Display Board Stamper Blog Hop - Sea of Textures, Lilypad Lake, Painted Glass

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome to the Onstage April 2018 Presenter & Display Board Showcase Blog Hop. Thanks for joining us.

You are currently visiting Jackie Aitken in Western Australia.  If you are following the hop, you may have arrived here from talented, Kim Oliver. There are quite a few Demonstrators from all over the globe participating in this hop, so be sure to hop all the way through, for loads of inspiration using some of the new products from the new Annual Catalogue.

I was lucky enough to be a Display Board Stamper at my second ever Onstage, in Perth, Western Australia. I was so nervous I couldn't hang my samples, so my wonderful Upline, Sarah Klass, stepped in and hung them for me while I received Check In training. Below is a picture of my Display Board.

My generous box of goodies contained three stamp sets: Sea of Textures, Painted Glass and Lilypad Lake. The new Subtle Embossing Folder and the Lovely Label punch were in there too. I also received the new in colour DSP and matching embellishments, which was so exciting to see, but so hard to keep the excitement to yourself lol.

Below are the samples I created for my Display Board. WARNING: Lots of photographs to follow, so I will keep the chit chat to a minimum.

SEA OF TEXTURES STAMP SET

Sampler - Netting made with Linen Thread

Fancy Fold - Shadow Box Card with Acetate Window. On opening and closing the sailing boats move.

Shaker card with a sponged card front.

Shaker Card, sponged background, silver heat embossed images and White Sand.

Another Shaker Card - the new adhesive backed sequins are stunning.

Stamped background, sponged side panel with vellum "bubbles".

Two Original Fancy Folds Designs - Shadow Box Card & Aquarium Box Card.

LILYPAD LAKE STAMP SET

Another Shadow Box card with acetate window. Sponged background and reverse stamped images.

Sponged panel with stamped images coloured using Stampin' Blends.

The sailing boats are so cute, I had to make a nautical themed card, complete with a life buoy.

PAINTED GLASS STAMP SET


A 12 x 12 Scrapbook Page Layout

Again, some white heat embossed images that have been water coloured. The butterfly has been fussy cut and adhered with mini dimensionals.

The roses on this card are also white heat embossed, on Vellum. Colour has been applied to the back with Stampin Blends.

Also in my box was the Lovely Label Punch. I have sponged a piece of Shimmery White card stock, used a portion to create the panel on the left and the remainder, was punched and used as a base for the roses.

Another Shadow Box Card with the Gold Foil exterior embossed using the new Subtle Embossing Folder. The Medallion image has been Gold heat embossed and portions of the stamped image, fussy cut and layered.

For those that are familiar with my work, will know I struggle to use DSP. I tried incorporating the stunning In Colour DSP pack I received with the cards I was creating, but it just wasn't working.  Then, I had a light bulb moment. I love making Pocket Cards, so what better way to show the DSP.

The next few creations feature the new In Colour DSP Pack & Binder Clips along with products that are carrying over into the new Catalogue.

Pineapple Punch

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Lovely Lipstick

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Call Me Clover

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That's it folks!! I can hear you sighing lol I know - I'm a sharer!

Next up in the blog hop is my lovely and talented friend, Nicole Wilson. I was lucky enough to share the board with Nicole, so can vouch for how stunning her creations are in real life. Enjoy xx

Thank You so much for hopping with us today, your time to view our projects is greatly appreciated.

Interested in some of the Fancy Fold cards featured in today's post? Tutorials are available!! Just click on the image below to be taken to the AddINKtive Designs Tutorial Shop.

Perth Onstage - Display Board Samples - Sea of Textures

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Today is the day I can finally share what I have been working on for the past few months - My Display Boards for Onstage Perth. 

Such an exciting opportunity to be selected as a Display Stamper. I received a box of new catalogue goodies in February and got to work straight away. I completed most of my creations within the first week of getting the box. 

I loved creating my projects and am so proud I did it, but the night before Onstage I got so nervous I worked myself into a tizzy! Lol The morning of Onstage was the worst. I was so worried others wouldn’t like my work, I felt like I was going to vomit lol 

I also volunteered for Check In, which was a blessing, as it enabled me to take my mind off my display board samples and just have fun. I loved giving all the lovely demo’s in my queue a warm welcome and their goodie bag! 

Anywho, onto a few of my creations. I was given three stamp sets to showcase. I made quite a few projects using the Sea of Textures Stamp Set. 

A couple of shaker cards

I had to do some fancy folds - the Octopus really needed to be put into some underwater scenes. I am in the process of writing tutorials for the following two cards - Three Sided Aquarium and Window box card. The little sailing boats move as you fold it close!!

Some simple stamping with a sponged edge - this one also has vellum "bubbles".

Another shaker card, this time with White Sand instead of Sequins.

And I couldn’t help myself but do a sampler - think this was my favourite project using this Stamp Set. All the fussy cut images were stamped and then clear heat embossed. The fish net was made using Linen Thread and a tutorial on Pinterest.

I actually made another three cards using this stamp set that didn't make the "cut" - I could only display between 15-20 items and had to cull some of the projects to allow room for the other stamp sets I received.

 

I will share the remaining cards in posts over the coming days. Until next time, stay crafty

 

 

Color INKspiration Challenge #21

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog. You are visiting, Jackie. If you are following the blog hop you may have arrived here from the wonderfully talented Rachel Palmieri. I am so excited to be able to join this fortnights Colour INKspiration blog hop, having missed the last one.

Our stunning colour palette for challenge #21 has been provided by Rose Packer. Joining us on our blog hop is our guest designer, Megan Lenske.

I initially wanted to create a colourful floral bouquet with the challenge colours, but ended up in a totally different direction. My 3D Aquarium card is completely foldable for posting.

I started with a Thick Whisper White card base. I scored an A4 sheet into 4 even panels leaving a tiny edge for a tab. Using the layering square Framelits, I extended the die cut to remove a rectangle on two of the scored panels. A piece of acetate was adhered to the inside of both rectangles with tombow.

The background was sponged with Soft Sky and Pear Pizzazz inks and them flicked with water. After this dried I flicked small amounts of Soft Sky and Pear Pizzazz. Once dry, I then stamped the seaweed image in Black Archival and applied Pear Pizzazz with an aqua painter.

The sand was created from Sahara Sand card and stamped with crumb cake using the seabed image from Magical Mermaid.  Next the fish were stamped in Archival Black and coloured using an Aqua Painter in all the challenge colours.

A few fish were adhered directly to the background along with the sandy floor. The background was then adhered to the box card base. The floating fish were adhered with acetate to the tabs at the bottom of the base card using tombow. Shells and seaweed die cuts created using a small leaf die from the Eclectic Layers Framelits were littered throughout the sandy sea bed.

The sentiments from Seaside Shore were stamped in Soft Sky and Pear Pizzaz, die cut using the stitched shapes Framelits - extended and shortened. The Ahoy There was fussy cut and adhered using mini dimensionals.

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.

Hope you join us and play along.  Up next in the blog hop is fabulously talented Rose Packer and her stunning creation. Enjoy!

 

 

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today. Until next time, stay crafty