Thinking Stamping: Everyday Details

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Friday, 16 August 2024

Everyday Details for AYSI 330

Welcome to the latest challenge at As You See It. It's theme week and I had the pleasure of setting the theme. All you need to do is design us something that's in a vintage or shabby chic style.

I have to say that this was my choice of theme - and it seemed a good idea at the time! I'll admit that I did begin to question my sanity at making such a choice, with me being a clean and simple girl at heart, but once I got going I really enjoyed the switch in style.

The cup with flowers from Everyday Details seemed a vintage sort of image to me, especially in dusky colours. I stamped the image three times in Early Espresso and coloured with Stampin' Write markers in a mix of Crumb Cake, Moody Mauve, Pretty in Pink, Soft Sea Foam and Blackberry Bliss. I fussy cut them out then arranged them over a circle cut with Spotlight on Nature dies. I used the dotty stamp from Everyday Details to add some Soft Sea Foam to the background before gently sponging the edge with Crumb Cake ink.

I really enjoyed making the background panel! I randomly stamped the teacup image in stamped off Crumb Cake. I added in some random 'Enjoy Today' s from Beach Day. Then I embossed it with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing folder. Then I took to the edges with the blades of a pair of scissors to distress the edge before sponging on some Crumb Cake ink, using a blending brush.

The underlayer of Moody Mauve got the same scissor treatment before being inked up with some Moody Mauve ink and then.... I screwed it up to give it a really distressed look! I felt slightly criminal in doing so! 😀. The sentiment is from Country Birdhouse.

The final act was the addition of some Linen Thread (my favourite of all ribbons and twines) and a few Basic Rhinestone Jewels.

The team and I would love to see your shabby chic/vintage creations. Visit the As You See It page to see what the rest of the team have done and to link up your entry. You can join in the challenge until Wednesday August 28, 11.59pm PST.

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Saturday, 29 June 2024

Everyday Details for FMS 642

As I often do, when looking for a fun weekend challenge, I look to the latest at Freshly Made Sketches.

Today's card is a straightforward make with a straightforward take on the sketch. It's a good mix of old and new too, which I like.

The background is Pool Party embossed with my newest embossing folder, Cute Crochet. However, the shaped bottom uses a retired die set, Ornate Borders. It's always nice to use favourites from the stash. 😀

The stamped image and sentiment are not new - merely underused : Everyday Details. The pretty dotted border is from the matching Everyday Details dies.

After stamping the bird's nest in Tuxedo Black, I coloured it with Stampin' Blends: Crumb Cake, Old Olive and Pool Party. I chose the sentiment because it seemed to go with the nest - perhaps a baby announcement or a new home?

After colouring, I masked off the eggs and nest before splattering some Wink of Stella over it. I popped it up on dimensionals to give it some lift and decided against adding any further bling.

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Thursday, 15 February 2024

Everyday Details for Colour INKspiration 159

Welcome to the 159th Challenge at Colour INKspiration! We'd be delighted to have you join us for this gorgeous colour combination chosen by team member Nicole Wilson.

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. This challenge is open for two weeks and closes Monday 26 February, 7pm AEST.

If you don't have an exact challenge colour, feel free to replace it with whatever you have that's closest, for example Shaded Spruce for Pretty Peacock. Black, White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, and metallics are free colours, as are flesh toned Stampin' Blends.

I've got lots of delightful goodies on my desk waiting to be tested out, so decided to use one of them. I chose the Everyday Details bundle for its eclectic mix of images, sweet (but not too sweet) sentiments and wonderful all-purpose dies. In fact, in many ways the dies have nothing at all to do with the stamp set and you could happily add the dies alone to your collection. They are a mix of shapes with interesting patterns of holes. The circles and rectangles have some dies with double holes so you can either cut a shape or a decorative frame. Other dies cut patterns in the card, like the horizontal in this card.

Really, this card came together quickly. I cut and coloured the teacup stamp before cutting it with one of the aforementioned circle-with-holes dies, then mounted it onto one of the circles from Stylish Shapes to give it a border and a backing.

I used the decorative line of diamond shaped holes to create a horizontal line across the page, allowing the Berry Burst to peep through. The sentiment was added on a strip and some Tinsel Adhesive-backed gems finished it off.

You can see what the rest of the Design Team have done with these colours in the Crew Inspiration Album on the Colour INKspiration Challenge Facebook page.

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Orders over $90 will receive, as a free gift, the latest Creativity Abounds Tutorial Bundle. This bundle of 13 PDF tutorials is on the theme of Birthdays.

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Purchase either the Gorgeous Garden dies or the Hooray for Surprises bundle from me and you'll receive FOUR PDF Join in with Joanne and Jan tutorials matching the purchase: two by me and two by UK Demonstrator Joanne James aka The Crafty Owl.

Friday, 19 January 2024

Everyday Details for AYSI 315

Welcome to the second challenge of the year at As You See It! We were delighted by the wonderful interpretations of the sketch challenge that's just finished and can't wait to see what you do with this pretty colour palette.

These bright, summery colours spoke to me of florals, so I used them as an excuse to have a first play around with a new bundle from the January-April Mini Catalogue: Everyday Details.

I stamped the vase of flowers image, coloured it in the challenge colours then die cut it using one of gorgeous dotty-edged rectangle dies from the set.

I like the eclectic images of the stamp set but also the beautifully generic sentiments. I also like the mixed fonts they're written in too.

Then I popped it up on a card front that had been embossed with the Painted Texture embossing folder. I sponged Crushed Curry from the bottom up, fading into nothing. The final thing was to add a trio of Glossy Enamel Dots in Melon Mambo.

Don't forget to visit the As You See It page so you can see what the rest of the team have done with these colours and link up your entry.

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