TGIF Challenges | #TGIFC308 Inspiration Challenge

Hello there stamping friends! Today I'm playing along and entering my card in the challenge over at TGIF Challenges | #TGIFC308 Inspiration Challenge. I've not had much motivation to create the last few weeks. I find with the summer/warmer months I'd rather be outside enjoying the great outdoors and then once I've had my fun outside I've run out of time to get crafty. 

 

 When I saw this week's challenge, though, over at TGIF, I just couldn't resist. This week they have a gorgeous inspiration challenge. From the picture, you could incorporate some watercolour wash, use some of the pretty colours or even add some florals. I've gone for some pretty florals. Any opportunity to add some florals to a card and you've got me.

I'm creating again with the Beautiful Brushstrokes dies, as I did in my last post, but instead of layering three colours from dark to light, I've just used the one colour for the layered roses. How pretty do the roses look? Gorgeous.

My card started with some soft colours from the Subtle and Neutrals Stampin' Up! colour families, Petal Pink, Soft Sea Foam and Crumb Cake, and then I added the beautiful contrast of the bold Night of Navy.

For some added interest when layering up the card base I added one of the super pretty Ornate Layers Dies. I kept the die cut layer the same colour as the other layers so that it blends in with the rest of the Crumb Cake cardstock but you can still see the pretty detail of the border with out it overtaking the whole card. 

I've finished off the card with the Night of Navy ribbon from the Playing with Patterns Ribbon Combo Pack, some of the Gold Metallic Thread from the Forever Greenery Ribbon Combo Pack. A few of the Pearl Basic Jewels is the final finishing touch. Pretty, pretty, pretty!

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JAI #544 | Just Add 'L'

Hello there stamping friends. I hope that you are having a fantastic week and a fabulous Friday. Because it's Friday, that means that is time for another Just Add Ink challenge - Just Add Ink #544 | Just Add 'L'.

This is one of our fun letter challenges that seem to be quite popular. I love to use these letter challenges to embark on a new to me technique or a fancy fold that I've not tried before. This challenge I've made a Lever card. If you've not seen a lever Card before the middle panel of the card front 'levers' through the window portion of the card. For a tutorial on how to make a Lever Card, I used this one HERE.

The inspiration for my card today came from one that fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Teneale Williams made a few weeks ago. I loved her mix of using the True Love DSP with Crumb Cake Cardstock and also the addition of the layered floweres from the Beautiful Brushstrokes Dies.

I love the mix of the two different DSP patterns on the front. Don't be afraid to mix patterns or prints. The Polka Dots and the Stripes both in Black and White work so well together and make for a fun look. I was going to sponge the Polka Dot panel with Blushing Bride Ink but felt that it didn't look right and the pop of colour from the die cut flowers was all the colour that I needed against the neutrals.

When the card is fully open there is some DSP layering and some embellishment with the Brushstrokes Dies on the greeting panel. Can't have a blank card on the inside!

The colours used on the flowers are, from darkest to lightest, Merry Merlot, Rococo Rose and Blushing Bride. For the leaves I used Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz.

 The white panel on the inside leaves more than enough room to write a message to the recipient. I've finished off the card with some basic ribbon, trim and embellishments for a beautiful classic look.

I do hope that I've given you some inspiration for this week's letter theme. Please head on over to the Just Add Ink Blog to see all the variety in the JAI Design Teams Projects and then come and join in the fun of this week's Just Add 'L' challenge. Can't wait to see what you create.

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Stampin' Fancy Friday | Mini Catalogue Challenge

Hello there stamping friends! Welcome, welcome! It's so good to have you here. I have a project for you for the Stampin' Fancy Friday Design Team. This month we are all about the 2021 Jan - Jun Mini Catalogue.

 

While we were supposed to pick a favourite bundle or stamp to use for this challenge I couldn't pick just one so I went with my favourite product from the Mini Catalogue. And that is the True Love 12" x12" DSP from the Love You Always Suite.

If you've been following me for a while, you'll know that I love anything in the classic Black and White colour combo and when this fantastic combo is combined with floral images and geometric prints this DSP was and is a MUST have item.

For my card today I've used this floral print to colour in with Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers. I cut the DSP down to a 6' x 6"I was actually inspired for my card today from an ad on Facebook advertising phone covers. They were stunning covers and when I saw them, I was immediately inspired  to create a card. I love the way inspiration can hit you, and it can be from the most random things.

I've started the card with Crumb Cake base layers, but I thought after I put the card together, White or Sahara Sand might look good for the base layers also.

To colour all the flowers I've used a mix of Petal Pink and Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers. The leaves I've used the Old Olive blend and then the longer branches So Saffron Dark and Light.

Stampin' Blends Markers Used

Light Flowers - Calypso Coral Light, Petal Pink Dark, Petal Pink Light

Dark Flowers - Calypso Coral dark, Calypso Coral Light, Petal Pink Dark

Leaves - Old Olive Dark and Light

Branches - So Saffron Dark and Light

Background - Crumb Cake Light

Because colouring the DSP is a statement on its own I felt that the card didn't really need much else to go with it. I've added a little bit of Stampin' Emboss splatter using the White Stampin' Emboss Powder and then finished the card off with the Guilded Gems, White Twine, and an Embossed Happy Birthday Sentiment.

Check out the rest of the favourite mini catalogue creations that the Stampin' Fancy Friday Design Team has made on the Stampin' Fancy Friday Instagram Account. This is where all their creations will be shared throughout the month, so make sure that you are following them to get all of the amazing ideas!

 

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Just Add Ink #540 | Colour Challenge

Hello there stamping friends! Happy Friday! Welcome and thanks for joining me on my blog today. It's so good to have you here.  I hope you're having a fabulous day and that you have all been safe and well. Today we over at Just Add Ink have another creative challenge for you. This week its a fantstic colour challenge chosen by me - Just Add Ink #540 | Colour Challenge.

 I love the soft look of these colours all together. I was thinking that it would look good for something floral. And yes, I've used the Hydrangea Hill Suite again this week. The products have been sitting on my desk and I had a few ideas that I wanted to try.

My card today is fairly CAS (Clean and Simple), well CAS for me, but I've used quite a few layers. If you are wanting to recreate this card you could probably cut out a few of the layers.

I've layered some Misty Moonlight cardstock over the Shimmery White base layers and then a piece of the Hydrangea Hill DSP over that. The last layer is again another piece of Shimmery White that has been embossed with the Subtle 3d Embossing folder.

To make the Hydrangea all I did was stamp the 'watercolour' image from the Hydrangea Haven stamp set in Blushing Bride Ink and then I die cut it with the Hydrangea Dies. 

 

A quick tip to pop out all those little flowers out is to put your die cut piece on a Stampin' Pierce mat and then with the Large Stylus end (large ball end)from the Take Your Pic Tool, push in the centre of each flower where each little 'hole' and this will help those petals to pop up.

I've finished the card off with a sentiment from the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and some of my favourite ribbons, trim and embellishments.

Blushing Bride

Seaside Spray

Misty Moonlight

Just Jade

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 I do hope that I've given you some inspiration with this weeks challenge colours. Come and check out the rest of the amazing creations from the Just Add Ink Design Team using these gorgeous colours at the JAI Blog. We hope that you will join in this weeks challenge. I can't wait to see you join in and to see your fantastic projects for this weeks challenge.

 

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Global Design Project #277 | Colour Challenge

 Hello stamping friends! Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I'm playing along with the colour challenge over at the Global Design Project Blog | GDP #277 | Colour Challenge with my project for you today.

What a gorgeous colour combo! I love, love, love me some pinks and then teamed with a neutral like Sahara Sand makes for some gorgeous creations. It almost has a bit of a vintage vibe to it too. I've gone for a fairly CAS card today using some of the products from the Hydrangea Hill suite in the 2021 Jan - June Mini Catalogue.

I've started the card with some base layers of Shimmery White cardstock and then using one of the floral images from the Hydrangea Haven Stamp Set, I've created a gorgeous floral border. I just repeat stamped this image around the edge using Blushing Bride Ink and then using the new Blending Brushes, blended a light coverage of Blushing Bride Ink over the stamped flower border.

Over the stamped border I've then layered over some Sahara Sand cardstock. I usually go to Crumb Cake for my go to neutral but I am really loving the subtle difference in Sahara Sand tto the Crumb Cake. On the Sahara Sand I've stamped another of the images from the Hydrangea Haven stamp set with a light splatter of the Sahara Sand ink from the Sahara Sand Stampin' Write marker.

I've finished the card off with some Linen Thread, a piece of the square Vellum Doilies, Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon, some Hydrangea Hill DSP, a little flower from the Hydrangea Dies and some Basic Pearls.

Blushing Bride

Rococo Rose

Sahara Sand

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The Spot Challenge | Challenge #146 CASE the Designers - Jay Soriano

Hello there stamping friends. Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I hope you are all well. I'm playing along with The Spot Creative Challenge. This is a relatively new challenge blog to me as I only found out about it a few months ago. I've been so keen to play along but haven't had the chance till now. 

This weeks challenge is to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) one of The Spot Designers - Jay Soriano. Jay is a crazy talented crafter and is amazing at adding those gorgeous 'Pops' of colour!

I scrolled way back in Jay's Instagram feed and this project caught my eye. I love the layout and the spray of flowers across the page as well as the little touches of grunge.

While Jay's project is an A5 Home Decor piece I've used the layout and inspiration of this piece for my card today.  I'm using the amazing Basic Black and Whisper White True Love 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper as the main focus for my card with a touch of coloring using Stampin' Blends and Copic Alcohol Markers. 

I love, love, love anything in classic black and white and this DSP is no different. Other than this DSP being black and white, the other amazing thing that I love is that you can colour the images to suit any of your projects. There are a few different sheets of floral images so it's just a matter of which one to choose.

My whole card started first by cutting out one of the floral sheets of this gorgeous DSP on my ScanNCut. This makes short work of cutting out images like this and is done before you can even find your favourite scissors to 'fussy cut' them out.

 Once the flowers were cut I've coloured them in with Copic Markers using a Flicking technique. Hold your marker right near the nib and gently and quickly flick the marker away from you to make 'streaks' of colour. I like to start with the darkest colour and then graduate to the lightest. I love the 'streaky' effect and the look of texture that this Flicking Technique gives. Gorgeous!

Behind the flowers I've used another pattern from the True Love 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper. As well as Black and White, I'm also a sucker for stripes, which I love behind the flowers. The splatter across the card is some Champagne Shimmer Paint. I've then finished the card off with a Happy Birthday sentiment, some ribbon and trim and some Basic Pearl Jewels. Super fun and super pretty!

 

Copics Used

Pink Flowers - R85, R83, R81

Purple Flowers - BV04, BV02, BV00

Leaves - G99, G94, G21

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Just Add Ink #537 Blog Hop | Just Add Family Challenge

 Hello there stampers! Welcome to my first blog post back for 2021! I've had a very well deserved and much needed Christmas Break with my family and some time away camping in our caravan, with 7 other families. Lots of fun in the sun, swimming in the pool, swimming in the river, swimming at the beach, boating, knee-boarding, 4WD in the sand dunes, and lots of all-round summer fun!

 Over at Just Add Ink, to kick off the first challenge for the year we are commencing 2021 with a blog hop to go with the new challenge. Our theme for this hop and the challenge is 'Just Add Family'. With the year that we've all had and some that are still going through with lockdowns and restrictions, spending time with, missing, and worrying about family has been a huge thing for many. ⁠

This theme covers many creative options relating to family events, milestones, missing family, and hopefully one of these ideas will help you to get creative and join in the new challenge.⁠

My take on the Just Add Family theme is to get a head start on the birthday cards for my immediate and extended family and to try and get organised to have the birthday cards ready to go when the birthdays get started. Hopefully this year I'll be able to see family members for their birthday's this year and be able to personally give them their birthday cards. 

For my card today I'm getting creative with some products from the Stampin' Up! Hydrangea Hill suite in the 2021 Jan - Jun Mini Catalogue. Have you seen this suite? It can be found on pgs. 18 - 20 of the Mini Catalogue. Lush florals and calm colours of pinks, purples, blues and greens. If you love florals then this is the suite for you!

How gorgeous are the pops of purples, blues and greens against the bright white? Super gorgeous right?! I'm normally drawn to pinks, but the purples got me in this suite this time. Most of my card today uses the beautiful Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper. For one of the pages I used my Scan N Cut to 'fussy' cut out some of the images from the DSP and then accented those images with some die cuts, ribbon and trim.

In the centre of the card I used one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies to trace around with the Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker. I was going to go for a different angle with the Basic Black Rectangle in the centre of the card but changed my mind. It still works in the finished card and adds and extra element to the card with the Basic Black outline. I've then layered some Highland Heather Cardstock and a piece of the Hydrangea Hill DSP for a gorgeous layered rectangle.

I've then finished the card off with some of the beautiful Pastel Pearls, a piece of Scalloped Linen Ribbon and the 'Happy Birthday' sentiment from the Blossoms in Bloom Stamp Set. 

Click on the next button below to hop to Chantell. Make sure you click your way around to everyone on the hop as there are lots of amazing creations and lots of different takes on our 'Just Add Family' theme. Once you've been through the hop make why not get creative with your own Just Add Family creation and add it to our Just Add Ink Blog. I can't wait to see your projects!

Patrice Easton

 Kelly Kent

 Lou Kitzelman

Jan McQueen

Joanne Stubbings

 Rachael Lewsley

Tina Gillespie

 Narelle Farrugia

 Denita Wright-Smee

Nikki Spencer

 Kim Badelt

Rochelle Blok

Chantell Randall

 

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