CAS Colours and Sketches 310 and Inspire.Create.37

Since my husband went off to golf this afternoon, I felt no guilt at heading for the craft room. I've used two challenges as my inspiration.
The first was the sketch at
CAS Colours and Sketches and the second was the colours at Inspire Create Challenge.

The final result was perhaps a little less CAS than originally intended but I think I got a nice card out of it. 😀

There was a bit of technique involved in this card. First I hand-cut a mask that replicated the curve of one of the masks from the Pattern Party decorative mask set. I stamped over it using the Sheet Music background stamp then sponged it in Mint Macaron. Then I used the decorative pattern mask with embossing paste mixed with Stampin' Glitter.

The butterflies are coloured with Stampin' Blends in Mint Macaron, Pool Party and Daffodil Delight.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up demonstrator, I'd love to be yours and give you help, ideas and access to Stampin' Up products. You can reach me by clicking on the link to my Facebook page in the sidebar of this blog, or by leaving me a message in the comments.

If you'd like to buy any of the products here, you can message me or you can click on the picture below and it will take you to my on-line store.

Product List

Sheet Music Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143970]

$31.00

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Bundle

[150599]

$73.75

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

$17.75

Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock

[121680]

$17.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

[147106]

$15.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144605]

$19.00

Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147283]

$19.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$19.00

Embossing Paste

[141979]

$14.00

Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter

[102023]

$9.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

As You See It 185 - Design Team Card

This week at As You See It, Amanda has given us a gorgeous colour challenge. Isn't it a pretty colour combo?

With Stampin' Up's big colour re-vamp this year, I did part with quite a few of the retired colours. Dapper Denim wasn't one of them, so I dug it out and sponged it, along with Bermuda Bay and Lemon Lime Twist, onto a piece of watercolour paper. Then there was a flurry of spritzing, stencilling and stamping until I was happy with the look of it.

Sunshine Sayings is a great set especially when paired with the matching dies, Sunshine Wishes. Together, they give you any number of salutations and wishes for most occasions. The 'love' I die cut from the background paper before the stencilling and stamping happened and it's layered up on two Dapper Denims cuts. Doesn't the Stitched Shape framelit add some pizzazz to the simple white circle?

Dapper Denim is a retired colour but you could recreate this look easily by substituting Night of Navy.

Pop over to As You See It and check out how the rest of the team saw this challenge then join in and show us by Wednesday 3 October. 

If you live anywhere in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up demonstrator, I'd love to help you with ideas and Stampin' Up products. Please message me through my Facebook page, linked in the sidebar of this blog or leave a comment below. 

And, of course, you can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar of this blog or by clicking on any of the products listed below.

NOTE: Dapper Denim cardstock and ink are retired colours.

Product List

Sunshine Sayings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141594]

$48.00

Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies

[141489]

$54.00

Sheet Music Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143970]

$31.00

Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock

[141419]

$17.00

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

[131286]

$17.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

$10.50

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad

[141394]

$14.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

[147096]

$15.75

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

[147145]

$15.75

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

[147277]

$20.00

Pattern Party Decorative Masks

[144103]

$12.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$60.00

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

$7.25

Stampin' Spritzer

[126185]

$6.00

The Paper Players 388 - Design Team Card

Today, LeAnne has a colour challenge for The Paper Players. Isn't it pretty? With that gorgeous graphic, I couldn't help but think of lavender and the lovely lavender set that was available during Sale-a-bration. Then I got the stubborns and decided that I wouldn't use it!

Even so, I couldn't get away from the idea of flowers and got out a long neglected set, Wild About Flowers. I really like this set because the stems and heads are different stamps, so that it's really very easy to create colourful garden scenes - or do both in a dark colour and make a silhouette.

I used Sheet Music to create a background in Wisteria Wonder and the other two colours for the flowers. Even though the colours are so pretty, there was something elegiac about them, so I made this a sympathy card. I think not all sympathy cards need to be heavy and black.

We'd love to see what you do with LeAnne's pretty colours. Pop over and see what the rest of the team has done with them here.

Here's a quick reminder of the rules at The Paper Players.

1. Create a NEW paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
3. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, total. Entries linked to more than 4 challenges, including ours, will be deleted without notification.
5. Have fun!

If you live anywhere in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up demonstrator, I'd love to help you with ideas and Stampin' Up products. Please message me through my Facebook page, linked in the sidebar of this blog or leave a comment below. 

And, of course, you can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar of this blog or by clicking on any of the products listed below.

Product List

Wild About Flowers Photopolymer Stamp Set

[138728]

$44.00

Sheet Music Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143970]

$31.00

Better Together Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141736]

$78.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$19.25

Elegant Eggplant A4 Card Stock

[108614]

$17.00

Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad

[126969]

$14.00

Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

[126985]

$14.00

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

[144085]

$14.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Garden Trellis Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143741]

$15.75

SIP 133 and ATSAM 275

I have a son who is a musician and so when his birthday rolls around I like to make something a bit special and with a music theme. I've played around before with the idea of using acetate as a card base and this is what I've done here. There is a panel for writing on at the back of the card.

I like the way that the front of the card seems to float over the background when it's folded.

It was difficult to photograph the card sitting open as it reflected background things like a mirror from many angles!

The inspiration from this card come from the sketch at Stamp, Ink, Paper and the photo inspiration at Addicted to Stamps and More, where I was struck by the bold black and white against gold and the stripes, which were a bit like lines of music from distance.

Update: Delighted to be a Top Pick at Stamp, Ink, Paper this week.

Further Update: Delighted to be an Honourable Addict at Addicted to Stamps and More.

Ingredients - Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted

Card: Acetate, Whisper White, Basic Black, Gold foil, unknown music paper

Stamps: Sheet Music, Big on Birthdays

Inks: versamark, Smoky Slate

Other: Layering circle framelits, Stitched Shape framelits, Music Clef die (Darice), gold embossing powder.