Thinking Stamping

Monday, 16 July 2018

The Flower Challenge 22

Vintage is a style I don't often do but I recently purchased Stampin' Up's new hostess set, Very Vintage. I been giving it a run in the last couple of days and used the inspiration at The Flower Challenge for this simple vintage card.

I'm usually a little more technique-driven in my card making but sometimes all a really pretty stamp needs is a setting. I used a panel from the Delightfully Detailed specialty paper for the frame and underlaid it with a piece of Rich Razzleberry. Cutting out a central oval allowed the colour to show through the dots while letting the stamp have centre stage. I used a large oval framelit that I had in my stash for this as the current layering ovals are too small for this aperture.

This stamp is just so pretty, with its etching-like look! It colours up well too. So, a sweet and simple vintage style card QED!

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 the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar of this blog or by clicking any of the products pictured below.

Product List

Very Vintage Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146801]

$28.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

$20.50

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

$17.75

Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper

[146907]

$29.50

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147091]

$15.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Sunday, 15 July 2018

The Paper Players 401 - Design Team Card

What an amazing two weeks it's been at The Paper Players! So many of you joined in with our 400th Challenge Celebration and the gallery was chock full of the most delightful cards. I could have chosen a dozen winners quite easily. So a hearty congratulations to our winners last week. Be sure to come back on 18 July to see who was randomly selected to receive the prizes. Good luck, everyone!

So, back to real life! This week, it's Joanne's colour challenge and she's chosen three brand new colours from Stampin' Up. It doesn't matter if you don't have the exact SU colour as long as you use similar colours.

This colour combination got me thinking of florals so it seemed a good chance to try out something I'd been wanting to do for a while - use the Stamparatus to stamp a wreath. Since this is a technique that seems to work well with small stamps I turned to Beautiful Bouquet.

I don't know what it is about that set but it sends me over the top everytime. I pull it out and every CAS bone in my body goes into hiding! I don't usually use much red but Lovely Lipstick, one of this year's in-colours, has really grown on me so in the spirit of over-the-topness out came the DSP as well. These little 15 x15 cm pads of DSP in colour families sit quietly in the catalogue, without any fanfare, but are actually incredibly useful.

I made a z-fold card with a circular front and with a matching circular piece hiding in behind it.

Opened out, it looks like this.

We'd love to see what you do with Joanne's colours. Pop over the The Paper Players and see what the rest of the team have done with them, then join in with us.

Here's a reminder of the few rules we have.

Create a new paper project.
Upload your project to your blog with a link back to The Paper Players.
Provide a direct link to your blog post for your challenge entry.
Please link your card to no more than FOUR challenges (including ours).
Enjoy!

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

Product List

Beautiful Bouquet Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143666]

$57.00

Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock

[146993]

$17.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

[147014]

$17.75

Highland Heather A4 Cardstock

[147010]

$17.75

In Color 2018–2020 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[146963]

$23.00

Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Pad

[147140]

$15.75

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad

[147103]

$15.75

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$15.75

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

$69.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$10.50

Saturday, 14 July 2018

Freshly Made Sketches 345

I'm enjoying having some time to play along with challenges. The sketch at Freshly Made Sketches was inspiration for the first outing of my latest stamp set, Very Vintage. This is a hostess set.

Very Vintage was a set that I was havering about, until I saw a gorgeous card made by my Canadian on-line buddy, Heather Cooper from Plays with Papercrafting. I was also exploring some of Stampin' Up's new colours - Lovely Lipstick and Granny Apple Green.

This fabulous floral image coloured up beautifully with Stampin' Blends. The new catalogue has a whole lot of new colours in these amazing alcohol markers and in this card I've used Lovely Lipstick, Granny Apple Green, Flirty Flamingo and some touches of Soft Sea Foam. Ever reliable Crumb Cake was used for the stems and a touch of Daffodil Delight for the flower centres.

I think I'll be using this set quite a bit. It's so very pretty.

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

Product List

Very Vintage Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146801]

$28.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$17.75

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

[147014]

$17.75

In Color 2018–2020 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[146963]

$23.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$18.25

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$10.75

Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Pad

[147140]

$15.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Lovely Lipstick Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147281]

$19.00

Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147278]

$19.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147274]

$19.00

Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[148059]

$19.00

Daffodil Delight Light Stampin' Blends Marker

[144586]

$9.50

Crumb Cake Light Stampin' Blends Marker

[144582]

$9.50

Friday, 13 July 2018

As You See It 180 - Design Team Card

This week at As You See It Challenge, we have sketch for you to play with. It was quite strange for me to sit down to make this card, as I've been away on holiday for most of the last month so had all my Design Team cards made well in advance and scheduled to come live on the appropriate day. The pressure was really on for me today to get a fresh one done!

When I saw this sketch, I kept seeing the strong vertical as a tree or flower - I know, call me crazy. From that idea, the rest of the card grew. I sponged some water colour paper in Old Olive and Blushing Bride, cut the flower, added in some extra colour and some Berry Burst then stacked it up on some Blushing Bride.

I've been enjoying getting to know my Stamparatus so used it to repeat stamp the 'So happy for you' in the centre panel.

Sunshine Sayings and the matching Sunshine Wishes dies are so versatile and so pretty that they do all the work for you! The label shaped dies are now retired.

We'd love to see what you do with this sketch. Pop over to As You See It and see what the rest of the design team have done, then get your mojo going and join in with us before Wednesday 25 July, 11.55 p.m. PST.

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

Product List
NB Lots of Labels dies are now retired.

Sunshine Sayings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141594]

$48.00