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! Kind Koala

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

Here’s my card! Isn’t that koala the cutest thing!!? As well as our colour challenge, I was also inspired by the Less is More challenge celebrating my homeland ‘Down Under’. Koalas are beautiful creatures....I have been fortunate enough to see several in the wild here.....most were asleep but I did see a large male crossing a road once....he was massive!

Here are the essentials:

• I watercoloured my little koala by stamping Black Stazon onto White Shimmer Paper and applying Crumb Cake in very light layers with an aquapainter. Blushing Bride and a tiny bit of Rose Red were applied to the ears to give shading. 
• I watercoloured the flower in Rose Red - this time adding more saturated colour. 
• I thought it would be fun to mash up the greetings on this card. I like the “thinking of you” sentiment on the Kind Koala stamp, but I often think that this sentiment is better suited to sad situations....by adding “because you’re awesome” from Botanicals For You, the overall greeting on the card becomes whimsical and fun. 
• I added a piece of Botanical Gardens Designer Series Vellum underneath the image layer. Vellum is great for adding interest to a clean & simple card without adding too much patterning or colour that competes with the eye. 
• An Itty Bitty Epoxy Accent makes the middle of the flower pop! 

Here are our colours for this week:

Card recipe

Stamp - Kind Koala

Ink - Crumb Cake, Black Stazon, Rose Red, Blushing Bride

Cardstock - White Shimmer Cardstock, Botanical Gardens Designer Series Vellum

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL, Aquapainter, Paper Snips
Accessories - Itty Bitty Accent Epoxy Stickers

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! Beautiful Ride

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

I just can’t put this stamp away....it’s adorable!

The stamp is “Beautiful Ride” from the new Occasions Catalogue. I stamped it in Black Stazon and watercoloured it in Pear Pizzazz. The brown tones are where the Pear Pizzazz ink ‘splits’....it looks great! The windows were watercoloured in a light wash of Bermuda Bay and the tyres lightly in Basic Black.

The background DSP is also NEW! It is from the “Shine On" Designer Series Paper Pack. One side is Kraft plus coloured patterns and the other side is Kraft + Metallics patterns. It is fantastic!

I matted this on some Blackberry Bliss card stock and mounted it onto a Kraft card stock base.

The garden was created using Fringed Scissors and Pear Pizzazz card stock (grass) and Blackberry Bliss CS punched with a small flower punch (I used the retired Itty Bitty Punches, but the Itty Bitty Accents pack has a cute flower in it too!).

I added a border of Bermuda Bay sequins on the bottom of the watercolour panel and just for fun I stapled some Blackberry Bliss striped cotton ribbon onto the panel also.

As you can see, this card has a tonne of elements and isn’t really my usual style, but I had so much fun making it. :)

The envelope? I made this with my Envelope Punch Board and the new Neutrals Envelope Paper - there are Crumb Cake pages and they are perfect to pair with a Kraft based card. I stamped the VW Beetle onto the envelope in Blackberry Bliss.


Here are our colours for the challenge this week :)

Card recipe

Stamp - Beautiful Ride (Occasions catalogue) 

Ink - Black Stazon, Pear Pizzazz, Bermuda Bay, Blackberry Bliss, Basic Black

Cardstock - Watercolour Paper, Kraft, Shine On Designer Series Paper, 
Blackberry Bliss, Pear Pizzazz

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Aquapainter, SNAIL, Glue Dots, Tear & Tape Adhesive, Fringed Scissors, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Stapler
Accessories - Blackberry Bliss Striped Cotton Ribbon, Bermuda Bay sequin ribbon, 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 - 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! Embellished Ornaments Bundle

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

This week the Blog Hop challenge is all about CASE-ing a project inspired by our favourite bundles  from Stampin' Up! Holiday 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.

My favourite bundle is the Embellished Ornaments bundle on page 15 of the Holiday Catalogue. It's beautiful!

I did a wash of Crumb Cake on a watercolour base and then, after it had dried, I stamped the holly image with Old Olive. I used a Pear Pizzazz marker to fill in the leaves making sure I wasn't too neat to keep true to the watercolour aesthetic. 

The ornament was stamped in Tempting Turquoise and then rolled on the edges with Island Indigo. I spritzed the rubber with some water before stamping onto watercolour paper which caused the inks to bleed and swirl. 

I couldn't help myself and I spritzed the card with some vintage SU product...the Gold Smooch Spritz from a few years ago...I stocked up on that big time! :) This card is so much prettier in real life. It has a golden sheen. :)

Here's my inspiration image:

Click below to go to the CASEing The Catty team page where you will find the full list of participants this week. :)

Stamp - Embellished Ornaments

Ink - Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz Stampin Write Marker, Gold Encore Ink (for greeting)

Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Watercolour Paper, Gold Foil 

Tools  - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Dimensionals, Aquapainter

Heat Tool, Emboss Buddy, Clear Emboss Powder (for greeting)

Accessories - Gold Smooch Shimmer Spray (retired) 

I hope you like my project!

The 2015-2016 Annual Catalogue  and the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue are 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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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Lego Card

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

When I saw our colour challenge for this week, the first thing that jumped to mind was LEGO!!!

Probably because I am surrounded by the stuff. It is everywhere in my house. :)

I stamped the Lego image with Stazon onto Watercolour paper and then coloured using an Aquapainter with Cucumber Crush, Pacific Point and Tangerine Tango. The strip of paper is from the Cherry on Top DSP stack. 

I also made a bright and fun envelope using my Envelope Punch Board and pulled some Cucumber Crush from the In Color Envelope Paper pack.

I stamped the inside of the card with the lego image in Cucumber Crush and did the same across the bottom of the envelope (not seen). 

I used the very CAS sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch for my card. 

 Here are our beautiful and vibrant Create with Connie and Mary colours....

Card recipe

Stamp - Boys will be Boys

Ink - Cucumber Crush, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango

Cardstock- Whisper White Thick Cardstock, Pacific Point CS, Whisper White CS, 
Cherry on Top DSP, Watercolour Paper

Tools - Big Shot, Circles Framelit Dies, Paper Snips
Stampin' Trimmer, Dimensionals, SNAIL, Envelope Punch Board, Fast Fuse
Accessories - Brights Candy Dots

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! You've Got This

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

I got this stamp set for free by participating in a demo-only social media challenge recently. So exciting! I love free stuff....especially free stamps. :)

Perfect Plum is a fairly bold colour, but when it is watercoloured the saturation is so much easier to control so the flower came out quite soft and subtle which I liked. 

Here are our colours....

I used the Mojo Monday sketch to help me too. :)

Card recipe

Stamp - You've Got This, A Dozen Thoughts

Ink - Perfect Plum, Mint Macaron, Sahara Sand

Cardstock- Very Vanilla, Watercolor Paper, Perfect Plum, Mint Macaron

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, 
Paper Snips, Aquapainter, Dimensionals
Accessories - Very Vintage Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, Sahara Sand Lace Trim

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! Baby card

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

This week the Blog Hop challenge is all about CASE-ing a project from the Baby 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.

A very good friend of mine just had a beautiful baby girl on the weekend and this card is going across the miles to the US to her. :)

I used Zoo Babies and created the same layout as the inspiration piece. I used Sprinkles of Life for the flowers...I just wish I'd used a dark green for the flower stems that's all. 

Here's my card...

I used the Envelope Punch Board to make a custom envelope from the Sweet Lil Things Designer Series Paper. :)

Here's my inspiration:

Click below to go to Julia'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!

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Product List

Envelope Punch Board $32.00	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock $14.00	Sweet Li'l Things Designer Series Paper ...	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Hello Honey Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride $12.25
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Metallics Sequin Assortment ...	Stampin' Trimmer ...	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.00
Fuse Fast Adhesive $17.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue $7.00	Aqua Painters $20.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments $8.75