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

Happy Birthday Gorgeous - JAI #362

Hello Crafty Friends

I am doing it again....entering another challenge! It was no where as hard as I thought it was going to be, although I did not enter my photo very well I did manage to link everything properly, Yay! And, I got a special mention for my entry, not too mention some lovely comments. Today's card is for another Just Add Ink Challenge #362

 

This weeks challenge is a colour combination - Pool Party, Bermuda Bay and Peakaboo Peach. I'm not a big user of Peakaboo Peach unless I am sponging so was a tad intimidated having to incorporate it with two of my favourite blues to make a card.

 

 

 

The Happy Birthday Thinlit is an easy go to for any birthday card. So this was a good starting point for me when thinking about what to create for this card.

 

 

The Bermuda Bay card front was stamped using small sentiments from the Tabs for Everything set, with Versamark and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

 

The Happy Birthday Thinlit was then used three times, once to cut the Bermuda Bay card front that had just been heat embossed, and once each in Peakaboo Peach and Pool Party card stock. Put the Pool Party die back into its hole and then layer the Peach and Bermuda over the top, adhering with Tombow.

 

Behind the die cut space I used strips of Pool Party ribbon to provide a bit of texture as it looked odd just plain. 

 

The Floral images from Birthday Blooms was stamped in Archival Black ink and coloured using Bermuda Bay for leaves and Peakaboo Peach for the flowers. The larger image that these pieces were fussy cut from can be used for another project.

The sentiment "forever young" and the border, both from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set, was stamped in black and heat embossed with clear powder and adhered with foam strips. I placed a few Peakaboo Peach enamel dots in the corners for a little bit of extra Pop of that colour. 

Do you like my new photo background? Its two large tiles I picked up from a job site we worked on recently. 

Until next time, stay crafty