Stampin' Up! - Color Coach Challenge #130 - Layered Letters Alphabet

Basic Black #3

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Hi

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 ...

Stampin' Up! Australia - Color Coach Card #129 - No Bones About It

Sahara Sand #2

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Hi

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

We have a sketch challenge this week so it's another opportunity for me to use some Color Coach colours. This combo is Sahara Sand, Cajun Craze and Pacific Point.  I thought these would look great on a dinosaur card for my nephew. 

Here's my card...

I found a scrap piece of Irresistibly Yours DSP that had already been sponged with Pacific Point, so I trimmed it with the new Triple Banner punch to give the banner shape. I added some Naturals Chevron ribbon under it just for texture and then stamped all my dinosaurs above it on some Whisper White card stock. 

I had some retired Neutrals DSP so I made a matching envelope with the Sahara Sand page (and the AWESOME Envelope Punch Board!!) and used a strip down the edge of my card too. 

Here's our sketch....

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Card recipe

Stamp - No Bones About It

Ink - Sahara Sand, Pacific Point, Cajun Craze

Cardstock - Sahara Sand, Pacific Point, Irresistibly Yours DSP (retired), 

Sahara Sand DSP

Accessories - Naturals Chevron Ribbon

Tools - Envelope Punch Board, Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin Dimensionals, SNAIL. 

Stampin' Sponges

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Color Coach Card #128 - Stampin' Up! Christmas Card

Sahara Sand #1

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Hi

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

I chose Color Coach colours of Sahara Sand, Pear Pizzazz and Early Espresso to make a neutral toned Christmas Card.

Please don't look at the crooked pearls!! DON'T JUDGE ME! :)

The sketch called for diagonal details so I just used the Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder to keep the layers minimal. 

Here is our sketch...

Card recipe

Stamp - Wondrous Wreath, Sassy Salutations

Ink - Sahara Sand, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz

Cardstock- Very Vanilla, Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper, Sahara Sand

Tools - Big Shot, Wondrous Wreath Framelit Dies, Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder, 
Stampin' Trimmer, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, 
Paper Snips, Dimensionals
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 - Color Coach Card #127 - Stampin' Up! Blended Bloom

Very Vanilla #1

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

The Color Coach pairs Perfect Plum and Rose Red with the base colour of Very Vanilla....I found the only way I could make this combination work was to use watercolouring and some layering with gold. Rose Red and Perfect Plum are quite strong colours so you will notice that I used muted tones of both on my card.

I stamped Blended Bloom in Perfect Plum rather than Black Stazon to give a softness to the flower image. As I watercoloured with Rose Red, the Perfect Plum ink also moved around a little bit which blended quite beautifully. I used Perfect Plum for the stamen and centre details of the flower.

I used some vintage Perfect Plum DSP for the banner and used Gold Bakers Twine, Metallic Gold Twine and Gold Sequin Trim to add some luxe elements. The sentiment is from the Expressions Natural Elements pack. I LOVE these SO much! I'm buying two packs next order. :)

I finished the card (and to adhere to the sketch) with a punched piece of vellum using the Itty Bitty Butterfly punch. Every butterfly needs pearls. :)

Here's our sketch....

Card recipe

Stamp - Blended Bloom

Ink - Perfect Plum, Rose Red

Cardstock- Very Vanilla, Watercolor Paper, Perfect Plum DSP (vintage), Vellum

Tools - Big Shot, Boho Chic Embossing Folder, Stampin' Trimmer, Itty Bitty Butterfly Punch, 
Glue Dots, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, 
Paper Snips, Aquapainter, Dimensionals
Accessories - Pearls, Expressions Natural Elements, Gold Metallic Thread, 
Gold Sequin Trim, Gold Bakers Twine

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 #126 - No Bones About It

Crumb Cake #2

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Welcome to this week's Artful Stampers Blog Hop. 

I am still going to finish this Color Coach Journey, even if it kills me....the colours today are Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze and Garden Green. Not my favourites, but when I saw them on the colour coach card, the first thing that I thought of was the jungle! So 'No Bones About It' got to take centre stage today. :) It is one of my favourite new sets from the 2015-2016 Annual Catalogue - I'm so glad I bought it!!

Some of the great things about this stamp set, apart from all the dinosaurs and their skeleton over-stamps, are the texture stamps like the vines, leaves and footprints. I used the footprints and vines to add interest to the background pieces and to frame my main image panel. I also put some footprints dashing over my envelope. :)

Here is the sketch for the challenge...

I'm also playing along in the TGIF Challenge this week which is to use a BRAND NEW stamp set. YAY!

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Card recipe

Stamp - No Bones About It

Ink - Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Cajun Craze

Cardstock - Whisper White Thick Cardstock, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, 

Garden Green

Accessories -Regals Candy Dots

Tools - Stampin' Sponges, Stampin' Dimensionals, Fast Fuse, Stampin Trimmer

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Color Coach Card #125 - Stampin' Up! Boys Will Be Boys - Kids Cards

Whisper White #1

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Hi!

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

This week the Blog Hop challenge is all about CASE-ing a project from the Kids section of the 2015-2016 Stampin' Up! 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.

Here's my card...

I went with Color Coach colours of Whisper White, Marina Mist, and Night of Navy. I used a Blender Pen to colour in the blocks stamp from Boys Will Be Boys. 

I used some vintage Marina Mist DSP for one of my banners and instead of circle punches, I used a row of Silver Brads. 

Here's my inspiration:

Click below to go to Rebecca's blog.

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!

Cheers

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Boys Will Be Boys Clear-Mount Stamp Set $31.00	Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad $14.00	Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50
Versamark Pad $13.00	Blender Pens $17.00	White Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $15.00
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $12.25	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock $12.25	Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack ...	Paper-Piercing Tool $7.00
Updated Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack ...	Stampin' Pierce Mat $9.00	Banner Punch ...	Stampin' Trimmer ...
Stampin' Dimensionals $7.00	Fuse Fast Adhesive $17.00	Embossing Buddy $10.00	Heat Tool ...
Whisper White C6 Envelopes $11.50