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Showing posts with label Stamp - Mosaic Madness. Show all posts
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Friday, September 12, 2014

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

    Monday, May 5, 2014

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

    Island Indigo #3

    Hi

    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



    Sunday, May 4, 2014

    Stampin' Up! Australia - Color Coach Card #39 - Sassy Mosaics!

    Island Indigo #1

    Hi

    I was inspired by the sketch at Clean & Simple today. The Color Coach  suggestion (Island Indigo, Rose Red & Garden Green) freaked me out a bit but when I saw the vertical patterned layer on the sketch, I knew exactly what to do.

    I don't use enough patterned paper on my cards, yet I have stacks of the stuff. I really love the Quatrefancy Designer Series Paper...the patterns are glorious and one of the colours is Island Indigo so that suited me to a tee!

    Even though these are all colours from the Regal Colour Family, this came up as a bright vibrant card. I LIKE it!


    The Rose Red border was made using my Rotary Trimmer attachment and the Small Scallop Trimmer blade. The mosaic element was stamped from Mosaic Madness, punched out and then layered onto a wooden starburst embellishment 

    I'm also linking up this card to the Seize The Birthday challenge...which is 'Anything Goes!' :)





    What do you think? Do you like it!?

    Cheers
    Alison xx

    Materials used:
    Stamps - Mosaic Madness, Sassy Salutations
    Ink - Rose Red, Garden Green
    Cardstock - Quatrefancy DSP, Whisper White, Rose Red, Garden Green DSP
    Accessories - Essentials Wooden Elements, Rhinestone Jewel
    Tools - Mosaic Punch, Rotary Trimmer Attachment and Small Scallop Rotary Blade


    Sunday, October 6, 2013

    Stampin' Up! Australia - Mosaic Madness Christmas Card


    Dear Stampin' friends,

    This week at Dynamic Duos, the colours are Cajun Craze & Island Indigo. Bold colours that are perfect for a Thanksgiving card, a masculine card...or a Christmas card in very non-traditional colours! The sketch is based on this one from Mojo Monday.




    Be sure to visit the Dynamic Duos Design Team for colour inspiration.....
    Remember you may order all your Stampin' Up! supplies through me at my my online store  - pop on over and have a browse! :)

    Cheers
    Alison xx



    Materials used:
    Stamps - Sweet Essentials, Mosaic Madness
    Ink - Cajun Craze, Island Indigo (although I *may* have accidentally stamped that ornament with Not Quite Navy - whoops).
    Cardstock - Whisper White, Cajun Craze, Sycamore St DSP (retired), Champagne Glimmer Paper
    Accessories - Jewels, White Bakers Twine
    Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, SNAIL, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals,



    Sunday, July 7, 2013

    Stampin' Up! Australia - Mosaic Madness

    Dear Stampin' friends,

    I confess that this next colour combo from Dynamic Duos had me scratching my head for a while. I really wanted to use Mosaic Madness, one of the new stamp sets, but everything that I put down on paper seemed to look too busy, and I could never get Summer Starfruit to balance properly.

    Anyway....I decided to stamp the actual Summer Starfruit inkpad down in the middle of my cardstock and build my card around that. There is a stamp in Mosaic Madness that is just a lovely thin outline which I haven't seen too much on the blogs & the Pinterestsphere so I thought I would make it the feature of the card. My card started to take on a little bit of a 'Japanese vintage print' look which I was quite pleased with. :)

    Then....at the very end...I smudged my vertical stamped image over to the left.....ack!.....but Gorgeous Grunge came to my rescue and I stamped all over that sucker like that was my intention all along y'all!!!   

    After I finished I realised that I'd done a bit of the 'balance of threes' and 3, 2, 1. The magic '3' is sometimes why cards 'work'. I think this one does even if I do say so myself. :)

    I thought it needed a bit more grunging but not too much "dirty", so I used my Gold Smooch spritz which added to the Japanese screen print look. I left off a sentiment as I think this card could be for any number of occasions.

    I LOVE IT! :)
        




    Have a look at the other creations from the talented Design Team and get inspired to create a bright card! 


    Cheers
    Alison


    Materials used:
    Stamps - Mosaic Madness, Gorgeous Grunge
    Ink  - Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green, Basic Black
    Cardstock - Whisper White, Gumball Green
    Accessories - Gold Smooch Spritz (retired), Clear Block (to stamp the Gumball Green squares)
    Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, SNAIL

    Wednesday, June 26, 2013

    Stampin' Up! Color Coach - Card #5 - Layered Labels Birthday Card

    Smoky Slate Card #2


    Hello Stampin' friends

    Today, on my Color Coach blogging challenge I have paired Smoky Slate with Daffodil Delight and Whisper White. I used the Layered Labels stamp set and also used a BRAND NEW stamp set to enhance the base....can you see it!? I can't tell you what it is called but if you are blog-stalking and Pinterest-ing then I'm sure you will guess the name. I just can't tell you the name until the new catalogue launches here in Australia. :) 


    If you would like to order any of these items online just head to
    my store. :)

    Cheers
    Alison xx


    Materials used:
    Stamps - Layered Labels + a sneak peek
    Ink - Smoky Slate, Daffodil Delight
    Cardstock - Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight,
    Daffodil Delight DSP (soon to be retired in this pattern)
    Accessories - Pearls, Daffodil Delight button (soon to be retired)
      Tools - Big Shot, Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Paper Snips,
    Oval Scallop Punch, Oval Punch, NEW PUNCH (avail 2 July 2013),
    Apothecary Accents Framelit Die, Glue Dots, SNAIL