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ARTISTIC FLOWERS

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I used the Artistically Inked Bundle and five bright colours – Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody, Pacific Point and Poppy Parade.

I started by stamping the Pacific Point background onto a piece of Basic White cardstock and it looks great. Then I used the remaining colours to stamp the flower and leaves images. After die cutting them, I gave each of them some gentle scrunching so they would have some shape and height. The smaller flowers and leaves were adhered to the background piece using Multipurpose Glue. The larger flower was popped using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I added some Clear Wink of Stella to the Gorgeous Grape flower.

The birthday greeting was stamped and trimmed back to size before using more Stampin’ Dimensionals to position across the bottom of these flowers. After I stamped the small flower on the card insert and envelope, I added some sequins from the Expressions in Ink Ephemera Pack around the card front.

The five colours I chose for this project are very different to those that are found in the Expressions in Ink Suite – Polished Pink, Pale Papaya, Pear Pizzazz, Just Jade, Shaded Spruce and Evening Evergreen. I think that it’s fun to see what images will look like in ways other than what we can see in the catalogue.

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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ANOTHER CHALLENGE

Hello! Thanks for popping by today. I appreciate the time each of you take to visit my site.

My project is for this week’s Global Design Project Challenge – and, it’s a sketch challenge.

I decided to use the After the Storm Stamp Set, for the first time. This is the stamp set created for France “Frenchie” Martin’s Million Sales Achievement. I thought the background area of the sketch appeared to be cloud-like, so I went with clouds.

I started by stamping the rays of sunshine in Bumblebee – I used a post-it note to mask the top portion. Then I stamped the clouds using Smoky Slate and Balmy Blue ink. Then I cut three short lengths of Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon and layered them over the rays.

The greeting was stamped twice – once in Balmy Blue and then Bumblebee. I cut them using the long banner from the Bloom Dies. A small piece of 2020-2022 In Colour 6″x 6″ DSP was glued down before the greeting banner was added. It was popped up using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I cut the Bumblebee ‘sunshine’ and popped it over the base banner.

The card insert and envelope have Balmy Blue clouds stamped on them. The final touch was colouring some Pearl Basic Jewels using the dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend.

Oops – I put the wrong Classic Stampin’ Pad in the photo.

So, do you like the way I interpreted the sketch challenge? Who could you cheer up by sending this card?

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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PLAYFUL PENGUINS

Hello! Thanks for popping by for today’s project share.

I am so excited to show you this card – it is super cute!

The Count on Me Stamp Set features six awesome animal images – a bear, a kiwi, a fox, a kangaroo, a penguin and a pair of koalas.

Today, it’s all about the penguin.

I started by choosing the Designer Series Paper – Pattern Party 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper. This is only available through Stampin’ Rewards. For this card I decided that the rows of colourful hearts and semicircles of dots would be perfect. From there I decided to use Granny Apple Green cardstock for the base. I cut the DSP smaller than I usually do so that I could angle it on the card front.

I stamped the penguin image three times – once as a mirrir image. Then I coloured them using coordinating Stampin’ Blends. The three images were cut using one of the Layering Circles Dies. I also cut three coordinating scalloped circles, using the same dies set. The circles were adhered to the scalloped circles and then popped up on the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I stamped, coloured and fussy cut six extra balloons to add to the circles. They were popped up on dimensionals so that they looked as though they were floating with the penguins. The birthday greetings are from the Party Puffins Stamp Set. They were stamped onto Bermuda Bay cardstock using the same coloured ink, before they were trimmed and placed where you see them. The penguin was also stamped, with some colouring, on the card insert and the envelope. The final touch was to add some Clear Wink of Stella on the balloons.

Lots of lovely Stampin’ Blends colours for this cute and colourful card. I cannot wait to make some more projects using this stamp set.

Do you have someone, in your life, who loves penguins? My daughter’s room mate does, so I think she will keep this for her birthday.

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00