Starting out with Blendabilites

If your just starting with using the Blendabilites my advice would be to start with the Blended Bloom Stamp. This one only comes in wood mount and is quite reasonably priced at $20.95 (AUD). Get this stamp, a couple of the Blendabilities assortments, the Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Whisper White Cardstock and you're on your way.

 

The design of the flower is nice and open so it makes it easier for you to put some colour down and start blending. Then as you get more confident you can move up to some of the stamp sets with more intricate designs.

 

 

This is the card that I have made using the Blended Bloom. I used the Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities to colour and blend on the flower image and then used the Kinda Eclectic stamp set for the leaves and the sentiment.

 

 

The Cherry Cobbler Blendabilites just come out stunning! Love them!

 

Get Started with Blendabilities and the Blended Bloom stamp (#135906). Order them from my store HERE (Australia Only) or contact me for more information.

 

 

Thanks for Looking!

 

Have Fun and Happy Stampin'!

Products Used
Stamp Sets - Blended Bloom, Kinda Eclectic
Ink - Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities, Daffodil Delight Blendabilites, Mossy Meadow, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock - Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip
Other - Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Finishing Touches Edglits, Large Scallop Edgelit, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine.

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Just Add Ink #222 Colour Challenge

The Stampin' Up! New Annual Catalogue is here and it's so good. Some times when new catalogues start I get a little overwhelmed with all the choices of wonderful products.  I find the best way to get the creative thought process going is to join in some of the challenges in Blog Land.

So this week I have joined in the Just Add Ink Challenge. Click here and you can join in too!

This week is a colour challenge and the colours are ...

 

This is the card I've made using the colours

 

 

I used the new Striped Scallop Thinlit Die. I cut the die 3 times in Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay and Blushing Bride and then stuck back into the cut out die rows of Blushing Bride and Bermuda Bay.

 

 

Here's a close up of some of the elements on the card. It did take a bit of time to do but I really like the effect of putting the cut outs back in the die.

 

 

Thanks for Looking!

 

Have fun and Happy Stampin'!

Products Used
Stamp Set - Chalk Talk
Ink - Blushing Bride
Cardstock - Whisper White, Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay, Blushing Bride
Other - Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Striped Scallop Thinlit Die, Bermuda Bay 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Gold Sequin Trim, Burlap Ribbon, Circle Punch

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Coastal Cabana Vivid Vases

The next card in my Blendabilities series is one using the stamp set Vivid Vases. This is a really gorgeous stamp (what Stampin' Up! stamp isn't LOL!). You can either colour it in or stamp the vases on some Designer Series Paper, cut them out and then paper piece them back on to the vases.

I have coloured in the images this time and I've used the Coastal Cabana Blendabilities.

 

The Coastal Cabana Blendies were perfect to create a water look. It's a bit hard to see in the photo here but I also put Crystal Effects on the vases to make them look 'wet'. Its a really cool look and is very effective.

 

 

This is one of the cards that I wish you could see 'In Real Life' cause the photo just doesn't do it justice.

 

Thanks for Looking!

 

Have fun and Happy Stampin'!

Products Used
Stamp Set - Vivid Vases
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Coastal Cabana Blendabilities, Daffodil Delight Blendabilities, Rich Razzleberry Blendabilities
Cardstock - Coastal Cabana, Whisper White
DSP - 2013 - 2015 Designer Series Paper Stacks, Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack
Other - Hello Honey 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, Linen Thread

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Bloom with Hope Happy Birthday

The Bloom with Hope Set also has a beautiful 'Happy Birthday' sentiment. I really do like the font that these sentiments are in. They just team perfectly with the stamp images.

For this Bloom with Hope card I stamped and coloured the image twice and then I cut the flowers off the second image and stuck them on the first one with dimensionals to 'raise' the flower up a bit, so it looked like it was coming off the paper.

 

The flower was coloured in with the Daffodil Delight Blendabilites and I used one of the darker Skin Tone Blendabilites to colour the centre of the flower.

 

 

There is some more of the beautiful In Colour 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon. This time in the colour Lost Lagoon! I can see me using a lot of that ribbon! Its so nice! And how pretty does the Sequin Trim look on the Burlap Ribbon! Love it!

 

 

Thanks For Looking!

 

Products used
Stamp Set - Bloom with Hope
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Daffodil Delight Blenabilities, Skin Tone Blendabilites
Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Other - Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Chalk Talk Framelits, 1-1/4" Burlap Ribbon, Gold Sequin Trim, Lost Lagoon 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, Linen Thread

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Bloom with Hope Sympathy

Whenever I make Sympathy cards I like them to have a little pop of colour but not too much so I used the Bloom with Hope stamp set which as a 'With Sympathy' sentiment, coloured the flower image with the Pumpkin Pie Blendabilities and teamed it up with some of the neutral colours.

 

I've also used some of the beautiful new In Colour 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon in Tangelo Twist.

Thanks for Looking

Products Used
Stamp Set - Bloom with Hope, Dictionary
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie Blendabilites
Card stock - Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Other - Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Circle Collection Framelits, 3/8" Tangelo Twist Stitched Satin Ribbon, Linen Thread, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons

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Bloom with Hope A Million and One Thanks

I've always loved colouring in stamped images whether it be water colouring with the Aqua painter or using the blender pen so you can probably guess what some of my favourite products are in the new Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. Yep! Blendabilities!
So over the next week or so I'm going to feature some of my most recent creations that use the Blendabilities alcohol markers.

There first one uses the hostess set Bloom with Hope. This set lends itself perfectly to being coloured in and to highlight and shade in the image.

 

I used the Cherry Cobbler and Daffodil sets for the flower image and Old Olive for the leaves.

Because its a hostess set the only way you can get your hands on it is to host a workshop with over $300 (AUD) in sales or put in a $300 (AUD) order and you will get $50 hostess dollars to use on either the hostess only stamp sets or to put towards any in the catalogue that's on you wish list for free.

Contact me to hold a workshop today!


Products Used
Stamp Sets - Bloom with Hope, Million and One
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Cherry Cobbler Blendabilites, Daffodil Delight Blendabilites, Old Olive Blendabilites
Cardstock - Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Whisper White, Soft Suede, Vellum
Other - Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Candy Dots Brad Bases, Rhinestones Basic Jewels

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Yep! I'm still here!

Oops! Well hasn't it been a while between posts. I'm still here, still crafting and still creating! I just wanted to show you all something that I made for a paper crafting show that I've been a part of over this last weekend.

Myself and 3 other Stampin' Up! demonstrators worked (tirelessly, I must add!) to create a beautiful display of the wonderful products for a local paper crafting show. I will do a post of the display next week but I wanted to show one of the things that I made for the show.

I found a beautiful light pink shadow box frame at a local stationary shop here in Australia, Typo, and was going to fill it with punched out butterflies. But when I got it home I thought why not fill it up with some beautiful roses made with the new Spiral Flower Die from the Occasions Catalogue.

Once I started cutting out the flowers I then though 'Wouldn't it be beautiful to create and ombre type effect with the flowers and graduate the colours'. So that's what I did!

I used 2 die cuts for each flower to make them look a little fuller. The colours that I used were Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride, Primrose Petals and Rose Red. Once the show is finished it will make a nice decoration in my daughters room I think. I just love it!


Products Used
Cardstock - Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride, Primrose Petals and Rose Red
Other - Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Spiral Flower Die, Non- SU Frame

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