Tuesday 31 July 2018

Retro Rubber 92 - Design Team Card


Welcome to theme week at Retro Rubber, the challenge that loves you to give some love to your old stamps.  When you play with us, you have to remember to use at least one stamp that is more than a year old. Don't forget to tell us an approximate age for those retro stamps too. Please don't link up to more than ten challenges in total either.


This week's theme gave me a hiccup because I didn't properly pay attention to Jane's lovely graphic. In my head, the theme was 'beach'. I had a lovely piece of vintage looking sea-shell DSP that led me to making a sea-inspired sympathy card. Feeling quite pleased with myself, I went to post the card and read the finer print - use a summer theme on your card. Since summer is generally fun, I felt the sympathy card was not a go-er for this and went back to the drawing board.



Exactly a year ago, my husband and I spent two weeks on a tropical island. We went to Tahiti and the beautiful island of Moorea. The glorious beach, the sea, the sun, the coral reef, the fish, the lush vegetation, brilliant flowers .... a perfect summer spot. Botanical Blooms, from the 2016 Occasions catalogue, made me think of that perfect summer experience. To also capture that summer feel, I chose really bright, vibrant colours - four new colours from the Stampin' Up colour revamp: Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green and a touch of Shaded Spruce. Endless Birthday Wishes, from 2015, provided the sweet sentiment.


I think that the flowers, the foliage and the bright colours add up to a re-creation of that glorious tropical experience. The marriage of old stamps and new colours has worked well.

The crew at Retro Rubber would love to see your summer themed card. You can visit the rest of the team and see what they've done here. You have until 10 August to join in with us.

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 clicking on any of the products listed below.

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NB - both stamp sets and the framelits are retired
Botanical Blooms Photopolymer Bundle
Botanical Blooms Photopolymer Bundle
[140819]
$105.75
Endless Birthday Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set
Endless Birthday Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set
[140273]
$33.00

Just Add Ink 419

There was an interesting challenge at Just Add Ink this week, which was to just add a twist.


To begin with, I wasn't going to play but there was a suggested twist mentioned in the blog, which was to use a non-traditional set to make a Christmas card. This just stuck with me until I was driven to try something.

Rooted in Nature is absolutely my favourite set in the Annual Catalogue and the skeleton leaves are my favourite within it. So I had in mind that they might circle together to make an acceptable poinsettia  - which turned out to be true.  The motif from Detailed with Love is also acceptably snowflake-ish!


There's a copper foil mat under the main panel, picked up with the copper ribbon trim with a touch of gold from the faceted gems.


It still seems early to be thinking of Christmas cards -  but this was a good entree to the season!


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Sunday 29 July 2018

The Paper Players 403 - Design Team Card

It's sketch week at The Paper Players and Claire has given us this sweetie to work with.


My Share What You Love suite has been neglected of late, so I thought I'd get it out and have a play.
I really like the floral stamp that's part of the set. The flowers colour up so prettily, in this case with Stampin' Blends.


The DSP is also so pretty and co-ordinates so well. The white panel is embossed with my newest embossing folder, Layering Leaves. I'm not sure how I managed so long without it.


We'd love to have you join us at The Paper Players this week. Pop over and see what the rest of the team have come up using Claire's sketch then join in with us.

Here's a quick reminder of the challenge rules.
  1. Create a new paper project.
  2. Upload your project to your blog with a link back to The Paper Players.
  3. Provide a direct link to your blog post for your challenge entry.
  4. Please link your card to no more than FOUR challenges (including ours).
  5. Enjoy!
Please take note of these few rules as entries that do not comply will be deleted from the gallery. 

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.


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Friday 27 July 2018

As You See It 181 - Design Team Card


This week at As You See It Challenge, we have a theme for you. 



My initial response was that I am obsessed with cardmaking but I feel something more specific was needed. My obsessions move rapidly from week to week. Last week, it was playing with A Big Thank You. This week, I've played around with using layers: layers of stamping, layers of paper and embellishments.

So here's what happened when I tried it out with the Blow Out the Candles bundle.



Pop over the As You See It page and see what the rest of the team have been obsessed with this week.
You can join us until Wednesday 8 August.

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 clicking on any of the products listed below.

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