Thinking Stamping

Thursday, 4 July 2019

Paper Players 448

It's tic-tac-toe week at The Paper Players. Who doesn't love a good tic-tac-toe challenge?

I played down the middle: patterned paper, yellow and birthday.

I seldom use patterned paper but these two are strips from the Bird Ballad DSP.

The beautiful birds on a branch stamp is my favourite from Free as a Bird. I've stamped and coloured them and then partially die-cut them using a Stitched Nesting die, which is bundled with the stamp set. They're coloured with Stampin' Blends.

I used my favourite sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings, 'Fabulous at any age.' Once you're a certain age, that's all you need to hear on a birthday and my friends and I are at that age for sure!

The background is embossed using the new Brick and Mortar embossing folder. This folder is giving my favourite new folder, Scripty, a run for its money on the favourite position with the lovely texture the unevenness of the bricks give.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a demonstrator, I'd love to be yours and help you with ideas and to supply you with Stampin' Up products. You can message me by leaving a comment or going to my Facebook page, linked in the side bar of this blog. If you'd like to go shopping with me for some of these fabulous goodies, then clicking on any of the products below will take you to my online store. Or you can click on the SHOP NOW icon in the sidebar.

Product List

Free As A Bird Bundle

[151123]

$108.00

Itty Bitty Greetings Cling-Mount Stamp Set

[151331]

$76.00

Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock

[121680]

$18.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper

[149592]

$24.25

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$19.00

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144597]

$19.00

Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144045]

$19.00

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144601]

$19.00

Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder

[149643]

$20.00

Bird Ballad Trinkets

[149594]

$14.75

Linen Thread

[104199]

$10.50

Pearl Basic Jewels

[144219]

$10.50

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$10.00

Tuesday, 2 July 2019

Inspire. Create. 46

The challenge at Inspire.Create. was a great opportunity to go back and play with the new 2019-21 In-Colours.

This collection of five colours, introduced at the start of June, will only be with us for two years before they retire.

Pretty Peacock, Terracotta Tile, Purple Posy, Rococo Rose and Seaside Spray are a pretty, subtle collection that lend themselves to many occasions. I've used them here to create a collection of bookmarks. Readers never have enough of them and they make a great gift to slip into a card or with some sweet treats.

The idea came about because I'd been using Very Versailles in last night's class. Everyone commented on how pretty the images were and it made me think about how they'd look on a book mark.

Update: Delighted to be chosen the winner at Inspire.Create for these bookmarks.

Product List

Very Versailles Cling Stamp Set

[149275]

$48.00

2019-2021 In Color A4 Cardstock

[149702]

$19.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

2019–2021 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[149617]

$24.25

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150083]

$15.75

Terracotta Tile Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150086]

$15.75

Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150080]

$15.75

Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150085]

$15.75

Purple Posy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150084]

$15.75

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$15.75

Pretty Peacock 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Scalloped Linen Ribbon

[149751]

$16.75

Terracotta Tile 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Scalloped Linen Ribbon

[149705]

$16.75

Rococo Rose 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Scalloped Linen Ribbon

[149704]

$16.75

Seaside Spray 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Scalloped Linen Ribbon

[149707]

$16.75

Purple Posy 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Scalloped Linen Ribbon

[149706]

$16.75

Linen Thread

[104199]

$10.50

Scalloped Tag Topper Punch

[133324]

$45.00

Monday, 1 July 2019

Retro Rubber 114 - Design Team Card

This week at Retro Rubber Challenge we have something special for you. We're teaming up with
the Double Trouble Challenge, which means you'll have the chance to enter two challenges with the one card - so double the fun.

Our theme is Christmas in July so all you have to do for our challenge is to make a Christmas card using at least one stamp older than a year.

By teaming with Double Trouble you get to play along with their challenge as well. All you need to do is follow their requirements which are super easy and fun.

· Thing 1 – Double Trouble: Make a square card, scrapbook page, gift box or use squares on your project.

· Thing 2 – Double Dare: Use a rubber or acrylic stamp older than one year. 

Thing 3 is an optional twist.

· Thing 3 – Twisted Sister: If you create a beach scene with Santa you can earn an extra chance to be in Double Trouble’s random draw. 

Be sure to visit their website – Double Trouble Challenge – to get all the details for their challenge to make sure that you are following their requirements. It's also where you can enter their challenge too.

I was very happy to have the chance to get out Beachy Little Christmas, which appeared in the 2017 Holiday Catalogue.

I stamped the palm tree onto the Whisper White card and coloured it with Stampin' Blends. I sponged Crumb Cake and Bermuda Bay lightly onto it to give the impression of sand and sky.

The beach hut I stamped and coloured on a separate piece, then fussy cut it and popped it up on dimensionals.

Adding the sentiment directly onto the card base was a tiny leap of faith but -phew - it was straight!

You can see what the rest of the design team at Retro Rubber have done here and you can also enter our challenge there.
You can visit Double Trouble Challenge to see what their team has done here and you can also enter their challenge there.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a demonstrator, I'd love to be yours and help you with ideas and to supply you with Stampin' Up products. You can message me by leaving a comment or going to my Facebook page, linked in the side bar of this blog. Or you can click on the SHOP NOW icon in the sidebar, or any of the pictures below, if you'd like to purchase any Stampin' Up products.

Product List
Note: Beachy Little Christmas is a retired item.

Beachy Little Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144857]

$42.00