JAI #214: STAMPIN' UP! RETRO FRESH REV UP THE FUN!

At Just Add Ink this week, we have a sketch (provided by Kim) to get your creative juices flowing.

We'd love to see a card, or scrapbook page, you've created using this sketch as your starting point:

 

This sketch was a real challenge for me, as I find it hard to "do" tilted panels!!  I took a bit of liberty with the angle of the top corner panel.  Here's the card I came up with:

 

 

 

Stamps: Rev Up The Fun, Express Yourself, Gorgeous Grunge

Card: Baked Brown Sugar, Tangerine Tango, Coastal Cabana, Very Vanilla

DSP: Retro Fresh Designer Series Paper

Ink Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana and Crumb Cake stampin' pads, Baked Brown Sugar marker

Other: Burlap ribbon, Neutrals Candy Dots, 1/2" Circle punch, Modern Label punch, Essentials paper-piercing pack and paper-piercing tool, Brushed Bronze designer button, sticky strip, sponge dauber, stampin' dimensionals

 

 

Make sure you check out the rest of the Design Team's samples; they're fabulous!

 

 

 



JAI #208: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY COLOUR CHALLENGE

This week's colour challenge, over at Just Add Ink, inspired me when I sat down to make a card for hubby.  Yesterday we celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary.  We went out for a meal together - just the two of us.  I can't quite remember the last time we made time to do that, so it was a special way to mark the occasion.

Here is the very cool colour combo Mae suggested for our challenge this week:

My card, for the world's luckiest husband (ha ha), turned out like this:

Stamps: Hearts A Flutter, Morning Post Numbers, Off the Grid, Banner Blast, Express Yourself

Card: Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Calypso Coral

DSP: Pacific Point and Smoky Slate Patterns Designer Series Papers

Ink: Calypso Coral, Smoky Slate and Pacific Point stampin' pads

Other: Banners framelits, 1 3/4" Circle punch, Decorative Label punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Smoky Slate chevron ribbon, Hearts A Flutter framelits, Brights and Neutrals candy dots, sponge daubers, glue dots

 

 

Make sure you check out the awesome cards the rest of the Design Team have made, using this colour combo.  Why not play along with us?  We'd love to see what you come up with.

 

 



JAI # 203: STAMPIN' UP! GINGHAM GARDEN GET WELL

This week at Just Add Ink, we have a sketch from Paula that lends itself to all sorts of possibilities!

Here's the sketch, to use as a starting point for your card/scrapbook page/other papercraft project:

 

 

I wanted to show some love to my Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper - it's so cute, and happy, but has been sitting unused in my craft room for a while.  Here's my take on the sketch:

 

 

 

 

Stamps: Express Yourself, Banner Blast (tiny flowers), Four Frames

Card: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Melon Mambo

DSP: Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper, Island Indigo Patterns DSP (retired)

Ink: Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Island Indigo stampin' pads

Other: Envelope Punch Board (to make paper bow), Daffodil Delight stitched grosgrain, Decorative Label punch, Delicate Details Lace Tape, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin' Dimensionals, glue dots, sponge daubers, Basic Rhinestones, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

 

 

Make sure you take a look at the rest of the Design Team's samples.  We hope you'll play along with us, too.

 

 

STAMPIN' UP! PETITE PETALS FOR SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY

The challenge at Seize the Birthday is to make a birthday card, with the added option of using chevrons on the card.

I've been wanting to break out my new Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper stack, and decided today was the day.  Love the gorgeous colours in these papers.  The chevron patterned paper is the reverse of the paper that's on the top part of my card.  I also stamped (faintly) with my Positively Chevron background stamp, on the sentiment panel.  Here's what I made:

Stamps: Petite Petals, Petal Parade, Positively Chevron, Express Yourself

Card: Real Red, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

DSP: Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper stack

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Real Red and Crub Cake stampin' pads

Other: Petite Petals punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, On Film framelits, Brights candy dots, Neutrals candy dots, sponge dauber, Coastal Cabana stretch ruffle trim, Paper Piercing tool, Essentials paper-piercing pack

 

 



FUSION #1 CHALLENGE : TANGERINE TANGO BUTTERFLIES

The new, revamped, Fusion Card Challenge site is up and running, and here's the first challenge for the year:

The pattern on the cream/black cushions caught my eye, as some of the paper in Stampin' Up!'s Modern Medley Designer Series Paper pack is a great match.  I've used Tangerine Tango accents, with a couple of touches of Soft Sky, to bring out the pale blue from the inspiration pic.

Here's the card, which will be for my Mum's birthday (somewhat belated, as we were away for her birthday on New Year's Eve, and now my parents are away for a few days).  Hopefully she likes it; it's the first card I have made in ages, and just loved getting back in my craft room.

Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Express Yourself

Card: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, Watercolor Paper

DSP: Venetian Romance and Modern Medley Designer Series Papers

Ink: Tangerine Tango stampin' pad, Jet Black Staz-On inkpad

Other: Bitty Butterfly and Elegant Butterfly punches, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Square framelits, Bitty Banners framelits, Soft Sky seam binding, Subtles Candy Dots, sponge dauber

 

 

 



STAMPIN' UP!'S REV UP THE FUN : JACK IS 18!!

This time 18 years ago, I became a Mama for the first time.  Wow - where have those years gone??!!  (The lament of every mother, I'm sure.)

Because I am ridiculously detail-oriented (sounds much nicer than  "anal", don't you think?), I have scheduled this post for the exact time Jack was forced into the world!  He was almost 2 weeks overdue, and still had to be induced .... a cautiousness (reluctance?) that remains in his personality.

It's rather customary for me to make Jack a cricket-themed birthday card, but this time I'm getting some more use out of the fabulous Rev Up the Fun stamp set, as he'll be sitting his driver's licence test next week.  The car he'll be driving looks nothing like the one on the card, but he likes turquoise, so the appealing colour will just have to be enough for him!

Stamps: Rev Up the Fun, Gorgeous Grunge, Off the Grid, Express Yourself, Memorable Moments

Card: Early Espresso, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Silver Foil paper

Ink: Early Espresso, Tempting Turquoise and Crumb Cake stampin' pads, Versamark inkpad

Other: Silver and Tempting Turquoise stampin' emboss powders, Metallic brads, 1/2" Circle punch, Tasteful Trim XL Bigz die, Neutrals candy dots, sponge dauber, 1 1/4" Circle punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch, 1 1/2" Circle punch (not SU!), Label Bracket punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, stampin' dimensionals, multipurpose liquid glue

 

 

 

 

Here's a photo of the birthday boy, at a family celebration a few days early ... his "baby", Cricket the dog, had to get in on the action (hopefully Ethan won't notice that he's been cropped out of this pic!):

 

 

 

 

 

 



SC 91/13: REV UP THE FUN 18th BIRTHDAY CARD

I have not been able to create "just for fun" very much lately, and I miss it.  I checked out the current challenge at Sunny Challenges & Creations, and was inspired to make a birthday card for a special young man who is celebrating his birthday this week.

Here's the sketch to use as the basis for a card:

My Stampin' Up! Color Coach suggested I use Midnight Muse, Cherry Cobbler and Pool Party together.  Here's what I came up with:

Stamps: Rev Up the Fun, Memorable Moments, Gorgeous Grunge, Express Yourself

Card: Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party Core'dinations

DSP: Midnight Muse Patterns Designer Series Paper (retired)

Ink: Midnight Muse, Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party and Crumb Cake stampin' pads, Jet Black Staz-On inkpad, Versamark inkpad

Other: Cherry Cobbler stampin' emboss powder, Deco Labels framelits, Regals candy dots, Itty Bitty shapes punch, 1 1/4" Circle punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch, 1 1/2" Circle punch (not SU!), Chevron embossing folder, sanding block, sponge dauber, Stamp-a-ma-jig

 

 



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.