Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Picture Perfect + English Garden DSP

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

Here are the essentials:

• Soft Suede & Mossy Meadow are in the English Garden DSP pack so since they are 2 out of the 3 colours this week, why not use them!?
• I layered the leaves for a soft effect against the flower from the Picture Perfect stamp set. 
• The Watermelon Wonder ribbon is slightly sheer, so to colour block, I added some Watermelon Wonder card stock underneath it. Looks perfect! 

Here are our colours for this week:

Here is the sketch from Mojo Monday:

Card recipe

Stamp - Picture Perfect

Ink - Watermelon Wonder, Mossy Meadow

Cardstock - Whisper White cardstock, English Garden DSP, Soft Suede, Mossy Meadow

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL, 2 3/4 circle punch
Accessories - Metallic Doily, Rhinestone, Watermelon Wonder Ribbon

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! 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! Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper

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

So I don’t usually do ‘shabby chic’ but I stepped outside my comfort zone thanks to the Fusion Card Challenge inspiration image. These flowers took forever!!! I experimented for a while with different layers and combinations. :)

Here are the essentials:

• The background is tone-on-tone stamping with the Hardwood stamp using Crumb Cake ink on Crumb Cake card stock. I sponged around the edges with Crumb Cake ink and even did direct ink pad to paper to get a stronger depth of colour on the corners. 
• The DSP is from the Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper pack. This paper is thinner than most card stock and is very pliable for 3D features like flowers etc. There’s some lovely patterns - newsprint, diagonal strips, number typography and a gorgeous flourish print. 
• Die Cuts! I trotted out the sadly now forgotten Flower Fair Framelit Dies - yes, they are still current and still fabulous! 
• The sentiment is a lovely wooden element from the Expressions Natural Elements pack. It complements the Hardwood background and neutral tones. 
• It is difficult to see in the image but I went to town with my clear Wink of Stella pen. I painted the wooden sentiment so it is lovely and shimmery. I also ran it around the edge of the Crumb Cake base so there is a gorgeous glint of shimmer under that Hardwood layer. I dabbed it onto the largest flower too onto the black petals and the newsprint. 
• Embellish! Embellish! The centre of my flowers looked a bit bare, so I got a black sequin from the Metallics Sequins Assortment and adhered them to the centres with the Fine Tip Glue Pen. To finish off I added the tiniest Pearl to the middle of the sequins. I wrapped some Linen Thread around the layer three times before tying off.
• No shabby chic card is complete without the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set. I stamped the ‘splatters’ onto the base after I stamped with Hardwood to give a slightly weathered look. I also used the same stamp inked in Crumb Cake and then Basic Black onto the Very Vanilla layer of the smaller flower (punched with the Pansy Punch).  

Here is the sketch for this week:

Here’s the inspiration image from Fusion:

Card recipe

Stamp - Hardwood, Gorgeous Grunge

Ink - Crumb Cake, Basic Black

Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL, Pansy Punch, Big Shot, 
Flower Fair Framelit Dies, Fine Tip Glue Pen
Accessories - Pearls, Wink of Stella Clear, Metallic Sequin Assortment, Expressions Natural Elements

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! Botanical Gardens DSP

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

I have a sneak peek here of some brand new Designer Series Paper, embellishments and Framelit Dies. They are beautiful!

The new products from the upcoming Occasions catalogue are:

• Botanical Gardens Designer Series Paper
• Botanical Gardens Jewels
• Botanical Builder Framelit Dies
• Botanical Gardens Vellum Stack (Sale-A-Bration catalogue) 

Here is our sketch for this week:

Card recipe

Stamp - none!

Ink for sponging - Crumb Cake, Hello Honey, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, 
Mint Macaron, Mossy Meadow 

Cardstock - Botanical Gardens Designer Series Paper, Kraft 12 x 12 cardstock, Whisper White, Hello Honey, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Mint Macaron Mossy Meadow
Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Big Shot, Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Glue Dots, Triple Banner Punch, Botanical Builder Framelit Dies, Circle Framelit Dies, Mini Treat Bag Thinlit Dies. 
Accessories - Rhinestone Jewels, Botanical Gardens Jewels, Linen 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! :)

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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! Australia - Stampin' Up! Floral Wings

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

For my card I was inspired by the sketch at CASE This Sketch and I thought I would break out Floral Wings to mix up the colours. The background is from You Got This.

I love the different stamps in Floral Wings...especially the long vine which I used on the envelope.

Here are our colours...

Here is the sketch from CASE This Sketch...

Card recipe

Stamp - Floral Wings, You Got This

Ink - Delightful Dijon, Island Indigo, Elegant Eggplant

Cardstock - Whisper White Thick CS, Whisper White, Vellum 

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL, Glue Dots, Big Shot, Bold Butterfly Framelit Dies, Precision Plate
Accessories - Pearls 

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! French Foliage

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

This week the Blog Hop challenge is all about CASE-ing a project inspired by the Into the Woods projects from Stampin' Up! Holiday 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.

I don't have anything from this product suite, so I thought I would pull out some vintage autumnal sets and make a Thanksgiving card. 

You can see the stamped envelope in this Instagram.

Here's my inspiration image:

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

Stamp - Day of Gratitude (vintage), French Foliage (vintage) 

Ink - Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze DSP, Crumb Cake, White Filter Paper

Tools  - Paper Snips, Dimensionals, Stampin' Sponges, Double-sided Tape

Accessories - Classy Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, Burlap Ribbon

I hope you like my project!

The 2015-2016 Annual Catalogue  and the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue are 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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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Bordering Blooms.

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's this week is a lovely autumnal photo....lots of texture!

I was inspired by the vinery, the colour of the hat, the wooden elements and the bow.

Here's the inspiration image.....

Card recipe

Stamps - Bordering Blooms, Wondrous Wreath

Ink - Hello Honey, Tip Top Taupe

Cardstock - Whisper White

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Dimensionals, Big Shot, Wondrous Wreath Framelit Dies, Expressions Natural Elements. 

I hope you like my card.

The 2015-2016 Annual Catalogue (download)  AND the Holiday catalogue (download)  are out NOW so if you would like to know how to get your free copy, just send me an email. :)

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Thank You card

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

I went really simple with this card....just some butterfly punches, a wooden embellishment and some candy dots.

Here are our colours for this week...

Here is the sketch I used from CASE This Sketch ....

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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.

The colour of Tip Top Taupe gave me the idea to pull out the cute Kind Koala stamp set. I used a Blender Pen to add some colour to the koala's ears.

Before you say anything...yes, I know that koalas are grey and not brown! I've seen them in the wild here in Australia - they are pretty big and they also don't hold flowers. ;)

Here are our colours...

Card recipe

Stamp - Kind Koala

Ink - Tip Top Taupe

Cardstock - Whisper White, Whisper White Thick Card stock, Lost Lagoon

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL, Blender Pen
Accessories - Regals Candy Dots, Tip Top Taupe Dotted Lace Trim

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! Farmers Market DSP

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's this week is a beautiful white washed wall and it motivated me to cut into my Farmers Market DSP pack and use the timber paper.

I used the Work of Art stamp set to add splashes of detail to my 'wall'. The flower actually covers a boo-boo....don't we all do that!? :)

Card recipe

Stamps - Work of Art

Ink - Soft Suede, Sahara Sand

Cardstock - Whisper White Thick Cardstock, Soft Suede, Farmers Market DSP

Tools - Flower Punch (vintage), Stampin' Trimmer, Paper Snips

I hope you like my card.

The 2015-2016 Annual Catalogue (download)  AND the Holiday catalogue (download)  are out NOW so if you would like to know how to get your free copy, just send me an email. :)

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin Up! Washi Tape

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Welcome to this week's Artful Stampers Blog Hop and welcome from the wonderful Alisa Tilsner's blog.

Once again, I find myself making a card at the last minute and you know what....notecards and washi tape to the rescue!

I used the 2014-2016 Washi Tape pack - one piece of each on a pre-scored notecard. I added some washi tape to the envelope too.

Here's the sketch...

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Card recipe

Stamp - I Think You're Great 

Ink - Blackberry Bliss

Cardstock - Whisper White Notecards & Envelopes, Whisper White CS

Accessories - 2014-2016 Washi Tape

Tools - 2 1/2 inch circle punch

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