STAMPIN' UP! SECRET GARDEN IN CALYPSO CORAL

I recently attended Stampin' Up!'s fabulous Inspire.Create.Share.2014 event in Melbourne; as always, our annual Convention was A-MA-ZING. I was lucky enough, along with about 690 others, to receive some of the new Blendabilities alcohol markers!!  We received a pack of the Calypso Coral Blendabilities, along with a gorgeous stamp, as an all-attendee giveaway.   LOVE Stampin' Up!'s generosity.  As a result of this gesture on their part, it's entirely possible that the Australian/New Zealand blog world, of Stampin' Up! demonstrators, will in coming weeks be saturated with images coloured in Calypso Coral!  I have new colours on the way, so will try to mix it up a bit.

I'm a bit sad to see the lovely Secret Garden stamp set and framelits on the Retired List this year; they are available to buy only until the end of this month.  Our new catalogue, which launches 1st July, does however have a new, gorgeous, floral stamp set and matching framelits, so I won't be bereft for long!

One of my FAVOURITE things about now having alcohol-based markers in our range, is that I'll be able to custom-colour rhinestones, pearls, buttons, and other embellishments.  Check out how pretty these rhinestones look, coloured with the darkest of the three markers in the Calypso Coral Blendabilities pack:

I used the Blendabilities to colour both the flowers and the rhinestones.  Here's my card, in its entirety:

 

Stamps: Secret Garden, Blooming With Kindness

Card: Calypso Coral, Whisper White

DSP: Epic Day This & That Designer Series Paper

Ink: Memento Black inkpad, Calypso Coral and Basic Gray stampin' pads, Calypso Coral Blendabilities

Other: Adorning Accents Edgelits and embossing folder, Chalk Talk framelits, Secret Garden framelits, Delicate Details Lace Tape, Epic Day This & That washi tape, Calypso Coral baker's twine, Basic Gray stitched grosgrain ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, sponge dauber, Neutrals button (retired), glue dots

 

 

 

 

JAI #181: STAMPIN' UP!'S BLOOMING WITH KINDNESS ANNIVERSARY CARD

Take a look at the gorgeous colour challenge we have for you, over at Just Add Ink:

I was very tempted to make a Christmas card, but decided the beautiful flower image from Blooming With Kindness would look stunning stamped in Bermuda Bay. 

 

 

 

Stamps: Blooming with Kindness, Express Yourself (hostess set), Gorgeous Grunge

Card: Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper

DSP: Basic Black Patterns Designer Series Paper

Ink: Bermuda Bay stampin' pad, Basic Blac marker, Jet Black Staz-On inkpad, Versamark inkpad

Other: Silver stampin' emboss powder, Circles framelits, Beautiful Wings embosslits, 1/8" Silver ribbon, 1/8" Bermuda Bay taffeta ribbon, glue dots, Adorning Accents edgelits

 

 

The rest of the Just Add Ink Design Team have come up with some amazing creations using these colours, so make sure you check them out.

 

 

 

STAMPIN' UP! STIPPLED BLOSSOMS - CLASS CARDS PART 2

Welcome back to the second instalment in my two-part "series" of Stippled Blossoms cards, showing what we made in classes this month.

This card is my personal favourite, of all four we made - and it was a hit with my class attendees.  Stippled Blossoms works so well with a range of colours; and in neutrals, it's stunning.  Even though I designed this card as a sympathy card, I think it would work just as well as a wedding or engagement card, or even a 'get well' or 'thinking of you' card.

Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, Itty Bitties, Petite Pairs

Card: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake

Ink: Crumb Cake and Soft Suede stampin' pads

Other: Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, 1 3/8" Circle punch, Itty Bitty Shapes circle punch, Designer Builder Brads, Stamp-a-ma-jig, 7/8" Cotton Ribbon

Lastly, we made a card in blues, using two retiring colours - Not Quite Navy, and Baja Breeze.

 

Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, Blooming With Kindness

Card: Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Baja Breeze

Ink: Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze and Old Olive stampin' pads

Other: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Apothecary Accents framelits, Essentials Paper-Piercing pack, Stampin' Pierce Mat and Paper-Piercing tool, Lacy Brocade embossing folder, Silver Mini Brads, sponge dauber, Whisper White 1/4" stitched grosgrain ribbon, glue dots, stampin' dimensionals

 

 

 

SC #076/13: STAMPIN' UP!'S BLOOMING WITH KINDNESS

I have used the current Sunny Challenges & Creations sketch, and theme, for a special milestone birthday card.

 

 

My fairly loose interpretation of the sketch baffled the males in my family (hubby said he would have made a card with a skyscraper on it!).  I hope that you, fellow creative souls, can see the inspiration I took from the sketch!  I've inked up for the first time my Blooming With Kindness set, and embossed the floral image, and the sentiment, using Early Espresso stampin' emboss powder.  I really love the background Parlor Prints image, too - a bit like wallpaper, don't you think?

Stamps: Blooming with Kindness, Parlor Prints

Card: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze

DSP: Twitterpated Designer Series Paper

Ink: Baja Breeze stampin' pad, Versamark inkpad

Other: Early Espresso embossing powder, Labels Collection framelits, Baja Breeze seam binding, Delicate Doilies sizzlits, Basic Pealrs, sponge dauber, glue dots