Thank You for Painters Palette

All the waiting is finally over!  All the products in the fantastic new catalogue (best one yet, I think!) are now available for purchase!

The Painters Palette stamp set and the new Layering Squares framelits are just made for each other!

For this card, I stamped the easel from the Painters Palette set with Tip Top Taupe Ink onto Whisper White cardstock.  I then added some shadows with a Soft Suede Stampin Write Marker.

Masking the square of the frame with some scrap paper, I then stamped the "canvas" area to look like a painting.  I used the two step floral spray from the Number of Years stamp set with Mint Macaron, Flirty Flamingo and Watermelon Wonder inks.  I then used matching Stampin' Write Markers to add some shading to the leaves and flowers.

Love the new Layering Squares framelits!

I used the Layering Squares framelits to create a Flirty Flamingo mat that covers the entire frame area and a narrower Soft Suede frame to sit on top.    I glued these onto the panel.

Using an aqua painter and a touch of Crumb Cake ink, I painted a little bit of shadow under the easel to "ground" it.

I cut a piece of Soft Suede cardstock ... wide and trimmed each end (one end at a time) with one of the Lots of Labels framelits using this technique.  I then cut a piece of Crumb Cake card stock to ...wide and trimmed to a smaller size in the same way.  The greeting is from Gift of Love and is stamped with Basic Black ink.

The rest of the card is just layering.

'Til next time
Stephanie


Product List - To shop in my online store, click on one of the product images below (Australian Residents only)

Painter's Palette Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper

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Gift Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141796]

Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

[141421]

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

[141708]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

[119982]

Number Of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140653]

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad

[138325]

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

[138326]

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[141402]

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

[138323]

Many Marvelous Markers

[131264]

Project Life - On Stage Sydney 2016 & Sneak Peeks

The Striped 12" x 12" Project Life album

I'm so excited about Project Life right now!  Why?  Because I started using it.

I had this album sitting in my craft room for AGES, waiting patiently for me to get my act together and do something with it .... anything!  

It's hard to say what had been stopping me - certainly I felt a bit intimidated but I'm not sure why- especially now I've tried it and realised how easy and quick it is and that there are no wrongs!

So my first foray into Project Life was this 12" x 12" album - it turned out to be the perfect way to keep all my memories, sneak peeks and product tests as well as all the beautiful swaps I came back with from Sydney On Stage!

Beautiful swaps and new In Colours mingle

The little red critter was a gift from one of my fellow Crazy Crafters and he's now very happily tethered to the ring binder.

One of my ideas pages

This page is full of ideas that occurred to me as I was testing out some of the new products.  They may turn up on cards in the future.

This fish is half out of water!

I quite fond of this little fish.  I used the Bow Builder punch and Festive Flower Builder punch.  The waves are cut with the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits.  The background is the new In Colour, Flirty Flamingo. The DSP is from the new Pop of Pink pack.

Got to celebrate copper!

 Clearly, I had to celebrate the new copper embossing powder!  I just love it!  The zigzag is from Work of Art, the word "Hooray" is from the new set "Perfectly Wrapped", as are the flowers.  I hand wrote "For copper!" with a Versamark pen and copper embossed it.

This was a good place for me to start.  I learned to not overthink and just do something and it broke my inertia!

From here I went on to make an album for each of two of my nieces as birthday gifts and I'll show you those in the next few days or so.

'Til next time

Stephanie

Product List - to purchase from my online store - click on one of the images below (Australian Residents only)

Striped 12" X 12" Project Life Printed Album

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Variety Pack 12" X 12" Project Life Photo Pocket Pages

[135294]

Variety Pack 2 Project Life Photo Pocket Pages

[138471]

Punch Corner Project Life

[135346]

DSP leftovers!

Since it's Friday, my card today is entered into the Crazy Crafters Project Highlights.  Click here to see all the other entries and vote for your favourites.


This card started with a piece of Affectionately Yours DSP leftover from a previous card.  The paper is too beautiful to waste any! 

The Affectionately Yours DSP is just too gorgeous to hit the bin!

I layered my curvy piece of DSP onto some Night of Navy cardstock  and then layered that onto some Crumb Cake cardstock which I placed on a Night of Navy card.

I quickly cut some decorations with the Botanical Builder framelits using Night of Navy, Crumb Cake and Cajun Craze cardstock.

To bring out the copper in the DSP, I copper heat embossed a small piece of Cajun Craze cardstock and cut out some flower centres .

I lightly sponged the edges of the Crumb Cake flower, assembled my decorations and finished with some Rhinestones.

Did you notice - there's no stamping on this card!

Thank you for visiting

'Til next time Stephanie

Product List - To shop in my online store - click on one of the product images below (Australian Residents only)

Botanical Builder Framelits Dies

[140625]

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock

[121683]

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad*

[119671]

Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments

[119246]

Versamark Pad

[102283]

Heat Tool

[129056]

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

Sneak Peek - Baby Bear baby card

Yes, I've been using the adorable Baby Bear stamp set again!  How could I resist?  It's just so darn cute!

This is a baby card to celebrate the birth of a friend's latest granddaughter!

Looks like Baby Bear could do with a hug from little baby Clara!

This time I used three ink colours.  The first layer is Sahara Sand, the middle layer is Crumb Cake and I finished with a layer of Early Espresso.  I much prefer the darker last layer as it gives definition to the eyes and nose.  I stamped Baby Bear onto Whisper White cardstock and then used one of the Ovals Collection Framelits to cut it out.  

The bow is a two-step stamp process.  I stamped onto whisper white cardstock and used Flirty Flamingo for the first layer and topped it with Watermelon Wonder.  Then I fussy cut it and positioned it with a glue dot.

The base card is Flirty Flamingo - one of the gorgeous new In Colours for 2016-2018 that will be available in the new Annual Catalogue on 1 June.  I've added layers of Watermelon Wonder cardstock and Affectionately Yours DSP (also a new product).

I cut a mat for the Baby Bear panel in Flirty Flamingo cardstock with the next size up Ovals Framelit.  

I stamped the baby's name in Watermelon Wonder using the retiring Back to Basics Alphabet set and trimmed it into a banner using the Banner Triple Punch.  I made a mat for it with Watermelon Wonder cardstock and popped the banner up on some dimensionals.

Thanks for visiting.

'Til next time

Stephanie

Live in Australia and want to buy the products?  Click on an image below to shop in my online store.

Product List

Back To Basics Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Watermelon Wonder A4 Cardstock

[138341]

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

[138323]

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

[126976]

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[126975]

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[126974]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Banner Triple Punch

[138292]

Ovals Collection Framelits Die

[129381]

Glue Dots

[103683]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

You've Got This layered card

I've made no secret of the fact that I'm obsessed with the new copper embossing powder - the evidence is irrefutable!

Just loving the new copper embossing powder!

This card is really a variation on a theme, using more of my favourite Affectionately Yours DSP - remember ...  #loveitchopit !

The base card is Early Espresso and the flower is adhered to an Early Espresso layer cut with the Lots of  Labels framelits.

The Flower was heat embossed in copper on Crumb Cake cardstock and watercoloured with Early Espresso ink.  I then fussy cut the flower.  I added a bow of  (retired) Crumb Cake ribbon.

I trimmed a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock to size and then cut the top with one end of the largest Lots of Labels framelits.  I added a strip of Early Espresso and an offcut of the DSP to this layer.

I hand cut a banner end into a strip of Early Espresso and added it between the Cajun Craze and DSP layers for some extra definition.

I finished the card with some lovely copper brads.  What?  Copper?  Yes!  They're Antique Brads that have been "copperised"!  Hold the brad with a pair of tweezers and coat it with versamark.  Dip it into a pot of copper embossing powder and then use a heat tool - voila - a copper brad emerges!  I'm so sad that the Antique Brads are retiring - I really like them ... copper or not!

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time
Stephanie

Product List

You've Got This Wood-Mount Stamp Set

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Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

[121686]

Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock

[121683]

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[126974]

Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies

[138281]

Versamark Pad

[102283]

Stampin' Trimmer

[129722]