Tuesday, February 28, 2017

No Bones About It, Party with Cake and Gorgeous Grunge Card

This card is CASED from Kelly Kent's version I found on Pinterest. I made it for my youngest son's 11th birthday. As you might be able to tell he is a HUGE dinosaur and Jurassic Park fan. I have used Basic Black, Basic Gray, and Real Red. The background is stamped with Gorgeous Grunge and the sentiment with Party with Cake. I added the 11 using the Date It stamps and punched it out using a circle punch to finish the card.


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Monday, February 27, 2017

Irresistibly Yours Speciality Paper, May Flowers Thinlits #CTD431

I adore the colours in this weeks Color Throwdown Challenge #431 and it was set by one of my favourite crafters Amy Rysavy. I cased the card from one I saw in my Pinterest scrolling by Carol Payne. I am trying really hard to use and #loveitchopit with all my Designer Series Paper before the end of the 2016-2017 Annual Catalogue. I have used the Irresistibly Yours Speciality Paper along with the Ink Blending Technique without the splattering in Garden Green and Mint Macron ink to reveal the beautiful emboss resist pattern on the paper. I took the beautiful May Flowers Thinlits and cut some out in Perfect Plum and Garden Green using the Precision Plate in the Big Shot and Die Brush. I stamped the sentiment  Big on Birthdays on Vellum in Soft Suede and attached it with the help of the Metallic Enamel Shapes to add some shine.


Challenge Colours

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Sunday, February 26, 2017

Card Tin Organisation with Brushwork Alphabet and Carried Away Paper

I hope you have been enjoying all the projects I have been posting this month. I recently did some organising of my cards and found I over 25 projects that had not been blogged so I took one of my Tin of Card Boxes and gave them a home until they appear here on my Blog. This tin was in last year's Annual Catalogue, but you can earn a Gold Card Tin as part of Sale-a-Bration 2017 for every $90 you spend in an order. I personalised the tin using the Brushwork Alphabet stamp set with Night of Navy ink. The Carried Away Designer Series paper that I have used you can also earn as a part of Sale-A-Bration. I made the flagged shapes using the Banner Framelits in the Big Shot for a final touch added a few Enamel Shapes in the co-ordinating colours and the bow using the Sale-a-Bration Metallic Ribbon Combo.


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This is the Gold Card Tin you can earns while stocks last till 31st March 2017 

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Friday, February 24, 2017

Ink Blended Watercolor Wings Card #CI04 #FMS76 #SIP87

Sometimes it just takes a while to percolate an idea, the current Colour INKspiration #04 is one of those. The colours we have to play with are Crushed Curry, Delightful Dijon, Elegant Eggplant and Whisper White - this is not my kind of combo, so it took me a few days and choosing a stamp set to make the ideas flow. I have paired the card with this weeks Freshly Made Sketches #276 and Stamp, Ink, Paper #87 Challenge - Kindness. I decided to make an Ink Blended Watercolor Paper background and I have a video below showing how I achieved this look. I used the smaller butterfly in the Watercolor Wings stamp set and used all 4 layers in the set to create it. I have also explained the stamped layers in the video below. The sentiment is also from the same set and used the Banner Triple Punch to flag the end.





Quick Tip - Ink Blending Video


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So Very Much, Banners for You and Affectionately Yours Paper Card

The Thank You from the So Very Much stamp set in the Sale-a-Bration brochure makes the perfect hero to any card. For this card I double stamped the Thank You to create a shadow in Night of Navy ink.  I added the scroll from the Banners for You to finish the sentiment on Crushed Curry ink. I created the background using scraps of my Affectionately Yours Speciality Designer Series Paper and added to it a Thick Whisper White card base.


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Thursday, February 23, 2017

Love is in the Air - Lift me Up with WWYS #103

Yes I know it is after Valentines Day but love is still all around us so I made this card for the What Will You Stamp? Challenge #103 this week using the Lift me Up stamp set. Once again I am using the colours from the Cupcakes and Carousel Paper Stack - Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Peekaboo Peach, So Saffron, Early Espresso and Very Vanilla. I really love the effect of the repeat stamping background in those colours. I used my scrap strips of the paper stack as I need to #loveitchopit more with my papers too get them used up. The love heart and note stamps and die cuts are the perfect touch with the sentiment.




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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Fairy Celebration with Sending Love Glassine with #GDP075 & #JAI347

This weeks Global Design Project #075 Theme Challenge is Winged Creatures. I tried to think out of the box and grabbed my Fairy Celebration stamp set which works perfectly thanks to a level friend. I paired the current Just Add Ink #347 Colour Challenge - Pear Pizzazz, Mint Macron, Perfect Plum and Rose Red. My hands have not been playing nicely the last few weeks but I persisted in colouring the image using my Blender Pens. I actually like the sketch style that it ended up having. I added a few extra colours into the image Crumb Cake for her hair, Pink Pirouette for her skin and Soft Sky to create a background for the fairy image. I finished the layers in the card with the Sending Love Glassine Sheets and using the Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder with the Big Shot. I added Wink Of Stella to her wings for a final touch.


A close-up look at my colouring and Wink of Stella

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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

NEW Sale-A-Bration Products Released

I am very excited to show you the 3 NEW Sale-A-Bration products that are ONLY available till March 31st. I love all the new releases and am finding it really hard to choose one so I might just have to get them all!!!


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Monday, February 20, 2017

Carried Away with Carousel Birthday Card

I am playing with this week's Freshly Made Sketches #275. Looking at the sketch the Carousel birthday Ferris Wheel jumped out at me. I also grabbed the Carried Away FREE Sale-a-Bration paper to pair with it. I kept it fairly simple. I stamped the ferris wheel on both pieces of patterned paper in Night of Navy and also the cupcake tops in Peekaboo Peach from the Lift Me Up stamp set. I cut the Smokey Slate paper ferris wheel and all the cupcake tops with the Layered Circle and Up & Away Framelits in the Big Shot. I added the 2 paper strips to finish the card front and layered it on Night of Navy and a Watermelon Wonder card base to finish.


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Friday, February 17, 2017

Carousel Birthday with Cupcake & Carousel Paper and Embellishment Kit using SIP #86

After a rough afternoon yesterday. I needed some crafty therapy and decided to combine this weeks Stamp Ink Paper #86 Color Challenge and Fab Friday 105 Sketch Challenge. The colours Soft Yellow - So Saffron, Peach - Peekaboo Peach and Teal - Bermuda Bay, fitted perfect with the Cupcakes & Carousels Designer Paper Stack and Embellishment Kit and I just had to use the matching Carousel Birthday Stamp set to stamp the Big Top on the Gold Foiled Labelling Bermuda Bay. I added the So Saffron and Gold Bakers Twine, Gold Accented Tassel and Sequins from the Embellishment Kit to tie the gold together. I add a punch of peach I added the Ruched Ribbon and Enamel Shapes in Peekaboo Peach.


A close up look at all the gold accents from the Cupcakes & Carousels Embellishment Kit.

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Thursday, February 16, 2017

Big on Birthdays with So Detailed Thinlits Card

I wanted to experiment with the the So Detailed Thinlits and this card was the result. If I were to make it again I would emboss the background Tip Top Taupe piece with the Falling Petals Embossing Folder just a add that subtle texture. I cut and layered a Mint Macron Layer on top of a Wisteria Wonder layer slightly off set to create a shadow. I stamped the Happy Birthday from Big on birthdays and flagged the ends with the Banner Triple Punch and attached with Stampin' Dimensionals.

My final touch was to add Wink of Stella to the Thick  part of the sentiment and the So Detailed die cuts.


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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Bunch of Blossoms and Serene Scenery Paper Card with GDP074 & CI03

I went through my stamp sets the other day and pulled out a few I have not used in a while and decided to use the Bunch of Blossoms stamp set first as it suited the current Colour INKspiration Challenge on Facebook and I paired it with this weeks Global Design Project 074 Sketch Challenge.

The inspiration photo is beachy so the Petals and starflower suited the colours of Peekaboo Peach, Soft Sky, Marina Mist, Soft Suede and Whisper White. I stamped various layered images in the colours that can mimic shells and sea elements. The simplicity of the Global Design Project sketch this week it suited my idea perfectly. I used the banner framelits layered for the focal element and finished the element with Linen Thread. I layered this over a piece of patterned paper from the Serene Sayings Designer Series Paper Stack #loveitchopit.




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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Up & Away Thinlits with Lift Me up with Markers card

I was inspired but a card I saw on Pinterest when I was making my Display Stamper Projects in October last year to make this card . I love this clean look and I am tending to lean this way recently with my projects. I coloured the stamped balloons from the Lift Me Up stamp set with our Stampin' Write Markers over the detailed lines in Calypso Coral, Bermuda bay and Peekaboo Peach. I cut the balloons using the Up & Away Thinlits in my Big Shot along with a few the clouds in the set. I added Stampin' Dimentionals to add dimension to some of the elements on the card. I added a sentiment for the same set directly to the card in Archival Basic Black to finish the card.


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Monday, February 13, 2017

You've Got This Card

I am a part of a group on Facebook Stampin' Up! Colour Challenge where we ask for a challenge when we are stuck for ideas. I asked for a challenge recently and my colours where Blushing Bride, Pear Pizazz and Rich Razzleberry. I used the You've Got This stamp set. I love how the background stamp creates the perfect frame for the flower. To colour the flower I used a Blender Pen, Rich Razzleberry and Pear Pizzaz inks and when it was dry I added Wink of Stella on the petals and stem as a finishing touch so a very simple card. 


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Sunday, February 12, 2017

In This World with Affectionately Yours using Just Add Ink #346

I am completely in Love with the Copper products in the 2016-2017 Annual Catalogue. I have used many of those products with the Just Add Ink #346 - Just Choose Two - Hearts, Flowers, Butterflies. I used the Affectiontely Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper #loveitchopit with the beautiful flowers and foiling and I embossed one of the Lace Doilies with Copper Embossing Powder. I also added the Copper Mettalic Thread. I stamped the butterfly from the In This World stamp set in Night of Navy on the Strip and some Crumb Cake card stock. I coloured the Crumb cake butterfly using my Blender Pen and night of Navy, , Daffodil Delight, Mint Macron, Cucmber Crush and Watermelon Wonder.


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Saturday, February 11, 2017

Playful Backgrounds with Suite Sentiments with Urban Underground using CTD429

I have always wanted to participate in a Color Throwdown Challenge and this week is the week. This weeks colours are Orange, Teal and Black. It was a perfect opportunity to pull out my Urban Underground Designer Series Paper and #loveitchopit. I paired it with the Playful Backgrounds stamp set that I stamped on Very Vanilla card stock and in Archival Basic Black, stamped off Tangerine Tango and Tempting Turquoise, the BEST. GUY. EVER stamp from Suite Sentiments which in an incredibly versatile stamp set in Full strength Tempting Turquoise. I would love to see you join this challenge as well.


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Friday, February 10, 2017

Balloon Adventures with Party Animal Paper Card

I was instantly drawn to the Party Animal Designer Series Paper as one of closest friends loves camels and there are number in this pattern. I also love how fun it is that all the animals are wearing party hats. I couldn't cover this fun paper up so I simply stamped the sentiment from Balloon Adventures stamp set in Pacific Point ink onto vellum. I then added some Enamel Shapes in Pacfic Point, Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango and hid the folded Glue Dots underneath to adhere it to the paper. And placed some matching tiny layers into a Crumb Cake card base.


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Thursday, February 9, 2017

Suite Sentiments with So Detailed Thinlits Pocket Card

It is rare that I use purple and I have no idea why since it is favourite colour. This card is one from last months Launch and I certainly went all out with the soft, girly and purple. I have paired the Suite Sayings stamp set with So Detailed Thinlits cut twice and attached to a piece of Perfect Plum card stock to create a Pocket card with lots of little details using Products from both the 2017 Occasions and Sale-a-Bration Catalogues.

The Vanilla card is two pieces of card stock stuck together and slides in and out. On the front side I embossed in Falling Petals Embossing Folder with sentiment stamped from Suite Sentiments and the back is stamped with another sentiment from Suite Sentiments and the borders from the Delicate Details in the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue. The finishing touches are the stunning Falling in Love Embellishments which are already Vanilla and Metallic Ribbon Combo to close the two Thinlits dies.




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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Double Take and Urban District with TGIF Challenge 93 and Mojo Monday 483

This was the perfect opportunity to use my Double Take stamp set which is a fantastic 2 Step Stamping stamp set. I adore the boldness of the fonts in this set and turned this weeks Mojo Monday 483 Sketch Challenge as well as going against the Valentines Day type colours (Silver or Smokey Slate, Real Red and Whisper White) of the TGIF 93 Colour Challenge into this card.

I stamped the shadow of the Double Take Congrats in Whisper White first and the word in Smoky Slate second for perfect placement along with the You're the Best from Urban District. Get the perfect flagged ends with the Banner Triple Punch. The background paper is the Silver Diagonal from my long neglected Neutral Colour Collection Paper Stack #loveitchopit. I added a few more touches of silver with the Silver Glimmer Paper circle from the Layering Circles Framelits with the Big Shot and the Silver 1/8 Ribbon.


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