Regal Flora for Around the World on Wednesday

 

Welcome to the latest hop at Around the World on Wednesday!

On the second Wednesday of each month, the team put together a thematic hop to give you some inspiration for your own crafting. We love it when you try out something new or CAS(E) one of our projects. The team is truly international, with members from each time zone of the world that Stampin' Up! operates. You're with me, in New Zealand - the first place in the Stampin' Up! world to change the date. 😀

Our inspiration this month is this lovely sketch. I love a sketch challenge. I find them really great for getting my mojo moving again. So if you're in a bit of a creative slump, why not use this one as your inspiration?

Another source of inspiration for this card is the very lush floral papers in the Regal Winter collection. The colours are rich and gorgeous but for this card, I went with those in shades of Navy and Blackberry.

One of my favourite things in the Regal Flora bundle is that label shape with pie crust detailing and two rounded corners. It's great as a label for greeting but so very useful as a base for building up a cluster too. 

For the embossed card front, I used a favourite folder of mine - Distressed Tile.  I stamped and die cut some flowers and foliage, picking out colours from the DSP. I've used Night of Navy, Berry Burst, Blackberry Bliss and Pretty Peacock. To get variations of colour, I added some of the inks with a sponge dauber. For instance, I inked the trio of flowers with Berry Burst, then used a sponge dauber to add Blackberry Bliss to the centres.

The sentiment is stamped in Night of Navy to match the card base, then cut with the smallest banner from Stylish Shapes. Possibly my favourite thing is the embellishments. These beautiful gold foiled gems are from the Regal Foiled Adhesive Backed Dots: a name that doesn't do justice to the rich colours and flashes of gold!

Next up you can visit with the fabulous Leonie Stuart to see what clever things she's done with the sketch.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page.

You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand here.

If you get lost on the hop or want to revisit someone, here's a list of participants.

Jan Clothier - NZ - You are here

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Danielle Kassing - NL

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Mikaela Titheridge - UK

Annette Ball - CA

Angie McKenzie - US

Kelly Taranto - US

Chris Smith - US

Tricia Butts - US

Theresa McEntee - US

Bree Renwick - US

Lori Willcox - CA

Cheryl Hamilton - US