Cupcakes and Carousel, Layered Letters Banner

I adore making things for and with my Granddaughter Ivy and I just couldn't resist making a banner for her room. Many of the products I have used are saying Retiring on May 31st - Cupcakes and Carousels Designer Paper Stack, Carousel Birthday, Layered Letters Alphabet, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon and Calypso Coral Baker's Twine. I stamped the balloon from Lift me Up and Layered Letters on Vellum. The Clouds also from Lift Me Up and Carousel Birthday were stamped directly onto the patterned paper. I cute the patterned Paper with the Layering Circle Framelits along with co ordinating card stock in Early Espresso, Peekaboo Peach, Calypso Coral, So Saffron and Bermuda Bay Scallop circles. I added the holes with our hand held punches and treaded with the Baker's Twine and added the Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon bows to finish the banner off.

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Double Take Stamp Card - Stampin' Dreams May Blog Hop

I am playing along with a brand new Blog Hop today Stampin Dreams I hope you enjoy and I hope to lay along with these regularly. I have a confession to make, I bought these AMAZING Sprinkles Embellishments - full of various sequins and pearls from the Occasions catalogue and not used them yet and I was compelled to use them before they retire at the end of this month. I have paired them with a shaker card. The hero of the card in my opinion is the Thanks from the Double Take stamp set that I stamped on Vellum in Peekaboo Peach and Pool Party ink which is a 2 step stamp set. I paired it with the Cupcakes & Carousels Paper Stack which i stamped on using the Carousel Birthday and Lift me Up Stamp set using Peekaboo Peach,  Watermelon Wonder and Pool Party Inks . I cut a frame from the card front sized piece using my Stampin' Trimmer. I suspended the vellum across the fram added a Window Sheet and then added Foam Adhesive Strips. Before I added it to card I did add some glue to the base piece and added the sprinkles to it so there were some embellishments around the card even when it is standing added a whole lot of  embellishments and put the frame onto a Whisper White card base.

I hope you get a change to visit everyone participating in the hop and enjoy their projects

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Fly High - Up & Away Thinlits National Scrapbook Day 2017

I wanted to wish you all a very Happy National Scrapbook 2017 and to celebrate I wanted to share with you a recent scrapbook page that I made using the retiring Lift me Up Bundle and Layered Letter Alphabet. I created the embellishment column using the Lift Me Up Bundle which is retiring as bundle which you save 10% on but, the individual items - Lift Me Up stamp set and Up & Away Thinlits will be available in the new 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue separately.  I paired the Cupcakes and Carousel Paper Stack with the balloon builder pieces for a statement piece. The colours for the page where taken from the paper stack. I stamped the title using the Layered Letters Alphabet in Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Bermuda Bay, Early Espresso, and Peekaboo Peach. To finish the layout added some Enamel Shapes to guide your eye move down the page. 

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Thanks - Life Me Up Bundle with Cupcakes and Carousel DSP Card

This card has to be one of my favourites that I made as a Display Stamper back at November's OnStage Live in Brisbane last year. I had the detailed Hot Air Balloon left over from a previous project. I put it up against my favourite argyle pattern from the Cupcakes and Carousels and it got a bit lost so I attached it to a piece of vellum to tone down paper. I simply added a sentiment from the matching stamp set punched out using the Classic Label Punch over a piece of Very Vanilla Thick Baker's Twine.

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Carousel Birthday, Sweetheart Punch and Cupcakes and Carousel Card

I really adore this card and it really came to be from a stamping error. I stamped the Ferris Wheel from the Carousel Birthday stamp set in Calypso Coral ink and I either miss inked or miss stamped the middle of it. I pondered what to add to cover my mistake and grabbed my Sweetheart Punch and the Cupcakes and Carousel Paper stack and punch the heart from the argyle pattern, added it with Stampin' Dimensionals and added a liberal coating of clear Wink of Stella. I used my Blender Pen and Peekaboo Peach ink to colour the frosting on the cupcakes. I added this to the polka dot pattern from the paper stack on a Bermuda Bay card base. I added the Sentiment onto one of the labels from the Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits which I cut out in the Big Shot. I added some matching Peekaboo Peach enamel shapes and added it over a piece of Very Vanilla satin Ribbon to finish off the card.

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Happy Day - Lift Me Up Bundle with Cupcakes and Carousels Card #GDP079

If you haven't noticed I am totally in LOVE with the Cupcake and Carousels Paper Stack. This card goes perfectly meets this week's Global Design Project 079 Theme Challenge: Amusement Park. I started with the Bermuda Bay Rays paper and took the Up and Away Thinlits clouds and die cut them in Big Shot along with a Calypso Coral and Peekaboo Peach Hot Air Balloons from the Lift me Up stamp set. I stamped the cupcake Ferris Wheel also from the same set in Early Espresso ink on another of the patterns of paper and hand cut it out. I added the swirly pattern from the same paper stack behind the die cut clouds. I added the Happy Day sentiment from the Perfectly Wrapped stamp set. The hot air balloons  were added on Stampin' Dimensionals and as a finishing touch I used some matching Enamel Shapes.

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In This World, Playful Backgrounds, Cupcakes & Carousels DSP with #GDP078

I apparently have a thing for using butterflies at the moment, this butterfly is from the In This World stamp set. I have used this week's Global Design Project #078 Sketch Challenge and the colours from the Cupcakes & Carousels Paper Stack. I started by stamping the butterfly in Archival Basic Black Ink, next I took the Watercolor Pencils and coloured in the butterfly with the colours below to match the paper stack blending them with the Aqua Painters. I cut out the image using the Stitched Shapes Framelits in the Big Shot, I also cut out a larger circle from Bermuda Bay in the Glimmer Paper Assortment in the Sale-a-Bration brochure. I stamped the Playful Background stamp on Calypso Coral card stock in Versamark Ink to give a subtle effect. I added patterned paper from Cupcakes & Carousels Paper Stack and the ombre Calypso Coral ribbon from the Cupcakes & Carousel Embellishment Kit. To finish the card I added Wink of Stella to the butterfly for a subtle shine. 

Close up Butterfly and Wink of Stella

Watercolor Pencils used

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Confetti Celebrations, Starburst and Cupcakes and Carousels Card

I always seem to lack masculine cards in my stash so here is another added. I have used one of the ferris wheel papers from the Cupcakes and Carousels Paper Stack that is quite beachy in its colours and feel. I wanted the paper to be the hero of the projects so I added a Starburst Thinlit in vellum cut on the Big Shot over the paper adhering it with mini staples. The sentiment from Confetti Celebrations is stamped in Bermuda Bay Ink and then Clear Embossed on the vellum to give a raised shiny look cut also on the Big Shot using the Layering Circle Framelits to finish the card front, adding it to So Saffron Card base.

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Lift Your Spirits using Lift Me Up Bundle and Cupcakes & Carousels Card

The Cupcakes & Carousels Paper Stack has the perfect whimsical cloud background that is the perfect backdrop for the Hot Air Balloons in the Lift Me Up Bundle. The colours I have used are Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral and So Saffron. The Thinlt Balloon was cut out with the Up and Away Thinlits on the Big Shot using the Precision Plate and I released all the intricate pieces with the Die Brush. The other two balloons are stamped from the Life Me Up stamp set and cut with the coordinating dies. The sentiment is stamped on a strip of Vellum in Bermuda Bay ink and wrapped around the card.

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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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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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Carousel Birthday and Lift Me Up Cupcakes and Carousels Paper Paper GDP 072

I am totally in LOVE with Carousel Horse from the Carousel Birthday stamp set. It takes me right back to some special times in my childhood so I had to create this card with Silver Embossing and Masking using this weeks Global Design Project: Case the Designer for the design of the card.

I chose the cloud patterns from the Cupcakes and Carousels Paper Stack on an Early Espresso card base to start. To create the cloud circle I used our Circle Punches and adding some die cut clouds from the Up & Away Thinlits and sponged them Soft Sky ink  over the circle, then added those clouds to the circle for interest. The Carousel Horse is embossed with Silver on Vellum. I added the masked circle over our sweet Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon and added the sentiment from the Lift me Up stamp set.

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Lift Me Up and Up and Away Thinlts Card

I wanted to share this very simple card today. Sometimes the simple cards have the most POP and I love that this card that I shared as a Display Stamper at Onstage Live in November has it.

I have used the Lift me Up Bundle on this card as well and the colours in the Cupcakes and Carousel Paper Stack - Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Peekaboo Peach, So Saffron, Early Espresso. I used these colours of card stock to cut the Background Ballon Shapes in the Up & Away Thinlits with Big Shot and arranged them on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock using Stampin' Dimensionals. I then stamped the Sentiment from Lift me Up in Early Espresso under the Balloon and attached it to an Early Espresso card  to complete the project.

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