Stampinantics: June 2016

Thursday, June 30, 2016

FLYING BY TO SAY HI

It's not often I use project Life cards for other than what they were intended - Memory Keeping. I am simply not that clever. BUT - when I got my hands on the new Stampin' Up! All Year Long Project Life kit, my mind just exploded with ideas!

For a start, I adore the colours in this kit - the very earthy tones of Crumb Cake, Delightful Dijon, Early Espresso and Mint Macaron work wonderfully together.

It was the artwork on some of the cards that grabbed my attention, and the best thing? You now get two of each card in the new PL kits. Just look at this gorgeous cloudy sky. It was begging to have a paper plane added! Thankfully, we have just the thing in the new stamp set, Shooting Star. I was also able to customise the greeting using my new favourite alphabet stamp set, Labeler Alphabet - a must have!

And to the inside of my card. I had to create my own cloudy background. I did this just along the bottom of the card using a template I created from Window Sheet, so I can reuse it time and again, and gently sponging Mint Macaron over the top of the that. I then decided to see how good my spelling is and how spatially aware I am, at the same time.

Seems my spelling is fine, until I ran out of room to complete the sentiment on my first go at the card inner - hahahahaha! Spatial awareness - fail! See? I do have bloopers!

So, my challenge to you is to have a look at a PL kit you have and see if you can turn a title or filler card into a greeting card! If you don't have any PL kits, just visit my Online Store by clicking on any of the pictures below, and pick one up today!

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If you live in New Zealand, I would love to be your Demonstrator. When you shop Online with me, please allow Demonstrator contact, so I can thank you properly with the gift of a card when you place an order.

Monday, June 27, 2016

TAG, YOU"RE IT! #GDP042

It's sketch challenge week at Global Design Project and I thought I would do something other than a card for a change! I do love 3D work but I don't always have the patience for it, lol. I thought I would challenge myself just that little bit further this week!

The sketch we have to work with is another beauty by our very own Teneale Williams and I rather thought it lent itself to a tag. A few years back I bought a tutorial by Lauren Meader for a really cool hand bag, so I pulled that out again to make another using Pop of Pink Specialty DSP.

The tag itself came together quickly thanks to my Big Shot machine and the fabulous array of dies we now have at our disposal. I die cut a two inch circle from Whisper White card and gently sponged Blushing Bride ink from the bottom, letting it fade out toward the top. After punching a ribbon hole, I thread through Whisper White thick twine to attach it to the bag.

I used the gorgeous flower from the Jar of Love stamp set, which also has a coordinating die set. I die cut the flower after first stamping it, then also the twig. I adhered the twig to my tag, then I laid two banners, one from Blushing Bride Glimmer paper (love it!) and the other, Basic Black cardstock across the tag, after first stamping my sentiment in White Craft ink on the black banner. I placed the flower on a dimensional to complete the tag. I love how the tag turned out! Such a nice way to dress up my little gift bag.

So as you can see, a sketch doesn't have to be a card, it can be anything you want to make it. Just use it as a starting point. I hope you will join us at Global Design Project this week and share your project with us.

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If you live in New Zealand, I would love to be your Demonstrator. When you shop Online with me, please use May's hostess code VPEKUGSS and allow Demonstrator contact, so I can thank you properly with the gift of a card when you place an order.

Monday, June 20, 2016

WEDDING WISHES GDP#041

Is it me, or are the weeks just flying by? I feel like I only posted the last Global Design Project challenge yesterday, yet here we are again! We have a delightful colour challenge for you, mixing the old with the new!

I love how well the new In Colours work with our current core range. Sweet Sugarplum and Night of Navy are a match made in heaven.

My dear Mother-in-law is 91 years old and she loves to show my cards to her friends, and even sells a great deal too! I think it has become a little hobby for her, lol. Now, we go through a lot of Thank You's and Sympathy/Get Well's, as you can imagine. So I was delighted to be asked to make a wedding card! I thought this colour challenge was just perfect for a wedding and I pulled out my new stamp set Floral Phrases to make it.

I let the colours speak for themselves and put only a twine bow on the card for embellishment. I love that it is quite a bold card for a wedding and it was greeted with a lot of "how lovelies", so I figured the person who asked for it was pretty pleased!

I would love for you to join us in this colour challenge. Head on over to Global Design Project to see the Design Team's fabulous projects and link up your own!

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Floral Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

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Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock

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Whisper White A4 Card Stock

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Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad

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Night Of Navy Stampin' Write Marker

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Blender Pens

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Twine Baker's Whisper White

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Stampin' Dimensionals

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Monday, June 13, 2016

BACK TO BASICS #GDP040

Once every four weeks at the Global Design Project, we hold my favourite challenge - CASE the Designer. In this instance CASE means "Copy and Selectively Edit". The beautiful original projects of our star designer then become the starting points for our own projects. Our featured designer the week is Shawn de Oliveira of ShawnStamps.

I adore Shawns clean style of card making. The minimal fuss and limited embellishments are a wonderful signature and I can spot a "Shawn" card a mile away! I decided to take those tell tale elements and do the same thing on my card. Normally I "add", this time I didn't!

When I first saw Shawns CASE piece, I immediately thought of the watercolour element. But I have been doing a fair amount of water colour lately, so I decided not to go down that path. Instead I chose the colours from his card, the twine and the stamp set. I threw them all on my table and then sat for a half hour staring at them, lol.

Inspiration came when I decided to make a masculine card from the very feminine Butterfly Basics stamp set. The diagonal stripes were perfect to create this repeat background in the feature colours. Keeping the embellishments to a minimum, I simply tied off a Linen thread bow to finish.

Once again, I look forward to seeing your interpretation of Shawn's gorgeous card this week at Global Design Project. The rest of the design team have been busy so pop by and leave some comment love for them too!

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