Selective Masking

Today on Facebook I shared a selective masking technique. This involved using Picture This dies to cut a mask into a sheet of the new masking paper, which you'll find on page 149 of the annual catalogue.

Here is the video

This time I used the circles and stamped with the text stamp in Artfully Layered. This stamp set is about to retire at the end of June, along with the dies and patterned paper - Artfully Composed DSP. The paper is selling at a big saving of $14, the stamp set is $37.80 and the dies are down to $42.70. There are links at the end of the post to allow you to take a closer look in my shop.

The card with pennants is the one that started this, I was trying to make something different for a son whose birthday is next week. Since he's getting a couple of tickets to Hamilton, I tried to indicate theatre tickets on the die cut ticket. Since you don't receive actual tickets these days, it makes it a bit more difficult for gift giving.

 

Hey Sports Fan

 Some masculine cards were needed for my stash and in front of me was Hey Sports Fan designer series paper. At this stage I hadn't bought the stamps and dies because baseball is not such a popular sport in Australia. 

Hey Sports Fan DSP 12" x 12" $157882 $20.00

I've since ordered them because I like the ticket dies, and can see other ways to use them and the stamps have good greetings.

It seemed a good starting point to cut flags out, and some of the labels from the paper. Easy enough with a pair of snips too.Then I used hexagons from the Beautiful Shapes Dies (Page 50 J-J mini) to cut the patterns from DSP

Some hexagons were glued down, one was raised on dimensionals, as was a sentiment.

This card has a background textured with the 'Stripes' embossing folder from the duo Stripes & Splatters. They are the narrow ones so had to be used a couple of times for this background. Again, fussy-cut flags, 2 glued down and one raised. 

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If you'd like to make cards similar to this, and need more information, feel free to get in touch. If you live anywhere in Australia, you may order from my online store (and I'll do a happy dance)! I hold classes in my home - South Morang, Victoria and can do at Phillip Island Victoria as well.

 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.

Currently, through January, February & until March 16th, Stampin' Up! offer a bonus with your $90 order, a free item. This promotion is called SALE-A-Bration, and there are a number of different rewards including a couple of higher value ones for larger orders.

If you live in Australia, you can join my team,the FUNdamentals. 

One of the great things about Stampin' Up!® is the support they give to their demonstrators, creating a lovely 'family' feel. There is no pressure to hold parties, classes or demonstrate unless this is a path you want to go down. For January through to February 28, there is a special joining offer of two free stamp sets from either catalogue, in addition to the other $235 worth of product. YES, you can pick expensive stamp sets! Want to find out more? Phone or text, 0417 500 681 or email rpalmieri5@bigpond.com 

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Poppy Parade

The participants in Colour Creations are all Stampin' Up! demonstrators and members of Art With Heart. This is week 37 of Colour Creations Blog Hop, and as we use the colours alphabetically, we are up to Poppy Parade.

I love a stamp and punch bundle. They are so easy to use, and so often rather cute images, like Hello Ladybug and the Ladybug Builder Punch.

I was away at my Holiday house with my older ink pads, and obviously Poppy Parade needed re-inking. In the end, I decided that the inked wings looked distressed - just like the DSP from Hey Sports Fan.

The gridlines, firstly inspired by the sudoku my husband enjoys playing, were drawn with a Basic Black Stampin' Write marker. They look like a Tic Tac Toe grid, and look - there's three in a row! A win to the ladybugs!!!

 Now it's time to hop on over to wonderfully talented Andrea

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, CathyProctor, and she will have the list of all participants.

Let's Go Fly A Kite

Kite Delight is sure to be a winner, especially for kids cards. There are a number of different designs to choose and these shapes are so easy to cut out, no dies are needed.

On Wednesday night I shared a Pacific Point sample and tonight it's mainly Bumblebee and Poppy Parade. I was away at the time and had few supplies, so I relied on the Hey Sports Fan 12" X 12" DSP to decide the colour palette.

Cutting the sentiments up to create different ones can be a bit of fun, and I debated whether to go with "3" wishes or "BIG" wishes. The latter won!

 The Playful Alphabet dies are raised on adhesive sheets, the one that is like a large dimensional. Can't remember its proper name at the moment. Are you doing any crafting this weekend?

If you'd like to make cards similar to this, and need more information, feel free to get in touch. If you live anywhere in Australia, you may order from my online store (and I'll do a happy dance)! I hold classes in my home - South Morang, Victoria and can do at Phillip Island Victoria as well.

 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.

Currently, through January and February, Stampin' Up! offer a bonus with your $90 order, a free item. This promotion is called SALE-A-Bration, and there are a number of different rewards including a couple of higher value ones for larger orders.

If you live in Australia, you can join my team,the FUNdamentals. 

One of the great things about Stampin' Up!® is the support they give to their demonstrators, creating a lovely 'family' feel. There is no pressure to hold parties, classes or demonstrate unless this is a path you want to go down. For January through to February 28, there is a special joining offer of two free stamp sets from either catalogue, in addition to the other $235 worth of product. YES, you can pick expensive stamp sets! Want to find out more?