Thinking Stamping

Thursday, 21 March 2019

CAS Colours and Sketches 313

This week's challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches gave me a chance to have a first play with Painted Seasons, one of the sets free during Sale-a-bration, with a qualifying order. It is only available until the end of March.

The DisINKtive set has a striking flower plus various bits of foliage that lend themselves perfectly to a masked spray.

I used clear Wink of Stella on the leaves which not only added a bit of sparkle but spread the ink to be more like a light wash of colour, while retaining the shadowing.

If you live anywhere in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up demonstrator, I'd love to help you with ideas and Stampin' Up products. Please message me through my Facebook page, linked in the sidebar of this blog or leave a comment below.

And, of course, you can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking any of the products pictured below or the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar of this blog or you can message me.

Product List

Painted Seasons Bundle

[150349]

$0.00

Happy Birthday Gorgeous Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143662]

$44.00

Pacific Point A4 Card Stock

[116202]

$17.75

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

[121695]

$17.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

[147098]

$15.75

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

[147117]

$15.75

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$15.75

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$14.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$10.50

Tuesday, 19 March 2019

The Paper Players 433

The challenge at The Paper Players is my nemesis and, I think, not just mine! The dreaded ONE LAYER CARD. Yep, nowhere to hide with these. No covering up a botched sentiment with a banner popped up on dimensionals, no die cuts or snippets of embossed card stock. Not even a lovely coloured border to frame things - unless you sponge it on. Just you, the ink and ONE LAYER of card!

After starting, and abandoning, a number of ideas I decided to use this challenge to try out a technique I've seen in a number of places around the internet. I don't think it has a name but it's using Stampin' Blends to colour white embossing. Here's how that turned out...

In real life, the colours are a bit brighter than they look here but still pleasingly subtle. The centres are in Light Daffodil Yellow, the stems in Dark Granny Apple Green and the floofy bits are in Dark Calypso Coral. I left parts of them white so that it would look more nuanced than heavily colouring all of them.

What I particularly like about this card is that although the stamped panel are dandelion flowers, with the stems truncated into a line like this they're not unlike exploding fireworks. I think that ties in with the 'Happy Birthday' rather well.

And, of course, you can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking any of the products pictured below or the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar of this blog or you can message me.

Product List

Dandelion Wishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146747]

$42.00

Very Vintage Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146801]

$28.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$17.75

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$19.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$10.50

Dark Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Marker

[146877]

$9.50

Calypso Coral Dark Stampin' Blends Marker

[144044]

$9.50

Daffodil Delight Light Stampin' Blends Marker

[144586]

$9.50

Friday, 15 March 2019

As You See It 196 - Design Team Card

Time for a new challenge at As You See It. This week, it's colour challenge week. Who doesn't like a Granny Smith apple? Maybe that's why I'm so in love with Granny Apple Green.

The colours seemed to say 'forest' to me, so that led to Rooted in Nature, my favourite set from the 2018 Annual Catalogue. I started with a piece of DSP from the Nature's Poem DSP. Beautiful, isn't it?

After fussy cutting the log, I added in some foliage in the two greens before adding in the greeting, using Stitched Label and Layering Circle framelits.

And I couldn't resist using my favourite sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings, 'Awesome at any Age'. This set is one of the highlights of the Occasions catalogue.

Pop over to As You See It Challenge and see what the rest of the team have done, then why not join in with us. You can link up until Wednesday 27 April, 11.55 p.m. PST.

I also used the sketch at Inspire. Create for inspiration.

And, of course, you can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking any of the products pictured below or the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar of this blog or you can message me.

Product List

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Bundle

[148353]

$153.00

Itty Bitty Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146667]

$76.00

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

[119982]

$17.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

[147014]

$17.75

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

[147006]

$17.75

Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper

[146338]

$23.00

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[147115]

$15.75

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

[147088]

$15.75

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$15.75

Stitched Labels Framelits Dies

[146828]

$69.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

$69.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Thursday, 14 March 2019

Freshly Made Sketches 379

Today, I really wanted to play with the beautiful Dear Doily bundle. I turned to the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches for inspiration.

After white embossing some of the doily stamps onto Whisper White, I brayered Coastal Cabana over it making sure to keep the colour deeper at the bottom.

Then I've added in some Flirty Flamingo because it's so lovely with Coastal Cabana. The layered doilies are so pretty. I've added in a sentiment from the Well Said bundle.

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