Thinking Stamping

Tuesday, 18 June 2019

Retro Rubber 113 - Design Team Card

This week, at Retro Rubber Challenge, we have everyone's favourite: Anything Goes. Of course, since this is Retro Rubber Challenge the usual provisos of using at least one stamp that's older than a year and telling us the approximate age of it still applies.

One of the delights of getting out your old stamps is that you get the chance to pair them up with some lovely new products. Often, you give yourself a surprise at how fresh they look. Beautiful You, from the 2017 Occasions catalogue, is a great set but not one I've used in a while. When I paired her up with one of this year's new In-Colours, Rococo Rose, she took on a whole new look.

And doesn't Rococo Rose look fabulous with Mint Macaron? The splatters of summer rain (or petals or whatever) come from another older set, Artisan Textures, from the 2018-19 Annual Catalogue. Both Beautiful You and Artisan Textures are current sets, so you can still order them.

So there she is, simple and sweet. As this blog goes live, my husband and I will be sunning ourselves on the beaches of a tropical Pacific Island. Packing got in the way of too many photos this time round but I hope you'll still join in with us at Retro Rubber and share with us some of your older stamps.

You can see what the rest of the team have done by visiting Retro Rubber Challenge. You can play along with us until June 28.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas and provide you with Stampin' Up products. Message me by visiting my Facebook page - there's a link in the sidebar of this blog. Or you can leave a comment below. You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or clicking on any of products below will take you to my on-line store.

Product List

Beautiful You Cling-Mount Stamp Set

[151412]

$59.00

Artisan Textures Cling-Mount Stamp Set

[151278]

$36.00

Rococo Rose A4 Cardstock

[150888]

$18.50

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

[138344]

$17.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

2019–2021 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[149617]

$24.25

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

[147106]

$15.75

Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147283]

$19.00

Clear Faceted Gems

[144142]

$10.50

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$10.50

Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Colour Inkspiration 57 - Crew Card

There were some truly beautiful creations in Challenge 56 and I enjoyed seeing them all. This time round we have a lovely combination of Lovely Lipstick, Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green. You are free to use Basic colours (white, black, vanilla) and metallics.

If you haven't played with us before, we're a group of Australian and New Zealand Stampin' Up demonstrators. You can play with us by joining in our Facebook group here which will let you play along, comment and vote for your favourite from the top 5 selected by the crew.

I've paired up the bright colours with black and white to make this trifold, angled card. For the card front, I embossed black panels with the Pinewood Planks folder then lightly skimmed over it with Whisper White ink to highlight the pattern.

The coloured butterflies are stamped in Tuxedo Black ink using the Butterfly Gala photopolymer stamp set, then coloured with Stampin' Blends. The tiny butterflies are cut using the Butterfly Beauty dies, as are the Granny Apple Green vines.

I double sided the butterflies in the middle section so it would look good from both sides. I've added in a plain panel for writing on but this is optional - or you could add one to the back. I used the Stitched Rectangle Dies to tie in with the Stitched Shape on the front but you don't have to.

I was going to add in a 'Happy Birthday' greeting to the inside but decided not to because it occurred to me that this would make a great anniversary card as well.

The other nice thing about this card is that it folds up easily to fit into a standard envelope.

If you'd like to try this, I've cut the card base from a piece of Basic Black lengthways so that it is 15cm at one end (any taller and you'll have trouble fitting it in an envelope) and the short end at 7cm but you can alter that to whatever height you like. If you cut it at 6 cm, you can get two from the one sheet but I wanted it a bit taller than that. Then I scored it at 9.9 cm in from each end to get the three sections.

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Bronwyn Eastley.

You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or clicking on any of products below will take you to my on-line store.

Product List

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Stamp Set

[148580]

$44.00

Butterfly Duet Punch

[148523]

$38.00

Butterfly Beauty Thinlits Dies

[148536]

$82.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$17.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock

[121680]

$17.75

Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock

[146993]

$17.75

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

[147014]

$17.75

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$19.00

Lovely Lipstick Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147281]

$19.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147274]

$19.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

[147277]

$20.00

Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143708]

$20.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$60.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Friday, 7 June 2019

As You See It 202 - Design Team Card

Time for a new challenge at As You See It and as part of our new rotation of challenges, the week after sketch is COLOUR! I've had the pleasure of picking the colour challenge this time round, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

I've resisted the temptation to play with butterflies and have instead gone for one of my favourites from the new 2019-2020 Catalogue, Free as a Bird.

The set bundles with the Stitched Nested Labels, which are fabulous to work with. You can us them to stamp on, for sentiments, to make frames or to make tags. I've made on into a tag by punching a hole in and adding some Mossy Meadow twine, part of the Magnolia Lane ribbon combo.

The three colours of the challenge all have Stampin' Blend combos, which made colouring in for this card a breeze.

I hope you'll join in with us over the next fortnight. We love to see how you see the challenge.

You can see the rest of the team's inspiration here.

I also took inspiration from the challenge at Global Design Project. As part of the CASE, I used the general layout, a coloured card base and a textured white card front.

UPDATE: Delighted to get a Special Mention at Global Design Project!

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas and provide you with Stampin' Up products. Message me by visiting my Facebook page - there's a link in the sidebar of this blog. Or you can leave a comment below. You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or clicking on any of products below will take you to my on-line store.

Product List