Sketch #12 with the Great American Stamping Show

To help inspire my crafting I'm following along with the Great American Stampin' Show as they use the sketches from the catalogue as inspiration. This week it is sketch #12 and as usual, you do not have to follow strictly to the same formula. Use the sketch to inspire, and don't forget to send the cards you create.

These cards were used for my October class, totally inspired by this sketch and some of the beautiful DSP Stampin' Up! has available for us to order.

I had circle punches in 1¾" and 1½" so I substituted that size, and a 2½" die from Spotlight on Nature.

To give options, I made another version using Rustic Crate.

This one had a Pretty Peacock base and Crumb Cake panel. 

The other paper I chose was Perennial Lavender DSP and a lovely stamp set Rustic Crate. Putting the first crate together was challenging but after that they are so easy!

The front of the crate even gets the woodgrain embossed as it is being cut out.

These sketches are so handy, have you used any of them to spark your creativity?

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Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 20 - Crumb Cake

 

Contributors to this blog hop are all members of Claire Daly's Art With Heart group. Every Wednesday night at 8p.m AEST we feature a fabulous Stampin' Up! colour, in alphabetical order.

This week our featured colour is Crumb cake, a wonderful neutral that goes with anything. It will be interesting to see how everyone has used it this week. I decided to make some Christmas cards, it's never too early.

A Real Red base was paired with the Crumb Cake panel and a die cut crate from Rustic Crate. This stamp set does not include a Christmas greeting despite having poinsettias to place in the crate, so I pulled a sentiment from Merriest Trees.

These are both older stamp sets which are still current, all the more reason to give them another inking. The designer series patterned paper is a new one though - Take a Bow DSP.

The design was inspired by a sketch on page 22 of the Stampin' Up! annual catalogue, and I made two versions. One has the crate under the poinsetties, the other is without.

Without the crate allowed more space for the sentiment, so it gives a 'cleaner' look, but they are basically the same.

Do you prefer one over the other?

Our next talented Art With Heart team member is Ros Davidson.

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.

Happy crafting,

A Little Latte Love

Tomorrow (5th March) there will be HUGE additions to the Stampin' Up! Online Exclusives.

If you only wanted to invest in some designer series paper, here is a sample of what you can do with A Little Latte DSP and card, an embossing folder from your stash and a sentiment stamp. This greeting from Rustic Crate seemed appropriate to me, what do you think?

A Little Latte DSP 163453 $21.75

It was quite easy to fussy-cut around the coffee cup image although the dies do have an outline image for this included.

Strictly speaking, I have cheated a little by stamping some splatters from the Latte Love stamp set, I had momentarily forgotten that I added the stamping. However, a number of retired stamp sets have a splatter stamp if you weren't planning to buy the stamp set.

You may already have a number of these supplies in your stash, such as the Stripes & Splatters TIEF, Pool Party and Petal Pink A4 card or you can head online and add some new bits to your shopping basket! Happy crafting!

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All products used to make these cards are Stampin' Up! and are available in my online store or contact me to find out more details.

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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.