Thinking Stamping: Butterfly Brilliance

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Friday, 10 March 2023

Spring Cleaning for As You See It 294

As always, after a recipe challenge, it's time for a theme challenge at As You See It. Deborah has set us the theme of Spring Cleaning. Interesting!

I'm a bit of a procrastinator when it comes to a deep clean of my workspace. I'll put away the things I've used and give the desk a wipe over. But that bits box.... I'm always reluctant to delve into that unless I'm looking for something I'm pretty certain I threw in there as a left over from something else. Sound familiar?

So I got brave and upended it on my desk.....

Then I sorted it into categories. Is my librarian background showing? 😄

And then I made a card from some of what I found there. Everything was from the scrap box except the card base and bling, plus I added the sentiment.

I'm glad I looked because all these elements were too good to waste. Don't you just love that Split Texture die? And the gilded butterfly? And the Stitched Greenery piece?

And then, since I'd sorted everything out, I made two more cards with the bits.

For these ones, I added in the card bases, sentiments and labels, bling and for the mountain scene card I added the embossed panel. I remember making that mountain scene when the 2021-2023 In Colors first arrived on my desk. Now they're about to retire and I'm just using this one now - although the card I made with a sister panel turned out really well! You can see it here.

Best of all, after making these three cards, I had a serious assessment of what was left and threw out anything that I was confident I'd never use.... the Bits Box is only half-full now. 😀

Don't forget to visit the As You See It Challenge page to see what the rest of the Design Team have done and to link up your own entry.

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.

Friday, 26 August 2022

Butterfly Brilliance et al for AYSI 282

Welcome to the latest challenge at As You See It and after recipe week, it's always theme week. I hope you like this theme because I chose it way back in January when I was in the first flush of being a first-time Grandma!

I've been thinking a lot lately about how to best build your stamp collection when you first start out. I always advise people to look for something 'versatile'. This is something you often hear but what does it actually mean? I think it means looking for images that could easily be used for different occasions by changing up the colours and/or the sentiment. For that reason, I often suggest that a good first or second set is something floral, foliage or butterflies and a set with a variety occasions in the sentiment.

So, although I have a couple of excellent baby specific sets, I set out to make something without using them to illustrate the point. 😀

I used the Butterfly Brilliance set and coordinating Brilliant Wings dies. Instead of a sentiment set, I used something similar. I used the new Alphabest bundle, which lets you create your own wording. The 'hello' is from a set in my stash, Forever Fern.

Since I was making baby cards, I stuck with pastel colours, one each of So Saffron, Pool Party and Blushing Bride. You could choose whatever colour you like with this layout.

You can see how I made these cards in this video.

You can see what the rest of the team did with these ingredients and link up your own entry at the As You See It Challenge page. We'd love to see what you do with this theme!

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

Butterfly Brilliance Cling Stamp Set

[155092]

$38.00

Brilliant Wings Dies

[155523]

$93.00

Alphabest Bundle

[158886]

$69.25

Forever Fern Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152559]

$51.00

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$21.75

So Saffron A4 Card Stock

[108611]

$19.50

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

[149165]

$17.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[147113]

$17.00

So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

[147109]

$17.00

Timeworn Type 3 D Embossing Folder

[156505]

$21.00

Beautiful Shapes Dies

[158046]

$61.00

Iridescent Pearls

[153549]

$15.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$9.00

Wednesday, 9 March 2022

Butterfly Brilliance for CI 117

Welcome to a new challenge at Colour INKspiration! This bright, tropical palette was chosen for us by Crew Member Michele Miller.

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 Leigh Maloney.

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

The contrast of the three bright colours and Basic Black reminded me of a technique I tried out a couple of years ago and haven't used in a while. I've heard it called other things but I've always referred to it as Joseph's Coat.

It was another chance to get out my neglected Butterfly Brilliance.

If you are interested, you can see how I created it in this video.

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!

Product List

Butterfly Brilliance Cling Stamp Set

[155092]

$36.00

Best Year Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152568]

$42.00

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

[131286]

$18.50

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$18.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$20.50

Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry

[131288]

$18.50

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

[147096]

$15.75

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$15.75

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[147084]

$15.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$10.50

Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154878]

$19.00

Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon

[151326]

$15.75

Tasteful Labels Dies

[152886]

$65.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$25.25

Wednesday, 14 July 2021

CASE the Designer for AWOW July

Welcome to this month's Around the World on Wednesday blog hop. If you've not visited us before, we hop on the second Wednesday of every month with a theme to inspire you. It's 'around the world' because we represent each time zone that Stampin' Up! operates in: from New Zealand (me) all the way around to Hawaii. Here we all are.

This month's theme is to CAS(E) another designer on the team - the person following us on the hop. I was delighted to discover that after me comes Leonie Stuart. I had the pleasure of meeting Leonie at On Stage in Auckland a couple of years ago and we're both on the Crew at Colour INKspiration. Most of all, I was delighted because I love her work. You can see more of Leonie on her blog Stamping Inspiration by Leonie.

I spent some time looking through the blog but the card I loved the most was the one Leonie sent me for my birthday recently. It was this one that she did for Colour INKspiration 95.

It turns out that CAS(E)ing someone whose work you love can be quite stressful! It took me three goes to come up with something I was happy with... and here it is.

As you can see, I kept many of the elements of Leonie's design. The layout is the same but I replaced the strongly coloured flowers with some more subtly sponged butterflies. I've used some Soft Sea Foam die cuts from the Meadow dies to replace the white and blue flowers and foliage of her card. I've also kept the twists of gold cord. I've also kept the white card base, although I'm much more likely to use a coloured card base in my own designs.

I replaced the very pretty lacy die cut on the other diagonal with the die cut holes from the Brilliant Wings dies. Leonie's sentiment was half stamped, half embossed but I've gone for a fully gold embossed sentiment instead.

I'm pleased with how this turned out. I can still see Leonie's design clearly but have made it my own as well.

And now, you can continue the CAS(E) hop by visiting Leonie, who will have cased the person following her.