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Crazy Crafters Blog Hop | Special Guest Sandi Maclver



Hello and welcome to the first Crazy Crafters Blog Hop for 2017, today we have the amazing Sandi MacIver joining us and we get to CASE her work!

 Sandi has so many beautiful designs, after many visits to her blog I finally decided to CASE the following card:

Stampinwithsandi - Lift me Up

I love so many elements of Sandi's card, the Lift Me Up stamp set, the use of vellum, blended background and the layers. Here's my project:



I excitiely cut into a sheet of my "free" Sale-a-Bration DSP to create my background, then stamped my balloons in Real Red and Crushed Curry - the detail in these stamps is just incredible, likewise in the Up & Away thinlets. I used the masking technique to stamp my sentiment separately then die cut the clouds and layered using dimensionals. 

This is a great masculine stamp set/bundle available from the Occasions Catalogue, and even better the coordinating DSP is one of the free Sale-A-Bration items - what more could you ask for!

Thank you for the inspiration Sandi and for joining us today - it is such an honour to be hopping with you.

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  1. Rosalie Desmond8 January 2017 at 10:07

    Way to #loveitchopit! Great use of DSP. I do so love the sentiment in the clouds.

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    1. Sue Vine - MissPinksCraftSpot8 January 2017 at 14:47

      Thanks Rose, now that I have told myself "I must use my DSP" and have made some cuts I am really loving it!

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  2. Michelle8 January 2017 at 10:28

    Really pretty landscape! Love how you did the sentiment in the clouds!

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  3. Unknown8 January 2017 at 10:42

    Looks great Sue!!!! This is such a versatile set!

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    1. Sue Vine - MissPinksCraftSpot8 January 2017 at 14:48

      It is! the more I use this set the more I love it, and bonus FREE dsp for sale-a-bration too

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  4. Vicki Hunter8 January 2017 at 10:43

    I love what you have done with this Sue....It looks great I love how you have done the sentiment

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    1. Sue Vine - MissPinksCraftSpot8 January 2017 at 14:49

      I love layers, and with masking the sentiment just fitted prefectly - I had to do it!

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  5. Stampin' Up Australia: Independent Demonstrator Lisa Whitehead8 January 2017 at 10:44

    Love your work Sue and great use of this bundle!

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  6. Cre8tive Collections8 January 2017 at 10:49

    Love your card Sue

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  7. Nicole Bonar8 January 2017 at 10:52

    Great Card Sue :) Thanks for sharing!

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  8. Sandi MacIver8 January 2017 at 11:08

    ah Sue, LOVE your card. Good for you for chopping into that new pack of Designer Paper, it's the perfect backdrop for your beautiful card and I love the sentiment in the clouds, how clever

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    1. Sue Vine - MissPinksCraftSpot8 January 2017 at 14:51

      Thank you Sandi, I have often found myself admiring you work, and now to be hopping with you - it is such a pleasure and honour

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  9. Jessie Holton8 January 2017 at 12:52

    Is that an extra layer of mountains in the front? It looks fantastic! xx

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    1. Sue Vine - MissPinksCraftSpot8 January 2017 at 14:53

      yes, I did a bit of extra cutting into the DSP - I wasn't fond of where the trees and mountains were when I first laid out the card. lol

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  10. Kirsten Aitchison8 January 2017 at 13:00

    Awesome card Sue. Love everything about. Did you fussy cut those mountains at the bottom of your card? All those layers make it look 3D.

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  11. Stephanie Fischer, the Crafty Thinker8 January 2017 at 14:26

    Great card, Kirsten! You put that paper to extremely good use!

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    1. Sue Vine - MissPinksCraftSpot8 January 2017 at 14:54

      thank you Stephanie, I can't believe that I have spent so much time admiring DSP rather than using it in the past!

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  12. Nanette8 January 2017 at 15:10

    Love the sentiment clouds - and well done for chopping the paper!

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  13. Satomi Wellard9 January 2017 at 10:39

    What a great idea to stamp the sentiment on the clouds!!! Genius!!

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  14. Carolina Evans10 January 2017 at 23:45

    Awesome colours I love that side of the DSP - reminds me of Japanese mountains xx

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