Hello and welcome to the first Around the World on Wednesday blog hop for 2025. We are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world who share inspiration on the 2nd Wedneesday of each month. We always have a fun theme which is carefully selected by our leader, Angie Mckenzie. This month it’s a fun This or That challenge. Hmmm, with new products, there are so many ways to interpret this. The choices are as unlimited as your imagination.
I threw ideas around and finally settled on the Wildflower Designer Series Paper as my base product. I just love this paper which comes in a 12″x12″ pack and includes 2 sheets of die cut images which are perfect for layering and adding to your projects as focal points. I’ve combined several products to create my This or That – Balloons or Beach! This could be Pink or Blue, His or Hers, Elegant or…. Bogan (the poor seagulls) Ha! Ha!
In the Wildflower DSP pack, there are a couple of double-sided sheets that are divided into sections with images and tags. I used a couple of tags and trimmed the top section off so I was left with the rectangle.
SALE-A-BRATION
Until 28th February we have our Sale-A-Bration promotion where you can earn a free product with every $100 order. I’ve used some of these products on my projects.
BALLOON CARD
I wanted to create a soft, party style card and incorporated a few different products. The party hat is from the Day to Celebrate Sale-a-Bration stamp set. This is a really fun set and has a good range of images and sentiments which can be used for cardmaking and scrapbooking.
I added some balloons from the Filled with Fun bundle and a cake from the Attention Shoppers bundle because what’s a party without cake, right? The Starstruck Embossing Folder is another of our Sale-A-Bration offerings and adds to the soft feminine look I wanted on this card.
To complete this card I aded the beautiful Gold Open Weave trim and some sequins from the SAB free product range.
BEACH CARD
I can’t help but smile when I see these seagulls and these are a must-have from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue. It’s like you can imagine their personalities and they look so naughty – I love it! I loved the stripes tag that gave a masculine feel to this card. Oh I know, I added Linen Thread and gems and that was the end of that but it could definitely be a guy card.
I incorporated several elements from the Beach Days stamp and die set and some die cut coral from the Beauty of the Deep dies to complete the nautical look.
Both these cards follow the tag sketch on Page 12 of the Mini Catalogue, 2nd row, 5th from the left. These sketches are so useful and can be adapted, as I have done, to suit your project.
Which is your favourite – Beach or Ballons? Let me know in the comments.
I hope you have enjoyed the inspiration shared here today. Next on our hop is the lovely Cheryll Miller. Let’s see what she’s been inspired with this month.
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Happy New Year! Welcome to our first Caseing the Catty Challenge for 2025. CTC501 challenge is to CASE a project from the upcoming 2025 January – April Mini Catalogue which launches on the 7th of January – just 2 days away!
My creation has been inspired by the layout of a card in the Delightful Wishes Suite on Page 37 of the catalogue. I’ve taken that sketch and added my own spin using the stunning Wildflower Birthday Designer Series Paper (DSP). This beautiful DSP is part of a larger suite that includes a coordinating stamp and die bundle, ribbon, and embellishments.
When placing my pre-order from the catalogue, I settled on just the Designer Series Paper for my first order. Let me tell you, the bundle is on my shopping list for my next order. The Wildflower Birthday DSP is a 12″ x 12″ pack featuring 2 sheets each of 5 double-sided designs, plus 2 sheets of a single-sided design with pre-printed die cuts. These die cuts made quick work of my focal elements, making this card both beautiful and easy to create!
I enhanced the floral arrangement by adding some extra leaves using the Thoughtful Wishes Dies, cut out from Soft Sea Foam Cardstock and blended with Old Olive ink at the base to resemble the leaves from the DSP.
Adding some white punched out leaves using the Bough Punch kept the fresh look of this card. The leaves were splattered with the Dark Pretty in Pink Stampin’ Blend for some texture.
The sentiment is from the new Greetings for All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack which has greetings for all occasions. There are several sheets of sentiments in Black and White. I cut apart the Happy Birthday to fit with my card design.
Some sequins from the Purple Adhesive-Backed Sequin pack coordinates beautifully with the colours. This pack is a freebie during Sale-A-Bration and can be earned with a $100 order. As a finishing touch for this card I punched out some hearts from the DSP using the Humble Home punch and added them to the banner – this made my heart happy!
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PLUS you will get to choose one of the two FREE BONUS OPTIONS below to add to your Starter Kit.
BONUS OPTION 1: Your choice of TWO Marker sets from our Stampin’ Write Marker Assortments (Brights, Neutrals, Regals, Subtles) PLUS a beautiful stamp .Total value $162
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Tied up with bows is the theme for our New at SU blog hop for December. We are here to bring some inspiration to you using our range of ribbons and other products that feature bows.
I’ve chosen the Sophisticated Sled bundle which has some bows incorporated within it’s images. I coloured the sled and the garland with Stampin’ Blends. For my bow I used Petal Pink and Cherry Cobbler to give a variation in colour.
Behind the sled I’ve added a double bow with the Cherry Cobbler & Gold Satin Ribbon and topped it with a bow tied from Gold Twisted Thread. You can’t have enough bows when it’s a bow theme!
On the base of my card I added some specialty paper strips against Basic Beige Cardstock. The paper with it’s gold detail coordinates beautifully with the gold on the ribbon. A sentiment stamped in Cherry Cobbler on Petal Pink Cardstock and some Foiled Gems complete this card.
I hope you have been inspired with this Christmas card and try some of the ideas you see here. You can order these products from my Online Store Australia wide using the supply list at the bottom of this post.
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PLUS you will get to choose one of the two FREE BONUS OPTIONS below to add to your Starter Kit.
BONUS OPTION 1: Your choice of TWO Marker sets from our Stampin’ Write Marker Assortments (Brights, Neutrals, Regals, Subtles) PLUS a beautiful stamp .Total value $162
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All orders receive a handmade Thank You card and a gift from me.
Place an order of $100 by 16th February and receive a kit to make 4 cards using the To the Point Label punch from my Card Creations series. Increase your order to $200 and receive the March kit as well, featuring the Mixed Media Florals suite.
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Welcome to our 500th challenge at the CASEing the Catty Challenge. What a milestone. Today we have some special guests joining us in our blog hop. Welcome to some of our past Crew members who will be sharing inspiration with us. Our theme today is basically Creator’s Choice. We could choose anything to CASE from any of our current catalogues.
We hope you join us in this special edition of the CASEing the Catty challenge and share your CASEd creations in our FB group.
I’m CASEing some of the design elements from this card which is on Page 20 of the 2024-2025 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue. This section of the catalogue features some of our Mix & Match products.
I chose my focal element of the house from the Humble Home bundle and coloured it with Stampin’ Blends. A Basic Beige label die cut using the Greetings of the Season Dies was embossed with the So Swirly Embossing folder and blended with Pecan Pie ink giving it texture and variation in colour.
Around the house I added some ephemera in keeping with the original design. I also added some die cut leaves from the Winterly Tree Tops dies which I coloured with Watercolour Pencils. Holly leaves from the Reindeer Days dies were coloured with Stampin’ Blends and placed at the base of the arrangement. Three embellishments form ‘berries’ to complete the cluster.
On the background I added a panel of Snowy Scenes Designer Series Paper. I wanted to have a pattern for this layer as the original card was printed. I played around with several patterns before finally deciding on this Pool Party snowflake sheet and was really pleased with the result.
The two stars in the card I CASEd have been replaced with the sentiment from the Reindeer Days stamp set. This was cut apart to suit my sketch. I pulled all the elements together onto a Pool Party matte layer and layered it onto a Basic Beige card base which
I have loved creating this card and putting my style to this design and hope you have been inspired by it. Please leave me a comment as you hop by to see Kathryn Mangelsdorf’s project.
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Welcome to the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop for December – our last for this year where we have had the opportunity to share creativity together. Each month our team share inspiration with different themes curated by the one who keeps it all together – Angie McKenzie – who not only does all the organising but also keeps us inspired.
Today is a technique challenge where we could choose to try a new-to-us technique or re-visit one we hadn’t tried in a while. My biggest struggle was picking the technique! I listed a bunch of techniques that I had wanted to try over many years. There was a separate list of techniques that I hadn’t done in yonks!
Finally, I decided on the Ink Drip technique which I never tried and the Googling and Pinteresting started. Now, this ain’t no clean technique – as the name suggests. Get ready to get inky fingers.
I used Fluid 100 for ink dripping and experimented with some colour palettes and variations in sizes of the drips. The one I used for this card is actually the first one I tried and includes Melon Mambo and Granny Apple Green. Odd combination, yes, because I thought I had Real Red ink refill but it was actually Melon Mambo. LOL! Not to worry, it worked fine.
I added some ink refill which was diluted with a Water Painter at the top of the piece of Cardstock then tipped the Cardstock up so the ink dripped down. I wanted a bit more on my background panel so I added some ink blending in the white space with Granny Apple Green and then some splatters with a Water Painter. The panel I created was cut in half to use on this card.
I dripped down some plain water and poured Gold embossing powder onto the water. Then I heat embossed it for the pockets of Gold that’s inbetween. It is a little bit tricky when heat embossing on theFluid 100 because the Cardstock is porous and the gold didn’t show up as much as I would have liked. So I added some other gold elements to add some extra sparkle.
A fussy cut deer from the Reindeer Days Designer Series Paper and a range of Ephemera were layered to complete this fun card.
Have you tried this technique? I’d love to know. If you haven’t, definitely give it a try. It’s easy and lots of fun and might be addictive so have lots of Watercolour Paper on hand.
Next on our hop is the wonderfully talended Cheryll Miller. I wonder what technique she is trying today? Take a look by clicking on the ‘Next Blog’ button below.
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This week at our CASEing the Catty Challenge CTC499 we are Casseing a background featured in a catalogue. As I was flicking through the catalogue, looking for a project to CASE, it was no surprise at what I ended up choosing.
On page 119 of the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue you will find this card under the Watercolour Techniques section. I love watercolouring and it really was coincidence that I picked this card to CASE. What I loved about it was that checked background which was so organic.
I started by using my medium sized Water Painter and ink refills to create the lines in Shaded Spruce and Granny Apple Green. Once this background was dry, I added some ink blending and splatters. I used Paper Snips to distress the edges.
A matte Shaded Spruce layer with tone-on-tone stamping follows the background of the original card.
Next, I used Watercolour Pencils to colour in the flower pot image from the Country Flowers stamp set. I just took my time, colouring the image with just pencils (no water) and blending the colours. Some die cut flowers from the Full of Life Designer Series Paper, were added on top for a 3D effect, along with some die cut leaves.
The Starstruck Embossing Folder I’ve used on the matte layer is a Sale-A-Bration product. Our Sale-A-Bration promotion begins on 7th January. During this promotion you can earn a free product with every $100 order you place. This Embossing Folder is one of the free products you can choose if you place a $100 orrder.
I hope you have been inspired by my card today to try out some water colouring techniques. Next on our hop is Monique Fielder.
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PLUS you will get to choose one of the two FREE BONUS OPTIONS below to add to your Starter Kit.
BONUS OPTION 1: Your choice of TWO Marker sets from our Stampin’ Write Marker Assortments (Brights, Neutrals, Regals, Subtles) PLUS a beautiful stamp .Total value $162
BONUS OPTION 2: Your choice of an additional $51 in FREE products
All orders receive a handmade Thank You card and a gift from me.
Place an order of $100 by 16th February and receive a kit to make 4 cards using the To the Point Label punch from my Card Creations series. Increase your order to $200 and receive the March kit as well, featuring the Mixed Media Florals suite.
Please use Host Code for all orders under $250. If your order is over $250 then don’t use the Host Code as you will get your own Stampin’ Rewards.
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