Thinking Stamping: June 2019

Sunday 30 June 2019

Freshly Made Sketches 394

The sketch at Freshly Made Sketches gave me a chance to keep on exploring with my newest set, the To A Wild Rose bundle.

I like this kind of open-to-interpretation sketch and enjoyed playing around with it. In the last few days, I've used this rose as a two-step stamp, a three-step stamp, an outline and as a resist emboss design. This time, I used the outline stamps of the flower and leaves then coloured them with Stampin' Blends.

I'm loving the Crackle Paint background stamp. It gives such interesting texture to whatever it graces and works so well with copper foil too.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a demonstrator, I'd love to be yours and help you with ideas and to supply you with Stampin' Up products. You can message me by leaving a comment or going to my Facebook page, linked in the side bar of this blog. If you'd like to go shopping with me for some of these fabulous goodies, then clicking on any of the products below will take you to my online store. Or you can click on the SHOP NOW icon in the sidebar.

Product List

To A Wild Rose Bundle

[151073]

$113.25

Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set

[148618]

$48.00

Crackle Paint Cling Stamp Set

[148752]

$34.00

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

[106576]

$18.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Copper Foil Sheets

[142020]

$10.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

[147117]

$15.75

Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144045]

$19.00

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144597]

$19.00

Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[148547]

$19.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$19.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

TGIF218

The challenge at TGIF this week is to make a sympathy card.

They're the kind of card no-one wants to have to make but that it's always good to have. So I used the challenge as an excuse to have one stashed away but in the hopes of not needing it any time soon.

When I get a new stamp set, I like to spend a bit of time playing with it and getting to know it. In the last few days, that's been the To A Wild Rose bundle.

I thought that the outline stamps in the set might take kindly to resist embossing. It turns out that they do.

I mixed colours when I sponged the embossing to give more depth. Then I added a hint of sponging to the opposite corner by the sentiment to draw the eye down.

The die cut 'sympathy', from Well Said is layered up and the stamped part of the sentiment popped up on mini-dimensionals.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a demonstrator, I'd love to be yours and help you with ideas and to supply you with Stampin' Up products. You can message me by leaving a comment or going to my Facebook page, linked in the side bar of this blog. If you'd like to go shopping with me for some of these fabulous goodies, then clicking on any of the products below will take you to my online store. Or you can click on the SHOP NOW icon in the sidebar.

Product List

To A Wild Rose Photopolymer Stamp Set

[149452]

$55.00

Well Said Cling Stamp Set

[148796]

$95.00

Well Written Dies

[148534]

$84.00

Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

[133682]

$18.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$20.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$12.50

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147091]

$15.75

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

[147092]

$15.75

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$15.75

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

[147111]

$15.75

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

$11.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$7.25

Saturday 29 June 2019

Just Add Ink 463

This week's challenge at Just Add Ink gave me a great opportunity to play with one of the new bundles from the 2019-20 Annual Catalogue, To a Wild Rose.

I've chosen foil and sequins.

I used the three-step stamp for the rose but I made two of them and fussy-cut out the centre and layered it up to add more depth. I used the champagne foil in three ways: a narrow mat for the main panel, as a die cut element in the flower cluster and for the lattice band. I used the Subtle embossing folder on the lattice band to give it a textured look.

I added a small rhinestone to the centre of the sequins to add a touch more formality.

The only thing not from the To a Wild Rose bundle is the sentiment, which is from another new set, Here's a Card. I think that set will be particularly useful as it has a collection of two part sentiments for all the major occasions.

Update: Delighted to be given an Honourable Mention at Just Add Ink.

Click on any of the products below to go to my on-line store.

Product List

To A Wild Rose Bundle

[151073]

$113.25

Here's A Card Cling Stamp Set

[149438]

$46.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$18.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

[147014]

$18.50

Champagne Foil Sheets

[144748]

$10.50

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147052]

$15.75

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$15.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143706]

$20.00

Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins

[146933]

$14.75

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$10.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Wednesday 26 June 2019

Colour Inkspiration 58 - Crew Card

I'm excited for the new challenge at Colour Inkspiration for a couple of reasons. The first is that it's just another very cool and exciting set of colours with lots of possibilities. Secondly, I'm just back from a fabulous trip to Samoa. It was a great holiday but you know, you can't take your craft room with you! So it was good to come back to a challenge to get stuck into.

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.

Isn't it a wonderful set of colours to play with? While I was away, a box of new Stampin' Up things arrived at my door - so not only did I have a challenge to work on but lots of lovely new things to try out! The set I most wanted out of all the 2019-20 Annual Catalogue was Very Versailles. It's a vintage style set that lends itself to a collage style of card as well. I'm sharing with you its first outing!

I'm very happy with how it turned out. The set is distINKtive in style, so the stamps have the most beautiful lithographic quality. The foliage stamp is already a favourite. 😀

The script font is amazing. I just wanted to stamp it over and over again. It paired up nicely with the new Scripty embossing folder too.

There's a bit of fussy cutting here too. I gold embossed the decorative fleur-de-lys strip and fussy cut it. The ornate frame was also fussy cut to give more focus to the sentiment.

The background is embossed with the Subtle embossing folder. To add to the vintage look, I've sponged the edges of the white areas with Blushing Bride. Finally, a few pearls to add to the opulence of Versailles.