Thinking Stamping

Friday, 12 November 2021

Gorgeous Leaves for AYSI 263

It's Recipe Challenge week this week. Simply take the five ingredients and see what you can cook up with them.

Gorgeous Leaves is such a wonderfully versatile set. I've used it here for a THANKS card which matches the One Word Sentiment condition. It's popped up dimensionals on one of the Tasteful Labels dies.

For element two, Embossing Folder, I've used the Timber 3D Embossing Folder on the Very Vanilla background panel.

For element three, ribbon or twine, cord from the Simply Elegant Trim pack.

I've gone overboard on element four, punch or die cut, as I've used Tasteful Labels dies for the sentiment, Intricate Leaves dies for the two leaves, and Basic Borders dies for the cut edge of the card base.

For element five, Neutrals, I've stuck to the Neutrals colour family:Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand and Merry Merlot. I also consider metallics to be neutrals so have used the gold cord trim and some Gilded Leafing Embellishment.

I also took inspiration from the latest challenge at Freshly Made Sketches for this project.

Update: Delighted to be Queen of Clean at Freshly Made Sketches.

We'd love to see what you make of these ingredients. You can see what the rest of the team have done and link up your entry by visiting the As You See It Challenge site.

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.

Product List

Gorgeous Leaves Bundle

[158609]

$92.50

Ornate Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[158301]

$38.00

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

[121686]

$18.50

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

$20.50

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

$15.75

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$15.75

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

[147117]

$15.75

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad

[147112]

$15.75

Tasteful Labels Dies

[152886]

$65.00

Basic Borders Dies

[155558]

$61.00

Timber 3 D Embossing Folder

[156406]

$21.00

Simply Elegant Trim

[155766]

$15.75

Gilded Leafing Embellishment

[154560]

$19.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Wednesday, 10 November 2021

Around the World on Wednesday November: My Favourite Month

Welcome to the latest Inspiration Hop from Around the World on Wednesday. In case you haven't visited us before, we hop on the second Wednesday of the month, with a theme to inspire you in your craft rooms. We're 'Around the World' because the team includes people from all the markets Stampin' Up! is available in. I'm here in New Zealand then there's people from Australia, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Canada and the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii).

Each month, we have a theme. This month, it's an interesting one: Our Favourite Month. Now, there's a question! How do you pick a favourite month? Every month, just like every season, has its pleasures.

In the end, I've chosen June. My birthday is in June but that's not the whole reason why it's my favourite. You'd think that being the start of winter would make it a less favoured month but it's because it's winter that it's up there. My husband and I like to find a warm retreat from the cold of winter, so some of our best holidays have been in June. We've had tropical holidays in Fiji, Samoa, and Tahiti. We've had trips to Queensland and other parts of Australia. Once we went to Hawaii. Yet our best June holiday was to Canada and Alaska.

This challenge got me digging through the photo mountain. I decided to scrapbook one of our 'Best Of' moments and that was a helicopter trip we took from Canmore over the Gloria Glacier. Spectacular scenery, the beauty of the ice and the novelty of a helicopter trip! Marvellous!

I started by using Smoky Slate and Misty Moonlight with the triangle stencil from the Plenty of Patterns Decorative Masks. I picked both the colours and the pattern to echo the pattern of the ice in the main picture.

Tailor Made Tags were useful to tuck in with some journal details.

Mountain Air was a great set to use here. I've stamped the mountain range in Smoky Slate, Misty Moonlight and a stamped off Misty Moonlight and added some icy Wink of Stella. Some scrunched up Metallic Mesh ribbon added in some further faux iciness and helped extend the horizontal design axis.

To add texture, I embossed the Smoky Slate panel behind my husband's photo with the Bark folder.

Playful Alphabets, with a heavy coat of Wink of Stella, make up the main part of the title but the 'glacier' needed to be smaller. I used the now retired Make A Difference alphabet set for that.

Sometimes, I'm so fixated on cards, I forget how great Stampin' Up! is for scrapbooking too.

Next on the hop is the fabulous Leonie Stuart. I wonder what her favourite month is? At the bottom of the post is a blog roll you can use should you get lost or encounter a broken link.

Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Danielle Kassing - NL

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Emma Goddard - UK

Mikaela Titheridge - UK

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert - US

Teri West - US

Cheryl Hamilton - US

Product List

Mountain Air Photopolymer Stamp Set

[151610]

$42.00

Majestic Mountain Dies

[151608]

$76.00

Playful Alphabet Dies

[152706]

$71.00

Tailor Made Tags Dies

[155563]

$46.00

Basic White 12 X12 (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock

[159231]

$16.25

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

$18.50

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

[131291]

$18.50

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[147113]

$15.75

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

[153118]

$15.75

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$25.25

Bark 3 D Embossing Folder

[155431]

$21.00

Plenty Of Patterns Decorative Masks

[155553]

$16.75

Metallic Mesh Ribbon

[153550]

$16.75

Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack

[153620]

$21.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$14.00

Merriest Moments for CI111

It's already time for a new challenge at Colour INKspiration! The crew are loving seeing the wonderful entries that are rolling in. We can't wait to see what you make of these colours, chosen by Crew Member, Nicole WIlson.

If you haven't played with us before, we are a group of Stampin' Up Demonstrators from the South Pacific. Challenges are shown and entered via our Facebook Group page. If you don't belong, and would like to, click here. Don't forget to answer the three easy questions you'll be asked when you ask to join the group.

Each challenge, Top Picks and a winner are chosen by the crew and the winner offered a chance to Guest Design with us for a future challenge. This time, we have Michele Miller joining us as Guest Designer.

If you don't have an exact challenge colour, feel free to replace it with whatever you have that's closest. Black, White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand and metallics are free colours, as are flesh toned Stampin' Blends.

Isn't this a beautiful, near-neutral palette? Yet even so, they suggested a Christmas card to me.

Merriest Moments is one of my three favourite Christmas sets from 2021. Although the hybrid embossing folder and dies are absolute winners, the stamps are wonderful too.

I've used Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent with a mix of foliage stamps to lay down a background for the layered up Crumb Cake poinsettia flower. I've added some Crumb Cake splatters too.