Thinking Stamping

Friday, 16 August 2019

The Paper Players 454

Black, white and one colour challenges always interest me but I hadn't originally intended playing along with the challenge at The Paper Players this week - too many things to fit in!

One of those things to fit in was a trip to the hairdresser. She was wearing an amazing blouse: black with white polka dots sprayed with vivid flowers that had no leaves. By the end of my haircut I decided the flowers were Mango Melody. In the afternoon, I had a card class and as I was putting away the white ink I remembered that in the new set of decorative masks coming in the 2019 Holiday Catalogue was a polka dot one. Together, these things seemed a sign that I should make a card!

I used white ink over the polka dot mask to create a triangle shape of dots. Then I added in the two flowers from To a Wild Rose along one edge. I used Stampin' Blends for the coloured rose and Mango Melody ink to stamp in the stamens on the white one.

I added some rhinestones, coloured with the Dark Mango Melody blend to lead the eye down the page to the sentiment. The sentiment is from Seaside Notions.

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 clicking on any of products below will take you to my on-line store.

Product List
NOTE: The Basic Pattern Decorative Masks will be available from 4 September.

To A Wild Rose Photopolymer Stamp Set

[149452]

$55.00

Seaside Notions Cling Stamp Set

[149278]

$48.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$18.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

[147277]

$20.00

Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad

[147093]

$15.75

Mango Melody Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

[147945]

$19.00

Stitched Nested Labels Dies

[149638]

$74.00

Basic Pattern Decorative Masks

[150697]

$12.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$10.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Wednesday, 14 August 2019

Colour INKspiration 61 Crew Card

Welcome to the 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 new colour palette is soft, natural and inviting. I'd love to see what you do with it!

As well as the chosen colour combination you may add Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Black and metallics to your project. We also allow ‘Ivory’ in the Stampin’ Blends. If you don’t have all the colour palette, feel free to use the closest substitute.

For me, these colours spoke of nature and textures, so I headed to Rooted in Nature which has long been a favourite of mine.

Images copyright Stampin' Up! 1990-2019

That lovely skeleton leaf is just a perfect image. I've masked it off to add some more foliage, using my second favourite image from this set, and added a popped up smaller skeleton leaf to complete the focal cluster.

Images copyright Stampin' Up! 1990-2019

I've kept things simple. The Stitched Rectangle dies add interest without fuss in the frame. The Pinewood Plank embossing folder adds texture to the background. I've wiped the ink pad lightly over the top of the texture to ink the pattern.

I think this card would be great to give to a male who needed some thanks but could equally well go to a woman.

Next up on the hop is Cathy Pinchbeck with a distressed style birthday card.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas and provide you with Stampin' Up products. Message me by visiting my Facebook page - there's a link in the sidebar of this blog. Or you can leave a comment below. You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or clicking on any of products below will take you to my on-line store.

Product List

Rooted In Nature Cling-Mount Stamp Set

[148217]

$88.00

Itty Bitty Greetings Cling-Mount Stamp Set

[151331]

$76.00

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

[119982]

$18.50

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

[147008]

$18.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[147115]

$15.75

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

[147118]

$15.75

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

[147106]

$15.75

Stitched Rectangle Dies

[148551]

$74.00

Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder

[152320]

$20.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Tuesday, 13 August 2019

Retro Rubber 117 - Design Team Card

The Anything Goes challenge at Retro Rubber seems to be everyone's favourite challenge, so make sure you join us this week. Since this is retro rubber, there is one proviso on the Anything Goes - you still need to use at least one stamp that's a year or more old and tell us its age.

One of the nice things about getting out my older stamps is the chance to match them up with some new products. Then it's like they're new again!

Beautiful Day first appeared in January 2018. It is a stamp set I have almost always used with Brusho (or our new Pigment Sprinkles TM) but of course, it looks well with Stampin' Blends as well. With a different colouring medium and in the bright colours of the 2018-2020 In-Colours(TM), it takes on a whole new feel.

I've used the brand spanking new Scripty embossing folder in the background and sponged in a bit of colour behind the rose to focus attention on it.

The sentiment is also from an older set, Itty Bitty Greetings which first appeared in the 2018-19 Annual Catalogue. This is one of my go-to sets: there's a sentiment for every occasion and a great variety of fonts. I thought that this would make a great anniversary card but could also work for a wedding card as well.

The rhinestones I coloured with the dark Mango Melody Stampin' Blend.

You can see what the rest of the design team have done, and enter the challenge, by visiting the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog.

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.

I got inspiration for this card from the challenge at Fab Friday. You can still play along with them until August 15 (8 a.m. CST).