Miss You!

As soon as I saw this empty letterbox image, I wanted to make a Miss You card. Once again I stamped onto Watercolour Paper and used my Aquapainter and inkpad lids to colour the image.



Materials
Stamps: Love Owl-ways, So Many Sayings, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Cardstock: Purely Pomegranate, Brocade Blue, Chocolate Chip, Berry Bliss DSP, Watercolour Paper
Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip
Other: Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, Aquapainter, Brads, 3/4" Circle Punch, Small Oval Punch

Ginger Owl

I just love the images in the Love Owl-ways stamp set - they are so cute and GREAT for watercolouring! Isn't this owl just the cutest!!



I stamped the image using Stazon ink onto watercolour paper and coloured it using my Aquapainter and inkpad lids. I based the card on a sketch by Julee Tilman, using the Ginger Blossom DSP from the new summer mini. I have another card to share using this stamp set later in the week.

Materials
Stamps:Love Owl-ways
Cardstock: Ruby Red, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Watercolour Paper, Ginger Blossom DSP
Ink: Stazon, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red
Other: Word Window Punch, Brads, Aquapainter

Elegant Thank You

This card was made as a thank you for a very generous hostess, who's favourite colours are Blue & Yellow.



The flower image is one from the Eastern Blooms stamp set, and I have added a little Chunky Sprinkles (also new in the Summer Mini!) to give it a bit of bling! I have layered the flower up on a couple of different mats for a regal, elegant look. You may also notice that the So Saffron background, and white squares have been stamped with the En Francais background stamp using So Saffron ink - I felt it added to the regal feel of the card.
Here is a close up of one of the flowers


Materials
Stamps: Eastern Blooms, En Francais
Cardstock: Brocade Blue, So Saffron, Whisper White
Ink: Brocade Blue, So Saffron
Other: Chunky Sprinkles, Scallop Square Punch, Square Punch, Scallop Edge Punch

KWerner Challenge #34

A lovely soft combination from Kristina this week!



Here is my take


Image is from the cute A Happy Heart stamp set in the Summer Mini, and has been stamped in Bordering Blue and Certainly Celery ink. Have used the Scallop Border Punch AGAIN! Don't think I have made a card without it since it arrived!!

Materials
Stamps: A Happy Heart, So Swirly Jumbo Wheel
Cardstock: Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Sage Shadow, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Ink: Bordering Blue, Certainly Celery, Versamark
Other: Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, Mat Pack, Scallop Border Punch

Congratulations Embrace

As promised here is the other card created to congratulate a team member on her promotion.



Once again I have used a co-ordinating stamp set and DSP from the Summer Mini Catalogue. This time it is the Embrace Life set, and the stunning Ginger Blossom DSP - the colours in this paper pack are just beautiful together! The flowers have been cut from the DSP and popped up on dimensionals.

Materials
Stamps: Embrace Life, Cheer & Wishes
Cardstock: Ruby Red, River Rock, Very Vanilla, Groovy Guava, Ginger Blossom DSP
Ink: River Rock, Ruby Red
Other: Scallop Edge Punch, Blender Pen

Congratulations on Living your Dream

A couple of my team members have been promoted recently so this is a card I made for one of them. I will show the other one in a couple of days!



The Live your Dream stamp set is so pretty, and when combined with it's co-ordinating Afternoon Tea Designer Series Paper you get a very elegant result! Stampin' Up! matching products really do make papercrafting so easy!

Materials
Stamps: Live Your Dream
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Groovy Guava, Whisper White, Afternoon Tea DSP
Ink: Groovy Guava, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip
Other: Mat Pack, Word Window Punch, Brads, Scallop Edge Punch

Simple Embrace

This is a very simple card that I designed as a Make n Take for my team stamping day last weekend. I purposefully wanted something simple that they could use at a future workshop, but also to show that simple can still be really effective.



Once again I am using a stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalogue. The image was stamped using Creamy Caramel ink and then shaded using the same colour ink and a blender pen. If you are intersted in any of these new products, don't hesitate to email me.

Materials
Stamps: Embrace Life
Cardstock: Ballet Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Creamy Caramel, Very Vanilla
Ink: Creamy Caramel, Pumpkin Pie
Other: Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon, Mat Pack

KWerner Challenge # 33

Gosh this week just seems to have disappeared - I can't believe it is time for another colour challenge from Kristina Werner

Here is the inspiration piece for the week


Each week I always look at Kristina challenge post and then go away and think about it for a few hours before sitting down to make anything. Usually I think of an idea whilst doing the supermarket shopping or something else boring like that, but this week I just could not come up with a plan of attack at all!! So I sat down and got all the colours out on my desk, and straight away the gorgeous combo of Teal, Pumpkin & Chocolate Chip got my creativity flowing! Then all I had to do was get the Celery in there too! Anway here is what I came up with and I LOVE it! The colours really are just so striking together!



I've used the new Live Your Dreams stamp set along with the Scallop Border Punch from the Summer Mini Catalogue. My absolute favourite though, from the new mini, has to be the Felt Fusion! A whole tin of GORGEOUS felt flowers!! Here is a closeup of the one I used on this card:


Materials
Stamps: Live Your Dream
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Taken with Teal, Certainly Celery, Bali Breeze DSP
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip
Other: Felt Fusion, Celery 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Rhinestone Brad, Scallop Edge Punch

A team swap challenge!

My Stampin' Up team had our end of year stamp day at the weekend. I set them all a swap challenge to create cards using only Black, White and a splash of one other colour! It is actually trickier than it sounds - mainly trying to choose which other colour you are going to use (in the end I went with Rose Red)!! Here is the card I made:



The images are from the great Eastern Blooms set from the NEW Summer Mini, which has just been released! The card also uses the new Scallop Edge Punch, and Rose Red Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, also from the Summer Mini.



You can view the Summer Mini on-line here , or if you would like a copy in your hot little hands then send me an email.

Tying Up Christmas

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