Gingham Gala - Soft Sea Foam Trio

Hello Hello Crafty Friends

How was your weekend? Mine was filled with crafty fun and amazing friends. I have been holding a set of workshops with 23 of my fellow demonstrators, where we have been creating a Techniques Binder with 60 techniques and samples.

I love gathering with my crafty friends - its the highlight of my month and totally worth the long commute times. I look forward to every month and will be sad when February's class is done as this is the last of six workshops.

I shared the splattered technique used in one of today's cards with the ladies at the workshop and they loved it.

My set of cards today were inspired by the three coloured Blends you see at the bottom of the photo - Highland Heather, Smoky Slate and Soft Sea Foam and the little trick I shared with my fellow Stampin' sisters at the workshop - adding flicks of colour with markers.

The first card was inspired by Stampin' Up! Artisan Susan Wong. I just adore Susan's style and find it so hard to get that kind of card to work well for me. The card front has been completely screwed up with the edges torn and corners rolled and turned - I love how Susan rolls the edges for something different, I think it gives the cards a feeling of "loved" and cherished.

Supplies: Butterfly Gala Stamp Set, Smoky Slate, Soft Sea Foam, Whisper White & Black Card Stock, Botanical Butterfly DSP, Tea Together Stamp Set. 

The next card has been silver heat embossed with the smaller of the two Butterfly images from the Butterfly Gala directly onto the dotty DSP. The black floral frame panel behind the striped DSP has been created with the Lovely Flowers Edgelit Dies. A few Soft Sea Foam die cut leaves have been added under the panel and the sentiment. To finish the card I added a punched Butterfly that was lightly coloured with Soft Sea Foam Blends.

Supplies: Butterfly Gala Stamp Set, Silver Emboss Powder, Lovely Flowers Edgelit Dies,  Botanical Butterfly DSP, Black, Soft Sea Foam, Smoky Slate, Whisper White Card Stock, 

The final card was inspired by an elaborate scrapbook layout I spotted on Pinterest. I just love the splatters which is odd as I am normally attracted to clean and simple cards with loads of white space and structural lines.

You possibly cant see it, but under all those splatters is the starting point of this cards creation - the Air Mail Background stamp.

Supplies: Butterfly Gala Stamp Set, Airmail Stamp Set, Botanical Butterfly DSP, Tea Together Stamp Set, Smoky Slate, Whisper White & Soft Sea Foam Card Stock, Highland Heather, Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends, Black Stampin' Write Marker, Foam Strips.

The splatters are achieved using a Black Stampin' Write Marker, taking the brush end and flicking it against the Marker lid.  The butterfly images from the Botanical Butterfly DSP,  have been fussy cut, lightly coloured using Highland Heather Stampin' Blends both dark and light. The stamped flowers are from the Tea Together stamp set. Each flower has a raised fussy cut inner that has been raised on the bottom with Foam Strips.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Until next time, stay crafty and stay awesome

Gingham Gala Card Collection

Hello Crafty Friends,

Hope you have had a great week. I have a few cards to share with you today. They all feature products from the Gingham Gala Suite - the Butterfly Gala Stamp Set, Punch and the Gingham Gala 6" x 6" DSP Pack.

The Gingham Gala DSP comes is five beautiful colours - Daffodil Delight, Grapefruit Grove, Highland Heather, Balmy Blue and Lemon Lime Twist.

I made three sets of cards - I am on a mission to make and send loads of cards this year and to do so I need a huge stash ready and waiting for when things pop up.

The first set of cards also uses the diagonal striped DSP from the FREE Botanical Butterfly DSP Pack which is part of the Sale-A-Bration promotion. I have stamped the right hand side of the card front with the little butterfly stamps. I just adore the Rectangle Stitched Framelits, actually, I adore anything with stitching lol This card design uses these Framelits to cut the DSP, White White panels as well as the sentiment.

The butterflies for all today's cards have been punched from shimmery white card stock that had splashes of coordinating ink which was then stamped with the butterfly images in black ink.

For the next set of cards I have omitted the rectangles and replaced them with die cut circles. The Gingham DSP orientation has been flipped and the card front and white white circle die cut have been splattered with black ink.

The final two cards have had the DSP cut on a diagonal for something a little bit different from the other collection of cards. I intended on making this collection in more than two colours but realised I didn't have the matching clips so stopped at just the two.

The stitched label framelits were used for the die cut which holds the sentiment. And a FYI, this stamp set has been designed to coordinate with a punch and has two images - a large and small butterfly which is so handy. I did cut mine apart - every so gently as I wanted the option of stamping one image at a time.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I appreciate the time you have spent in visiting my blog. Wishing you a fabulous day. Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

Gingham Gala Suite - New Year - New Catalogue

Good Day Crafty Friends

Happy New Year. I hope you have had a fabulous festive season. If you were lucky you got to spend it with all your loved ones. We had absolutely brilliant summer weather over Christmas and New Years here in Perth, which was perfect for BBQs by the pool.

I am so excited for the coming year, the 2019 Artisan Design Team officially start today - yipeeeee!!  I am still pinching myself to wake up from this unbelievable dream! This year is the first Onstage Live in New Zealand, and even though I suffer from chronic travel sickness, I have committed to attending this amazing three day event. April cannot rock around fast enough!! I get to visit my hometown and all my family and friends - it’s been seven years so this aspect alone is going to be a highlight.

With the arrival of the New Year sees the arrival of the new Occasions Catalogue along with the Sale-a-Bration promotion.

And on top of all that, if you join Stampin' Up! during Sale-a-Bration you have the option to add this fabulous EXCLUSIVE Craft & Carry Tote.

If you would like to know more about any of the current Stampin' Up! promotions or would like a copy of the latest catalogues, please feel free to drop me a message and I will add you to my V.I.P. program which ensures you stay updated with the latest catalogues and promotional details.

I do love that a lot of the Sale-a-Bration items coordinate with so many products from the Occasions catalogue. One example is the Butterfly Gala Bundle which includes the Stamp set and duet punch. The DSP used in the card below is one of the coordinating products from Sale-a-Bration catalogue - page 9. There is also coordinating wooden butterfly embellishments. How cool is that, buy the Gingham Gala Bundle with the DSP and Ribbon and you qualify for one of the FREEBIES mentioned above. 

The second card has been created by adding splashes of ink to Watercolour Paper, allowing to dry overnight and then stamping the butterfly images in black ink before using the Butterfly Duet Punch. I have also used my favourite framelits - the Rectangle Stitched Framelits!! These are so cool, they leave stitching on both the negative and die cuts.

The Gingham Gala Suite is so easy to create with, the stamped images stamp a large and small butterfly in one go, with the punch doing the same - punching both images in one punch! Plus the Botanical Butterfly DSP that is part of Sale-a-Bration has so many butterfly images that the punch also cuts - how brilliant is that for coordination!!!

Product List

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Bundle [150599] $61.00	Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper [149622] $0.00	Gingham Gala 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [148554] $19.25	Gingham Gala Adhesive-Backed Sequins [148561] $13.00
Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $14.75	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00

Thanks for stopping by today, until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty