Monthly Blog Hop - punches galore!

Hello and Welcome to our monthly blog hop with this wonderful international group of stampers!  

This month, we are celebrating PUNCHES!!  I love the convenience of punches and use them a lot for my cardmaking!  

If you follow me you will definitely know that the Bough Punch is my all time favourite and I'm always using it!!  For this card, I've paired it with a new punch coming in our Mini Catalogue - the Modern Oval Punch.

I'm also featuring some new paper that's coming in September in our Mini Catalogue!!  Isn't it lovely!

Inside my card continues the lovely new paper and stamping from the Layering Leaves stamp which coordinates perfectly with the Bough Punch!!  

Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of brilliant ideas!  Here's the list of everyone!

Layering Leaves Spruce and Gold

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Stargazing Beautiful Balloons CTC #432

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

To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit and we love to CASE from our amazing Stampin' Up! catalogues (catty).

This week we are CASEING from our Bright and Beautiful Suite on page 14.  I love the angled card on the bottom left because it's such a simple but awesome way to show off gorgeous papers!! 

My design had to be flipped a bit to capitalise on the great pattern of the paper, but it's an identical layout.  

Instead of the fringing I've used the white core specialty paper and torn the edge to expose the lovely core and the layered both torn edges on top of each other.  Do you like this effect?  I think it's great!

And look at the fantastic holographic foil!!!  It's soooooooooo fantastic in real life - it's picked up some of the light but when you move it around it really glows.  

Inside the card I've sponged some Azure Afternoon around the edges and stamped with Blueberry Bushell - using the same colours of the papers - with the Beautiful Balloons stamps.  

Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of great projects featuring this great page!!  

Check out lots of inspiration here on our Facebook page.

Stargazing Beautiful Balloons

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

Seasonal Branches and blending.

Hello and Welcome to our amazing Colour INKspiration challenge!!  

I'm thrilled to be part of such an awesome group and every time I'm blown away by the amazing response to the colour combinations!

I took this inspiration image very literally for my card......

I sponged some Misty Moonlight, Moody Mauve and Fresh Freesia onto white cardstock and then flicked it with some water and a brush to create the splodges.  I also flicked a bit of Wink of Stella so it's a bit shimmery in real life!!  

I've stamped using Black Memento ink using the lovely Seasonal Branches set and also die cut some of the flowers from Fresh Freesia cardstock.  

Inside the card repeats the colours with much lighter blending.  

INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by checking out all of the creations of the Colour INKspiration Crew in the challenge album on our Facebook page. Then you have 12 days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate but if you do you can link back to your post. Make sure you use all of the challenge colours. You can also use neutrals such as Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand and Basic Black as well as Metallics.

Not a member of the Colour INKspiration Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.

Seasonal Branches with blending

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Daisy Delight CASE CTC#431

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

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

This week, we are CASEING anything from the Annual Catalogue - easy right???

So many amazing choices in our catalogue, but I used the challenge this week to help me get started on a card I need to create.  I've used this gorgeous card featuring the Dainty Delight bundle on page 23 as my starting point.  I loved the stunning colouring of the daisies to create the soft look.

So I looked up the Project Recipe for the samples and saw that it was stamped very lightly with Pecan Pie and then coloured using ink and a blender pen which picks up the colours without making the ink run or bleed.  I love the soft effect of the colours!!  

I have really simplified the card example from the catalogue because I was creating a Sympathy card and wanted a quieter card than the original.

I only used 2 die cuts from the Dainty Delight bundle with Soft Sea Foam cardstock for a softer background.  The blending was done with Lemon Lolly just to highlight the flowers a bit more.  

Inside the card repeats the same themes of colour and colouring.  

Make sure you keep hopping all the way around to see lots of great ideas to inspire you!

Check out more projects here on our Facebook page.  

Dainty Delight Sympathy

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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 joining my Stampin' Up! family - contact me to find out how.

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