Week 10 - Blackberry Bliss

Playing with some newish stamps, dies and paper to create a card using mainly Blackberry Bliss. These Impressions Abloom dies make such pretty flowers and adding colour with a blending brush to white die cuts gives a subtle version of Blackberry Bliss.

The Right Words is an essential stamp for any stash with the variety of sentiments and verses to suit many occasions. I used a birthday sentiment on the front and a short birthday greeting on the inside for this card.

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Snow Camping - a customised Birthday card.

Can you believe that anyone is crazy enough to go camping, in a tent, in the snow? Well, my youngest has done this now for the last two years, so after I saw the first years's photos, I knew I had to pull an old die set out of my 'favourites' drawer. He insists they are toasty warm in their Zero 10 degrees sleeping bags, but I really don't know!

Greatest Journey, with the tent, snow and silhouetted figure was one of those bundles that a mum & gran of boys couldn't part with when it retired. It also has a bike rider which I used for a grandson when it was current. You can check that card out here.

The sentiment is another more recently retired die called Wanted To Say. I wonder if you have stamps or dies that you just can't part with.

 Upcycled card backing from DSP packs is a wonderful medium for ink blending, having a bit of shine to it. The moon was created by punching a circle from a post-it-note sticky part and masking off the area.

I always add adhesive sheet to fiddly pieces like these before I die cut and it makes for a much cleaner crafting experience. You can find it in the die cutting section of the online store but click on adhesive sheet and it will take you there. It is a little pricey but a little goes a long way, and since I've been very frugal about the rest of the supplies its a well-deserved luxury.

Colour Creations Insta Hop - Week 9 - Berry Burst

My card-making has taken a back seat while I enjoy scrap booking my recent trip, reliving all the fun moments. I am still running my monthly classes though, and this was a recent card the ladies made.

Using a Berry Burst card base and stamping the sentiment with Berry Burst on the white card die cut with Everyday Arches dies makes for a lovely bright birthday card. The leaves and fruity pieces are from Cheers & Sips but we fussy cut the glasses from DSP.

 I hope you are using this chilly weather to do more of what you love!

Colour Creations Insta Hop - Week 5 - Timid Tiger

Usually, it's a struggle for me to use orange but I like the 'gentler' tone of Timid Tiger and enjoyed trying out some new dies and stamps while creating this card.

The ornate cut out holding the label is Beautiful Motif dies, which I had thought would only be useful for memory keeping but it appears not.

Paper Tags provided a 'different' sentiment, stamped in Early Espresso. The flowers were small enough to be quickly coloured with Stampin' Write Markers.

 Happy crafting,

CASE An Easy Option CTC 522

CASE-ing The Catty Crew are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from Australia & New Zealand who take inspiration weekly from the catalogues. The catalogues are a fantastic resource, and we love to inspire you to seek inspiration there too.

The Father's Day card at the top left of this picture inspired me to pull Trusty Tools stamps and dies off the shelf to make a quick card. It's a very loose interpretation for my CASE, I needed an easy card for my community group and also wanted to participate in the CTC challenge. Some of them make Father's Day cards for a local school but there will be the option of a 'Happy birthday' greeting too.

The tools are small enough that colouring with Stampin' Blends was quick and I was able to use Darling Duckling on the tape measure. The mat behind the navy check DSP (Take to the Sky) is Darling Duckling too.

Initially I was going to use a tag from Take To The Sky DSP but realised that the pegboard die was a good substitute and very easy too.

Now it's your turn. We do request that the projects you submit have been created especially for this challenge. You can CASE directly or be inspired by a sketch/layout, colour combo or embellishment. Ask to join our Facebook group, and then add a picture of your CASE

 Next on the Blog Hop is actually no. #1, the talented Julia Quinn.

Happy crafting everyone!

Colour Creations Insta Hop - Secret Sea - Week 3

Weekend Adventures is a scrap book stamp really, and that is what I bought it for, but I couldn't go past a simple bunch of flowers in a mug to show off the 2025-2027 In colors. This week the Colour Creations Insta Hop is featuring Secret Sea, a moody dark denim blue, which I'm using a LOT for stamping and to frame this image.

Weekend Adventures includes a splatter stamp and I came back to add some Cloud Cover splatters to the stark white background. Impressions Abloom dies has a couple of large oval frames which I used to cut the opening.

With small floral images like this, it doesn't really matter what you use to colour. The Stampin' Write markers are quick and easy to use and have the added advantage of not bleeding through the card stock.

 

Colour Creations Insta Hop - Strawberry Slush - week 4

Week 4 of Colour Creations Insta Hop and we are featuring Strawberry Slush. Oddly, it's a returning InColor, which in my 14 years with Stampin' Up! I have never heard of previously.

Secret Sea is the contrast colour I paired with it, cutting a set of the Gallery Blooms frame dies and using two of them.

An order with Stampin' Blends onboard has arrived so I used Strawberry Slush & Daffodil Delight to colour those blooms, with Cloud Cover for the leaves.

 What did I do with the leftover frame? Made another card of course!

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