Tuesday Challenge #9

Hi everyone, it is the 9th week of my 'Tuesday Challenge' to use a stamp set and other goodies from the Annual Catalogue to create a card or other project.

I have chosen to use the Falling Flowers stamp set and the coordinating May Flowers Framelits for this week's card.  The sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set.

This card is bright and full of colour.  I really like the vibrant colours of the flowers that were coloured using Stampin' Blends.  The colours I used were light and dark for the colours Lovely Lipstick, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, Rich Razzleberry and Flirty Flamingo.

I did start out with a piece of Lovely Lipstick striped Designer Series Paper  but changed it out for the Granny Apple Green to give a bit more contrast.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 

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Carolyn

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Tuesday Challenge #9

A Little More Shimmer

Another card using the Shimmer Paint Smooching technique (that is what I am calling it as I have not found a name for it).

This one uses the Champagne Shimmer Paint with the Gray Granite, Balmy Blue and Pool Party re-inkers.

The flower and leaves are from the Falling Flowers stamp set coloured with Watercolor Pencils and cut out using the May Flowers Framelits.

If you live in Australia 

you can get all the supplies you need

 for this project from me. 

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order.

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Carolyn 

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A Little More Shimmer

A Friend Like You

Hi everyone, sorry for not posting for a couple of weeks but life got kind of busy with work being full on this time of the year.

I have used the Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series paper, the Love What You Do stamp set and Falling flowers for my card.

The flowers and leaves were coloured using the Watercolor Pencils stamped using StazOn Black ink on Shimmery White cardstock. These were cut out using the May Flowers Framelits.

If you live in Australia 

you can get all the supplies you need

 for this project from me. 

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order.

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Carolyn 

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A Friend Like You

Freshly Made Sketches #319

I am playing along this week with the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.  

I coloured the flower image from the Falling Flowers stamp set with Stampin' Blends and added some small highlight dots in the centre with a White Gel Pen.  I masked the flowers during the stamping process, this allows you to layer the flowers over each other without stamping into the front image.

The flower image was stamped with Memento Black Ink on Crumb Cake cardstock before colouring with the Stampin' Blends.

The base card is Old Olive with strips of Wood Textures Designer Series Paper and Very Vanilla cardstock adhered to either side of the flower panel.  The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set and was stamped in Memento Black Ink on Old Olive cardstock and punched out with the Classic Label Punch.

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Carolyn

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Freshly Made Sketches #319

Vintage Gift Bag

For project No. 7 I cased the Annual Catalogue on page 143 and made this gorgeous vintage style gift bag.  To create the floral display the Falling Flowers stamp set and matching May Flowers Framelits was used.

To make the base bag use a piece of thick Very Vanilla cardstock cut to the 11" length.  I left the width of the bag at the width of the A4 cardstock.  This was punched and scored using the Gift Bag Punch Board and the instructions for the medium bag size.  Tip - the instructions and sizes are detailed on the Gift Bag Punch Board.

Note - All the edges of the pieces have been inked with Crumb Cake.

Before putting the bag together, the flourish image was stamped using Soft Suede ink and the small leaf stamped with Early Espresso.  The background was then sponged using Crumb Cake ink and the Pattern Party Decorative Masks.  You can also spritz this with a mix of Isocol Alchol and Crumb Cake reinker.

Stamp and colour the floral images and cut out the pieces using the May Flowers Framelits.  Also cut out a Very Vanilla large open flower piece as the base for the floral arrangement.  A 20cm piece of Copper Trim was teased apart and adhered on top of the large open flower before the final floral arrangement was adhered in place.

The closure for the bag is created using the word 'Celebrate' from the Tabs for Everything stamp set punched out using the Classic Label Punch.  This was adhered onto a corrugated oval from the Corrugated Elements and then adhered to the Gold Binder Clip with a couple of Glue Dot.  A Linen Thread bow was added to finish the closure.

If you live in Australia 

you can get all the supplies you need

 for this project from me. 

You can place an order online and join in the fun with the On-line Club or Contact Me and place an order.

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Carolyn

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Vintage Gift Bag

Paper Craft Crew Challenge

Hi everyone, I am playing along this week with the Metallic Embellishment theme at the Paper Craft Crew Challenge.  I have gone a bit on the grunge side with my card, adding Copper Metallic Thread, Copper Trim, Copper Foil Sheet leaves as my metallic embellishments.

The stamp sets used are Tabs for Everything for the sentiment and Falling Flowers with the matching May Flower Framelits for the floral arrangement.

Addendum to Post

I have had so many enquries on how how I made this card I decided to post how I created it. The measurements are in metric so you may have to convert to imperial. 

• The base card is Crumb Cake (A4 cut in half then folded in half again to make card base) – edges inked with Soft Suede
• The mat is Early Espresso cardstock 9.5cm x 13.8cm  – the edges are distressed.
• Background DSP 9cm x 13.3cm is from the Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper Pack.  It is the Copper and Crumb Cake sheet of paper.  I distressed the edges and then inked them with Soft Suede.
• The strip across the card is Early Espresso 9.5cm x 2.5cm backed onto a piece of Crumb Cake 9.5cm x 3cm.  I distressed the edges of both pieces and inked the edges of the Crumb Cake piece with Soft Suede.  A piece of Copper Trim was tied around this piece.
• The middle panel is a piece of Crumb Cake 6cm x 11cm – the edges are distressed and inked with Soft Suede
• The mat is Early Espresso 5cm x 10cm – the edges are distressed
• The stamped panel is Very Vanilla 4.7cm x 9.7cm – the edges are distressed and inked with Soft Suede.

Stamping and Creating the panel

• I stamped the leaf spray in Soft Suede ink  twice and also the individual leaf 4 times in Soft Suede on the bottom of the panel.  These images were coloured with the Clear Wink of Stella pen and Soft Suede ink.  Soft Suede ink was then spatter on this piece using an Aqua Painter.
• The flower from the Falling Flowers stamp set was stamped in Soft Suede on Very Vanilla and cut out using the matching die from the May Flowers Framelits.  This was inked with Soft Suede and the petals lightly formed to fold slightly.  The flower image was stamped again with Early Espresso on Very Vanilla. I hand cut the centre of the flower and then inked it with Soft Suede, again forming the petals slightly before gluing to the centre of the original flower.  A Gold Faceted Gem was used as the flower centre.
• The foliage sprig was stamped with Versamark on Early Espresso and embossed with Copper Embossing Powder and then cut out with the matching framelit from the May Flowers Framelits.  The leaves were cut out using the leaf die and Copper Foil Sheet.
• A piece of Copper Trim was teased apart to create the Copper gauze like piece behind the flower.  Some Copper Metallic Thread was also added behind the flower.
• The sentiment is from the Tabs for Everything stamp set and was stamped with Soft Suede on Very Vanilla and punched out using the Classic Label Punch.  The edges were inked with Soft Suede.

You can see from the picture how to arrange the flower arrangement.

For the inside of the card I made another of the foliage sprigs which I adhered to the bottom of a Very Vanilla insert which was inked on the edges with Soft Suede and backed onto Early Espresso before being adhered into place.

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Carolyn

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Paper Craft Crew Challenge

CASE from the new catalogue

Hi everyone, on page 143 of the new Annual Catalogue there is a small vintage style gift bag which I just love.  I did a CASE of the design and changed the embellishments slightly and made this card.

I received the Touches of Nature Elements with my box of goodies for the display board stamping and the Copper Trim and the Gold Faceted Gems on the day of the OnStage Local.  I had the stamp set Falling Flowers and the coordinating May Flowers Framelits in my stash.  The base card is Soft Suede and I have stamped onto Very Vanilla, the edges have been inked with Soft Suede.  I left off the doily, ribbon, pearls and corrugated flowers in the sample and added the Copper Trim, Gold Faceted Gems and Touches of Nature Elements.  The sentiment of from the Tabs for Everything stamp set which we received in our OnStage Bag.  Stampin' Up! are so generous with giving us so much new product at OnStage. 

Tip: If you tease the Copper Trim apart you get a piece of copper embellishment that looks like gauze.  I have put this behind the flower on my card.

You will be able to purchase these new products on 1 June 2017. You can purchase the Falling Flowers stamp set and the coordinating May Flowers Framelits dies now.  No need to wait until 1 June 2017 for these great products.

You can get all the supplies you need

 for this project from me. 

You can place an order online and join in the fun with the On-line Club or Contact Me and place an order.

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Carolyn

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CASE from the new catalogue

Falling Flowers

Hi everyone, I am playing along this week with Freshly Made Sketches.  

For my card I have used the Falling Flowers, Gorgeous Grunge and Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp sets along with Layering Circles, Stitched Shapes and May Flowers Framelits dies.

The flowers were water coloured with Sweet Sugarplum and Pink Pirouette for the petals and the flower centres coloured with Daffodil Delight and Delightful Dijon with the leaves cut from Pear Pizzazz cardstock.  Some Black Metallic Thread was added behind the circle and some Fancy Frost Sequins added to finish.

You can get all the supplies you need for this project from me.

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Carolyn

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Falling Flowers

Monochromatic Floral

Hi everyone, do you sometimes buy something because you just have to have it and then not do anything with it (I am guilty of this so many times). When I first saw the Irresistibly Floral Specialty Designer Series Paper in the Annual Catalogue I just had to have it an it has been sitting in my stash ever since.

I had a little play with it the other day and this is the card that I made using Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Whisper White and Basic Gray.

You can get all the supplies you need for this project from me.

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Carolyn

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Monochromatic Floral

My Heart Smiles Just Thinking of You

Hi everyone, this is the third project that the ladies who attended the fundraiser for research into Junior Diabetes made.

• Create a card base by cutting a piece of A4 Perfect Plum cardstock in half lengthwise then fold this in half to create the card base.
• Using the large oval framelit cut an oval in the piece of Whisper White for the card front.
• Using the Lovely Lace embossing folder emboss this piece. Stick this to the card front.
• Using Elegant Eggplant ink stamp the sentiment on a piece of Whisper White.  Cut out using the smallest oval framelit.
• Cut a scalloped oval from Perfect Plum cardstock.
• Cut an oval using the second largest framelit from Whisper White cardstock.
• Layer the ovals together using dimensionals between the sentiment oval and the Perfect Plum   scalloped oval.   Stick the oval to the card front using dimensionals.
• Stamp and cut out the images required to make the flower arrangement, colours used are So Saffron, Perfect Plum, Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive with a touch of Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper.
• Stick the flower arrangement around the oval on the card front. 
• Add a little enamel heart to the sentiment panel.
• For the inside for the inside of the card, stamp a flower and cut out some leaves to create a small arrangement in the bottom corner.

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My Heart Smiles Just Thinking of You

Goodbye & Good Luck

Hi everyone, you know when you have a piece of patterned paper that you just love so much that you cannot cut it up.  This was me with the Copper embossed piece from the Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper pack. I finally did it and cut off a piece 8.5cm x 12.8cm for my card front.

I made this card for a work colleague who is leaving us to start a new job, hopefully she will like it.

The flower spray was made using the May Flowers Framelits and the Falling Flowers stamp set.  I have used a colour scheme of Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla with a touch of Copper.

The large and small flower images were stamped with Versamark on Early Espresso and heat embossed with the Copper Embossing Powder.  The small flowers I then brushed bleach over to lighten the colour.  I layered the smaller flower on top of the larger flower with a glue dot.

I just created a floral spray using the various leaf images and dies with a little Copper Metallic Thread added to the spray.

The sentiment is from the Greatest Greetings stamp set.  I stamped the sentiment on Very Vanilla using Early Espresso and then cut it into two pieces which I then layered onto Early Espresso before adhering to my card front.

You can get all the supplies for this project from me.

You can place an order online and join in 

the fun with the On-line Club or Contact Me and place an order.

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Thank you for visiting.

Carolyn

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Goodbye & Good Luck