Random Act Of Kindness Cards

Creators of cards always have an urge to get their cards out to those who might appreciate them. Sometimes they join Random Act Of Kindness groups (RAK) to share the love around. Recently I travelled to the United States of America and went armed with some cards to give out to helpful people. My travel-buddy Kathryn did the same, so between us, we spread a lot of paper hugs around.

I used some retired, but very pretty designer series paper for my cards, and the sentiments were also from a retired stamp set, Paisleys and Posies. It was just so suitable for the card I was handing out.

Embellishments were taken from my containers of die cuts, because I always cut more than I need, to have flowers etc to decorate a quick card.

The sentiment inside is also from Paisley and Posies, but the kangaroo is from Animal Outing. Most people were so thrilled to receive a card, the exception was border patrol, who aren't allowed to accept anything, not even chocolate as another of our travelling group found out. She did ask me to open the card and show it to her, but she still wasn't able to keep it.

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Paisley & Posies

A quick card for you today using Paisleys and Posies (available in photopolymer) and a sentiment from Cottage Greetings, a retired stamp. I had a scrap of watercolour paper and after die cutting the butterfly, coloured the paisleys with Stampin' Markers to match.

I do hope your day is wonderful and Happy New Year!

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Bandanna Blues CI#9

Colour INKspiration is a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from the South Pacific, all through Australia and New Zealand. We love to get together for these colour challenges, to inspire each other, and you, to create. We love it when you join in with our challenges to share your work and all you need is a Facebook presence. You can link in here on Facebook.

This fortnight the colours are Dapper Denim, Cherry Cobbler and Pool Party and my thoughts went straight to bandanas! It may have been subliminally planted in my mind with the girl in the inspiration pic wearing a headscarf,  but on the other hand, it may have just been the colours.

Bandanas to me are paisley, so the Paisley and Posies stamp set was the perfect solution. I popped two stamps onto the large rectangular acrylic block (I) and stamped four times. With the Stampin' Up!® chalk marker pen, some parts have been highlighted. It is really simple to do, and another technique where "less is more."

Since I'd attended Onstage Live, I had a few days opportunity to pre-purchase some items from the new catalogue, available to you on June 1st. I'd noticed a stamp set and Thinlet combo on page 157 of the new catalogue and luckily that was on the list we could order. Lovely Inside & Out is the stamp, Lovely Words are the thinlets, and they are available as a bundle at 10% off. You know, if you'd like to buy your supplies a month before the catalogues are released, maybe you'd make a great Stampin' Up!® demonstrator. Everyone is welcome, from the hobbyist who just wants a 20% discount, through to the other end of the spectrum where it is a full time job. My team is made up of ladies who love to come together to craft and chat, we'd make you very welcome! Find out more here.

It seemed a good idea to reverse the colours too, with a different thinlet. It's very bold in Cherry Cobbler, but it still looks good. I added a couple more 'filler'stamps this time.The Dapper Denim has shown up looking very turquoise here, strange what light can do to colour.

Next stop along this hop will be Nikki Spencer

Cheers, Rachel