Country Home with Wood Textures

Hello Crafty Friends,

I hope you are having a great week.  Today's card is another using the fabulous new Country Home stamp set. It is also another quick and easy creation, enabling me to whip up a few in a short amount of time.

I have started with a Black Card Base, to which I have added a piece of Wood Textures DSP. The card front has been stamped twice (with a gap in between the two images). The stamped images were coloured using Stampin' Blends.

Before attaching the stamped card front to the DSP, I have used the criss cross stitched die from the Stitched Labels Framelits and then wrapped Black and White Bakers Twine in between the die cut lines.

The sentiment from the Country Home stamp set has been inked in Black, die cut using a frame from the Foliage Frame Framelits and then adhered it over the Bakers Twine using mini dimensionals.

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Chase Your Dreams & Foliage Frames

Good Day Crafty Friends,

While I had the supplies out on the desk from yesterdays crafting session I decided to whip another card using the Floral Frames Bundle.

The large frame has been die cut from Whisper White card and then die cut again using the large dreamcatcher die from the Chase Your Dreams Framelits.

I then added the Blushing Bride dreamcatcher over the top along with some heat embossed flowers that have been water coloured using a light shade of Flirty Flamingo.  The Sahara Sand card front was white heat embossed with the sentiment before adhering to a Whisper White card base.

A panel of Tropical Escape DSP has been adhered over the Blushing Bride panel that has been embossed with the Subtle embossing folder.

To finish the card and ensure it wasn't too pink, I added a few Soft Sea Foam leaves.

Really.....I haven't shared the next card? Gosh, I am behind lol I made the next card what seems like months ago lol

The Dream Catchers were created by sponging some Shimmery White card with Lemon Lime Twist and Coastal Cabana inks and then die cutting. I also had enough left over to die cut the Dream from the same sponged card. This was then adhered to a black die cut and then adhered to vellum which has been fussy cut around. The large letter dies were used to create the BIG from Black card.

Oh My, this card is really adorable in real life and a fellow crafter has already received it in the mail.

The Shimmery White card was lightly washed with Lemon Lime Twist and Coastal Cabana and then embossed with the Subtle embossing folder. The sentiment from Stitched All Around has been white heat embossed on vellum and cut down to fit under the frame.

The large frame image from Foliage has been coloured using Stampin' Blends and then fussy cut.

Another using the uber vivid colour combination of Highland Heather and Coastal Cabana. The large floral frame has been stamped in Black ink and then clear heat embossed. I have then used Water Colour pencils to colour the image. A few silver foil leaves and heart were added along with a white heat embossed sentiment.

And the last card I have to share today has had the floral images white heat embossed onto the Highland Heather card front and then coloured using Water Colour pencils and a blender pen.

Until next time, stay awesome, stay organised and stay crafty

Floral Frames & Foliage Framelits

Hello Crafty Friends,

Hope you are having a fabulous day. Its been pouring and blowing a gale here in Perth today - perfect weather to be in the craft room all day without the little pangs of guilt that no house work has been done lol.

Hubby and I have had a busy month at work despite the terrible weather lately, so my normal crafting and blogging routine have really been out of whack - gah. Apologies for the inconsistency of late, I will hopefully be back on track next month.

Anywho, I'm pretty sure you are here to have a geezer at a few cards I have created with the Floral Frames stamp set.

The card front on this card has been stamped using the little leaf branch image in Sahara Sand. I have also used the brush tip of my Sahara Sand Stampin' Blends and gave it a few flicks of ink.

The floral images have been white heat embossed onto Shimmery White card and water coloured using Flirty Flamingo.

Soft Sea Foam card has been used for the leaf die cuts and the little heart from the Stitched Labels Framelits.  The sentiment from Rooted in Nature has been white heat embossed onto Black card and then cut up into segments before adhering with mini dimensionals.

The second card is virtually the same, swapping out one of the Soft Sea Foam leaves for another style and changing the sentiment to a hanging tag.

A few Silver glitter punched hearts were added to coordinate with the silver thread on the sentiment tag.

Thats all for today lovelies. Until next time, stay awesome, stay organised and stay crafty

Colour INKspiration #38 - Framelits

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to Colour INKspiration #38. You are currently visiting Jackie Aitken in Western Australia. If you are following the hop you may have arrived here from Kiama, NSW, having just visited my super talented friend Denita Wright-Smee.

Stampin' Up! ® has just had a major colour revamp so to start off the new catalogue year at Colour INKspiration we've decided to feature a Colour Collection for the first challenge each month (2nd Wednesday) until we have showcased them all! The second challenge in the month (4th Wednesday) will be a Pinterest inspired pic as per usual just to mix it up a bit. This month we are playing with the brights COLLECTION and you can choose any 3 colours from that range for your challenge project. We are also changing the rules about what else you can add to the mix; essentially just the Basics - Whisper White, Very Vanilla and Basic Black as well as metallics.

We have an absolutely gorgeous colour combination for this fortnights challenge - Berry Burst, Powder Pink, Gray Granite, Black and Whisper White.

My card is basically made up of a lot of white space with hints of colour and a few die cuts. I have used the Chase Your Dreams Framelits, Tropical Thinlits and Foliage Frame Framelits to die cut Black, White, Powder Pink, Gray Granite and Berry Burst card stock.

The Whisper White card front has been splattered with black ink and then embossed with the Subtle Embossing Folder. A die cut dream catcher and square stitched frame were adhered to the base with dabs of Tombow before adhering the foliage die cuts. A Baker Twine Bow has been added over the Stitched Heart with a glue dot.

A stitched heart creating using the Stitched Labels Framelits, hides the ends of the die cuts and under this I also attached the swing tag sentiment.

The card front has a strip of Black card adhered along the left hand edge. A panel of Berry Burst card was tucked under the card front on an angle and adhered to the card base before adhering the card front.

INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by hopping around to see what all of the Colour INKspiration Crew have to show you. Then you have 12 days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate but if you do you can link back to your post. Make sure you use all of the challenge colours. Not a member of the Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.

Up Next in this fortnights Colour INKspiration Blog Hop is our Guest Designer, Jan Clothier with her super stunning project. Thanks for stopping by today, we appreciate the time you have invested to hop with us today x

Floral Frames with Tropical Chic

Good Day Crafty Friends,

A quick post today as I just wanted to share a couple of cards I thought I had shared already but on checking back through my Pinterest account, it seems I haven't.

The Floral Frames Bundle has so many elements. The stamp set and coordinating dies are gorgeous, I love the fonts of the sentiments and the framelits have stunning foliage dies.

The first card uses the large floral frame decorative framelit. I have die cut it from Whisper White card and attached to a card front that has been embossed with the Basket Weave Embossing Folder. The Frangipani flower, from Tropical Chic stamp set has been inked in Melon Mambo and Pineapple Punch. The stamped foliage is from Jar of Love stamp set and the Lemon Lime Twist die cut leaves were created using one of the many dies from Foliage Frames.

The second card was kept nice and simple with a subtle embossed background created using the Softly Falling Embossing Folder. The large floral frame image was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Ink and coloured using stamping blends. The extra black foliage from Jar of Love was fussy cut and tucked behind the frame.

The third card again uses the large floral die cut from Whisper White card. The Frangipani flowers were inked in Pineapple Punch and then the centre sponged with Flirty Flamingo ink. The background has been embossed with the Pinewood Planks embossing folder and then a panel of Wood Textures DSP. A strip of Pineapple Punch card was adhered to the Wood Textures DSP to coordinate with the matt layer under the card front.

These cards were all very easy and fast to create thanks to the wonderful Floral Foliage Frames bundle and some embossing folders.

Until next time, stay awesome, stay organised and stay crafty

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