Flowering Cactus Product Medley blog hop and free tutorial

I’m excited to be taking part in another blog hop with talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators from around the world. 

This time we are focusing our attentions on the Flowering Cactus Product Medley. I have overlooked these product medleys in the past as they are quite the investment at £65. But, as lockdown continues (forever and ever and ever!), I’ve started looking at different ways of using products in my Zoom-based classes. And the refill kits are perfect. 

This Flowering Cactus Product Medley refill is just £33 and can be split into two, four or even eight, depending on the price level of a class. For my Crafty Friday class in February, where we only make two cards, I have split the kit into eight so everyone will get one sheet of each 6x6 Designer Series Paper design. This includes an ever-so-handy sheet of large images (the one you see on the top in the pic above) which can be cut out to create focal points for your cards; all you need to add are card bases, some Basic White cardstock and some greeting stamps.

If you repeated these designs to use the whole pack, you’d have enough to make 40 cards! 

This card is a simple M-fold design, and I really do mean simple because I just don’t have the patience or skill for proper fancy folds. 

It starts with a card base created by cutting the card in half lengthways. Then you take a quarter sheet of card, score along the short edge to create a flap which you use to attach to the main body of the card, then score the remainder in half to create the front of the M.

Confused? Check out my tutorial here

This patchwork card was intended as one of the Crafty Friday projects in February but I've had second thoughts about that as it was quite fiddly to get everything to line up. But if you were making it at home it would be a great way to use up any little leftover pieces.
 

 

Want to have a go at this patchwork card but can’t be bothered with the measurements? Why not butt all the pieces up together on some scrap paper, stick them down and then cut out your card front shape? Sounds much easier!

Here I’ve used one of my favourite and most-used stamp sets, Happiest of Birthdays, which I've inked up with three shades of green; Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive and Mossy Meadow. You can do this in several ways but I like to use the Stamparatus to ink up each area separately and then stamp, knowing that I’ll hit the right spot each time.

I wanted to include a masculine card in the batch so made this using all greens and just a small bow in Linen Thread. Quick and simple but I’m sorry, I like to divert my energies into cards for the most appreciative recipients!

This was the final card I made from my designated 1/8th of the refill kit but turned out to be one of my favourites. I love the Highland Heather accents which give you a gorgeous, gentle colour combination with the Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive and Mint Macaron. 

I hope you've been inspired to take another look at our different refill kits as there really are so many ways you can use our products. Especially when we can't meet up in person (SO jealous of Australia and New Zealand!), these kits provide a fun way to hold and attend classes when everyone doesn’t have the stamp set. 

Now please take a trip around to world to see what other fabulous projects have been made by amazing Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators...

 

This Flowering Cactus Product Medley Suite will allow you to make dozens of fabulous card. If you live in the UK and would like to order the Suite, the refill kit or any other Stampin’ Up!® products, please visit my store and, if you use the host code YK2NNMYW, I’ll send you a little thank you gift in February! 

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