Showing posts with label Stampin' Up!. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stampin' Up!. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Comfort & Joy

I've been doing a bit of a clean up in my craft room and came across I card I made quite some time ago. At the time I couldn't decide whether or not I liked it, but today I decided yes I do, lol. I think I was experimenting with slightly non-traditional Christmas colours.


After so long I can't remember exactly what I used, but I'll try to give details as close as I can! There's a layer of something over the whole panel that gives it that soft, muted look and it's driving me crazy that I can't recall what I used! I THINK it was clear rock candy glitter, though it's not really glittery - but perhaps that's a 'been stashed away for ages' thing, lol. 

Materials used:
  • stamps - Winter Watercolor 2 (Tim Holtz), Christmas Classics (Stampin' Up)
  • other - stitched rectangle die, Big Shot, moon mask (Tim Holtz), blending brushes, MISTI, abandoned coral distress oxide ink, craft foam, Versamark ink, clear rock candy glitter (Tim Holtz), lost lagoon (retired) SU ink and cardstock

Hope you like it too! Thanks for dropping in.

Cheers
Kerry

Monday, August 7, 2023

In the Mood for Mauve

According to Vogue, mauve is the 'home decor colour taking over homes in 2023', making in-colour Moody Mauve very 'in' right now. There's a plethora of shades to go with it and for today's card - my first using this new colour - I picked ivory and sage green with hints of gold.


I cut my flower out of watercolour card, coloured the leaves with three green distress inks and the petals with light then darker applications of moody mauve. Such an amazing colour in the ink! The flower centre has touches of black and blackberry bliss to help it blend in. The piece behind it - also watercolour - has a little stencilling, a little stamping and some gold embossing powder splatters, while the background mauve was dry embossed then edged with gold embossing powder. As little extra touches, I sponged mauve ink in patches over the texture and gave it some gold splatters too, this time with ink, and it has a lovely shimmer. 


I could add a sentiment strip but I like having cards I can use for various occasions on hand, just adding a sentiment when I know its purpose. 

This is indeed a very moody colour, in all the best senses of the word, in my opinion. It won't take over from Boho Blue or Copper Clay for favourite position but now that I've used it, it's growing on me. Which are your favourites of the new in-colours?

Materials used:
  • stamps - background elements (stash)
  • card - moody mauve, watercolour
  • distress inks - bundled sage, peeled paint, forest moss
  • other - craft foam, Dimensionals, blending brushes, Sunrise Stem wafer die (Simon Says Stamp), Big Shot, Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder (SU), sponge daubers, diamonds decorative mask, gold embossing powder, heat tool, water spritzer, Versamark ink, Golden Glitz ink (Delicata), fan brush

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers
Kerry

Friday, August 4, 2023

JAI #664 - Colour Combo

Hidden deep in my Pinterest boards is a beautiful card by Daria Ermolaeva that gave me inspiration for this week's Just Add Ink colour combo.


Such soft, pretty colours - you can see why I couldn't resist playing along.


I did a little ink smooshing on my watercolour card using pool party, then some partial script stamping in the same colour. My leaves were stamped with lost lagoon and clear embossed before being coloured with both teals, then die cut and given some script stamping too. The butterfly was stamped in grey and coloured with lagoon and freesia inks but wasn't quite vibrant enough, so I applied some micro glaze to seal the inks, then went over the freesia with the matching alcohol marker. My finishing touches were some light stamping in a woodgrain pattern for my card base and white paint splatters. I didn't add a sentiment as I like to have cards on hand that are suitable for multiple occasions - this one ended up being a get well card.

Materials used:
  • stamps - Butterfly Brilliance, Hardwood (SU), Leaf Canopy (Altenew), Create Happiness - Elements (Stamperia)
  • card - pool party, watercolour
  • other - water spritzer, MISTI, waterbrush, picket fence distress paint, paintbrush, Leaf Canopy die, Big Shot, Dimensionals, craft foam, sponge dauber, light fresh freesia Blends marker

Do head over to the JAI blog to see more of this gorgeous colour combo, and thanks for calling in.

Cheers
Kerry

Thursday, March 30, 2023

The Card Concept Challenge #192

It's time for some inspiration! At The Card Concept we offer a picture to stir your creative juices and this week we've something to get you in the mood for Easter.

I was inspired by the Easter theme and have used an egg and flowers as symbols of new life and rebirth for my mixed media card.

After cutting the egg I coloured it with oxide ink then used texture paste and the flourish stencil. My wildflowers are watercoloured using distress inks and distress crayons. For the sentiment I stamped 'Easter blessings' on vellum, embossing it with clear powder, and cut a double layer of the 'friend' die. 

Materials used:

  • stamps - Itty Bitty Greetings (SU)
  • card - basic white, orchid oasis, watercolour, pastel polka dots and pastel ginghams (Etsy), vellum
  • distress inks/oxide inks/crayons - scattered straw, kitsch flamingo, picked raspberry, dried marigold, ripe persimmon, shaded lilac, twisted citron, mowed lawn, crushed olive
  • other Tim Holtz products - flourish stencil, texture paste, wildflower stems dies, 
  • other - nested eggs die (Waffle Flower), spatula, waterbrush, Big Shot, blending brush, distressing tool, ribbon (SU retired), Dimensionals, craft foam, mini glue dots, Well Written dies (SU), clear embossing powder, heat tool, orchid oasis ink

I do hope you'll be inspired to join us in creating and post to our gallery. As always, there are more cards to see from my fellow team mates over on The Card Concept blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers
Kerry

Friday, February 24, 2023

Good Ideas

The Color Throwdown folks have another great combo I couldn't resist playing along with.


I kept with the coffee theme from the inspiration pic for my card.

Materials used:

  • stamps - Coffee Run (Echo Park)
  • card - basic white, night of navy, coastal cabana, watercolour
  • other - Altenew inks, blending brushes, craft foam, Dimensionals, coffee bean stencil (Paper Rose), mini splatters stencil (Tim Holtz), Big Shot, Papercut Cafe colorize dies (Tim Holtz), Love You More Than dies (SU), lost shadow and vintage photo distress oxide inks (Tim Holtz), MISTI, night of navy ink (SU)

I gave my background piece a very light sponge with lost shadow oxide ink then stencilled coffee beans and splatters with the same colour. When I stamped, I masked the word 'coffee' from the stamp so I could use the die instead (3 layers for depth and dimension). The cups have a split in them which is perfect for stacking and are coloured with Altenew inks as I love their sets with a light, medium, dark and darker. So much fun to put together!

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers
Kerry


Friday, November 11, 2022

Age is Just a Number

Welcome! The card I have for you today is for the Color Throwdown challenge, a lovely combo I just couldn't resist!

They're described as cranberry, grey, yellow gold and rust. Here's my card:


I began with embossing a piece of heavy watercolour card with the numbered 3D embossing folder then added distress inks wild honey (for the yellow gold), rusty hinge and hickory smoke. There are a few splatters of cherry cobbler too (closest I have to cranberry), which is the main colour used for the butterfly along with touches of wild honey. The chipboard frame was given a coat of gesso then painted with hickory smoke paint with a touch of black soot added as I wanted it a smidge darker. Once everything was dry I gave both the background and butterfly a coat of distress micro glaze - this not only protects the inks but also brightens and holds the vibrancy of the colours. Magic stuff.

Materials used:
  • stamps - Butterfly Brilliance (SU)
  • card - smoky slate, basic grey, basic white, watercolour
  • distress sprays - wild honey, rusty hinge, hickory smoke
  • SU inks - cherry cobbler, basic grey
  • other - Numbered 3D embossing folder (Tim Holtz), Big Shot, chipboard oval frame (Little Birdie), pearls, Dimensionals, craft foam, water spritzer, heat tool, sponge dauber, distressing tool, distress micro glaze

Thanks for calling in.

Cheers
Kerry

Friday, January 28, 2022

JAI#588 - Colour Challenge

Hi everyone, it's time for a colour challenge with Just Add Ink and this time we're using some of SU's 2020-2022 in-colours. 

I went for a vintage look and cracked open two Tim Holtz stamp sets I've had for some time but in all the busyness of packing and moving, hadn't gotten around to using. The colours lend themselves so well to a floral theme and I love the pop of colour the magenta madness provides! Bright pinks aren't usually my thing, lol, but here it's just perfect.


Materials used:
  • stamps - Floral Outlines, Observations, Entomology, Field Notes (all Tim Holtz) 
  • card - watercolour, brushed gold, early espresso
  • distress oxide inks - antique linen, vintage photo, frayed burlap
  • other - MISTI, gold embossing powder, embossing buddy, aqua painter, stitched rectangle die, Big Shot Switch, craft foam, sponge dauber, vintage photo archival ink, heat tool 
  • inspired by an Emma Williams creation

More samples await you on the Just Add Ink blog and hopefully you'll see something to inspire you to sit and create - and, of course, if you do we'd love to see it in our gallery.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers
Kerry

Friday, October 29, 2021

Believe in the Magic - CAS on Friday Challenge #217

Welcome back to another clean and simple challenge with CAS on Friday. Hopefully this one will really get your creative juices flowing because our theme is COFFEE

I was in a whimsical mood when I made my card, as you'll see from the sentiment I chose:

Personally, I don't drink coffee, lol, but I do certainly believe in the magic of my favourite chai latte to get me going each morning so I'm thinking it's pretty much the same thing! Both my daughters are firmly in the camp of needing that shot of java to bring the brain on line, so they'll get a laugh out of this.

Materials used:
  • stamps - Tiny Text Christmas (Tim Holtz)
  • card - basic white, crisp cantaloupe, Sahara sand, crisp cantaloupe patterned paper
  • other - stitched rectangle die, Big Shot, Coffee Cup thinlits (SU), blending brushes, craft foam, MISTI, Cafe Colorize (Tim Holtz), Nothing's Better Than thinlits (SU), Coffee Beans stencil (Paper Rose), pool party ink

We'd love you to play along with our challenge and have plenty more cards to inspire you over on the CASOF blog, so please do pop over for a visit.

Thanks for dropping by.

Cheers
Kerry

Saturday, September 18, 2021

Beauty

This week I gave my ladies a colour challenge so today I sat down to make my own card for it. Originally I had something completely different planned, but an urge to try out the smooshing technique with SU's inks made me change my mind. Here are the colours:

And here's my card:

I smooshed my background using daffodil delight and calypso coral then added a few splatters of soft suede and some partial stamping in the same colour. My flowers were cut from watercolour card and I scribbled them with SU's markers then gave them a good spritz with water, which achieved that gorgeous watercolour effect I am loving! The thing that took the longest was deciding which colour card to use for my base - I tried a few different ones before being happy with Sahara sand, lol.

Materials used:
  • stamps - Entomology (Tim Holtz)
  • card - blackberry bliss, watercolour, Sahara sand
  • SU inks and markers in the colours shown above
  • dies - Wildflower Stems 2 (Tim Holtz), stitched rectangle (Paper Rose)
  • other - water spritzer, heat tool, craft foam, mini Dimensionals, paint brush, Small Talk sticker (TH)

Pretty sure I'll be doing some more of these techniques again soon!

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers
Kerry

Saturday, July 31, 2021

A Truth Universally Acknowledged

Well, I've made it to the end of week 5 of the hostage situation lockdown. And it is a truth universally acknowledged that a crafter in possession of a goodly amount of inks, stamps and dies - not to mention time - must be in search of a challenge. 


How fortunate then, that the wonderful folks at Just Add Ink have a colour challenge this week - you know how much I love those. As soon as I saw this combo I thought 'sunset and silhouette', so that is what I have done. 


I dusted off my brayer for this one and love how stunning polished pink and pale papaya look together. It was a very straightforward card to make - once I'd done the background I simply had to attach the die cut pieces. And yes, some of those tiny butterflies did give me attitude, but I prevailed in the end!

You'll see I've foregone a sentiment; I decided it would be one of those multi-purpose cards you grab and write inside to suit the occasion as it arises. 

Materials used:
  • card - basic white, basic black
  • dies - The Park. Flower Field (both Tim Holtz)
  • other - brayer, glue, tweezers

We've at least another 4 weeks of lockdown ahead, so I'll have plenty of time to look for some more fun challenges to relieve the boredom take part in. Boo-yah!

Thanks for dropping in.

Cheers
Kerry

Friday, September 4, 2020

Let's Party! - CAS on Friday Challenge #188

Hello! Welcome back to another challenge at CAS on Friday!

This is challenge #188 and the theme is PARTY TIME.

I took an image from SU's Young at Heart set, coloured it and added a punched strip of vellum with the sentiment heat embossed. It was so peaceful sitting in my craft room colouring - quite the opposite of these lovely ladies kicking their heels up, lol. 



Materials used:
  • stamps - Young at Heart, Sentiment Strip Celebrate (Darkroom Door)
  • card - whisper white, vellum
  • other - Copic markers, Stampin' Blends, black embossing powder, heat tool, rhinestones, stitched rectangle die, Big Shot, craft foam, Sahara sand marker, soft sky marker

Do pop over to the CASOF blog to see what my fellow team members have created for this great theme. Hopefully you'll be inspired to join in the challenge.

Thanks for calling in. 

Cheers
Kez

Monday, July 6, 2020

Adulting is Hard

SU's stamp set 'Nothing's Better Than' was one of those I instantly knew I'd buy when I first saw the 2020-2021 annual catalogue. Well, that's probably not a shock to you considering it features all the most fun things in life - which coincidentally all begin with 'C'. Case in point: chocolate, cocktails, coffee and cookies! I mean, seriously. Actually, for me, not so much the coffee - can't stand the stuff. Even refuse to kiss my family when they have 'coffee breath' lol. But I do appreciate me a nice chai latte!

Anyways, I had fun over the last few days playing with various colours and designs before these cards were born.


Materials used:
  • stamps - Nothing's Better Than
  • card - whisper white, magenta madness, that bee DSP (lol)
  • other - stitched rectangle die; Love You More Than dies; Big Shot; Stampin' Blends - Bermuda bay, daffodil delight, pumpkin pie, granny apple green, lovely lipstick; Stampin' Write markers - Sahara sand, gorgeous grape, magenta madness, Bermuda bay; Dimensionals; craft foam.

You'll notice I did the cocktails and chocolate ones first, because...come on...priorities. 😉


Materials used:
  • stamps - Nothing's Better Than
  • card - whisper white, just jade, that bee DSP (lol)
  • other - stitched rectangle die; Love You More Than dies; Big Shot; Dimensionals; craft foam, Copic markers E15 and E39, in colour markers

For this one I used my just jade marker to ink up 'ummm...' from part of one stamp and 'y' from another to give me 'yummm...'

And lastly my coffee version (haven't done a cookies one). I don't particularly like the coffee cup image in the set so I dug out a mini coffee cup die set I have in my stash and used that instead.


Materials used:
  • stamps - Nothing's Better Than
  • card - whisper white, misty moonlight, that bee DSP (lol)
  • other - stitched rectangle die; coffee cup dies; Big Shot; Dimensionals; craft foam, in colour markers; Love You More Than dies

This week's challenge with my ladies is to use something new, so I've certainly got that covered with this set, lol! Thanks for stopping by and stay safe.

Cheers
Kez







Wednesday, June 24, 2020

My Love For You

I'd been thinking it had been a while since I'd made a fancy fold card and when I came across a couple of nice double gatefold cards on Pinterest, I thought...yeah, okay. Once I'd decided to use the gorgeously cute Whale of a Time designer papers, though (along with co-ordinating stamp set, naturally), I had to use card for my base as the papers are only 6x6". Didn't matter - it gave me the opportunity to showcase the wonderful designs.

My first attempt ended up filed in the bin because the card ripped at the scoreline and I mucked up one of the folds, so today I set to and made another - this time, luckily, it all worked out fine. Except these things are ridiculously difficult to photograph while having to hold it closed with one hand! Lol.

Here's the front:


And here it is opened up:



Materials used:
  • stamps - Whale Done
  • card - pool party, pretty peacock, whisper white, Whale of a Time DSP
  • other - everyday label punch, Dimensionals

I love these papers and know I'm going to enjoy making more cards with them. 

Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe!

Cheers
Kez

Friday, June 12, 2020

Zany Friends

It's been a while, I know, since I promised more new stuff from the 2020-2021 annual catalogue, but when a global pandemic slows down delivery of said new stuff, I just have to go with the flow! At any rate, I finally got my hands on the ink pads and markers that match the new in-colour cardstock I've had since May, so here's a simple card for you.


You'll notice I'm still in 'black, white and one colour' mode, lol. Zebras are, of course, perfect for this! 😁 This is a new stamp set along with new in-colour, Magenta Madness. It's a bit 'in your face' for me, so I think I'll be using it in small doses, lol.

Materials used:
  • stamps - Zany Zebras, Beautiful Friendship
  • card - basic black, whisper white, Butterfly Gala DSP
  • other - Stamparatus, Sahara sand marker, magenta madness marker, basic black marker

I hope you're managing to play with some new stuff too! Thanks for calling in and stay safe.

Cheers
Kez

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Hugs to You

This week I gave my ladies a sketch to play with, one I borrowed from FMS:


Naturally, I had to come up with an example of my own and it wasn't until this morning that a solid idea formed in my brain and drove me into my craft room. I turned the sketch on its side for a landscape orientation and did a bit of fussy cutting, then found a die cut piece on my desk and decided to use that too.


Materials used:

  • stamps - Hugs with Shelli
  • card - crumb cake, whisper white, Bird Ballad DSP, so saffron patterned paper
  • other - linen thread, fancy scallop rectangle die (Scrap Dragon), Big Shot, Dimensionals, Subtle embossing folder, craft foam, stitched rectangle die (Scrap Dragon)

Lots of dimension on this one and some subtle texture in the background gives a huge lift to the overall impression. To give the dsp more strength, I adhered a rough cut piece to some white card then fussy-cut through both layers. I'll be sad to see these papers go (though I've got plenty in my stash, lol) but look forward to some more birds in the new catty. 

Thanks for dropping by. Stay safe.

Cheers
Kez

Saturday, May 9, 2020

Sunflower Sneak Peek

I was sitting at my craft desk yesterday, busy making the card in my previous post, and wondering if my pre-order goodies from the new 2020-2021 annual catalogue might arrive before the weekend. I'd had the shipping notification and although I know AusPost is run off their figurative feet at the moment, still there was hope in my heart...

Each time I heard a large vehicle out on the road (my craft room luckily looks directly on to the street) I looked up...suddenly, there it was! A white van! I held my breath as he got closer, wishing him to turn into my driveway...wishing...wishing...then sagging when he went right on past.

Damn.

Ah, but...wait! Not five minutes later, just as the sequins were about to be glued...here it was! The trusty white van, coming from the other direction and turning into my drive! Yee ha!

Needless to say, I was at the front door before the postie even made it half-way up the stairs, lol.

Now, I always, always order all the new in-colour bits - card, ink pads, markers and ink refills. Unfortunately, due to shipping delays (damn coronavirus!) the ink pads, markers, Blends and ink refills weren't available for the pre-order, so we've got nothing to ink with or colour with that matches the card and designer paper until the catty goes live next month. Ho hum. So I sifted through my stash of Copic markers and was very happy to find colours that are a close match to two colours, at least (haven't tried the others yet), so I could satisfy the extremely strong urge to create with NEW STUFF!!!

Here ya go:


Materials used:
  • stamps - Jar of Flowers
  • card - cinnamon cider, whisper white, bumble bee patterned paper
  • other - stitched rectangle and oval dies, Big Shot, jar punch, Copic markers, linen thread, Dimensionals, foam mounting tape, Subtle embossing folder

Gorgeous colours, yes? They are cinnamon cider and bumble bee. This stamp set has four bunches of flowers in total to go with a full jar and half-jar, so there's plenty of variety. More to come, I promise! 

Thanks for calling in and stay safe.

Cheers
Kez

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Sharing Sunshine

Stampin’ Up have available a digital stamp collection called Share Sunshine. It’s a pdf file with 15 pages of images and sentiments relating to the pandemic and isolation/quarantine situation. You print them on your computer (I recommend printing on whisper white card rather than printer paper) then cut with punches, dies, etc to use on cards to send to your nearest and dearest. Some of them are serious, many are light-hearted and some come in a range of colour options (you can see a sample in the image below).


100% of the cost for this resource will go to COVID-19 efforts through two organisations - The World Health Organization’s COVID-Solidarity Response Fund or United Way Worldwide’s COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund.

Here are some cards I've made up so far with just a small sample of the images:


This one I coloured with SU's watercolour pencils then mounted on matching card for a CAS card.

Materials used:
  • digital image - Sharing Sunshine pdf
  • card - balmy blue, whisper white
  • other - stitched rectangle die, Big Shot, watercolour pencils, craft foam

For my next card I used some plaid paper from the mini catalogue together with twine as I thought they looked like pyjama pants and the cord, lol. This sentiment really makes me laugh and I'm not ashamed to admit there has been a day or two where I've spent all day in my pjs 😏.


Materials used:
  • digital image - Sharing Sunshine pdf
  • card - night of navy, whisper white, Country Club DSP
  • other - stitched circle die, Big Shot, white baker's twine, epoxy dots, Dimensionals

I've used dsp again for my third card and added simple touches with some punching and fussy cutting.


Materials used:
  • digital image - Sharing Sunshine pdf
  • card - petal pink, whisper white, lovely lipstick, Best Dressed DSP
  • other - corner rounder punch, Dimensionals

If you're interested in getting these images here's the link that will take you there. You don't need to have a demonstrator for this, it's a special purchase. Just click HERE. (Please note the price of $12 is US dollars, so converts to approx AU$18-19.)

Thanks for calling in. Stay safe in your quarantine.

Cheers
Kez

Saturday, April 25, 2020

Kick Butt

Hey ho! I hope you're doing well.

After a mostly lazy day yesterday I suddenly got it in my head to make a card, specifically to have another play with my distress oxides. Wasn't sure at all where I was going with it when I began, lol, but this is what I ended up with:


Materials used:
  • stamps - Enjoy Life
  • card - grey granite, basic black, whisper white
  • distress oxide inks - squeezed lemonade, festive berries, black soot
  • SU ink - basic grey
  • other - water spritzer, blending brushes, Ray of Light stencil (MFT), ruler, Stamparatus, craft foam, paper towels, heat tool

Some of my water drops are a touch on the large side, but cie la vie! I used the oxidisation process for the sun rays - love this effect.

Every now and then I tell myself I should invest in more silhouette stamps because they're so great to use with a DO background like this - yeah, like I need an excuse to order more stamps 😉😜.

Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe.

Cheers
Kez



Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Russets, reds and golds

Oh autumn, you bewitch me -
your sparkling russets, reds and golds
falling freely down before me
are a wonder to behold.

It's the middle of autumn here in Australia and who doesn't love the gorgeous rich colours of autumn leaves? Not that there's a lot of them around - Mother Nature seems to have been slow getting the message this year. Although there are many evergreens around town, the deciduous trees are late in showing us their beautiful hues, some with just hints of yellows and reds on the tips of leaves.

Nevertheless, I made a card using the following autumn tones:

I also added in touches of gold and used very vanilla as my neutral.


I've challenged my ladies to also make a card with these colours and can't wait to see what they create.

Materials used:
  • stamps - Under My Umbrella, Colourful Seasons
  • card - cherry cobbler, very vanilla, gold foil, watercolour
  • other - Stitched Seasons die, Big Shot, gold embossing powder, heat tool, water spritzer, Stamparatus, enamel dots, Stampin' Blends, gold stickers


Thanks for dropping in. I hope you're enjoying the colours of Mother Nature wherever you are. 

Stay safe.

Cheers
Kez

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop #17

Well, hi! Welcome to the Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop for April. I haven't played along for a couple of months but you know I find it hard to resist when there's a colour challenge going on...

As usual, we're allowed to use neutrals such as black, white, vanilla and crumb cake.

This combo certainly got me thinking and I ended up with three samples to show you, all quite different styles, but hopefully that just means at least one of them will be to your taste!

For my first card I went with an animal that's grey and used one of my favourite techniques (ink blending) to incorporate the other two colours. Here's how that one turned out:


Materials used:
  • stamps - Animal Outing, Butterfly Gala
  • card - smoky slate, shimmer white, whisper white
  • other - stitched rectangle die, circle die, Big Shot, Stampin' Blends, Stamparatus, blending brushes, craft foam

My second offering is much more subdued, this time featuring two stamps from the Very Versailles set plus some epoxy dots coloured with Stampin' Blends for small bursts of colour. All the embossing was done first, then I over-stamped with smoky slate ink to give this tone-on-tone effect. I love how it gives great shadow and depth to the sentiment.


Materials used:
  • stamps - Very Versailles
  • card - whisper white, smoky slate
  • other - white embossing powder, heat tool, Stampin' Blends, craft foam, epoxy dots, embossing buddy, stitched rectangle die, Big Shot


And lastly, a bit of fun with those adorable meerkats from the SAB catalogue. Here's the front...


Now open it up, and...


So cute! Who doesn't love meerkats, am I right? LOL.

Materials used:
  • stamps - The Gang's All Meer
  • card - whisper white, Bermuda bay
  • other - cloud die, Big Shot, Sahara sand marker, black marker, Stampin' Blends, Stamparatus

To follow along the rest of the blog hop just click on the buttons below to move back or forward till the circuit is complete, and we'll be very happy if you leave each person some comment love for their efforts!

Thanks for calling in.

Cheers
Kez