Stampin' Up! Aviary - Sunny Challenges & Creations

Hi!

Today's card is inspired by the sketch and colour combo from the team at Sunny Challenges & Creations . 

The colours to be used were Chocolate Chip and Old Olive (plus a neutral) and here is my card: 

I went with a fairly "clean & simple" look....and I quite like the textured Very Vanilla panels against the smooth Very Vanilla card base.

Stamps: Aviary, Posy Punch (note the 'string' on the birdcage was hand-drawn)
Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Very Vanilla (smooth & textured), Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Pearls, Old Olive 1 1/4 striped grosgrain ribbon (retired)
Tools: Big Shot, Designer Frames Texured Impressions Embossing folder, Paper Snips, 1" circle punch, Paper Cutter
Adhesive: SNAIL, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals 

Stampin' Up! Make A Monster - Sunny Challenges & Creations Week 40

Hi again

I received an email last week from Vicky, from Sunny Challenges & Creations inviting me to be a a Guest Designer for them this week. Of course, I was flattered and said "YES!" :)

Here is the sketch for this week:

...and here is my card:

I thought I'd do a kids card as I haven't done one for a while and the girls at my card class today saw "Make A Monster" and commented on how cute it was.....and yes, it IS very cute. You will have to forgive me for my rushed blender pen use....the strokes aren't as blended as I would have liked...but I quite like the rest of the card. :)

Head on over to Sunny Challenges & Creations to have a look at what the Design Team have done and we invite you to play along with us! :)

Bye!

Materials used:
Stamps: Make A Monster, Pennant Parade
Ink: Black Stazon, Crumb Cake, Basic Grey,Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black Marker (for dotted outline on card).
Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White, Big Top Birthday DSP.
Accessories: Real Red brad
Tools: Paper Cutter, SNAIL, Mat Pack, Petite Pennants Builder Punch, Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Big Shot.     

Stampin' Up! - Under the Big Top - Sunny Challenges & Creations

Hello yet again...yes two blog posts in one day!

I made this card for my friend's little girl who is turning 4 and was inspired to break out the "Under the Big Top" stamp set by the sketch & stamp challenge set by Sunny Challenges & Creations this week. Here's the sketch:

..and here's the stamp set:This stamp set is great for colouring either with a blender pen and your inkpads or using the aquapainters on watercolour paper. For this card, I used my blender pen and picked up the colour from the lid of the inkpad...it's really quick and very effective! Such cute images in this stamp set!...and as you can see I managed to sneak in some red glimmer paper again. :)

I got this stamp set for free at the Stampin' Up! regional training day held last year....one of the many perks of being a demo is you get to go to these great days where you meet other demos and learn some amazing techniques....and you get free stuff! Contact me if you have ever thought of becoming a demonstrator....now is a great time....the starter kit is reduced from $289 to $249 and if you sign up during 'Sale-A-Bration' (24 January - 31 March) you get your pick of ANY stamp set in the current catalogues...of ANY value!....AAAAND you have until the end of June to reach your minimum $400 in sales. It's such a great time to become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator!!

Anyway...I guess you want to see the card huh?! :)



I love the ballerina bear - so CUTE!!

I want to point out that before I ever got the Stampin' Up! Mat Pack & Paper Piercer, my brads were always crooked...they were never exactly lined up. The Mat Pack stencil fixes EVERYTHING! Look how lovely & straight they are on this card!? Put it on your ordering list! Don't argue! :)

Bye for now!

Materials used:
Stamps - Under the Big Top
Ink - Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise
Cardstock - Whisper White CS, Red Glimmer Paper, Real Red CS, Daffodil Delight Textured CS, Big Top Birthday DSP, Tempting Turquoise DSP
Accessories - Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon, Tempting Turquoise brads from Brights Collection.
Tools - Paper Cutter, SNAIL, Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2 3/4 Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/4 Circle punch, Blender Pens, Mat Pack, Decorative Label Punch.

Stampin' Up! - Sweetheart - January Card Class

Hi everyone!

Today's Valentine's Day card is for a couple of new challenge blogs from some fellow demonstrators....Nicole Derendorf's Festive Friday Challenge and the Sunny Challenges and Creations blog. May I also add that I think the glimmer paper may just be my new favourite thing!!

These cards are also a taste of what will be on offer at my January Cardmaking Class this weekend. This weekend's class is fully booked, but if you wanted to gather up a few friends, I could easily do a class or a workshop at your place and show you how fun it is to make cards just like these ones. :)

Enjoy!

Materials used:
Stamps - Sweetheart, For You Flower (retired), Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Ink - Real Red, Old Olive, Basic Black
Cardstock - Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Red Glimmer Paper (from Summer Mini)
Accessories - 1/8" Basic Black taffeta ribbon
Tools - Paper Cutter, Stamp-a-majig, SNAIL, dimensionals, 1 3/8 circle punch, Fancy Flower Punch, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Heart Punch, Mini Glue Dots (for ribbon).