Joy of Sets Challenge #004 - Letter B - Bella & Friends

 

Hello Crafty Friends,

Hope your day is going well. We finally have some sunshine in my neck of the woods - wahoo! Double wahoo as its challenge time over at Joy of Sets Blog Challenge. This fortnights challenge is The Letter B.

 

 

The card I submitted as part of the Design Team over at JOS, uses the Bella & Friends stamp set. I absolutely adore this set and often pull it out for children birthday cards.

I started with a Thick Whisper White Card Base, to which I added two panels of retired Dsp with a Black cardstock shadow line in between the two. Bella has been stamped in Archival Black ink and coloured using Stampin' Up! Water Colour Pencils.

Using the Circle Stitched die and Glossy card, I sponged some Soft Sky and Lemon Lime Twist. I used the Layering Circles scallop die to cut a matt in Black.  Bella was fussy cut and adhered to the die cut circle.

The sentiment "Its Your Day!" from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set was heat embossed in white on black card. The "Hooray" from the same stamp set was inked in Black Momento, lightly sponged with Soft Sky ink and then punched using the Balloon Bouquet Punch. I added an extra balloon, punched from a Perfect Days Memories & More card and tucked it behind.

Some clouds were lightly sponged and added with foam strips as they are higher than the dimensionals used to adhere Bella. Some Black & White Bakers Twine was added to the Balloons and Fine Tip Glue to Bella's Bone, Hat and the Flowers.

 

Why not join us and play along with this fortnights letter. Be sure to check out the inspiration provided by the Design Team. I can't wait to see all the amazing creations the partipants enter.

Until next time, stay awesome

JAI #371 Bella & Friends with Pretty Kitty Fancy Fold

Hello Crafty Friends,

Hope you are having a fabulous day.   I am super excited to share today's post, as the card I have created is for the Just Add Ink Challenge Blog, as a Guest Designer!!! 

To say I was ecstatic when asked to join the Design Team for August & September is an understatement. I danced around the lounge, then quickly questioned if there had been some kind of mistake, and I had received the invitation in error.?!? Could this be right?!? You see, the Design Team are a phenomenal group of creators, chokka block full with many of my Stampin'Up! Idols. 

I am one of five Guest Designers, joined by the extremely talented Lou Kitzleman, Jo Stubbings, Rachael Lewsley and Denita Wright-Smee. 

This weeks challenge at Just Add Ink is "Just Choose Two". I chose Pets and Patterned Paper.

Admittedly I am not a big user of DSP, and thought this was definitely going to be a challenge for me. I didn't struggle as much as I thought I would as soon as I decided to use dotti paper. In fact, I ended up creating two cards and couldn't decide which one to submit!

I procrastinated for over a week, finally deciding on the Double Z Fold Card.  The staircase card was inspired by Amanda Bates - The Craft Spa. Amanda's work is ah-mazing! Check out Amanda's card that provided my inspiration here. 

I have used images from the following stamp sets - Pretty Kitty, Bookcase Builder, Bella & Friends (birds), Glamper Greetings (string of party lights) and Happy Birthday Gorgeous (party hats). Both sentiments stamps are from the Birthday Delivery stamp set.  All images were stamped in Archival Black and coloured using Stampin'Up! Water Colour Pencils.

Some retired DSP was used for the wallpaper and to provide the view looking out the window.   I also used a teeny bit for the backing of the picture framed Antlers. I had to put lights on the Antlers! All images were fussy cut except the window and shelf which were Die cut using the Hearth & Home Thinlits.

Some fine tip glue was added to the party hats and parrot on the shelf, and a few rhinestones to the flowers in the pot and the all the Kitty's collars.

This is the card completely open and flat

And this is how it looks folded up ready to post.

Check out the Just Add Ink challenge blog to see all the amazing cards the Design Team have created. Why not join us by playing along with the challenge, its super easy, helps gets the creative juices flowing and you may even meet some lovely crafters out there in the blogisphere - I have and continue to do so everyday!

Until next time, stay crafty

Who let the dogs out? Bella & Friends

These are my fur babies, Shih Tzu Maltese crosses. This photo shows them with a recent hair cut, as its Summer here in Perth, and with some days hitting the forty's, bindies at the park and swims in the pool, its convenient for me and I'm sure a lot more pleasant for the dogs.

 

My constant companions in the craft studio. Bailey and Coby, two years apart in age and best of buddies. Both love my rubbish bin and all the paper scraps on the floor behind my counter. 

 

Great little helpers when it comes to picking up the little bits! The dog stamps from the Bella & Friends stamp set reminded me of my cuties. Here's a few cards I made with the animals from the stamp sets

 

I love the black and white splashed DSP from the Playful Palette Paper Stack, I have used it with Peakaboo Peach card stock and some black and white Bakers Twine. The animals were coloured using my aqua painter on Shimmery White card stock.

 

This one uses DSP from the A Little Foxy Paper Stack. The Hello sentiment from Pop of Paradise stamp set and the little butterfly die is cut using the Sunshine Wishes Framelits.

 

Again using another piece of DSP from the A Little Foxy Paper Stack. The "Congrats" is cut using the die from the Sunshine Wishes, and cut twice, once in Smoky Slate and then again in Blushing Bride. Layer the Brushing Bride on top and adhere to card front.

Happy Crafting




           

Bella & Friends and Pretty Kitty House Fold Card

Hello and Welcome to my crafty blog.

I made this card for my beautiful sister who lives in New Zealand. She loves animals and is a cat owner today but we grew up with dogs - mainly cocker spaniels. So when I saw the Kitty & Bella Stamp Sets in the Stampin' Up! 2017 Annual Catalogue I knew I had to get them to make my "Blister" a special birthday card. As mentioned she lives across the ditch so I needed to make sure my creation could be posted. 

 

This card was inspired by a fellow Stampin' Up demonstrator whose talents I admire immensely - Amanda Bates from The Craft Spa. She is a UK demonstrator and has been very generous with her talents and provided a lot of free tutorials on her website. Look her up - her work is amazing! 

I have used a few different stamp sets on this card:

• Pretty Kitty 
• Bella & Friends
• Better Than Email
• Tin of Cards
• Blooms & Wishes
• Watercolour Words

 

I have also used the Hearth & Home Window Dies, for the fireplace, window and the front doors. Project Life Cards & Label dies and Tags & Labels Framelits were also used to make the picture frames on the walls and the drawers.  I will make a tutorial for this project in the near future, in the meantime happy crafting x