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! No Bones About It

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

I’ve used No Bones About It again...I can’t get enough of those little dinosaurs on my cards!

Here are the essentials:

• No Bones About It is a two-step stamping set. Stamp your background in a lighter colour (I used Sahara Sand) and stamp the second stamp in a darker colour (I used Chocolate Chip for the bones)
• Shake it like a polaroid with the Squares Framelit Dies. These give cool window frames for that on-trend polaroid look. 
• Layer some texture. I layered Naturals Chevron Ribbon and a strip of Cherry Cobbler for visual interest and colour. 
• Use up your embellishments! If you are anything like me, you are way too sparing with embellishments. Throw some candy dots on for fun! 
• Stuck for an idea??....visit one of the many challenge sites on the internet or visit here every Monday for a colour or sketch challenge idea. This week I’ve combined challenges (I often do!)...so I’ve used a sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and colours from our team colour challenge. :) I find that the colours and sketches will often guide me to a stamp set or design concept. 
• Heat Embossing. White greetings look great on a dark background....solution...white heat emboss your greeting onto your dark card stock.

1. Use an embossing buddy to remove static...just rub it over the card stock...a small layer of ‘dust’ will appear. This is normal and helps ‘dry’ your surface and removes the natural oils from your hands that stick to the card stock during crafting. Your powder will unfortunately stick to this residue if you don’t do this. 
2. Stamp your greeting or image with Versamark. Versamark is a sticky ink....it’s magic really as the embossing powder will stick to it thus producing your finished image. 
3. Gently pour your chosen colour of embossing power over your stamped Versamark image. I have a powder pal (now retired) to catch the excess powder but you can use a plastic container or even a piece of paper folded in half to catch the powder. This makes it easier to get all the powder back in the pot. 
4. Got stray specks of powder? Invest in a very fine paintbrush from a craft shop and gently tap those specks away. 
5. Grab your Heat Tool and slowly heat the surface of the emboss powder - some people heat from underneath the card stock but I heat directly on top of - not too close but close enough that you see the surface melt. It is magic!! 

Here’s an informative video from Stampin’ Up! to help you....

Here are our colours for this week:

Here’s the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

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Stamp - No Bones About It

Ink - Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip

Cardstock - Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories - Neutrals Candy Dots, Naturals Chevron Ribbon

Tools - Big Shot, Squares Framelit Dies, Paper Trimmer, Paper Snips, 

Stampin’ Dimensionals, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, White Emboss Powder, Versamark

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Wondrous Wreath Christmas Card - Pink & Mint!

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

Apologies for the slightly fuzzy photo.....

You will notice from my blog that I have gotten a LOT of mileage from this stamp set. It truly is a beautiful Christmas stamp and so much can be done with the layering of this wreath.


Here are the colours for this week....

I was also inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week....

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Stamp - Wondrous Wreath, 

Ink - Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron, Rose Red, Versamark, Pink Pirouette (for sponged edge)

Cardstock - Shimmer White CS, Pink Pirouette, Pink Pirouette DSP (retired)

Tools - Big Shot, Wonderful Wreath Thinlit Die, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Trimmer, Glue Dots

Accessories - Mint Macaron In Color Blossom Accent

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Embellished Ornaments Christmas Card

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

I wanted to make a fairly monochromatic Christmas Card with this week's challenge colours and used a page from the Merry Moments Designer Series paper pack (Annual Catalogue) as my base.

You may see that I have added a very subtle amount of Lost Lagoon by way of the marker pen and adding little dots to the ornament.

Here are our colours for this week...

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches....

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Stamp - Embellished Ornaments

Ink - Pear Pizzazz, Basic Gray, Lost Lagoon Stampin' Write Marker  

Cardstock - Whisper White Thick, Whisper White, Merry Moments DSP 

Tools - Big Shot, Stampin' Trimmer, Dimensionals, Delicate Ornaments Thinlits Dies

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Sprinkles of Life

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

When I saw the colours this week, I immediately thought of gelato.....I must have been hungry. ;)

I used the Sprinkles of Life stamp set for my ice-cream stack and I even stacked a couple of sentiments and separated them with the little flower stamp. CUTE!

The base is the patterned Crushed Curry page from the Cherry on Top DSP stack. I used the layout from Freshly Made Sketches this week. Such a fun sketch and it gave me the opportunity to use some gorgeous Melon Mambo satin ribbon. :)

Here are our colours this week...

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Card recipe

Stamp - Sprinkles of Life

Ink - Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, 

Chocolate Chip Marker (for centre of flower) 

Cardstock - Whisper White Thick, Whisper White A4, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Cherry on Top DSP.

Accessories -Melon Mambo Satin Ribbon, Dazzling Details, Wink of Stella (non-SU)

Tools - Big Shot, Banner Framelit Dies, Paper Snips, Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' Sponges

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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 ...