Showing posts with label Boutique Borders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boutique Borders. Show all posts

Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Way To Go!

I was sad to see Boutique Borders retire - I really like the 3 stamps in this set. Anyway, for a bit of fun, I've mixed a retiring stamp, a carryover stamp and a brand new stamp on this card. 
Flower Patch is the stamp set that has carried over, and I'm loving it more this year than when it first came out.That might be because I've finally mastered stamping with photopolymer stamps, so it's much more enjoyable. It's a blessing to have the Flower Fair Framelits to cut out all the different pieces. 
The new stamp is I Think You're Great, which I received at Convention this year. I've hung onto the retired Word Bubbles Framelits for cutting out different sentiments and they seem to fit this banner greeting too. I wonder if you can see that I used the 'kissing' technique on the 'way to go'? I think it echoes the pattern of the Boutique Borders with the scallops.

Looking through the Color Throwdown design team cards, I noticed that 3 of them really picked up on the pattern in the bedcover, funny!

Cheers, 
Rachel









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Friday, 12 December 2014

Happy Blooming Birthday FMS#166


Today, I took delivery of my BBB (big brown box) full of new things for the new year so, in between my weekly cleaning, catching up on Project Life and writing Christmas cards, I
decided to put together a card for Freshly Made Sketches using a stamp set from this year's Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalogue.

 So Very Grateful is no longer available, not every stamp set in the mini catalogues makes it into an annual. It is such a fun stamp to colour with Blendabilities (there are new colours in Blendabilities in the Occasions Catalogue) but you could substitute and use the I Like You Hostess stamp or another open-style flower stamp. Its a shame that the 'happy' from the sentiment has been slightly lost in the floral image. Party Pennants Bigz die makes an interesting shape to stamp on and underlined with one of the Boutique Borders strips is a perfect finishing touch. Simple, understated, modern.

I'm very excited by the new stamps and project kits in the upcoming Occasions Catalogue, and can hardly wait to share some of the loveliness with you!
Bye for now
Rachel


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Monday, 20 October 2014

Pretty Pink Birthday FMS#158

Yesterday I made this card in masculine colours, today I decided to show it in more feminine tones. The sketch is a great one, for sure I will pin it to my folder of sketches on Pinterest for future reference. Jen Timko created this sketch for Freshly Made Sketches, and every week, no matter who the designer is, it's a winner!

I haven't deviated too far from my first effort. Big News is the main stamp set, with a different border from Boutique Borders. There's a bit more patterned paper this time round. I brought in a strip of Melon Mambo from Sweet Taffy DSP, and some little flowers from Pictogram Punches. I've finished the inside again - Yay!

It has helped that I have cut a lot of Whisper White card to just the right size, so then I just have to decide how to finish it off, which doesn't usually take too long, when the papers and ink pads are already out.

If you get a wriggle on, you should be able to whip up a card for this challenge too!


 Rachel






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Sunday, 19 October 2014

Woo Hoo! It's Your Birthday FMS #158

Today I have used the sketch by Jennifer Timko, for Freshly Made Sketches. It's lovely, clean, uncomplicated which means it can be interpreted in so many different ways. Even I have numerous different designs in my head for this one!

Big News is a great stamp set and you can colour those spindly letters so many ways. Today I went with the rock 'n' roll technique, but it looks to me that I might have to practice it a bit more. So, not quite a perfect result, but still useable, and I don't mind the effect.

Boutique Borders, another of my fave's from the latest Annual Stampin' Up!® catalogue, adds a touch of interest beside the strip of patterned paper. The numbers on the base card come from 25 Days, from the mini Holiday catalogue.

Frequently, I don't finish the insides of these cards until I need to use one, or I am getting a batch ready for sale. I've had to spend so long this week, finishing off cards, that I will make a bigger effort to do it all at the one time (for a little while at least!).


So, you can see a glimpse of the inside above, but I did take a photo to share with you.
I have to head out now to do some shopping for two small boys who celebrate birthdays before Christmas.
Cheers

Rachel



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