Welcome to your monthly trip with the team from the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop. On the second Wednesday of each month we share inspiration around a certain theme. This month we have a sketch and I have used the Storybook Moments Suite to feature with it.
Here is the sketch that we are following so make sure you browse through everyone’s projects to see the fun variations we have all come up with.
By card began with that gorgeous die cut arch. Are you loving the Everyday Arches as much as I am? Being a nested set of dies, there are so many ways to create with them.
I stamped the carrots on Basic White Cardstock and coloured them in Stampin’ Blends. Then I coloured around the image with the Light Petal Stampin’ Blend. I love how this turned out, looking like some patterned paper.
On the back of the sketch there are 3 strips and I replicated this with an embossed panel and 2 strips of DSP in varying widths to create some interest. Under the embossed panel I added some ribbon with just the scalloped edge showing, giving it a beautiful border.
With several sentiments available in this suite, I chose Easter and heat embossed it in White for a pop against the colours and designs behind it.
Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope this has inspired with some new ideas for the Storybook Moments suite.
Next on our hop is Danielle Kassing in The Netherlands.
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It’s time for another year of inspiration with the New at SU Blog Hop. This month our team are inspiring you with Sale-A-Bration products and sharing ideas for coordinating them with other products from our range. For my card I’ve chosen the Toadstool Gardens Designer Series Paper which is part of the Sale-A-Bration product range. It has a colour palette of Early Espresso, Fresh Freesia, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie. You can get this paper free with a $100 order.
SALE-A-BRATION
The Sale-A-Bration promotion runs through 28th February and there are many products to choose from. There are 2 tiers of products with most products with 12 products free with a $100 order and 2 products free with a $200 order. Take a look at the brochure HERE.
While there are some brighter designs in this pack of paper, I have chosen a softer design for my background to coordinate with the stamped toadstools. The Terrific Toadstools bundle includes a stamp set and punch which punches the toadstools without a border. This is different to some of our other punches. As I wanted the white border around the image, I fussy cut around them – why make life easy?!!!
I stamped the larger toadstools in Soft Sea Foam then added some shading with the Granny Apple Green Watercolour Pencil. The stem was stamped in Crumb Cake and I added some shading with the Early Espresso Watercolour Pencil. For a pop of colour I also added some Melon Mambo mini toadstools.
I’ve followed the sketch at TGIF Challenges #tgifc507 adding a label from the Greetings of the Season Dies to place my cluster of toadstools on.
A piece of the striped DSP from the same pack was cut at an angle and attached under the label. This added a lovely pop of colour and coordinated with my small toadstools.
Some clear sequins from Purple Adhesive Backed Sequins were coloured with the Dark Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blend and added around my card. This versatile embellishment pack is a Sale-A-Bration product which is available free with a $100 order.
A shopping list is below to help you order the products you need. Thank you for taking the time to stop by and make sure to check out the rest of the team for lots of inspiration.
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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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The card I’m sharing today was created for the Keep Christ in Christmas Insta Hop which I participated in for the first time last week. We share faith-inspired projects focusing on Jesus – the reason for the season – each Saturday at 5pm EST. I have used the Shepherd’s Care stamp set for my card.
This stamp set has several images and sentiments which can be used for Christmas and other occasions. Everytime I see this image I want to sing the carol ‘While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night’.
I’ve used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches FMS663 as my starting point, using Designer Series Papers to create some of those layers.
For the front square, I wanted to create a small landscape so I free handed a mountain from the Delightful Floral Designer Series Paper then I die cut it using the same square die. The sky was blended with Balmy Blue ink.
The shepherd’s garb was paper-pieced using the Iconic Celebrations Designer Series Paper. I also added some extra shading with Watercolour Pencils. The rest of the shepherd image was coloured with Stampin’ Blends.
The Pearls coordinated perfectly for this card with the Linen Thread just finishing the sentiment off nicely.
Please get in contact with me if you need any help. I hope you have a wonderful week ahead of you.
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Lost Lagoon is our colour in focus for the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Insta Hop this week. This is such a beautiful colour and can switch between a blue and a green for me depending on the design. Did you know that Lost Lagoon used to be an In-Color some years ago? It came into our core colour range last year and is such a great addition.
Although my card is filled with layers, it’s very quick to put together. I used the die cuts from the Frames & Flowers Specialty Designer Series Paper to create my focal point.
As the base of my floral arrangement, I added the large die cut leaf the Thoughtful Wishes dies. The embossed background really makes these die cuts stand out.
My card has been inspired by this sketch at Sunday Stamps challenge .
To complete my card, I added some of the Riverside Irregular Pearls and Lost Lagoon cording from the Otterly Adorable suite.
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Welcome to this week’s Monochromatic challenge with the Crafty Collaborations team. Some of you would probably know that when Lemon Lime Twist was an In-Color a few years back, I had an avid dislike of the colour and was so glad when it’s 2 year tenure came to an end! And here’s the twist (pun intended): it seems that the saying “absence makes the heart grow fonder” holds some truth! This time around I have a bit of a fondness for this colour.
Going through my stamp sets, working out what I wanted to use for this colour, I pulled out the Chantilly Lace set. I purchased this set solely for the lace image it had and I wanted to feature it on this card. As I wasn’t sure how I was going to use it, I took a 1/4 sheet of White Cardstock and stamped 2 of the lace images in Lemon Lime Twist ink. Then I splattered some dots with the Dark Black Stampin’ Blend.
My next idea was to use the Perennial Postage die to cut out some squares. After cutting 4 out, I opted for 3 with this fun sketch and layered them on White and then Black Cardstock for dimension.
I chose a line art floral image from the Fully Flowering Ephera pack, adding fussy cut and die cut leaves to create an arrangement around it.
I layered the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Saying Something Mix & Match Ephemera Pack onto Crumb Cake Cardstock. Having tried Basic Black as a matte layer, I felt the card, as a whole, was too stark and harsh for my style. By adding the Crumb Cake layer and some Linen Thread, it softened the look.
This is a really quick card to put together with the pre-designed pieces in our ephemera packs making it extra quick. Order the products to make this card in my Online Store or contact me to place your order.
Will you be trying out this sketch? I hope you enjoy your weekend and have some crafty time.
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