Stampin’ Up! Australia - Bokeh wedding card

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Just a quick post from me, since I’ve been quiet of late. SO busy working full-time now, but I managed to steal an afternoon today to do some crafting. :)

Some bokeh technique here, plus some use of scraps that I had in a folder....some paper flowers and a punched piece of gold foil cardstock. I thought it looked good on the bokeh background with the wooden sentiment piece. I painted the wooden sentiment with clear ‘Wink of Stella’ to make it shimmery. :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Butterfly Bokeh

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

Here are the essentials:

• This card was pulled together from scraps.....seriously...it was!
• The base is Kraft and then theres a layer of Very Vanilla card stock stamped with Hardwood in Crumb Cake and then sponged and ‘distressed’ with Gorgeous Grunge. I had this layer in my stash as it didn’t make the cut for another card. 
• The bokeh layer was done so long ago that I can’t remember the colours....but any tones in yellow, orange, pink and green would work if you wanted to reproduce this. 
• You can stamp on vellum and it comes out beautifully soft. I chose vellum to let the bokeh layer through. I stamped a sentiment from Botanicals for You in Crumb Cake. 
• The Pool Party butterfly framelit was also an off-cut. You may also notice that the frame-lit has had surgical enhancement. The two pointy bits at the bottom were too low for my card, so I creatively snipped them off and made sure that the edge had a curve like the rest of the butterfly. 
• A vellum butterfly and a metal-rimmed pearl are the perfect finishing embellishment. 

Here is our sketch for this week:

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Stamp - Botanicals For You, Hardwood, Gorgeous Grunge

Ink - Crumb Cake + assorted inks for bokeh layer

Cardstock - Kraft, Watercolour, Very Vanilla, Vellum, Pool Party

Tools - Stampin’ Trimmer, SNAIL, Aquapainter, Glue Dots, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Big Shot, Bold Butterfly Framelit Die

Accessories - Metal Rimmed Pearl

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Christmas Card

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

I did another bokeh panel and this time I sponged over the stars stencil (from the Hearts and Stars mask). I embossed a piece of vellum card stock in the Lucky Stars Embossing Folder and stapled it to the card....why staples?....because I still haven't worked out a way of adhering vellum without it showing through! :)

The greeting is from Sassy Salutations stamped in Melon Mambo. I embellished with a wooden Snowflake Element and some rhinestones, and then mounted everything on a Kraft card base. The neutral card base really makes the rainbow elements of the card pop!

Here is our sketch for this week...

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Stamp - Sassy Salutations

Ink - Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White Craft

Cardstock - Kraft, Watercolour Paper, Vellum Cardstock, Melon Mambo

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Dimensionals, Stampin' Sponges, Fast Fuse, Hearts & Stars Mask 

Accessories - Snowflake Elements, Rhinestone Jewels

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Bokeh Technique

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

I haven't done a Bokeh card in a while and I thought this sketch would be cool to play with.

The colours from Just Add Ink inspired me this week...some purple and green....although I may have missed the deadline.

Here's our sketch....

Here are the Just Add Ink colours....

Card recipe

Stamp - none

Ink - Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzazz, Tempting Turquoise

Cardstock - Watercolour Paper, Very Vanilla, Vellum 

Tools - Pansy Punch, Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL, Fine Tip Glue Pen 
Accessories - Metallic Doily, Burlap Ribbon, Staple,
 Pearls, Blushing Bride Blendabilities Marker (retired) 
In Color Blossom Accent in Mint Macaron, 
Expressions Natural Elements (wooden greeting) 

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 - Stampin' Up! Bokeh card with Expressions Natural Elements

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I was inspired by Michelle's card at CASE This Sketch this week and I made a bokeh card!

I used an Expressions Natural Element for my greeting and I brushed over it with my Wink of Stella clear shimmer pen. It looks SO sparkly and cool in real life. I also brushed around the edge of my card with the pen too just to finish it off. 

My bokeh circles were done in Whisper White Craft Ink (which is fairly standard), but I also did some circles in Tempting Turquoise as well just for something different. The watercolour base is Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz and Rich Razzleberry. 

A scatter of Metallic Sequins and the card is complete! 

Edited 19/7/15 - I'm so excited to report that my little card made it into the CTS Favorites list this week. YAY! :)

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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Product List

Expressions Natural Elements ...	Metallics Sequin Assortment ...	Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50
Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad $14.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $12.25
Stampin' Trimmer ...	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.00	Watercolor Paper $8.75	Stamping Sponges $6.00
Liquid Multipurpose Glue $7.00	Window Sheets Base Material $8.75

Stampin' Up! Australia - Bokeh Card and the Alphabet Rotary Stamp

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I made this card for the TGIF Challenge - watercolour + a sketch....I took a bit of artistic licence with the sketch and skewed it a bit.

I did something different and made a collage card....a piece of watercolour bokeh, some All Abloom Designer Series Paper, a metallic doily, some sequins, and a piece of glittery foam from a craft project.

I put them all together on some Kraft card stock and added a Naturals Expressions Wooden embellishment. :)

I recently watched a beautiful documentary called Making Mail which showcases a truly incredible art. It has inspired me to start making some more of my own mail art to accompany my handmade cards.

This card is going out as a surprise to a fellow blogger. I hope she likes it. :)

I made my own envelope from Kraft card stock with the Envelope Punch Board, did some bokeh technique on it, and then stamped the address (blotched out here for privacy) with the Alphabet Rotary Stamp. :)

I also stamped a fun message inside with the Alphabet Rotary stamp.....I didn't worry too much about the boo-boo...I just stamped it again. :)

Here is the challenge theme and the sketch...

If you have been inspired by my blog 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. :)

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Product List

Envelope Punch Board $32.00	Alphabet Rotary Stamp $26.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Kraft 12" X 12" Card Stock $10.50
Metallic Foil Doilies ...	Expressions Natural Elements ...	Metallics Sequin Assortment ...	Stampin' Trimmer ...
Stampin' Dimensionals $7.00	Fuse Fast Adhesive $17.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue $7.00	All Abloom Designer Series Paper Stack $11.95
Watercolor Paper $8.75	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Aqua Painters $20.00
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock $15.00	Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad $14.00	Stamping Sponges $6.00