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Mask a Soft Background for your Cards

One of my favourite tools to use are our masks. There is so much you can do with them and they are so affordable. I just loved creating with this colour palette and chose the Artistically Inked stamp set with some new colours which gave it a fresh look.

You can download a full tutorial for this card below. I hope you enjoy it.

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Circle Sayings with Rays of Light Background

Don’t you love the soft colours of Colour Palette #9? It includes Lemon Lolly, a pretty yellow from our new range. I created a minimalist card to feature these pretty colours.

I’ve used the new Circle Sayings bunde and stamped the image twice in Balmy Blue and Lost Lagoon, fussy cutting part of it to layer the waves. This bundle has a range of sentiments and images which are great for creating quick cards.

The background has been created with the Rays of Light stamp set which is one I had been wanting for a while. I finally ordered it. The markings on the rays give it such a rustic look and added some white heat embossing along the edges to create a look of sea foam.

I hope you have enjoyed this creation and if you would like to play along with any of these colour palettes, just hop onto my Facebook page and add your project in the comments.


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Create an Earthy Card with a Pop of Colour

Oh my, I’m in love with this colour combination. Who would have thought it would include Lemon Lime Twist? When Lemon Lime Twist made it’s debut as an In-Color some years ago, I barely used it but since it’s return as part of our core colour range I’m finding it adds that perfect punch to my cards,

Misty Moonlight is another past In-Color (which I LOVED), now returning as part of our core range and Copper Clay is part of our new 2023-2025 In-Colors. It’s so much fun to have a fresh new palette of colours to play with

I used the Earthen Elegance Designer Series Paper and Gorgeously Made bundle to create this card in keeping with the sketch at Just Add Ink challenges #652.

This is a nice and simple sketch which can be worked with in so many ways. I flipped the sketch a bit so the circle is to the left. In place of it I added 2 sets of leaves. One set die cut from Misty Moonlight Cardstock and the other from Basic White and ink blended with Lemon Lime Twist. This added a subtle pop of colour to my earthy card.

A banner die cut from the Nested Essentials dies lays on the Gorgeously Made label which was embossed with the Cane Weave Embossing Folder for added texture. On the base I used the spiral notebook die, inked with Pecan Pie ink and lay it on a small piece of DSP which I scrunched up and attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I just love the extra dimension this added.

I hope you have been inspired to play with some different colour palettes using our new colours.

Below this post you can find a list of products used on this card. If you live in Australia, you can shop in my Online Store or contact me to place your order.


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Relax In the Moment

On my desk, I have a pile of scraps from projects. These are not cardstock or paper scraps. It’s background scraps or bits of watercoloroured cardstock, an extra die cut leaf, a stamped image, some fussy cut images I had extras of. Many times I may not even remember when I created it or the colours I used for it but it comes in handy.

I had stamped a few of the images from the In the Moment stamp set on an A6 size card piece ready to colour whenever I felt like it. This too was in my scrap pile. When in a bit of a creative funk, colouring in can help the process.

I enjoyed the colouring process and used a combination of Stampin’ Blends to achieve the shading.

I followed the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #582 to complete my card and used Mint Macaron and a feature colour in a bit of a farewell to one of my favourites.

This card would be great to give Mum for Mother’s Day (which is just a few weeks away). After all, Mum would just love a moment to sit, read a book and relax on her day.

Need help choosing a crafty gift for mum? Get in touch with me and I can help you with some suggestions. Want to give mum the opportunity to choose? Purchase a Stamping Flair gift voucher and you can print and gift it to mum to shop for what she likes.


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Awow Blog Hop – Spring Blooms

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Welcome to the Around the World on Wednesday blog hop. This month we celebrate the start of our 4th year as a group and I want to thank Angie Mckenzie who puts in so much effort to organising everything and keeping us running smoothly. I love this group and am grateful to be part of such a beautiful community.

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This month our theme is April Showers bring May flowers. Over in Melbourne we’re in Autumn so there are showers but not many flowers and it’s getting a little bit chilly.

We were given a double challenge to create something that reminds us of spring along with a technique. Didn’t matter that spring is gone, I still chose some spring colours and have followed the sketch at Sunday Stamps for my creation.

I started off by creating the 3 centre panels using the Emboss Resist technique.

EMBOSS RESIST PANEL
  • Using the Artistic Mix Decorative Mask, add Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Coastal Cabana ink randomly with a Blending Brush. Use Lighter tones.
  • Stamp the 2 different leaves with Versamark ink over the entire panel
  • Add clear embossing powder
  • Melt embossing powder with Heat Tool
  • With Blending Brush, go over the entire panel in the same colours. Apply colours a little bit darker over embossed leaves.
  • Wipe back colour from embossed leaves with a paper wipe.

I used the Mini Pocket Envelope Dies to die cut the 3 panels and then matte it onto Kraft Cardstock.

The card base was covered with a layer of Vellum with a subtle leafy pattern. On this, I added the 3 small emboss resist panels which had been layered onto a long die cut piece from the Irresistible Blooms dies. This was then added to an embossed panel matte with the Naturally Gilded Designer Series Paper. For the strip of Textured Shimmer Paper, I used the Balmy Blue sheet and blended Coastal Cabana over it to coordinate with my colours.

The flower was stamped twice, fussy cut and layered with some heat embossed leaves and smaller Early Espresso Leaves die cut using the Mini Pocket Envelope Dies.

I had to include my favourite Linen Thread and some simple pearls to complete this spring blooms card.

Thank you for visiting me here in cool Melbourne. A full product list can be found at the bottom of this post. Please note that some of these products are on the Last Chance list and are available only while supplies last.

Please click on the Next Blog button to spring to Cheryll’s blog and enjoy the warmer weather as you journey with us around the world.

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Jan Clothier – NZ

Leonie Stuart – AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith – AU (you are here)

Cheryll Miller – AU

Danielle Kassing – NL

Aurélie Fabre – FR

Mikaela Titheridge – UK

Annette Ball – CA

Wendy Lee – US

Shel Anderson – CA

Chris Smith – US

Brenda Nelson – CA

Tricia Butts – US

Teri West – US

Cheryl Hamilton – US

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You are Loved Bunny Card

When I created this colour palette, little did I know that a couple of these colours would be farewelling us this year. For my colour palette no. 6 I’ve chosen some beautiful Easter colours. Blushing Bride and Bermuda Bay will be leaving us so it was lovely to be able to use these pretty colours on this card.

I chose the Easter Bunny stamp set in keeping with the colours. The bunny was stamped in Crumb Cake ink and lightly blended with the same ink using a Blending Brush. I added some detail with Rich Razzleberry and Crushed Curry Watercolour Pencils.

I used the Watercolour Pencils to add a light shading of Bermuda Bay, Gorgeous Grape and Rich Razzleberry – picking the closest colours to my palette. These were blended with a Stampin’ Blend Color Lifter.

I’ve followed the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #fms579 for this creation.

A cute border was die cut along the sentiment panel with the Penned Dies which I then coloured in with a Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blend. All my elements were added onto a card base in one of my favourite neutrals – Sahara Sand. This colour is also leaving us so if you love this colour, get some cardstock, ink and refills from our Last Chance sale to keep you going.

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