A brand new working week with lots more Sketchtember challenge fun. For Day 5 I’m using the limited release Apple Blossom Dies. These dies are part of the Stampin’ Up! Perfect Partners promotion which is on this month. There are 6 new dies which have been released which coordinate with stamp sets from the Annual…
This has got to be one of the quickest cards I have made. I didn’t even have to cut and score a card base because I used the ready made Tea Boutiqe Cards and Envelopes. I had a die cut Deckled Rectangle laying on my desk so I just messed around by ink blending with…
When it comes to a bit of fussy cutting, I’m up for the challenge. As soon as I saw this bouquet in the Awash with Beauty Designer Series Paper, it cried out to be fussy cut. So with my Paper Snips I took to creating this focal image for my card inspired by the sketch…
Welcome to our Around the World Blog Hop where on the 2nd Wednesday of each month we share Stampin’ Up! inspiration from various parts of the world. Today our theme is Never Ever Grow Up which immediately makes us think of children. However, as I write this, I think of my partner Adrian because I…
When I saw the inspiration photo at Just Add Ink Challenges #615 my eye was drawn to the row of skylights and I immediately thought of recreating that look with Vellum. I’ve combined this with a challenge from Stampin’ Up! #creativechallengesu which has a sketch to work from. I started by die cutting Early Espresso…
Blessed Sunday to you! Continuing with my ‘Dads’ theme which I’ve been focusing on my Facebook Page this week, I’ve got an outdoor themed card for the Dad who loves camping. The Campology stamp set is a favourite of mine for masculine cards. I’m playing along with Caseing the Catty Sunday Challenge where we are…
For today’s card I’ve been inspired by the Colour Challenge at Just Add Ink with a beautiful colour palette of Mint Macaron, Fresh Freesia and Starry Sky. I went bold by blending Starry Sky on Basic White Cardstock for my matte layer. A wave and some dots were heat embossed in white to compliment the…
This sketch from TGIF Challenges has inspired my creation today using the Wonderful World bundle. Get this bundle free with a $180 order during Sale-A-Bration. Using So Saffron and Old Olive Stampin’ Write Markers I coloured the stamp directly and then stamped the image. A piece of the Wonderful World Designer Series Paper was added…
This is such an exciting challenge this month at our Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop. We are CASEing a team member. This is always such a fun theme. This time however, there was the ‘twist’ thrown in by our awesome leader Angie Mackenzie. We weren’t just to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit, Copy…