Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Best of Flowers Watercolour - Color Coach Card #27

Elegant Eggplant Card #2

Hi

This card was inspired by a technique tutorial and card that the incredibly talented Iwona Palamountain (aka Chupa) shared at StampNation.

For my card, my colour palette was taken from my Color Coach for my Color Coach Card Challenge. The colours are Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke and Sahara Sand.

The tag is actually a Labels Collection Framelit with the sides cropped and a hole made using the Chalk Talk Framelit aperture piece. The flower stamp from Best of Flowers was stamped in Versamark onto Naturals White and embossed in white. The ink was then applied and splattered with an aqua painter. 

My 'love' sentiment was cut using the Expressions Thinlit Die from Elegant Eggplant card stock. 

I really like the way this turned out. Chupa said that the technique is a lot of fun and produces some interesting and pleasing effects from the splattering and she is absolutely right! :)

If you like this card, then you can buy all the supplies to make it from my online store. Please support my business and have a browse. :)

Cheers

Alison xx

Materials used:

Stamp - Best of Flowers

Ink - Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke, Sahara Sand

Cardstock - Naturals White, Elegant Eggplant

Accessories - Organza White Ribbon, Bakers Twine White

Tools - Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits, Chalk Talk Framelits, Stampin' Trimmer, Two Way Glue Pen, Aquapainter 

Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Joy to the World Christmas card

Hi

I made this card for the CAS(E) this Sketch card challenge, but then I forgot to blog it due to Christmas/New Year activities etc... I was also inspired by this card by Catherine Pooler. 

I made five of these cards as I had five of the foil embellishments in my stash. I have a rule to continue to make Christmas cards through out the year so that I have at least 70 when I get to November.  

Clean & simple and oh so quick to make! 

Cheers

Alison xx

Materials used:

Stamp - Joy to the World

Ink - Real Red

Cardstock - Whisper White

Accessories - foil embellishment (non-SU), rhinestones (non-SU)

Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Chalk Talk - Color Coach Card #26

Elegant Eggplant Card #1

Hi!

Firstly - Happy New Year!! Hope 2014 is a great one for you and your family! :)

Secondly, I've been a bit neglectful of my Color Coach Challenge.... I feel like I haven't got very far with it...so I had better press on and make some cool cards based on its suggestions. 

Here's a card using Elegant Eggplant, Basic Gray and Island Indigo.....using the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #326. This card took aaaaages to come together....I just couldn't make the layers work and so it is slightly different to the original sketch but you get the idea..... The 'stars' panel at the bottom was found in my Basic Grey stash....I always keep little strips like these as you never know when they will come in handy on a card. :)

Hope you like it! It is a little bit different for me....a few layers and bits & pieces. :)

Remember you can buy everything you need to make this card at my online store! Start the year off right and place an order with me! :)

Cheers

Alison xx

Materials used:

Stamp - Chalk Talk

Ink - Elegant Eggplant

Cardstock - Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Island Indigo, Basic Gray, I Am Me DSP

Accessories - Regals Candy Dot (Island Indigo), Neutrals Candy Dots (Whisper White), 1/8" silver ribbon

Tools - Big Shot, Chalk Talk Framelits, Merry Minis Punch Pack (star punch), Stampin' Trimmer, Glue Dots, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, SNAIL

Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Petal Parade Sale-a-bration 2014

Hi 

Here's a bit of an unconventional Valentine's Day card....but appropriate if you give cards to your Mum or your daughter for the occasion. 

I was inspired by the image at Case Study this week plus the sketch from Pals Paper Arts has been on my mind ever since I saw it! 

I have used a BRAND NEW stamp set that will be available during Sale-a-bration from 28 January to  31 March. The stamp set is Petal Parade and you can get it for FREE with any order of $90.

If you would like me to send you a free Sale-a-bration catalogue, just email me and I will pop one in the mail. It's a great time of year to score new and free Stampin' Up! product!. 

Notes/confessions on this card...

I initially wanted to make this card more 'folk art' like the image, but my CAS style just wouldn't go there.....I used the little flower flourish from 'Best of Shelli' to give it some folk edge and the scallop of the heart framelit also echoes the doilies in the background. My card was also only meant to be a white panel on a white base with my masked feature, but my masked vertical feature was slightly crooked so, to 'fool' the eye, I cropped it down a bit and mounted it onto a Real Red panel as a slanted piece....it's all the rage right now so why not!!? :)

Cheers

Alison xx

Stamps - Petal Parade (SAB 2014), Best of Shelli

Ink - Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Midnight Muse, Gumball Green

Cardstock - Whisper White, Real Red

Accessories - none

Tools - Big Shot, Expressions Thinlits (love sentiment), Hearts a Flutter Framelits, post-it notes (for my mask), SNAIL, Two Way glue pen

Stampin' Up! Australia - Papillon Potpourri - Butterfly Card

Hi

A friend at work asked me to make them a card based on this one by Claudia from Ink Paper Love. Claudia's card is really cool....it had different coloured butterflies flying out of a jar and she had created some cool swirly stitching on her card too. My friend at work wanted blue tones to the card so I set about trying to recreate the look and feel of Claudia's original (without having to use any sewing since I'm terrible at that!! :) ). 

Claudia was kind enough to give her blessing for me to publish this CASE'd card to share with you. :)

I used the Hearts a Flutter framelits to make my "jar" out of acetate (window sheet). I used a corner rounder punch to round the corners of the shape and snipped off the end part to make the top of the jar. 

I then just used a Basic Black Marker to draw on my jar. 

The colours of the butterflies are Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Midnight Muse and Baja Breeze. 

My work colleague loved the card! YAY!

Cheers

Alison xx

Materials used:

Stamps - Papillon Potpourri, Curly Cute

Ink - Midnight Muse, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Basic Black Marker (for jar)

Cardstock - Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze, Midnight Muse, Marina Mist, 

Accessories - Pearls, Window Sheet (for jar)

Tools - Big Shot, Butterfly Embosslits, Bitty Butterfly punch, Hearts A Flutter Framelits, Corner Rounder Punch, Glue Dots, Paper Piercer, Piercing Mat