tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543030400390782992024-03-06T20:35:36.412+13:00Confessions of a StampaholicIndependent Stampin' Up! DemonstratorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-9730259551748614292011-08-19T12:06:00.000+12:002011-08-19T12:06:01.955+12:00Just Add Ink challenge 81 - Colour Challenge<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The talented ladies over at <a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/">Just Add Ink</a> have given out a REALLY challenging challenge this week! Check out these colours:</div><br />
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</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Soooo not colours I would choose straight away, so I had fun seeing what I could come up with. Lots of sponging and a little bit of tearing (can I ever resist it?!). I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.</div><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-12128191424419742682011-08-17T06:00:00.000+12:002011-08-17T06:00:03.265+12:00Can you tell I like tearing?<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The new SU Impressions newsletter featured a stencilling technique - couldn't wait to try it out!</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I used a Scallop punch cutout stamped with Soft Suede as my stencil silhouette, to create a shadow illusion behind the flower... and of course, I tore up the paper! The ribbon is white organza, dyed on the Early Espresso ink pad with a brayer.</span></div><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-26549048008907521202011-08-15T06:00:00.001+12:002011-08-15T06:00:02.425+12:00Boy stuff<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The children of a dear friend have recently begun sinking their teeth into "big kids" books - no pictures! So I was commissioned to make them some new bookmarks to celebrate. I don't often do boy stuff, so I was relishing the challenge...</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-12375130291417815202011-08-11T23:32:00.000+12:002011-08-11T23:32:02.374+12:00More tearing it up<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I just love tearing (literally!) into my card stock. My baby girl's 12th birthday is coming up and she's starting to grow out of the girly-girl stuff into that teenage grunge stage... ease her in slowly, I say! Not TOO much girly-girl (which I hope she comes back to, like Mum did!), but still a little bit.</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I used SU Blushing Bride and Concord Crush on Basic Grey. The punch trim nicely offsets the torn paper. Couldn't resist a bit of bling</span>!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-83833139502749070662011-08-08T14:48:00.000+12:002011-08-08T14:48:19.885+12:00Just Add Ink challenge 79 - Just Add Tearing/Distressing<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">LOVING <a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/">Just Add Ink</a>'s challenge this week - tearing up stuff is the one thing I love to do when creating, so the challenge is right up my alley!</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The card and main mat are Crumb Cake on Crumb Cake - the mat being torn, polka-dot embossed through the Big Shot, heavily sponged in Crumb Cake and Soft Suede and splattered with Crumb Cake marker and a colour spritzer (can you tell I like Crumb Cake??).</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Finished off with a Cherry Cobbler Scallop punch flower with a faux suede effect and centred with a Boho Blossoms punched centre in So Saffron Patterns Stack, and a silver brad. Phew!</div><br />
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</div><div style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">I did the card entirely with Lap of Luxury DSP, with a Sahara Sand textured 12x12 as the base and a little Blushing Bride pattern paper.</div><div style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A huge thanks to the lovely </span><a href="http://diaryofastampvert.blogspot.com/" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Julie Butler</a><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> for the Love Letter DSP... it's going on my wish list</span>!<br />
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</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The challenges I've entered this card into are:</div><br />
<a href="http://jac-inks.blogspot.com/2011/05/jac-inks-challenge-8-heat-embossing.html">jac-ink's Papercrafts Challenge #8 - Heat embossing</a><br />
<a href="http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-46-embossing.html">Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #46 - Embossing</a><br />
<a href="http://ccmspotlight.blogspot.com/2011/05/spotlight-on-inchies.html">The Spotlight Challenge - Inchies! </a> <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(a concept I've discovered I LOVE!)</span><br />
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<tr class="productTable"> <td align="center" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top" width="91"><span style="font-size: small;">121578</span></td> <td align="center" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top" width="66"><span style="font-size: small;">37</span></td> <td align="left" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top" width="234"><span style="font-size: small;">Tag Alongs Wood-Mount Set </span></td> <td align="center" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top" width="102"><span style="font-size: small;">$38.95</span></td> <td align="center" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top" width="84"><span style="font-size: small;">$23.37</span></td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-27590101507977781612011-05-09T13:55:00.002+12:002011-05-09T13:57:47.283+12:00Now you didn't see her, now you DO!<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hi-de-hi! With all the studying and what-not, my blog (and stamping!) has been coming a poor second. But here I am, sleeves rolled up and ready to post!</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My entry this week is for <a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2011/05/jai-67-sketch.html">Just Add Ink</a>'s sketch challenge and for <a href="http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2011/05/color-throwdown-140.html">The Color Throwdown</a>'s colour challenge #140. Awesome sketch, cool colours - what more could a girl ask for!</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm still loving playing with my heat tool and all the embossy stuff. The Sahara Sand textured card stock has been stamped with Whisper White ink, then random flowers have been stamped again with Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. I then sponged it with Crumb Cake to give it extra depth</span><span style="color: #741b47;">.</span><br />
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<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I also heat embossed flowers from the Sweet Summer set onto the Blushing Bride mat. Of course, everything has been heavily spritzed for that vintage-y look!</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Card stock:</b> Sahara Sand 12x12 textured card, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, Blushing Bride</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Ink: </b>Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand & Crumb Cake markers.</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Stamps: </b>Bliss, Sweet Summer (Sale-A-Bration 2011, r), Happy Harmony (r).</div><b style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Miscellaneous:</b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> White embossing powder, rhinestones, heat tool, scallop trim border, colour spritzer</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-77183839407928015022011-03-16T21:32:00.001+13:002011-03-16T22:54:37.587+13:00Yay for new toys!<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Yippee skippy joy joy! I got a lovely box of goodies from Stampin' Up! yesterday (seriously, it's like Christmas!) and couldn't wait to try them all out. The first thing I was into was my new heat tool and all the things I needed to have my first go at heat embossing. All I can say is "WOW!" Talk about fun! So I decided to use my goodies to enter my first <a href="http://inkspirations-challenges.blogspot.com/">Inkspirations Challenge</a>. Here's the sketch:</div><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As my friends know, I'm usually a pinky-girly girl, so every now and then I like to use colours I don't use much. Like now</span>!<br />
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<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">For the butterfly silhouette, I used the Bliss set and white-embossed on Whisper White. Then I sponged on Bashful Blue and used my new colour spritzer tool to splat Night of Navy over the butterfly. When it was completely dry, I used a tissue to wipe the ink off the butterfly. I couldn't resist a little bit of bling - a rhinestone jewel.</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>RECIPE</b>:</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Card stock -</b> Bashful Blue, Night of Navy (and patterns stack), Whisper White, Rose Red</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Stamps -</b> Bliss</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Ink -</b> Versamark, Bashful Blue, Night of Navy</div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Other stuff -</b> Scallop border punch, embossing equipment, rhinestone jewel, colour spritzer,</span> <span style="color: #741b47;">Beautiful Wings die</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-10209782178181896292011-03-12T19:55:00.001+13:002011-03-16T22:56:04.220+13:00Just Add Ink Challenge #59 and Colour Throwdown #132<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Time has been flying by now that I am studying again! It was nice with sit down and balance out the academic with the creative this week.</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This week's post is for<a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/"> Just Add Ink</a>'s sketch challenge this week - it's a doozy!</div><br />
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<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have also entered it into <a href="http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/">The Colour Throwdown</a> for the first time! Delicious colour combo, too:</div><br />
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<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I really enjoyed making this - my niece had her baby shower today, so it was nice to give her something special. It's a little box that she can keep baby's first haircut and first teeth in.</div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I substituted Soft Sky for Marina Mist - closest thing to it! Here you go</span>:<br />
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<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>RECIPE:</b></div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Card stock -</b> Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight, Very Vanilla, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake Paper Patterns Stack</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Stamps -</b> Music Note roller, Defining Alphabet, Echoes of Kindness, Loving Hearts (r)</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Ink - </b>Crumb Cake, Soft Suede</div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Other -</b> Very Vanilla 1/8" taffeta ribbon, Baja Breeze ribbon (r), Scallop Circle punch, dimensionals</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-28990420315189236162011-03-03T05:30:00.002+13:002011-03-03T06:50:27.848+13:00Amy-June's birthday<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yay! A completely guilt-free reason to make a really, really girly card! My niece, Amy is turning 7 and she is a girl after my own heart - a pink girly blingy girl!</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's big - I used a whole A4 sheet of card folded in half to make this. I dug out the Beautiful Butterflies die and the Dazzling Diamonds (of course!)</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hope you like it. :)</div><br />
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<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Recipe:</b></div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Card stock -</b> Very Vanilla, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Bella Rose DSP (r)</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Ink -</b> Rose Red, Old Olive</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Stamps -</b> Circle Circus, Yummy (r)</div><b style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other -</b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> silver brads, Dazzling Diamonds, extra-large Scallop Circle punch, extra-large Circle punch, Blushing Bride 1/2" Stitched-Poly ribbon</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-85938198917858014842011-02-28T21:08:00.001+13:002011-03-16T22:57:03.256+13:00Just Add Ink challenge 57 - a colour combo<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Make sure you have a look at the gorgeous designs over at <a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/">Just Add Ink</a> using this colour combo:</div><br />
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<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have to confess to never using River Rock before, as I thought it was an icky colour. Boy, was I wrong! I had so much fun playing with these colours - I already have future projects in my head using River Rock!</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><b>Recipe:</b></u></div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Card stock -</b> Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, River Rock + Patterns stack, Bella Rose DSP (r)</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Ink -</b> Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Stamps -</b> Circle Circus, Elements of Style, Music Notes roller</div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Misc -</b> Eyelet Border punch, silver brads, dimensionals, corner punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslits</span><br />
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</div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you'd like to learn how to make this card, contact me to book a workshop!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-69641886226597157002011-02-20T17:08:00.000+13:002011-02-20T17:08:11.057+13:00Just Add Ink challenge 56 - a Sketch Challenge<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The design team over at <a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/">Just Add Ink</a> have given us a sketch this week - make sure you have a look at the fantastic designs!</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive - one of my favourite colour combinations! If you like this card, why not book a workshop? I'll show you how!</div><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Card stock:</b> Blushing Bride, So Saffron, Always Artichoke, ( + Paper Patterns stack)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Ink:</b> Versamark, Soft Suede</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Stamps:</b> Vintage Vogue</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Other:</b> Silver brad, Blushing Bride1/2" Stitched-Poly ribbon, dimensionals</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-5505877031010198522011-02-16T06:00:00.001+13:002011-02-16T06:00:04.822+13:00Stamping friends & playdates<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A couple of weeks ago, I got to spend a rare afternoon stamping with a lovely friend & fellow stamper, Julz - check out her fabulous blog <a href="http://diaryofastampvert.blogspot.com/">here</a></span></span>. <span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of the great things about sharing with likeminded crafters is exchanging ideas and techniques - I had never made an easel card before, so Julz showed me how.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <b>RECIPE...</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Card stock: </b>Whisper White, So Saffron Patterns Paper stack</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Ink:</b> Basic Black, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, Perfect Plum, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Stamps: </b>Loving Hearts (r) </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Other:</b> So Saffron 5/8" grosgrain ribbon (r), dimensionals</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-7246525139442051752011-02-13T09:26:00.000+13:002011-02-13T09:26:57.928+13:00Just Add Ink challenge 55<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Seeing as it's Valentine's Day tomorrow, the "Just Add <span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">LOVE</b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">theme</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">is very appropriate. Take a look at some of the fabulous entries in <a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2011/02/just-add-ink-55-just-add-love.html">this week's challenge</a></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I got my inspiration for this week's challenge from doing the dishes! I was washing some empty coffee jars and thought, "Ah ha! I can use those!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The 3-layer image on the jar lid was 2 circles (I spritzed the Basic Gray one with Silver Foil Smooch Spritz) and I layered a piece of "Lap of Luxury" DSP on top. Then I covered the entire lid with Crystal Effects to give it a nice shiny seal. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">RECIPE:</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Card stock:</b> Blushing Bride, Basic Gray, Very Vanilla, Lap of Luxury DSP, Bella Rose DSP (r)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Stamps: </b>Happy Harmony, Scribble jumbo wheel, Yummy (r), Too Terrific Tags (r)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Ink:</b> Basic Gray, Rose Red, Silver Foil Smooch Spritz</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Other:</b> silver brads, Victoria crochet trim lace, twine</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A big thank you to the lovely <a href="http://diaryofastampvert.blogspot.com/">Julie Butler</a> for coming to my rescue with lace and twine!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I couldn't help myself. I ate two of the biscuits.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-75838379076731857112011-02-11T06:00:00.000+13:002011-02-11T06:00:05.061+13:00More butterflies!<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here's a completely different project using the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die... yet still stunningly effective:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I often overlook the Organic Grace stamp set, but the flower worked beautifully here. I stamped them with Whisper White Craft ink. The black butterfly has been sprayed with Silver Foil Smooch Spritz... this is a new toy for me and I LOVE how it gives such a delicate sparkle!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Card stock:</b> Basic Black, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Ink:</b> Basic Black, Whisper White</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Stamps:</b> Sincere Salutations</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Card stock:</b> Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Wild Wasabi, Night of Navy, Night of Navy patterns stack.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <b>Ink:</b> Soft Suede, Basic Black, Versamark</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Stamps:</b> Vintage Vogue</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Other:</b> Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-29753597207459160582011-02-08T09:03:00.002+13:002011-02-08T09:05:43.901+13:00Just Add Ink challenge 54<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's a colour challenge over at <a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/">Just Add Ink</a> this week.</span></span>.. <span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">yummy scrummy pinks and browns! Here's the colour combo:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I CASEd this card layout from a fabulous book called "175 Fresh Card Ideas", that I found at the local library - check it out on Amazon <a href="http://www.amazon.com/175-Fresh-Card-Ideas-Throughout/dp/144030792X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1297108715&sr=1-1">here</a>. Loads of different ideas and designs! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyway! Here's my card:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The strips (and the Rose Red mat) have all been sponged and pounced with Soft Suede for that lovely vintage-y look. The stamps I used were: Delight in Life, Organic Grace and Yummy.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654303040039078299.post-13080782424123972342011-01-31T12:59:00.001+13:002011-01-31T13:19:37.378+13:00Just Add Ink 53 - an Inspiration Challenge<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to say a HUGE thank you to the girls over at <a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/">Just Add Ink</a> this week, for giving us an inspiration challenge - it has been the funnest challenge I have done so far (and that's saying a lot! They've all been great!).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial;">The directive was: "Take a look at our beautiful picture, take inspiration from it (e.g. from <span style="font-weight: bold;">this</span> photo you could take the colours, <span style="font-weight: bold;">or </span>flowers, <span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span> just something that makes you happy!) and we'd love you to tell us in your link <span style="font-weight: bold;">how</span> the picture inspired <span style="font-weight: bold;">you</span>."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial;">Here's the picture:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided to do a scrapbook page for this challenge - something I have been putting off as I found it a very daunting prospect! However, once I got started, it just evolved. So - take heart! If the thought of filling up a whole 12 x 12 page scares you, it's a lot easier than you think. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a story behind this project. The pictures were taken 14 years ago - the child is my (now) 15-year-old daughter. I knew one day I would want to do something very special with the pictures and as soon as I saw the Just Add Ink inspiration picture, I knew instantly I wanted to use these particular photos.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial;">The main colour collection I used was the Stampin' Up! Subtles collections - perfect for a light, summery layout. </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial;">I deliberately went crazy with the layout of the flowers - I wanted to create the illusion of a wild flowery garden.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial;">I'm not listing every product I used, as it would take forever to list! However, please feel free to contact me if you would like to know anything about a specific product or technique I have used here.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial;">Enjoy!</span><br />
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