Having a Play...

... with the Circle Card Thinlits.  I've had them for some time, but was playing around the other day & decided to give them a bit of a workout!

 

If you haven't purchased these Thinlits, do so, as you will have so much fun doing so.  In fact, this is going to be a card for one of my Birthday next month.

 

Card Open -

 

Card Front -

 

It is a little different to my usual cards, so I would love to know what you think?

 

I will try & write a basic Tutorial for this card in the next couple of days & post for you. 

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 Vicky

Technique Classes...

Our classes for the new year are now back up & running.  It was great to catch up with everyone, have our normal "Show & Tell" & hear how everyone did at Christmas & New Year. 

 

To showcase some of the gorgeous SAB products you can earn this year, our 1st card was created using the DSP - Sweet Sorbet.  To earn FREE products during SAB, all you have to do is append over $90.00 excluding P&H.  SAB begins Tuesday, 28 January, but as a Demonstrator I get to pre-order.

 

To start the new year, we did a little bit of "Heat Embossing".  I like to go over techniques every now & then so that we can familiarise ourselves with them and it helps with the new crafters who have joined our group.

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Flower Shop - 130942, Express Yourself - 130339 (Hostess)

Ink - StazOn - 101406, VersaMark - 102283

Cardstock - Whisper White - 106549, Basic Black - 121688, Crisp Cantaloupe - 131303

DSP - Sweet Sorbet - 133521 (SAB 2014)

Ribbon - 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Rim - Crisp Cantaloupe

Punches - Pansy - 120698

Sizzlits - Little Leaves - 114511

Accessories - Glue Dots - 103683, Heat Tool - 129056, Embossing Powder - Pool Party - 129398, Pearl Basic Jewels - 119247

Inside Card -

 

Card Front -

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Vicky

Chalkboard Technique....

...was the technique we completed in our Technique Class 2 weeks ago.  This technique seems to be all the rage at the moment, but mind you it is lots of fun!

Supplies -
Stamp Set - Sketched Birthday - 130426
Cardstock - Whisper White - 106549, Basic Black - 121688, Soft sky - 131292, Early Expresso - 121686
Ink - Versamark - 102283, Whisper White Craft - 101731, Crushed Curry - 131173
Punches - Petite Pennants Builder - 122361
Framelits - Bitty banners - 129267
Embossing Folders - Alphabet Press - 130916
Accessories - Big Shot - 113439, Snail Adhesive - 104332, Stampin' Dimensionals - 104430, Heat Tool - 129056, Embossing Powder - White - 109132
 

Want to learn how to do this fun technique?

 

Contact me to book your workshop or class today!

 

Until next time, Happy Stampin'

 

Vicky

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It was my turn to set the challenge this week over at Sunny Challenges & Creations.  This is a very easy sketch as well as the 2nd part of the challenge being non-traditional christmas.  Now this can mean non-traditional colours, stamps or both.  It is entirely up to you......  We hope you will have heaps of fun with this challenge, better still join us this week.

Measurements -
Base Card - Basic Gray - 8 1/4" x 5 7/8" or 21cm x 15xm
Layer 1 - Whisper White - 3 3/4 x 3 7/8" or 9.5cm x 9.7cm
Layer 2 - Whisper White - 3 3/4" x 2" or 9.5cm x 5cm
Layer 3 - Pretty in Pink - 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" or 11.5cm x 6.5cm
Layer 4 - Whisper White - 2 3/8" x 4 3/8" or 11cm x 6cm

Supplies -
Stamp Set - Lovely as a Tree
Ink - Basic Gray, Versamark
Cardstock - Basic Gray, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink
Embossing Folders - Perfect Polka Dots, Stripes
Accessories - Snail Adhesive, Tombow Multi-Purpose Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Big Shot, Heat Tool, Clear Embossing Powder

I run the larger piece of Whisper White Cardstock through the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder & the smaller piece of Whisper White using the Stripes Embossing Folder.  Both pieces were adhered to the Base Card - Basic Gray with Tombow Multi-Purpose Glue.

I stamped the long piece of Whisper White Cardstock using Versamark & then Basic Gray, before embossing with Clear Embossing Powder.  The embossed piece was adhered to the piece of Pretty in Pink with Snail Adhesive.

Thinking I didn't have a "Merry Christmas" Stamp, I printed the greeting onto a piece of Whisper White Cardstock, punched with the Word Label Punch & adhered to the bottom part of the embossed piece prior to adhering to the Base Card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

 

Why not head over to Sunny Challenges & Creations to check out what Kris & the other entries have created.  We would love to leave you some comments.

 

Until next time, Happy Stampin'

Dasher & Holly.....

... make for a lovely Christmas Card, be it Non-Traditional in colour!

Today's card is the one we created in my Friday's Volunteer Class.  A lot of the ladies had a particular stamp set & to get more use from it, I thought we oculd try & recreate one of the cards.  My version is similar to the card, although I have used Stampin' Up! products.

Measurements -
Base Card - Basic Black - 5 7/8" x 6 1/4" or 16cm x 15cm - Scored at 2" or 5.5cm on the 6 1/4" side
Layer 1 - Champagne Glitter Paper - 5" x 3 1/2" or 13cm x 9cm
Layer 2 - Basic Black - 4 5/8" x 3 1/8" or 12.5cm x 8.5cm
Layer 3 - Whisper White - 4 1/2" x 3" or 12cm x 8cm
Layer 4 - Red Glitter Paper - 2 1/4" x 5 7/8" or 6cm x 15cm

Supplies -
Stamp Set - Dasher (Retired), Season of Joy (Retired)
Ink - Real Red, Tangerine Orange, Versamark
Cardstock - Basic Black, Red Glitter Paper, Champagne Glitter Paper, Whisper White, Old Olive
Accessories - Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, Bone Folder, Embossing Powder - White & Clear, Sticky Strip, Snail Adhesive, Pearls, Smooch Spritz - Vanilla Shimmer, Stampin' Write Marker - Old Olive, Pearls
Non-SU! - Ribbon, Button, Gold Paint, Tissue

I randomly sponged the piece of Whisper White Cardstock with a Tissue using Real Red, Tangerine Orange Inks plus a little of Shimmer Paint with a small amount of Gold Pint mixed together.  I went with the tissue as I wasn't happy with the Sponge or Sponge Dauber.  I lightly wiped a clean tissue over the sponging to remove any excess ink that may have been sitting there.

Dasher was stamped direct onto the sponged background with Versamark Ink & embossed with White Embossing Powder.  I repeated the same for the images along the bottom.  I then sprayed the whole lot with Smooch Spritz to give it a bit of a shine.

For the Leaves, I drew them free-hand onto a scrap piece of Old Olive Cardstock, scored the middle of each leaf with my Bone Folder so that it looked like there was a vein up each Leaf, drew along each vein with an Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker, dipped it into Versamark & embossed with Clear Embossing Powder.

The leaves were adhered to the top of the Ribbon with Mini Glue Dots, Button added to the top of the leaves with Mini Glue Dots & a row of Pearls adhered along the Ribbon, as well as the corner of the card & Dasher's eye.

I adhered the piece of Red Glitter Paper to the right hand side of the Basic Black Base Card with Snail Adhesive.  The embellished piece of Cardstock was adhered to the piece of Basic Black Cardstock with Snail Adhesive, then to the piece of Champagne Glitter Paper with Sticky Strip prior to adhering the left hand half to the front of the Base Card.

As I've stated, the Basic Black is not a traditional Christmas colour, but am happy with the final result.  Hope the ladies enjoy creating it as much as I have.

Until next time, Happy Stampin'

Merry Christmas Embossed....

Today's card is my version of the one we created in Crafty Creations yesterday.

A lot of the ladies all had this lovely Christmas Tree stamp & wanted to recreate one of the cards Naomi had made using the stamp - sorry don't have a photo of the original.

After coming home & in the middle of preparing tea, I had an idea pop into my head on how to recreate a card that was similar using SU! Lovely as a Tree.  I'm really happy with the way it turned out, especially the background & the greeting on the front which I repeated for the inside.  Mind you, I sort of come across this from making something I wasn't going to like...... , but then that happens so much when stamping.

Measurements -
Base Card - Very Vanilla - 8 1/4" x 5 3/4" or 8 1/4" or 21cm x 14.5cm
Layer 1- Gold Glitter Paper - 5" x 3 3/4" or 13cm x 9.5cm
Layer 2 - Whisper White - 4 3/4" x 3 1/2" or 12cm x 8.5cm

Supplies -
Stamp Set - Lovely as a Tree, Petite Pairs
Ink - Versamark
Cardstock - Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Gold Glimmer Paper
Accessories - Snail Adhesive, Shimmer Paint, Embossing Powder - Gold, Heat Tool, Sticky Strip
Non- SU - Thread, Paint, Pearls, Gold Paint, Glad Wrap

I stamped direct onto the piece of Whisper White Cardstock with Versamark, poured Gold Embossing Powder over the top, tapped excess off & heat set with Heat Tool.

I then proceed to mix a tiny bit of Gold Paint that I had lying around into a little bit of Frost Shimmer Paint.  The amount of Gold Paint I started out with was a about a small pin head & then built from there.  I didn't want too much gold as I just wanted it to blend into the background.  I spread this with a piece of Glad Wrap which I just scrunched into a ball.

For my sentiment, I wanted to emboss it in the Gold, but as I previously stated, didn't like the look after tapping off the excess.  I then proceeded to brush all the Embossing Powder off the sentiment & was left with the faint image.  It looks a little like stamping off a couple of times with ink, except I've done it with Embossing Powder. 

I tied the Thread around the bottom of the card twice, tied a bow & adhered to the Gold Glitter Paper with Sticky Strip.

The whole piece was adhered to the Base Card - Very Vanilla with Snail Adhesive.

To finish it off, I adhered Pearls to the top & bottom.

All in all, a very simple, easy card, but am so happy with the final result!

Until next time, have a great day!

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For such an easy challenge over at Sunny Challenges, I had a hard time creating sometime that I truely liked.  I started about 4 times, blank, walked around, blank, cleaned, blank, BUT then went & did some "retail therapy' which I don't usually do & YES, it did the trick!  Thank you Retail Therapy - you are my new best friend!

Our challenge this week is the sketch only!  Because the layout was so open, I decided to try a technique......

Measurements -
Base Card - Whisper White - 5 3/4" x 4 1/8" or 11cm x 14.5cm
Layer 1 - Not Quite Navy - 4 7/8" x 3 3/4" or 12.5cm x 10cm
Layer 2 - Whisper White - 5" x 4 3/4" or 13cm x 9.5cm

Supplies -
Stamp Set - French Foliage, A Word for You
Ink - Versamark, Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery, Not Quite Navy, Crumb Cake
Cardstock - Whisper White, Not Quite Navy
Accessories - Snail Glue, Heat Tool, Embossing Powders - White & Clear, Sponge

Technique -
Emboss Resist - Tutorial may be found here

To select my ink colours, I wanted to go with something that was different, soft, but with one colour which would be vibrant.  Once I had decided on the ink colours, the next big step was the Cardstock colour to bring the ink colours out even more.  With technique in hand, I sort of selected random colours until I was happy with the look behind the technique.

Inside Card...

Once I had applied the Emboss Resist Technique to my card, I proceeded to sponge the colours of Tempting Turquoise, Crumb Cake & Certainly Celery Inks around the images with a Sponge.  I did this until I was happy with the result.

I then decided that it wasn't shinny enough & didn't really show the technique to it's full potential, so I decided to dab the Versamark Ink over the entire piece, poured Clear Embossing Powder over the top & heat set with my Heat Tool.

I proceeded to cut the stamped piece of cardstock into 3 equal pieces & adhered to the piece of Not Quite Navy Cardstock with Snail Adhesive.

I wanted to apply a greeting to the card, but didn't want to stamp or place any pieces over the top of the stamped images, so instead to stamp the greeting on the right hand side of the card in Not Quite Navy Ink.  I then adhered the Not Quite Navy piece to the Base Card - Whisper White.

Can you see the shine...

I'm really happy with the final outcome, as it is something I had pictured in my mind.  It is a very clean card, but I like this sort of card.

With the greeting I used, I can now use it for any occasion I choose.......

Why not pop on over to Sunny Challenges & check out what Gwen & Kris have both created.  We would love for you to join us this week.

Until next time, Happy Stampin'

Guest Designer....

Sometime ago I was asked to be a Guest Designer over at Christmas Cards All Year Round.  Thank you so much Tracey for asking!

This site has been going for some time now & I have followed it for quiet awhile, although I must admit, have not participated in their challenges for so long.  This site is a great way to complete those Christmas cards ready for posting come 1 December!

Anyhow, on with the challenge.

The challenge this month was to -

 

TWINKLE-TWINKLE Christmas Lights

Multi-colored or clear, embossed or bling, strings or singles, vintage or new, bright or dull, broken or whole ...inspriation is limitless! Make it electric and fun.

 

Measurements -

Base Card - Crumb Cake - 11 3/4" x 4 1/8" or 30cm x 10.5cm - scored in half & fold in the middle

Layer 1 - Glimmer Paper - 1/2" x 4 1/8" or 1cm x 10.5cm

Layer 2 - Whisper White - 1/2" x 4 1/8" or 1cm x 10.5cm

Layer 3 - Glimmer Paper - 2 1/4" x 4 1/8" or 5.5cm x 10.5cm

Layer 4 - Riding Hood Red - 2 1/2" x 2 3/4" or 6.5cm x 7cm

Layer 5 - Whisper White - 2 3/8" x 2 5/8" or 6cm x 6.5cm

 

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Dasher, Short & Sweet

Ink - Riding Hood Red, Versamark

Cardstock - Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Glimmer Paper Red

Ribbon - 5/8" Organza - White

Punches - Scallop Trim Border

Embossing Folder - Petals a Plenty

Accessories - Stampin' Dimensionals, Snail Adhesive, Multipurpose Glue, Pearls, Black Journal Writer, Heat Tool, Embossing Powder - Clear

 

I punched the narrower piece of Glimmer Paper along one of the long sides using the Scallop Trim Border Punch.  I attached the piece of Whisper White Cardstock along the edge of the punched line with Snail Adhesive.

 

The larger piece of Glimmer Paper was run through the Bigshot using the Embossing Folder - Petals a Plenty and adhered it to the top of the Whisper White Cardstock so that a small piece of the White was showing.  This breaks up the red on red.  In hindsite, I should have added another smaller piece of White to the other side, but only thought of it when everything had been completed.

 

Dasher was stamped in Versamark & then Riding Hood Red Ink prior to being stamped onto the small piece of Whisper White Cardstock, heat set with the Heat Tool & then adhered to the piece of Riding Hood Red with Snail Adhesive.  I adhered a small piece of Ribbon to the side, applied Stampin' Dimensionals & adhered to the Base Card.

 

Pearls were adhered to the antelers & around his neck for some bling.  His eye was marked using the Black Journal Marker.  The greeting was stamped in Riding Hood Ink.

 

 

Why not head over to Christmas Cards All Year Round & check out what the rest of the team have created, create your project & link back.

 

Until next time, Happy Stampin'

 

 

Technique Class...

The card I am showing you today is one of the ones from our Technique Class last Sunday - Stained Glass - Embossed.

It is a very basic layout AND a very easy card to create.  In saying that, it did take me about 8 days to come up with it - don't you just hate that!  I think I was too busy concentrating on the layout instead of the technique.  So when I looked at the whole project from another angle, I shocked myself at how easy it eventually was & how very pretty & soft it turned out!

Measurements -
Base Card - Rose Red - 8 1/4" x 5 7/8" or 21.5cm x 15cm
Layer 1 - Whisper White - 5 3/4" x 4" or 14.5cm x 10.5cm
Layer 2 - Rose Red - 3" x 4 1/4" or 8cm x 11cm
Layer 3 - Whisper White - 2 7/8" x 4 1/8" or 7.5cm x 10cm
Layer 4 - Vellum - 2 7/8" x 4 1/8" or 7.5cm x 10cm

Supplies -
Stamp Set - Elements of Style, En Francais
Ink - Versamark, Pretty in Pink
Cardstock - Whisper White, Vellum, Rose Red
Ribbon - 5/8" Organza - Whisper White
Accessories - SU! Sponge Daubers, SU! Pastels, Mini Glue Dots, SU! Markers - Old Olive & Pink Pirouette, Snail Adhesive, Embossing Powder - White, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy

I would love to know what you think?

Happy Stampin!

Distressing....

I did a one on one class with the lovely Lynne last Friday.  As she had purchased some new ink pads, she wanted to know how to use them, so I put my thinking cap on & come up with the following card using Stampin' Up! Inks.

We had a lot of fun creating this, although our fingers did get very inky....  Lynne's was a little different to mine, especially as she used different inks too.

Note to self - wash fingers prior to touching cardstock!!!!!!

The layout itself is a basic one, as I wanted the techniques to showcase themselves.

Measurements -
Base Card - Perfect Plum - 8 1/4" x 5 7/8" or 21.5cm x 15cm
Layer 1 - Verey Vanilla - 4" x 5 3/4" or 10cm x 14.5cm
Layer 2 - Perfect Plum - 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" or 11.5cm x 6.5cm
Layer 3 - Very Vanilla - 4 3/8" x 2 3/8" or 11cm x 6cm

Supplies -
Stamp Set - French Foliage, Sincere Salutations
Ink - Certainly Celery, Rose Red, Perfect Plum, Versamark
Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery, Perfect Plum
Punches - Scallop Oval, Large Oval
Ribbon -12" Seam Binding - Very Vanilla
Accessories - Snail Adhesive, SU! Dimensionals, Antique Brads, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, Embossing Powder - White, SU! Sponge Daubers

Until next time, Happy Stampin! 

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Wow, the challenge this week over at Sunny Challenges & Creations is really out of my comfort sone, to say the least!  I am really very happy with the result & LOVE "Distressing"!

Yep, this week our challenge has been brought to us by Libby.  Along with the sketch, we had to use the Technique - Distressing.  This technique is able to be created using many different ways.

Below are a couple of hints –
· Gently rub a distressing ink pad with a sponge and rub ink around the edges of paper
· Brush ink with a direct-to-paper technique (brush ink pad directly onto surface of paper with gentle strokes)
· Crumple paper, flatten, and rub distress inks on paper.  Paper can be sprayed with water and dried a heat tool to set
· Sand the surfaces of your card stock to achieve an antique effect

Envelope & Inside Card...

Any of these techniques will give you an antique or vintage look which can vary with the colour and ink you use and how much you apply to the paper.

As soon as Libby set us this task, my mind went racing & immediately knew what colours I was going to use, BUT as to how I was going to go about it, well that is another story.  In saying that, I did have a hard time trying to decide on my bit that runs along the bottom bit of the card.  I tried so many ideas that I finally decided on what I ended up with & am glad I did, as I think it sets it off perfectly!

Measurements -
Base Card - Very Vanilla - 8 1/4" x 5 3/4" or 21cm x 15cm - Scored in middle & folded in half
Layer 1 - Not Quite Navy - 5 1/2" x 3 7/8" or 14cm x 10cm
Layer 2 - Watercolour Paper - 5 5/8" x 3 3/4" or 13.5cm x 9.5cm
Layer 3 - Very Vanilla - 5 5/8" x 3/4" or 13.5cm x 2cm

 

Supplies -
Stamp Set - French Foliage, Inspired By Nature
Ink - Versamark, Crumb Cake
Cardstock - Watercolour Paper, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla
Ribbon - 5/8"Crochet Trim - Victoria, Linen Thread
Accessories - Heat Tool, Embossing Powder - Clear, SU Markers, Pearls, Smooch Spritz - Very Vanilla, Distressing Kit, Snail Adhesive, Mini-Glue Dots

I really wanted to finished with my Base Card as Not Quite Navy, but cut both Layer 2 & 3 too big for that, so settled on Very Vanilla.  Maybe next time, as I have a couple of samples that didn't make this card!

After trying a couple of different ways to create my background, I finally used Watercolour Paper - soaks up the misting a lot faster & believe me, there is a LOT of misting on this card!

I also added a couple of elements to finish my card off.  You could say "Vintage meets Shabby Chic" 

Would love to know what you all think????

Don't forget to pop over to Sunny Challenges & Creations & see the other samples.  We have 3 Guest Designers - their samples are just gorgeous - this week along with Libby & Kris' samples.

We would love for you to join us - so come on & have a bit of fun with us this week!  What a great time to get out of your "Comfort Zone".  If I can do it, anyone can!

Happy Stampin'

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Do you ever have an idea in your head but doesn't atter what you do it just never seems to end up how you pictured it the same on paper.  This is what happened to the card I created for today's challenge over at Sunny Challenges & Creations  Now that it is finally finished, I am  really happy with, but I must confess it has taken me a couple of days as I kept stopping & starting.  In fact I created 2 cards, but like this one the best.

Today's challenge is brought to us by Libby  Buttons are to be used on our sketch this week!

I created my own Buttons for this card, only because the real buttons look a little too bit for the card.....

Measurements -
Base Card - Basic Black - 8 1/4" x 4 1/8" or 21cm x 15cm - scored in half & folded down middle
Layer 1 - Whisper White - 5 3/8" x 3 3/4" or 13.5cm x 9.5cm
Layer 2 - Real Red - 5 1/4" x 3 5/8" or 13cm x 9cm
Layer 3 - Whisper White - 4 3/4" x 1 7/8" or 12cm x 5cm

Supplies -
Stamp Set - Fabulous Florets, Short & Sweet
Ink - Real Red, Basic Black, Versamark
Cardstock - Whisper White, Real Red, Basic Black
Ribbon - 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon - Real Red
Punches - Scallop Oval, Large Oval, Itty Bitty Set - Flower
Accessories - Bone Folder, Crystal Effects, Heat Tool, Embossing Powder - Clear & Basic Black, Mini-Glue Dots, Paper Piercing Tool, Rhinestones, Embossing Buddy, Snail Adhesive
Non-SU - Ruler

Techniques - Heat Embossing, Scoring & Faux Buttons

Faux Buttons
Make a button template using Whisper White Cardstock, piece 2 holes in the middle with your Paper Piercer & set aside
Using the small Flower Punch from the Itty Bitty Punch set, punch 4 flowers in Whisper White & 2 in Basic Black
Create 2 buttons by adhering 2 of the Whisper White Flowers together, paper piece the holes, using your button template & apply Crystal Effects over the top
Repeat same steps to create the 2nd Whisper White Flower Button & the Basic Black Flower Button
Set all 3 aside to dry - this may take a couple of hours\

Card -
Score Real Red Cardstock at 1/2" intervals diagonally with a Ruler & Bone Folder, turn 180 deg & repeat
Adhere this piece to Whisper White & finally Base Card - Basic Black with Snail Adhesive
Rub Embossing Buddy over small piece of Whisper White, stamp image onto card with Versamark, pour Basic Black Embossing Powder over top, tap excess back into jar & heat set with Heat Tool
Repeat above step onto a scrap of Whisper White, except use Real Red Ink instead of Basic Black.  Cut around flower image & set aside
Ink flower image with Versamark & then Real Red
Stamp inked image direct onto scrap piece of Whisper White
Clean stamp & repeat above step for 2nd flower
Adhere the embossed piece of Card to the Base Card
Adhere the 2 Real Red flower images to the top of the embossed black image using Stampin' Dimensionals in between flowers & to adhere to the Base
Adhere the cut out red flower image over the top of the black embossed image with Stampin' Dimensionals
Tie a small bow with Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon & adhere to the card with Mini-Glue Dots
Stamp your sentiment with Basic Black Ink onto a piece of scrap Whisper White

Punch with Large Oval Punch & adhere to punched Basic Black which has been punched with the Scallop Oval Punch

Adhere to the LHS of card with Snail Adhesive

Adhere your Faux Buttons to the card using Mini-Glue Dots

We're very excited over at Sunny Challenges & Creations as this week is the start of a new month & therefore, a new Guest Designer. It also sees some of our past entries who received the Ray of Sunshine join us for a week in designing samples too. It is our way of saying a big thank you for supporting our challenges each week.

Be sure to join us for this challenge.

Happy Stampin'

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I don't know about anyone esle, but the weeks just seem to be flying by.  It only seems like yeasterday that I posted last week's challenge,  But here it is a new week & a new challenge.  This week, the challenge over at Sunny Challenges & Creations has been set by Shirley.  It is her last challenge as Guest Designer.

I would like to personally thank Shirley so much for filling in for us at the last moment.  She has been wonderful.  I only hope her time wiith us has been as great as we have had having her with us. Thanks again Shirley.

 For this week, we only have the 1 part so it should be easy for everyone to join in.  Send Shirley off with a big bang & start those wonderful creations that I know are out there.

As I have sadly neglected my goal for the past 2 weeks including "Scrappy Saturday", I decided to create a scrapbook page.  The page is of my nieces running wild in Sydney & very excited to see "Acca Dacca" Concert.  True fans will know I mean "ACDC".

Scrappy Saturday will be back next week!

Now I had to hold myself back here, as I was sooooooooooo very tempted to add a tiny bit of Red to the page, but did hold back!!!!!!!

A very simple page, but one I am happy with!

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Array of Sunshine

Ink - Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Versamark

Cardstock - Textured Basic Gray, Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue, Night of Navy

DSP - Neutrals Designer Pack - Basic Gray

Punches - Decorative Label

Ribbon - 5/8" Satin - Very Vanilla, Linen Thread

Accessories - Heat Tool, Snail Adhesive, Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals

We would love for you to join us this week.  Hop on over to Sunny Challenges & Creations, check out what Kris & Shirley have created, create your own project, post to your blog or online forum, link back with Mr Linky.  You have until Friday night, 2 March.

Happy Stampin'

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This is the card I created fo rthe new challenge over at Stamping 411.  As soon as I saw this sketch, I knew what I wanted to use & how it should look when I finished.  I wanted to try & create a shabby chic/vintage type card.  I think I have succeeded in getting the results I had in my head.

As usual the operators have provided us with all the basic measurements - all the hard work has been done for us -

Measurements -
Base: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded in half at 4 1/4" - Very Vanilla
Layer 2: 4 x 5 1/4" - Soft Suede
Layer 3: 4" x 1 1/2"  - DSP
Layer 4: 2 1/2" x 2 1/4" - DSP
Layer 5: 2 3/8" x 2 1/8" - Very Vanilla

I Heat Embossed my image onto the piece of Soft Suede using Versamark & Clear Embossing Powder.

Envelope & Inside Card...

I adhered the DSP to a piece of Pink Pirouette so that I didn't have the DSP straight onto the Soft Suede & to break the colours up a little.  I think it looks pretty with the little bit of Pink Pirouette showing as a small edge.  I then adhered this piece to the embossed piece using Snail Adhesive.

The Ribbon was adhered across the top part of the DSP & ends tucked under.  The whole piece was then adhered to the Base Card - Very Vanilla using Snail Adhesive.

Stamping the image onto the small piece using Versamark & Soft Suede Inks, I Heat Embossed it.  Using my Aqua Painter, I gently coloured the images with Pink Pirouette & Wild Wasabi Inks.  I nearly left the leaves clear, but after looking at it for a little time, decided to go ahead & colour them.  I like the little bit of green in the card!
 

Close Up of Clear Embossing & Flowers...


I applied Pearls to the centres of some of the flowers & adhered both pieces to the card as per the sketch.  I found a couple of small Butterflies that were in my packet of Pink Pirouette already cut out, so I used them on the card.  The large Butterfly was adhered with Multipurpose Glue & 2 small Pearls applied to the centre.  The Butterflies had been cut using the Beatuiful Wings Embosslits Dies.

I stamped my sentiment direct onto a piece of Very Vanilla using my SU Marker - Soft Suede, punched with the Modern Label Punch, dabbed a little Pink Pirouette around the edges, adhered to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals & adhered the small butterfly to the sentiment.  I applied 3 small Pearls to the punched piece - 1 in the centre of the Butterfly & 2 to replace the "o" in the words.

Lastly, I tied a bow & applied to the card with Mini Glue Dots.

When I saw this sketch, it is very similar to a scrapbook layout I have completed for  a class I have this month, which I will post once the class is finished.

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Elements of Style, A Word for You

Ink - Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede, Versamark, Wild Wasabi

Cardstock - Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede

DSP - Beau Chateau

Embosslits Dies - Beautiful Wings

Punches - Modern Label

Ribbon - 1/2" Seam Binding  - Very Vanilla

Accessories - Aqua Painter, Snail Adhesive, Heat Tool,

Pearls, Stampin' Dimensionals, SU Marker - Soft Suede

Until next time, Enjoy!

Page 7...

Wow!  It seems such a long way to go before I hit 150 pages, but I am determined to get there.

With having an hour or so spare this morning & taking a small break between jobs, thought I would scrap these 2 photos of my nieces.

Tip -
When scrapping your photos, don't forget there is nothing to say that you can't use the same photo on the one page.  I haven't done this on this page, but the photos are so similar that you would think they are. 

I thought about changing these photos to back & white, but decided to give myself a bit of a challenge & went with the colours in Dannielle's dress to complete my page.

I tore down 2 sides of the Pumpkin Pie Cardstock & along the top of the DSP prior to adhering both pieces to the Basic Black Cardstock.  To match the embossed DSP, I decided to emboss all my flowers.  The larger ones were adhered to the page with Stampin' Dimensionals, while the 3 smaller flowers were heat embossed direct onto the DSP.  Don't be scared to try different things when scrappin'.  I oloured a couple of Rhinestones using a Black  & Orange Permanent Markers.  The smaller Rhinestones I used Clear Rhinestones.

The stamp set I used had the word "Cherish" in it, so I typed the dictionary meaning onto a scrap of Whisper White, printed it out & adhered to the page sideways.

The same word was stamped onto another scrap of Whisper White, heat embossed, punched & layered onto a punched pieced of Basic Black.  I adhered it over the top of the ribbon with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Baroque Motifs

Ink - Versamark, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black

Cardstock - Textured Basic Black, Textured Punpkin Pie, Whisper White

DSP - Sweet & Sour Speciality (Retired)

Ribbon - 1/2" Stitched Poly - Pear Pizzazz

Punches - Large Oval, Scallop Oval

Accessories - Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Snail Adhesive,

Heat Tool, Embossing Powder - Clear

Remember, Scrapbooking is meant to be FUN!!!!