Sweet Soirée Memories & More Card Pack

Hello Crafty Friends,

Hope your day is going well. Today, I am sharing another group of cards made with the Free Sale-a-bration Memories & More Card Pack - Sweet Soirée.

One Pack Wonder - Cards 6 to 10

Items used to create this set of 44 Cards: Sweet Soirée Memories & More Card Pack (Free Sale-a-Bration item), Cake Soirée Stamp, Hardwood Background Stamp, White Card Bases, Embossing Folders, White Bakers Twine & White Embossing Powder.

Design #6

This is another of my favourites from the set of 44. I gave the card some stitching detail by running the card through the Big Shot with a square stitched Framelit. 

The sentiment was stamped directly onto the Memories & More Card with Black Archival Ink. The flowers were inked using Blushing Bride, Sweet Sugar Plum, Melon Mambo & Rich Razzleberry. Pool Party, Lemon Lime Twist and Old Olive inks for the foliage. 

The stamped images were fussy cut (I hadn’t ordered the Dies when making this set - they are on their way!)

The card front has been embossed then layered with Black Card before adhering to card base. The Memories & More Card was also layered in Black Card to match its base. 

Design #7

Another one of my favourites and easy to create. You could emboss the white card front but I decided to leave it plain and just adhere to the card base. To this I added the Old Olive Polka Dot Memories & More Card. 

Using the square stitched Framelits to cut the base of the centrepiece. To this a slightly smaller square was cut and embossed using the Hexagon Folder. A strip of scrap from another M&M Card was tucked under the square before adhering to card front.

The floral images were inked using Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry. I used a sponge dauber to apply the darker centres. Pool Party, Old Olive & Lemon Lime Twist inks were used for the other foliage. 

Design #8

These cards combine elements of the card above with my favourite horizontal striped card placed on the left hand side. A 0.5” inch strip has been adhered to the card base (left or right, I prefer the left). Before attaching the white card front to the base, I adhere a thin strip of black card on the left hand side. 

The Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Memories & More Card has been adhered using Tombow. The stamped images have been attached using mini dimensionals. The Best Wishes sentiment was white heat embossed on black and also adhered using dimensionals.

Design #9

Oh my.......look at that wonky stitching! Lol I swear they didn’t look that bad when I was doing them! Naughty Betsy (my sewing machine) she must have had too many New Years drinks before I let her drive! 

Omit the stitching and use a Stiched Framelit is my suggestion lol So basically this is two M & M cards layered on top of each other. The smaller of the two cards has had the sentiment stamped directly onto it using Black Archival. 

Design #10

Just keep your eyes at the top of this card and the stitching looks great! Again you can omit the stitching on these two cards. 

Using the larger patterned Memories & More Card as the card front, before attaching the smaller card, I adhered a delicate doiley. They have been applied in different orientations on both cards.

The sentiment was stamped directly onto the smaller card and then adhered to the card front using Tombow.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope my creations have inspired you to get into your craft room and create.  

If you are like me, and would rather stroke and admire your lovely collection of papers, dsp, memory keeping cards, than cut them up, know that if you love it, the recipient is more than likely going to love it too! 

Share your pretties! One of my major goals for 2018 is to make 365 Cards - that’s a Card a day. 44 Down 321 left to make. Have you set a crafting goal for 2018? I’d love to hear what yours is. 

Until next time, stay awesome by staying crafty,

One Pack Wonder - Sweet Soirée Memories & More

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Happy New Year and Happy Sale-a-Bration!!! I love free product....who doesn't? I joined Stampin' Up! during a Sale-a-bration, so I know from a demonstrator and customer point of view - it is the best time to purchase all those Stampin' Up! products that have been on your wish list. In Australia, for every $90 you spend on product you get to chose a free item from the Sale-a-bration brochure.

Today I am excited to share my One Pack Wonder using the Free SAB Sweet Soiree Memories & More Card Pack. With White Card Bases, Embossing Folders and the Cake Soirée Stamp Set, I was able to create 44 Cards. There are 23 different designs - 2 each of 21 designs and 2 single designs.

Items used: Cake Soirée Stamp Set, Hardwood Background Stamp, Sweet Soirée Memories & More Card Pack, White Card Bases (one card uses Old Olive), Embossing Folders, White Bakers Twine, Delicate Doilies 

Note: A few cards have stitching which can easily be omitted. Some use scraps of retired DSP which can easily be replaced with something current. All stamped images were fussy cut as I did not have the Thinlits when making this set)

Design #1

One of the large cards with a diagonal stripe was cut into 0.5” strips lengthwise. I used these strips for the edges of these two cards and put the rest aside.

The floral images from Cake Soirée Stamp Set were inked in Powder Pink, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Lemon Lime Twist. 

Also used : Oval Stitched Shapes Framelits, Polka Dot Embossing Folder, White Heat Embossing, DSP

Design #2

Similar design to the first, striped card running down left hand edge, swapped out DSP, added Marina Mist Ink to the floral cluster, heat embossing on Rich Razzleberry opposed to black card. 

Design #3

Using the diagonal strips left over from the first card, adhere to left hand side of card base. A thin strip of black/Old Olive card is attached to the embossed white card front before adhering to base.

The small Memories & More Card has been flipped in these two cards to provide a bit of difference. The card on the left has had a sentiment stamped directly onto the card, both have heat embossed sentiments.

Design #4

These two are identical and were very fast and easy to construct. The larger card has been cut down slightly to fit the card base. 

The small floral cluster in the left hand corner has been fussy cut from a large card (predominantly purple with a large white oval, floral cluster one end, greeting inside oval) 

The sentiment has been white heat embossed on Rich Razzleberry Card and adhered with dimensionals

Design #5

My favourite! Embossed white card front adhered to card base. Layer the two small Memories & More cards (slant the back card with the front card parallel to the card base) 

Images were stamped in Powder Pink, Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo for the flowers - I used a sponge dauber to achieve the ombré look. Pool Party, Lemon Lime Twist and Old Olive inks were used for the leaves/foliage.

The sentiment is white heat embossed on black card, adhered with dimensionals.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you can call by again over the next few days as I share the rest of the cards made with this gorgeous and FREE Sale-a-bration Memories & More Card pack. 

Until next time, stay crafty

Just Add Ink #391 - Tree's, Twine or Tags

Hello Crafty Friends

Its almost Christmas!!! Only a few more sleeps now. I am so excited. I am one of those that stay up until midnight on Christmas Eve to open my presents. I have done it since I was a child, the suspense kills me, so I get it out of the way and get to sleep in on Christmas Day. Now, that's the best present anyone could ask for in my book.

Its challenge time over at Just Add Ink, and this week we have the final challenge for 2017!!! This week Kim has asked that we Just choose two from either Twine, Trees or Tags.

I chose to use all three elements for this challenge. Tags, with trees and twine. These were all very easy and fast to create. I love personalised tags with my Christmas wrapped gifts and this years theme is predominately pink - some of the gift wrapping has pink flamingos with santa hats! These tags will go nicely with the last minute gifts that will be purchased over the next few days.  Here is a picture of my Christmas Tree.

 Onto my challenge creations - I made four pink gift tags - two long or regular size and two small.

I love the tree image on the Merry Little Christmas DSP, and seeing its about to retire, I decided it was time to use the remainder of my stash. Combined with a few die cuts, some stamping and twine, these tags took less than an hour to make.

 

 

To a Powder Pink card base, a slightly smaller piece of DSP in Black and White Buffalo Check was adhered with tombow. The Powder Pink front has a stitched frame cut to reveal a piece of the tree DSP tucked behind. The sentiment from Happy Birthday Gorgeous was stamped in Momento Black ink, die cut and adhered over the dsp on the inside of the stitched frame. To finish it off, the To and From were stamped and Black and White Bakers twine added.

 

 

This tag has a Whisper White card base and a Powder Pink front. Again a stitched die frame was removed from the Powder Pink card stock and some DSP placed behind the reveal. The Merry Christmas sentiment from At Home with You stamp set was inked in Momento Black and die cut using Stitched Framed dies. Black card die cut trees were attached behind the sentiment and loops of silver twine added. To and From were stamped at the top and Black & White Bakers twine for hanging.

 

The two smaller tags use some of the off cuts. The heart tag was created by folding a piece of Powder Pink card in half, die cutting a shape from the front, adhering DSP in the reveal then stamping the sentiments and adhering the off cut heart with dimensionals. A small black card stock tree die cut was placed over a Black & White bakers twine which has been adhered in a heart shape. The fourth tag literally uses scraps left over from making the other three tags, adding a neutral twine bow to finish it off.

I hope you find time to play along with us this week, you can add your creation to the gallery here. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my crafty friends a very Merry Christmas. Make loads of memories and cherish those that you love. Stay safe out there and see you in the New Year.

And finally, a very special Merry Christmas to "Sally" & Jan - part of the Just Add Ink Design Team. (For those who do not know - Sally is Jan's special pooch) So from my boys to Sally, The JAI Design Team and all my crafty friends and their fur babies.............

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year

Lol - they don't look overly impressed, may have something to do with the treat in Mums hand that is not being given to them or the fact they have these foreign things around there necks...don't worry I only put them on for the photo and they get to destroy them on Christmas Day xx

 

Stay Crafty

 

 

Paper Adventures Team Blog Hop - Sketch

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog and the Paper Adventures Team Blog Hop. You are currently visiting Jackie Aitken. I am so excited about todays post. I have been invited by the delightful Kelly Kent, to join her and her team in their monthly blog hop as a Guest Designer - such an honour! Kelly is such a giving, thoughtful and caring lady, she is generous with her time, extremely helpful and so very creative. She has an equally amazing group of ladies in her team of Paper Adventurers, so I was more than delighted to join them in their final blog hop for 2017.

 

 

I am lucky enough to be on two Design Teams with Kelly. She is constantly creating and sharing. Kelly also designed this months blog hop sketch -is there anything this wonder woman cannot do! Such a wonderful sketch, I was able to produce this card with little thought process - just select stamps and colours.

Starting with a Sweet Sugar Plum card base, I added a layer of Early Espresso. The next set of layers are using the same colours with the addition of some gold foil card, cut into the three panels as detailed in the sketch.

 

The centre cluster has been mounted on another set of layered card in Sweet Sugar Plum, Early Espresso and Gold Foil. These have been cut using the Stitched Shapes Framelits - taking the largest square die and extending the cuts.

 

I have used the Hexagon Embossing Folder on the three Early Espresso Panels to provide a point of difference between the card base and the layered centre cluster.

The large floral image in the Birthday Blooms stamp set is my go to stamp for Birthdays, Congratulations and Thank You cards. I love colouring this floral bouquet either with water colour pencils, SU inks or Stampin' Blends. This one has been coloured using ink pads and an aqua painter. A light layer of Daffodil Delight was laid down first and then left to dry. Once dry I then use an extra fine paintbrush to apply darker lines of Daffodil Delight.

 

The flower was fussy cut and then adhered to gold foil, which was then fussy cut. This gives the floral image a gold border to match the layers. The pistols in the centre of the flower have been heat embossed in gold, using a paint brush to apply the Versamark.

 

To complete the sketch, a gold foil banner was tucked under the centre cluster and a gold heat embossed sentiment on Sweet Sugar Plum card was adhered with a mini dimensional.

 

Be sure to hop all the way through the Paper Adventure's Team Blog Hop, the girls have created absolutely beautiful creations to share with you. Next up in the blog hop is Kelly Kent. Enjoy xx

Thank You for stopping by and visiting my blog today. Until next time, stay crafty

Just Add Ink #389 - Hometown Greetings

Hello Crafty Friends

Hope your Friday is going great. Its been another exceptionally busy week in our household - prepping for Christmas, planning activities for Mum's visit in a few weeks time and my daughter graduated Year 12 - High School, on Wednesday night. Such a proud Mumma Bear. Not going to lie, I did shed a few tears as she walked the stage to receive her certificates, looking beautiful in her graduation gown and sash.

 

On top of my already hectic schedule, Hubby asked if we could send cards to the Boutique Builders we subcontract to. Compared to the larger, commercialised building companies we deal with, these bespoke Builders not only are amazing to work for, but they care about what they do, how they do it, while maintaining a high level of craftsmanship and value for money.

 

This week over at Just Add Ink, the amazingly talented Kelly has provided us this Inspiration Picture for Challenge #389. A stunning array of naturally wrapped gifts. So pretty and I bet it smells divine. I thought I would use this weeks challenge to create one of the Thank You cards for our Boutique Builders.

 

I really wanted to replicate the gorgeous presents in the picture for my Christmas Day Table setting, but the greenery will have gone yuck by the 25th - boooo, I so adore the brown paper wrapping, twine and greenery combination.

 

 

Stamps: Pop of Paradise

Card/Dsp: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Black, Old Olive, Merry Little Christmas DSP

Other: White Craft Ink, Neutral Twine, Botanicals Builder Everyday Jar Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Hometown Greetings Edgelits

 

Be sure to check out the amazing creations the Design Team have shared to inspired you and or join us and play along, you can submit your entries here.  Hope you have an amazing weekend, until next time, stay crafty 

 

 

 

 

Onstage Display Stamper Application - Perth 2018

Good Day Crafty Friends,

  

Today's blog post is a special one. It features cards I have blogged about previously, so I am not showing anything new. The purpose of this post is to collate a collection of my creations to enable me to apply to be an Onstage Display Stamper for Perth in 2018. 

 

ONSTAGE DISPLAY STAMPER APPLICATION 

Below are three (standard size) card fronts.

#1 Bella & Friends with water colouring and sponging details

 

 

#2 Beachy Little Christmas Shaker Card

 

 

#3 - Hello Friend and Wood Grain Background with Memories & More "Perfect Days"

Scrapbook Page - Flower Shop, Happy Birthday Gorgeous, Floral Phrases DSP

 

Below are two of my recent 3D projects

#1 - Santa Suit Bundle, Beachy Little Christmas Box Card

 

#2 - Conservatory using Colourful Seasons and Brightly Lit

 

 

 

 

Thank You for stopping by and reviewing my application to be an Onstage Display Stamper.