Color Challenge

Sometimes when I need inspiration I look for a challenge. This week I spotted a colour challenge set by Connie Stewart at Simply Simple Stamping. She is a Stampin' Up! demonstrator in USA.

These colours are very pleasing anyway so it suited me to try using them with Birds Eye View which has been my 'go to' stamp this week.

This bird is probably my favourite, I like colouring the striped wing. I also pulled a few stamps from Sentimental Park and Charming Sentiments to fill out the card front.

Radiating Stitches dies are a stand-alone online exclusive, which just means you won't find them in a catalogue, but they can be viewed in the online store. They cut the Basic White piece I've stamped on, plus the heart. The Banner is from the newly released Nested Essential dies, which you will find on page 165 of the Annual Catalogue. You can browse my shop and place an order there or contact me to order if you prefer.

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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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Have you seen Lemon Lolly?

Last week we got together at my home in South Morang,VIC for Craft & Chat on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. These sessions happen monthly, most usually on the 3rd Thursday of the month, and the Wednesday immediately before it. This is because I have another booking on the 4th Thursday, which governs my calendar. The groups and I would be happy to welcome new crafters, if you'd like to get in touch. Mob. 0417 500 681.

The card in the middle was the one made in class. It uses the alcohol- ink technique where you scribble with Stampin' Blends on to vellum in patches, then lightly spray with 100% alcohol - Diggers from Bunnings hardware is the brand available in Australia.

After demonstrating the technique for the classes I had some samples to use up, so with a little more colouring, again with Stampin' Blends, my favourite colouring tools, I put together a couple more cards. Changing the orientation of the cards was the major difference.

If you'd like to buy Circle Sayings and the co-ordinating 2 3/8" circle punch it is available in my online shop at 10% discount as a bundle at the moment. Charming Sentiments is also available for order and delivery direct to your home address.

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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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Add the host code if your order is less than $250.00, I will send you a sample.

 

Colour Creations - Week#50 - Soft Suede

This is the very last week of the current round of Colour Creations Blog Hop. Our colour is Soft Suede, another shade which is retiring at the end of the current catalogue. I have rather liked this softer shade of brown, but with all the earthy tones in the new In Colors I'm sure we will get by just fine.

Most people agonise over creating the perfect masculine card, but I think the answer often can be found in patterned paper. This is the Ready To Ride 12" x 12" specialty designer series paper, found on page 69 of the mini catalogue. 

The background colour of this piece is Soft Suede also the colour we are using for Colour Creations Blog Hop this week.

One of the sheets of paper included in Ready to Ride is motorbikes, a whole lot of different motorbikes. If you were knowledgeable about the recipients favoured model, you might even be able to match it. I have absolutely no idea about bikes (or cars for that matter!)

A little bit of cut & paste from two different stamp sets provided the perfect sentiment. Charming Sentiments has some very useful sentiments for many occasions, while Party Puffins had a bold 'birthday' to match the other words.

Next talented team member to share is the wonderful Kathryn Ruddick.

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.

 

Love Cats

Sometimes as the end of a catalogue approaches you find a stamp set that hasn't been used, and if it is retiring it's even worse! I bought Love Cats early on in the year and fully intended to use it a lot, but it didn't happen. Over Easter, when it was so cold and wet, I made this birthday card.

Using Delicate Desert DSP for the front, it was die cut with Picture This dies. The same process was used with Rain & Shine specialty DSP, and two of the windows were inserted behind the cats. They have been heat embossed with black embossing powder, it gives them a nice sheen.

Even this one on the inside has been heat embossed but the verse is just stamped in black Memento ink. Best Day is another retiring stamp set with a cat, and that is where that little sentiment came from.

Delicate Desert DSP $14.70

On Sunday night I am sharing 4 more cards using Delicate Desert DSP and an assortment of stamp sets.

            

Rain & Shine DSP $21.60

Best Day - $41.00

 

Love Cats -$37.00

Picture This Dies $54.00

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You can check these and other Stampin' Up! products in my online 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. 

 

Colour Creations - Week #44 - Sahara Sand

   

The participants in AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop are all Stampin' Up! demonstrators and members of Art With Heart. We love to Blog Hop sharing all the Stampin' Up! Colours alphabetically. This is week #44 and Sahara Sand is our colour.

Last month my Craft & Chat classes featured a fun-fold with the Share a Milkshake bundle from the mini catalogue. I shared that card in our Week 42 Real Red blog hop.

One of the class participants mentioned she should have made the card more masculine for her ice-cream loving son-in-law which prompted me to try out a variation. 

Sahara Sand features in the He's the Man specialty designer series paper in the annual catalogue. (P132)

The sentiments have come from Framed Florets on a Stitched Circle shape and on the inside a birthday greeting from Charming Sentiments. I use this one so often it seems to be permanently mounted on a block!

Let's head over to see a wonderful creation by 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.

CTC406– Case a Love/Valentine project

The 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 have been missing from CASE-ing the Catty since before Christmas and feel so happy to finally be back crafting again.

Favored Flowers DSP is on page 10/11 of the SAB catty with big, bold flowers on one side and slightly more muted patterns on the reverse. It's ideal for fussy-cutting the flowers as a focal point and laying them onto the muted patterns.

Designer series paper was substituted for the Crumb Cake layer and just like the sample, a little background stamping was added. There was an oval from the Framed Florets bundle ready on my craft desk which was a good base to ground the flowers.

The Crumb Cake card at the bottom left is the one I chose to CASE this week. Since I have lots of lovely SALE-A-Bration DSP on hand, I have been on a mission to use it in different ways. There is no point in hanging onto it, because the next lot of pretty papers will be upon us before too long. #loveitchopit.

The layout is very much the same as the catalogue sample but what a difference it makes by making a few changes.

The stamps for the background and the inside of the card are from a mini catalogue bundle, Queen Bee which received its first inking for this project.

Queen Bee Bundle $87.25

We love for you to share your projects using the challenges. 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 letting us know which card or project you've CASE-d.

The very talented Julia Quinn is next on this blog hop.

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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. Don't forget to add your SALE-A-Bration pick for every $90 you order. You'll need to add $2.75 to the Queen Bee bundle to earn the Favored Flowers DSP, do you need some dimensionals or Tombow multi-purpose liquid glue?

SAB finishes February 28th.

Tombow $7.00

 
Dimensionals $7.50

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