Stampin’ Up! Australia - Watercolour Wishes Birthday Card

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

Here are the essentials:

• I used a fun cursive sentiment stamp from the Watercolour Wishes card kit. 
• Use up your scraps! This great sketch from CASE This Sketch really lends itself to a good rummage through the scraps folder. :)
• Layer the pink. I layered a Flirty Flamingo layer onto the Blushing Bride card base since these two colours were part of the same spectrum. 

Here are our colours for this week:

Here’s the sketch from CASE This Sketch:

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Stamp - Watercolour Wishes

Ink - Flirty Flamingo

Cardstock - Flirty Flamingo, Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Old Olive DSP (retired), Blushing Bride DSP (retired), Marina Mist, Tip Top Taupe

Tools - Stampin’ Trimmer, Glue Dots, Glue Pen

Accessories - Wooden Butterfly from Watercolour Wishes card kit, white sequins

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Number of Years

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is all about citrus colour!!

I was trying to channel some sort of graphic card that featured fun colourful circles but it wasn’t working so I looked to the ‘Number of Years’ stamp and decided to be guided by the bright colours for inspiration.

I thought it would be fun to make a teenage girl card.....keep it fresh and simple.

Here’s the inspiration image:

Here’s the sketch inspiration from CASE(E) This Sketch:

I hope you like my card! :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Pineapple Birthday Card

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I’m loving this new Pineapple background stamp from the new 2016-2017 Annual Catalogue. I went crazy with some rainbow brush strokes (from Work of Art) in the background - a mix of 4 new In Colors and 3 from last year.

I used the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch and flipped it. :)

I hope you like my card! :)

I have closed my online store but I am still an active demonstrator so if you would like to place an order feel free to email me. :

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Card recipe:

Stamps - Pineapple, Work of Art

Ink - Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum, Dapper Denim, Cucumber Crush, Delightful Dijon, Peekaboo Peach, Watermelon Wonder, Archival Black, Versamark

Cardstock - Whisper White, Basic Black, Whisper White Thick yardstick

Tools - White Emboss Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool

Accessories - White Accents, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up Beautiful Ride

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

Here are the essentials:

• I watercoloured the bug image on watercolour paper...Marina Mist for the windows, Perfect Plum for the running board, Rose Red for the main body and Smoky Slate for the wheels, tyres, door handle and side mirror. I also went over the wheel spokes, mirror and handle with a Smoky Slate marker for definition. 
• Using up scraps! I found some retired Smoky Slate DSP, a starburst-shaped Perfect Plum die cut, some Rose Red seam binding and a piece of Naturals Chevron ribbon so I set about  making these work with the bug. 
• Anatomy of bling! So....the bling here consists of the Botanical Garden flower jewel in the top left corner, rhinestone jewels in the middle of the wheels, and 3 sets of twin rhinestones dotted around the card. 
• Teeny tiny details....the “Beautiful Ride” stamp set has the most adorable miniature flower so I put that in the corner of the back door hinge and echoed it on the sentiment banner. CUTE! 
• The layout was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches this week. 
• As I am looking at this photo, I’m thinking that some Wink of Stella would look fabulous on the car so I’m off to add that now! :)

Here are our colours for this week:

Here’s the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches (I took some artistic licence with the sentiment placement - I couldn’t make it work up there!)

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Stamp - Beautiful Ride

Ink - Smoky Slate, Rose Red, Perfect Plum, Marina Mist, Smoky Slate marker, Archival Black ink

Cardstock - Naturals White, Watercolour, Smoky Slate, Smoky Slate DSP (retired)

Tools - Big Shot, Starburst Framelit Dies, Paper Snips, Aquapainter, Stapler, Glue Dots, Snail, Dimensionals

Accessories - Botanical Gardens Jewels, Naturals Chevron Ribbon, Rose Red Seam Binding (retired), Rhinestone Jewels

Late addition - WINK OF STELLA CLEAR! :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Botanicals For You

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

Here are the essentials:

• I looked to the Botanical Gardens DSP paper pack for inspiration since all three colours are in that suite. I saw that the Hello Honey & Cajun Craze papers were quite gender neutral so this set the tone for my card.
• Snip! Snip! Cut up your sentiments to fit your card....I stamped the sentiment but realised that it wasn't going to fit across my card when I needed it, so I cut it up and it worked perfectly! :)
• Use up your candy dots! Rule of 3....pick a corner. Always looks good. :)    

Here are our colours for this week:

Here is the sketch from The Paper Players:

Card recipe

Stamp - Botanicals for You

Ink - Archival Black ink

Cardstock - Whisper White cardstock, Botanical Gardens DSP, Basic Black cardstock

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL, 1 3/4 circle punch, Multipurpose liquid glue, paper snips
Accessories - Satin Ribbon Basic Black, Candy Dots - Neutrals

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! Butterfly Framelit Die

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

Here are the essentials:

• No white cardstock!! A complete departure of style for me, but only in the colour department...I've still kept the design simple and let the colours speak for themselves.
• Kraft + wood. Wooden elements work beautifully with Kraft cardstock - try it!
• Keep the die cut intact. I kept the intricate pieces of the butterfly intact for effect - just make the Big Shot sandwich shallower so that the pieces don't get cut all the way through.
• Use up your DSP! I used a sheet of the Bermuda Bay stripey DSP from the Shine On Specialty DSP pack.  

Here are our colours for this week:

Card recipe

Stamp - none!

Ink - none!

Cardstock - Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Shine On DSP

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL, Bold Butterfly Framelit Die, Big Shot, Fine Tip Glue Pen.
Accessories - Natural Expressions Element

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! Schoolhouse DSP

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

Here are the essentials:

• Let the DSP take centre stage. The gray numbers-patterned design from Schoolhouse DSP was perfect for this theme and the sketch
• Diagonal? The pattern on this sheet of DSP isn’t diagonal, but you can easily change the orientation of any DSP if you like. I used the inspiration from CASE This Sketch and rotated the paper to suit. 
• Need a coloured 3D sentiment...emboss it! If you have a wooden sentiment but you want a white finish on it, just cover it in Versamark and heat emboss it. I used two layers of White Emboss Powder + one layer of Iridescent Ice. White & sparkly! 
• Layer the DSP. By putting a narrow layer of Basic Grey card stock around the Schoolhouse paper, it finishes the card and makes the patterned paper pop.
• Make your own matching envelope. During the process of cutting a diagonal piece of DSP resulted in a triangular piece of DSP as an off-cut, I thought it would make a great envelope liner so I made my own envelope with the Envelope Punch Board and the Neutrals Envelope Paper. 

Here is our theme for this week....

Here’s the sketch from CASE This Sketch

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Stamp - none! 

Ink - Basic Grey, Versamark

Cardstock - Whisper White Thick Cardstock, Basic Grey, Schoolhouse DSP

Tools - Stampin’ Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Heat Tool, White Emboss Powder, Iridescent Ice Emboss Powder 

Accessories - Expressions Natural Element

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Kind Koala

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

Here’s my card! Isn’t that koala the cutest thing!!? As well as our colour challenge, I was also inspired by the Less is More challenge celebrating my homeland ‘Down Under’. Koalas are beautiful creatures....I have been fortunate enough to see several in the wild here.....most were asleep but I did see a large male crossing a road once....he was massive!

Here are the essentials:

• I watercoloured my little koala by stamping Black Stazon onto White Shimmer Paper and applying Crumb Cake in very light layers with an aquapainter. Blushing Bride and a tiny bit of Rose Red were applied to the ears to give shading. 
• I watercoloured the flower in Rose Red - this time adding more saturated colour. 
• I thought it would be fun to mash up the greetings on this card. I like the “thinking of you” sentiment on the Kind Koala stamp, but I often think that this sentiment is better suited to sad situations....by adding “because you’re awesome” from Botanicals For You, the overall greeting on the card becomes whimsical and fun. 
• I added a piece of Botanical Gardens Designer Series Vellum underneath the image layer. Vellum is great for adding interest to a clean & simple card without adding too much patterning or colour that competes with the eye. 
• An Itty Bitty Epoxy Accent makes the middle of the flower pop! 

Here are our colours for this week:

Card recipe

Stamp - Kind Koala

Ink - Crumb Cake, Black Stazon, Rose Red, Blushing Bride

Cardstock - White Shimmer Cardstock, Botanical Gardens Designer Series Vellum

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL, Aquapainter, Paper Snips
Accessories - Itty Bitty Accent Epoxy Stickers

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! 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 - Artful Stampers Colour Challenge #62

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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. :)

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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

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Stampin' Up! - Color Coach Challenge #130 - Layered Letters Alphabet

Basic Black #3

#ColorCoachJourney 

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You are not going to believe this but this is my FINAL Color Coach Challenge card...yes....I have actually blogged my way through the Color Coach and finished!!!

So what better card to celebrate that this YAY card! :)

(except I've just realised that I forgot to add an apostrophe with a white gel pen to the IT'S) Ack! I shall write it in now. 

The Color Coach combination is Basic Black and Basic Gray. I was inspired by this sketch at Freshly Made Sketches  I loved that the large Layered Letters Alphabet greeting could take centre stage.

I white heat embossed the Alphabet Rotary Stamp greeting onto Basic Gray card stock and snipped them into banners. I did the very trendy thing of coiled metallic thread and staplers as embellishments.

I also made an envelope with the Envelope Punch Board out of black paper. When it comes time to address it, I will use a chalk pen as it gives a wonderful chalkboard effect on a black envelope. 

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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Layered Letters Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp $47.00	Alphabet Rotary Stamp $26.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $15.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock $12.25	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock $12.25	Everyday Chic Designer Series Paper $19.25	Silver Metallic Thread $5.25
Silver Mini Staples $7.00	Handheld Stapler $17.00	Envelope Punch Board $32.00	Paper Snips Scissors $17.00
Fuse Fast Adhesive $17.00	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.00	Stampin' Trimmer ...	Versamark Pad $13.00
Embossing Buddy $10.00	White Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75	Heat Tool ...