Thinking Stamping

Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Retro Rubber 86 - Design Team Card

We had some fantastic entries in our vintage challenge last week. Let's see what you all do with this week's challenge.

The rain is pouring, the temperature is dropping and my back lawn is covered in leaves, so Jane's spring flower challenge is a welcome relief! Make a card using flowers BUT make sure you use a stamp that's at least a year old AND tell us the approximate age of it.

One of my favourite floral sets is the retired Summer Silhouettes, which first appeared in the 2012-13 Annual Catalogue. I also took the opportunity to have a play with some of my favourite retiring colours: Wild Wasabi, Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum and Wisteria Wonder.

I was going for a peephole through the garden wall kind of effect, so used the Pinewood Planks textured embossing folder.

I added centres to the tiny blooms with a silver gel pen. The larger flowers have rhinestone centres.

The little punched banner sentiment finishes off the card. It's a punch I've seldom used but it works nicely on this card. The set is Thoughtful Banners which came out in 2016 and it still current. It's great for all sort of small sentiments which fit into this punch or the Classic Label punch.

We'd love to have you join us at Retro Rubber for our flower challenge. Pop over to the Retro Rubber site and see what the rest of the design team have done with this challenge.

There's few rules: use at least one stamp older than a year, tell us approximately how the stamp is and don't link up to more than ten challenges in total.

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 any of the products in the product list below.

Note: Summer Silhouettes, the floral stamp, is retired.

Product List

Thoughtful Banners Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141614]

$44.00

Duet Banner Punch

[141483]

$38.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$19.25

Elegant Eggplant A4 Card Stock

[108614]

$17.00

Perfect Plum A4 Card Stock

[108615]

$17.00

Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad

[126969]

$14.00

Perfect Plum Classic Stampin' Pad

[126963]

$14.00

Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

[126985]

$14.00

Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad

[126959]

$14.00

Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143708]

$20.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

$69.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$10.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Monday, 7 May 2018

Freshly Made Sketches 335

I've squeezed in a quick card for Freshly Made Sketches this afternoon.

I've used this sketch and played with an idea I got from my Stampin' Up grandma, Pauline, for this card. The Delightfully Detailed specialty paper is just so pretty, it doesn't need much doing to it to make a lovely card.

I've added a Very Vanilla card front, with an oval cut out, to the Early Espresso base. Sandwiched in between the layers is a piece of the large Delightfully Detailed laser cut DSP, vanilla side up. I die cut out an oval frame in gold, added the sentiment and some embellishments - and done!

The Delightfully Detailed specialty DSP and Detailed with Love stamp set will be available in June, so watch this space. The metallic enamel shapes retire at the end of May, so if you love them get some before they're gone.

Product List

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

[121686]

$17.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

$19.25

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$8.50

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[126974]

$14.00

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

[141706]

$69.00

3/4" Circle Punch

[119873]

$25.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Metallic Enamel Shapes

[141678]

$15.00

Sunday, 6 May 2018

The Paper Players 392 - Design Team Card

Welcome to a new challenge at The Paper Players. This week, it's a theme challenge from Nance and she's chosen....

Tea party. You wouldn't think that would be a problem, would you? But somehow, I'd managed to never buy a tea or coffee themed stamp and I'd given away my only tea party DSP. Then, while browsing around Spotlight in an attempt to find something tea-partyish, I found a piece of American Craft scrapbooking paper. It had, among many images, this lovely tea cup. My mind went into Stampin' Up overdrive and I began translating it into SU colours. This is where that train of thought ended up...

I turned to Floral Phrases. While the stamp is still current, the DSP and washi tape are now retired but naturally, I still have a stash of them. The image worked well, surrounded by SU colours and devices.

I used my Stampin' Blends to colour some rhinestones Night of Navy to add them in to this card. I'm always kind of amazed when the colour stays on!

Pop over and see what the rest of the team have done with Nance's theme challenge at The Paper Players.

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

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. Entries linked to more than 4 challenges, including ours, will be deleted without notification.
Have fun!

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.

NB: The Floral Phrases DSP and the co-ordinating washi tape are retired items.

Product List

Floral Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141767]

$38.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

$17.00

Pink Pirouette A4 Card Stock

[116203]

$17.00

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

[131291]

$17.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[126970]

$14.00

Night Of Navy Light Stampin' Blends Marker

[144036]

$9.50

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$10.75

Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141493]

$15.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Friday, 4 May 2018

As You See It 175 - Design Team Card

Amanda's sense of humour is on show in this week's challenge at As You See It. As usual with our occasional speed challenges, it is combined with a monochrome colour challenge. This week our challenge is Shades of Grey... in under ten minutes.

Yes, you read that right. Make a card in under ten minutes, using only shades of grey (black and white are also allowed). You can have planned your project, you can have all your supplies out, you can have your desk tidy. But once you make that first cut or ink that first stamp then you've got ten minutes to finish.

From when I cut the Basic Grey card stock into a card base, this card took 9 minutes 20.17 seconds to complete.

In a nod to a rapidly passing autumn, I've used the glorious outline leaf from Colourful Seasons in stamped off Smoky Slate as a background to the sentiment.

My Stampin' Blends came in really handy in this challenge. I used the lighter Smoky Slate marker to add a touch of grey to the narrow white organza ribbon. Since I only lightly coloured one side, as the ribbon snakes across the card front, there's a movement from white to grey that I like. I used the darker Smoky Slate marker to colour the white perfect accents, which are sadly retiring at the end of the month. Stock up on them now, especially if you have some Stampin' Blends in your tool box.

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 any of the products pictured in the product list below.

The sentiment is from the Rooted in Nature stamp set, which will be available with the new catalogue at the start of June. You'll love it - put it on your wish list!

The Smoky Slate spotted DSP is a retired paper. It's from the Carried Away DSP that was a Saleabration item in 2017.

Product List