Thinking Stamping

Wednesday, 25 August 2021

Gorgeous Leaves and Stitched Triangles for CI106

Welcome to a new challenge at Colour INKspiration! Once again, we had a huge number of fabulous entries. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone does with this inspiration, 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. This time, we have Berdien Weideveld joining us as Guest Designer.

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

One of my favourite bundles from the July-December Mini Catalogue is the Gorgeous Leaves bundle and, as many regular followers will know, I have an ongoing fascination with the Stitched Triangle Dies. Which brought me to this....

In the close-up photo, you can more clearly see that the triangles have all be stamped with images from Gorgeous Leaves, in matching ink. The card front was embossed using the Timber 3D Folder from the July-December Mini Catalogue.

When you visit the Colour INKspiration site to enter, don't forget to check out the album of Crew Cards for further inspiration.

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

Gorgeous Leaves Bundle

[158609]

$92.50

Art Gallery Photopolymer Stamp Set

[158201]

$46.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

$18.50

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

$18.50

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

$18.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$20.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

$15.75

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[147084]

$15.75

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[147107]

$15.75

Timber 3 D Embossing Folder

[156406]

$21.00

Stitched Triangles Dies

[152710]

$74.00

Stitched Rectangles Dies

[151820]

$74.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Friday, 20 August 2021

Nature's Harvest for AYSI 257

It's recipe week this week at As You See It Challenge. Easy - make us a creation that uses all five of the recipe ingredients. This time round it's: wheat/grass, an embossing folder, twine, gingham and Crumb Cake.

This challenge (mostly) played right into my hands. I've been busy exploring the Nature's Harvest bundle that includes Nature's Harvest stamp set and matching dies, Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder and Harvest Meadow DSP - among other items. If you haven't already, check out this suite in the July-December Mini Catalogue. If you live in New Zealand and don't have one, message me.

I started with a Crumb Cake base. One of the colours used in the Harvest Meadow DSP is Crumb Cake and by a happy coincidence, there's one that uses Crumb Cake AND wheat sheaves. I die cut the grass die from Cajun Craze and popped it in behind the stamped, coloured and die cut wild flowers.

The background embossing folder is the Timeworn Type 3D folder, which I'm in love with.

The part of the recipe which caused me some big problems was the gingham element. There are a number of stacks of DSP which include some pretty gingham - and I don't have a single one of them! 😀

Luckily, I spotted this Just Jade Gingham ribbon in my ribbon drawer. It's part of the Flowers for Every Season Ribbon combo. So I coloured the flower stems in Just Jade so there'd be some more coordination. Then a swoosh of twine around it helps highlight the sentiment. I used the label die from the Nature's Harvest bundle (cut down to size) but the sentiment is from Art Gallery.

So, that's it. All five elements included!

We'd love to see what you do with these ingredients. It'll be just like a Masterchef Mystery Box challenge!

You can see what the rest of the team have done and link up your entry at the As You See It Challenge site.

Product List

Nature's Harvest Bundle (English)

[156813]

$111.50

Art Gallery Photopolymer Stamp Set

[158201]

$46.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$18.50

Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock

[121683]

$18.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$20.50

Harvest Meadow 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[156494]

$24.25

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$15.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

$19.00

Cajun Craze Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154879]

$19.00

Just Jade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[153107]

$19.00

Timeworn Type 3 D Embossing Folder

[156505]

$21.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$10.50

Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack

[153620]

$21.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Thursday, 19 August 2021

Handsomely Suited for Paper Players 554

This is the first time I've been in my craft room for well over a week, so I started with a CAS challenge at The Paper Players to try to get into the groove.

The floating strip technique seems to be all over the internet at the moment. Understandably so as it's both easy and impressive. I created the floating panel of strips from the Neutrals DSP stack, cut 5cm x 1.5cm, using Smoky Slate papers.

The tie was stamped in Night of Navy onto Basic White, then coloured with Night of Navy Stampin' Blends. The sentiment was white embossed onto Night of Navy and cut with one of the dies from Tasteful Labels.