WWC85 - Jean's Colour Challenge

Jean's Colour Challenge - Watercooler Wednesday

Today I'm playing along with Watercooler Wednesday - I just couldn't resist the challenge of creating a card using this cool colour scheme.

To play along too, or visit the blog and see other cool card creations - click here

So here is my card that I came up with using this colour combination:

I used black cardstock for the base and then mounted onto whisper white cardstock. I then created my card using DSP - Irresistibly Floral. I sponged around the edges using black ink to create a border and to highlight the pattern on the paper. I then used the new Copper embossing powder to create the top of my tree on vellum. This is a limited time set - Thoughtful Branches with matching framelits. I love how the tree turned out. I stamped the trunk using black ink.

The sentiment was also stamped using the copper heat embossing powder. Under the sentiment I decided to use some washi tape to continue the theme of black and white. This tape is from the Pop of Pink designer washi tape. It added a litte texture beneath the sentiment!!

I'm also showcasing this card on Kylie's Blog highlights.

http://www.craftykylie.com/2016/09/crazy-crafters-team-project-highlights_23.html

Why not grab a cuppa and check out what the Crazy Crafters have been creating and don't forget you get 3 votes too so please vote by clicking on the heart in the top right hand corner of the image. Follow the link above to Kylie's blog!

I really hope you enjoyed seeing this card and come back again to visit soon.

Don't forget to check out the other cards using this colour combo too!

Mixed Drinks

Mixed Drinks - finally a stamp set that goes with my past time of enjoying a cocktail here and there!!

HI everyone, welcome to my blog - It's Friday and that means you've probably worked hard this week and perhaps you are enjoying a cold refreshing beverage after work!! Well, I'm sharing with you this new stamp set 'Mixed Drinks' and highlighting it on Kylie's blog - Crazy Crafter's Team Project Highlights.

Make sure if you like my card you click on the little heart in the right hand corner to give me a vote. Also, don't forget to check out the other cards that are being shared this Friday!!

Follow this link to see the cards now :)

When I saw this stamp set appear in the new 2016/2017 catalogue, I knew I just had to have it. How fabulous to be able to stamp cute drinks, cocktails etc on to a card front or even scrapbook a cocktail event with the ladies. I've also seen it used to create milkshakes and other cute drinks. I decided to create a sweet cherry-ade drink in a mason style glass. Love the stripy straw too and the gorgeous two step cherries to create the outline and the shading!!

I had a play today with this set and here is the card that I came up with:

I used a wink of stella to go over my drink colour (sweet sugar plum) and make it sparkle. I haven't used Wink of Stella in a while so thought it was time to bring it back out!!!

I also used the Swirly Bird framelit to create the cute black swirl at the bottom of the card for a little embellishing. The bottom right hand corner was a technique I blogged about a while back using the botanical blooms set to create the flowers. Click here if you'd like to go back and see this post.

I also used some wink of stella on the leaves and flower petals to give them a bit of a sparkle too.

Finally to tie in with the pink and black in the card, I used some washi tape from the Pop of Pink colour combo. I love washi tape and really like how it added some more colour and dimension to the card background.

So make sure you check out the other great cards from my team and if you haven't already, grab yourself a cocktail and enjoy your night.

P.S.

Don't forget to grab yourself a copy of this awesome stamp set and if you don't have a demonstrator - pick me!!!

Global Design Project 052 #GDP052

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog,

this week I was determined to enter a card into this week's Global Design Project as it was just too cute to pass up. I love making baby cards and when I saw the banner for this week I had to put an entry in too.

here is the banner challenge for this week: Case the Designer: Teneale Williams

Click here to go to the GDP and see the other entries this week!!

Now before I created my card I saw a fellow Crazy Crafter who had created the most amazing Side Step card for this challenge. OMG. If you haven't seen it, then head over to Juana Ambida's blog and check it out. AMAZING!!!

http://juanacreate.blogspot.com.au/

So I CASED Juan's card as it was just sooooo gorgeous and I really wanted to create a side step card too.

Here is what I came up with.

I really love how with the side step card you can Incorporate lots of cute baby images that can taper up the card to show some depth.

The back of the card is left blank so there is a little room to write a message to the new parents.

I used 3 different stamp sets for this card. Baby Bear, Swirly Bird and Something for Baby. I also used the matching framelits to cut out the pram, duck, safety pins and stacking blocks with my big shot. this saved having to fussy cut all these little bits and pieces.

I used white heat embossing powder for all the white parts of the card as it helped to finish it off and with a glossy effect. I used the NEW copper emboss powder for the wheels of the pram.

I really hope you enjoyed popping over to see my card this week.

until next time, happy crafting.

Crazy Crafter's September Blog Hop with Special Guest - Sarah Berry

Hi and welcome to another fabulous Blog Hop with the famous Crazy Crafter's. This time we are hopping with Sarah Berry and Casing one of her wonderful creations. If you have come from Stephanie Fischer, then make sure you continue to hop along and check out all the talented people who have joined in with this blog hop.

So here is a picture of Sarah Berry,

she is an awesome demonstrator from the UK and her blog is full of inspiration - click here to check it out. Sarah also runs a weekly sketch  challenge called Strawberry Sketches, if you like entering weekly blog challenges then head over to website for more information on how you can play along too.

Choosing a Card

It was so difficult trying to choose a card to CASE (copy and selectively edit) from Sarah's amazing collection of creations as I liked so many! In the end I came up with this card.

I chose this card as I wanted to create something that was stamped in a repeated pattern too. I liked this simple but effective layout and thought it was the perfect challenge.

My CASE of Sarah's Card:

In a recent card I made for Strawberry Sketches I used the triple layer stamping technique. If you want the exact measurements that I used for each layer - pop over to my previous post and all the details are there for you :)

This stamp set is a new one - only available when the holiday catalogue goes live in September. It's called Day at the Beach and it's perfect for our hot Aussie Summer Christmas holidays. If you can't wait to have this stamp set, then why not join my team by following the link on my blog home page and ordering it early!!!

I really like how this all came together - and thought the new burlap ribbon paired so well with this beachy themed card. The bottom layer is Dapper Denim, then Bermuda Bay, then Tempting Turquoise. I stamped the dolphin in Dapper Denim too. The starfish and sentiment are from a different stamp set called: Picture Perfect.

Product List

Happy Hopping everyone - enjoy the rest of this blog hop!

The Paper Players - Theme Challenge #311

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog, today I decided to play along with 'The Paper Players' and their theme challenge - circles, circular card, or circle elements. I thought this was a good opportunity to get out a couple of my new sets that have circle images in them and put them together to create a new card. Here are the sets I used for the card:

Shooting Star Bundle

Superstar - Clear mount stamp set

Touches of Texture Stamp set

Here is my Card I created using these 3 sets:

I absolutely love these spinner cards - and thought I'd incorporate the tickets from the 'Superstar' set to be the part that spins around!

This card is also featured on the Crazy Crafter's Highlights - please click on the link to vote for my card.

http://www.craftykylie.com/2016/09/crazy-crafters-team-project-highlights_9.html

I used the textures from the 'Touches of Textures' stamp set to create the background.

The ink colours used were:

Dapper Denim, Marina Mist, Tempting Turquoise and Pool Party.

The card was mounted onto Dapper Denim Cardstock to tie in with the stamps used throughout the card. The heat embossed tickets were done using Crushed Curry Heat embossing powder. The Star and ticket at the bottom right was done using Gold Heat embossing powder.

Finally, the spinner was attached to 2 x 5cent pieces on a piece of dimensional to give it height and spin around. It worked nicely and the tickets covered the coins so you can't see them when it spins around.

Well that's it for me - hope you enjoyed the card and you get a chance to make one of these fabulous cards yourself. If you don't have a demonstrator - contact me to find out more about how you can purchase any of these items you see listed on my blog.

What Will You Stamp - Challenge Blog #80

Welcome to my blog, if you've clicked on my link from the "What Will You Stamp" blog team, then you'll have already of perused all the amazing cards created using this extremely versatile set.

If not, then click here to see them.

Now I've seen some really cool cards made using this set; you can create flowers, trees, ocean themes, flowers, kits, spinners and the list goes on.

But... I decided to keep my theme abstract and just use the swirls to create some positive and negative space. I really like contrast in cards and with this set I knew straight away that I wanted to try something different to what I had tried in the past with this set. I have seen a few people create cards where they create the same card twice - in two different colours and then chop them up to create a new card with positive and negative space.

Here is what I came up with:

I ended up with two cards by doing this effect, and so mounted one on Sweet Sugar Plum cardstock and one on Tempting Turquoise. The sentiment came from a different set, Rose Garden.

I used black and white heat emboss powder for some of the swirls and for others I cut them out using the matching framelits. You can see the sentiment is two different colours- and where it crosses over the centre line it becomes the opposite colour. I thought this was a pretty cool effect but I would like to explore it more with different stamp sets and a thicker sentiment - so it shows up the positive and negative space clearly.

To glue the fine cut out pieces down I used the Fine Tip Glue pen - OMG I just love this glue. I always stick down tiny bits and pieces and this glue is amazing and so precise. If you don't own this glue, you need to purchase it!!!

I glued the top card down on an angle using foam adhesive strips and the second card - with just glue and I kept it straight. I thought these cards would be great to make up in a set if you needed to make multiple copies of the same card.

Well I hope you enjoyed seeing my cards for this #WWYS80 challenge.

http://whatwillyoustamp.blogspot.com.au/

Happy Crafting!