Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Watercolour Wings

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Welcome to another Artful Stampers blog hop!

Lots of new things on this card! Watercolor Wings is a lovely stamp set that you can layer any way you like and it doesn't even matter if your stamping is wonky or over/under inked. These stamps look good ALL the time. :)

It comes with a matching Framelit in a bundle also. **APPLAUSE**

I used the NEW envelope paper both as the bow with the bow builder punch and I made an envelope since my card was a bit bulky. 

The embellishment is NEW....a Watermelon Wonder In Color Blossom Accent plus I added some NEW cool silver thread behind it. 

I also made an envelope from the Watermelon Wonder paper in the In Colors Envelope Paper Pack. I also stamped some images from Watercolor Wings onto it so that it matched. :)

Here are our colours for the challenge...

I also wanted to play along with The Deconstructed Sketch this week since it is Jen's final sketch challenge. This is my sixth card for the challenge...although I feel like I have played along more than that...it must be all those fully-designed but unfinished cards in my head! .... does that happen to you?

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Card recipe

Stamp - Watercolor Wings

Ink - Watermelon Wonder, Night of Navy, Blushing Bride 

Cardstock - Whisper White, Night of Navy DSP (vintage),

 In Color Watermelon Wonder Envelope Paper

Accessories - In Color Blossom Accents, Silver Thread

Tools - Big Shot, Bold Butterfly Framelit, Paper Snips, Stampin' Dimensionals, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, Bow Builder Punch

Envelope Punch Board. 

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Birthday Bash and Amazing Birthday

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

I made this card with the Birthday Bash Designer Series Paper and the Amazing Birthday stamp set. The patterns are very bold so it doesn't need a whole lot of embellishment. 

The bow was made using the Bow Builder Punch - so cute! I did a little bit of paper piecing with the stamped sentiment just to add some colour and layers. 

Here are the fun colours for this week's challenge:

I used the sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch to help me out this week. :)

Card recipe

Stamp - Amazing Birthday

Ink - Night of Navy, Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral

Cardstock - Night of Navy, Whisper White, Birthday Bash Designer Series Paper

Accessories - Subtles Candy Dots

Tools - Bow Builder Punch, Glue Dots, Stampin' Trimmer, Paper Snips, Stampin' Dimensionals. 

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 - Color Coach Card #57 - Stampin' Up! Another Great Year

Baked Brown Sugar #2

#ColorCoachJourney 

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The analogous colour on the Color Coach for Baked Brown Sugar is Soft Suede, so originally I was trawling my brain mojo for woodgrain type card ideas but I just couldn't come up with anything. 

When I saw this cool sketch at Deconstructed Sketches, I thought I would showcase "Another Great Year" on a centre panel with a backdrop of gorgeous DSP.....I hardly ever use my DSP and I thought this was a great way of making it the 'hero' of the card (that's a dorky "Masterchef" expression actually!).

Anyway.....graphic and clean won out over woodgrain and I'm glad. I like the way this turned out....I was going to use more stars in the corner to stay truer to the sketch, but the CAS got the better of me. :)

Hope you like my card!

Cheers

Alison 

Materials used:

Stamp - Another Great Year

Ink - Soft Suede

Cardstock - Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar DSP, Soft Suede, Silver Foil

Accessories - Silver Mini Brads

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Piercer, Piercing Mat, Glue Dot

Stampin' Up! Australia - Color Coach Card #41 - Memorable Moments

Island Indigo #3

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I'm breaking out more of the Quatrefancy Specialty Designer Series Paper - it is SO lovely...I really can't believe I haven't used more of it before!

This Color Coach card uses the complementary colours of Island Indigo and Pool Party....very pretty together. 

My sketch is based on this one from the deconstructed sketch challenge. I knew that I wanted to use Quatrefancy DSP for its Island Indigo and Pool Party features and after that it was pretty obvious that I would use a Mosaic Madness stamp/punched image for the 'circle' element. One of my banners is Silver Glimmer Paper and the other is stamped with one of the horizontal stamps from Mosaic Madness - it really is lovely in real life!

I'm not entire happy with my stamping of the sentiment.....I do like the two-tone look of the inking but the placement is way off.....I even used the Stamp-A-Majig if you can believe it...but somehow my 'Happy' went too high on my label piece. Oh well....

Hope you like my card and are inspired to place an order! :)

Cheers

Alison xx

Materials used:

Stamps - Mosaic Madness, Memorable Moments

Ink - Island Indigo, Pool Party

Cardstock - Whisper White (smooth & textured), Island Indigo, Pool Party, Quatrefancy Specialty Designer Series Paper, Silver Glimmer Paper

Accessories - Rhinestones

Tools - Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits, Mosaic Punch

Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Best of Babies - Farewell Dynamic Duos!

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Today I am submitting a card for a couple of challenges....the Deconstructed Sketch, who have a very cool square card sketch this week, and Dynamic Duos, who have announced their farewell. 

So sad to see them go, but I reflected on all the 47 cards that I have made for Dynamic Duos, both as a participant and a Design Team member, and I am happy to say that it has brought out the best in my card making and challenged me to design with some cool colour combos.  Thank you Lesley & Anne Marie for your inspiration and professionalism. xxx

.....in saying that....I have only just realised that I have the colours for this challenge ALL WRONG!! Eeeeeeek!
When I looked at the colours on my iPad, I could have sworn that it said So Saffron, Pistachio Pudding and Smoky Slate...when in fact it should be Pool Party. **sob**

Anyway...I'm submitting my card....I know that it will be excluded from consideration....but since it is the last challenge and I REALLY wanted to participate, the card is going in! I hope the DT understand. :)

I have been itching to break out my Best of Babies stamp set....it is completely adorable....I water coloured the bears in Crumb Cake for the fur and Smoky Slate for their foot pads, the toys were a combo of So Saffron and Pistachio Pudding. 

This isn't my usual style of card...there is a lot of layers and not much white space...but sometimes I think that baby cards need a bit of warmth and 'cosy-ness' on them. :)

So I hope my boo-boo is forgiven.....

Farewell Dynamic Duos....it's been dynamic and fabulous! :)

Cheers

Alison xx

Materials used:

Stamps - Best of Babies, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Ink - Smoky Slate, So Saffron, Pistachio Pudding, Crumb Cake

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Watercolor Paper, Smoky Slate, So Saffron DSP, 

Accessories - Creped Filter Paper, Paper Doilies, Pistachio Pudding Ruffled Stretch Trim

Tools - Big Shot, Banner Framelits, Itty Bitty Banner Framelits, Aquapainter

Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! See Ya Later - Cat in the Hat card

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It isn't every day that some asks for a 'Cat in the Hat' wedding card.....but when they do, it is great to be challenged and think about what would work on such a card. 

Fortunately I have hoarded tonnes of 'Big Top Birthday' DSP so I had the red stripes and turquoise to work with.

The couple in question are having a 'Cat in the Hat' wedding and therefore aren't traditional people and I know the bride and she is pretty alternative and cool.....

Rather than go with a strict reference to the book, I used the colour scheme to inspire me and threw in the black 'drawn' flower stamp from Hearts A Flutter to echo the illustrations in the book. I used black  for matting to enhance the cartoon-like feel.

The Essentials Wooden Embellishments seem to work with all my experimentation, and they create a trendy feel so I left them on there. I used some Delicate Details Lace Tape  for a touch of elegance among the "zany". 

I also stamped my envelope with some hearts. 

I used this week's sketch from Deconstructed Sketches to help me balance a busy card. 

As I said before, the Big Top Birthday DSP is retired, but everything stays current in My Digital Studio, so you can download it here and print out the pages that you need. EASY!

Since this card has about 12 layers (a new record for me I think!), I have linked it to the Just Add Ink challenge this week which is Just Add Layers! :)

Hope you like my card (...and I hope the bride likes it too!).

Cheers
Alison xx

Materials used:

Stamps - Itty Bitty Banners, See Ya Later (retired SAB 2014), Hearts a Flutter

Ink - Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black

Cardstock - Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Big Top Birthday DSP - available in MDS

Accessories - Essentials Wooden Elements, Delicate Details Lace Tape

Tools - Big Shot, Circles Framelits, Itty Bitty Banners Framelits, Scallop Edge Punch, Hearts A Flutter Framelits