Scrapping Hop featuring Black and White photos!!

Hello and Welcome to my post on our fun blog hop and challenge for Scrapbooking Global.  

Our group features Stampin' Up! products for scrapbooking.

The challenge this time is to use a Black and White photo and our challenge was set by the amazing Mai on the design team.  

Scrapping with black and white photos means you can have any colours you like on your page!!!

The timing of this page was perfect for me!!  Recently I received these 3 very old photos of me that were in my Grandmother's things.  Mum passed them on to me and I had my black and white photos ready to go!!  Because these photos are very old, I decided to try creating a shabby chic vintage style to add to the aged theme.  

I've used the Best Dressed designer series paper, Butterfly Gala, Parisian Beauty & Forever Blossoms stamp sets and the Parisian Dies.

I've sponged all of my stamping and papers using Petal Pink ink.  The stamping has been done with Lovely Lipstick and Petal Pink and Purple Posy.  (You can also create Purple Posy stamping by using a 2nd or 3rd generation stamped image of Highland Heather)   There are a few punches used on this page too!  I've used the butterfly duo punch, the small blossom punch, the 1" circle punch, and the Timeless Label punch for the title and journaling panel.  

  

I've used the Blackberry Bliss Nature's Twine which was stripped into three strands to make them finer for a bit of textural interest.  Champagne Rhinestones are added to the butterflies and flowers.  

In the background of the page, I've sponged Petal Pink over one of the Party Pattern masks, and stamped the script image randomly over the top.  

I'm very happy with my page and it's looks so pretty!!! 

Up next on the hop is the wonderful Virginie!  Make sure you keep hopping all the way around for all this amazing inspiration!  This is a wonderful group of incredible talent!!

Here is the list of the whole blog hop

Remember that Sale-a-bration ends this month!  So if you're keen to earn some of those gorgeous exclusive freebies you only have another 12 days!!!

There are so many amazing reasons to LOVE Sale-a-bration!  And joining my team now has So Many rewards!!  Head to my website and find out MORE!!

You'll love all of the gorgeous goodies we have for you!!  Check them all out here when you go to my website.  

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!)

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.

CTC#265 2nd Release Saleabration Inspiration

Hello and Welcome to our Sunday Night Blog Hop and Challenge where we CASE the Catty!! 

To CASE is to Copy And Selectively Edit or to Copy And Share Everything.  We love to CASE from our amazing Stampin' Up! catalogues.  

This week, we are CASEING from our 2nd release Sale-a-bration catalogue.  

I was inspired by the gorgeous technique of sponging over the Flowering Foils designer series paper illustrated on page 3 of the little catalogue.  

I've used So Saffron and Bermuda Bay for my sponging, and the gorgeous green section in the middle was where these two colours melded together.  These colours were inspired by the lovely Sale-a-bration sequins which are:  Bermuda Bay, So Saffron and Calypso Coral.  

The front and the inside of the card feature another 2nd release stamp set - Tags in Bloom which coordinates with the lovely Label Me Lovely and Label Me Fancy punches from our Mini catalogue.  

The Tags in Bloom stamp set works perfectly to create a fun shaker card!!  I think I was a bit heavy with the Dazzling Diamonds glitter, but this card is soooo sparkly!!  teehee.

Up next this week is the amazing Rachel and her stunning cake card!!

We would really love you to join in the challenge with us too by adding your photo inspired by the 2nd release Sale-a-bration catalogue to our facebook challenge page!!

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!)

And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.

Colour INKspiration #73

Hello and Welcome to our GORGEOUS colour challenge!!

Our challenge inspiration comes from some amazing images and the corresponding Stampin' Up! colours.  

This is a stunning combination of colours - and the projects from the whole design team are sooooo pretty!!

I've used the gorgeous Timeless Tulips stamp set to create my field of flowers - this is one of our projects for our Stamparatus Class coming up soon.  

I love the gorgeous tonal quality of these stamp images!  Can you see the little extra bit of colour created with the sponge roller at the top of the card?  It's super soft and subtle but is such a gorgeous finish to a very simple card.  

Inside the card features some simple stamping.  

Head to our facebook challenge page to add your project using these colours, and also to see the amazingness from everyone on the design team!!  

Remember we have only a couple of more weeks left of our amazing Sale-a-bration promotion - head to my online store to see all the fabulous details!!  

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!)

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.

Week 2 featuring a masculine theme CTC#264

Hello and Welcome to our Sunday Night Blog Hop and Challenge CASEING the CATTY.

To CASE is to Copy And Selectively Edit or to Copy And Share Everything, and we love to CASE from our amazing Stampin' Up! catalogues which are full or amazing inspiration. 

This week, the challenge is to CASE a project from our Mini Catalogue and to give it a masculine twist!!  This is a great challenge because sometimes it's a bit trickier to find inspiration for the cards for men!!

My inspiration came from the front cover!  The card at the top with the Designer Series Paper featured along with the central greeting and embellishment panel really appeals to me. 

For my masculine card I've used some of the fun Golden Honey Sale-a-bration paper and stamped along the edge using a favourite from the Rooted in Nature stamp set - this stamp set really is a great gender neutral stamp set and so useful for lots of occasions too!  I trimmed along the edge of leaves to create a scalloped edge as per my inspiration card, and then mounted the panel over the top of some of the new 2nd release Sale-a-bration Designer vellum!  Isn't that embossed texture lovely!!  

The inside of the card features more of those wonderful leaves!!  

I've stamped the large tree using Sahara Sand, and then coloured in the leaves using my Soft Sea Foam Stamping Blend to give it some more depth.  

Up next on our 2nd week of masculine inspiration is the amazing Tina!  Enjoy!   Make sure you also keep hopping all the way around the team to get lots of awesome inspiration for those challenging guy cards!!

We love it when you join in the fun with us too!  It's easy to add your masculine project inspired by the Mini catalogue to our lineup on our facebook challenge page!  

Would you like to know more about what we have to offer in our 2nd release for Sale-a-bration?  Go to my website and see all the amazingness in my online store!!  Any of these images will take you there!!

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!)

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.