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

Tea Together

Hello Crafty Friends,

Hope you all are keeping well. How is your festive season preparations going? I am so far behind it feels like we are not going to be having a Christmas at all. We have the tree and decorations up but with work being so full on at the moment, I feel as if I haven't had time to enjoy the lead up. Last year was so special with my Mum visiting from New Zealand, we were hyped and ready by mid November lol.

I did manage to post all my Christmas cards off yesterday. Can you believe it took me a full day just to write the inserts for 57 cards!! So with that done, I put away the Christmas stamps and opened up my new box goodies.

Ohhhlalala what a delightful box of fabulousness!!! As Demonstrators, we get to preorder products from upcoming catalogues. January 2019 is the release of the Occasions Catalogue and its also SALE-A-BRATION time!!! You are going to love this years Sale-a-bration items. Even more items have been included that coordinate with products in both the Occasions and Annual catalogues.

An example of this is the Tea Together stamp set - Page 49 of the Occasions Catalogue. It has coordinating framelits that can be earned during Sale-a-bration. Todays card uses both the Tea Together stamp set and the Tea Time Framelit Dies - Page 17 of Sale-a-bration brochure.

Both cards also use pieces of Botanical Butterfly DSP which is also a SAB item. The first card has the diagonal striped panel running down the left hand side and the black and white butterfly DSP die cut using the Tea Pot framelit. Before adhering the Tea Pot to the Whisper White card front, I gave it a little flick with a Basic Black Stampin' Write marker. 

The Whisper White card front was then lined with a panel of black and then Gold Foil before adhering to the diagonal striped DSP with Tombow. I have then attached this to a Black card base.

Gold Metallic Thread has been tucked behind the Tea Pot with a few Gold Glitter hearts and Epoxy Heart Droplets were added. A panel of vellum has been Gold Heat Embossed with a sentiment and adhered with Tombow and a sponge. 

The second card uses another panel of the diagonal striped DSP, this time I have teamed it with the floral images from the Tea Together stamp set. I did borrow the sentiment from another stamp set - Country Home.

Pink toned Stampin' Blends were used to colour the petals and Soft Sea Foam for the leaves. Silver Glitter foliage has also been added between the layering of the floral elements (I couldn't help myself lol)

I absolutely adore the floral images in this stamp set and the Mothers Day sentiments, I cannot wait to use the large statement stamp for my Mumma's MD card next year. That sounds so distant but in reality, next year is just around the corner.....eeekkkk!! Almost time for me to start my journey on the 2019 Artisan Design Team.

I am excited beyond words to start my year with the Talented 2019 ADT crew, they are all such lovely ladies and I am so happy to be sharing this experience with them all. They are all deserving and amazingly inspirational woman. Be sure to join us in 2019 as we overcome our nerves lol and share what we all love - creating with amazing Stampin' Up! products.

As the new team is about to start their tenure, the 2018 Artisan Design Team are winding down with possibly there last Blog Hop for the year. Thank You to the 2018 ADT, your creations throughout this year were amazing, with so much creativity, inspiration, colour, diversification, tips, encouragement and support. Big thanks to Susan Wong and Jennifer Frost for encouraging me to apply for 2019. You ladies along with a few others had more faith in my skills than I did lol Forever grateful for this opportunity!!! Just hope I do not disappoint.

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