Thursday, 6 July 2017

Memories and More

Thursday 6 July 2017 Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I wanted to showcase some fabulous products from the new Annual Catalogue 2017-2018. The Daisy Delight Bundle is my absolute favourite, it's so cute and versatile. Here I've used the striped paper from the Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper and stamped the daisies in Powder Pink, Rich Razzleberry and Sweet Sugarplum to make this card. The Petal Garden Designer Series Paper which I've used for this 50th birthday card also co-ordinates with the Petal Garden Memories and More Card Pack. And this card uses both the Petal Garden DSP and cards from the Memories & More Card Pack. These are perfect for when you need a card in a hurry - they're super quick and cute! I also made this heart canvas using the DSP and Memories & More cards. I cut the hearts using the heart from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits. And here's a page I completed for our fa...

Thursday 6 July 2017 This week the challenge at the Global Design Project is a sketch one. It is a great layout with lots of scope for taking it in any direction you like! With the horizontal lines as the focal point I looked through my DSP supplies and found the Bundle of Love Specialty papers with the gorgeous gold foil designs on one side and the vanilla/blue or pink on the other. I love my Daisy Delight Bundle and decided on a Night of Navy daisy to complement the gold. I chose the Gold Metallic Thread, Gold Faceted Gems and Gold Foil Sheets from Stampin' Up's! lovely selection of gold accessories to tie it all in. I coloured the daisy's petals in using my blender pen and ink from the lid of the ink pad. The "love you" sentiment is stamped in Night of Navy too and is from the Soft Sayings Card Kit. This kit has 10 great sentiments in different fonts and 5 cute floral/leaf ...

Wednesday, 5 July 2017

International Highlights - Top Ten Winners Blog Hop

Wednesday 5 July 2017 Hi and welcome to this exciting and special blog hop for the winners of Kylie Bertucci's International Blog Highlights. The top ten winners, from all around the world, are participating today and sharing new Baby projects. Thank you to everyone who voted for my card - I was thrilled! You can see that project HE RE . Thank you so much Kylie for all the fantastic work you do in bringing us all together! Again I've used my Welcome Little One stamp set - I love everything about this stamp set from the cute little images to the words in lovely fonts. All these baby cards are making me clucky! The base of my card is Blushing Bride which co-ordinates with the gorgeous Bundle of Love Specialty DSP. It also comes in Soft Sky with the reverse of all the sheets in gold foil The tepee was stamped in Blushing Bride, fussy cut and then stuck on with dimensionals. I gold embossed the draping f...

Thursday, 29 June 2017

Global Design Project 093 | Colour Challenge

Thursday 29 June 2017 Today I'm showcasing new products from the Stampin' Up! 2017/18 Annual Catalogue on my card for the latest Global Design Project Colour Challenge. Lemon Lime Twist and Berry Burst are two of the new five "In Colors" that will be with us for the next two years. Teamed with Pool Party (one of my favourite colours) it makes a stunning impact. "Birthday Wishes" is from the new Happiest of Days (143796) stamp set. It has a lovely selection of images and sentiments. I'm looking forward to making more projects with this set. I coloured the images using my blender pen and ink from the lid of my stamp pads. The Lemon Lime Twist DSP on the base is from the Eastern Palace Specialty (144147) Designer Series Paper and the Berry Burst DSP is from the Naturally Eclectic (144185) Designer Series Paper. I included strips of both DSP on the inside and added the new Pool Party Solid Ba...

Monday, 26 June 2017

CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge - #134

Monday 26 June 2017 Hi everyone and welcome to my blog! Today my card is for CASEing the Catty Challenge and this week it is from the section of the catalogue "For Babies & Kids"! My card is based on the card at the bottom left on page 105 of the Annual Catalogue. I really love this layout. I used the Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper (144185) and picked out the gorgeous colours of the gems to colour my elements - Soft Sky, Lemon Lime Twist, Emerald Envy and Night of Navy. The cake and greenery are from the Happiest of Days stamp set (143796) and the "Happy for You" is from In the City stamp set (hostess). The zigzag at the top of the banner is from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits (137547)! If you live in New Zealand and would like to purchase any of these products you can SHOP NOW at my online shop. Or if you are looking for a demonstrator please contact me. I hope ...

Thursday, 22 June 2017

Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop

Thursday 22 June 2017 Welcome to the second Ink and Inspiration Blog Hop. You are currently visiting Angela Meiritz-Reid from Christchurch, New Zealand. The theme this month is masculine. I've created this card with lots of different Stampin' Up! products. Firstly the stamping, the magnificent tree is from "Lovely As a Tree", the sentiment is from "Lovely Friends" and the stripes (stamped three times on top of each other) are from "Butterfly Basics". I've used a strip of Designer Series Paper from the new Color Theory Stack in Old Olive - this stack also comes in Berry Burst, Crushed Curry and Dapper Denim and has 6 different designs. The Old Olive Enamel Shapes are from the Brights Collection - I love these! And some Linen Thread to tie it up! Lovely As a Tree is a really versatile stamp set and makes a perfect Masculine card - wouldn't you agree? Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy all the other lovel...

Wednesday, 21 June 2017

Global Design Project 092 | Case the Designer

Wednesday 21 June 2017 Hello and welcome, today my card is for this week's Global Design Project #092 | Case the Designer and this week's "CASEE" is Steffi Helmschrott. Steffi has a lovely style with beautiful water-colouring. Here's GDP's CASE definition: "CASE = C opy A nd S electively E dit - Remember that when you CASE a project you can take what you like from the design and make it your own. It might be the stamp set - the colours, the layout, the flowers, whatever you like that has inspired you to make a card of your own." I took my inspiration from Steffi's layout and used "my new favourite" stamp set - Little One! The gorgeous designer series paper you can see around the edge is from the Bundle of Love Specialty DSP. The cardstock I've teamed up with this DSP is the co-ordinating Blushing Bride and I've added Flirty Flamingo for some contrast. I stamped the stars in Daffodi...

Monday, 19 June 2017

Dragonfly Duo!

Monday 19 June 2017 Hello and welcome! My creation today is for two challenges, CASEing the Catalogue and Colour INKspiration. The inspiration for my card came from the bird card on page 98 of the catalogue for the CASEing the Catty CTC133 Challenge. And the colours came from this lovely selection for the Colour INKspiraton CI11 Challenge. I used the new Coffee Break Designer Series Paper as it has both Early Espresso and Soft Suede in it and added the Marina Mist by watercolouring a piece of Shimmery White cardstock for the dragonfly thinlits. If you look very closely you can see that the Rhinestones have a faint blue tint - I ran them over the Marina Mist ink pad then embossed them with clear embossing powder. And the background is made using the Embossing Paste with the cloud decorative mask. The embossing paste is fun and easy to use. Thanks for stopping by today - have a great week and see you back again soon.

Friday, 16 June 2017

Oh Baby Baby!

Friday 16 June 2017 Hello! Today I made this little card for two different challenges using the Little One stamp set and a bit of patience! One is the Global Design Project's Theme Challenge of Wheels and the other is CASEing the Catty from pages 68-85. I didn't have a particularly "wheel" kind of stamp so I decided to make my own baby buggy to go with the sentiment from the Little One stamp set. And as I wanted to CASE a layout from the Catalogue I decided on the ice cream card on page 82. I was drawn to the colours and the clean lines of the ice cream card, and loved how the Designer Series Paper from the Petal Garden Stack teamed up perfectly for the buggy's hood - that's where my patience was tested!! I used the Layering Circles Framelits for all those different circles and the Softly Falling and Sparkle Embossing Folders for the buggy and white layer...

Thursday, 15 June 2017

Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop

Thursday 15 June 2017 Welcome to the second Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop. You are currently visiting Angela Meiritz-Reid from New Zealand. I hope you enjoy my card showcasing one of my favourite carry over products. I'm so pleased this stamp set Dragonfly Dreams and the co-ordinating Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits are carrying over as they are one of my main go-to stamp sets for both male and female cards! Today I've stamped the sentiment in the new "Fresh Fig" ink to match the "Fresh Fig" designer series paper from the Fresh Florals stack. This paper is gorgeous, it has four designs in each of the new In Colours - Berry Burst, Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink and Tranquil Tide. And of course there's the new co-ordinating Finely Woven Ribbon in all the new In Colors. To create the paper for the baby dragonflies I washed Fresh Fig ink (using my Aqua Painter) over a piece of Shimmery White cardstock before cutting it with t...