Showing posts with label Blendabilities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blendabilities. Show all posts

Thursday, 28 May 2015

Goodbye From the Herd


As I was updating my card stash this morning I came across this card which I haven't posted. From The Herd was one of those stamps which you loved or hated, no in-between with this one!!!!
The things which made me love this set...

  • whimsical looks on the animal faces
  • fabulous range of sentiments included which can be used with other stamp sets
  • suitability of the image to ...leave plain, colour realistically, use sepia tones, use cartoon-like shades
This was the sepia toned version and I coloured mainly with the skin toned Blendabilities, which are now withdrawn. Mine work perfectly well, I will continue to use them on personal projects.



The same effect could be obtained using the great range of natural tones available in Stampin' Write markers, and Aquapainter and Watercolor Paper. If you want to see a more naturally coloured version, I posted this way back in February,
Occasions catalogue finishes next Tuesday, 2nd June. Until then, this stamp set is available in all three types: Photopolymer, Clear and Woodmount. What a choice!

If you use my online shop and you choose to earn the Hostess Code B6VWKZMJ, I will mail you a 'little something' from my stash.

Have a lovely day
Cheers
Rachel
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Sunday, 1 March 2015

Tulips For Lara

A little while back I signed up to 'We Stamp For Lara" a fundraiser for the family of a fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator. The funds raised will go part of the way to purchasing and fitting a family car with a hoist for lifting Lara into this vehicle.

We Stamp for Lara | $35 for daily tutorials each day of March

Today I received my first tutorial, and soon after that, a colour challenge. I love challenges, so when I had done my chores this morning I could hardly wait to ink up Love Is Kindness for the first time ever! It is a single stamp in the Occasions catalogue (page 32) and to my way of thinking it would be good for Mother's Day, thank you cards and birthdays.


I used Memento black ink and Blendabilities to colour the image, and it was done in no time. You'll also glimpse some of the SAB Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Series paper which I spritzed with Pool party and Daffodil Delight. This is thicker white paper with one of six different embossed patterns already done. Saves you getting the embossing powder out! You can sponge it, brayer it or spritz it and end up with an individual piece of card.

It's not too late to join in while we Stamp For Lara, the link takes you to  the site where you can pay with Paypal and all tutorials will be delivered to you via your email address.

Cheers
Rachel

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Friday, 20 February 2015

When Life Gives You Lemons......Love Life! CTC#19

Each week at CASE-ing The Catty we turn to our Stampin' Up! Catalogues for inspiration. We'd love it if you joined us in CASE-ing The Catty too!



This week we are seeking inspiration from the SALE-A-BRATION Catalogue, and use buttons or ribbons. You can copy exactly, use a sketch or layout as an inspiration starter, or maybe a colour combination to create a card, scrapbook page or 3D item. Then just share in your write-up which sketch or colour combination inspired you.

Our challenges close at 5pm Thursday (AEDT)

  • Create a new project for the challenge
  • Mention CTC in your blog post and link back so others can join us
  • Mainly SUO products (retired or current) to be used for these challenges


There is a card on Page 21 of the SAB catty using that very cute bear from Cheerful Critters, and I thought it was a pretty cute little sketch too. I decided it was time to get my FREE stamp set (with a $90 purchase) A Happy Thing inked up. You may have noticed that this stamp set is actually only a single lemon, but its so easy to make a mask with a post-it note so that you have a whole bunch of lemons. If you're still not sure how to go about it, check out the picture below, or contact me, I'd be happy to give you details.


After stamping three images with Momento Tuxedo Black Ink, I used the Daffodil Delight Blendabilities to colour the lemons and the Wild Wasabi Blendabilities for the leaves. This stamp is perfect for learning how to colour, as it is shaded where it needs to be darker. If you don't have any Blendabilities, you can get some of them as SAB freebies too, or use Black Staz-on to stamp and use Stampin' Write Markers or ink and an aquapainter to colour.



It almost seems like magic, the way they come to life after colouring. I've used the SALE-A-BRATION DSP too, Best Year Ever for one layer, and some washi tape under that. Those buttons are also in the SAB catalogue, 4 large, 4 small in three colours. I've left off the Calypso Coral ones. The Coastal Cabana was in the DSP, so I popped on a button in that colour. Remember, lots of the items I;ve used are only available till March 31st, through SALE-A-BRATION and each one is free with your $90 order.




Just so you can see how the layers stack up using Stampin' Dimensionals, here's a side view! Oh, and I happened to have a piece of gold Bakers Twine that I had stolen the gold thread from for another project, so I unravelled it a bit more and tied it through all the button holes to give an illusion that the buttons were sewn on.

I do hope you join in and CASE the SALE-A-BRATION Catty, see you in the gallery?

Rachel

This month's Hostess Code is B3M6SRH7 if you choose to use it when you make an online order, and you allow me to contact you, I will post you a small gift to say thank you. Don't forget, SALE-A-BRATION continues till March 31st - one free item for every $90 ordered.














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Thursday, 8 January 2015

Hey Valentine Birthday! Mojo379

Logan's 5th birthday isn't until Valentine's Day, but while I am on holiday,and have new stamps to play with, it seemed like a good time to start on one of the six grandchildren's birthday cards! This stamp is actually a Valentines stamp, but the minute I saw it, I resolved to  use it for birthdays. All my grandsons love dressing up, and pirate is such an easy dress-up to put together.



I had already coloured the image when I spotted the Mojo Monday sketch, (after a friend of mine used the sketch herself).  I decided it was perfect for this cute image. It was fun to colour too, even though I'm not so good at it. I figure the practice will help me improve! I am looking forward to more relaxing times with Blendabilities when I head to the coast with my husband for a few days. He doesn't like me filling the car with craft stuff, but I can fit my Blendabilities and some stamped images into a plastic container, so easy to transport.


Cheers, Rachel
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Wednesday, 7 January 2015

A BIG Week At Stampin' Up!

It all began yesterday, when the Occasions Catalogue and SALE-A-BRATION supplement went live to the public. Not completely without a hitch, as the computer system had some difficulties coping, but it seems to be sorted today.

A New Catalogue


On the left is the cover of the Occasions Catalogue, and yes, you can make the paper bouquet on the cover! Would you like to make the kit up in a workshop, or go-it-alone at home?

What I love about the kits in this catalogue is the "completeness" of them. Yes, you need ink, and with most of them a stamp set too, but at a workshop those items can be shared by all participants.


Through out this catalogue there are a mix of wood mount, clear mount and photopolymer, with at least one stamp set made in all three.



SALE-A-BRATION! 

 On the right is the SALE-A-BRATION supplement and everything in it is FREE! That's right, you can't order them, they don't go on clearance and they are highly sort-after stamp sets, paper, ribbons & buttons. In addition, there is the option to collect packs of current Blendabilities for FREE, usually $20.95.

You earn these bonus products when you place your normal order for Stampin' Up! products. For every $90 spent, you can claim one item. I joined up as a demonstrator four SALE-A-BRATIONS ago because I wanted to have it all! You can purchase from the Annual or Occasions Catalogue, Weekly Deals, Clearance shop and it all counts toward your totals, before shipping.

$90  = 1 SAB item
$180 = 2 SAB items
$270 = 3 SAB items
$300 = 3 SAB items and $50 hostess dollars
$360 = 4 SAB items and $50 hostess dollars
$400 = 4 SAB items and $60 hostess dollars PLUS a bonus $40 hostess dollars!!!!

You can flick through these catalogues online, of course, there are icons on the right if you are reading my Stampin' Pals blog. If you read this on my Stampin' Up! blog, you need to back track to the home page and catalogues are under 'Products'.

Want it posted?

 Better than that, is to have a copy in your hand, so you can CASE some cards or packaging, post-it note the things you like, so if you aren't already working with a demonstrator, leave me a message with your name and mailing address via email or txt (0417500681) and I'll get one of each in the post for you.

Here Are The Weekly Deals 


If you are keen to own the Envelope Punch Board, this is the week to take the plunge. Now its not $2 cheaper than a popular retail chain's price, it's $10 cheaper! WOW! And if you are thinking it might be nice to have lovely paper to make envelopes and gift boxes with, Stampin' Up! is doing a great deal on paper this week too! For extra-special cards, I love the Gold Soiree Specialty DSP, so rich and elegant.

If I see you order an Envelope Punch Board through my online shop this week, I will send you some instructions for an upcoming project using the Envelope Punch Board, airing on 23rd January for CASE-ing The Catty, plus a spool of ribbon.

Happy crafting!
Rachel


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Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Happy Birthday Dear Isaac! CTS#102

In a week, the second of my little brood of grandchildren, turns 5! Yay!

Being so close to Christmas, we try to make an extra effort to remember his special day, so next Thursday I will drive 2 hours down to the coastal town where he lives, to celebrate with him. Unfortunately, his Pop can't have a day away from work, but luckily, it isn't one of my working days. Now, Isaac is a boy with an enquiring mind, and I have visited the National Geographic Store to select a gift, and it's not a robot. If it was, he would probably need to take it apart, like his Uncle Sam did when he was a young boy. Boys will be boys, always!

When I was studying this sketch at Cas(e) This Sketch, I thought of the robot in Boys Will Be Boys moving across a floor. I've kept the colours subdued and 'shadowy'. There is a shot of colour with the red frame and the rhinestones coloured with Blendabilities. I've been looking forward to using the cork numerals from Project Life, perfect for a birthday as well as an Advent project, don't you think?





















This is a lovely sketch, it could be used with so many different images:- flowers, stars, candles. Are you going to share your card?
Cheers,
Rachel


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Sunday, 23 November 2014

Lavender and Lace SSC89

What a strange coincidence that Sunday Stamps have a Color Challenge for Plum and Lavender, when I have a special order to make a 90th birthday card in mauve. It was a pleasure to pull out the long-neglected Apothecary Art stamp set and try colouring with Blendabilities. 

 It is quite a different technique using Blendabilities compared to using Stampin' Write Markers. I found it difficult to work as delicately, but overall, I was happy with the result. I  will enter it for the challenge at SUO Challenges too. I was sure I had a movie in my DVD collection, called "Lavender and Lace", but I had a quick look on my shelf and it is actually "Ladies In Lavender" starring the wonderful actresses Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. So, I suppose, it was the mistaken memory which caused me to choose the Lovely Lace Embossing Folder to go along with the Wisteria Wonder. I love shades of purple too, as well as the fragrance of lavender.
I tried a couple of ways to include the numerals, and decided that this solution was the tidiest. I stamped the sentiment, Happiest Birthday, which is also in Apothecary Art, and cut the two words apart. 
The numerals have been stamped, fussy cut and adhered to disguise where the sentiment was cut apart. I don't suppose you can see that I have stamped on Shimmery White rather than Whisper White. It is a sturdier card and has a delightful shimmer to it. Do you know, I believe that Apothecary Art and the matching Framelits were the first ever items in my Stampin' Up! collection that matched! Now everything I have matches. It was a pleasure to work on this special order, I hope the recipient enjoys the good wishes the card brings to her also.

 Are you enjoying a pleasant weekend, or did you have to work?

 Cheers, 
Rachel

Very happy to be picked in the Top 3 at SUO challenges.
Rachel Palmieri.  Rachel's coloring is so soft and pretty. What a beautiful way to personalize a milestone birthday.








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Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Garden Glory CTS#100

Congratulations to CAS(E) This Sketch on 100 sketches! That's an amazing number of sketches, and I hope it proves they're here to stay.

 Corner Garden provided a way to recreate this week's sketch, quite easily, while Blendabilities gave a shot of colour to the blossoms. It was quite easy really, to ink up just the corner section, centre the corner, and stamp down. After I'd coloured it and added in a pale blue background, I realised it reminded me of loose, summery blouses and sundresses. We are heading into summer, so I'm looking forward to wearing cool, cotton garments again soon.

 I wanted a sentiment that would be about the same length as the stamped image, and Four You has Birthday Wishes, which suited. I finished it off by stamping a streak of Pool Party using a stamp from Work Of Art and mounted it onto a Pool Party base.
Cheers,
Rachel


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