INK & INSPIRATION BLOG HOP - LOVE ME TENDER!

Welcome to the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. This month our blog hop theme is love- so anniversary, wedding or Valentines Day or just pain old love.  You are currently visiting Rosalie Desmond from AUSTRALIA. I hope you like the project I am sharing with you this time.





I used the bubble wrap technique to create a colourful background and then cut out the heart.

I love the way my card came together buy just adding some glimmer paper flowers and a few tempting turquoise enamel shapes. 

I hope you enjoy the blog hop. Make sure you do a complete hop for lots of love inspiration.

Rosalie 

STAMPIN' DREAMS BLOG HOP - LOVE THEME

Welcome to the monthly Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop. This month's theme is LOVE. You are currently visiting Rosalie Desmond from Australia. I hope you like my card.

I used the heart stamp in this set to create a boarder inside the card.

The moment I saw the Bird Banter stamp set I knew I wanted to make the Buggies into love bird silhouettes. I love it when I look at a set and instantly have ideas and in this case I am happy with the results.

Once I stamped the two bird images out, I then used the Basic Black Stampin' Write marker to colour the inside of the image. A nice and simple way to create a different look with stamps.

Bird Banter 145852

I hope the projects you've seen here on my blog today have inspired you & brightened your day. You are currently visiting (your name). Please see the list below & hop through all of the people on the list to see all our projects. You don't want to miss any!

Thanks for stopping by,
Rosalie

BLOOMIN' LOVE

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Today I have a lovely hello card to share with you. We love our friends and we love our family, so why not give them a nice "Hello" every once and awhile. I had a bit of a play with my neglected Bloomin' Heart Thinlits and the matching Bloomin' Love stamp set.

I cut out a heart in Emerald Envy and another in Dapper Denim and layered them to create a shadow effect. The edges are stamped with a small flower stamp from the Bloomin' Love set in Emerald Envy.

Thank you for joining me today,
Rosalie

ALL WE NEED IS LOVE

With Valentines Day so close I thought I would share another "love" card with you. While this card is suitable for Valentines Day, it can also be used for an engagement, wedding or "just because I love you" card.

This card doesn't use any stamps at all, just die cutting. Better still it all from the one set of thinlits - Mini Treat Bag. That's right, this set is designed to make a small treat bag. I love how we can use the products for more that just what they are designed for.


Even the sentiment is a thinlit from the same set.

I popped the whisper white layer to use the piece of paper from Festive Birthday DSP to be the main feature. I love using the negative space in this way. The cut outs can be kept to be used on another card, no wastage - its brilliant!

Thank you for stopping by,
Rosalie

SALE-A-BRATION
FREE products!!!

For very $90 you spend you receive a FREE item from the exclusive Sale-a-Bration catalogue. These products can not be purchased, but must be earned during the Sale-a-Bration period. You earn one item for every $90 you spend. So if you spend $90 - you can choose 1 FREE item, if you spend $180 - you choose 2 FREE items. I think you get the idea. The more you spend, the more FREE items you receive.



Also during Sale-a-bration you can earn MORE hostess REWARDS!!!

Don't forget the joining special during Sale-a-Bration. I would LOVE to you in my team

Joining Special

If you decide to join during Sale-a-Bration you will not only get to choose $235 of ANY product that you like for $169 but you will also get two free stamp sets of your choice up to the value of $179. After you have joined you will receive a minimum of 20% discount on all your purchases.

If joining is not for you, that is fine as well. My shop is open 24/7 for you to place your order.

The Occasions catalogue is live. If you would like your very own hard copy. CLICK HERE. If you don't have a demonstrator, live in Australia and would like the occasions and Salesabration catalogues -I'll be happy to send them out to you. 

BALLOON LOVE - #GDP072

This week on the Global Design Project the challenge is to design the CASE the designer, which means Copy And Selectively Edit. This week we are CASEing Krista Frattin.


This is what I have made for this weeks challenge.

I love these heart shaped balloons from the Balloon Builders stamp set. The little heart is from the Owl Builder Punch.

Thanks for stopping by,
Rosalie

Owl Builder Punch (118074)

Owl Builder Punch (118074)

Balloon Builders Photopolymer Stamp Set (140645)

Balloon Builders Photopolymer Stamp Set (140645)

SALE-A-BRATION
FREE products!!!

For very $90 you spend you receive a FREE item from the exclusive Sale-a-Bration catalogue. These products can not be purchased, but must be earned during the Sale-a-Bration period. You earn one item for every $90 you spend. So if you spend $90 - you can choose 1 FREE item, if you spend $180 - you choose 2 FREE items. I think you get the idea. The more you spend, the more FREE items you receive.



Also during Sale-a-bration you can earn MORE hostess REWARDS!!!

Don't forget the joining special during Sale-a-Bration. I would LOVE to you in my team

Joining Special

If you decide to join during Sale-a-Bration you will not only get to choose $235 of ANY product that you like for $169 but you will also get two free stamp sets of your choice up to the value of $179. After you have joined you will receive a minimum of 20% discount on all your purchases.

If joining is not for you, that is fine as well. My shop is open 24/7 for you to place your order.

The Occasions catalogue is live. If you would like your very own hard copy. CLICK HERE. If you don't have a demonstrator, live in Australia and would like the occasions and Salesabration catalogues -I'll be happy to send them out to you. 

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Julie Davison

Welcome once again to a Crazy Crafters Blog Hop. This time we are CASEing (Copy And Selectively Edit) any project that has been created by Julie Davison. We hope you find great inspiration from todays projects.
 
You may just be starting the blog hop here at my blog - Rosalie Desmond or may have come from the person previous to me.  Be sure to click on the person listed under me further down the page to continue your journey on this blog hop.

As usual choosing just one project to CASE was a challenge. Julie is a Stampin' Up! demonstrator located in the US. She has created a huge amount of free PDF and videos tutorials for anyone to use. Make sure you take the time to check out Julie's blog for crafting inspiration.

After exploring her blog for hours (yes, there are heaps of amazing projects), I used this to CASE.

Here is one of the cards I came up with, with a loving theme.

This first one uses Pop of Pink DSP and Love You Lots stamp set to create a simple loving card. I used just touches of real red in the ribbon, the sentiment and a little colour on the flower.

I took the theme of the hedgehog and popped the image in the centre and a very small strip of the DSP.

Stamp Set:  Lots of Love (141798)

Inks:           Real Red (126949)
                   Memento Black (132708)

Cardstock:  Basic Black (121688)
                   Whisper White (106549)

Ribbon:       3/8" Stitched Satin Real Red (141693)

Love You Lots Stamp Set

On these cards I decided to use twine instead of ribbon to give a slightly different look. Same basic design but stepped up a little by popping the sentiment. All stamps on this card are from the Perfectly Wrapped stamp set.

The DSP used for these cards are a specialty paper which comes white and which I then used ink to colour it. This one uses Bermuda Bay ink to colour the DSP.

On this one I used Tempting Turquoise.

I kept the inside of the card pretty simple, so it can be used for a variety of occasions. The spotted stamp is also from the Perfectly Wrapped stamp set.

Stamp Set:          Perfectly Wrapped (141960)

Inks:                    Bermuda Bay (131171)
                            Melon Mambo (126948)
                            Tempting Turquoise (126952)

Cardstock:           Whisper White (106549)
                            Melon Mambo (119980)
                            Bermuda Bay (131286)
DSP:                   Irresistibly Floral Specialty Designer Series Paper (141644)

Embellishments: Melon Mambo Twine

Perfectly Wrapped Stamp Set

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop,

And they lived happily ever after...

When we think of marriage, we think of romance. What is more romantic, than sitting next to your love watching the sunset together. With that thought in mind, I made this card to celebrate an upcoming wedding.

I used old olive, daffodil delight and tangerine tango to create my sunset scene. I used the sentiments from Big News and the couple and love hearts from Beautiful Ride.

Today's blog post will be a featured project on Kylie Bertucci's International Stampin' Up!  Blog Highlight  from 6.30pm AEDT. If you like my project, please follow the link and vote for me. Don't forget to check out the other amazing projects from crafters all over the world.


Thanks for stopping by,

Wedding love

Once again I decided to have a play with the Pedal Pusher stamp set. Yes, I am loving this set at the moment. This time I have created a wedding or anniversary card.

I love how bold the real red and black combination is. The little hearts are just so cute, so of course I added Wink of Stella Glitter Brush to give my card some sparkle.

Please note: the Pedal Pusher stamp set is a free set with purchases over $90 AUS (different amounts in other countries) only available until 31st March 2016.

To place an order, either contact your current demonstrator or if you are in Australia, you can order through me by going to my shop via the "shop now" button on the right side of my blog. Please remember if you would like a thank you gift, you need to allow contact when placing an order or I won't know who you are.

Thank you for stopping by,



Sale-a-Bration is an amazing time of the year, you can earn free products just by shopping!

 

Shop

For every $90 AUD/$110 NZD you spend (before shipping and handling), you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration product. Remember that it is one free item for every $90 you spend, so if you spend $180 you can choose two Sale-a-Bration items free.


Host

The rewards don't stop there. There is $40 in extra host rewards for orders/workshops over $400 during Sale-a-Bration.  I am available for workshops in the Wyndham Vale area or I offer online virtual parties where you & your friends can combine your orders and you don't even have to be in the same state, or even get out of your PJs!

You can even apply your Stampin' Rewards toward a Starter Kit and become a demonstrator yourself

Join

It's the best time of year to join Stampin' Up! During Sale-A-Bration, you can become a demonstrator for just $169 AUD/$189 NZD and choose $60 AUD more of FREE products for your Starter Kit. So all up $126 FREE product of your choice PLUS free postage!

You will receive a minimum of 20% off all your purchases once you join  - there are no obligations to sell. You can purely join just to get the discount and leave when it suits you. You have nothing to loose.

Love warms my heart - #GDP019

I don't tend to make many lovey cards unless there is an occasion, but today was different. All of a sudden I started thinking about the sheltering tree stamp set. Then I thought about card that I made last year using the butterflies from the perpetual birthday calendar set, and thought - the love hearts would make a change from the leaves of the tree.

This is what I came up with.

One of the things I love about card making and paper craft is that there is no rule to say that everything must be lifelike. So shades of blue heart shaped images is fine to use in place of leaves.

And what's love without a little glitter. I used the clear Wink of Stella Brush to add a little sparkle to the heart.

 

 

So why a love theme twice in one week? Well, I was still inspired by this week's theme from Global Design Project. So this is my second entry. I hope you take the time to check out all the other lovely entries and maybe you may even join in next week.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by,

 

 



Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

 

Love is...so sweet!

My inspiration for today's card comes from this week's challenge at Global Design Project.

Love!!!

Now thinking of my love and what he loves. Stampin' Up! are yet to do a Nutella stamp, so I went with icecream. Chocolate of course!

Now since icecream is so special, this called for special treatment. I put crystal effects on "LOVE" and the icecream, giving it that little pop I was looking for.

Please note: This card uses the Honeycomb Happiness stamp set from the 2016 Sale-a-bration catalogue. During Sale-a-bration (5 January - 31 March 2016) for every $90 AUD/$110 NZD you spend (before shipping and handling), you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration product. Remember that it is one free item for every $90 you spend, so if you spend $180 you can choose two Sale-a-Bration items free.

Thanks for stopping by,