The Paper Players 374 - Design Team card

It's hard to believe that the end of the year is almost on us. This is the last Paper Players challenge for 2017. Look for a new challenge on 7 January 2018 but we end 2017 on a rich and vibrant colour challenge from Claire.

I'm rapidly approaching mid-summer and my roses are still surviving the heat and dry - just - but these colours brought them to mind. So, I got out an old favourite, Birthday Blooms.

I've black embossed them on watercolour paper and used inks and an aquapainter to colour them in. 

The other inspiration for this card came from the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch.

Update: Very happy to get an Honourable Mention at Cas(e) This Sketch.

Why not put aside some quiet time in the busy season and join us for our final challenge of 2017?

There are only a couple of things to remember.

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. 

If you live in New Zealand and you would like to join my Stampin' Up team, message me for a chat. And, of course, you can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand.

Ingredients

Card: Garden Green, watercolour paper, scrap of Basic Black

Stamps: Birthday Blooms, Thoughtful Branches

Inks: versamark, Garden Green, Lemon-Lime Twist, Powder Pink, Melon Mambo

Other: white and black embossing powder, aquapainter, metallic shapes, clear Wink of Stella for the flower centres.

All products Stampin' Up.

Some Blog changes and FMS 316

If you are a subscriber to my blog, and  I thank those many of you who are, you will start to notice some changes in the next week or two.

The name of this blog will be changing from Scrapbooking Stuff to Thinking Stamping.

The title in the header will change. 

The blog address has already changed to www.thinkingstamping.co.nz but if you follow me by email you will have been redirected there, probably without you even noticing!

If you would like to email me, my new address is jan@thinkingstamping.co.nz.

Again, I do appreciate that many of you have chosen to follow me by email. Thank you all so much!

Since I'm making this post, a thanks card seemed appropriate. I'm piggybacking my second card for  Freshly Made Sketches 316 here but you will have read about it in yesterday's post here.

You'll remember this fabulous sketch.

And you'll also recall the panel made by swooshing ink pads directly onto paper that resulted in this card.

Ingredients

Card: Melon Mambo, Garden Green, Whisper White, Basic Black, Lemon-Lime Twist (for the letter shadows)

Stamps: Thoughtful Banners

Inks: Melon Mambo, Lemon-Lime Twist, Powder Pink, versamark

Other: White embossing powder, Small Letter framelits, dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches 316

Today was a day of experimenting and at the end of it, a strange thing had happened: I'd made two cards , each with a completely different feel, from the same sketch. I don't think I've ever done that before. The inspiration came from the super sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

So, the first experiment was with the new Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. I had Birthday Blooms our for another card and it's such a lovely set that I couldn't help but ink it up again.

The Stampin' Blends go on so well, blend so easily and are available in great colours. I'm still learning how to drive them but wow - I'm enjoying them!

Ingredients

Card: Pool Party, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Basic Black

Stamps: Birthday Blooms, Thoughtful Branches

Inks: versamark, Tuxedo Black 

Other: Stampin' Blends, white embossing powder, dimensionals, clear faceted gem

The second card also came about today while I was mucking around with applying ink straight onto the paper. A swooshing kind of motion gives some interesting effects. I ended up with a panel that looked useable, so I made it up using the same sketch.

Ingredients

Card: Melon Mambo, Garden Green, Whisper White, Basic Black, Lemon-Lime Twist (for the letter shadows)

Stamps: Thoughtful Banners

Inks: Melon Mambo, Lemon-Lime Twist, Powder Pink, versamark

Other: White embossing powder, Small Letter framelits, dimensionals

Retro Rubber 77 - Design Team card

This week at Retro Rubber Challenge, we have a Christmas colour challenge for you.
All you have to do is design a card that uses some, or all, of the colours in the picture plus make sure that you use stamps that are at least a year old and tell us their approximate age.

I'm not sure when Lovely as a Tree came out but it's been in every Stampin' Up catalogue I've ever seen.

The stars and the sentiment are from Holly Jolly Greetings which came out in the year before last's Holiday catalogue.

We'd love to have you join us in the Christmas challenge, our last for 2017.

Just remember - use the colours, use a stamp older than a year, tell us how old (approximately) and don't link up to more than ten challenges in total.

Ingredients

Card: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, silver glimmer paper

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Holly Jolly Greetings

Inks: Garden Green, Island Indigo, silver, Tuxedo Black

Other: sponges, silver cording trim (retired), Softly Falling embossing folder, Cherry Cobbler enamel shape, dimensionals

The Paper Players 373 - Design Team card

It's hard to believe it's already December but here at The Paper Players, we're getting right into the swing of it with Laurie's theme challenge.

This challenge really was a challenge when I hunted through my stash and found not one scrap of paper or stamp that was remotely related to Christmas baking: not a mince pie, Christmas pudding, gingerbread man or pavlova to be seen! Not even a candy cane!

So, that got me to actual Christmas baking and how to present it as a gift. That I could have a go at!

Stampin' Up's cute pizza boxes came to the rescue. After cutting out a window from the top and decorating it up, this what I ended up with. 

The box held nine pieces of Cranberry and Pistachio Nougat perfectly. I'd like to say it was made by love by me but time constraints meant it was made with love by someone else.

To go with it, I made a 3x3 card and also decorated the envelope. I stamped the sentiment in Real Red, then overstamped in Versamark. I rubbed some of the Versamark off with a baby wipe. After adding the powder, I used a paint brush to brush off any other areas I wanted to remain red. I used the same method for the sentiment on the envelope.

We'd love to have you join us in this sketch challenge. If you do, there's just a couple of things to remember.

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. If you live in New Zealand and you would like to join my Stampin' Up team, message me for a chat. And, of course, you can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand.

Ingredients

Card: Cheers to the Year DSP, Gold Foil, Whisper White, Pizza box

Stamps: Merry Little Labels, Labels to Love, Oh what fun (envelope)

Inks: Real Red, versamark

Other: Gold embossing powder, Layering circle framelits, gold mini-sequin trim, dimensionals, Seasonal Layers thinlits, clear faceted gems.

All products Stampin' Up.

CAS Colours and Sketches 251

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at CAS Colours and Sketches.

The centre panel is sponged gently in Tranquil Tide, Lemon-Lime Twist and Berry Burst then I've given it a very light bokeh effect layer with a circular mask and white pigment ink.

After inking the sentiment in Tuxedo Black, I re-stamped it with versamark, added powder and removed it from the spots I wanted to leave black. The final touch was to add in some gold glimmer stars die cut from the mini-treat bag framelit set. The centre panel is popped up on dimensionals.

Ingredients - all products Stampin' Up

Card: Tranquil Tide, Lemon-Lime Twist, Whisper White

Stamps: Big on Birthdays

Inks: Tranquil Tide, Berry Burst, Lemon-Lime Twist, white pigment ink, Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Other: sponges, circle masks cut into window sheet, gold embossing powder, dimensionals.

As You See It 164 - Design Team Card

This week at As You See It, we have a very pretty colour combination. The graphic made me think of a pastel Christmas but that one didn't quite work out as well as I'd hoped!

So for my second go-round, I went for a summery birthday card. I started by making a bokeh panel using the three challenge colours.

Using Happy Birthday, Gorgeous, I made some balloons using Pacific Point and Pool Party. The were popped up on dimensionals and then I scattered some Flirty Flamingo enamel stars to add some more festive notes.

You can join us in this challenge any time up to 11.55 p.m. Wednesday 13 December PST.

We'd love to see how you see these colours.

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. If you live in New Zealand and you would like to join my Stampin' Up team, message me for a chat.

Ingredients

Card: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Shimmery cardstock, scrap of Pool Party

Stamps: Happy Birthday Gorgeous

Inks: Pacific Point, Pool Party, Flirty Flamingo, White pigment ink

Other: Balloon punch, dimensionals, sponges, Flirty Flamingo enamel shapes, mask for bokeh.

All products Stampin' Up