You Make Me Happy

I'm feeling rather happy today! The sun is out, even though it is winter in Melbourne, I'm on holiday and I'm off to see beautiful pictures by Monet at the National Gallery exhibition today with one of my sons, the arty one!

In honour of that, what could be better than this cute stamp by Stampin' Up!, You Are My Sunshine? I used the colour challenge at Sunday Stamps for inspiration and went with a sketch from Freshly Made Sketches but I was too tired last night to get the card finished. (I haven't been able to copy the inspiration picture to my blog, but if you click on the Sunday Stamps link, you will see it there)

The yellow I used for stamping is the NEW Crushed Curry but the DSP is from  Sunshine and Sprinkles (retired) and it is Daffodil Yellow. Like all things Stampin' Up! they go together beautifully. There's a hint of orange with a layer of Tangerine Tango card and one button (a Sale-a-bration line). The other two buttons are non-SU, as is the cutter that cut my curvy edge. Island Indigo is the lovely blue for the base card, and just by way of a change I'm showing you the inside of a card because its just so good to have another stamp set that complements this stamp!
Hello Lovely has 10 stamps including a large ampersand and three'words' stamps and "You Make Me Happy" being another line from that cheery song, just had to go on the inside!

I do hope your day is happy too!
Cheers
Rachel

  

CCMC244 Feeling Sentimental

This lovely set of stamps, Feeling Sentimental, will not be available in just a few hours. Such a shame, because it has been really popular as a masculine stamp, with the Phone Box/Dr Who thingy (sorry, my Dr Who expert is out tonight!), Ferris Wheel and Penny Farthing stamps.

I am entering my card for the challenge at Create with Connie and Mary, check out the other submissions too.

I will certainly continue using my stamps, and hopefully something similar might be included in the Annual catalogue, when it is released at the end of June.

 I can't remember where I read that it is possible to emboss stamping done with the new ink pads, it was on someone's blog I think, but I went back re-reading for a couple of weeks worth today, so I could credit the person who brought it to my attention, but no luck, unfortunately. I tried it today, and of course you use the clear embossing powder so the original colour shines through. I've tilted the card this way and that, to try to pick up the glistening effect with the camera, but cannot do that either.

Next I sponged the phone box with Marina Mist, before 'lighting it up' with Daffodil Yellow, and a little Crumb Cake on the ground. I did substitute the Not Quite Navy with Midnight Muse, they are quite close really, and Midnight Muse was my new, juicy stamp pad, and it needed to be new so I could heat emboss.

The background has been done on glossy card stock, using blues and a black, and is another sample for my April class "polished stone" technique. It was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest, by Rachel Tessman, Stamp your Art Out. I'm having trouble linking to her card, but this is Rachel's website. 

Finally, I stamped just the 'hello' part from the Oh, Hello stamp set, which is available in the 25th Anniversary mini catty till the end of June.

Hope you have a great weekend and take some time to do things you like, with those you love, that's my plan anyway!!!

Take care,

Rachel