Tags & Tidings Christmas Card

Good Day Crafty Friends,

I have a quick post to share with you today.....one I forgot to post while I was on holiday!! I am pretty sure I posted it on Instagram and hence why I thought I had shared it already.

The Tags and Tidings stamp set has sixteen images on the one stamp. It has been designed to coordinate with the Christmas Tags Thinlits to die cut all those images into gorgeous little Christmas gift tags. I have used it as a background, inspired by the picture above.

This card uses one of the Silver Foil Edged card bases which can be found on page 11 of the Holiday Catalogue. It has matching Silver Foil Edged envelopes and is also available in Gold. 

A piece of Real Red card stock has been Silver Heat Embossed with the Tags and Tiding stamp set. To this a die cut scalloped circle was added, this was embossed using the Hexagon embossing folder and adhered with Tombow. 

The Santa Claus image from Signs of Santa stamp set has been coloured using Stampin' Blends and then fussy cut (although there are coordinating dies available) Before adhering the Santa image with dimensionals I added a Silver Foil border die cut, made using a thinlit from the Petals & More Thinlits.

Below is a product list of all the items used to create this card. Click on the product images to be taken to my Online Store.

Product List

Tags & Tidings Photopolymer Stamp Set [147779] $30.00	Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $8.75
Silver Foil-Edged Cards & Envelopes [147900] $16.50	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $14.75	Petals & More Thinlits Dies [145655] $59.00	Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $58.00
Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143231] $16.00	Stitched Labels Framelits Dies [146828] $57.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $6.00

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you can join me again soon as I have loads more inspiration for Christmas Cards using products from the Holiday Catalogue.

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop - Lay it Out

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to the One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop for June 2018. I am so super excited to be joining this team of talented Demonstrators as we share our creativity with monthly themed blog hops using Stampin' Up! products.

This month’s theme is "Lay it Out". Yay!! Something a little different and fun. I totally enjoyed this challenge as I don't often create Page Layouts, and ended up going a little overboard with two colour themed projects. While I had everything out it was easier to create two sets, also just incase I boo booed one,  there was a back up project lol.

There are literally so many stunning suites in the new Annual Catalogue, I have to admit I felt spoilt for choice when choosing what items to use for this challenge. As mentioned earlier, I have made a few sets - A Page Layout with matching card.

The first Page and Card use the bright and fun, Pineapple Punch teamed with Black & White. I have used a variety of stamps along with Archival Black & Pineapple Punch inks. A portion of both the Page and Card have also been lightly sponged.

Its a very eclectic design created using a mix of stamps inked in Black Archival ink: Tabs for Everything, Artisan Textures, Timeless Textures, Rooted in Nature, Pick a Pennant and Stitched All Around.

And a mix of die cuts created using: Stitched Labels Framelits, Petal Palette Thinlits, Stitched Shapes Framelits.

The second set also includes a layout and matching card. This time swapping out the Pineapple Punch for Lemon Lime Twist - even though the photo's really do not do the LLT any justice.

I have used almost the same stamp sets from the first project, swapping out a few from Timeless Textures and adding extra images from the Accented Blooms.  The first layout has been stamped in a "t" pattern, the second in a "c" shape starting and ending on the right hand side. Don't be afraid to stamp over previously stamped images for added depth. The wavey image stamp from Artisan Textures was great for this technique and used heavily on this set.

No DSP was harmed in the making of these projects lol. For those that follow my work/blog, will know I am not a big user of DSP and will always try to find a way to complete challenges with just stamps, ink and matching card. However, I did just order three packs of stunning DSP from the new catalogue, so time will tell if I can use it or will struggle like usual and start a DSP collection in a dedicated corner of my crafty space.

Be sure to hop all the way through for some amazing inspiration. If you get lost anywhere along the way, just click on the participant list provided at the bottom of each blog, to get you back on track. Enjoy the inspiration and creativity xx

Thanks for stopping by today. Until next time, stay crafty

Colour INKspiration #33

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to this fortnights Colour INKspiration Challenge #33. You are currently visiting Jackie Aitken in Western Australia.  If you are following the Blog Hop you may have arrived here from my amazingly talented friend, Bronwyn Eastley. Wasn't her creation super adorable!! Be sure to follow the Hop all the way through to get some amazing inspiration on how the Design Team have used this fortnights colours.

The challenge colours are Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla and Sahara Sand.

I have never used Always Artichoke as a colour in any form, ink or card. And with this deep in my mind, I found it super hard to come up with something for this challenge. I knew I was over thinking it, so I went ahead and created a card using predominately Night of Navy and Very Vanilla with gold accents.

I have so much DSP that I need to stop crushing on and just use! I decided to make a start on decreasing that DSP stash by using some to create this card. I loved this DSP, but with a new catalogue just around the corner, I just cant keep it all. I have used it to line the panels of this Tri-Fold Card.

The front panel has an Oval window with  die cut Very Vanilla and Gold Foil foliage, created using the Petals and More Thinlits. The Thank You sentiment from the new Painted Glass stamp set has been Gold Heat Embossed on Vellum and tucked into the window, over the foliage.

If you look real hard in the next photograph you can see die cuts in Marina Mist, Always Artichoke and Sahara Sand, adhered to the inside panel. This is my cheeky addition to the card, to ensure all the challenge colours were used. The sentiment has been Gold Heat Embossed.

The edge of the inside panel has been decorated using the  Detailed Floral Thinlits, cut in Very Vanilla  and backed with Night of Navy. Gold Glitter Card strips were added to tie in with the other Gold accents on the front panel.

 

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. You can also use neutrals such as white, black, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake and Metallics. 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.

Next up in the Blog Hop is super talented, Julia Quinn. Enjoy xx

 

Thanks for stopping by today, until next, stay awesome