Artfully Layered for Paper Players 596

I decided to take up the considerable challenge offered by The Paper Players this week. It's CAS week but the added twist is to make a One Layer Card. A tough assignment indeed!

Of all the sets retiring at the end of June with the ending of the January-June Mini Catalogue, the one that I will be saddest to see go is the Artfully Layered bundle. If you don't have it yet, make sure to get it in the Last Chance List: this set is a must have!

I started by simply stamping some foliage in each corner using Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz and Garden Green.

The sentiment (and what a lovely one it is) is stamped in Tuxedo Black.

I used a rectangular mask to sponge in a partial frame in each corner. If you have not used this technique before, I have a video tutorial showing how to do it with a different set. You can find it here.

Then I sponged in some Crushed Curry and added a single Brushed Brass Butterfly.

CAS and one-layer - wasn't sure I could still be this pared back!

Update: Delighted to be A Cut Above at The Paper Players.

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 by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or on any of the products below.

Product List

Artfully Layered Bundle (English)

[157761]

$112.50

Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock

[159230]

$18.50

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$17.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[147104]

$17.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$17.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$17.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.75

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$26.25

Brushed Brass Butterflies

[158136]

$21.00

Artfully Layered for Around the World on Wednesday

 

Welcome to the latest inspiration hop for Around the World on Wednesday. If you've not followed us before, we're a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world, some from every time zone in which Stampin' Up! operates.  Each month we bring you some inspiration around a theme. This month's theme is  From the Market: inspiration from a shop or market. 

My inspiration was real serendipity. I rushed out to get some wrapping paper and ended up buying the only one at the supermarket that wasn't a happy birthday one. When I got it home, I realised that it was very close to one of my favourite bundles of the January-June Mini Catalogue,  Artfully Layered.

So here's my wrapping paper.

Beautiful, isn't it?

And here's my interpretation of it.

If you would like to see how I made it, or try one like it yourself, here's a video tutorial for you.

That's it from me in New Zealand. Next up on the hop is the wonderful Leonie Stuart in Australia.

If you get lost along the way, or would like to re-visit anyone, here's a blog roll of this month's participants.

 

Jan Clothier - NZ - You are here

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Mikaela Titheridge - UK

Annette Ball - CA

Angie McKenzie - US

Wendy Lee - US

Tricia Butts - US

Teri West - US

Cheryl Hamilton - US

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 by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or on any of the products below.

Product List

Artfully Layered Bundle (English)

[157761]

$112.50

Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock

[159230]

$17.25

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$20.50

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$10.50

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

$21.00

Meadow Dies

[155852]

$80.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$20.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

$38.00

Heat Tool

[129056]

$60.00

White 3/4" (1.9 Cm) Frayed Ribbon

[158138]

$15.75

Simply Elegant Trim

[155766]

$15.75

Artfully Layered for AYSI 268

 This time around, the challenge at As You See It is to fill in the blank.

Tricky, right? I have so many favourite techniques! But the thing I always come back to is playing around with masks and blending brushes. A technique I've used a lot in the last year or so is faux torn paper.

Using a piece of torn photocopy paper as a mask, I've blended together Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz and Garden Green. 

Useful tip: use the base of your Stamparatus and the magnets to hold the mask in place while you blend.

Before removing the mask, I stamped using Garden Green and Pear Pizzazz. 

After removing the masks, I added in some die cuts: tiny leaves in Granny Apple Green and Daffodil Delight, and a bold swoosh of foliage also in Granny Apple Green.

The embellishments are Faux Sea Glass shapes from the January-June 2022 Mini Catalogue.

You can see what the rest of the Design Team have done with this colour combo and link up your own entry at the As You See It Challenge site.

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 by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or on any of the products below.

Product List

Artfully Layered Bundle (English)

[157761]

$112.50

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

[108605]

$18.50

Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock

[121680]

$18.50

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

[147014]

$18.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$20.50

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$15.75

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$15.75

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[147104]

$15.75

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$25.25

Faux Sea Glass Shapes

[158139]

$16.75

Artfully Layered for CI 115

Welcome to the latest challenge at Colour INKspiration! This colour palette was chosen by Crew Member Monica Formosa.

If you haven't played with us before, we are a group of Stampin' Up Demonstrators from the South Pacific. Challenges are shown and entered via our Facebook Group page. If you don't belong, and would like to, click here. Don't forget to answer the three easy questions you'll be asked when you ask to join the group.

Each challenge, Top Picks and a winner are chosen by the crew and the winner offered a chance to Guest Design with us for a future challenge. The guest designer this challenge is Alisa Tilsner.

If you don't have an exact challenge colour, feel free to replace it with whatever you have that's closest. - for example Crushed Curry for Bumblebee. Black, White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand and metallics are free colours, as are flesh toned Stampin' Blends.

I am so very pleased that I bought the Artfully Layered bundle from the 2022 January-June Mini Catalogue. I moved it into my A-List because the DSP from the New Horizons suite was unavailable and what a serendipitous decision that was! (Although, who am I kidding - I'd have always got them both - and will do, once available.)

To create the variegated leaves in both the main spray of foliage and the tiny die cut leaves, I first inked up the stamp in Bumblebee then added in some Cajun Craze with a sponge dauber. It's a very easy and effective way to create mixed colours in a solid stamp.

The feathery leaf die-cut and tiny leaves are cut from So Saffron, while the skeleton leaf is cut from Bumblebee.

The fringing around the sentiment is created from the White 3/4" Frayed Ribbon. Wow - it really does what is says on the tin.... beautiful frayed ends to give a fringe look to the sentiment!

Visit the Colour INKspiration site to check out the album of Crew Cards for inspiration. You can also add your entry there. We all enjoy seeing what you do with our colour palettes, so join in!

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 by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or on any of the products below.

Product List

Artfully Layered Bundle (English)

[157761]

$112.50

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

[147008]

$18.50

Bumblebee A4 Cardstock

[153082]

$18.50

Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock

[121683]

$18.50

So Saffron A4 Card Stock

[108611]

$18.50

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

[147118]

$15.75

Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad

[153116]

$15.75

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad

[147085]

$15.75

Stitched Rectangles Dies

[151820]

$74.00

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

$11.00

White 3/4" (1.9 Cm) Frayed Ribbon

[158138]

$15.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25