Zipped Up for Birthdays

All Zipped Up came in handy for a birthday card for Master M, turning 7. I had been at a loss, and it might not have been the best fit as this boy rarely wears anything more than t-shirt and shorts. He's a tough little chap.

 I decided to personalise the jacket using the Mini Alphabet dies.

A stamp set that includes sentiment options, including one for the inside is a winner in my book, that means All Zipped Up really fits the bill.

Happy crafting everyone,

 

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 45 - Pretty Peacock

Pretty Peacock is a favourite colour and it teams up so well with Lost Lagoon. This is Week 45, and Pretty Peacock is the featured colour for our hop this week.

Serene Love DSP is on special in Last Chance for only $15.22 a pack, and its 12" X 12" paper too.

Fussy cutting these flowers is pretty easy so I cut a whole lot to make thank you cards, always handy to have on hand.

The Oxidised Copper SDSP gives a touch of class to these cards and I heat embossed the sentiment in copper also.

The inside was decorated with the fussy cut blooms as well.

Happy crafting,

 

Colour Creations Insta Hop - Week # 44 - Poppy Parade

 

Contributors to this insta-hop are all members of Claire Daly's Art With Heart group. We love chatting & crafting together. This week is week #44 and we are creating with Poppy Parade. 

Thankful Garden is a new Online Exclusive, released March 4th along with lots more Online products. I liked this one so much I ordered the suite, which includes stamps, dies, masks, patterned paper and ribbon.

The other flower is a lovely Hydrangea, but this flower seemed more likely to be a bright Poppy Parade. Country Woods DSP was out on my desk for another card I was making, and I decided the textured wood made a great background for the flower.

This bundle is perfect for those of us who don't always want to colour with Blends or pencils. There are 5 masks in the Thankful Garden bundle, 3 are for the two flowers and 2 are for the leaves.

Placing the masks over the stamped image allows you to layer on colour with a blending brush and even with the one ink colour you get a pleasing variation. I used only Poppy Parade and Old Olive.

I hope you are inspired to create,

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.

CTC#510 CASE March Online Exclusives

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.

When you shop online you often see pictures of samples pop up, and this was one offered for Textured Notes. I only ordered the bundle at this stage so went to Country Woods DSP for a paper with an interesting, yet subtle print.

The outer borders were cut with the larger die for my CASE, and the sentiment was stamped directly onto the smaller label.

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, we're hopping to see what Rochelle Blok is sharing this week.

Happy crafting,

 

Umbrella Blues - Pool Party - Week 43

For the team challenge using Pool Party I decided to use the umbrella, clouds and flower dies from Umbrella Days with the stamps from Unbounded Love. This makes a lovely supportive card for so many life events.

An opening was cut using the large octagon from Memorable Blooms - I'm using that die a lot lately.

Pool Party ink was blended for the background, cloud edges and around the verse.

 Happy crafting everyone,

Celebrating with Friendly Seagulls

When I look back over SALE-A-Bration and what it was that excited me most, I'd have to say Friendly Seagulls was top of my favourite stamp sets. I did add a couple of others to my orders, and I do really like them but this is the one I had the most fun with.

This also might be the most-fun card I made with the hand drawn lines to form a broken circle linking the different images. Choose Happy provided the sentiment and sun to help the 'story'.

Just a simple fun fold using the Timeless Plaid 6" X 6" paper and hopefully relevent to someone living on the Sunshine Coast.

 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.

Turn to Sketches for Inspiration.

When you're looking for a design to use up some of your bonus SALE-A-Bration DSP, turn to the sketches included in the Stampin' Up! annual & mini catalogues. This one is from page 22 of the annual catalogue.

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.