CRAZY CRAFTERS BLOG HOP WITH ANGELA MERIRITZ-REID

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 Angela Meriritz-Reid. I am so excited to have Angela joining us today, her work is absolutely brilliant. Make sure you take some time later to check out her blog. 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.

This is the card that Angela inspired me to create. 

I used the Playful Backgrounds Stamp Set to create the background using similar colours to Angela. I love the boldness of the rich colours. I then stamped the dragonfly from Dragonfly Dreams on vellum and coloured the back of the wings using a Tempting Turquoise Stampin' Write marker.

My card today has been made for a beautiful friend and vellum lover that I saw over the weekend at the Melbourne Stampin' Up! event (more on that during the week). Thanks Miss E for introducing me to vellum.


This is the card from which I took my inspiration from. I loved the colours and the layout, so much that I just had to use them.

I hope you take the time to explore all the creations the blog hop has to offer.

Rosalie

TAG TUESDAY #3

I hope you are enjoying Tag Tuesday as much as me!

Today I have a sweet tag to share with you which uses the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set and some pretty thinlits.

The doily looking elements on the tag are actually thinlits from Eastern Medallions cut out of Very Vanilla cardstock, which were then sponged to create a grungy look and raised with dimensionals.

PRODUCTS:
Dragonfly Dreams Stamp Set (142924)
Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits (142749)
Eastern Medallions Thinlits (143725) Available from June 1
Crumb Cake Ink Pad (126975)
Chocolate Chip Ink Pad (126979)
Very Vanilla Cardstock (106550)
Chocolate Chip Cardstock (108599)
Burlap Ribbon (141487)
Linen Thread (104199)

DETAILS:
Very Vanilla Cardstock 13.5cm x 7cm (cut into a tag shape)
All pieces of Very Vanilla were sponged with Crumb Cake to add some grunge to the tag

Thank you for joining me today. I hope you stop by again soon,

Rosalie

TAG TUESDAY #1

Happy Tuesday everyone!!

This blog post is the first in a series that I have named, Tag Tuesday. Tags are a very recent addition to my crafting experience. With a combination of inspiration from an amazing crafter, Bobby Fort, and a wonderful opportunity, I have taken up being a guest on a Swap Design Team for Aussie Crafters. I have had the concept of Altered Tags thrust upon me. So why not make this into a regular Tuesday series, at least for awhile. I hope you have fun checking out my work, that is outside my norm and my comfort zone, but still so much fun.

Here is the first tag I have to share with you. This one is a grungy Dragonfly Dreams tag.

I used one of the thinlits from the Eastern Medallions set to cut out shapes in the Very Vanilla cardstock to allow some of the colour to poke through.

PRODUCTS:
Dragonfly Dreams Stamp Set (142924)
Eastern Medallions Thinlits (143725) Available from June 1
Rose Red Inkpad (126954)
Crumb Cake Ink Pad (126975)
Rose Red Cardstock (108613)
Very Vanilla Cardstock (106550)
Burlap Ribbon (141487)
Baker's Twine White (124262)

DETAILS:
Rose Red Cardstock 13.5cm x 7cm (cut into a tag shape)
Very Vanilla Cardstock 13cm x 6.5cm (cut into a tag shape)
Strip of Rose Red Cardstock 1.9cm x 8.5cm for banner
Strip of Very Vanilla Cardstock 1.5cm x 8.5cm for banner to stamp on
White Bakers Twine was coloured with Rose Red reinker and allowed to dry
All pieces of Very Vanilla were sponged in both Rose Red and Crumb Cake to add some grunge to the tag

Thank you for joining me today. I hope you stop by again soon,
Rosalie

DRAGONFLY DREAMS - What Will You Stamp?

I have some exciting news to share, as I was lucky enough to win the What Will You Stamp? challenge a couple of weeks ago, I have been asked to be a guest designer this week. I am looking forward to seeing what everyone creates. I hope you join in on the fun and you may be the next guest designer.

At What Will You Stamp? this week we are using the  Dragonfly Dreams Stamp Set.

I have used this stamp set a number of times in the last couple of months. Even though there is a beautiful dragonfly image in the set, I decided to do something a little different this time.

I used the spotted stamp to create a background in Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry, Wisteria Wonder and embossed silver.

The bee was created using silver embossing powder on Whisper White cardstock.

Thanks for joining me,
Rosalie

DRAGONFLY DREAMS - Color Throwdown #ctd432

Hi and welcome to today's blog post.

Today I have a Dragonfly Dreams card to share with you.

I used the dots in the stamp set to create a colourful background. Simply added some strips of matching coloured card stock and stamped a Dragonfly using Real Red and Daffodil Delight.

The colours used in this card are from the current Color Throwdown Challenge.

If you love this stamp set as much as me and would like to purchase, just click on the picture and it will take you straight to my shop.

Dragonfly Dreams (142924)

Thanks for stopping by,
Rosalie

SALE-A-BRATION NEWS

More items added for you to choose from

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.

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Valerie Moody

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 Valerie Moody. Now what can I say but "WOW!", it was hard to choose just one to CASE. Her blog is full of amazing projects. 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.

When I came across this card I loved it at first sight and kept going back to it, so this is where my inspiration came from.

This technique is heaps of fun. It is very quick to come up with an unique background. I used a clear block and placed it into an ink pad and then put the wet block on the card. With this technique, each card looks different.

I used the Stampin' Up! notecards to make a couple of quick cards. This first one uses Peek-a-boo Peach ink.

This second card uses Mint Macaroon. I just love the bubbly background on this card.

Dragonfly Dreams was used for both the sentiments and the dragonfly image.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the blog hop.

Thanks for stopping by,
Rosalie

Sneak Peek Occasions Catalogue 2017 - Dragonfly Dreams

Time for another card using the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set.

I love this set so much, and I haven't even started using the matching framelits yet!

This time I fussy cut the dragonfly and popped it using Stampin' dimensionals.

Dragonfly Dreams (142749) can be found on page 26 of the 2017 Occasions Catalogue.

Thanks for stopping by,

ESAD 2017 Occasions and Sale-a-bration Sneak Peek

A new catalogue, exciting right?? I always say I love the new catalogues and these ones are no exception. So many pretty, creative stamps and tools to see.

I hope you are enjoying all the gorgeous projects in the ESAD 2017 Occasions & Sale-a-bration Sneak Peek Blog Hop. What better way to get a quick snap shot of some of the new products!

I’m so excited as both these catalogues are amazing, and I am looking forward to seeing what everyone has created as much as you. You may have come from the fabulous Lou Kitzelman or be starting the hop here with me.

With so many amazing new products to choose from, it was hard to decide which to use. So I used a complicated technique to choose what to show you today - I closed my eyes and pulled out a random stamp set. Ta Da! Today I am showing you the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set.

It was one of the sets on the top of my wish list and I was lucky enough to get my very own set while I was at On-Stage (a Stampin' Up! event which demonstrators are able to go to before every catalogue launch. You get sneak peeks, win prizes, get samples, catalogues and the best part - socialize with other demonstrators!) in November.

Here is a card I have made to share with you today.

The dragon fly was embossed in copper and then I used Island Indigo to add colour to its wings. I kept the design nice and simple.

I hope you have enjoyed my card for the hop today. I’d love for you to leave me a comment below.
To continue on the Hop, visit Andrea Buckland.

BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS:

1. Libby Dyson

2. Samantha White

3. Nicole Wilson

4. Kelly Kent

5. Lou Kitzelman

6. Rose Desmond

7. Andrea Buckland

8. Narelle Fasulo

9. Cathy Pinchbeck

10. Rebecca Jacovou

11. Courtenay Heuston

12. Leonie Schroder

13. Carly Middleton

14. Megan Lenske

15. Monique Fielder

16. Josie Dean

17. Tanya DeRoy

18. Nerida Carter

19. Rachael Lewsley

20. Cheryl O'Bree

21. Cheryl Algie

22. Maree McIntosh

23. Rebekah Crisp