Colour Inkspiration 53 - Crew Card

Welcome to a new challenge at Colour Inkspiration! If you haven't played with us before, we're a group of Australian and New Zealand Stampin' Up demonstrators. You can play with us by joining in our Facebook group here which will let you play along, comment and vote for your favourite from the top 5 selected by the crew.

This time it's another pretty combination: Petal Pink, Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy, Whisper White and a touch of metallics.

I've created a concoction of bubbles using Playful Backgrounds, repeat stamped and embossed in gold. Then I've used Stampin' Blends in Petal Pink, Bermuda Bay and Mint Macaron - both light and darks - to colour the bubbles.

The 'celebrate' is stacked three deep. I used some gold shimmer paint mixed into a spray to give a touch of bling to it. The 'lets' and 'you' are masked out of one of the stamps in Itty Bitty Birthdays and the 'Happy Birthday' is from the same set.

I stepped things up a bit by creating an easel card. Here it is closed up for the envelope.

Next on our inspiration blog hop is the lovely Julia Quinn, who also has a fancy fold to show you.

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 any of the products pictured below or the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar of this blog or you can message me.

Product List

NOTE: Gold shimmer paint is now retired

Playful Backgrounds Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141920]

$34.00

Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set

[148618]

$48.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

$17.75

Petal Pink A4 Cardstock

[147009]

$17.75

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

[138344]

$17.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$19.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109129]

$10.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

$15.75

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147272]

$19.00

Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147283]

$19.00

Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144600]

$19.00

Celebrate You Thinlit Dies

[146840]

$48.00

Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint

[146886]

$16.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Retro Rubber 108 - Design Team Card

This week, at Retro Rubber Challenge, Jane has given us a rainbow theme. It's easy. Either use at least four rainbow colours or include a rainbow in your card. Of course, given that this is Retro Rubber Challenge, you must still use at least one stamp that's at least a year old and tell us the approximate age of it.  Really, this challenge is just an excuse to get out some of your old things and show them some ink. 😀

I've always loved playing around with watercoloured and inky backgrounds and it occurred to me that if I turned a rainbow into a horizontal, I'd have a range of colours that loosely equated to a sunset sky, grass and water. It was a short jump from there to Lovely as a Tree. Lovely as a Tree has been around the Stampin' Up world since 2006 and it is still current!

I stamped the image on first with Stazon because I wanted to be sure where to put the grass, sky and lake with my inks. If position is less important, I usually do the watercolouring and then add the image in with Tuxedo Black once it's dry.

I used Shimmery White cardstock since I was using water and ink. I splattered the scene with water just because that's one of my favourite background techniques - I love the random effect of the splatters. I added in some splats of clear Wink of Stella for the same reason.

I used the new Stitched Rectangle framelits to finish the shape nicely before matting it onto som Bermuda Bay cardstock. To the Basic Black cardbase, I added a Basic Black cardfront that had been embossed with the Pinewood Planks embossing folder. To pick out the grain more clearly, I skimmed White Craft pigment ink over the top.

The sentiment is from a retired set that was one of the first sets I got from SU,  A Dozen Thoughts which is from 2013-14 Annual Catalogue.

We'd love to have you join us at Retro Rubber for our rainbow challenge. You can see what the rest of the team have done here and you can join in with us until April 19th.

If you live anywhere in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up demonstrator, I'd love to be yours and 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 any of the products pictured below or the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar of this blog or you can message me.

Product List

Note: A Dozen Thoughts is retired

Lovely As A Tree Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[127793]

$47.00

A Dozen Thoughts Clear Stamp Set

[131059]

$46.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$17.75

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

[131286]

$17.75

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

$19.00

Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad

[101406]

$19.25

Whisper White Uninked Craft Stampin’ Pad & Refill

[145406]

$20.00

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[119788]

$7.75

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[119672]

$7.75

Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[147163]

$7.75

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[131156]

$7.75

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[147164]

$7.75

Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies

[148551]

$74.00

Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143708]

$20.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$7.25

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$24.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$14.00

Inspire. Create. 40

It's an interesting colour challenge at Inspire. Create this week. Just two colours: black and white.

I was excited as soon as I saw this challenge because it made me think of Very Vintage, a set I really like. This set, with its almost lithographic quality, seems tailor-made for a black and white challenge.

It's a very simple card: repeat stamp the floral and bee images then cut out a centre rectangle using the Stitched Rectangle framelits, mount it and pop it up on dimensionals. Finally - very unusually for me - add in a ribbon to accentuate the sentiment. 

With such pretty imagery, you really don't need to do much except let the stamps shine!

I'd originally planned to stamp 'Happy Birthday' on the inside but apart from some stamped images, I've left it blank because I thought that it would also make a great Mother's Day card or Anniversary card too.

Update: Delighted to get a  Special Mention at Inspire.Create.

If you live anywhere in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up demonstrator, I'd love to be yours and 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 any of the products pictured below or the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar of this blog or you can message me.

Product List

Very Vintage Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146801]

$28.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$17.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies

[148551]

$74.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon

[146912]

$15.75