Hi friends, It’s been a beautiful day here in Melbourne with the sun is shining as we see out the tail end of winter. Yesterday I held my Lovely Leaves class which was so much fun. I had someone who attend who is quite new to cardmaking. It always makes me so happy to see the thrill as someone sees their project come together. I think that joy and excitement of seeing a finished project is there no matter how many years you have been creating. I’ve been known to hold my project at arms length, grin and nod in excitement acknowleding my approval and happiness at what I’ve just created after spending hours fussing over it!
Today my card has been inspired by the challenges at Global Design Project #gdp408 and Freshly Made Sketches #fms600. For the GDP challenge we are CASEing the designer – the incredibly talented Emma Goddard.
CASE = Copy And Selectively Edit
The summery feel of Emma’s card appealed to me and I chose a few of thse colours to work with on my card.
As I started pulling out the ink pads to work with, my mind immediately went to the Beauty of the Deep bundle. Don’t ask me why but my mind does some crazy things sometimes! As you can see this is not really an underwater colour scheme, apart from the Lost Lagoon but that is what a challenge is all about. I do love creating pink, girly cards from stamp sets that I would generally gear towards a masculine card.
The large plant was stamped in Lost Lagoon while the 2 corals were die cut from Basic White Cardstock. These were then blended with Melon Mambo and Fresh Freesia ink using a Blending brush.
To resemble the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches who are celebrating their 600th challenge, I added a Basic White panel die cut using the Seaside Bay dies and blended with Daffodil Delight. On top of this, a strip of Masterfully Made Designer Series Paper, trimmed along the printed torn edge and blended with Daffodil Delight along the edge, was added.
I heat embossed the sentiment from A Quiet Meadow stamp set in Black and coordinated it with a heat embossed fish. A panel of the Delightful Eclectic Designer Series Paper placed between two embossed panels of Cardstock adds a constrast layer against the pastel shades of the card.
You can recreate this card with the products listed at the bottom of this post. Thank you for taking the time to stop by and I hope you have a great week ahead.
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For my card using Colour Palette #14 I’ve used the Share a Milkshake stamps and coordinating dies. I wanted to create a soft watercolour background for my summery card. Perhaps I’m trying to feel warm right in the middle of some chilly days here in Melbourne!
Watercolouring is one of my favourite techniques as I love the unpredictability of it and there really is nothing that can go wrong. It looks amazing whatever course the water takes.
Flirty Flamingo ink was blended over the Fluid 100 Cardstock using a Blending Brush. I spritzed it with water which created a stipple effect. Taking a Water Painter, I added some more ink and water to create more movement on the panel.
The Share a Milkshake stamp set images are designed for two-step stamping and I used Lemon Lolly stamped off to create the lighter colour on the glass. The ice cream was stamped in Flirty Flamingo stamped off.
Until 30th June you can get the Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper along with a range of others on sale at 15% off . Shop our Designer Series Paper sale HERE.
I used the smallest hearts and blended Gorgeous Grape ink over it. Then each one was stamped with the small ice cream stamp to create the little dots for some texture. A fussy cut, heat embossed sentiment on Basic Black Cardstock adds a nice contrast against the softer colours. Oh and I’ve snuck in Pumpkin Pie with some sprinkle embellishments coloured with the Dark Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blend.
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The Nested Friends stamp set didn’t have my heart at first glance. However, I liked the variety of sentiments in the set and ended up ordering it. I can tell you, I have got my money’s worth out of this set, especially with this bird, using it so many times.
I created a background for my card with Versamark ink which was heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. Then I blended Misty Moonlight ink around the edges. Adding this to a card base which I applied the same technique of blending created depth for this tone on tone background.
My card was been inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. To form the strips I used the Delightfully Eclectic Designer Series Paper. This is a great sketch to use up those scrap pieces of patterned paper or cardstock I know you have lying around.
This pack of 12″ x 12″ papers is a bumper pack with 48 sheets in it. Usually selling for $53, during our June Designer Series Paper sale you can get it for $45.05.
The bird was stamped in Daffodil Delight and I added some detail with Watercolor Pencils. I used Daffodil Delight, Cajun Craze, Balmy Blue and Early Espresso.
The berries and leaves were die cut from Basic White Cardstock and coloured with Stampin’ Blends. Some extra shading was added with an Old Olive Watercolor Pencil. The smaller Soft Sea Foam die cut leaves were also individually highlighted the same way.
A small sentiment was added to flow in with the arrangement of sprigs whilst not detracting from the pretty paper.
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Hello and welcome to the New at SU Blog Hop. This month we are CASEing a project from the Stampin’ Up! January-April Mini catalogue.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO C.A.S.E.?
There are a couple of variations that I’ve heard. These being Copy And Share Everything or Copy And Selectively Edit. I’ve chosen a project on Page 68 from the Enjoy the Ride suite. I’ll be CASEing the layout of the card on the top right with the sentiment ‘Dad You’re the Coolest’.
You really don’t need Pinterest (ok, maybe you do sometimes!) when you’ve got a Stampin’ Up! catalogue in front of you. There is SO MUCH inspiration to be had. For instance, just in this one card, I could have chosen the colour palette, been inspired by an element such as the roses in the card or the background stamping, gone for a vintage look. Instead I went for my favourite, the sketch.
Here is a closer look at this card which I CASEd ….
……and I just went all girly with butterflies and flowers!
I replaced the stamped panel of bikes with 3 equal panels of Regency Park Designer Series Paper, matte onto 2 layers of Petal Pink Cardstock. A gingham label sits on top of Night of Navy ribbon in keeping with the original card.
A butterfly from the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set coloured with Stampin’ Blends is the focal point in lieu of a jacket. This beautiful stamp set along with the coordinating dies are on our Last Chance sale right now.
The roses from the original card were replaced with some fussy cut flowers and leaves. I also added some die cut leaves from Basic White Cardstock around the butterfly. These were blended with Mint Macaron ink, creating a soft look.
Thank you for stopping by and visiting me here in Melbourne. I hope this has inspired you to flick through our catalogues and CASE those projects. If you would like a copy of the NEW catalogue, please request one HERE.
Please make sure you visit all the other participants of our hop, listed below. I know you will find lots of inspiration.
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Hello and welcome to my little corner of the world in Melbourne, Australia. Great to have you here for our monthly, Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop. If you are stopping by from my friend Leonie Stuart’s blog, I’m sure you would have been inspired by her beautiful take on an Embossing Technique.
For my card, I started off with a heat embossed border using the Decorative Borders stamp set. Over the White embossing I blended Pear Pizzazz, Soft Succulent and Parakeet Party inks which created the embossing resist technique. I added a bit more blending in Coastal Cabana on the top part of the Stitched Rectangle panel.
Using the Stamparatus to position my Butterfly Brilliance stamp, I heat embossed the large butterfly in White. Then I coloured it in Balmy Blue, Granny Apple Green, Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay Watercolour Pencils. I used a Stampin’ Blend Color Lifted to blend sections of the colours.
On the card base I layered a piece of Vellum Basics and a layer of Basic White Cardstock embossed with the Hive Embossing Folder. Currently you can get this embossing folder free with a $90 order during Sale-A-Bration.
Inbetween the layers I also added some strips of Textured Shimmer Paper which adds a beautiful subtle textured look.
A wave die cut from Shimmer Vellum and some coordinating ribbon and Opal Dots complete my card with … a bit more embossing for the sentiment.
I hope you have enjoyed my embossing inspiration and give one of these techniques a try. Please get in touch with me if you have any questions. Don’t forget to follow our hop through for lots of beautiful creations and please leave us a comment as you stop by.
Next on our hop is the very talented Cheryll Miller.
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Until 28th February the Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit gives you 3 options to select from and also gives you $80 more product than the standard Starter Kit. Find out more about this amazing offer HERE. You can also add early release products to this Starter Kit.
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