new bundles emailed every month!).