Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Fairy Celebration

Hi!

Welcome to this week's Artful Stampers Blog Hop and welcome from Nicole’s blog.

I made this card for little girl in my son’s class. He attended her 6th birthday today and I thought she might like this card. :)

I used the technique for this week - the Faux Wax Seal - on the envelope. I stamped the little fairy image into the molten copper embossing powder and it left a cool effect! Shelli Gardner does a great little tutorial on this on her blog here. 

The seal looks nicer in real life. It kinda looks like a brown blob in my photo but actually it is very shiny and pretty. My advice is to keep the embossing powder nice and thick - you want that displaced look around the edges for an authentic wax seal look.  

I took the colouring cues for the fairy image from the colours featured in the Affectionately Yours DSP. They work beautifully I think. I also put some sparkly Wink of Stella on her wings, the flowers and the toadstool. :)

Here’s our theme for this week:

To follow the blog hop onto Kathryn, just click the arrows below.

    

Stamp - Fairy Celebration

Ink - Archival Black, Watermelon Wonder, Crumb Cake, Cucumber Crush, Mint Macaron, Night of Navy, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Blush Blossom Marker, Versamark 
Tools - Copper Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Silicon Mat

Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Affectionately Yours DSP, Very Vanilla, Watercolour Paper

Accessories - Classy Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, SNAIL, Stampin Dimensionals

Cheers

Are you one of my 16000+ Pinterest followers?

Have you 'Liked' me on Facebook?
Have you tagged me on Instagram?
Have you tweeted me on Twitter?

SaveSave

Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! No Bones About It in PINK!

Hi

Welcome to this week's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge.

Here are the essentials:

• I  found a scrap piece of a stamped dinosaur that didn’t quite make it onto a card a while ago. It is stamped in Melon Mambo and the bones are stamped in Tempting Turquoise. 
• I used the Bohemian DSP and washi tape. 
• some gold sequin trim finished off the sketch!

Here is our sketch for this week:

Card recipe

Stamp - No Bones About It

Ink - Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry

Cardstock - Whisper White cardstock, Bohemian DSP, Melon Mambo

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL, Big Shot, Oval Framelits, Paper Snips, Glue Pen, Stapler
Accessories - Gold Sequin Trim, Bohemian Washi Tape 

I hope you will join in and create a card with us.....and please feel free to leave me and the other CCMC participants some comments! :)

Cheers

Are you one of my 16,000+ Pinterest followers?

Have you 'Liked' me on Facebook?

Have you tagged me on Instagram?

Have you tweeted me on Twitter?

Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! No Bones About It

Hi!

The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is a fun image of shamrock biscuits in celebration of St Patrick's Day...

SO.........I'm certain that there were dinosaurs in Ireland..... :)
 

Here are the essentials:

• Monochromatic cards can look great with lots of white. Here the Cucumber Crush and Garden Green really pop!
• Word Bubbles are fun for kids cards....use your sentiments in creative ways and have your card really "speak" to the recipient. :) 

Here’s the inspiration image.....

Here is the sketch from CASE This Sketch:

I hope you like my card! :)

Card recipe

Stamps - No Bones About It 

Ink - Cucumber Crush, Garden Green 

Cardstock - Whisper White, Cucumber Crush, Garden Green 

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals, Big Shot, Word Bubble Framelits, Heat Tool, Versamark, White Emboss Powder 

The brand NEW Occasions catalogue and the Sale-A-Bration catalogues are out now. If you would like your own copy (Australian readers only), just send me an email. :)

Cheers

Visit my online store for Stampin' Up! supplies.

Are you one of my 16000+ Pinterest followers?

Have you 'Liked' me on Facebook?
Have you tagged me on Instagram?
Have you tweeted me on Twitter?

Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! No Bones About It

Hi!

Welcome to this week's Artful Stampers Blog Hop and welcome from Leah’s blog

I’ve used No Bones About It again...I can’t get enough of those little dinosaurs on my cards!

Here are the essentials:

• No Bones About It is a two-step stamping set. Stamp your background in a lighter colour (I used Sahara Sand) and stamp the second stamp in a darker colour (I used Chocolate Chip for the bones)
• Shake it like a polaroid with the Squares Framelit Dies. These give cool window frames for that on-trend polaroid look. 
• Layer some texture. I layered Naturals Chevron Ribbon and a strip of Cherry Cobbler for visual interest and colour. 
• Use up your embellishments! If you are anything like me, you are way too sparing with embellishments. Throw some candy dots on for fun! 
• Stuck for an idea??....visit one of the many challenge sites on the internet or visit here every Monday for a colour or sketch challenge idea. This week I’ve combined challenges (I often do!)...so I’ve used a sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and colours from our team colour challenge. :) I find that the colours and sketches will often guide me to a stamp set or design concept. 
• Heat Embossing. White greetings look great on a dark background....solution...white heat emboss your greeting onto your dark card stock.

1. Use an embossing buddy to remove static...just rub it over the card stock...a small layer of ‘dust’ will appear. This is normal and helps ‘dry’ your surface and removes the natural oils from your hands that stick to the card stock during crafting. Your powder will unfortunately stick to this residue if you don’t do this. 
2. Stamp your greeting or image with Versamark. Versamark is a sticky ink....it’s magic really as the embossing powder will stick to it thus producing your finished image. 
3. Gently pour your chosen colour of embossing power over your stamped Versamark image. I have a powder pal (now retired) to catch the excess powder but you can use a plastic container or even a piece of paper folded in half to catch the powder. This makes it easier to get all the powder back in the pot. 
4. Got stray specks of powder? Invest in a very fine paintbrush from a craft shop and gently tap those specks away. 
5. Grab your Heat Tool and slowly heat the surface of the emboss powder - some people heat from underneath the card stock but I heat directly on top of - not too close but close enough that you see the surface melt. It is magic!! 

Here’s an informative video from Stampin’ Up! to help you....

Here are our colours for this week:

Here’s the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

To follow the blog hop, just click the arrows below.

    

Stamp - No Bones About It

Ink - Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip

Cardstock - Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories - Neutrals Candy Dots, Naturals Chevron Ribbon

Tools - Big Shot, Squares Framelit Dies, Paper Trimmer, Paper Snips, 

Stampin’ Dimensionals, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, White Emboss Powder, Versamark

Cheers

Are you one of my 16000+ Pinterest followers?

Have you 'Liked' me on Facebook?
Have you tagged me on Instagram?
Have you tweeted me on Twitter?

Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! No Bones About It + Botanical Blooms

Hi!

Welcome to this week's Artful Stampers Blog Hop and welcome from Annette’s blog.

For my card this week, I’ve combined the Botanical Blooms suite with No Bones About It to create a Dinosaur card in some kind of prehistorical tropical garden....are you with me???! ;)

Here’s our sketch for this week: 

Here is my colour inspiration from the team at ColourQ...

To follow the blog hop, just click the arrows below.

    

Stamp - No Bones About It, Botanical Blooms

Ink - Old Olive, Wisteria Wonder, Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight

Cardstock - Whisper White, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Botanical Gardens DSP

Accessories - Metallic Sequins

Tools - Big Shot, Botanical Builder Framelit Dies, Stampin’ Trimmer, SNAIL, Glue Dots, 

Envelope Punch Board 

Cheers

Are you one of my 16000+ Pinterest followers?

Have you 'Liked' me on Facebook?
Have you tagged me on Instagram?
Have you tweeted me on Twitter?

Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Build A Birthday - Clean & Simple Card

Hi

Welcome to this week's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge.

I wanted to make a Clean & Simple card as I knew this colours would be bright enough to carry a design by themselves.

What is “Clean & Simple” you may ask?

Well, for me, it is a card that uses lots of white space, minimal layers and embellishments and a simple unfussy stamped design. It is my favourite style of card as I like how sometimes just colour and clever design can make a card dance!

I hope that is what I have achieved here. This card uses just ONE stamp set...in fact each stamp from this stamp set is showcased across the card and the envelope. :)

Here are the essentials:

• Build A Birthday is a photopolymer stamp set which is great because it makes placement of the cake layers SO easy! Use the Stampin’ Pierce Mat under your card stock to get a perfect impression with photopolymer stamps. 
• The candle and the cake topper bunting don’t have very long ‘stems’...but if I just stamped them as they were then the cake looked too cluttered at the top...I wanted the bunting to be higher. Solution....use a Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker to extend the stems down to the cake! Similarly use a Hello Honey Stampin’ Write Marker to extend the candle stick down to the top of the cake. 
• Rhinestones Jewels....if you seem to collect/hoard the long strips of the tiny rhinestones, then be a crafting boss and use up a WHOLE STRIP! It’s empowering believe me. This stamp is perfect for it and it brings the eye down to just below the sentiment. I balanced it with a tiny rhinestone in the centre of the candle. 
• Double mounting. What’s this? Add a second very narrow white mat behind your main stamped layer and it will make your card look SO professional and finished. The top layer should adhere to this narrow layer with dimensionals so it floats. Trust me on this!
• Stamp your envelopes! Make full use of your stamps and stamp your envelopes. It is also a beautiful little hint to the recipient that they are about to receive a hand-stamped card from a master crafter! ;)

Here are our colours for this week:

I took card inspiration this week from Seize the Birthday - Clean & Simple is the theme!

Card recipe

Stamp - Build A Birthday

Ink - Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Real Red

Cardstock - Whisper White

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL, Stampin’ Pierce Mat
Accessories - Rhinestone Jewels

I hope you will join in and create a card with us.....and please feel free to leave me and the other CCMC participants some comments! :)

Cheers

Are you one of my 16,000+ Pinterest followers?

Have you 'Liked' me on Facebook?
Have you tagged me on Instagram?
Have you tweeted me on Twitter?

Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Sprinkles of Life

Hi

Welcome to this week's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge.

My son is going to a birthday party this week and this card is for his little friend. :)

The DSP is from English Garden....it’s a fun stripey Melon Mambo print. The stamp set is Sprinkles of Life and I found a cute little stamped flower in Tempting Turquoise from the Petite Petals stamp set and I thought it would look adorable on the top of the cupcake.

Here is our sketch for this week:

I took my colour inspiration this week from The Paper Players:

Card recipe

Stamp - Sprinkles of Life, Petite Petals

Ink - Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Melon Mambo

Cardstock - Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, English Garden DSP, Whisper White, 
Tempting Turquoise DSP (retired) 

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL, Glue Dots, Tree Builder Punch, Petite Petals Punch
Accessories - White Accents, Wink of Stella Clear, Silver Metallic Thread 

I hope you will join in and create a card with us.....and please feel free to leave me and the other CCMC participants some comments! :)

Cheers

Are you one of my 16,000+ Pinterest followers?

Have you 'Liked' me on Facebook?
Have you tagged me on Instagram?
Have you tweeted me on Twitter?

Stampin’ Up! Australia - Artful Stampers Colour Challenge #62

Hi!

Welcome to this week's Artful Stampers Blog Hop and welcome from Alisa’s blog! Alisa chose these rocking colours this week! I love them.

GASP....no white on this card.....

Here are our colours for this week....

I decided to make a 1970’s inspired card using the sketch from CASE This Sketch... I’m sure I had wallpaper that resembled this card when I was a child. :)

To follow the blog hop, just click the arrows below.

    

Stamp - Flower Patch

Ink - Versamark, Crushed Curry Embossing Powder (retired) 

Cardstock - Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry

Tools - 1 1/4 inch circle punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Trimmer, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy

Accessories - Iced Rhinestone Embellishments

Cheers

Are you one of my 16000+ Pinterest followers?

Have you 'Liked' me on Facebook?
Have you tagged me on Instagram?
Have you tweeted me on Twitter?

Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! No Bones About It - Dinosaur Birthday card

Hi!

Welcome to this week's Artful Stampers Blog Hop and welcome from Amanda's blog!

I decided to return to my usual CAS (clean & simple) style this week.....the colours are bold enough to stand alone beautifully next to stark white and for a kids card sometimes simple bright design works best.

One stamp set. One sheet of card stock. 4 colours. Easy!

Here are our colours for this week....

I played along with CASE This Sketch last week and then I completely forgot to link up...so I'm having another go this week! I flipped the sentiment line with the image line...I like the balance of this sketch so much! Congratulations on 150 sketches CTS!! :)

To follow the blog hop, just click the arrows below.

    

Stamp - No Bones About it

Ink - Mossy Meadow, Pear Pizzazz, Tangelo Twist, Cajun Craze

Cardstock - Whisper White, Whisper White C5 envelope

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Dimensionals 

Cheers

Are you one of my 16000+ Pinterest followers?

Have you 'Liked' me on Facebook?
Have you tagged me on Instagram?
Have you tweeted me on Twitter?

Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Sprinkles of Life

Hi!

Welcome to this week's Artful Stampers Blog Hop and welcome from Amanda's blog.

I made this sparkly cupcake card for my son's classmate who is celebrating a birthday next week. :)

• The card base and the cupcake base are Lost Lagoon. 

• The DSP, sentiment panel and the icing are Blushing Bride.

• The horizontal card piece with the flower stamping is Pink Pirouette.

• I snuck in the Mint Macaron with the candle, leaves and the flower embellishment. 

Here are our colours for this week...

I used the sketch from Mojo Monday to help me out.

To follow the blog hop, just click the arrows below.

    

Stamp -Sprinkles of Life

Ink - Lost Lagoon, Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride, Pink Pirouette

Cardstock - Lost Lagoon, Whisper White, Blushing Bride DSP, Blushing Bride, Pink Pirouette

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Dimensionals, Tree Builder Punch, Stampin' Sponges, Bird Builder Punch 

Accessories - 2015 - 2017 In Color Blossom Accents, Dazzling Details, Silver Glimmer Paper

Cheers

Are you one of my 16000+ Pinterest followers?

Have you 'Liked' me on Facebook?
Have you tagged me on Instagram?
Have you tweeted me on Twitter?