Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Day of Gratitude - Thanksgiving card

Hi!

So we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving here in Australia but I have a couple of American friends to whom I always send a Thanksgiving card. They are very special people and I appreciate their friendship so what better way to appreciate that than a handmade card! :)

The inspiration image at The Card Concept this week is a lovely Autumnal/Thanksgiving image.

Here’s my very clean & simple card..

I used a retired Stampin’ Up! stamp called “Day of Gratitude”. It has the most gorgeous medallion flower image and I love the greeting....and look at the script on the ‘G’!! *sigh*

I’m a typography nerd I know. :)

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. :)

Cheers

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Wondrous Wreath Thanksgiving card

Hi

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

I used the colour palette from ColourQ and quite liked the idea of exploring non-traditional Thanksgiving colours.

We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Australia so I only have the one Thanksgiving greeting which is unfortunately retired, but Wondrous Wreath (a current set) makes for a lovely Thanksgiving statement and I think it works beautifully in these colours. :)

I do have several American friends who celebrate Thanksgiving so this card will be going to one of them. :)

Here is our sketch....

Here are the colours from Colour Q...

Card recipe

Stamp - Wondrous Wreath, Day of Gratitude

Ink - Rich Razzleberry, Wisteria Wonder, Tangerine Tango, Soft Sky 

Cardstock - Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL, Glue Dots, Big Shot, 
Wonderful Wreath Framelit Dies, Precision Plate
Accessories - Metal Rimmed 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! :)

Cheers

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! French Foliage

Hi!

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!

Cheers

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Bordering Blooms.

Hi!

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. :)

Cheers

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Sprinkles of Life - Color Coach Card #121

Cherry Cobbler #2

#ColorCoachJourney 

Hi

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

I used the new Sprinkles of Life stamp set on my card and used Color Coach colours of Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and Daffodil Delight. I thought that it would create quite an autumnal colour combination and the Cherry Cobbler piece from the new Designer Series Paper, Farmers Market, gave a lovely background. 

I know that Thanksgiving is a long way away, but wouldn't this make a lovely Thanksgiving card? We don't have Thanksgiving in Australia but I have some American friends that do celebrate it. 

I loved making the leaves of the tree with the Sprinkles of Life set. I stamped in Daffodil Delight first and then rock n rolled the edges in Cherry Cobbler. The two ink colours mixed together to give a gorgeous burnt orange. I did this three times and then layered the images to give a fuller looking tree. The Tree Builder Punch (also new) is the perfect compliment to this set. 

I used some of the other stamps in the set to decorate the base of the tree....plus how cute is that little bird!?...and that shape is in the punch too! I stamped the bird in Cherry Cobbler and then used a Blender Pen to pull the colours in a bit. 

I used Early Espresso embossed with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder for my sketch panels. They echo the tree and the earthy texture of my card. 

The little button is also new...from the Classy Designer Buttons pack. The sentiment is also from Sprinkles of Life and is stamped and die cut with the banner die from the Circles Thinlit Card Die. 

....oh and I also stamped across the bottom of the envelope.....I thought that looked really cute! :)

So there's a bit more going on with this card than what I usually do....but once I started with Sprinkles of Life, I really couldn't stop!! :)

Here is our sketch for this week's challenge:

Card recipe

Stamp - Sprinkles of Life (NEW)

Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight

Cardstock- Very Vanilla, Farmers Market DSP (NEW), Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Dimensionals, Tree Builder Punch (NEW) for the clouds, SNAIL, Big Shot, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Circles Thinlit Card Die, Glue Dots
Accessories - Very Vanilla 6 envelope, Classy Designer Buttons, 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 - Stampin' Up! Mosaic Madness - CASE-ing The Catty

Hi

At CASE-ing the Catty this week, we are exploring the Thanks chapter of the catalogue. 

CASE - The acronym stands for COPY AND SHARE EVERYTHING. The latest Stampin' Up! ® Catalogue certainly encourages crafters to do just that as it is jam packed with amazing, inspirational projects.

The idea is to feature a section of the Stampin' Up! ® catalogue each week using the projects in the catty as inspiration.

You can directly CASE (Copy and Share Everything) or use a sketch/layout, colour combo, embellishment, just to name a few examples, as a springboard for your own creations.


Here's a Badge to paste to your blog:

Guidelines

•   Create a new project for the current challenge (no back linking)

• Mention CTC Challenges in your blog post and link back to the challenge blog so others can join in on the fun.

• Let us know what project you CASED and make reference to the page of your country's catalogue where you got your inspiration. 

• Only Stampin' Up! products (retired or current) may be used in your projects for CTC Challenges. 

So let's go!

I decided to CASE the "So Grateful" journal on page 153 of the catalogue....I liked the colours that were used (Mossy Meadow and Crushed Curry) and the fact they used Naturals White Cardstock .....gives me an opportunity to step away from Whisper White which is the card stock I am most addicted to. :)

I'm also submitting this to The Paper Players challenge this week since they are all about "Happy Fall Y'all" cards and even though we don't have fall in Australia, the colours on this Thank You card are autumnal and warm and make me think of autumn days in the Northern Hemisphere.

Here's the example from the catalogue:

...and here is my version....

This is more collaged and layered than my usual style but I like the expanse of the Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder on the Naturals White card stock, with all the detail in the lower third of the card. It feels lovely too in real life with the burlap, the soft chevron ribbon, and the Typeset DSP providing gorgeous contrasting texture. 

I stamped my envelope with a matching stamp from Mosaic Madness....LOVE the look of Mossy Meadow on Very Vanilla....it is striking and warm. 

Do you stamp your envelopes...you should....it is fun!

Hope you like my card. Just click on the links below to order these supplies. The 'THANKS" sentiment is retired but I have put a substitute in the gallery for you. 

Cheers

Alison xx

Another Thank You Photopolymer Stamp Set

$27.95

Four You Clear Stamp Set

$20.95

Lots Of Thanks Clear Stamp Set

$31.95

Naturals White A4 Card Stock

$12.95

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

$9.95

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

$9.95

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

$9.95

Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper

$21.95

Mosaic Madness Clear Stamp Set

$36.95

Mosaic Punch

$27.95

Antique Brads

$9.95

Big Shot

$149.95

Modern Mosaic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$13.95

Handheld Stapler

$16.95

Silver Mini Staples

$6.95

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Color Coach Card #23 - Less is More - Baby Wipe Technique

Rich Razzleberry Card #2

Hi

I've neglected my Color Coach Challenge Journey somewhat, but I'm back on the wagon with this card. I wanted to play along with the One Layer Challenge at Less is More this week AND when I looked at the Color Coach colours of Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie....it said "Thanksgiving" to me.

Now....if you read my blog carefully you will figure out that I am in Australia where we do not celebrate 'Thanksgiving'....so why would I make a Thanksgiving card you may ask?.....well, I have a couple of very lovely and totally fantastic friends from the US....one of which lives in Brisbane and the other returned to Ohio a few months back, so I'm going to send them this card. I think 'Thanksgiving' is a wonderful tradition.....I wish that Australia had something similar....preferably in our Autumn! :)

Here's my One Layer Card....yes, it is definitely one layer...there's a couple of techniques going on here...Baby Wipe & Masking. 

Baby Wipe Technique:

I dropped ink from my reinkers onto a baby wipe that I just folded onto a saucer. I took my 'Four Seasons' stamp and used the baby wipe like an ink pad. It gives a lovely marbled effect and looks so much better in real life. :) I don't know why it took me so long to give this technique a try!

Masking:

Now I confess that the border was a 'mistake cover-up'! *GASP* 

Originally this was a plain white card and I felt that the border needed something so I drew some lines freehand around the border with my Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive markers. I wanted it to look like a beautiful doodled masterpiece but it just looked wrong. So I got a couple of post-it notes and stuck them down about 5mm from the border and sponged quite heavily around the edges with Rich Razzleberry. I drew a few more lines and lo and behold it looked like a wooden frame. Don't you love it when a mistake gives birth to a card that you didn't even imagine!?

Anyway....I hope my friends like their card....and Happy Thanksgiving to all my US blog followers and all my US Pinterest followers! :)

Cheers

Alison xx

Materials used:

Stamps - Four Seasons (retired), Day of Gratitude (retired)

Ink - Rich Razzleberry (inkpad, marker, reinker), Old Olive (inkpad, marker, reinker), Pumpkin Pie (reinker). 

Cardstock - Whisper White

Accessories - none!

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Baby Wipe, Stampin' Sponges. 

Stampin' Up - Day of Gratitude

Hello!

Now here in Australia, we don't celebrate 'Thanksgiving' but I know a couple of Americans through work and they have mentioned that they were interested in making some Thanksgiving cards with me, so I got 'Day of Gratitude' for that very purpose and I can really see it lending itself to some beautiful autumnal cards as well as 'Thanksgiving' ones.

This week's challenge at Dynamic Duos is to use Cajun Craze and Always Artichoke....pretty scary colours if you ask me!!!...but then again I don't do much in the 'Regals' palette. :)

There's also a fairly new product in this card......the scallop rectangle Clearlit - page 191 ($12.95)....very cool! :)

Materials used:
Stamp - Day of Gratitude
Ink - Always Artichoke, Cajun Craze
Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze
Accessories - Pearls, Victoria Crochet Trim, Regals Flower Brads (retired)
Tools - Big Shot, Scallop Rectangle Clearlit