Showing posts with label Work Of Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Work Of Art. Show all posts

Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Just Breathe Every Season CI#10


Colour INKspiration is a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from the South Pacific, all through Australia and New Zealand. We love to get together for these colour challenges, to inspire each other, and you, to create. We love it when you join in with our challenges to share your work and all you need is a Facebook presence. You can link in here on Facebook.

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The colour palette at Colour INKspiration this fortnight, reminds me of Autumn. While the northern hemisphere is happily heading into Spring, those of us down south are bracing for the strong winds and cooler days. The leaves in the inspiration  picture suggested the same idea.


Colorful Seasons arrived this week in my pre-order, but as I unpacked it, I made the discovery that I had entered the wrong code and hadn't bought the Framelits bundle at 10% discount at the same time. I hope you won't make the same mistake, as it is more expensive to send for the framelits separately. I do like this stamped leaf and I'm not sure if I've spoilt the effect stamping with Work of Art in the Delightful Dijon. Timeless Textures speckles in Cajun Craze don't concern me as much.


The inside has been given a similar treatment. Take a look at my next card, and you can tell me if Grunge or Clean is your preference.


The cleaner version has been stamped onto Very Vanilla in Cajun Craze and watercoloured with ink from the lids, with an Aqua Painter. Such a fun way to colour things.


The card has been tilted for a small difference and the gorgeous Copper Trim (#144179) has been added in a bow. I have only about 50cm left and it is already on backorder in Australia - we are still in the pre-order phase when it's only demonstrators ordering. Do you think it will be on your Wish List?


The new Glitter Enamel Dots (#144200) are visible in this picture, they're also very pretty. I know some ladies who are needing this card at the moment. Life gets crazy for everyone at some time doesn't it?
Let's head off to check out what Tanya Bell made.



Happy Crafting. Rachel

Saturday, 27 August 2016

Birthday Bears and Trucks

Originally, this was the card I was making for CASE-ing The Catty (Artistic Expressions Blog Hop) but as I am away from home and my computer, also the internet most likely, it wasn't possible to link in for this week. I don't actually own Country Livin' but one of my lovely team brought it to a stamp day and I stamped out a few images. 

I've enjoyed colouring these trucks in, and I have to confess that I mainly used the retired Blendabilities on Shimmery White card. I had no issues with any of mine, so I hung onto them. I always enjoyed the smooth way they blended and can't get that effect yet with the other popular alcohol-based marker. I still hope we will hear that the problems of drying out etc have been sorted, and Blendabilities return or another substitute is found. I based my card on this one on page 131 of the Annual catalogue. Instead of coloured DSP, I cut a layer of the kraft corrugated card, also retired and stapled a loop of Burlap Ribbon in the top right corner. 
There has been some clear Wink of Stella added in
strategic places too, and the 'happy birthday' 
sentiment comes from Guy Greetings. This card was for my son's birthday, nearly a month ago and I also helped his two-year-old son make his Daddy a card too, while I cared for him one day. This is the youngest child I've ever stamped with, and I had decided that two splatter stamps from Work Of Art and a small one from Gorgeous Grunge were most suitable for some background colour. Oliver stamped the splatters, and adhered the two bears which had dimensionals attached already. I only had to stamp the words, and the two bears, plus die cut them. Guy Greetings provided all the words, Bear Hugs is the set with these gorgeous bears. I think he did a great job with this card, but he still prefers playdough over stamping for his crafting activity!

Don't forget, if you're making an order through my online shop, it will ask for the HOSTESS Code before you check out. August 21st - Spetember 20th it is P2KYFUU9

Cheers, Rachel














Sunday, 26 July 2015

Better Get Better CTD#352 FMS #196

I have a friend who has been feeling poorly for several weeks. I had actually thought that she had recovered until I rang her last Sunday, and she told me she was still under the weather. It's not good to feel off-colour for so long, so a cheer-up card is required I think.

The lime green, soft gray, darker gray and aqua colour scheme at Color Throwdown is very pleasing to my eye, and I've pulled Summer Silhouette from the shelf. The sentiment, 'better get better' is from A Dozen Thoughts. Work of Art was on my table too, so a swish of colour was popped over the sentiment. A few sequins have been pulled from a roll of Bermuda Bay and scattered around. I had another sketch in mind, but when I saw Freshly Made Sketches , I've run with that one.

Lastly, it seemed like a good idea to decorate the envelope so that Sharon knows she's getting 'happy mail' - the best mail ever!

Hope you're feeling well,
cheers
Rachel




Saturday, 23 May 2015

Thank You Cards For April Orders

This month I decided to make little thank you cards for my customers using some old stamps and some new, which will be available from June 2nd. Just for a change, I cut my card to 3 inches square and used the tiny square envelopes (item #107309) which come in a pack of 40 for $12.95. These are too small for posting through Australia Post, they'd most likely get lost along the way, and because they won't be going into the post, I've stamped on the outside too.

Since we're all getting into re-cycling and up-cycling, I wanted to show my customers how to up-cycle this card by cutting off the message I've written to them, and using the front of the card. Add a couple of squares of coloured card, cut just a smidge larger!!!

My thinking is in imperial measurements, and most of my ladies would think metric, so a smidge is the technical term for just a mark or two larger than the original. My choice is ¼th  inch or 1/8th inch and metric users probably have their own favourites.

These pieces of Watermelon Wonder and Delightful Dijon could have been stacked neatly, and that was my original intention, but as they accidentally became skewed, I really liked that effect too, so that is what I chose.

The old favourite stamp on this stamp is Work Of Art for coloured splashes of colour and 'Thank you'. The new stamp is You've Got This for the flower and the texture on the Tip Top Taupe base. These new In Colors for 2015-2017 are gorgeous and slot into the existing colour palette so comfortably - it's the best-fit ever, in my opinion.

You can request a new annual Stampin' Up!® catalogue now, in time to begin ordering 2nd June 2015. Call or email to arrange a time to pick one up, or have one dropped off. Postage within Australia can be arranged for $7.50 direct debit to my bank account, again, just email rpalmieri5@bigpond.com with a catalogue request, and I will contact you for an address and for payment details.
 Hostess Code this month is B6VWKZMJ
Cheers,
Rachel
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Friday, 22 May 2015

You're My Anchor CTC#31

This CASE-ing The Catty blog hop this week is all about masculine cards. We always hear how difficult it is to make these cards, so it is handy to use the catalogue for inspiration. On page 40 of the Occasions Catalogue, I found a card using the anchor from Guy Greetings and I have used that as a starting point for my cards this week.






I used the ship from Traveler and the splashes stamps from Work Of Art for colour beneath in one (Mint Macaron, Lost Lagoon) and above in the other (Watermelon Wonder, Crushed Curry). The 'Happy Birthday' is in the Guy Greetings set, but I had a script birthday leftover from another project which I decided to also include for a bit of variety. Traveler has some great images for cards for the men in your life, a world globe. antique camera, steam train while Guy Greetings has some spanners and the cute sentiment 'righty-tighty, lefty-loosey' which I am looking forward to using for my plumber son soon.

 Next I decided to step the basic card up a notch or two, for my hubby. Guy Greetings has "You're My Anchor" along with the anchor stamp, so paired up with the ship it makes a great theme. After punching a hole in the anchor, I threaded some chunky Natural and Old Olive Two-Tone Trim through and added some banners at the top. That's some of the new Bohemian DSP, my favourite from the new catalogue, and I came home from Convention with a packet too. There are a lot more sentiments in the Guy Greetings set, Happy Father's Day, Congratulations and Grandpa, Uncle, Brother, Dad etc, so you'll be set for most events with this one.

The other good news is that although the occasions Catalogue finishes  in just over a week (on June 2nd) Guy Greetings has made it into the Annual Catalogue, and Traveler is there for another year too. Plenty of good stamps won't continue after June 2nd, do you need to have a chat to me to find out what is retiring? Do you need a copy of the new catalogue?

Next blog on the hop is Elizabeth Gross at Lilly Loves Paper. I wonder what gorgeous inspiration Liz has for us this week?

Cheers,
Rachel.



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Friday, 28 November 2014

Fabulous, Celebrate! PP223

I had no intention to use Leanne's sketch again so soon, but I will be filing it away for the future, for sure.
It seemed only fair to make a feminine version too, and my mind is already thinking about another one - for a young boy. That is definitely an indication of a great sketch! You can check other interpretations at The Paper Players.

Melon Mambo and Perfect Plum were the colours this time around, and Gorgeous Grunge had another use along with Work of Art and Starburst Sayings.


Love this Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder and it hasn't been used for a while. I tied a little bundle of ribbons (all retired, but current colours) and topped it off with a medium Vintage Faceted button.

Now, I really must go get some chores done!
Rachel






















Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Garden Glory CTS#100

Congratulations to CAS(E) This Sketch on 100 sketches! That's an amazing number of sketches, and I hope it proves they're here to stay.

Corner Garden provided a way to recreate this week's sketch, quite easily, while Blendabilities gave a shot of colour to the blossoms. It was quite easy really, to ink up just the corner section, centre the corner, and stamp down. After I'd coloured it and added in a pale blue background, I realised it reminded me of loose, summery blouses and sundresses. We are heading into summer, so I'm looking forward to wearing cool, cotton garments again soon.

 I wanted a sentiment that would be about the same length as the stamped image, and Four You has Birthday Wishes, which suited. I finished it off by stamping a streak of Pool Party using a stamp from Work Of Art and mounted it onto a Pool Party base.
Cheers,
Rachel