Hi friends,
Welcome to my blog, Stamping Flair. My name’s Rochelle Laird-Smith and I what a thrill it is for me to be participating in our inaugural, Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop. Thank you to the lovely Angie McKenzie for inviting me to join in.
We are a group of 25 Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from various parts of the globe, representative of all the Stampin’ Up! markets around the world. I am so honoured to be among all these beautiful, super talented ladies. We will be here to inspire you every 2nd Wednesday of each month. You are in for a treat.
A little about me
I live in the coastal town of Blind Bight in Victoria, Australia with my partner, Adrian and my 16 (nearly 17) year old daughter, Cassidy. It’s a small town with a population of about 1300. I’ve just celebrated my 5th anniversary with Stampin’ Up! and just love everything I get to experience through crafting – creating, making friends, teaching – it’s amazing. In my day job, I work in administration in a school. Currently on school holidays, I get to craft even more. It’s the best.
Our theme for this month is All Things Crafty with a focus on ‘Must Haves’ for our creativity. Must haves can be tools, colours, paper. They could also be other things like whatever you need to get you in a creative frame of mind – mood, scenery, seasons, styles My card today shows you my ‘Must Have’ tools and styles which I love.
I love the country side, country decor, cows and chooks and I loved the French Countryside stamp set when I saw it in the Mini Catalogue. It hadn’t been inked up yet, so a brand new hop was the time to use it. Soft shades of pink are my favourite and I love it so much my home is decorated with accents of it as well. My card began to take shape around these themes.
My main ‘must have’ tool in my crafting essentials is a Paper Trimmer. Without it, there would be no card base – not a straight one anyway! Also, an essential for all the layers which I love to add on all my cards.
Adding layers can bring out colours more, add more interest, sometimes adding a contrasting layer can really make an image stand out. I also love to layer my ribbons as I have done on this card. I started off by add the soft, Polka Dotted Tulle Ribbon followed by the Braided Linen Trim.
My flower cart was stamped on Shimmery White cardstock. I inked up the ‘splodgy’ stamp from the Label me Bold stamp set and then went over it with an aqua painter. Then I stamped the image. Aqua Painters and Shimmery White cardstock are some of my faves too. I used this same technique with the line style stamp to stamp Sahara Sand on the base. Once this was dry, then I stamped the flower cart in Early Espresso ink. Don’t you love the quaint look of this image. It reminds me a little bit of My Fair Lady.
The oval frame was die cut 4 times and adhered together to create a 3D frame for the stamped image.
How to create 3D Paper Flowers (easy)
- Punch out 4 scalloped circles
- Lay them on top of each other
- Spritz them with water
- Scrunch them up
- Leave to dry
- Separate them
- Glue on top of each other with liquid glue
- Shape into flower shape
I added some Rococo Rose with a sponge dauber to take the starkness off the edges.
Leaves
For the leaves, I watercoloured some Shimmery White cardstock with Crumb Cake ink refill. Then I stamped it with the Very Versailles script stamp while it was still a bit damp. I stamped off the leaves in Early Espresso before stamping over the script image. Crumb Cake cardstock leaves were embossed with the Corrugated embossing folder to add more texture. To create a two-tone effect, the Mint Macaron leaves were edged with Old Olive ink.
Thank you so much for stopping by. All measurements and products used on my project are listed at the bottom of this post. Next on our hop is the lovely Cheryll Miller. I can’t wait to see what inspires everyone. Make sure you visit all of the participant blogs and leave us your comments as we love hearing from you. Enjoy your trip Around the World.
Rochelle Laird-Smith – AU – you are here
If you live in Australia and don’t have a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, I would value the opportunity to assist you. Please contact me at rochelle@stampingflair.com or Ph: 0404 255 001.
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Measurements
- Whisper White Thick – 25cm x 12.5cm (folded in half)
- Blushing Bride – 12.1cm x 12.1cm, 9.5cm x 7cm (4 pieces for frame), 5cm x 3.5cm (label)
- Whisper White – 11.7cm x 6.5cm, 4.5cm x 3cm
- Crrumb Cake – 12.1cm x 6.5cm (emboss and then trim to size – embossing folder shortens it), scrap (leaves)
- Shimmery White – 9.5cm x 7cm
- Mint Macaron – Scrap (leaves)
- In-Colour DSP – 14cm x 2.5cm
- Best Dressed DSP – scrap (flowers)
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Rochelle – your card is absolutely, without a doubt, thee most gorgeous, drool-worthy card I’ve seen in maybe FOREVER! My jaw dropped! Absolutley stunning! I can’t wait to try this. Thank you for the inspiration! xx
Oh wow, that is so sweet of you Tina. I really appreciate the feedback. ?
I love the flowers! WOW
Thank you Tatiana. So simple and fun to make
Wow Rochelle … this is absolutely fabulous! Love love love those flowers. xxx
Thank you Cheryll xx
Gorgeous card! Wow!
Thanks Shel x
Crushing on that little cluster of flowers and linen thread bow!! So Fun to Hop with you!!
Thank you Annette x
Rochelle, I have to keep scrolling back to look at your card over and over again. So many gorgeous details and wonderful textures. Just a WOW card! I’ve officially added this stamp set to my “must have” list. Thanks for the inspiration and it was so awesome to hop with you today.
Thank you so much Anne Marie. Oh no … more to the must have list! ?
Gorgeous! You made me see that stamp set in a whole new light! Absolutely beautiful and I love the instructions you provided.
Thanks Sharon. I’m glad the instructions were helpful x
That’s wonderful ! Well done !
Thank you Aurelie
Gorgeous card ! I admire your water colouring.
Thank you Satomi
Beautiful card! I love the flowers.
Thank you Teri
Rochelle, What a STUNNING CARD!! There’s just so much detail! Love the textures & colors & the flowers!!
Thank you Cheryl x
What beautiful detail you’ve put into this nostalgic card! I love using the gingham prints and border dies but have never thought to use them together. Genius idea and I can’t wait to try it myself.
Thanks Chris. I love all the gingham DSP
What a stunning card, love all the layers and those flowers are gorgeous
Thank you Elaine
Wow there are so many stunning elements to your cards – for me thought its the flowers, they are so realistic!
Thanks Melissa x
Oh my goodness … Absolutely Stunning. The detail, the texture and your choice of colours are all spot on. Fabulous!! x
Thank you Mikaela x
Wauw! I love the flowers you made! They are stunning
Thank you Danielle x
Beautiful, Rochelle! Love your collage – it’s right up my alley. Thanks for the how-to on the flowers, too!! Enjoyed hopping with you this month!
Thank you Mary x
What a gorgeous card! Love your vintage, chic style!
Thank you Jan
Great! Very special look!
Stunning card Rochelle, your flowers look fabulous x
Thanks Angela x
OMIGOSH!!! Tina couldn’t have expressed what I was going to say any better…. so ditto, ditto, ditto! Thanks so much for sharing sunshine Around the World on Wednesday with me!!! (((HUGS)))
? and thank YOU for giving me such a wonderful opportunity Angie to express my love of papercrafting. I had so much fun. xx
Oh how I love this card!!! So very special x