Serene Silhouettes with Everything Eleanor

Hi again,

News from Stampin' Up is that the Big Shot Magnetic Platform is now available to order. This is on page 184 of the Annual Catalogue and is priced at £35.95 which I know is quite a lot of money but it is really useful when cutting out stamped images with your Framelits and Edgelits or any other metal die.

Now for today's card....

which uses an image from one of my favourite set of stamps Serene Silhouettes, and the beautiful swirl from Everything Eleanor.

I stamped the image in black StazOn ink (available from Stampin' Up) and then using a water brush painted a very light wash of Pool Party ink around the seed heads. The centre of the seed heads have been given a wash of Summer Starfruit ink. 

The base card is Pool Party and I have used Island Indigo ink to stamp the swirl.

Back soon.

Julia

Morning Meadow

Hi,

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but just been pleasantly busy with family and visitors.

Showing a card today using the Morning Meadow hostess stamp set. However, you could easily reproduce this using any swirl stamp and a flower from the Flower Shop stamp set.

Ooops! I obviously forgot to crop this photo so you have quite a lot of my table in there.

I have used Raspberry Ripple for the base card and Summer Starfruit for the card border, and used the same two colours of ink to stamp my images onto Whisper White card.

Back soon with another idea.

Julia

Mosaic Madness Bundle

I am pleased to say that Stampin' Up are now shipping the Mosaic punch which has been out of stock for a while. With that in mind I am now going to show a couple of bright cheerful cards using the punch and matching stamps.

For the above card I have punched out mosaic shapes from the new Brights Paper Stack and arranged them on the card with a few candy dots.

And the second sample.....

More stamping in this card using the Mosaic Madness stamp set.

Colours used for both cards are Tempting Turquoise and Pumpkin Pie.

Julia

Butterflies and Grunge

Showing cards two and three using stamps from Best of 25 Years 'Butterflies' and Gorgeous Grunge.

Colours:

Card - Island Indigo for base card and Very Vanilla for stamping.

Ink - Island Indigo, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede.

And a more simple design ...

Colours used:

Card - Island Indigo for the base card and Very Vanilla for stamping.

Ink - Island Indigo and Crumb Cake.

Have a good week.

Julia

Gorgeous Grunge with Butterflies

Hello again,

Here is the first of three cards featuring the Best of 25 Years stamp set 'Butterflies'. This set is in addition to the main catalogue and is available until March 2014 or while stocks last. Click this link to view the stamps available in clear mount for £13.95.

The background has been stamped with the scratched lines image from Gorgeous Grunge. 

Colours:

Card - Island Indigo for the base card with Very Vanilla card for stamping

Inks - Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Island Indigo

Candy Dots - Brights and Neutrals

The sentiment is from the Bring on the Cake stamp set.

Julia 

Designer Series Paper Stacks

Hello and apologies, to those of you who regularly follow my blog, for the lack of posts lately.

I was going to show a couple of cards using the Mosaic Bundle of stamps and punch, but as the punch is currently out of stock I felt it would be unfair to tease you, so instead showing a fun card using strips of paper from the new Brights Designer Series Paper Stack.

Colours used here are Pumpkin Pie and Tempting Turquoise. The 'flame' is cut with the Bird Builder punch and is the bird's wing. Add few dots of Dazzling Details Silver Sparkle to the flames and a sentiment - this one is from the stamp set Bring on the Cake.

Julia

Best of Butterflies and Grab your Greetings

Hello,

I had a lovely day on Saturday with an Open House Event to launch the fabulous new catalogue. Everyone who came along could complete a couple of quick make'n'takes (a bit squashed at the table!), but I think a good morning was had by all. Further down this post I will show you some cards I made to show my guests on Saturday.

A little bit of news from Stampin Up. Firstly the Best of 25 Years stamp set for July is a lovely set of butterflies, click this link to see the details. These Best of 25 Year stamp sets are available from their launch month until the 31st March 2014 or while stocks last.

And secondly, Grab your Greetings - there are 3 sets of greeting stamps from the new catalogue (they were also in the previous catalogue) which can be purchased at a discount of 25% from now until the 31st July, details of the sets here. I think a greeting is the finishing touch on a card.

Here are three cards I have made using the new Soho Subway Designer papers. Picture quality not that good, lots of shadow, but here goes .....

I have used the new colour Crisp Cantaloupe for the base card and to stamp the sentiment on this one. The swirl is stamped in Early Espresso. The sentiment is a new stamp set Label Love and has a matching punch Artisan Label.

The base card above is a new colour Baked Brown Sugar and the background is CrumbCake embossed with a new folder Modern Mosiac. The embellishments have been made with the Mosaic punch and a small stamp from the Mixed Bunch set.

And on this final card showcasing the Soho Subway papers, the greeting is again from the Label Love stamp set and the Artisan Label punch. The numbers paper has been embossed with the Houndstooth folder and the base card is Island Indigo.

Back soon.

Julia