Exciting News on a Stamp With Us Sunday

Its Sunday so it must be time for another Stamp with Us Challenge.  But that is not the only thing this Sunday is.  It is also the day I am sharing with you the first sneak peak from the New Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue.  yes you read that right, we are just day away from some wonderful new products. 

If you are joining us from Peg's blog - a very warm welcome to you.  Please take some time to hop around the other blogs there are some very talented ladies out there who will be showing you some amazing creations featuring products we have not seen here before.

Its colour challenge week on Stamp with Us and if you have joined me from there you are very welcome too!

Here is the inspiration picture

and here is my card.  I have deliberately kept things simple this week so the beautiful products can speak for themselves.  The Stamp Set is called Vinatge Vogue and I know you are going to see a LOT more of this one as I am totally in love with it.  Here I have combined it with the French Script background stamp and used many of the delicious stamps in the set.  The colours are So Saffron, Sage Shadow and Regal Rose.

Now if you look carefully at the card behind the bloom you will see a shimmer - I am so excited as we have three shimmer paints in the new Mini Catalogue and they are such fun to play with and you can get so many scrummy looks with them.  This is the Frost White Shimmer Paint.  

If you are in the UK and would like a copy of the new Mini Catalogue posted to you please email me bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk with your postal address and I will send one to you.  Please check back over the next few days for some more sneak peaks.

You can see the rest of the Stamp With Us Design Team's cards here

To continue with the Blog Hop and discover more about the products in the new Mini Catalogue hop on over to the very talented Val's Blog here.

Happy Stampin

Bekka  Pin It

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother’s Day! I hope all the mothers reading are having a wonderful day and are being thoroughly spoilt.

As well as being mother’s day here is the UK it’s a Stamp With Us Sunday, so rather than posting a Mother’s Day card I have something entirely different for you – this week’s theme is Men’s Cards. I know a lot of people find these really hard so I hope this week’s challenge will give you lots of inspiration, be sure to check out what the rest of the Design Team have created too.

I really enjoyed this challenge and this is what I came up with ...

A Faux Leather Wallet holding two cards.

The wallet is made from black card which I covered with Versamark and Clear Embossing Powder. I then pulled my paper folder lightly through the powder before heating it to get the patters. Once I had embossed the outside I stuck the two flaps down along their outside edge with sticky tape and punched a series of little holes around the outside edges. I then joined the dots on the outside and inside with my White Gel Pen to give the effect of stitching.

The inside of the Wallet holds two cards. A greetings card and a gift card holder (please forgive the girly pink gift card – it was the only one I had to hand!).

The cards were made from Taken With Teal card and the patterned papers were made by stamping various stamps from the Circle Circus Stamp Set, its such a wonderful and versatile stamp set! I used a combination of Taken With Teal, tempting Turquoise, More Mustard, Close to Cocoa and Basic Black Inks. On the greetings card I added the Happy Birthday star from the Starring You Stamp Set layered onto some Basic Black.

I hope our cards inspire you all to play along with this challenge and I look forward to seeing what you have all come up with

Happy Stampin

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Stamp With Us Sunday

Goodness what a bad blogger I have been – no posts since Wednesday! Thank goodness for Stamp With Us and the Sunday Challenge to get me back at it. Mind you I have been busy crafting, making swaps and samples for a very special day yesterday – our Stampin’ Up! Team Training Day. I had a wonderful time * waves to everyone who was there* and just wish I could have spent even more time chatting with everyone! I will tell you all about in another day ...

This is also a very special post as its my 200th! I think that calls for some candy don’t you? Check back in the next couple of days to find out how you can win yourself a selection of lovely Stampin’ Up! products and some handmade goodies.

Today I want to focus on this week’s Stamp With Us Challenge. It is one of my favourite types of challenges, a sketch challenge. Here is the sketch.

Now it was my OH’s birthday this week, so I decided to make his card using this sketch. He is obsessed with football (leaves me lots of crafting time!) so I used the colours of his favourite team (West Ham) and a set that could have been made for him, Just Soccer.

Can you guess how old he is? The background was made by stamping the football in the set in Bravo Burgundy onto Whisper White, punching them out with a circle punch and then layering them onto a Bravo Burgundy layer. The main panel was great fun to make; I used all the stamps in the set! To get the lighter stampings I stamped onto scrap paper before I stamped onto my card. I used Brocade Blue and Rose Red inks.

I am pleased to say he loved his card and hope you like it too. It would be lovely if you decided to join this week’s challenge and I can’t wait to see what you all create.

Happy Craftin'

Bekka

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Stamp With Us Sunday

Hello everyone and welcome to another Stamp With Us Sunday. The challenge for the next two weeks is one of my favourite types of challenges – a colour challenge. I love being challenged to use combinations and colours I don’t reach for as often and this colour challenge fell into that category for me, and now I have used them I am not sure why I don’t reach for them more often! I also love that this challenge allowed me to indulge in something else I am very much enjoying at the moment – colouring in, but I am getting ahead of myself and I should start by showing you the inspiration picture.

Now who would not want a shopping bag like that!

So here is the card I made. Now this card was for a very special lady who had a very special birthday which we helped her to celebrate last night, so as every your comments and observations are very welcome but please don’t shout ...

I have gone back to one of my absolute favourite sets from the catalogue for my focal image, I know I use it a lot but I hope you don’t mind, Blooming with Beauty. The image was coloured using the water colour wonder crayons in Bravo Burgundy, Summer Sun, Always Artichoke and a touch of Cameo Coral. I love how you can get so much variety of shading using this technique.

I decided to add some dimension to the card by raising the flowers on dimensional above the pot, and then to add some individual flowers on dimensional too.  Hopefully you can see them better here.

If you love to colour as much as I do and/or want to learn more about it you may want to check out my colouring club here for some fantastic deals on the Stampin’ Up! Colouring mediums.

My fun with this card was not yet however over. I also enjoy making my own backing papers and so have fun combining images from the Beautiful Thing and Good Neighbours Sets. The leaf in this pattern is one of the trees from this versatile and Free Sale-A –Bration set – you can find out how to get yours here.  I also used my Cameo Coral Watercolour Wonder crayon to get the lovely soft splatter effect on the paper 

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you decided to join in the challenge – either post a card on your blog and go to the Stamp With Us Blog and add a link or if you don’t have a blog do send me a photo of your creation and I will add it here and set up the links for you. I do hope you decided to play along.

Have a great day, happy craftin’

Bekka

PS: I have just noticed that very soon I will be reaching my 200th post - I think that calls for some celebratory candy - dont you?  Make sure you check back over the next week or so to find out all about it! Pin It

Its time for a Stamp With Us Sunday

I have been looking forward to this Sunday – Not only is there a new challenge over at Stamp with Us but it is also the day the new Design Team Members are announced. Why not hop over there and meet the four talented ladies who have just joined the team – I am sure they are going to show us some totally amazing creations for future challenges.

This week’s challenge is a sketch challenge and here is the sketch.

And here is my mirrored interpretation.

The card is Taken With Teal mixed with Real Red and papers from the Merry Moments DSP pack. The scrummy tree from Scandinavian Season was stamped in Taken with Teal and then coloured with me Stampin Markers. The image was then mounted onto the left over reel of one of my packs of ribbons to give it some strength and to make it easy to cut a circle! After I inked the edges, I then covered the whole things with Versamark ink and then added heat and stick powder so I could cover the whole image with dazzling diamonds. Then, just to make sure there was enough sparkle I then added a glue dot covered with red glitter from the Galaxy Glitter set to the centre of the flower in the tree.

I hope you decide to take part in this sketch challenge and I look forward to seeing what you have created.

Happy Craftin

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Stamp With Us - The Last Recipe Challenge!

Hello everyone and welcome to this Sunday’s Stamp With Us Challenge. This week is an important week over at Stamp With Us as they are announcing some changes. Firstly, the challenges are now going to be every other week, to give everyone (including the design team!) longer to get their entries together. Talking of the design team – how do you fancy joining us? Pop over to Stamp With Us and find out how – I really enjoy being part of the team, so can highly recommend it.


The third change that has been announced today is that this is going to be the last recipe challenge. I do have to admit these were my least favourite and it seems I am not alone so the decision has been taken to stop doing them! To celebrate this I decided to be very true to the recipe and add absolutely no extra ingredients at all. Keeping to the recipe without adding extras is I think what made these challenges so hard!

This week’s recipe is to use

2 Patterned Papers

1 Stamp

3 Brads

So here is my card.

It features the wonderful Bridesmaid Speciality Papers (which are even more scrummy in real life they have the most beautiful sheen and they are strong enough to be a card base. My other patterned paper is from the Bella Bleu Designer Series Paper – I adore these papers and am going to have to get myself some more of them!

The flowers are from the beautiful Garden Dream’s Hostess Stamp Set and were stamped onto the Bella Bleu Paper and more Bridesmaid paper using Not Quite Navy. These were then cut out and layered onto the card. Due to the sheen on the Bridesmaid papers you will need to allow a little time for the ink to dry before cutting these out. Three of the flowers have Rhinestone Brads in the centre.

The right hand edge of the card was then cut with the Eyelet Border Punch and a strip of the Bella Bleu paper added to the back of the card.

I hope you like this card.

Now there is a bonus card for you too! As regular readers will know yesterday I participated in the 12 blogs of Christmas Blog hop. If you have not checked that out yet I can recommend it – there are some fantastic projects along the way and many chances to get some Blog Candy – including on my post here! There is also the chance to get a free class from the Craft Academy which you can find here. More news about the Craft Academy soon.

In honour of the Blog Hop I thought I would do a Christmas Card following the Recipe too. The supplies I used are very similar, but this time I used the lovely tree from Scandinavian Season.

I was really pleased with how this turned out and may well have to make some more!

Thanks for stopping by today and don’t forget to go round the 12 blogs of Christmas for inspiration, comment on the relevant posts to get some free goodies, including my last post here and the Craft Academy here.

Then please do join in with this week’s Stamp With Us Challenge and put yourself forward for the Design Team.

Happy Craftin’

Bekka

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Hang out the Bunting!

What horrible weather we are having today – torrential rain and lots of wind! It’s a good thing we have lots of indoor activities planned for today! We are going for lunch with the family, then its panto rehearsal time (Oh yes it is!) before heading straight out to a quiz. I think I will be ready for my bed tonight!


Well despite the weather its Sunday so it is time for another Stamp With Us Challenge. This week the theme is Christmas. Now I have been busy making swap for Stampin’ Up!’s first ever European Convention so I thought I would make something other than a card!


This is what I came up with – Some Christmas Bunting.

I love how bunting always makes a place look ready for fun, so wanted to put a festive twist on and am looking forward to hanging this in my porch nearer the big day. It was however more of a challenge to photograph the finished article than it was to make it!

It is made with papers from the Merry Moments Collection and elements from the lovely Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin’ Kit – I think I may have mentioned before how in love I am with that! It also features some of the adorable Real Red Striped Ribbon as well as Real Red Grosgrain. I have also used the Eyelet Border Punch to give a nice decorative edge to some of the flags.

I hope you like it.

As our thoughts turn to Christmas it is time to start to think about gift giving. I have two important things I want to tell you about which I hope will help your Christmas Planning.

Firstly Stampin’ Up! have produced a Gift Giving Guide, with lots of helpful suggestions on things you may want to give or things you may want to use to make gifts. I will be back with lots of ideas for gifts in the next few weeks, many of which will feature the products on the gift giving guide. Click here to download your own copy or if you would like me to email a copy to you please just let me know.

Now in addition to the Guide Stampin’ Up! are making a very special offer. If you spend £45 on items that are listed in the guide you can claim either a Tag Punch or a Small Tag Punch (worth £12.50) for free. Brilliant! This could either be a gift for yourself, after all it will help you get everyone’s Christmas and Birthday presents organised, or it could be a gift for a crafty friend. Either way you win.

Secondly I wanted to remind you that I offer a Wish List Service. Imagine finding a selection of the Stampin’ Up! goodies that you have been longing for all beautifully wrapped and under your Christmas Tree. No more pretending that the bizarre presents are what you always wanted – no more having to fake being pleased with what you receive, you genuinely will be thrilled. Between now and Christmas several people are likely to ask you what you want so rather than saying you don’t know all you would have to do is give them my contact details and we will arrange the rest.

To register a wish list with me just email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk with your list. Then all you have to do is to tell people about it and wait for the big day! I operate wish lists all year so you can also keep a list for birthdays or any other gift giving occasion. I am also offering additional entries into the November and December Customer Club Draw for anyone who registers a wish list with me, giving you extra chances to win a monthly prize.

I hope you decide to play along with this Stamp With Us Challenge – it runs for a couple of weeks so there is plenty of time! I look forward to seeing your creations.

Happy Crafting

Bekka

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A Rosy Sunday

Hello everyone

I hope you are having a great Sunday and appreciated the extra hour’s sleep as much as I did! I have been working backstage for a production for the last few nights and then there was the after show party last night ... but I digress!

Today is Sunday so its time for another Stamp With Us Challenge. This week it was time for a sketch challenge and I had a lot of fun using this sketch
So here is my card
I love Kraft card’s and wanted to create something with a soft feminine feel so I reached for the Rose Is A Rose Stamp Set. Here is was stamped with Bordering Blue and Not Quite Navy on Very Vanilla Card Stock. The leaves are Mellow Moss and Always Artichoke. The DSP is from Bella Bleu – I am adoring the papers in this set and it was soooooooooooo hard to actually cut into it!

I hope you decided to play along with this weeks challenge.

Happy Crafting

Bekka

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Stamp With Us Sunday

Hello everyone – remember me? I am sorry its been a while since I last posted but I hope normal service will be resumed shortly, with there being posts at least three times a week so please do keep checking back.

Today is Sunday and I have had a wonderful weekend so far, spending it with some fellow Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. I will tell you all about it in another post, as now I want to share with you my Stamp with Us Card for this week. I say card but actually this week it is cards!

The challenge this week is one of my favourite types of challenges – a colour challenge. Here is the inspiration picture – how fun is this! I am a touch behind on my card making so decided to combine this challenge with a quick way of making multiple cards which I want to share with you now. With Christmas on the horizon many of us are thinking about bulk card production and this design can easily be adapted for Christmas Card production – over the next few posts I will show you how.
I started with a blank sheet of Whisper White Card Stock and then randomly stamped images from the new Animal Stories Stamp Set all over. To make it a bit more interesting I used two colours on each image, using the rock and roll technique – I love how this gives each animal a bit more depth. The colours I used are (take a deep breath!) Bashful Blue, Not Quite Navy, Brocade Blue, Bordering Blue, Ballet Blue, Certain Celery, Garden Green and Close to Cocoa.
Next I cut the sheet into 8 equal strips (ie I cut it in A6 quarters and then cut each quarter in half to make two strips that would be the width of m finished card. I then cut similar sized strips from Certain Celery Card and punched a decorative edge into them with the new Eyelet Boarder Punch – I LOVE LOVE LOVE this punch and I think you may be seeing a lot more of it! I made sure I did not throw away the long off cut strip as it is one of the elements on the cards.

I used one of the stamps from Circle Circus as a background stamp on my card base (stamped with Not Quite Navy on Not Quite Navy) This set is so versatile I think you will see that quite often too!
The cards were then assembled, and the eight cards were done and I had only used 6 sheets of card.

I hope you like them. Dont forget to check out the rest of the design team's cards - they are fantastic as ever. I hope you also decide to have a go at this challenge yourself - its always great to see what you come up with.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting

Bekka

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FOUR ...

I hope you are all having a great Sunday. Since its Sunday it is time for another Stamp With Us Challenge and this week it is also 4 days to go on our Countdown to the New Catalogue so I have another sneaky peak for you.

This week’s challenge is a sketch challenge and I had so much fun with this one. Here is the sketch.

I decided to use one of the new Simply Scrappin’ Kits – Christmas Jingle – OMG it is delicious! I was not in the mood to make something Christmassy though and decided to Scrap one of the photos I took this summer when we visited friends in Essex. These Thames Barges were lovely to see and we spent a lovely afternoon exploring the park there.

So here is the page I made.

As well as the Simply Scrappin Kit I have stamped the title in Chocolate Chip with the Schoolbook Serif Alphabet and added a little bit of Chocolate Chip Double Stitched Ribbon. I have to admit I love the Real Red polka dot paper – it is sooo delicious with Very Vanilla and that is a colour combination I know I will be using again – scrummy.

Thank you for stopping by – don’t forget to check out the rest of the design team’s cards – there are some real beauties this week, and why not have a go yourself. I really enjoy checking out everyone else’s responses to the challenges

Happy Crafting

Bekka

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Stamp with Us Sunday

Goodness what a week it has been – can you believe it is Sunday again already! We have been busy with birthdays, a play which opened on Friday meaning we were out every night and I have been at a lovely Craft Fair today, MaKe in Milton Keynes. If you are reading this having met me there today a huge Hello and Welcome!

Still it is Sunday and that means one thing - time for this week’s Stamp With Us Challenge and this week it is a recipe challenge. The challenge is to make a card using no patterned paper, two stamps and two ribbons.

I decided to make a card for one of the Birthday Boys I know from this week. Adam has just turned 19 and is very fond of beer so there was really only one stamp set I could use ... you guessed Cheers to You.

The background was created using a mixture of the two stamps, both of which are from the Cheers to You set. I used both on the bottom two thirds of the card and just the sentiment on the top, the inks are So Saffron and Really Rust. The main image was framed with a chipboard circle which was then inked with More Mustard and embossed with clear embossing powder. It was then backed with some Really Rust card. The focal image was stamped and coloured using watercolour wonder crayons to give a nice dimensioned look. The punched shape was then covered with Versamark ink and embossed with three layers of clear embossing powder to give a lovely tiled finish. Once it was totally cold the card was flexed in different directions to give a cracked glass finish to the image. The cracks were then emphasised by rubbing in some Creamy Caramel Ink. To help the image pop within the frame it was attached with dimensional pads. The ribbons are Chocolate Chip Double Stitched and the frame is attached using More Mustard Ribbon.

Luckily Adam loved the card!
Thank you for stopping by - don’t forget to check out the rest of the design teams cards – they are wonderful. It would also be great if you made a card in response to the challenge and left us a link. I love seeing how differently everyone interprets the challenges.

Happy Crafting

Bekka

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Stamp With Us on Sunday!

Morning Everyone!

Its Sunday so it must be time for another Stamp With Us Challenge. This week’s Challenge was to create something based on this lovely picture. How scrummy does this quilt look – lovely and bright yet soft and snugly at the same time!
I decided to take the shapes, patterns and colours of the quilt as the basis for my patchwork card. The colours I have used are Rose Red, Green Galore, Pumpkin Pie and Tempting Turquoise.

The Tempting Turquoise and Green Galore patches are from the Rainbow Sherbet Designer Paper Pack (If like me you are going to miss this one so get yours while you still can). The Pumpkin Pie Patch is from the Pumpkin Pie Paper Pack while the Rose Red Patch was made using Rub Ons from the Hidden Garden Pack. I was pleased with how this patch turned out and think I should use these rub ons more! The patches are mounted on Natural Ivory Card to keep the soft look of the original quilt and a big flower made by inking one of the big white flowers from the pretties kit and adding a couple of pieces from the Felt Fusion Set and a scrummy Turquoise Rhinestone Brad finish off the card.

I know there is no actual stamping on here so hope you will forgive me! Please check out the other DT cards - they are lovely and I hope you play along with this challenge - dont forget to post a link over on the site - Its fab to see what you have all created

I have to dash - I am directing the village panto this year (Oh yes I am) and its auditions today

Have a great Sunday

Bekka

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Stamp With Us

It’s Sunday so it’s time for another Stamp With Us Challenge. This week it’s a theme challenge to make a good luck card.

I wanted to make a card that I could give to someone moving house or to someone who is going away to college or university. I can still remember how excited I was to do that. So here is my card.

The stamp sets used are Loads of Love and the Loads of Love Accessories. These were some of the first Stampin’ Up! Stamp sets I owned and they have been neglected for far too long! Here I have teamed them with papers from the Rainbow Sherbet Designer Paper Pack. I love the colours and patterns in this pack and am sad that they are on the Last Chance List – so if you want some hurry and place your order (bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk) before they are gone forever.

The truck was stamped onto Tempting Turquoise card with Taken with Teal Ink. The chair and other items on the back of the truck were stamped onto assorted papers from the pack and then very carefully pieced together. I have used Jumbo Eyelets for the wheels. The greeting is from the Sincere Salutations set.
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a lucky Sunday. My OH has been nominated for an award for a play he was in recently – he finds out today if he has won – I am very proud of him and am wishing him lots of luck for that. Who do you want to be lucky today?

Don’t forget to stop by the Stamp With Us blog and see what the other design team members have created – there are some scrummy cards there and I am not the only one who has used this stamp set!!!! We love seeing what you have created so please do join in the challenge as well.

Good Luck and Happy Crafting

Bekka

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Its Sunday and that means its time to say ...

Welcome to this week’s Stamp With Us Challenge. Its sketch week and normally I love doing the sketch challenges but I found this one hard until I got going! The rest of the design team have made some stunning cards so make sure you check them out.

So here is the sketch
And my interpretation of it. One of the many things I love about Stampin’ Up! is how the ribbons coordinate properly with the card and the ink, before SU I hardly used ribbons as I could not find ones that matched well enough for my liking. This card plays with ribbons – a lot! In there you have the Chocolate Chip Double Stitched Ribbon, the Chocolate Chip 5/8 Grosgrain and More Mustard and Chocolate Chip ¼ Grosgrain. The card colours are More Mustard, Chocolate Chip and Natural Ivory.

The ¼ Grosgrain has been woven together – I really enjoyed doing this and love the textured look it gives. The flower was made using the More Mustard DSP and a scallop circle punch.

Hope you like it!

Happy Crafting

Bekka

PS: Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for some very special birthday gifts from me to you .

PPS: I have just worked out that if you were to purchase all the items used to make this card from me you would qualify for a free bundle of ribbons (see the post below).

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Stamp With Us Challenge

I have been having a lot of stamping fun this weekend having spent most of yesterday stamping with two different groups of friends, but I will tell you more about that and show you some of the things we made over the next few days.

Sunday is Stamp with US Challenge Day and this week the challenge is a recipe challenge. The challenge recipe is Two Patterned Papers, One Ribbon and One Piece of Hardware. I find these recipes quite hard but once I get started I really enjoy them.

So here is my card for this week

I wanted to create something with a slightly vintage look so have used the wonderful Tea and Crumpets Papers – these always feel very cottagey to me. I also wanted to use my new toy – a wonderful little second hand sewing machine that I brought from the lovely Kate, so I stitched the papers onto a layer of Natural Ivory Card. I loved using my new toy – thank you Kate.

The main image is from the Live Your Dreams Stamp Set. I have coloured it using marker pens in Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Pretty in Pink, Pixie Pink and Apricot Appeal. I love the precision with which you can add colour with the markers and how this allows you to shade your image.

The stamped image was cut out using the Oval Nestabilities and then I shaded round the edge with Apricot Appeal to give a soft and aged look. I mounted it on a scalloped oval of Always Artichoke. The sentiment is mounted behind a piece from the silver hodge podge hardware kit on a length of Always Artichoke ribbon.

I really enjoyed making this and look forward to seeing what you make in response to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting

Bekka

PS: Edited – I have just seen the card the talented Sara made for this challenge – what a great card lay out! We did not compare notes honest ...

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Stamp With Us on a Sunday!

I missed doing the Stamp with Us Challenge last week – did you? I really enjoyed this weeks challenge – I think the colour challenges are probably my favourites. In fact I enjoyed this one so much I have made several cards using this colour combination – but more of that tomorrow!
Here is the picture we were given for inspiration – a much needed reminder that it is in fact summer – we have had lots of rain here this week so I for one needed reminding. I do love the seaside and this picture puts a big smile on my face! I love the soft sandy look of the picture too so decided to base my card on the Natural Ivory Card which has a lovely soft almost canvas like texture to it. Looking around my garden at the moment I have some lovely big daisy like flowers that also feel very summery so I decided to incorporate something like them into my design

Here is what I came up with
The stamp sets I have used are Live Your Dreams and the hostess set Happiness Always. The colours I have used are Real Red, Yo-Yo Yellow, Ballet Blue and Mellow Moss. The red butterfly was stamped onto Vellum card and attached with a glue dot.

I would love to see what the picture inspires you to create, so please do post a link over at Stamp With Us – don’t forget you have the chance to win a place on the summer on line courses if you enter!

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting

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Stamp With Us Challenge

Do you sometimes find that your card making follows a theme? Well the theme round here recently has certainly been children and babies! Last week the them for my monthly card making class was cards to give children and this week’s arrival has ensured that there will be lots of baby projects for the next few days (I have had quite a few requests for more of those mini brag books) and the baby announcement cards can now be done too!

Anyway today is Sunday so its time for this week’s Stamp With Us Challenge – and guess what the theme is ... Yes – Children’s Birthdays! I had a lot of fun making this card.

The inspiration for this card was those adorable wooden pull along toys that I always thought were really cute. I used the lovely elephant from the Wild About You Stamp Set. Each elephant was inked in a pale colour and then the edges rolled in a toning slightly darker colour to add some depth. Additional elephants were stamped and their ears cut out and added to the original elephants on a dimension pad The wheels were made from circles of card with a brad through the middle. The colours used on this card are So Saffron, More Mustard, Sage Shadow, Mellow Moss, Always Amethyst and Lovely Lilac. The card base is So Saffron with Very Vanilla and a Sage Shadow layer. The ribbon is the wonderful striped So Saffron. The greeting is from the Occasional Greetings Set.

I hope you decided to have a go at this weeks challenge and to post your entry over on the Stamp With Us blog - you could even win a place on this summers Stamp With Us online class.

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting

Bekka

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