Welcome to this months Ink & Inspiration blog hop. This month's theme is Easter or seasonal.
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This month I have an Easter card for you. I rarely make Easter cards, but I just couldn't resist creating one with the Fable Friends stamp set and using the cute little rabbit.
The background was made using the bokeh spots from the Beauty Abounds stamp set. I then layered the rabbit using the oval framelits to give the card a little dimension.
Welcome to this months Ink & Inspiration blog hop. This month's theme is Technique Savvy.
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This month we are focusing on different techniques. Techniques can be a wonderful way of adding some fun to your projects.
On todays project I have used two different techniques. The first technique is the watermark technique. This technique is very quick and easy by stamping using versamark ink. It gives a subtle image which is not overpowering, yet adds to the project.
The second technique is distressing. On this project I have distressed the card stock in a number of ways. I used the edge of scissors to scrape the edge of the card and then I sponged colour to make these edges stand out even further. The main image on the card I futher distressed by screwing up the card stock after I had stamped the image.
Check out my video if you would like to see further details on how this project was created.
Welcome to the first Christmas Stampathon for 2019.
This months' theme is - FRUGAL CRAFTING
Frugal crafting means keeping the cost of the project low. This can be done in a variety of ways including recycling, up-cycling, using scraps or keeping product use to a minimum. For my project this month, I choose the last option of using very little supplies to create my cards.
To create the card I used a masking technique with a sticky note to provide some white space on the card front for the sentiment.
It is amazing what you can achieve by simply using stamp, inks and paper.
#simplestamping
To see just how easy these cards are to make, take a look at the video.
The Christmas Stampathon 2019 is a collaboration between four international Stampin' Up! demonstrator friends. Ruth Trice from the UK, Denise Garrison from the US, Ellen Woodbridge and myself, Rosalie Desmond from Australia. The challenge is set on the 25th of each month (January- October) and entries are accepted until 11pm on the 24th of the following month, either via the group Face Book page or directly to one of the demonstrators. Everyone is welcome to join the challenge.
Welcome to this months Ink & Inspiration blog hop. This month's theme is Love Is In The Air.
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This month I have created a love inspiration card using the Incredible Like You stamp set from the new 2019 Occasions Catalogue.
To recreate this card you will need a 21cm x 14.9cm thick whisper white cardstock, 8.5cm x 11.5cm Flirty Flamingo and 8.5cm x 6.5cm piece of whisper white. The card uses Lovely Lipstick, Granny Apple Green and Flirty Flamingo inks, in conjunction with the Incredible Like You stamp set.
To create the ribbon embellishment I used Lovely Lipstick 1/8 inch grosgrain ribbon wrapped it around my fingers and bound it with whisper white twine and then cut the looped ends to form strips. This embellishment was then attached to the card by sticky dots.
Thought I would share some pictures from the Christmas crafting day I had on the weekend. Someone did forget to take pictures throughout the day, so I just have the before pictures to share with you. Over the next couple of weeks I will share some of the projects in more detail with you.
When I run a full day class I like to have all the items needed and the sample project in the one basket, so an attendee can just grab the basket. sit at their seat and where possible not have to hunt for the correct colour ink or stamp set. Sometimes there is a little cross over, where two projects use the same punch or set but I do try to keep this to a minimum.
I like to provide my participants with a bag which includes a little surprise inside (this time is was some 6"x6" samples of DSP) and a small table gift. The bag comes in handy later to store all of their projects, making it easy to take home.
At my day long events, I also have a door prize. The name of all people in attendance are placed into a bowl and a winner is chosen at random. This was the prize for this event.
Welcome to this months Ink & Inspiration blog hop. This month's theme is Christmas Time Again!
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This month I purchased some new products - the Treat Time Stamp Set and Pettie Treat Framelits, so I decided to use the framelits for the first time and create a cute little treat package for Christmas.
To create a Christmas themed project I used the All Is Bright DSP from the 2018 Holiday Catalogue and the Better Together Stamp Set from the 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue. The Better Together Stamp Set combines sentiments and small images for a number of occasions into the one set. Sympathy, New Baby, Weddings, Hello and Christmas, are just a few of the topics covered. It is a versatile set and the sentiments can be mixed in with other stamp sets to broaden there use as well.
The tag is made using a framelit from the Pettie Treat set and a 1 3/4" circle punch. I used gold mini sequin trim to add a little sparkle and the 1/8" Real Red Solid ribbon to attach the tag to the treat package.
These sour cream style packages are easy and quick to make as you can see from the video below and makes a fun addition to any Christmas table or just to package small gifts for family and friends.
I hope you enjoy the remainder of the hop and gain heaps of Christmassy inspiration from the team.
Welcome once again to the Crazy Crafters Blog Hop. This time we are CASEing (Copying And Selectively Editing) any project that has been created by Dena Rekow. Thank you for joining us today. We hope that you enjoy today's blog hop.
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CASEing Dena was so much fun. Here is what she inspired me to create.
This is the card that I took my inspiration from. For more details about how you can re-create Dena's project click here.
I loved the layout in Dena's card, so used it to base my card around. I used elements from the Tropical Escape Suite (p. 121 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue), including the Tropical Chic stamp set, Tropical Thinlits and the Tropical Escape 6" x 6" DSP.
To add just a little bit of glitz to the card I used the Champagne Mist shimmer paint with a sponge dauber on the scalloped square.
Make sure that you visit all the other blogs in today's hop to gain lots of ideas for your future crafting.
