Fun Fold Friday - One for the Boys

A quick share today of one of my Men in May cards... the first in quite a long series...

A large Simple Step Card created using the new Brewed For You stamps and dies... Biggest Wish stamps... and the new He's the Man papers... 

Oh and do spot the whisky glass created from the tankard stamp! Giving you more for your money with this stamp set...

Sorry that is is such a quick share today... last week's holiday has meant that life this week has been not as planned and a bit hectic! 

And I am now very behind with creations for next weeks class!  Hey Ho... another busy week ahead then... good job I like it that way!

Tuesday Tip & Tipple... Brewed For You #1

No matter the beer... we have a glass for you! Introducing the new Brewed For You stamp set & bundle... 

And the back story... what is a girl to do when faced with a birthday of someone special... but no card made... and only minutes to spare...

Why re-use an old favourite card of course... using the long retired Another Great Year stamp... dressed up for a new occasion... Cheers!

And I also have to admit to initially forgetting to add the froth to my beer... so that was added later on this occasion... hence the difference in photos... so I thought I'd share both versions...

And I like the finished result so much.... as well as having discovered the Simple aka Faux Centre Step Card version of the card fold this year... that you will see a re-make soon... but using some lovely new papers...

 

And the Tip for today... 

Spot the sheen on the glasses... simply care off a swoosh of a Versamark pad all over the top of the stamped glass image.... followed by a sprinkling of clear embossing powder... and then heated to melt... Oh... and tweezers came in handy!

And then it makes perfect sense to add the froth separately!

Mixed Drinks & Bubble Over

Whilst they were still out... this happened... lighter & brighter than the original... and for any occasion...

Details as per this card here... just a switch from Tranquil Tide to Real Red...

Leffe anyone?

So whilst I was re-making this card... as the Lager card... another thought popped into the head...

As I am rather partial to a Leffe Brune... so this card is designed for me!!

Remember that Mixed Drinks (for the glasses) is on Last Chance.... only a few more days to be able to purchase...

And a personal photo share too... to show the regular Leffe glass shape that was in my head... as this was a shot of my favourite beer (though the more readily available golden variety in this shot) whilst atop some mountain in the French Alps a few years ago... happy memories!

And I skied much better after that break!

Mixed Drinks Bubble Over... The Lager card...

So I was asked for a Lager Beer based card for a late teen... so a quick re-make of this card here... brightened it all up for a younger audience... and made a happy requester...

Bear in mind Mixed Drinks (for the glasses) is very sadly retiring... so is only available while stocks last - or till 31st May latest...

Also bear in mind that Bubble Over does carryover to the new 2018-19 Annual Catalogue... but not with the bundled 10% discount for the stamps and dies that you can get now... but only till 31st May...

And an interesting twist for the lager colour... I tried quite a few of the colours and they were all too yellow - or too brown... but Crushed Curry with Sahara Sand overstamped did the trick!

Bubble Over meets Mixed Drinks again...

A lot of this may seem familiar to some of you... as basically everyone visiting wanted to do this card which has been sitting on my display for the last 3 months... so my original card "grew" as I finalised the projects for my Men in May classes

Click here for all the details on the stamped inner panel...

And the extra... just a Thick Whisper White 14.8cm square card blank (US Letter nearest equivalent 5 1/2" square) to sit the panel on...

Now that's better!!!

Happy Bubble Over 19th Birthday Card in a Box

Another of Julies Quarterly Training makes for us ... featuring the fabulous Bubble Over bundle... Bubble Over photopolymer stamps with the Bottles & Bubbles dies... plus the bright and cheerful Sale A Bration Bubbles & Fizz papers to finish it all off... 

Love that the bottles in the papers can be cut with the dies ... makes life easy!

Note that a pack of the Bubbles & Fizz papers can be yours for free with a £45 order during the Sale A Bration promotion... running until 31st March... so not long to go now...

Set on a Large Card in a Box ... for which you can find more details on Julie's blog post here.

Which folds flat for mailing... 

And can you guess how old my son is this year!?

Bubble Over... in glorious technicolour...

Sharing a card we made at our last Quarterly training... that I particularly love! 

A card that I had pinned to try later when I first saw it... so it was great to have the opportunity to make it with someone just telling me how!!

A bit of heat embossing and sponging magic with the Bubble Over bundle to turn a simple white card and die-cuts into something bright and cool... 

Though I do have to laugh at my Bermuda Bay straw going over the edge of the card so far... and I can even remember taking the time & effort to not let that happen!!! Must have started chatting instead...

Thanks to Sarah Klass for the stunning original design... and Julie for choosing the card for a Training make! More details for you on the card here at Julie's blog... 

When Bubble Over meets Mixed Drinks...

With a bit of Waterfront thrown in for good measure...

A match made in heaven... particularly for those of you with a man who has a taste for Guinness or any other stout beer...

Clean & Simple Early Espresso small square card (10.5cm from A4 card or US 4 1/4" from US Letter)... with a 9.9cm stamping mat (4" US)

Bubble Over bottle stamped in Early Espresso and die cut using the Bottles & Bubbles dies... with Tranquil Tide bottle neck label... Basic Grey bottle label... and finished off with a Silver Foil die cut bottle cap

Mixed Drinks tankard stamped using Memento or Archival Black... Aquapainter watercoloured using Early Espresso & Soft Sky... with a faint touch of Sahara Sand on the froth... and all finished off with Clear Wink of Stella... and then fussy cut...

And all "seated" on a Sahara Sand stamping of the thin line in the Waterfront stamp set... life saver stamp! Stopped everything from floating randomly!

Mixed Drinks In the Bar... Cheers! Bench Fold Card #4

A simpler dressing of the Tool Bench card that I shared here

Click HERE to go and order the tutorial (s)... !

Back to today's card.... suitable for the man in your life that is "drinki-dextrous" and likes a pint (or two) of beer and is rather partial to Champagne (or Prosecco) too... or for a couple of friends that you just like a drink with!

This was a quick make with a re-made Tool Bench card for the Tutorial photos.... I am sure you will see an alternative (prettier and more dressed) version at some point....

Things to spot....

(1) Reversed pint of beer to the left...

I just grabbed a larger-than-the-glass photopolymer stamp... and placed it upside down in front of me (so looking at the flat back of the stamp)...

I inked up the glass stamp using Memento Black (Archival Black didn't work interestingly! and don't use Staz On...) and stamped on the reverse of the larger upside-down stamp and then quickly stamped the "flat back stamp" onto my white card...Eureka!

I did however then have to re-stamp my right hand beer glass in Basic Grey... as there was too much difference compared to the originally stamped Memento Black version....

(2) The previous workbench top has become a table.... just sticking my panels in a different order... front sides then top in this case...

(3) Bubbles coming out of the Champagne flutes... again care of the Playful Backgrounds stamp set that I didn't know what to do with originally... I have to thank the very talented Shannon Lane in Canada for this clever idea... pop over to see her gorgeous card using this concept and the Mixed Drinks set...

(4) Champagne is stamped with Gold Wink of Stella (sadly not available in Europe anymore!).... I brushed the Gold WOS onto the stamp and stamped....

(5) The Gold WOS was also used over the beer to make it all shimmer... and then the Clear Wink of Stella over the glass areas of the 4 glasses...

So Cheers! And remember that the step by step Tutorial(s) are now available here for these Bench Fold Cards... with the full lowdown on how to make the Kitchen Range (AGA), BBQ and Tool Bench designs...

Stampin Up! Products Used

Stamps - Mixed Drinks, Hardwood, Big on Birthdays, Playful Backgrounds

Papers - Urban Underground (not available)

Card - Crumb Cake, Thin Whisper White

Inks - Memento Black, Delightful Dijon 

Other - Gold Wink of Stella (not available), Clear Wink of Stella

Cheers and 5 pints... for Male Happy Birthday

May your Beer be plentiful!

Simple DL card (approx 4 1/8" x 8 1/8" for my US readers!) with a few Mixed Drinks pint pots aka tankards stamped in Delightful Dijon & the Gold Wink of Stella (now out of stock & retired) coloured over the top.

Froth & Glass areas all nice and shiny care of Clear Wink of Stella...

Overstamped with Layered Letter alphabet (also retired and out of stock!)

And yes all glasses hand cut and 3D'd for that extra pop...

Wish I hadn't coughed when I set the A down though!!!! 

Cheers To You - Mixed Drinks Part 1

And breathe Amanda.... what a lot of excitement for the last 3 days of posts! Somewhat overwhelming... such fabulous comments & feedback (with lots of blushing on my part)... but so happy to please... and delighted to inspire so many all at one go (well 3 goes)

And a big hello to my many new followers! May you find lots of other creations and tutorials to inspire you on here...

So I am sharing a few simple Mixed Drinks & Layered Letters (aargh - retired & out of stock!) things over the next few days so I can concentrate on writing up a certain tutorial for you all!!! By the end of the week... with just 4 other events to run as well! Breathe deep & hard Amanda... 

And as I have been asked... about a 100 times already! The pdf Tutorial(s) will be £3(GBP) for one of the cards but just £5 for all 3 of the cards... payment will be via Paypal and I hope to sort out a quick and easy process for you and me... Oh - and my blog subscribers will be the amongst the first to know when it is released!!

And remember for those of you in the UK only... place a £20+ Stampin' Up! order on-line through me and you will receive the Tutorials (all 3) for free... Just make sure you can see my name (Amanda Bates) at the top right of the screen... and enter the current Host Code VQTSBUDV where prompted... But probably more importantly if you order online this week... you will be on the priority list for them to be sent to... 

Trio Kits in the Mail (including Tutorial) will also be provided to those that have emailed me a request so far... There is still time (until 11pm tomorrow, 16th May) to request one... I will be back to you separately by email about the kits... probably on Thursday...

Edited to Add: I have checked and unfortunately I will not be able to provide the Class Kits in the Mail outside of the 5 European territories...

Back to today's Cheers To You card... a simple 14.8cm Square (about 5 7/8") card - with lager, stout, bitter and brown ale in pint tankards to please the men... though the no-punch no-dies didn't please the girls in class... even though I kept telling them they could stamp it direct on the card panel! 

So yes all 6 glasses stamped, punched and hand-cut... Highlights of Clear Wink Of Stella for the glasses... and Gold Wink of Stella for the lager-beers. Tip - don't move your clear ink of Stella onto the coloured beers or you will have bits of colour where you don't want it!

Here is the full range of images in Mixed Drinks... I am loving this one!! And it is not retiring... it carries over! Though I have only scratched the surface so far as it is Mens' Cards in May month... but wait till June....

Till tomorrow...