Thinking Stamping

Tuesday, 13 July 2021

Art Gallery for Paper Players 549

The colour challenge at The Paper Players really appealed to me. Thank goodness for a rainy day, which made extra craft time guilt free!

Here's the challenge colours: all colours I like but haven't used nearly enough.

If you read yesterday's post, you'll know I received a box of pre-order goodies. Already, I'm pairing up some of them with existing items. The Harvest Meadow DSP is new but the stamp bundle is Art Gallery, a favourite of mine. The Harvest Meadow DSP is from the forthcoming July-December Mini Catalogue and will be available from the start of August.

I've used the very pretty bobble-edged die from Ornate Layers as a mat for the flowers.

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NB: The Harvest Meadow DSP will be available from August.

Art Gallery Bundle

[156227]

$105.25

Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock

[153086]

$18.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$20.50

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

[153118]

$15.75

Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad

[153116]

$15.75

Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad

[153115]

$15.75

Ornate Layers Dies

[152726]

$78.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Sunday, 11 July 2021

Gorgeous Leaves for CAS 427

It's always a pleasure to see the courier come up the drive to deposit a box of Stampin' Up! goodness at my door. Friday afternoon was no exception -in fact, even better than normal because it contained my pre-order on the August-December Mini Catalogue. Did you know that getting early access to products from upcoming catalogues is a demonstrator benefit? And that's whether or not you're running classes or a hobbyist.

Anyway, once things are out of the box I'm naturally itching to try things out. Inspiration for the first outing of the Gorgeous Leaves bundle came from the autumnal colours of this week's challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches.

I love to sponge and mask and a favourite technique of mine is to use torn paper as a mask. These wonderful stamps and dies just seemed perfect for both.

I started by tearing some copy paper into two pieces and attaching them to the Basic White card front with Post-It notes. Blending brushes made the application of Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie very easy.

Before removing the masks, I added in some stamped images in Cajun Craze.

It looked a little flat, so I added in three small die cut leaves so that they broke the frame.

The Gorgeous Leaves stamp set is images only, so I added in the bold 'Happy Birthday' from Artistically Inked.

I think I'll be using this set a lot in the future - it's got so many possibilities. It will be available for order at the start of August.

Update: Delighted to be a Weekly Winner at CAS Colours and Sketches

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Note: The Gorgeous Leaves bundle will be available at the start of August.

Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set

[154542]

$50.00

Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock

[121683]

$18.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$20.50

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad

[147085]

$15.75

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$15.75

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

[147086]

$15.75

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$25.25

Friday, 9 July 2021

Plentiful Plants for AYSI 254

The sketch challenge is the first in our rotation of challenges at As You See It. I always like a sketch challenge as it makes it easy to get started. We're excited to see what everyone comes up with this week.

I've been working a lot with the Plentiful Plants bundle. It seemed to me that the Paper Lattice would be a great element to use as the larger rectangle in this design and the rest of it went from there.

The smaller rectangle is from the Bloom Where You're Planted DSP and like the way that one side of each piece in the pack is a natural design. This one is like stone but there's also some wooden and brick designs too.

I stamped and die cut the foliage and the pot as the flower element of the design. As the sentiment is large, I scooched it sideways to the horizontal element rather than leaving it in the same spot as the sketch. When you're playing with a sketch, it's a starting point and as long as we can still see the bones of the sketch in your creation, you're fine.

The Design Team love looking at your creations to see how you see the 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

Plentiful Plants Bundle (English)

[155688]

$99.75

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

[147008]

$18.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$20.50

Paper Lattice

[155697]

$12.50

Bloom Where You're Planted 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[155696]

$24.25

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

[147118]

$15.75

Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad

[153114]

$15.75

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$15.75

Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad

[153115]

$15.75

2021–2023 In Color Jewels

[155571]

$14.75

Thursday, 8 July 2021

A further update for my email subscribers

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Tuesday, 6 July 2021

Positive Thoughts for Retro Rubber

This week at Retro Rubber, it's time for one of Claire's fabulous sketch challenges. As always, the rules are simple. Just make sure to use at least one stamp that's a year or more old and tell us the approximate age of it.

The set I've chosen is Positive Thoughts, from the 2020 Occasions Mini Catalogue. The colour palette is neutral: Gray Granite, Mossy Meadow and Merry Merlot.

I stamped the maidenhair fern image in Gray Granite on the background circle, then stamped another in Mossy Meadow, die cut it and added it to the circle. The butterfly was stamped in Merry Merlot then quickly painted with a layer of Wink of Stella to both spread the ink and add some sparkle.

Having chosen the linear pattern from the Neutrals paper stack, I then had a dilemma with the Bricks & Mortar 3D embossing folder: which way to emboss? In the end, I went with the bricks on the vertical simple because I liked the way it continued the vertical lines of the DSP.

You can see what the rest of the team have done and link up your own entry at the Retro Rubber Challenge site.

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