Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Cucumber Crush Birthday Card

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

Yes, this card is VERY GREEN!!!!!!

You may need to wear protective eyewear....

Here are the essentials...

• The striped Cucumber Crush paper in the background is from the In Color Envelope Paper pack....it isn’t just great for envelopes but the patterned papers make great background pieces. 
• The birthday cake image is from Amazing Birthday - punched with the 1 1/4 inch circle punch and adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals to a Whisper White layer punched with the Label Bracket Punch
• The greeting is from the Tin of Cards stamp set. Heat embossed onto Cucumber Crush card stock. 
• The cute accents are the White Perfect Accents - glossy and great to add fun to a birthday card!

Here’s our theme this week:

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Stamp - Tin of Cards

Ink - Cucumber Crush, Versamark 

Cardstock - Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Cucumber Crush, Cucumber Crush striped page from the In Color Envelope Paper Pack

Accessories - White Perfect Accents

Tools - Stampin’ Trimmer, SNAIL, STampin’ Dimensionals, Label Bracket Punch, 1 1/4 inch circle punch

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

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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! :)

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! In Colors

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Welcome to this week's CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop! Welcome from Rebecca's blog!

This week the Blog Hop challenge is all about CASE-ing a project inspired by the In Colors on page 137 of the 2015-2016 Stampin' Up! Catalogue. 

CASE stands for Copy and Share Everything.  This whole blog hop is about using the current Stampin' Up! Catalogues to help you create.  Sometimes crafters need a springboard to just get started and the catalogues are certainly a demonstrator or customer's best resource.

My card uses 4 out of the 5 current In Colors and I threw in Tip Top Taupe for the envelope to complete the colour family. The stamp is "I Think You're Great" which showcases the 'kissing' technique where you ink up your stamp and then put another stamp against the inked rubber to lift off the ink thus giving a patterned effect. :) 

 

Here's the colour breakdown...

Mint Macaron - card base

Delightful Dijon - washi tape

Cucumber Crush - sentiment panel

Watermelon Wonder - punched heart

Tip Top Taupe - envelope 

Here's my inspiration....

Click below to go to Jackie's blog....

I hope you like my card. If you have been inspired by it and would like to support my creative business, all the supplies may be found by clicking through the links below which will take you to my store.

The 2015-2016 Annual Catalogue  is out NOW so if you would like to know how to get your free copy, just send me an email. :)

Alternatively, you may download the catalogue here!

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I Think You're Great Clear-Mount Stamp Set $31.00	Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock $12.25	2015-2017 In Color Envelope Paper $10.50
Whisper White A4 Card Stock $15.00	Bohemian Designer Washi Tape $8.75	Metallics Sequin Assortment $8.75	Silver Metallic Thread $5.25
Envelope Punch Board $32.00	Paper Snips Scissors $17.00	Fuse Fast Adhesive $17.00	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.00
Stampin' Trimmer ...

Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Embellished Ornaments

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

I am giving a sneak peek today of some brand new Christmas product from the upcoming Holiday catalogue....squee!

I took some artistic licence with the sketch as my holly is peeping down where the banners are on the sketch. I just love Mossy Meadow against a stark white background....look at the envelope!! :)

 Here is our sketch for this week...

Card recipe

Stamp - Embellished Ornaments

Ink - Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow

Cardstock - Whisper White Thick cardstock, Whisper White CS, Mossy Meadow CS

Accessories - Silver Foil

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Big Shot, Delicate Ornament Thinlits Die, Stampin' Dimensionals, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

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! :)

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Expressions Natural Elements

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I was messing around with some scraps from my stash and saw this discarded piece of emboss resist paper that I had been practising on when I made this card.

I saw the challenge over at Retro Rubber Challenge which is to use twine on your card so I threw some bakers twine on it and added some more scrap pieces to make this lovely wedding card.

I stamped one of the medallions from Daydream Medallions and white embossed the image then I sponged some Coastal Cabana ink over the top. :) The only new thing on this card is that fun wooden sentiment from the Expressions Natural Elements kit.

To play along with Retro Rubber, the stamps have to be at least one year old so I had to look up Daydream Medallions as I thought it was a year old, but it came out in 2012!! Time flies! 

I Love Lace came out in June 2014 but has since retired. 

I hope you like my card. If you have been inspired by it and would like to support my creative business, all the supplies may be found by clicking through the links below which will take you to my store.

The 2015-2016 Annual Catalogue  is out NOW so if you would like to know how to get your free copy, just send me an email. :)

Alternatively, you may download the catalogue here!

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Product List

Expressions Natural Elements ...	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $15.00	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments $8.75	Floral Frames Framelits Die $45.00
Big Shot $169.00	Glue Dots $9.00	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.00	White Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75
Versamark Pad $13.00	Embossing Buddy $10.00	Heat Tool ...	Stamping Sponges $6.00
Daydream Medallions Clear Stamp Set $50.95	I Love Lace Clear-Mount Stamp Set $24.95	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad $9.95	Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad $9.95
Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Stampin' Pad $9.95	In Color Boutique Details $15.95	Pretties Kit ...