Sketch #12 with the Great American Stamping Show

To help inspire my crafting I'm following along with the Great American Stampin' Show as they use the sketches from the catalogue as inspiration. This week it is sketch #12 and as usual, you do not have to follow strictly to the same formula. Use the sketch to inspire, and don't forget to send the cards you create.

These cards were used for my October class, totally inspired by this sketch and some of the beautiful DSP Stampin' Up! has available for us to order.

I had circle punches in 1¾" and 1½" so I substituted that size, and a 2½" die from Spotlight on Nature.

To give options, I made another version using Rustic Crate.

This one had a Pretty Peacock base and Crumb Cake panel. 

The other paper I chose was Perennial Lavender DSP and a lovely stamp set Rustic Crate. Putting the first crate together was challenging but after that they are so easy!

The front of the crate even gets the woodgrain embossed as it is being cut out.

These sketches are so handy, have you used any of them to spark your creativity?

SHOP:

Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days.

 

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Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 24 - Flirty Flamingo

 Contributors to this blog hop are all members of Claire Daly's Art With Heart group. Every Wednesday night at 8p.m AEST we feature a fabulous Stampin' Up! colour, in alphabetical order. 

This week the star of the show is the flamboyant Flirty Flamingo!

Only Flirty Flamingo and white appear on my card this week. After applying a wash of Flirty Flamingo ink with the largest water painter to thick Basic White, I stamped a magnolia image in Flirty Flamingo.

This stamped image was die cut, and another of the detailed image in white to provide a background of foliage and flowers.

The font in Magnolia Mood is a fine script but it shows up well when heat embossed in white on a strip of black card stock.

Magnolia Mood is an online exclusive bundle with beautiful blooms and thoughtful sentiments in a pretty font. As well there are some intricate flower dies (see in the background) as well as those for cutting the stamped image.

Next talented AWH team member sharing a creation is Di Furniss

If at any time you find a broken link or would like to see a full list of participants, please head to the blog of our host of the AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop, Catherine Proctor.

Happy crafting,

 

CTC 490 CASE the Reindeer Suite

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. 

I need a number of birthday cards this month so tackled the October 15th birthday with a CASE of the cute card pictured in Granny Apple Green in the above photo.

 

After substituting Full of Life DSP for the texture embossing, I continued on with gifts around the bottom of the cut out and swapped the reindeer for a bunch of flowers.

The gift dies are part of the Reindeer Fun suite but can certainly do double duty as birthday presents. The repeat stamping of 'happy birthday' went relatively well for a free-hand effort, except for a little smudge which has been hidden with an additional die cut.

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 crew member sharing this week is Peta Stephen

I have been an active Stampin' Up! demonstrator for 14 years, and thanks to my wonderful team, I am at Silver Elite level. One of the joys of crafting is sharing it with others, so I hold monthly classes both in my home and in the community. Do get in touch if you have questions about classes or Stampin' Up! products.

SHOP:

Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days.

SYF479GH

Sketch #11 With The Great American Stamping Show

To help inspire my crafting I'm following along with the Great American Stampin' Show as they use the sketches from the catalogue as inspiration. I must say, I have found that it is really helping my creativity, which I'm sure is why the sketches were included on page 22 of the Stampin' Up! annual catalogue.

This week it is sketch #11 and as usual, you do not have to follow strictly to the same formula. Use the sketch to inspire, and don't forget to send the cards you create. Needing a masculine card this weekend I turned the sketch 90 degrees and stamped 'happy birthday' on one of the patterned papers.

Using a matt to contain the strips neatly, I have selected a monochromatic colour scheme (apart from the gold flame and embellishments).

A single candle was substituted for the sentiment strip.

The inside has been decorated in the same shades of blue.

I made a feminine version with the sketch in its original orientation.

It seems to me that this sketch is a great one for showing off our gorgeous Stampin' Up! designer series papers. Have you checked out what gorgeous ones are at bargain prices in the Clearance Rack?

SHOP:

Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days.

I have been an active Stampin' Up! demonstrator for 14 years, and thanks to my wonderful team, I am at Silver Elite level. One of the joys of crafting is sharing it with others, so I hold monthly classes both in my home and in the community. Do get in touch if you have questions about classes or Stampin' Up! products.

SYF479GH

Here are links to the GASS Girls videos

Brandi

Shannon

Jodi

Julie

Have a great weekend,

 

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 23 - Early Espresso

 Contributors to this blog hop are all members of Claire Daly's Art With Heart group. Every Wednesday night at 8p.m AEST we feature a fabulous Stampin' Up! colour, in alphabetical order. This week the star of the show is Early Espresso.

CARD 1

Card one may not be fully entitled to be included in Early Espresso with only a minimal amount of the colour used on the banner and stamped sentiment, but it's pretty, so I wanted to share it somewhere.

This sketch was the one used for my Friday night sketch where I made 2 simpler masculine cards, and this card is the avid version of the sketch.

Enduring Beauty is another bundle which includes a stamp, dies and masks for easy colouring. I chose to colour with a variety of Stampin' Blends.

For the next two cards I used Frosted Forest bundle, which also consists of a stamp set, dies and masks to colour the images. This set is ideal to create some (masculine) birthday cards. You can find Frosted Forest in Online Exclusives.

CARD 2

The masks can be used with stamped images or 'naked' like I have done here. Either way, they are a good way to colour images if you're not so confident on using Stampin' blends or pencils.

The backgrounds were made the same way with a forest of trees in the background. This one has been sliced at 2.5cm intervals and placed evenly on a background of woodgrain from Country Woods DSP. The sentiment has been heat embossed in gold.

I have done a Facebook Live on making this card.

CARD 3

The background on card 2 was left intact with the focal tree die cut, as in card 1. A woodgrain stamp has been used in the background of the sentiment label.

This time I used a skewed layer to back the art piece, which ties in with the frame on the label.

Next talented AWH team member sharing a creation is Kate Morgan.

If at any time you find a broken link or would like to see a full list of participants, please head to the blog of our host of the AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop, Catherine Proctor.

Happy crafting,