Stampin' Up! Just Believe and I create a Birthday Card

Busy day in the craft room! I have another card to share with you :)

Another clean and simple card... I have used a Crumbcake (Kraft) card base, and sponged the edges in Crumbcake ink. For the main image panel, it is a piece of Riding Hood Red, Mustard Patterned Paper, and a piece of Old Olive. The mustard piece had a circle mask placed over the top, and I sponged More Mustard ink over it. The Olive piece has a touch of sponging on it too. I then attached them all together and stamped the flower silhouette from Just Believe in Black StazOn. I attached them all to a piece of Confetti White Card stock, which I had stamped with a sentiment from KaiserCraft, and then they were attached to the card base. I added three little black pearls, and called this card done :)

I am entering this into three challenges, the first is the sketch from CAS-ual Fridays, next up is the colour combo from ColourQ and finally into the Simon Says Stamp anything goes challenge.

Thanks for dropping by again :)

Jess

Stampin' Up! Whimsical Words and I {heart] Hearts

Back again, to show you the Clean and Simple Card I made :)

The pink section of this card was made by colouring my Acrylic Block with my Stampin' Write Markers in Real Red, Riding Hood Red and Cherry Cobbler, spritzing it with a little bit of water then smooshing (technical hey?) it on to my card front.... I did this a couple of times, as I used a small block... Once it was dry (this takes a while) I stamped the outline heart from I {heart} Hearts in black, I used the small part of the Whimsical Words sentiment, "follow your heart, it knows the way" but selectively left out the heart.... 

I don't know if I particularly like this card, but for a CAS card, I think it works.... 

I am entering this over at Less Is More where this weeks challenge is a one layer card featuring at least one heart... So, there you go....

Thanks for dropping back, and I'd also like to give a shout out to my newest followers, you guys make me smile, and make this worth while....!

Stampin' Up! Just Believe and I create a cute Thank You card

Hi again! I know I have been quiet... I have been busy again this past week... June and July are apparently really busy months for me... I have crafted again though!

I have made this little card, and was unsure if I liked it or not... But, now that I'm looking at it again, I really do like it. The base is Riding Hood Red, which has been layered with a piece of Designer Series Paper that has been in my stash FOREVER! I have used the direct to stamp Stampin' Write Marker Technique on this lovely grass feature from Just Believe, in Riding Hood Red and Wild Wasabi. The sentiment and frame have been stamped using the same technique and stamp set. I have then cut out the frame very carefully and popped it up on dimensionals. 

I really like this stamp set, and it is one I have been lusting over for quite some time, so to get it recently was very exciting.... I am entering this into two challenges... The first is the Stamping 411 Sketch Challenge, the second is the Color Throwdown Challenge.

Thanks for dropping by,
Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree make Masculine cards easy!

Today I had a craft catch up with some crafty buddies, you may remember Kim and Sue (how could you forget hey?) Well, it had been a while since we had been together for a craft day.... Here is the first card I made...

We started out using the Faux Mother of Pearl Technique, as Kim had not done it before. It is hard to see in this photo, but I have made the image panel faux mother of pearl using Crumbcake and White Shimmer Paint. I have then stamped the tree image from Lovely as a Tree in Staz-on, masked it, and stamped it again. I have then mounted this on to Crumbcake. I embossed a piece of Not Quite Navy using a non-Stampin' Up! embossing folder, and my Bigshot. I have then added a strip of Riding Hood Red, which has this metal embellishment, which is retired Stampin' Up! Stock. I mounted this all on a folded piece of Early Espresso. 

I used the colours from the Colour Lab Colour Challenge #43, and I have used inspiration from SUO Challenges which was to make a masculine card. 

Anyway, head on over to Kim and Sue's blogs to check out their creations using this stamp set and technique!

Until tomorrow, 

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Apple Blossoms and I make Birthday Cards

Hello all again, this was another card Sue, Kim and I made on our craft day. We sit down surrounded by all our lovely Stampin' Up! products. This was a colour combo I came up with, Rich Razzleberry, So Saffron and Red Riding Hood. I cringed at my choices, but so did the other girls.....

This set is just too cute! It is a special gift to our hostesses who hold a Stampin' Up! workshop of $600 or more, they can choose this stamp set. I love it, and it is definitely on my wish list. I have added a little bit of Pear Pizzazz to this card for the leaves and stems, but, still love how it turned out. 

If you would like to host a workshop, and have the chance to get your hands on this stamp set, shoot me an email to jessidee86@gmail.com, or give me a call on 0405 173 237.

Colour Challenge Cards

Feels like a while since I posted anything, but in retrospect it has only been 3 days... I have been crafting though... I have made four cards. I made two on Friday night, one I'm not going to share, because I really don't like it... the other is this one for the Moxie Fab World Gray is the new Black Challenge.

I used a retired colour with this card, one I didn't even know I owned... Taken with Teal. I have paired it with Basic Grey, Whisper white and vellum. There was supposed to be another rhinestone, but it fell off somewhere.... "hmmm..."

The next two cards, I created last night, they are also for colour challenges.

The first of the two is for the Just Add Ink colour challenge,

I found that I sat looking at these colours together for a long time before deciding on something... When I did decide, it was to make a card that Danielle Daws had a tutorial for on UStamp. I loved the simplicity of the card she created, and the wow factor that went along with it.... so here is my interpretation

The last card I have to show you is for the Inkspirations most recent colour challenge, which is another doozy...

This is a colour combo I had massive issues with! I'm not a huge fan of Peach Parfait, or Orange in general.... The card I'm not showing you was made with this colour combo... Anyway, here is the card for this challenge

As you can see, I've fallen back into my safe colour of Kraft/Crumbcake... If all else fails, pull out the crumbcake....