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Be Inspired - Stamping Techniques you'll use forever

Welcome!!  Today we are featuring Stamping Techniques I will use forever.  

There are so many to choose. 

This weekend I made a bunch of Easter cards with the Easter Basket Bundle by Stampin’ Up!  It is adorable and I can’t stop playing with it!!

So I decided a technique that I will never give up is colouring with my Stampin’ Blends.  These alcohol markers are perfect for bringing these cards to life.

I primarily used Pretty Pink, Balmy Blue, Fresh Freesia, Pumpkin Pie and Granny Apple Green.  The bundle includes a die that cuts out an Easter basket  and I die cut a bunch of flowers, bunnies and carrots to stuff the baskets and area around the basket.  I hope you love them as much as I do!    

When I stuffed the carrots in around the bunnies above I had an inspiration that this basket should have been in a carrot patch and the next card was created.  

All the above cards have easter eggs and say Happy Easter and while this card certainly should say Happy Easter, 

that will happen when I return to my craft room.  

I had to continue my carrot patch inside the card.  

I hope you agree that colouring is a stamping technique that you will use forever, especially with Blends!!

Please check out the list below and see what the other stampers chose as their forever technique!! The lovely Annette Elias is next.

 

Andrea Sargent

Angela Meiritz-Reid

Annette Ball

Annette Elias

Brian King

Emma Goddard

Heather Thomas

Lynn Cheesmur

Maheswari Rajaguru

Stesha Bloodhart

AWOW - Use your Stash

Hello Friends!! Today we are hopping around the world using our stash!!

And this years theme has been to case some of our members.    

Today we are caseing one of my favourite cardmakers.

Just to remind you Case is Copy And Share Everything.

Today we are Caseing the amazing Kim Fee.  She taught us how to make our robots and pots rusty.  She turns flowers into butterflies.  She makes the most beautiful cards.  I am happy to say she is a friend and even more excited that she is also a cheerleader sending me the most encouraging messages.

Kim is a Three time Artisan and if I haven't convince you to go check her out, what are you waiting for?? Simply Fairies is her biz name.

We are to use our stash.  Kim's all time favourite stamp set is Hand Penned.  So I went into the archives as it is a gorgeous stamp set that I also will never part with.  I even have some of the Saleabration dsp that came out with it.  Hope you love my cards.  I couldn't settle on just one.

Here are a few of Kim's cards

And here are mine, Balmy Blue and Petunia Pop.

With a bit of retired Saleabration dsp

I hope you like them.

Please keep hopping to see how my friends around the world have paid tribute to the Amazing Kim Fee!!  Next up the Lovely Angie McKenzie the one who brought us all together.

 Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Marga Bultena - DE

Ximena Morales - DE

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Annette Ball - CA

Angie McKenzie - US

Kelly Taranto - US

Bree Renwick - US

Cheryl Hamilton - US

Be Inspired - Clean and Simple

 

Hello and Welcome!! Today is the first Be Inspired Blog Hop of the year and today we are going Clean and Simple.  Which is not so much my style.  I have made what I would like to call an easy card featuring alot of white.  Clean and Siple cards generally have alot of white space.

Below you will find a standard card 5.5 x 8.5, scored at 4.25"

The first Basic White layer is 4 x 5.25"

The Daffodil Delight layer is 3 x 4.25"

Using the Fragrant Layers Bundle, I die cut a dozen flowers then arranged them on the Daffodil layer.  Once I was happy with the layout I attached them using mini dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Fragrant Layers bundle and I had to add some twine.  My bad, as Im writing this and after I took the pictures I realized I completely for got any bling!! 

Fire me!!

I chose the Daffodil layer when I realized that putting a yellow centre in the flowers wasn't happening without going a bit past the 'simple' route.  However, Had I also die cut 12 yellow flowers I could have saved and swapped the middles and made 2 cards.  Just an idea for anyone who wants to go the extra mile.  Then I would have skipped the Daffodil layer for another Basic White Layer.  And I probablu would have not used the dimensionals??  Well that will be up to you should you feel 'inspired' to give it a try.  I really hope you do!!

Please keep hopping along and see what the other team members have created with today's theme.  I can't wait to check them out myself!!

Happy Stamping!!

Andrea Sargent

Angela Meiritz-Reid

Annette Ball - you are here

Annette Elias

Brian King

Emma Goddard

Heather Thomas

Lynn Cheesmur

AWOW - Paper Tearing This or That

Happy New Year friends!!

Today we are Tearing Paper with a side of This or That

We have been inspired by Jan Clothier, a former Artisan and a frequent user of the 'This or That' posts.  I hope I have done her justice by tearing my paper in 2 directions.

For the top card I cut my paper at 5.25" and tore it horizontally and spaced it out leaving the darker cardstock showing from underneath.  They are attached to a piece of Pool Party that is 4 1/4 x 5 3/8" and mounted on an 4.25 x 11", scored at 5.5" Basic White cardbase.

I used the Lovely Arrangements Bundle.  And the new Vellum!! I used the rectangular circle die and a few leaves from the dies.  I also cut some from Basic white.  The detail on the deaves is awesome!!  This is a 'Must Have' Bundle in my opinion!!!

On the second card, I tore the 4.25" strip of paper vertically and overlapped them and mostly cover us the Pool Party Cardstock.  I should mention that the paper I am tearing is Pool Party 2-toned cardstock and has a white core.  I just LOVE this cardstock!!

On both cards I chose to leave the flowers white.  But there is Wink of Stella on the flower middles as well as both the Basic White and Vellum leaves.  I finished my card with the new Secret Sea open weave ribbon and some new Sparkle Dot Essentials, also in Secret Sea.

So.....

Which do you like better This (top card) or That (bottom card)

Post your answer in the comments!!

I can't decide!!

Please keep hopping along and see what others have done with this theme.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Danielle Kassing - NL

Marga Bultena - DE

Annette Ball - CA

Kelly Taranto - US

Bree Renwick - US

Teri West - US

AWOW - Sketch Challenge

 

Welcome back to my blog!! Thanks for coming back. I know my posts are pretty erratic..but life has been pretty busy.  This month we have a sketch to follow.  Y'all know that sketches are my Favourite!!

This year we are caseing each other each month.  This month we are caseing Chris Smith.  

Excited to say that I got to meet Chris at Onstage in March!

So Chris gave us a few card sample's of a sketch she uses regularly.  Please take a look.

I am currently obsessed with the Floral Charm suite. 

Here is my first ‘version’

It pretty much follows the same layout. 

Now I always like to flip a sketch on its side…

Sideways cards are my favourite!!

Here is #2

This sketch reminded me of a fun fold that I Love!! 

So the next 2 are versions of that!!

The standard card base of 5.5 x 8.5”, scored at 4.25” was chopped so the front is 3.25” 

And the embossed piece or the dsp are 3 1/8 x 5 3/8”

I really hope you enjoyed the cards I made from the amazing Chris Smith inspiration!!

Please keep hopping to see what everyone else has made!!

I’m looking forward to it!!

Happy Stampin’

Leonie Stuart - AU
Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU
Cheryll Miller - AU
Marga Bultena - NL 

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Annette Ball - CA
Kelly Taranto - US
Chris Smith - US
Bree Renwick - US
Lori Willcox - CA
Teri West - US
Cheryl Hamilton - US

Be Inspired - Bright and Bold

 

Bright and Bold is the theme this month and it immediately brought me to rainbows!!

I decided my rainbow would be Strawberry Slush, Timid Tiger, Darling Duckling, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana and Petunia Pop!!

ROYGBIV

A little research on Rainbow order if you will indulge me..or scroll on past to the cards!!

R (red)-Strawberry Slush

O(orange)-Timid Tiger

Y(yellow)-Darling Duckling

G(green)-Granny Apple Green

B(blue)-Coastal Cabana

I(indigo) I skipped

V(violet)-Petunias Pop

Hope you enjoy the rainbow I chose!!

There are endless possibilities 

with our colours…

to stay on theme, 

I went with the brightest ones!!

I started cutting 3/8” strips out of my chosen colours, I poked around on Pinterest for some inspiration and once I started I couldn’t stop. So I give you 4 cards. 

One of which is a fun fold. 

I used the Not 29 anymore stamp set. I bought it because the sentiments are kinda funny!!

Who doesn’t appreciate a humorous birthday card!!

Hope you love them as much as I do!!

Please keep hopping to see what the rest of the team has made. I’m looking forward to them!!

 Maheswari Rajaguru

Brian King

Emma Goddard

Heather Thomas

Stesha Bloodhart

Angela Meiritz-Reid

Annette Elias

Andrea Sargent

Lynn Cheesmur

Annette Ball