Four Fabulous Paper Mixer Class Projects

 I have a sort of a throwback Thursday for you today!  I realized I'd posted a behind the scenes of making the projects during the Stampin' Up! Paper Mixer Class I took back in June to social media, but I have not yet shared my finished projects. 

 I didn't have all the recommended supplies for the class, so ended up substituting in papers, ephemera and stamps from my collection.  The creativity that required ended up being one of my favorite parts of this class, along with learning new techniques and ideas, of course!!!  

During the class, we created four different projects:  two fancy fold cards, a treat box with a fancy paper bow, and a creation that could be either a scrapbook page or a decor piece.  

Here is the first card, which has a wonderfully fancy envelope, in addition to being a gate fold:

We created a different kind of fancy envelope for the next card, as well as using markers and ink blending with masks to alter the designer series paper on the card and envelope:

Our third project was a large treat box with a wonderfully fancy bow, all made from designer series paper:

For the final project, we were shown how to make either a scrapbook page or a home decor piece (though I saw a number of people in the class shared that they created cards with these ideas as well).  I decided to create a decor piece, which is currently on display in my craft room:

Lots of great ideas for using designer series paper in this class!  The class is still available at the time I'm posting this, please let me know if you are interested or have any questions about it!

- Michelle

SUper Friends Sunday: "Hot" August Cards

For our August SUper Friends swap, our theme was hot cards (think foiling, embossing, etc...).  We actually all ended up hot foiling, and everyone use something different to do that!

Kallien foiled with the Sunflower embossing folder, and the combination of gold and Blackberry Bliss looks so rich and elegant:

Love the matching envelope and how Kallien embossed the panel for inside the card!

Judy's stunning fun fold card features foiling with the Classic Greetings Hot Foil dies.  She also stamped in Cloud Cover with the Begonia Belle Stamp Set, in Secret Sea with the sentiment from the Lily of the Valley Stamp Set, and added some strips of the Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper:

Margery created personalized swap cards for each person in the swap, using the Luxe Alphabet and Numbers Hot Foil Dies.  She letterpressed behind the name, using one of the Echos of Detail Hot Foil Dies.   She added some Dreamy Flowers embellishments for a finishing touch.

Inside the card, it is easier to see that the entire card base is subtly embossed as well.  Such a beautiful touch!

Sheila's elegant card is foiled with the Botanical Glow Bundle, which looks stunning in gold on black card stock, and the greeting is foiled and cut with the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies.  Hard to see in the photos, but there is a layer of Vellum Shimmer Paper between the black card stock and the card base, that is so pretty!  And, Sheila stamped the inside of her card with the stamps from the Botanical Glow Bundle.

For my card, I decided to case a card made with the Shimmering Scenes Hot Foil Bundle.  I also heat embossed the greeting, which is from the Phrases and Frames stamp set.

  

Thanks so much to the SUper Friends for another fabulous swap!  And, thank you so much for visiting my blog!  Hope you are as inspired by these cards as I am!

- Michelle

Bonus Metallic Magic Class Cards

 After the Metallic Magic class, I had some fun leftover pieces from doing the foiling. So, I decided to do reverse foil those pieces onto different card stocks and designer series paper, then use those pieces to create more cards.

Here is the first set of cards I made after reverse hot foiling the leftovers!  I added some fun designer series paper from the Painted Illusions and Paper Medley Mix In Designer Series Paper Packs to these cards:

Here is the next set of cards I made with the reverse of the foils I had leftover from the Metallic Magic Class.  For these cards, I also mixed in some Painted Collage designer series paper, some of which is stamped with Notes of Collage Stamps (a sneak peek from the upcoming November Online Exclusives!).  With this style of cards, I feel like my foiling mishaps look intentional and part of the style and design:  

Here are the final cards I made with the reverse foil leftovers from the Metallic Magic Class I took!  For these cards, I had leftover butterfly pieces that I die cut, and they were so fun to use!  The Secret Sea card has the sneak peek designer series paper from the November Online Exclusives on it (Painted Collage Designer Series Paper).  The other card is made with the Painted Illusions Designer Series Paper:

Hope you enjoyed these!  Thanks for visiting my blog!

- Michelle