You've Got This - Watercolour Pencils Card

This is card that I taught in a watercolour class the other month. I have used the You've Got This stamp set stamped in Basic Grey Archival Ink onto our Watercolor Paper. I laid down aka scribbled lots of color onto the image using our Watercolor Pencil in Old Olive, Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Bermuda Bay. I used my Aqua painter to spread the colour. I dried it off using the Heat Tool and added more pencil as required. I layered it with the retiring silver paper from the Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack on a Rich Razzleberry card base.

A close up look at my colouring.

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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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Vertical Garden Project Kit

Succulents are so on trend right now and Stampin' Up! have certainly come to the party with some fantastic products in the Occasions Catalogue. I have made the Vertical Garden Project Kit here - everything is pre die cut for you. It is retiring on the 31st May so be be quick to grab yours!! All I did to to assemble the succulents as use my bone Folder to curl the leaves and adhere them together using Multi purpose Liquid Adhesive. I did the same for the roses curling them up. I used hot glue to adhere all the assembled flowers and succulents into the tray that also comes in the kit, I did add a touch of Wink of Stella to the leaves and petals for extra something. I stamped the Banner using the Double Take Stamp set and leaves from Crazy About You in Calypso Coral and Tip Top Taupe and added the ribbon included and it is ready to hang!!

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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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Scenic Sayings Embossed Stamp with Urban Underground DSP Card

After a very long day yesterday I needed a Masculine Tank You card and wanted to keep it simple so I grabbed the retiring Urban Underground Speciality Paper from the Occasions Catalogue. I chose the X foiled speciality piece and some inverted tiny polka dot patterns to keep it really simple. I silver embossed using Versamark ink the Thank You sentiment from Scenic Sayings which is also retiring to be the hero of the card. I complimented it with a strip of Silver Foil Paper layered with another piece of the patterned paper. 

A better look at all the silver details.

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Carousel Birthday Collage Card #GDP085

Today I tried something a little different and out of my comfort zone. I had seen lots of people use the Carousel Birthday stamp set to create a collage which is something I never thought to do with this set. I have paired this with the Global Design Project Challenge 085 - Colour which was to choose 3 of the retiring 2015-2017 In Colors. I chose Tip Top Taupe Cucumber Crush and Delightful Dijon, I will miss these colours but not sure I have used them as a combo, they are really quite masculine together. I used the stamping off technique to create more interest to these 3 colours and added a 2015-2017 In Colour Doilies to ground the sentiment which I stamped on vellum. To finish the card off I placed it on a Tip Top Taupe card base and added a sprinkling of Metallic Enamel Shapes.

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Wedding Card - Double Take, Hardwood, Banners for You

Today I am participating in an International Blog Highlight. The Theme is Wedding. I created this card using two of the the Retiring 2015-2017 In Colours Tip Top Taupe and Mint Macron as well as the Double Take stamp set which I embossed in gold and added the Mint Marcon shadow on Vellum. I finished the sentiment using the Banners for You stamp set and matching Bunch of Banners Framelits. I created the background using the Hardwood stamp with Whisper White Ink on Tip Top Taupe card stock. I finished the card by adding a Gold Foil rose using the Rose Garden Thinits with the Precision Plate in the Big Shot and some Linen Thread.

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Retiring List 2017 Annual and Occasions Catalogues

Its time to say GOODBYE to many of our Products in the 2016-2017 Annual Catalogue and Occasions 2017 Catalogues. Please be aware the our Retiring In Colors will be the first products to go so be quick so you don't miss out. I would encourage you to use my SHOP NOW button above to get your order ASAP to your door step. Here is the full list below.

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So if you have a "Cumcumber Crush" on a fave... don't be left "Watermelon Wondering" Why Why Why I left ordering cardstock and reinkers and matching DSP so late... These are while stocks last and have been known to sell out early.

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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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Dragonfly Dreams Bundle, Watercolor Pencils and Brushwork Alphabet Card

I made this card with a group of scrapbookers last weekend. I really want to show them how awesome our watercolour pencils can look as a background with some Emboss Resist using the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set on Shimmery White card stock. I have added a You Tube video on how I made the background of the card below. I decorated the watercolour background with 2 layered dragonflies from the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits cut in the Big Shot using Vellum and Dazzling Details Glimmer Paper. I added the Sentiment which is custom from the Brushwork Alphabet stamp set. I adore how the letters link up to give a perfect handwritten look. To finish the card I added some silver Metallic Enamel Shapes.

You Tube Video on how I made the background

Close up of all the Shimmer and Glimmer

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Big On Birthdays, Watercolor Pencils on Vellum and Floral Boutique Paper Card

I am always happy to earn free stamps and I was able to get the beautiful Big on Birthdays stamp set recently and this stamp instantly stood out to me and I just had to play with it. I stamped the sentiment on Vellum in Night of Navy and clear embossed it using the Heat Tool. The flowers were crying out for some colour so I took my Watercolour Pencils and coloured the back of the vellum and I adore how it turned it when backed with Whisper White card stock. I layered the card with Floral Boutique Pattered paper and for a Finishing touch some Basic Pearls.

Colours used on the vellum

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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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Work of Art and Lift me Up Card

I wanted share with you one of my older cards with you today. I made this as one of my Display Stamper projects in November last year. I used the Work of Art stamp set in So Saffron, Early Espresso, Peekaboo Peach, Calypso Coral and Bermuda Bay inks. I added the Balloon and Sentiment from the Lift me Up stamp set and cut the stamped balloon out using the Up & Away Thinlits in the Big Shot and attached it with Stampin' Dimentionals.

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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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Double Take with Animal Party Paper Card

I adore the main animal pattern in the Animal Party Paper but the rest of them I am a bit hoo hum about so I decided to cut the other patterns into strips and make a new pattern on a scrap of paper and I LOVE the result. The sentiment is from the Double Take stamp set which is designed for 2 Step Stamping, I used Pacific Point and Tangerine Tango as the inks. The card stock layers I have used are Emerald Envy and Crumb Cake. I added the Emerald Envy Ribbon wrapped around the paper to tie it all together.

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Carried Away Sale-A-Bration Paper, Lift Me Up #FMS279

I needed inspiration today to get my mind into gear to make a set of cards, I used this weeks Freshly Made Sketches #279. I wanted to use my Sale-A-Bration Carried Away Paper before it goes away on the 31st March, 2017. I love the colour combo in the paper and matched my stamping of the Lift Me Up stamps to, using Mint Marcon, Watermelon Wonder, Peekaboo Peach and Night of Navy Inks. I also used the Banner Triple Punch to flag the ends of the base strips. I tried to keep it clean and simple whist using all the layers of paper.

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Simple Carousel Birthday with Markers

This is a simple stamped card that I made for my display stamper assignment late last year. I adore the sentiments in the Carousel Birthday stamp set so I made them the focal point of the card, stamped in Early Espresso, I added the big top stamp which I coloured using the Peekaboo Peach, Calypso Coral and touch of Bermuda Bay Stampin' Write Markers under the flags. I added few Enamel Shapes in matching colours to finish the card.

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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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