A Stampin' Up! Happy Birthday card for SB115

Today I am featuring another card using the Stampin' Up! Remarkable You stamp set. This one is a birthday card based Stamping And Blogging's Sketch And Stamp SB#115.
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I water-coloured the Calla Lily image twice (there are two flower in each image) and then cut out three of the flowers to tie together. I used Rose Red ink and my Aquapainter to colour the flowers with. The Smoky Slate background is embossed with the Elegant Dots embossing folder, and I have used the Everyday Chic Washi Tape and Neutrals Paper Stack for my background layers. My sentiment is from Happy Happenings. You can link to all the products at the end of the post.

Here is the  Stamping And Blogging's Sketch And Stamp SB#115 Sandi gave us to work with this week.

Now it's time to scoot around the world and see what the lovely Stamping and Blogging Design Team members have been up to. Have fun!

Sandi MacIver, Canada

Amy Koenders, USA

Michelle Last, UK

Lee Conrey, USA

Claire Daly Australia (that's me!)

Caroline van der Straaten. Netherlands 

Marine Wiplier, France 

Kerstin Kreis, Germany 

Shelagh Freemantle. Canada 

Patrice Halliday-Larson, New Zealand

           

Now it's YOUR turn to play along.

You can now enter your own creation based on this sketch in our weekly Stamping And Blogging's Sketch And Stamp weekly challenges.We will be picking a weekly winner and would love to see what you create with this sketch. To play along, you just need to link to your creation on the Stamping And Blogging's Sketch And Stamp page.

I hope you enjoyed today's card. See you again soon,

Claire

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Stampin' Up! Remarkable You for SB114

I LOVE a good floral image to colour, so I was all over the new Stampin' Up! set Remarkable You when it appeared in the 2015 Annual Catalogue. Today's card features one of the flowers (which we think is a lotus flower or waterlily) water coloured, along with a greeting from the set. It's based on this week's Stamping and Blogging Design Team sketch SB114.

Here's the colour combination I have used today.

 

Tips for recreating this card:

• I water coloured the floral image using an Aqua painter (see all supplies below) and the ink inside the lid of the Rose Red ink pad.
• Stamp your image in Jet Black Stazon so you can watercolour without the image outline smudging.
• Use our high quality Watercolor Paper for a great result. It really does make a difference as you can blend over and over without the paper pilling.
• The Triple Banner Punch makes cutting the banner ends on this card a breeze.
• Both flowers were cut out using our super sharp Paper Snips. The left hand flower is popped up with Dimensional foam dots (not the stem though).
• Stamp an extra bit of the leaf pattern onto Cucumber Crush and cut out a few leaves to layer over the greeting banner.

Here's today sketch that the lovely Sandi MacIver has given us to play with this week:

Lets see what my lovely Stamping and Blogging Design team girls around the world have been up to this week shall we?

Sandi MacIver, USA 

Amy Koenders, USA

Michelle Last, UK

Lee Conrey, USA

Claire Daly Australia (that's me!)

Caroline van der Straaten. Netherlands 

Erna Logtenberg, Netherlands                              

Marine Wiplier, France 

Kerstin Kreis, Germany 

Shelagh Freemantle. Canada 

Patrice Halliday-Larson, New Zealand 

Sandi MacIver's Canadian Blog

 

Now it's YOUR turn to play along.

You can now enter the weekly challenges along and link your creation for us all to admire. We will be picking a weekly winner and would love to see what you create with this sketch. To play along, you just need to post your creation on the Sketch and Stamp page, which is the name for the new Stamping and Blogging weekly challenges.

I hope you enjoyed today's card. See you again soon,

Claire

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Stampin' Up! Lots of Joy for the Art With Heart Christmas in July Blog Hop

It's Christmas in July! Can you smell the hint of brandy in the steamed plum pudding - yummmm. Ok so I got a little distracted there! Today some of my Art with Heart Stampin' Up! team girls are presenting some fabulous Christmas projects to inspire you.

This year we already have new Christmas sets to play with in the 2015 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue, and some old favourites too. We also have a brand new 2015 Holiday catalogue coming soon. If you would like a copy of any of our catalogues, to attend a Stampin' Up! class or join a large fabulous group of crafty women by becoming part of the team (hobby demonstrators welcome), be sure to contact me.

If you are not just starting the blog hop, you would have come to me from my lovely team member and friend Kayleen McClean.

My first project is a gift card holder. These are great little holders and the best bit is you can make 3 from an A4 sheet of cardstock.

The belly band slides off and it opens up for a gift card holder.

Here are the step by step instructions to make the gift card holder:

1. Cut a piece of A4 cardstock in 3 vertically so you end up with 3 pieces 7cm wide x 29.7cm long.
2. Using the largest Framelit from the Lots of Labels Framelit set, cut the rounded edge as shown in the photo below.
3. Starting from the straight end, score at 8cm and 12cm.
4. Using a 2" Circle punch,  cut a semi circle in the straight end.
5. Emboss the 8cm long piece with the semi circle (I used the Lucky Stars Embossing Folder)
6. Cut a piece of Stampin' Up! Tear and Tape in half vertically (so you have two thinner strips). Use these to adhere the embossed pieces down to create the pouch. If you keep the tape the same width it's a bit of a tight fit for the card, but this fits and holds just fine.
7. Cut a piece of DSP using the second smallest Lots of Labels Framelit and use that to decorate the front of the flap.
8. Then just create your belly band and decoration. I used a 2 3/8" Scallop Punch, The Christmas Tree Punch, Lots of Joy and Festival of Trees Stamp Sets, Gold Glimmer Paper and Merry Moments DSP.

Here's how I cut the curved end using the largest label Framelit.

My second share today is a centre step Christmas card, again using the Lots of Labels Framelits and Lots of Joy stamp set.

I got the idea for the Gold Glimmer circle (made by punching the 2" circle punch first, and 2.5" circle punch around the outside) from my lovely demo fried Linda Higgins. The teeny glimmer stars are cut with the Confetti Stars border punch.

Now it's time to visit the next blog on our hop, which is the lovey Kathryn Ruddick.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:

1. Ros Davidson
2. Rachel Woollard
3. Tina Gillespie
4. Kayleen McLean
5. Claire Daly
6. Kathryn Ruddick
7. Judy May
8. Kathryn Mangelsdorf
9. Kate Morgan 

 

Have fun, and thanks for visiting our blog hop today. See you back here again soon.

Claire

Wedding Card for SB113 using Happy Happenings from Stampin' Up!

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Something a little different today - a wedding card. This week's Stamping and Blogging Sketch 113 and the new Stampin' Up! sentiment stamp set I received last week called Happy Happenings, were the base for my card.

Lots of bits and pieces on this one and you will be able to view all of these products in the links below. Happy Happenings is going to be a favourite sentiment set for sure. I love the funky font and that it coordinates with one of my favourite punches, the Label Bracket punch (used for the sentiment on this card).

I think a wedding card needs a bit of bling, so I have added some gold printed vellum, gold glimmer paper, gold foil punched hearts and some gold metallic thread. The little wooden heart embellishment I have used is from the Watercolor Wishes card kit.

Here is the sketch Sandi gave us to play with this week:

Now it's time to fly around the world and see what the other members of the Stamping and Blogging Design Team have created with this weeks sketch. Remember you can play along too - more details at the end of the post.

Sandi MacIver, USA 

Amy Koenders, USA

Michelle Last, UK

Lee Conrey, USA

Claire Daly Australia (that's me!)

Caroline van der Straaten. Netherlands 

                             Erna Logtenberg, Netherlands                              

Kerstin Kreis, Germany 

Shelagh Freemantle. Canada 

Patrice Halliday-Larson, New Zealand 

Sandi MacIver's Canadian Blog

 

Now it's YOUR turn to play along - Add Your Link HERE

You can now enter the weekly challenges along and link your creation for us all to admire. We will be picking a weekly winner and would love to see what you create with this sketch. To play along, you just need to post your creation on the Sketch and Stamp page, which is the name for the new Stamping and Blogging weekly challenges.

I hope you enjoyed today's card. See you again soon,

Claire

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Christmas Card Kit using Stampin' Up! Lots of Joy

Having a bit of a Christmas in July moment in Australia right now and the weather is certainly getting cold enough for a White Christmas!

I've put together a Christmas Card Kit for 10 'Blinged Up' Christmas Cards including envelopes where you get all the consumable materials and written instructions with photos to make 2 each of 5  cards designed by me.

 

 

The projects are based on the Stampin' Up! Lots of Joy stamp set which is a great new versatile stamp set.

You get the following supplies to Create 10 Special Christmas Cards (envelopes included) which is 2 each of 5 different designs. Here’s what you get:

• Full PDF instructions to make the cards (emailed)
• Cardstock
• Designer Paper
• Punched shapes including Glimmer Paper
• Metallic and paper Doyleys
• Gold Printed Vellum
• Twine
• Envelopes

 

Supplies to make 10 cards (including envelopes and Postage to you) = $24.00  (or $22 if you buy the stamp set from me)

Supplies to make 20 cards (4 each of 5 designs) = $40.00 (or $35 if you buy the stamp set from me)

NB: If you choose the 'purchase the stamp set from me' option. Just go ahead and do that normally by emailing me, or via the online store. Find the clear mount set HERE, find the wood mount set HERE.

To complete the cards you will need:

• Lots of Joy Stamp Set (Item 139468 $33.00 Clear mount; or Item 138810 $47.00 Wood Mount) – page 69 in Annual Catalogue
• Either Cherry Cobbler or Real Red Ink Pad or Stampin’ Write Marker
• Mossy Meadow ink pad and either Old Olive or Pear Pizazz as a contrast is optional.
• Basic stamping supplies including adhesives, Stampin’ Trimmer and Stampin’ Dimensionals (foam dots for dimension)

I have also used the In Colour Washi Tape (Item 138382) but you could easily use bits of the included patterned paper. The Christmas Tree punch(page 167 in Annual Catalogue) is also optional. It would only be used for the stamped trees. You could cut around these instead if you wanted. The glimmer trees are all pre-punched for you.

 

How to Order / Delivery Dates

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