Inkspirations Colour Challenge #17

Gidday, to everyone on Australia Day,

This post is for Makeesha's first Inkspiration Colour Challenge for 2010. It is a fun challenge using one  of Stampin Up's unloved colours, Cameo Coral but I think the key is to get a good balance of colour and it works well.  As you can see I have made a feature of Cameo Coral and I like it.

To colour the flower petals I spritzed the petals with water, dried them slightly and then used a paintbrush and re inkers and painted them with pure colour to obtain the depth of colour. I built my flower adding dimensionals to give it some height and placed the ribbon in between the layers for something different and finished with the crystal brad.

Supplies:

Stamps: Whimsical Words, Sanded BG, Butterfly Prints

Card & Paper: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral, So Saffron Stamp Pads and Re Inkers

Embellishments: Crystal Brad and Crystals, Hemp Twine, Pretties Kit

Tools: Paintbrush, Art Palette, Water Spritizing Bottle, Mat Pack & Piercing Tool, Butterfly Punch, Cutter Tool, Needle & Cotton, Dimensionals, Cuttlebug, Curved Rectangles Nestabilities. Mini Glue Dots, Glue

Hope you like it,

Hugs,

Baby Shower

Hi there,

Happy Australia Day!!

I have had a busy couple of days catching up after visiting family in Perth.  While I was there my youngest daughter had a baby shower and I made a similar card to these for her present.  I forgot to take a photo so I remade the card and changed a number of elements.  Thank's to Crystal Jakiko for the idea, I can't find my notes at the moment so I can link to her blog. 

I made my own template from an A5 piece of card, which is a lot smaller than Crystal's.  I used a couple of ideas from Pat Carr for the Babies head.  I used magnets to hold the card together and changed the positioning of the ribbon and only tied it to the front.

Supplies:

Stamps: Priceless

Card & Paper: Pretty in Pink, Blush Blossom, Whisper White, Print Patterns DP, Petals & Paisley DP (R)

Ink: Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink Marker

Embellishments: Organdy Ribbon

Tools: Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots EB Folder, 1 3/8" Punch, 1/2" Punch, Word Window Punch, Cropadile, Heart to Heart Punch, Large Oval Punch, Scalloped Oval Punch, Martha Stewarts Butterfly Punch, White Gel Pen, Dimensionals, Martha Stewart Screw Punch, Fine Black Pen, Sponge, Magnets, Computer & Printer

Leave a comment and let me know if you thinks it's cute.

Happy Stamping,

Hugs,

It's a Jag Convertable

Hi there,

This is the fourth card I made for my Sister in Law for her Son's Birthdays.  They are both mad on racing cars and one races within the state at racing competitions, so this is the best I could do not having any racing car images.

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: Jemac - Jag Car, SU Party Punch (R) - Sentiment, Amazing Creations - Map Pin

Card: Black, Whisper White

Ink: Stazon Black, Real Red, Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue and Night of Navy Markers

Accessories: Scanned a Map on my Printer from a Roadmap Book and Printed it,  1 3/8" Circle Punch, Cuttlebug, Classic Circle Nestabilities, Aqua Painter, Crystal Effects, Gelly Roll Pen, White Gel Pen, Dimensionals, Mat Pack & Piercing Tool

Hope you like it,

Hugs,

      

The Tool Man

My nephew Nathan is 40 this coming Sunday and likes to be known as The Tool Man, hence the title of  this post and the tag.  This is card #3 for my Sister In Law.  I really enjoyed making this card it was a fun one to put together.

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: SU's For Father, Power Up (R)

Card: Riding Hood Red, Black, Basic Grey, Pattern Designer Series Paper Riding Hood Red

Ink: Stazon Black, Basic Grey, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Basic Grey Really Rust, Bashful Blue Markers, Riding Hood Red Stamp Pad

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Distressed Stripes EB Folder, Ribbon, Screw Brads, Spanner Charm, String, Tag Punch, Small Tag Punch, Computer, Printer, MS Hole Punch, Aqua Painter, Sponge, Dimensionals

Hugs,

Boot's

 Another one of the Male Birthday cards I made for my Sister In Law. My original design was going in a totally different direction, didn't like how it was coming together so I changed it, I stamped and coloured the main image three times. LOL. It's funny how the design can take a totally different direction because you know it's not working.  I love how it came together in the end, do you?  I used the cutter tool to rough up the edges of the designer paper and card and then I created the torn edge from corner to corner.  The main image was stamped and then coloured with an aqua painter, marker's and River Rock stamp pad.  I tied the string to the top layer and added the main images mounting them on dimensionals.

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: SU's For Father, On Your Birthday

Card: Very Vanilla, River Rock (R), Chocolate Chip, Apple Cider DP (R), Spring Showers DP (R)

Ink: Stazon Black, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Really Rust Markers, River Rock Stamp Pad

Accessories: Cutter Tool, Mat Pack & Piercing Tool, String, Large Oval Punch, Word Window Punch, Dimensionals, Aqua painter

Hugs,

Stockman's Hat & Whip

Today's post is one of four cards my Sister In Law asked me to make for her two son's Birthday's next Sunday. 

This one is an Easel card.

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: Stamp It - Stockman's Hat & Whip, SU's Oval All

Card: Black, Whisper White, Metallic Silver, Urban Oasis DP

Ink: Black Stazon, Basic Grey Marker

Accessories: Brads, Piercing Tool and Mat Pack, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Martha Stewart Hole Punch, Aqua Painter, EK Success Dotted Wave Punch, SU Scalloped Oval Punch

Let me know if you like it.

Hugs,

Mojo Monday Sketch #121 - Ted's Butterflies

Hi there,
Here are my cards for the Mojo Monday Sketch this week. I used the same main image and changed the Designer Paper, ribbon and sentiment.

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: Penny Black 3696H Butterfly Bear, SU Think Happy Thoughts, Great Friend

Card: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Parisean Breeze DP

Ink: Stazon Black, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Yoyo Yellow, Apricot Appeal & More Mustard Markers

Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Cuttlebug, Scalloped Edge Circle Nestability, Pearl, Martha Stewart Embossed Scallop Border Punch, Dimensionals, Ribbon, Aqua painter, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Hope you Like it!!

Hugs,

I Love You - Heart Topped Box

Today's Project is a little Heart Topped Box.  Lynn Pratt from stamp-n-design has provided a free template for anyone who would like to join in her challenge.  It is such a cute, fun project and I like how it came together.  I stamped the main image and attached it to the heart shapes on the template.  I glued the Mini Red Heart Crystals to the heart and attached the sentiment.  I embossed the top of the box with a Friskers heart template, cut out and punched a strip of Regal Rose with my EK Success Arrows Border Punch (funny name but the little cut outs at each diamond point look like a heart) and finished the box with some ribbon and a bow. Let me know if you like it!!

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: Amazing Creations J-71

Card: Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Whisper White

Ink: Regal Rose

Accessories: Computer and Printer to print Template and Sentiment, Friskers Heart Embossing Template and Embossing Tool, Mini Heart Crystals, Word Window Punch, EK Success Arrows Border Punch, Heart Ribbon, Bow Easy, Glue and Double Sided Tape

Stamping Hugs,

Monthly Calendar Challenge - January 2010

Just a reminder to everyone that I am hosting a 6 x 6 Monthly Calendar Challenge for each month during 2010.  January's calendar theme is Let's Party - Celebrate the New Year. 

I am offering some BLOG CANDY so have some fun and join in, let all your scrappin and stamping friends know, closing deadline is the 25th January, 2010 Midnight.

I would love to see your creations, check out the guidelines here.
Happy stamping,

Mojo Monday Sketch # 120 - Cupids Arrow

Hi there,
Just getting back into the swing of things and decided to do the Mojo Monday Sketch for this week.  Hope I haven't missed the deadline.  I love these cupcake images which I am using for the first time.

I paper pierced the cupcake, pleated the ribbon and coloured the heart pins with a copic marker, otherwise I followed the sketch.

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Love  is Sweet

Card: Real Red, Regal Rose, Whisper White, Patterns II DP, Ski Slope DP, MFT Digital DP

Ink: Stazon Black, Pretty In Pink, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Markers & Baja Breeze Stamp Pad & R39 Garnet Copic

Accessories: Classic Circles & Scalloped Circles Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Martha Stewart Arch Lattice Edge Punch, Ribbon, Sticky Strip, Mat Pack & Piercing Tool, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Heart Pins, Heart Brads, Dimensionals, Aqua Pen

Happy New Year to you all!!

Hugs,

Christmas Gift Set

Hi there,

My post today is a Christmas Gift Set I made.  Life, Family and preparations for Christmas took over in the few weeks before Christmas Day and I am just getting around to posting this set and Wishing everyone belated Wishes for a Happy Christmas. Hope you had a good one!!.......My Husband and I hosted our family Christmas lunch and dinner this year for 21 members of our family which was a small gathering compared to the number of family members there are.

I made a Card Holder with three cards, and a Tucked Away Box, there is a couple more items that I was working on that are not finished, I might upload them later. 

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: SU Holiday Lineup, Best Yet, More Great Greetings (R), Punches Three, Fantastic Foliage (R)

Card: Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White, Dashing DP (R), Good Morning Sunshine DP

Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Oval Scalloped and Plain Oval Nestabilities, SU Oval and Scalloped Oval Punches, Friskers Apron Edge Punch, SU Scallop Edge Punch, Cutter Tool, Dimensionals, Ribbon, Template by Lauren Meader for Tucked Away Box, Dazzling Diamonds, 2 Way Glue Pen, Liquid Applique, Various Markers, Aqua Painter, Crystal Effects

Hope you like my Gift Set.  I will be away for a few days, we are going on a short Cruise for New Year, so I'll be back next year with some more posts for you to enjoy.

Wishing all of my Family, Stamping Friends and Customers a Happy New Year!!!

Stamping Hugs,

Monthly Calendar Challenge - January 2010

Hello fellow Stampers and Scrappers,
I have decided to host a Monthly Calendar Challenge on my blog for each month during 2010. So we will see how it goes, I hope to inspire all of you to join in.  This month I am offering some Blog Candy to the Winner of my challenge and the design that appeals to me most. If you would like to play along, I would love to see your creations, see below for some guidelines.

January's Challenge will be Let's Party - Celebrate the New Year

I have made two calendars to kick things off. The first one is very fun and colourful. I used a base of Kiwi Kiss, Designer Paper by American Crafts, Image by The Cat's Pjamas - F-7467 Relaxing, punched out some extra circles added some balloon brads, and some sentiments from Stampin Up's Party Hearty and On Your Birthday.  The Calendar was printed from the Templates on Splitcoast Stampers by Cat.  Added some ribbon, staples, doodles, crystals and glitzed it up with my Gelly Roll pen.

The second one is more sophisticated and elegant in black and white with a touch of silver and gold.  I posted this on my blog as part of my Guest Stamper designs for the OCC Challenge this week, so go check  out the cards at Our Creative Corner and leave some comment love for the OCC Design Team.

The Recipe for this Calendar can be found in my last post on 26th December.

If you want to play along - here are some guidelines.

1. Make your creation on a 6" X 6" base, any medium can be used.  I find they fit beautifully into a Post Page Protector from the Stampin Up Linen Brag Book.  If you have a stand from Taylored Expressions or have made your own you are good to go.

2. Load your creation onto your Blog or a public viewing forum like Splitcoast Stampers, with a direct link back to the post on this website, so that others viewing the post will know where the challenge has come from and check it out.
3. Then come back to this post so that you can add your name and link to Mr. Linky so everyone that participates can see your design.

You will have until Midnight of the 25th of each month to get your entries linked.
I will be announcing the Winner and Honourable Mention in the last week of the month and uploading my next month's calendar during this time.


So please join in and have some fun.  I look forward to seeing your Monthly Calendar designs.

Happy Stamping,
Hugs,

OCC Challenge - Happy New Year!!

Hi there,
Today's post is something I have been very excited about since late November.  My friend Jenny Gropp (One Krafty Kat) asked me to be her Guest Designer for her OCC Challenge on the 26th December, 2009.  My very first time as a Guest Designer Yahooooooo!!..................
The Challenge is to Celebrate - Food and Drink.
We have all been eating and drinking our way through the Holidays and in to the approaching New Year.  If you would like to join in create a card or project with some kind of food or drink theme. Go check out Jenny's blog she does some fabulous designs and her attention to detail is amazing.
I have created my designs to celebrate the New Year with some Festive Cheer. I made a Card,
2010 6 x 6 Calendar and a Wine Gift Box. You can find the tutorial for the Wine Gift Box on Makeesha Byl's blog Inkspirations. I kept my designs clean and simple.

The card is 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" finished size. 

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: Amazing Creations #4 - Bears Celebrating R 963, Fern Gully Stamps Fireworks 61G1A, SU Send a Celebration (R), SU More Great Greetings (R)

Card: Black, Whisper White

Ink: Stazon Black, Versamark

Accessories: Silver and Gold Pens, Crystal Effects, Bow Easy, Silver Cord, Cuttlebug, Plain and Scalloped  Circle Nestabilities, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Martha Stewart Stars Edge Punch, Mat Pack and Piercing Tool, Mini Crystals (Taylored Expressions) Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Mini Glue Dot, Dimensionals

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: Amazing Creations #4 - Bears Celebrating R 963, SU More Great Greetings (R), Art Impressions M-2340 Streamers

Card: Black, Whisper White

Ink: Stazon Black

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Plain and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Stars Edge Punch, Curly Label Punch, Black and Silver Satin Ribbons, Square Metal Stick Ons by Porta Craft, SU Post Page Protectors (Plastic Sleeve from SU's Linen Post Albums), Mat Pack and Piercing Tool, Crystal Effects, Silver and Gold Pens, Printed Calendar available from Splitcoast Forums-Downloads-Templates-Cat's 2010 6 x 6 Stampable Calendar Template here.

The Wine Gift Box is made from 2 pieces of 12" x 12" Card.

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: Amazing Creations #4 - Bears Celebrating R 963, Karen Foster Snap Stamps

Card: Textured Black and White, Unknown DP, Whisper White, Thick Card

Ink: Stazon Black, Bashfull Blue, Basic Grey, Real Red, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip Markers, Gold and Silver Pens

Accessories: Black and Silver Twisted Cord, SU Pewter Jumbo Eyelets, Martha Stewart Stars Edge Punch, Picking Shears, Gold Pen, Aqua Painter, Slot Punch, Silver Cord, Crop-a-dile

                                               

Hope you like my designs, I had a lot of fun creating and participating in this challenge.  Go check out the OCC Challenge Design Teams blogs and leave some comment love, it will be much appreciated.

Hugs,

Gift for a Friend

Hello Stamping Friends,

Today I have a collection of goodies for you to see that I sent to my Splitcoast Secret Sister Chantell Randell as part of her reveal gift.  I have already posted the card that I made for the Inkspiration Sketch Challenge this week, so refer to the previous post for details. 

The Tucked Away box was designed by Lauren Meader and is available at Papertrey Ink for you to purchase and download. It is a very easy and a quick box to make and has a significant WOW factor with the front flap wrapping around the front.

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: SU Punches Three, Verve - Wonderful Wishes

Card: Basic Grey, Kiwi Kiss, Urban Oasis DP

Ink: Basic Grey, Kiwi Kiss

Accessories: Curly Label Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Kiwi Kiss Ribbon, Dimensionals, Computer and Printer

 The Picnic Box is another template by Lauren Meader and available at Papertrey Ink for purchase.

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: None

Card: Basic Grey, Sahara Sand, Urban Oasis DP

Ink: None

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Brads, Computer & Printer, Piercing Tool

 The last items in the collection are made with the new Sweet Treat Cups featured in the Summer Mini Catalogue that runs from 1st December to 31st March 2010. I have filled them with some crystals and buttons, instead of chocolates or lollies.  The tag pulls out to reveal the goodies inside.  I saw the idea on Deann Olivers blog but she had combined them as a combination of three made with the same pierce of card, were I have made them singular.

Front View                                               

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral

Card: Basic Grey, Kiwi Kiss, Urban Oasis DP

Ink: Basic Grey

Accessories: 1 3/4" Punch, Crop-a-dile, Jumbo Brads, Ribbon, Hemp, Sweet Treat Cups, Round Tab Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Buttons, Crystals

Thanks for taking a peek,

Hugs,

Inkspiration Sketch Challenge #17

Hello Stamping Friends,

I have found some time this week to participate in Makeesh's last Inkspiration Sketch for the year.  I hope you like my card.

                                                  

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: Razzle Dazzle, Linen BG (R),  Best Yet

Card: Basic Grey, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Urban Oasis DP

Ink: Basic Grey

Accessories: Kiwi Kiss Satin Ribbon, Martha Stewart Holiday Punch, Curly Label Punch, Pearls, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Graham's Birthday

Hi there,

I made this card for my Husband's Birthday today.  Very quick and easy using the Star Punches and the Circle Nestabilities in my Cuttlebug.

Key Ingredients:

Stamps: Starring You, Sanded BG

Card: Kraft, Blue Bayou (R), Soft Sky (R), Spring Break DP (R)

Ink: Blue Bayou (R), Wild Wasabi (R), Sahara Sand

Accessories: Large and Small Star Punches, Classic Circle Nestabilities, Star Brads. Dimensionals. Piercing Tool

I hope to be back soon with some other projects I am working on.

Stamping Hugs,

Out on a Limb

Hello,

Another project I have been working on, whilst preparing things for the festive season.  These 4 x 4 inch cards are so cute.  Lot's of cutting but well worth it.  I made the bird nest's using the small & large oval punches. For the clouds I punched out a scolloped circle and sponged around it.

Key Supplies:

Stamps: Cheap Talk

Card: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Kraft, Good Morning Sunshine DP

Ink: Bashful Blue, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

Accessories:  Sponge, Small & Large Oval Punches, Cuttlebug, Classic Circle & Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, Rhinestone Brads, CD Tin, Pacific Point Ribbon, Dimensionals, Crystal, 2 Way Glue Pen, Corner rounder, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Piercing Tool

Thank's for taking a peek,

Hugs,

In Memory of a Gentleman

These two sympathy cards are for my Sister In Law's family, whose Father passed last week. He was a true Gentleman, in his early Nineties, his mind was sharp and he always had a joke or two to make eveyone laugh.

Key Supplies:

Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers

Card: Sahara Sand, Black, Bella Bleu DP

Ink: Stazon Black

Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Dimensionals

Key Supplies:

Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers

Card: Very Vanilla, Bella Bleu DP

Ink: Sahara Sand

Accessories: Mat Pack & Piercing Tool, Wide Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Ribbon, Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, Scoring Tool from Friskars Cutter, Dimensionals

Happy Stamping,

Hugs,