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Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Lifetime of Love for Colour INKspiration 165

Welcome to the 165th challenge at Colour INKspiration. It's that time of the year when welcome the newest set of In-Colors, so this challenge uses two of them: Peach Pie and Shy Shamrock. Of course, if you don't have them yet you can substitute the nearest colour you have. I'm excited to see what you do with this, since the graphic was my choice this time around. 😀

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're very pleased to welcome Yvon Doensen as our Guest Designer for this challenge. This challenge is open for two weeks and closes Monday 20 May, 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 Pale Papaya for Peach Pie. Black, White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige and metallics are free colours, as are flesh toned Stampin' Blends.

I wanted to do something floral with these colours. I purchased the Lifetime of Love bundle, which is a great wedding set, last month before it stopped being a bundle but had yet to open it up. So this is my first play with it.

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.

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 here.

Creativity Abounds Virtual Stamp Camp

The next international virtual Creativity Abounds Stamp Camp is being held the weekend of June 15-16. The featured products for the camp are the Country Birdhouse Bundle, Country Woods DSP, Eyelet 3D embossing folder, Petal Pink and White 1/4" ribbon pack and the Basic Gray and Smoky Slate pearls.

To get your invitation to Stamp Camp, simply purchase the featured products from me by the 25 May.

If you are a demonstrator and already own these products, simply order goods of equivalent value from me, message me to let me know you want to come to camp and you will still receive your invitation and kits.

What do you get from the Creativity Abounds Stamp Camp?

PDF and Video tutorials for 13 projects using the products
Make and Take kits for the projects (excluding the items you've purchased)
Access to the exclusive Stamp Camp Facebook Group where you can interact with the team and other participants from around the world, join in the challenges and chats and share your projects.
View the Facebook Lives for an additional 13 projects made using the products -that's a total of 26 projects for your purchased products. The Lives are recorded so you can access them at any time.

If you do not live in New Zealand but would like to participate, there are team members in all Stampin' Up! markets I can refer you to.

Friday, 10 February 2023

Dainty Delight for AYSI268

It's Fill in the Blank week at As You See It this week. What's your favourite thing about Spring?

The return of flowers is the obvious and most beautiful thing but I decided that I wanted to do the return of the butterflies instead. It turns out that it's pretty much impossible to do butterflies without including at least some blossom as well! 😀

I had two in-person classes yesterday so my craft things were spread out between my craft room and my teaching space. I decided to use the things I had out in for classes and only had to go fetch the Butterfly Brilliance dies, the Bricks & Mortar embossing folder and some inks.

After some ink-smooshing and some die-cutting, this is where I ended up.

The sentiment and die is from the Something Fancy bundle. The embellishments are Iridescent Rhinestones.

If you'd like to see how I made this - and maybe CAS(e) one of your own - watch this tutorial. I've included some tips and tricks to make it even easier.

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.

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

Dainty Delight Dies

[160674]

$76.00

Something Fancy Bundle (English)

[160425]

$97.00

Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock

[159230]

$18.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$21.75

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

[149612]

$19.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

[147106]

$17.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[147104]

$17.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

[147100]

$17.00

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147052]

$17.00

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

[126981]

$11.95

Deckled Rectangles Dies

[159173]

$63.00

Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder

[149643]

$21.00

Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels

[158130]

$15.75

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$9.00

Saturday, 9 July 2022

Artistically Inked for Stampin' Fancy Friday July

Today, I'm sharing with you the card I made for the latest inspiration at stampinfancyfriday on Instagram.

The Stampin' Fancy Friday team are all past or current members of Stampin' Up!'s Artisan Design team. Each month, we have an inspiration theme. Our projects are released over the course of the month for you to enjoy. If you haven't already followed us, then hop over there now and do it!

The theme this month is Fancy Florals. There are so many gorgeous floral sets in the catalogue but I came back to a favourite of mine, Artistically Inked.

'Best Wishes' is such a useful sentiment: engagements, weddings or special birthdays. And isn't the new Fern 3D embossing folder fabulous?

You can see how I made it, and see a couple of my tips and tricks, in this tutorial.

Wednesday, 9 March 2022

Forever Fern for AWOW

Welcome back to another monthly inspiration blog hop from the team at Around the World on Wednesday. We hop on the second Wednesday of each month with a theme that we hope will give you some inspiration. This month's theme is Layered Up!. We were free to interpret this however we liked.

We were challenged to fit as many layers onto a card as we could. But of course, being somewhat pragmatic, there was part of me that said just because I could add lots of layers, should I? In the end, you want a card that is useable and looks good. I hope you think I found the sweet spot on that... and there are more layers than you think. 😀

One of my favourite sets, Forever Fern, hadn't seen the light of day for a little while. Of course, it'a perfect set for a spot of layering.

I've used Stampin' Blends to add more depth to the already fabulous DistINKtive images of the set... I wonder, is that another layer??

I also like to keep the edge narrow on die cuts, so I shaved more off after I had die cut them and cut some more leaves free.

I've added depth through adding colour but also in how the various pieces are attached: some are stamped directly on the base, some die cut and glued on, some are dimensional-ed on, some are dimensional-ed on top of dimensionals.

So, how many layers?

1. Shaded Spruce card base

2. Mat of Gold Foil, embossed with Tasteful Textiles embossing folder

3. Basic White card front

4. Stamped images and gold embossing on the card front

5. Stamped and die cut images, coloured and shaped, and glued directly onto the card front

6. Stamped and die cut images, coloured and shaped, mounted onto dimensionals

7. Stamped and die cut images, coloured and shaped, mounted onto dimensionals over raised areas

8. Frayed ribbon under the sentiment

9. Sentiment

10. The sentiment has a partial gold emboss over some of the words - and I'm certain that counts as a layer too!

11. And would you count the Gilded Gem embellishment as another layer? 😉

Next up in the hop is the wonderful Leonie Stuart. Visit her and see how many layers she's managed to include.

If you get lost along the way, here's a list of participants and links.

Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Mikaela Titheridge - UK

Elaine de Montmorency - CA

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert - US

Teri West - US

Cheryl Hamilton - US

Product List

Forever Fern Bundle (English)

[154094]

$113.25

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

[147006]

$18.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$20.50

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$10.50

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

[147088]

$15.75

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$15.75

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147052]

$15.75

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$20.00

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

$38.00

Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154884]

$19.00

Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154889]

$19.00

Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154903]

$19.00

White 3/4" (1.9 Cm) Frayed Ribbon

[158138]

$15.75

Stitched Rectangles Dies

[151820]

$74.00

Gilded Gems

[152478]

$14.75

Tasteful Textile 3 D Embossing Folder

[152718]

$19.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Heat Tool

[129056]

$60.00

Stamparatus

[148187]

$99.00

Tuesday, 11 May 2021

Simply Elegant for Retro Rubber 158

Welcome to a new challenge at Retro Rubber! It's Tic Tac Toe week and this week, I've had the pleasure of designing the challenge for you. I must have been in a romantic frame of mind when I did it because the elements lend themselves to special occasions.

In addition to choosing a line of the grid to inspire your design, don't forget that as this is Retro Rubber, we ask you to use at least on stamp that's a year or more old and to give us an approximate age for it.

One way to get more use out of your older stamps is to mix them up with new products. With the 2021-22 Annual Catalogue now open, I've got my hands on the Simply Elegant Specialty DSP. The elegant colours and oodles of metallic foiling make this paper perfect for any special occasion. Best of all, it's so pretty in itself that it needs very little doing to it to make an impression.

For this card, I've used the centre column: Patterned Paper - Heat embossing - Ribbon.

I've treated it very simply by adding a bold, gold embossed sentiment from the recently retired So Sentimental, which first appeared in January 2020's Occasions catalogue. The Stitched So Sweetly dies, which originally bundled with it, are still available - and isn't this one super!

To finish off, I've added in some ribbon. Picking up the gold and silver from the paper, I've used Simply Elegant trim, which pairs up the two metallic cords in one pack.