Thinking Stamping: Sea Turtle

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Friday, 29 November 2024

Sea Turtle for CAS Colours & Sketches 549

One of my favourite challenges, even though I don't often get time to play, is CAS Colour & Sketches.

I like the alternating of sketch and colour challenges and the variety of challenges the designers offer up.

Here's my take on it, using a favourite set of mine, Sea Turtle.

I blended a strip of Balmy Blue ink with a blending brush, then stamped some bubbles on it with Balmy Blue and Azure Afternoon. Then a school of Melon Mambo fish swam along.

The Blueberry Bushel small turtle and sand dollar, and the Melon Mambo starfish, were stamped and popped up on dimensionals. I added the sentiment in Blueberry Bushel ink from Simply Said.

It wasn't until I came to blog this card that I realised I'd jotted down the sketch very loosely and perhaps haven't given the sentiment the prominence it should have. But this card was definitely inspired by the sketch so I've shared it anyway! 😀

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Sunday, 8 September 2024

Sea Turtle for The Paper Players 706

Welcome to a new week at The Paper Players! Elizabeth has fun, bright colour challenge for us this week.

With those bright colours, part of me wanted to go down the whole primary school road with maybe some numbers and some alphabets. However, that's not what happened once I sat down to craft.

Instead, I found myself with Sea Turtle in my hands.

The turtle is inked in Night of Navy, with some sponging around the edges which I applied with a blending brush. I used Boho Blue to stamp the water and for the card front because I wanted some contrast.

The square of DSP is from the Mediterranean Blooms pack. The starfish are stamped in Daffodil Delight. The fish and sea urchin are stamped in Real Red.

The sentiment is from Garden Meadow and cut with one of the dies from Something Fancy.

We look forward to seeing what you do with these colours. You can see what the rest of the design team have done, and link up your entry, at The Paper Players page.

Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:

Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!

Don't forget to check out the great inspiration from the rest of the design team.

Jan Clothier - You are here

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Friday, 5 July 2024

Sea Turtle for AYSI 327

As always at As You See It, a colour challenge follows a sketch challenge. There were such lovely entries in the sketch challenge, I'm excited to see what you do with this bright colour palette - chosen for us by team member Joanne.

At first, I was planning on something floral with the colours but then I started thinking 'tropical'. Before I knew it, Sea Turtle had found its way off the shelf and onto the desk!

I used the bubble-like stamp with Blueberry Bushel to create the ocean. I stamped it three times, stamping off for a couple of them to get the variation in colour.

The starfish were stamped in Daffodil Delight on Daffodil Delight then fussy cut. The turtle is stamped in Granny Apple Green on Basic White, then fussy cut. I sponged around the edges in Granny Apple Green before popping him into the ocean on dimensionals.

As the set is an image-only set, I used a sentiment from Country Birdhouse and cut it using the Stylish Shapes dies. The finishing touch was a trio of gems from the Tinsel Gem four-pack.

The Blueberry Bushel base and Granny Apple Green mat really brought the colours together. I love the look of this simple card, perfect for any recipient male or female.

Make sure you visit the As You See It Challenge page to see what the rest of the design team have done and to link up your entry. We'd love to see how you see these colours!

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The latest Step-by-Step Class

Join my friend Joanne Jame (The Crafty Owl) and I in a Step-by-Step Class for four beautiful projects. Simply purchase the Thoughtful Wishes Bundle and Thoughtful Journey DSP from either of us and we'll send you the PDF.

If you already have these products but would like the class, simply order products of corresponding value from us, let us know that's what you've done and we'll send you the class. If you live in NZ, you can buy from me anywhere in the country here.

Saturday, 1 June 2024

Sea Turtle for Freshly Made Sketches 638

Today I'm sharing with you a card inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

It's funny how sometimes a sketch just fires off something in the brain. I immediately saw a turtle in the ocean against some coral!

Here's how that turned out on the page and out of the brain. 😀

I've used a mix of sets for this. Most obviously, Sea Turtle then Beauty of the Deep dies and Country Birdhouse for the sentiment. Isn't it a pleasure when the things you have work so well with each other?

I started out by stamping some schools of fish in Azure Afternoon onto the Basic White card front. I added in two layers of coral/seaweed diecuts: one in Shaded Spruce and one in Summer Splash.

The turtle is stamped in Blueberry Bushel, fussy cut then inked with Blueberry Bushel and Azure Afternoon.

The sentiment is stamped in Blueberry Bushel and die cut using Stylish Shapes.

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Our Step-by-Step Class this month features the Thoughtful Wishes bundle and Thoughtful Journey DSP.

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Sea Turtle Video Tutorial

One of my surprises in the January-April 2023 Mini Catalogue is how much I've enjoyed using the Sea Turtle set. There are no sentiments, just a collection of marine images, including two differently sized sea turtles. Yet you can combine these images in so many different ways, especially as the set is a reversible one.

You can see more about this set, and order it if you wish, at my online store.

I'm sharing with you this tutorial for a masked and stamped marine scene that I've used in my classes this month. I hope you enjoy it and that it inspires you to try something similar - or even exactly the same!

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Wednesday, 8 February 2023

Sea Turtle for CI#137

Welcome back for our second challenge for 2023. Now that summer holidays are over and school is back, our challenges will appear regularly on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month.

And to celebrate summer, we have a vibrant palette for you, chosen by Crew Member, Lou Kitzelman.

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. We welcome Rochelle Laird-Smith as our Guest Designer for this challenge.

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

So, where to take this colour combination? With some bright colours and a green, florals is always on the cards but instead, I've gone for an ocean theme.

I'm having a bit of a love affair with Sea Turtle at the moment. It's a sweet little set from the January-April 2023 Mini. If you're interested, you can see it at my online store here. Don't forget that Sale-a-Bration is running until the end of February, so you can earn a free gift with each $110 you spend.

These colours gave me a chance to get out one of my favourite techniques, Faux Torn Paper.

If you'd like to see how easy this is to do, you can watch me make this card in the tutorial below.

We'd love to have you join in the challenge with us. 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

Sea Turtle Photopolymer Stamp Set

[160500]

$45.00

Something Fancy Cling Stamp Set (English)

[160416]

$49.00

Orchid Oasis A4 Cardstock

[159265]

$19.50

Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock

[155575]

$19.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$21.75

Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin' Pad

[159214]

$17.00

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

[147105]

$17.00

Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad

[155576]

$17.00

Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

[155712]

$17.00

Stampin' Up! Masking Paper

[155480]

$14.75

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$26.25

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$12.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$9.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$23.25

Friday, 27 January 2023

Sea Turtle for AYSI 291

As always, after our sketch challenge comes a colour challenge. What a vibrant and interesting mix Joanne has given us!

Perhaps not everyone would see it this way but to me it looked like a marine colourway. Maybe I was unjustly influenced by the new Sea Turtle set that just happened to be on my desk. 😀

I masked off a strip about 4 cm wide and went to town creating an underwater scene. As this stamp set is reversible, I created some wildly waving kelp in Sweet Sorbet, using both sides (and both ends) of the stamp. The water, stamped in Tahitian Tide, I'm really pleased with. I also like the Polished Pink school of fish and the Night of Navy sea urchins.

I scored the edges of the panel with my paper trimmer but I'm not sure if that was actually an enhancement!

I stamped the large turtle in Night of Navy on Basic White, then sponged the edges, first with Night of Navy and then Tahitian Tide. He's popped up on dimensionals over the watery background.

The sentiment and label are from the Something Fancy bundle. I added in some 2022-2024 Matte Decorative Dots in Tahitian Tide to finish the design off.

Don't forget to visit the As You See It page to see what the rest of the team have done with this sketch and to share your own take on the sketch. We'd love to see how YOU see it.

Product List

Sea Turtle Photopolymer Stamp Set

[160500]

$45.00