Another 60th Birthday!

So many of my friends turn 60 this year. I needed another card for one of those special birthdays, and used the linen adhesive paper for a touch of luxury.

There may also be some gold leaf for that same touch of extravagance.That is easier to use than you'd think, it just needs something to adhere it, and in this case, I've used Tombow liquid glue, allowed it to get tacky, and then placed the gold leaf on it. 

Hello Beautiful was the stamp set, and the matching Beautiful Shapes dies include these hexagons. Another stamp set co-ordinates perfectly with these dies too, Framed Occasions. Great! - double the value!!!

 

Hello Beautiful

I can't stop using "In The Moment" stamp set, and I've used paper piecing again.

You stamp the image onto the background, and then also stamp onto the paper you are wanting to cut and use. Leave the outline for definition, but if you mess up, it's forgiving because of the stamped image underneath.

It seemed a good idea to use up some of those pretty strips of DSP that are leftover after a crafting session, including a piece that matches her sweet summer dress.

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Colour Creations Week 6 Balmy Blue

The participants in Colour Creations are all Stampin' Up! demonstrators and members of Art With Heart from all over Australia. We love to Blog Hop sharing all the Stampin' Up! Colours. This is week six of Colour Creations Blog Hop, and the colour featured this week is Balmy Blue. From now on, we will working our way alphabetically through the colours with Basic Gray next week's colour.

Balmy Blue is one of my favourite colours (because its blue) and I had a little play around with stamping off, and adding layers of colour using shapes from Hello Beautiful on the background.

There is a lot of variety in that particular stamp set, making it equally suitable for men, women or kids. This one has been designated for the girls, with the addition of an image from In The Moment.

A little of the Balmy Blue has been added with a blending brush, to create an almost-monotone creation this week.

Next you'll head to the lovely and talented Sharon Davern
 

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Quick & Easy 60th Birthday Card

Recently I arrived back from holidaying with one girlfriend, in time to attend the 60th birthday party of another, the next day at lunch time. The gift was chosen but no card was made - oh dear!

The creating was made easier by using  Abstract Beauty cards & envelopes. Half the job is already done when you use a product like that. The paper is from the Abstract Beauty 4" x 6" specialty designer series paper, and I hadn't realised what a close match it was for the drink bottle and lunch bag until it was made.

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Colour Creations Week 4 Sweet Sorbet

The participants in Colour Creations are all Stampin' Up! demonstrators and members of Art With Heart. We love to Blog Hop sharing all the Stampin' Up! Colours. This is week four of this round of Colour Creations Blog Hop, and the In Color featured this week is Sweet Sorbet.

As I was ironing the other day, I was inspired to try to recreate my t-shirt as a One-Sheet-Wonder. It had occurred to me that Painted Poppies stamp set was quite close the the featured flower, and Hello Beautiful stamp set has squiggles and blobs which would be useful.

I didn't cover the whole sheet of card, thinking some white spaces might be useful, but I'm not sure if they really were. I was able to make six cards from that stamped sheet though, and that made me happy.

This card with three segments is a fun one to make with designer series paper that co-ordinates or like this with contrasting colours and texture. Sweet Sorbet was embossed with Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder and Old Olive with the multi-lingual 'Thanks' embossing folder. It comes paired with another with 'Hello' in many languages.

You take 3 card-front-sized pieces of card, and slice all three at the same time so that the pieces are inter-changeable. No special measurements are needed, so long as you have 3 that match each other.

For the other 3 cards, there is a regular card front, mounted on a black matt, another with the card front sliced into 4 pieces and lastly, a slimline card with Postage Card Punch pieces lined up along the centre.

Next talented team member is Andrea

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Colour Creations - So Saffron

The participants in Colour Creations are all Stampin' Up! demonstrators and members of Art With Heart. This is week 44 of Colour Creations Blog Hop, and we are up to So Saffron.

So Saffron is not quite a pastel, and not such a favourite of mine so I have paired it with Polished Pink to liven things up! I also stamped the image onto DSP and cut out the dress, for some added interest. It helps tie the colours together as well.

In The Moment is the lovely stamp with three women in different poses. I like this style of stamp and will sadly say goodbye to A Good Man and Beautiful Moments, which are similar, at the end of the month.

Hello Beautiful was still on my craft desk from last weeks masculine card in Smokey Slate, but this time I've used small flowers and leaves, and the three little crosses.

The next talented team member (and actually first on the list, since I am last) is the lovely Kate Morgan

 If at any time you find a broken link, please head to the blog of this week’s host of the AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop, Cathy Proctor, and she will have the list of all participants.

Colour Creations - Smokey Slate

The participants in Colour Creations are all Stampin' Up! demonstrators and members of Art With Heart. This is week 43 of Colour Creations Blog Hop, and we are up to Smokey Slate.

Hello Beautiful is probably not the name of a stamp set you'd think to use for a masculine card, but it has some wonderful solid shapes included, along with interesting 'little' images - like the scribble, dots etc. I stamped the shape with1st, 2nd & 3rd generation in Smokey Slate, overlapping in places.

The scribbles and dots were added in black Memento ink and then I pulled out Home & Garden to stamp the ladder and diecut before colouring with Smokey Slate Blends. 'Birthday Wishes' is from Home & Garden also, and after lining up the stamp on the card front, that sentiment was added using the step-stamping method, with the Stamparatus. You move the plate down one hinge mark and stamp, then move one more until you have a lovely line of greetings.

The same step-stamping was used for 'to the man who can do anything', this time stamped in Old Olive. The grass was die cut from the same shade of green and a few of the rock embellishments were placed on the 'ground'.

A little more stamping on the inside in Smokey Slate finishes this card nicely. Home & Garden has not made it into the Annual catalogue so if you need this stamp & die bundle, don't wait too long to place your order. I think it might be another popular one.

Next Art With Heart Team member to share is the talented Christine Blain. I wonder if her card is for a man, woman or child?

 If at any time you find a broken link, please head to the blog of this week’s host of the AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop, Cathy Proctor, and she will have the list of all participants.